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' ' CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL, j
v 4 OfjU Department' lhi$eint
,V-','..':The aflot accufation,'driwa,ii- ty the
: .'coriimifTary of the government, the p"ib
-lie accufer, belonging to thecrirninal Ir
bunal,'.againil the prifohefs xindidled.'fp"
; ?; confpiracy, forming a volume of ,-340 pa
ges, our readers will readily 'conceive that
f r the limit of our paper confine wsto lay.
. ting before them but an analylu ot ir, , ':
7 . The commilTary of rhe government 'e
. eMJ to- the period vhe'n Pichegrir firft5
. began to confpire agafntt the republic,lii '
' 'lher as genrral in chief "oFthe armies of
' : the Rhine, or a X mstnber of the legiila
: ; iijre body. He recurs to the proofs which
- ate to be found of this In the correfporf
ence'jtei''IC):iRgI.ia which ; was. fef
I zci Qfifenburg the 3d Florea', '. year'
. lent "to the minifter of police by general
Moreau, and panted by order of the'di-
- -redloryf STho. tommilQry , obfcrves up.':
, on :his head that Moreau was privy thres
. months before the iftih Frudlidor, to the
-conspiracy of Pichegru, yet that he. only
denounced him by .a letter, dated 47th
;Fruai(ior.lromSil(brirg, hut which let;
ter he really wrote alter being apprifedef
a , the refult of the iflth Fruflidnr .by ' the
Telegraph, Pichegru efcaped front Cay."
enne, repairs to London, is well received
' there,and paid for again con f pi ring againll
his countr y.Hi correspondence was fcized
sin the month of Fioreal, Tar j, He was
then designated as. the chief of the roysl
rmy. After thettempt of the 3d Ml
vote liedofely connefls htmleM wall' the
brigands whobad efcaped -the fword of t ie
-law; The treaty of Amiens being rent
aflundery" Pichegru afti more vpeuiy, he
cornesto a conciliation with Morcarfbj
the intervention of David and Lajollai.
The former-is arretted at the end of Bru,
'., maire, yearn, however, the government
does not jet get Moreau arretted from
thefe finl indicloe,. dajol'ais continues
the intrigues of David. Three diiem.
barkations are effected between the ml
of Aogaftand e 171b of January near
the cliff ot BeiUlc, of brigand difpatched
from London to aiTaflhate 'the firft con.
, ' ful and re-eftablifli the Bourbons upoij the
- hrone. ; .
Here the c6mi(Tiry of the government
Uy it down, ill, that the txiflence of
the confpiraijy is certaio 7 j.J, that the
EnilliQi cvvemmdnt is the main forirr
of it ; 3!, that alt the iodiiduals itntsri. !
- foned by virtue of warrants iftued upon'
Vi demand are euher-anihorf oraccompli.
ces .of this confjiiracy, or guilty of a!
breach of tli4 law of the o.h Vtatofe. j
Fir! fiiHtTho txljlcket tjji; xinftl.
. riff it cerl ah. -
Ocorge Cadoudal, coniminder In chief s
of tbeChoiihs, and whofs very prefence'
lone Id rris, isi froof of the confpira-j
cr; depofed, ou the iS h of lift Vcn ofe,'
In an eximinaiion he underwent before
the inOrtidlirg judge;
Thai he came to Paris with tho In
temionof attacking The fir II conful ; that
his attack was trt havt been bf open force;
-, :hat there was in Paris an onion of force
, at his drfpofjl that his prujeft, as alfj
that of the conlpiraiori t,to poi aB nr.
, bon ic the p'sceof the fir It conlul ; that
t Ms - Bourbon wis the pretender, ac.
. knowleifjtedby him and his adherents for
Louia AV4ii 1 ini a ci-acfint pnrc
was to be prcfent io Paris, tlul at the time
of the attack, ho wouU hj'c aclcdthe
part which that prince wouU have afligncd
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m i that 'the pla h'l been conceived
; and was to be e ecutcd wiih the acre
mco rf the ci-levani French princes;
that he had long fine the necetfuy "funds
at hisdifpofat ; that he was to havt aitnk
ed the fird conlul wihsrm fuch as th fe
of Ml effort in I f htrgMaf1.n
Jiufi,t:$k, lue'iya Sif f'ld;ir, derls
rrd the nt latl Vcntofe, at t!ie lart
pre tc! r ol po'Ice, iharh'wsi picbe
euim'ti had rttua'(ed him to cccha from
, f.e'n.J wi'h l.im, and that to hif fcgrrt.
t ha I tofftU the onhruwof the go.
vcrnmenf 1 t'rai he had every leafort to b.
Itrv thai )t wa i !ib ihi d? ant count.
cf Artoiitlut Pichegru had . prtyared t'l
hir mtass," lis fpvka of Motrin and
(Jforcct ai.llnf bern pointed out in
lm lor the chict ol tha ctnfplrcy wiih
Pi.hiM. Hj f14tht' LkjolUts nU
inu Irom L"njnn hid llfcfir I thst Mu
rriti t!.fienicn l wl.h the kQVtthmcnt of
tf tiril cwnfu', dcC'ied sod would ht'p .
v nhitl Us power to ,oenhrow ir, iht ' '
fifu-e hit arrival U Franc picUgrM ami
, Gt'oigH hd fct n Mrnu to Paiii. II !
ilr'litrd ra the uJ, M that h- hatd Po. j
IIac (Aimso,) PolignaC (JuW) with a ,'
i.uihcr (y, cvrry ihti.gcocson III, they
J notigtcs ; VIvfraUdosi rot keep hn
' wbrd j;he'has" pr'lvata vieV7$ j .'we have
: been tSe'ceived' added that from'
I every ."thing he had heard ihe Was of epin-
ion that Moreail haa always een conl
"dered as the man opou whom' they really
. did rely tThat it feemed that he had t i
.his difpofaV a very iifge 'armed "force tfd,
a great fcendancy over the authoririeSn V
iS?v,BoHvef rbfLitbf,'iliKfylrig hiwfelf
; with the thte of; idjutanugcnerat tjf'thi:
royal army; being cotiddflcd to i he ; ft)'wer
vof tiia temple,tinab)e toifTcDtble hiuilt,
erideavourtd to rriske way with, himfelf.
'Beifigj' however; fo atched from .the :j a ws ,
of Jcaih, a fenriment of graHtuae induced
'''Mai ftf biake to the grand ,"liidge, "On- tlie
14th pf February Jaft, 'the,:following 'de-V,
.dafjittbo'i JL:x' r v.
' li ts a man who comes from the rate .,
bf the tomb, and is. . ft ill covered witb the1'
Ibades f death, that demands vengeance-
of ;thof,v who, j by ,, their ".perfidy, have
thrown himwttt) his party; into the abyfV
In U now 'in Sent" to " funoiirt '"rhe -
-Bourbons, he finis hiinfelt obliged . either
to fight for Moreau, Or to 'renounce an
enterpdze which wa? !hs fole olii.-cl .of
his midion. I exubin myle f i M,t'fi':iir
was to come to France to ,!uve pnt, him .
CAf at the had'of the 'rovalilt . rxrtv.
Moreau promifed to join the. cai'ife of the
tJourborrs. The rovalilts hlvfii renam
ed to" France, "M'xeau ; r:tracl-whe pro.'
poles to ihemo.cb the bu Tint; fa for him.
letf, and to get lam apjHrtiMeJ ifidator,-
ne v.tui4in)iK a iay agjir.ii nini u per
hapi fimpoued oilv by halt proofs. H;re
are the fads J itr youi bufirtefjioapiJie-,
" A general n-hnlias ferVd under The
ComirtanJ of Moreau, Lajillu, Ijlihik,
is lent by hint to the princes at L.n1o
Pichegru was the go-between. Ljollais
aJheres in Rename, , and 00 the part of
Moreau, tp the principal points of the
propofed pUn ; the prince prrparr, for
hi departure ; .'he number of royaliflj in
Frauce itincreafed, indifi t' conferen
cs wh'ch take place at Pin; betvVrrn
Moreau, Picheg-o, rd CJorgei, the' fir tt
maniftlh M ir.ten ions, and can only ad .
for a dictator and not fora ii.Hvj. Heme
hesitation, d.lLntion, and the al.r.oil tiaf
'oin rf ihe royal party. 1
Lp'liis wswi'h the prince at Hie
bcjfiningol January, of thu year, at I
have heard irom Geoiver. But what !
hae fcen, is his arrival tin the 17. h of Ja
nuary, at the pottery, ihedoy afier hi
Und.ng with Pichegru, by means' vt our
correfpundence which you know but too
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'A fi he fame LajuJ'ais On the
26ih of January, when he came 10 fetch
Georgesaiid pichegru at the roach where
I was with them, EiVevatd de la M.dc
laine, 10 conduct thrm to Moreau ho
was waiting foi (hem a few flept from that
p'ace. There was between 1 hern at the
Champs E'yfinj a conference which aU
ready gave u to perfage what Moreau o
penly propoled in , the "following oe,
huh he had with Pichcgr alone to wit 1
hat it was not polTiS eio re-eUablifh the
ling, and hs propofed to put hi m ft 1 1 at
the head of the government, under the ti
tie of diclator, thus leivirg to the rryal
Ills etily the chance ( bcirj his fellow
laborer ana1 Ml foUiets.
; , 1 know M)t what weight you will
give to ihe aftcition rf a man fna ihrj
within rhii hi ur frcm a death whub h
had given to himfc f, and who fees before
him ibedeaihhch an offended govern.
tenl refervr for Mm' ; but I cannot re.
tain the cry of defpair, and not attack tho
tnan who reduces ma to it. . Moreover
t edto Wm riot to .accompany, him. , ' His
pian was to proceed to Jf raoce and pro-: '
pofV to the,. 6rft conlul to .abandon ihe
reins of government, in -order, .that be .
inight teRw them on his brother- If;
the 6rftconful hai rcjeded this prupofal
the count, , was determined to ndevour
by force df arms; to contut;r thofe rights
which he COnGdered as belonging to -his
family."; 'u ; ' ' .- v . V .::''
I" On being reqiiired to 'declare whether?
he had any' k nowfedge that Geergej Pi. ;
chegru,' and Moreau had feen. each othfr,i
he replied t I knVw that a wcry imp'ir- -taniL
conference took place -at Chailidt,?
No. 6, where Georges 'jCadoudal lodged,'
feen fsitrt, general Moreau, and Tiche-
PTY. ex-tfeiiifjl. 'A Wu - infnrmrA ti.r
U-Oaorgef-CadoudaU-after different orerw
ure and explananonj ,4hI to ren4raf
Moreau-1 wijt leave you with Pic hegrir
and you will at lead perhaps come to an
umlerftanding togeiher,' the I refult j howe
Vtf r, W ai promiiftive on ly of difagreeabfe
.uncertainties,' as, Georges" Cadoudat and
Pichegru appealed "very "faithful . to the
cailfe pt the prince," but Moreau remain
eit1 undecided and gaye to fufpec that he
'was?, Uiaired by conliJcrations of his own
intcrcft."- : ' ; -' ';-:''"
! ' PylgC -iJ-uljiJ hetnft fninmoried . tn
jleclaro what were the'indructlon which
were gii'en to him'.when he left England,
replied, that ' none had been given to
him, but that he coulj' not, denythat he
heard rfoincthing -confpire concerning a
change in the government." He allowed
thai two tr tlwce months after "his lepar
tore, the ci dsvant count d'ArtoU had
fpoken to him of Tone changes -which
we're to take place ia the government . of
Franc. He a'towed that he hadfeen
Geoigrj in Paris, rear St. Palagie. Hi
laidrlial they had con ver fed together oh
the manner in which the 'king wa to be
recalled, lie had aUcwl him what wn
1 their piilition? to which Georges replied
that -it was good. That it appeared
both 10 htm aitd his brother that the pro.
jcci intended to be carried ino execution
was out fo noble a one as they naturf)y
expecd, they had tatke3 to each othertf
tetfring into Holland. ' .';
Bcirg req'iellcdio exp'aln ihe motiv
of his fears h-J replieJ that h fufpeflcd
inQeid of fulfilling any million whatever,
relative to a change of government, it
ws intended to aft againft one Individual,
and that it was the fit ll confj whom ths
par-y of 'Georges prcpofedto attack. He
added that T'-cheru had informed "him
that Moreau would not do any thing for
ihe B aurbons, . that . ily tou W not - 6 iid
Out hi intentions.
4 Th confident of the ci-devant count
d'Artoi. the ex.mirquts Rivirrre. de.
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Iw inaf find latls conformably 10 what
advance in the Irqtiel of this great trial
wtlcrr I am Imptlci'ti tfj. T
Pbligrae (Atinim) in hisfuft tlinilm.
lion confined h'njfe1! to dexlairn that
' I f Georgra and hi accnmplUei wtf lit
Parii In Coi.fejuence r-f iirilers , from the
prince, ratliing Wo.1d b bten undrr.
taken un'U the arrival i( the latter ; and
'that then pctfonal nd loyal engigtment
would hav been entered into brtwtan ths
prince, fvpporwd by his pHifni, and
ihe fift coiifuf. 'Thai having frfq-iei.tly
fn Pichej;tu In Lorwloo mUU the princr,'
I imivttf4 tfitr Ms ifttirn tuihe family
of th Doiirb(. f, thai h would hav been
wiih ihe pilnrt, but that with regard to
Moicau he did notkboW him and bad not
twat d whcilurli had pwfui vely ucclared
himfelf. , '
H plainrf hirrfrlf In a much mo
Erecif manner on iheail U1 Vet.ioT,
efr ihe caatrnnlng jmlt 1 Wln I
fel dUfiom Lo.hIuii this lad lime," fi4
he, I knew what wrrtth projeds of
count d'Aito 1, 1 was two math attach
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cured on the jo-.h Ventole, vhat ht
came to Pari In order vni atrure Hmfclf
of the (late of things and of the political
fituation of the interior of ihe republic,
tor the Information of ihe prlnres who
wtiuld have judged from his obfervationi,
whsihet it was their interetl to return t-i
Eni!an l. That in general he ha I Teen
in France a ciwfi Jerab'a portion of ego
tifia and apathy, togcthi r with a great rle.
Creof pirferving tranquility. .
Royer, otherwife Loyfvau, made no
forraal declaration concerniui; the confnl.
P tacy, before the eaaminin nagifl rates,-
but tnanv gen I d armes d lit deputed,
thai on ihe hill Germinal, brifgen Juard
over him, ihey beard him lay, that haJ
not the wind been unfavourable, lomeof
ihe ci-dcraut prince fcf the blood who
were on botrd a friy at hoverirg of the
coaff of Dieppe, wcruld have landed t and
that if a delay of only eight days had la.
ksoftaee tha plan would have been rue.
'cmedTthar-Xcr; different" emanations"
he canfcrT,:d he kntw the three principal
chiefs of ihe confpiracy wer Moreau,
Pkbeg.u and Geutges; that their men.
tion wainot to do any evil to th fuljiery,
thai tO Hrfl Cocful watio hav beet rar
rteicf and conduced 10 England, and ihe
pretender Louit the 'Will, placed on
the throne 1 hat h Koytr wti on of the
Cunrpitators that he had a coal made for
th purpofe, and hid given ili'y-fie
louis for a borfe, Pichegru and Mdrcau
were made ufc of to mk fur cf ilear
mie, and that upor. fom icficflions con
ctrning Moreau, he caclaimed I t fliaw,
rfhaw I Moreau was ne vet a republican.
Louis Picot, declared on th 3ih if
lall Pluvolfe, 'thai the chit filad cfrswo
Ion wIm fhould attack tie Fird Cor.ful
th their intention was 10 ntry him off,
whi'.ft ha was on his toad 10 IW.ogne, 10
adaflinate Mm wkllfl prcfentlrig a petition
10 htm at th parade, or h was gning
to ihe ihtatrt) iKit it Wat for that purycf
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"they had uniforms tpade ; lhat there wer
flight horfe uniforms blue, that there w era
likewifehufTar unifotfns, . green, cockade,
hats, with filve'r buttons and loops." 1 ha
fame dsy,1 its faid, " that she chiefs' had
' frequently repeated before hrra, how forty : '
.they were that the princes had Jncluded f'
Morea'ii'irt the affair' '.';' .ir 1'
Holland 'oh rfii examination of the aSth; f.
of lart Pluvoife, depofed ai follows : ' : j'
.:Sy I remrned home about ic in ihe e . , ;y
vening, ttie'ifay in whih Pichegru . went. ' ;
in my cabriolet, for the purpofe of having "
a conference with Moreau. ; '. .
Pichegru pri his return, gave the to V :
Mfiderlland that hi; projeQi ; were; jrery '-'';.':
clitfrrent from thofe I , imaeincd him to v '
cnteraifr.4' lie told me that he had feca ' i ? ' h
the erincei ill EriIanA, at whofe defire ha ! " ":: 1
had made, certain overtures to MoireaU j
- that he had corivfcrfed' with the latter con
cerning them but that rot coinciding ia1
opinion, he intreated me, to call on hirli
the next day, t a order to have Irom bim a
categorical reply, whether he Would con
duct aToyalill movement; or otrcrwiie,u .?
wuh thrile that acted wi.h htm he would,
enjiageta dcliyer up ihe anthorityy: wiih -
lJ it - -i j r.- :-...n.A ' s. t .:.!
wnucn ne inouiu uc iiiTCHtuj tinw irgin
mate hsnds a fon s ht cquld, ' : , ')
On the following day then, I , had t , ",;
Take, rthe famous overture w Moreau .
which I dared r longer 10 refufe ; 1 ho- w
ped, I kbewrotwhy iha'' this general ; I
would drawme out of my embfralTmnt'.' '; .
This is pretty near what he faid to me t ?
cannot put my tit at me ; read or any
movement in favour ot tne iiourbon," r
they have conducted them fel vrs fo ill ihar )
ucb a.trial would never licceet. If f j-
chegru will act differently In w hich "cafa
have told bim the conlul and rover nor
of Parrs muft cfifapptarV 1 thick k have a
party flrong enough 10 the beoate to ena
ble melo obtain the authority; Will
then inflantly employ it to (creep him and
his friends, aner wbtcti public- opinion
ma.l diOate whatfball be r.ect ffary to bo
done tliat 1 will not engage m) felt to any
thing lii writing, lit; told me. litewilo at
the conference, that fince the firft over
turetf P.ichejrh he had fpoken of it to ma-;
riypf his friends."' -' . , i
' Laiollais 'declared ano,-vpft otber tli'mcs-;
that on the 27th lad Pluvoife, Pichegru
returning from the lalt renaezvous, witri
Moreau, appeared to be dilcontented, and
upon Opening Ma mind a Hula contrary to ,
hisufoal ctiltom, fa!d, "it appears to me
too that S has likewifc got ambition
and wifhes 10 reign. Well 1 1 wrfli hlrn
much foccers; bin in my opinion be is
not Capable -of governing France for m o '
months.' .
He added that. "As to Georges, Ms end
nd appeared to him to be pure and f.m-
pie le-eliablilament 01 royany in t4ance.
That it was for the fake of bringing that
event about hHd quitted London, mot
than 6a months Goce ; that in eider la
lucceedtnhis views be wifhed, after ha
ving alTiirinated th Firft Conful, to maf- ''
facre all ho tnighi oppofebi Intentions f '
that he had a number of pcrfont at kis fcr- '
vice Wt Para, Picaidy, and e'fewhere ;
that he had a portmanteau filled with
gold, upon which be and bis trod) afTo- .
ciatea reckoned for the execution cf the
plan,' that thir portmanteau had been bu
ried In ihe garden tf a tiotife at Chaitlot ;
that it was not found when fearth waa
to a ile for it 1 but that ft , had been car
ried eff two day afterwards."
Gen. Mores acknowledged in an exa
mination before the grnd judge, minifies -fjuflict,
on h 9$h 111 Pluvoife, that
fom month had patfedover, fince Frtf
nicrei told Mm thai a perfon who pretrn
clad to know Mm in tit army, but with
whenibe' was niiarquainicJ, hadintreiiej
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Frefnieres to afk Mwieau whcii,er Using
the oblivion anidereliflion In which ifca.
government Ud left Mm, ht wculd rot
enttr Into an,engigement with iheFtnch
princes, to feiveihcm n tie firft charg
which might take place lo ti e govrnw
rnent. ,
On the 9th Germinal I tonfcEcd that
Pichrgtu was ai Ms houf and fpk with
Mm concerning lha pilnce and ibe ckan-
ces which a c" kenl in England would
prcfeni. In a letter to .the Firft Conful.
dated from the temple, o th lj-h en
lofe, alter having fpeke ef Pichegru, ha
ihus CoriUniie 1 . ' . .
"Duiingth twodtft carrpalem la
Germany and fire tl peace, diilanto
vcrtutct hav ternmaJeio mt lo kr.ow
wt eiher It were pcCUe for m to tntrf
into relation with the Frenth ptincei, but
1 ihott&bl this fo tidiculoui lhat I. eta
made eo reply. With tej ard to il pr.
fci.t 1 onrcjuall; if lit) to jtu ll at 1 am
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