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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



tance into the castle of Valancay ? 

 — A. Under pretence of having 

 some curious articles to sell. I was 

 in hopes to have been able by these 

 means to deliver to the prince the 

 letters with which I was intrusted, 

 to put him in possession of my 

 plan, and to obtain his consent. I 

 could only communicate with the 

 prince don Antonio and the in- 

 tendant, prince Ferdinand refused 

 either to hear or see me. Indeed, 

 I have reason to believe, from the 

 strange manner in whicli my pro- 

 posals were received, that he sent 

 information to the governor of the 

 castle, in consequence of which I 

 was arrested. 



Q. What means had you pre- 

 pared to convey prince Ferdinand 

 to the coast, in case he consented 

 to accompany you? — A. The ob- 

 ject of my first journey to Valancay 

 was to impart my plan to the 

 prince : and in case he agreed to it, 

 to fix with him a time when I should 

 return to take him up. Afterwards 

 I would have proceeded to the 

 coast, to apprise the commander 

 of my squadron of the day appoint- 

 ed. 1 would then have returned to 

 Paris, to procure men and horses 

 necessary for the relays on the road. 

 On the evening of the day appoint- 

 ed the prince would have left his 

 apartment, and by the help of the 

 relays we would have proceeded 

 to a great distance from Valancay 

 before he was missed. 



Q. Whither did you intend to 

 carry the prince after you got on 

 board ? — ^. It was marquis Wel- 

 lesley's intention to send him to 

 Spain. The duke of Kent was for 

 sending him to Gibraltar. But this 

 plan disgusted ire ; it was in fact 

 sending him to prison. I intended 

 to propose to him to make his own 



choice, and to carry him wherever 

 he pleased, for I was informed 

 that captain Cockburn had orders 

 to obey my directions. 



Q. Who are the persons you in- 

 tended to employ ? — A. M. St. 

 Bonnel was the only person ac- 

 quainted with my design. I did 

 not intend to look out for any one 

 to assist me in executing it, until 

 I became acquainted with the 

 prince's determination. I should 

 have employed but few persons. 



Q. Are you acquainted with the 

 neighbourhood of Valancayandthe 

 country you were to pass through ? 

 — A. Not in the least,; but I pur- 

 chased some excellent maps at Pa- 

 ris on my arrival, which would have 

 afforded me ample information. 



Q. W'hat was your reason for 

 forming such a design ? — A. It ap- 

 peared to me an honourable one. 



Q. Do you know this parcel ?— 

 A. I do. It contains the docu- 

 ments, stamps, seals, and other 

 things I have mentioned, and 

 which were found upon me when 

 I was taken up. 



(Signed) Kolli. 



No. IV. — Is a letter from Charles 

 I V.addressed to theking of Eng- 

 land, in 1802, announcing the 

 marriage of the prince of Astu- 

 rias. It was given to Kolli, with 

 a marginal note by the marquis 

 Wellesley, to be used as a cre- 

 dential to prince Ferdinand. 

 On the back of this letter the 

 following was written, in the 

 hand of marquis Wellesley : — 

 The secretary of state of his 

 Britannicraajestydeclares, thatthis 

 letter is the same that his catholic 

 majesty Charles IV. addressed to 

 his Britannic majesty, on occasion 

 of the marriage of the Prince of 



