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against the Hon. Augustus Stan- 

 hope, oftlie 12th Light Dragoons, 

 together wiih the finding and 

 sentence of the Court, shall be 

 entered in the general order book, 

 and read at the head of e^ery regi- 

 ment in his Miijesty's service. 

 liy conniiand of his Royal High- 

 ness the Commander-in-chief. 



Harry Calvert, Adj. -Gen. 



Trial of Major-Gem Sir Robert 

 Thomas Wihon, Michael Bruce, Esq. 

 and Captain John Hely Hutchinson, 

 for aiding and assisting in the es- 

 cape of General Lavalette. 



Although the trial under the 

 above title took phtce in France, 

 its remarkable nature, and the 

 country of the persons interested 

 in it, appear to give it a just claim 

 for admission into the part of our 

 work destined to the record of 

 memorable occurrences in this 

 class. 



Of these gentlemen, the first 

 has rendered himself conspicuous 

 by the vigour of his military ser- 

 vices, and by his account of the 

 Egyptian campaign under Gene- 

 ral Abeicrombie, (in which he 

 brought a heavy charge of cruelty 

 against Buonaparte), and his 

 work on the Military Force of the 

 British Empire. He was at this 

 time out of active service. The 

 .second was a private ])e.son visit- 

 ing Paris ; the third a British of- 

 ficer, with his regiment quartered 

 in that capital. Tlie following 

 nairative of the escape of Lava- 

 lette, is extracted from a letter 

 written by Sir Robert Wilson to 

 Earl Grey in England, and ac- 

 knowledged by himself. 



The plan agreed upon was, that 

 Lavalette, who, after having suc- 

 ceedwl, on Deceiiiber 2orh, in 



getting out of prison disguised in 

 his wife's clothes, lay concealed 

 in Paris, should put on an Eng- 

 lisii uniform, and be condui ted 

 by Sir R. Wdson beyond the bar- 

 riers in an Ent^lish cabriolet, 

 which should carry him to Com- 

 piegne, whither an officei- named 

 Ellision should bring U'dsons 

 own carriaire ; into this they were 

 to enter, and to pass tlir-uigh 

 Cambray to Mons. For the exe- 

 cution of this design, passports 

 were procured from Sir Cliarles 

 Stuart, at the J'equest and upon 

 the responsibiKty of Sir R. Wil- 

 son, for a fictitious general and 

 colonel, which were duly (oun- 

 tersigned ; and Elliston having 

 obtained them, hired, post-horbes 

 for the carriage of ti>e supposi- 

 titious colonel, and took fur him 

 an apartment and a coach- hou^e 

 at an hotel. Bruce procured La- 

 valetteV measure, whicii Hutch- 

 inson gave to a tailor for provid- 

 ing a great-coat, waistcoat, a')d 

 pantaloons ; and it was deteruim- 

 ed that on the evening of Sur.day, 

 January 9th, Lavalette shiuld be 

 removed to Hutcliinson'slodgmgs, 

 in order to be taken up there on 

 the next morning. At llie hour 

 appointed, Wilson, Bruce, and 

 Elliston liaving repaired to Hutch- 

 inson's apartments, Lavalette was 

 intruluced by a person who had 

 conducied him, but diil not enter 

 the room. Tlie fugitive was 

 dressed in a blue uniform, and 

 disguised in such a manner that 

 he niig':t piss without remark 

 among Englishmen. He appear- 

 ed greatly moved ; but tiiar lie 

 might nut give vent to his senti- 

 ments of gratitiule, Wilson and 

 Elliston withiii'ew. 



On the following morning, at 



half 



