Star. — London, England, 1816-04-24 00:00:00

W I! A a re dces not attach to him any other criminality than that of negligence. Benoit and Guerin deny the facts, which are most clearly established by the i s s ff rogatory. Madame Lavalette, and the widow Dutoit, were subjected to interrogations : the latter reserved the most invincible silence, or shewed, by t he few answers she Rare, that she was afraid of be. s aying her master. Madame Lavalette goes further : die justifies all that has been done, imputing to her-- s elf the plan, conduct, and execution of the enter rise; and the fertility of her genius furnishes the accus ed with more resources than innocence itself minetimes finds. Lavalette is then stated to have s ought the means of escape from his concealment, not among those whom friendship or gratitude bound to his family, but among the enemies of the King.— It adds, that, among a great crowd of strangers suited to be at Paris, the enemies of social order, and the disturbers of the age, were Mr. Bruce, an English Gentleman, already distinguished by his zeal for Marshal Ney ; Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, a British Officer, with the same predilections; and Hutchin son, a person of the same cast. The latter is said to have been engaged with Ellister, another English Officer, in some scheme of the same kind ; and that Ellister would have played a similar part in the pre sent one, if he could have obtained leave from his regiment : Wilson, therefore, was charged with the management of the affair, and the act of accusation p er mits him to give his own relation of the whale enterprise in a letter addressed to one of his confiden tial friends (we believe, Earl Grey) in England, and o f which the following is a translation :3 h was agreed," says Sir R. Wilson, " that the fugitive should pet the kagMah anifornia,that I s hould conduct hills beyond the barriers in an English cabriolet s myself also being dressed in Oviform—that I should have a relay hone at Chapelle—and thence go to Compiegne, whither Maier should repair with my an i age , into which I should afterwards go with Lavalette, in order to reach Mons by Cambray. I had no difficulty in procuring f r ees Sir Charles Stuart, at my request and on my responsibility, pipports for General Wallis and Colonel Lesnock—names which we chose because they were not preceded by Christian names.— The passports were duly countersigned by the Minister for Fo reign Affairs; but when they were presented fur signature, one of the Secretaries asked Hutchinson who Colonel Lesnock was He immediately replied, it is the father of the Admiral. This object accomplished, Ulster took the passports for Colonel Leb o/Kt, procured post horses for his carriage, and finally, to avoid all suspicion, took an apartment and a eoach-honse at the hotel de Heider, in the name of Colonel Lesnock. Bruce fortunately learned that the brigade, commanded by hi. cousin, General Brisbane, was at Compiegne, and that his Aide-de-Camp would quit Parisneat day, the 7th of the month, for Compiegne, with the horses and baggage belonging to the General, who was then in i England. “ We saw the aide-de-camp at Bruce's, where we met by ap pointment. We told him that very particular circumstances obliging us to pass through Compiegne with a person who must main unknown, we wished to stop an hour or two in a remote and Mired quarter. He frankly replied, that hr would trust entirtie taus on the subject; that his existence depended on pre serving his situation; but that he would net hesitate to accede to air proposition, particularly ciiicr he saw we were interested in thee/fair. I avow that I felt repugnance at implicating such a penes in this affair; but the cause was too important to stop at that consideration, and I encouraged the hope that a day would out time arrive in which it might he possible for me to acknow ledge this service. "Brace procured Laralette's measure, and Hutchinson gave it to a tailor, saying it was the measure of a Quarter -Master of his regimeet, who 11,"antiod a great coat, waitt Coat, and palms loom, but lid not need a suit. Ihe tailor observed, that it was the measure of a tall man, and that it had not been taken by a tailor. /Ultra:tart alartned me so much, chat I thought It ac!vi able to send Hutchinson to say to him, that as the Quarter-Mas ter could not wait till Saturday evening, it was aelfeseary that the clothes should be carefully packed up, and that they would be forwarded to him after Iris departure. Hutchinson and Ellis tertook besides all necessary precautions with respect to the bones, and reconnoitred the barriers in a promenade on the pre esding day. " Envy psicantion for avoiding accidents being adopted, It au [malty agreed that Lavaleue should be removed to Hut thiamin's lodgipgs on Sunday, January 7, at half-past nine in the reetiog precisely ; and that next day, at half-past seven in the owid moreing:kquaily precise, I should be at his door with Bruce's ca.. sinuses, oily servant, the servant on my mare well equipped, as if lwere,goilfg to make an inspection ; that Hutchinson should ride to by the side of th e cabriolet , keeping up conversation with I and that, in case any embarrassment occurred, Lavalette 1 ' mount soy horse, and I the mare, in order that we might act mere freely, and ga nin expedition. I should certainly have referred passing the barriers on horseback, but it was thought tSat the manr.er of riding on horseback might attract attention, eld that passing the barriers in full day, and in an open carriage, eoaid slew too: much confidence to give cause for suspicion. The List being at la:.t arrived, Ulster, Bruce, and m)self, repaired tJ Eutcidissoit's apartments, under the pretext of a party for p.inclo. At the n.tonent,w hen Lavalette was to preient himself, truce advanced t• the top of the stairs, Lavalette took bins by the h.r.ti, and we saw before us this Interesting personage. He was dressed in a blue itniform, and sufficiently disguised to pas. without remark lit the apartment of an Euglishman. The Iriend who conducted bins did nut enter the room, but he delivered to fisrehttuou a pair of double-barrelled pistols fur Lavalette. He *wares% at bon moth moved. We did not permit him to give sent to all his eentiinents of vatimtle ; but a sew moments after, Ulster and I withdrew, and lett hint to the care of Hutchinson and Bruce. " Neu day, at haltpast seven, I was at Hutchinson's door. la Ave minuses I had seated Lavalette, and we were on our way to the budge of Chchy. We met au English Officer, who 'ap- Pared stupefied at seeing a General °dicer whom be did not toow ; but my servant avoided all questions: I passed the bar rier s: a moderate pace; the gendarmes looked earnestly at us, ha the presnating of arms gave Lavalette the opportunity of co /trig his fat r in returning the salute. When we got through *chanter, i ,avalet:e pressed his kg against mitre; and when we rue out of the read: of ob,ervation, his whole countenance ap. Wed roily( aril by :Lis hi st favour of fortune. " 111: 113.11.1 was full of all wits of people ; but whenever we trithe ding encc, I began to converse with loLd voice in Eng- Li; and l remarked that my bat, which was mounted wi•li a othlte plume, and which Lavalette held in his hand, attracted the Dozier of the passengers, and withdrew their attention from us. " Lavalytte Las such 'marked features, and his person is so S ell know* to all the Postmasters, that the greatest cars was t tttswel. At La Chapelle, where we changed horses, we experi tyced a nu tmeet's alarm at the sight of four gendarmi 6 who ho ered &barn us; but Hutchinson& on being questioned by them, relieved is from their importunities by replying, that we were riot to choose cantonments for a division of the English army. —We wen' obliged to pass close to other gendarmes, who had I th them I containing the description of I.zvalette ; and hue utight to r mark, that these bills bad been distribined to almost fury Whyte:nal in France. On approaching Compiegne, I oh ktwd some grey hairs projecting from under the brown wig loin by Lar alette. Fortunately I had scissors wi.h nie, and I firmed the part of his friseur on the road. On'tll'eeilig Compiegne, we found the serjeant mentioned by , "P t ai° fraviil, who conducted us through the town to a quarter Irronely weal Chosen, for we were not incommodei by Ipecta. 's , rs in the Leeets. None saw us eater except the soldiers, and .are Ebtlith servants who attended us. While we waited for ulster with the carriage, Mr. F. presented us with refresh- II : IRS ' Finally, towards night, as had been agreed upon, Lill ' arrived With the carriage, which bad loft Paris by the barrier It St. I ---,aid was followed to La Chapelle by two gendarmes. u tt eted the hmps to be lighted, as well to show us our road, to make k appear that we were under no apprehensions; mE "'tint !liken leave of our friends, we set out well armed, lA . Pt/Pored to make resistance, if we experienced any obstacle. t were flub questOned at tl.e stations for the relays; bat we n utted nu delay until we reached Cambray, where we lost alee k _ Is at the gates , owing to the fault of the English guard , ir__Tvint no orders for calling the gatekeeper, was not to be to do's., notwithstanding all we could say to him—a Witch ta 4111 has already been attended with inconvenience leeerfttien t, aud w el l might bam been fatal to us. ln pudng thrones ValenefehtlN, We NOte orfedy amazed r times over, and our pauports sent to the Commandant. We underwent another examination at, som e di s t ance fr om that gar rison, and this was the last. We did not stop, except at M a ns, where we dined, and made arrangements for the future journey of Lavalette. I wrote several ferrets to facilitate the means by which he may teach his destination; end having provided every thing that appeared best for his health and comfort, 1 , took leave of him, and returned to Paris yesterday evening by the mete of Maubeuge. &Am% and la Porte St. Martin, after as absence of sixty hours." Such is the literal translation of Wilson's dispatch, stripped of reflections which would have appeared displaced in this recital. • This letter, acknowledged by Wilson, is confirmed in its details by the documents in the process ; and theinterrogatories of the accused explain a number of passages in it. It would appear, that it was on the 2d or 3d of January that the first proposal of saving Lavalette was made to Bruce ; and Bruce states, on this subject, that a person brought him an anonymous letter, in which, after extolling the goodness of his heart, the writer said he was induced, by the confi dence which he inspired, to disclose to him a great secret ; that Lavalette was still in Paris, adding, that be (Bruce) alone could save him, and begging him to explain his intentions on this subjects that he (Bruce) gave no immediate answer, but promised to send one to a place which he mentioned, and which honour did not permit him to name: that prevented him from putting any questions as to the name of the person who wrote to him, or the place of Lavalette's retreat, thinking that, in an affair of this sort, indis cretion could not be too much avoided. General Wilson was ignorant, he says, of all these details ; 66 it was I who told him of them ; It was I also who prevailed upon him to unite hie efforts with mine in favour of Lavalette; and if there is any one guilty in this business, it is I. My political opinions might have influenced the sentiments which I expressed on the occasion of Marshal Ney's trial. It was my con viction that the capitulation of Pas is stood in the way of his trial. As to Lavalette's affair, I affirm that I was influenced solely by the commiseration with which he had inspired me. There was in his escape something romantic, and, so to speak, miraculous, which strongly seized my imagination, and excited a powerful interest in my heart for him." Hutchinson makes the same avowals, and expresses nearly the same sentiments as Bruce. He protests that he had not the slightest idea of conspiring against the French Government ; and if he co ope rated in Lavalette's flight, it was merely from the wish to save an unfortunate man. Sir R. Wilson assigns to his conduct a more ele vated object—he wished to efface from the Govern ment of his country the opprobium attached to the violation of the capitulation of Paris ; and he protests that it never entered into his views to make any at tempt 1, against the French Government :—but he avows his opposition to the principles w:iich at pre sent direct the Government of his country, and to the political system of Europe, which is, no crime in an Englishman : and he adds, that the Constitution cf his country, its independence, and its happiness,: art of much higher consideration in his eyes than the safety of the French Government, and the repose of Europe established on the ruin of England. Bot if we wish to know the real sentiments of Si: Robert Wilson, we most seek for them in the cc:re spondence which he held with some privart p usons in England—a correspondence of whick the docu ments proceedidg from himself, or Hom his brother Sif Edward Wilson, were submitted to his inspection and acknowledged by him- in all his letters Wilson professes principles the most opposite to all social order, and to the tranquirtity of Europe. According to him, affairs have taken a wholly couater-revolu tionary course, under the sanction of the Courts of Austria and Russia. The dethronement of the King is irrevocable. He gives the epithet of " legitimate maniac" to a courageous friend who had refused to listen• to his dangerous inspirations. He thus closes a letter dated the 28th of December—a You will soon hear of extraordinary events in Germany." The third article of this correspondence is a letter from Edward Wilson to R. T. Wilson, which shews the conformity of principles and unity of sentiments which exist between the two brothos. Edward writes to Robert Wilson—that if it is proposed to overturn the existing order of things, the 6re must be constaialy kept up, and always visible, like a beaion of alarm, in France and in foreign parts : that matters become daily more favourable ter the recovery of Sovereignty and independence for the Trench people ; but that it is tote feared that they should cool, and that efforts be neglected, which, well employed, would necessarily lead to a general emancipation. . . • Passing to the means which might weaken the at tachment the majority to The cause of the Bour bons, and insisting on the employment of means, Ed ward Wilson recommends, above all, 44 the insinua tion of a persecution, real or imaginary, against the Protestants—ax idea (he says) which spreads like wildfile, diffuses itself like a contagion among the people in general, and engenders a spirit of mortal hatred and contempt for the new dynasty. May this new arm he that of the liberty of all nations!" He closes his letter by a piece of advice which leaves no doubt as to the dispositions of these implacable enemies of our country. " If, however, our friends thew ton much weakness, it would be better to at. tempt nothing; for, unless the great mass of the people put themselves in motion, no result will be obtained." The fourth document proceeds from R. T. Wilson. We there find the prognostics of this foreigner as to the revolution which is preparing in France. 4 4 There will be bloody scenes before the revolution can be consummated. but the point is fixed, and the impulse given. Revolutionary movements are also preparing in Prussia." In fine, the fifth document h the letter, from which is extracted the relation of Lavalette's escape. Wilson does not there dissemble the motives which led him. to protect that mai. Robert Thomas Wilson, after having in his inter rogatories protested against his arrest, against the form of French criminal inquiry, against the seizure of his correspondence, and against what he calls the inquisitorial system of interrogations, has, however, acknowledged that, according to the principles of the law of nations, he was subject to the empire of the', French laws for the prosecution and repression of an offence committed in France; but he closed the inter rogatory with these words--" it would appear to be forgotten that I am an Englishman, or that the right of Englishmen is not known. I have given my fast ifiswer—let me be brought to trial:—when before the tribunals, I shalt know• how to defend myself as I ought, and to defend my rights." In consequence of all these facts, Jacques Eberle, turnkey of the Conciergerie ; Jean Baptiste RoYstette de Kerguidec, keeper of the Coneiergerie ; Benoit Bonneville, valet-de-chambre of Lavalette; Joseph Guerin alias Marengo, Robert Thomas Wilson, John Hely Hutchinson, and Michel Bruce, are ac. cured—videlicet, Jacques Eberle, of having on the 20th of December last. in connivance with Marie Chamons de Lavalette, condemned to capital punish ment, whose keeper he was appointed, favoured the escape of that prisoner ; J. B. Roquette de Kerguidec, of having facilitated it by negligence; Benoit Bonneville, and Joseph Gnerin, of having fa. cilitated the said escape, by procuring to the convict the means of escaping ; and Wilson, Hutchinson, and Bruce, of having, in January, 1616, been accomplices in concealing the said Lavalette, knowing that he was condemned to capital punishment, and of having thus facilitated and consummated his escaite—critne.: and complicated offences provided against by arts. 59, GI, 210, and 248, of the Penal Code. The Chamber of Accusation has dismissed from prosecution the widow Dutoit, and Lavalette the wifedl THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21., 1816. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY t ATI WELVE O'CLOCK: Reduced 60}{ --Ceps, mo. G2l—for ace. 6sit bier C.rnit.7 M-1 per Cent. ali 951—8 Os. 6s. pr. dttli.l4—Dir. isii—Exch. OKI 4s. 611. pr. To-day we codtinue the details preliminary to the trial of Sir ROBERT WILSON and Messrs. BRUCE and HUTCHINSON. The Act of Accusation, or Bill of Indictment, though somewhat prolix, is clear and in telligible. Indeed Sir ROBERT'S intercepted letter had furnished so many particularr that, with what could be collected from chairmen, jailors, &c. the prosecu tors could find little difficulty in stringing together the facts which compose the narrative. We have received the Puis Papers of Sunday.— They announce the signature of a Treaty of Peace between the Day of ALGIPRS and the Km° of SAR DINIA, obtained through the medium of the PRINCE Ram of ENGLAND. The British nerciator on the occasion was Lord EXMOUTH. CO CRIER EXTRAORDINARY OP SUNDAY MORNING. Oa the 11th April, detachments of the Swiss Re giments (Red), or those which continued in the ser vice of the King, have arrived at Besancon. The whole population went out to mw ,t them, as well as the National Gu:trds and the Civil and Military Au thorities. We ere assured that the Court received yesterday notice of the day on which the Princess Maria Caro. lina was to quit Naples, and the itinerary of her route. We are assured that his Holiness signed, on the 10th, the Conventions concluded between him and the t of France, relative to the Clergy. A c siderable convoy of corn has arrived at Mar. seillei s has occasioned the price of this article to be lowered. The King will this day receive the Municipal Body of the City of Paris, which will be presented to his Majzsty with the usual formalities, by the Minister of the Interior. A woman of Riergon, remarkable for propagating false news, has been sent, m surveillance, to Laval. The same measure has been taken, with respect to four sr five individuals who endeavoured to excite disorder. CHAMBER OF PEERS, APRIL 20. The law on the Budget, as amended by the De puties, was presented by the Duke de Richelieu, in the name of the King, to the Chamber of Peers, and ordered to be printed and referred to a Committee. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, APRIL 2 The Minister of Finance presented two Projets of a law ; one, to confirm in their possession certain purchases of national domains; and the other to re voke, in favour of the family of the Duke of Polig nac,certain dispositions of part of their estates, made by the revolutionary tribunals. MILAN, APRIL. 10. The Emperor quitted Verona on the Bth, the day after the death of the Empress. Her body, after being embalmed, will be conveyed to Vienna, and deposited in the Imperial Burying-place. TURIN, APRIL 13. The British gun-brig Calypso, from Algiers, has brought the agreeable intelligence of Peace having been concluded on the 3d instant, between the King of Sardinia and the Dey of Algiers, and this treaty has been concluded without money : it has been en tirely brought abaut by the generous friendship of the British Government, and the influence of Lord Ex mouth. In virtue of this treaty the commerce of Sardinia will be respected by the Dey as much as that of England—fifty-one Sardinian prisoners were de livered up as a pledge of sincerity, and they have ar rived at Geneva. Brussels Papers to the 21st reached us this morn ing. The French who were banished by the KING'S Ordinance of 24th July. 1815, and who had taken up their residence at Brussels, have all left that city to proceed to such retreats as they may be able to find elsewhere. There have been many fires of late in the North of France.: their frequency has given rise to an opinion that they are the result of party feuds, seeking secret vengeance. The accounts from the South of Europe present little novelty. The best understanding is said to pre vail between the Courts of Naples and Vienna, ft Omagh :he otobet of Aestrtas troops to da yid!, nity of Naples amounts to 14,000." The prepara tions for the r c of the young Princess from Naples for Paris are continued. A Professorship for Moral Philosophy has been founded at Roe*. Bread is excessively nigh in Rome—about 4d. per pound. Our private letters inform us, that it is estimated that in Brussels alone, there are more than 300 Eng lish Families. On a moderate computation each family may be supposed to expend £3OO per annum ; sn that not less than £lOO,OOO are annually expend. ed by the English in that city. This amount is drawn on England, and the bills are negociated by Bankers, who, we are assured, by an English Geo demon that has resided many months in Belgi u m, get a prof:t on these bills which excee d s b y more double the bounds of fair commercial heneEt. :Fur example, when the Exchange (as was lately ti.e case) exceeded 25 francs for the pound sttrling. a private Gentleman would get no sore frnia h:s Banker than 231 francs, if even so ma:7l, so tat on 231 francs the Banker would get 11 , or about Seven per Cent. which on £90,000 is &Mo:. We therefore recommend to our countrymen to procure letters of credit from England for a given number of francs, and to draw for the same in francs. specifying in the bills the Exchange, which would afford their Bankers in London the means of de• tecting any imposition to which they might be sub. sect. Tbe profit on such transactions. where no risk is incurred, ought not to exceed 14, or at most 2 ptit cent. ; and there are doubtless plenty, of respectable English Houses who would transact such business for such a profit. Some' of the English families are of the higher class, nod it is probable instead of 4300, spend front three to £5OOO a-year. • INZIELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, APRIL st. No arrivals —Sailed the Arabella packet, with mails for Lisbon.—Wind S.E. light airs, fineweather. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 2e. Came in the Horatio, TOZER, frcm Guernsey; the Thomas, Pexr, from Charleston, for orders..—Sailed the Tay, SOM., for the West Indies. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 29. Ho arrivals.—Sailed his Majesty's ship BACCHUS, for Bengal.—Wind E.S.E. DEAL, APRIL 23. Sailed the Maitland, Kittsav, for Bengal; the PM. lippa, Ntcuou.s, for ditto.—Remain in the Downs his Majesty's ships GAts:vmEng and DROMEnARY, Rattlesnake and Scourge revenue luggers.—s4,lel the Dromedary store-ship for the Baltic.—Wind N. E. RAMSGATE, AMU. C 3. Arrived last evening, a French boat, with 121 tubs of gir and eight bales of tobacco on board, taken by the Sea-gull Reverie cutter, dff the North Foreland, and sent in here as the genOs were evidently inteneed to be smuggled on shore in this reigh bourhood. The crew consisted of roar torefgrers and one erg. lithman—the latter states himself to be only a ppt.seager I Soo rat very line passage-vessels are Ktting out to ran between t7lis Port arid Calais, which voyage the ownars profess to make (taking the , average) in as short a space of time as it can he possibly dnze from Mver—this we should not be at ail surprised at, whru the great advaniaTt is considered of vessels being enr.bled to gat in and oui of flatbo• t. bere at one hour's fio..y of tile, wh;:h canon: he accomplihei from Dover, or any of :he reighbri.:rt:.g ports, till within an bour of high water: nor is ken-agate Hnt bqur annoyed by a har at any tints.—Tke Lively indict will ta 1 cee13:0 1 : for Os end, with passengers and goody, CUSTOMS-HOUSE, APRIL c 3. SHIPA r.N•rr.ezn °wry,Anns.—Hero, J. Mull!lry, for ; 04)!In, 0:ley Palley, for Hamburet; Jonge Reina, J. H. Mister, for Itbtterdsm ; Brßarnia, H. Ftranock, fee Ostend ; Endtavour, Jai. Boyd, for BellaSt ; Lord Cassdnr, !no Brooker, fnr Grueva and Le;horn ; \Janata', John Martin, foe St. Utristophtes—for pnisenge:s 0:117. A flunburgh Mail arrived j2st as our Paper was putting to press, but it brings no intelligence of interest. Yesterday morning the PRINCE RE3EN r, it is stated, took an airing on t.or..eback. Mondal, about lour o'clock, the Prince of SP.XF- CoISOIMG arrived at the Castle, Windsor, on a risk to the QUEEN t at five o'clock the Princess CtIAR LOTTE met him there at a dinner-party. His High. ness•is now staying at Windsor, enjoying the beauties of the scenery, and the pleasures of the noble Society which are assembled daily itt the Palace. His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT has ap pointed two o'clock, on Friday next, to receive the Sheriffs, relative to the Addresses agreed to by the Court of Common Council on the 14th of December and the 31st of January last, when his Royal High. ness will appoint the time for the Court to present the said Addresses. The reports that have of late been in circulation respecting the accommodation Government would receive from the Bank instead of a Loan, has caused an astonishing and unprecedented rise in Bank Stock ; on Friday last it was done at 245, and yesterday it had risen to 258 for money, being an advance of 13 per cent. A dreadful accident occurred yesterday about nee o'clock, at the fire at the Stock Exchange Coffee• house. Several firemen were exerting themselves to pull down the remaining stair-case of the house, when fieuturou. the Engineer to !the Imperial, and Twetritecc, belonging to the Sun Fire Office, were foremost in their exertions, the stair-ease gave way, and, we are sorry to say, HAMILTON was killed n the spot, and the other so dreadfully burnt and lace., rated, that he was conveyed to the Hospital without hopes of recovery: HAMILTON has lett a wife and young family to lament his loss► Another fire broke out this morning at Mr. Mom.- eon's, Cbeesemonger, in Bishopsgate•street, but the engines arriving in time, we are happy to say, it was got under without much damage. The Bonus of all the Prize•meney arising from tbe 300 'rickets set apart for that purpose in the present Lottery, will be given to such Tickets or Shares as are purchased before the 27th instant. Every Share. therefore, bought at either of the old offices of Swum and Co. before that day, will be entitled, whether it be a Blank or Prize, to its proportion of the above benefit. CORN.EXCHANGE t APRIL 24.—Our Wheat trade was dull this morning, having but few buyers at market, but prices are the same a re s a l i n y M : a rl iv d , ";: d Barley went off slowly, and Monday's price! , W it t . difficulty obtained. Although and prices y continues large, the demand is brisk, supported. Peas and Deans are rather dearer. th e supply . or fwttair