The Sun. — London, England, 1816-04-27 00:00:00

TRIAL OF SIR ft.* WILSON, ANT) BEITCE AND BUTCIII,NSON, (In Cuiltinuutiun.) AUDIENCE ruc 23n Arm. When the Advocate. General ,had finished his ispeeck, which molielsgreat impre4zion on the au y, the was,auspended to a rriarter of, 'When it was resumed, M. ClAveini *puke in defence of Lberle, and particularly' 11-u sktvil O the impoosik)iiit,y of his recogiriziiig v,iiette in ii disguise which WAS 60 CC/11)11)4C tl►at every one wab the dupe of it—even t►te gaoler who Esttt: hip hapd to the convict, and the gendarme at the outer gute through which be passed- Tbere was no reason why au extraordinary perspicacity should be -expected from Lberle. The language used by Eberle to his comrade, at the moment whet) the chair set off--." it is droll, those three wOnieddid Out say a word to me"'.. —was exclusive of all suspicion of a participation : for, if he had been an aecomplice, Ile would have d . lauguage'which might have Colliproniked the StiC. cess of the plot. M.''BraHne, the defender of Roquette de !ter guidec, endeavoured to dispose the Jury in . favour of his client, by the recital of services which .liis ancestors and himself have rendered to dovern. this only recompence was an annual pen sion of SO francs fur himself and every meinber of his family; who had, like him, escaped the was tatere of the colonies. The Learned Counsel then dwelt on the scene -between Madame T.,a4alette viol his diem ; and observed, that the three or tour minutes during which the gaoler was detain. ed by his ; wife, so justly alarmed, were sufliciertt to assure : the retreat of the convict ; 'for if No quote had got away from her directly, he would:. Have .found Lavatette, whom the absence of the;,. chairman kept-nvaely-for-that.time at the gate of the ptistni. - . . titter several, other observations, the Learned Couu4el observed-1 arrive uowat the lust eharge 7. if gulls( my client (at the word last, an oftiati3- faction w t io beard among, the itiulitor,s who visit acmes of this sort' merely tor ,aniuseme_nt, .without reflectiog ou the iniportato: ot. the functionary who ttefentli the accused),-;-1 inean..the charge of not taking away the handkerchief with which valette Covered his face. lioquctie WAS ' a roitri,7; start, as the Advocate-Gem:till uas iui,e tit ii with o noble accent, he would not ilL*erve the *harm: of 1111111 who could have heell UllthoVell tt such- sc:i tie. M. Mattguin, the Counsel fat Benoit, relied chiefly' on Ilia Itejil4 itte ,ervcit of Livide.tie, 'night have erred hMIIIO.CeSS at cleVOlCti : he paid it high ttiOule LO lame Layalettc, und mentioned, us a subject of congratulation, that, in thepidat of crimes slid misfortunes w'itit'i►' hieh Our eyes were' afflicted, they nikgiit: reptise with satisfaction on Lite' noble ilevotedness of conjugal itilect on. He referred in favour of III& 'client to the ttepuition of Madame Luvulette, who dha declared that her boldness had done every thittg• lie compared the conduct Of his client with that Ott the WitiOw Dittoit, and complained that their situation %Vali ditiereOt...;Crile President interrupt 'ed observing, that he must not criticise the sentetice of the Ciliumber of It is not to criticise it," said M. Mauguiii, but to' invoke it for the sake rimy client that I stiCak of it." • The Advocate then procee d ed to appeal to the tuits.inot of morality wh)clt recommend to doilies ' tics devotecliteo and ikedience--ini t xims oaiti he, eippeat to be aootr4ry to the regulatirmb of ~u,~itive htiv„ Li Jere again the Counsel Was interrupted by the PrLiident and the AdvOcate4ieneritl, who oh. server(,, that he must not appeal to any authority in opposition to the law. Mauguin protested as to the purity of. his intentions, and couclutied by referring to an ex. i)t . ebbioil of the AtivocattAieneral, that his client pad done more than his duty he left hint, there fart, with full confidence to the Jury. The Sluing bloke up at a quarter past five, and will be continued to-morrow, to. hear the other Ativocate,„atol the summing up Of the President. It was remarked, with interest, that M. the. Chief President, Deseze, Peer of France, was present to participate its the satisfaction with which a numerous yet select auditory applauded the t a lent and who; discretion of the Magistrate who rectud this important trial. For an account of the last day see the (ollowing column. S,I Wrivtiltiolie aLle, on 11au1es. A biltls up tam* of our atlea i rs,witio Corttspoudeitts. MAIL% Aniftvr3l-1 Francs:, '1 Gurrtigey and Jersey, 1 Nahlirt, Waterford. Dur-1 Li?bon, tiottenblugli, I DO- Wateffurtl. PRICE 01 Tlll4 PAY. r Bank Stuck, 257 3 pa' o.4o ttctt . Goli 4 per ent...Con4. thti. 4 per Cents. 5 pPr (1. N. Ann. H liant. l l,..tim. lAi 7.. !Mtn I 'F STOCKS .wri,vr, ir,•ci:ocE. il3t11:l St4.Ukt 11064 Bawls, SS.. O. pr. ,Exclivq.' 1ii114,-Is, bs. pr. 01111.011 ms I 4 Ditto for eny.orot, 1 i Cems. fur Moy; 1;21i lITGII WATER IIONDoN BRUME TO-MORROW. Morning. miaattal after 3. Eveniae, 27 iniaates eater -J. THE MTN. : • :1;."., A ' 011E117? LON DOY 45-ITURD.II'. iiPRIL 27, 1816. TUE SENTENCE- WILSON, BRUCE A n A t 14.ngth the Trial of Sir ROBERT VVILSOq, Mr. Bli I) CI:, Hud Mr. HUTCH it;4l)ti has ,terminated, and in a itiattnei which seems to have loreit re ceived with pretty - general satisfaction 'by-all parties in Paris : They have been fotind guilty, hut the. Court has pgssed on lIICIII the very light est sentence that the law would allow; namely— an imprisonment of only Three Mo»ths. After the speech front. NI. litsA for the prosecution, on Tues day, the remainder of that day was oetcapied with thespeechesof the Counsel fiwthe (litiore!kt French- men implirated in the charge. On W6lnesdly, Du tbt x i the advocate of Sir Itowr. Wti.goY and his friends*, made is speech lunch admired and eat cur deralde ingenuity, but turning principally on ; points. of . French law, which would afford little entertainment to our readers. On the facts charged againit the accused, after their frank uvoiVals, cor folwated hy,the folleSt Ilre,of dueuutrutrtr y NMI Pa . 110 1)04W/1C g("Ilbt could remain undabont b a it pot five uri Wednesday afternOtin,:the•Jury . (12 in nitinher,drawn by lot,' arid rruwly men'eot►. fleeted wit , h,the law), (layered their verdict into court, it want read by their foreman,' and c o ntained on acquittal of all the Erenehtnen except the t urn keyEuence, us , well as Sir 11 , WtoioN, Mr. .httuce, and Mr. IN rcnttsunst, were found' guilty. The President, M. Dt ticze, then 'proceeded ,to read the heads or the 'penal code applicable to the convicted persons. i.imttat.st eves' sentenced to two years impritontnent. 'the article Applicable to our -countrymen was IN;o: 244, which prescribes imprisonment for a term not exceeding; two years, nor less than three months, at the . diseretiou of the Judge : and the President, without hesita tion, pronoudeed for the shoriet FlliotVahle pe riod, bit ROlittlt? WILSON' and Mr; Deuce had : both previously addressed the Court iu long speeches, explanatory of their motives furs con duct which they did not deny. Sir 14.0acktT ob served, that those who blamed what belted dune .would probably have censured him tin' inituntatti ,ty had be refused to assist in snatching a fellow creature froni deortietiun. ilaucs: avowed' himself a friend' to . liberty, and to, the Constitu tion of his country, as itettled by the glorious Revolution of 1688 but he declared hit detest u . tiop of that fictitious revolutionary liberty Which had desolated' Europe. 'll(ithr these speeches were listened to with great attention bfthe Court, which throughout the proceeding* .showed a marked degree of respect to our countrymen, as far. us their relative situation would permit. On Ft dispute which arose as to the official tt . an3latiou of one of Sir ROBEXTIS letters, the Advocotte-Gederal allowed the Prisoners the benefit Of the interpre tation which was most favourable to them. The . Court was fuller on the third day than on the second, but less so than at the opening Will, trial. Madame Lavar,erDa was *mon the an. ditory. !aril - AV:S IMO:4 tAfits Ap.citivt.D TIII3 MORN/Nti APRIL 24.—The King wekt ont bopday at . three. The crowd We - Ekt, 'waiting with • im patience to sec hiui , anil soon as he appeared they greeted hita with l .)14(! cr.; cs IfilYent The Peers of France have adopted a rich-cos tume, in which they will appear at the Cerelll4/11y of the marriage of the Duke of . Berry. Lord Wellington arrived yem.rday at Pettis. Count Bellegarda is arrived Ist Paris, where he proposes to rerimitt some ; he goes after. WiifllS to ,Pnglattd. Three iii.disposed person* of the small inum - of Meximeux, near Lyons, white die Citlard 411..cre employed in some exterior service, took the opportunity to reverse the white flog. 'rite Hon of the Deputies is ornamented with tuat3 of Lewis X V-1 , X,Vii., and X.V1,11.4 NA.VAL ,NEWS. PoitTsmoum, Aritil, 26 —Saiteil bit Majesty's ship Doirer, iris 111,iesty's ships Traave anti ‘Ve tier, for the \Vest littlics.—Whid N. E. 26.—Sailed the Castlereagh pocket with is mail and passengers for Holland.; Henry Erecting packet, with a ►nail and passen gers for Ct►thaveit.r---t%"inti AIittGATE, „Aran, 2(l.—The ship Ambrosia, from . Want. got on shore on the Tonvite Sand yesterday eveoing : she has liven got off, and car ried into Whitstable ltay. -Sest.r.y,' APRIL 23 4 --, SAiled his 3fitjesty's tick/oiler Alban, Capt ain PITTON, fin the CU4St of Scotian'''. tin t Ine rm.) r4pers inform 08, that the rn .of n 6515 iA. Ilia expressed his high at the. result of the labours of the !fustian Bible So. clay. His Imperial Majesty itas-at the same lime nn order in the spirit Qt . the Society's, on. dartaltiug, by which he directs, that, in order to f,cdiu t ie the understaoding of the sattred Scrip t!tres,o tln shalt 'be translated late the modern to lafigiitige# ilithrriO the. Greek Church, th e eptablished form of w rillipin HaissiH, 7 1 „, „,,,t c ;vie uftty other versi.m at( the than • ,a, Ui' old N. ntove tilt of ti.e dela. Letters. from Peterburgh state, that the Jesuits have bees recalled into that city. - There has been lately a duet at Metieres, be tween the Prussian COmmander of the place apd a French (Meer, in which the former . was wound ed. The French Officer has Bed.. On the 16th the powder-mill and magazines si tnatell in the Isle of Augouleme; blew'-up with a' (Ireadfal explosion. Eleven workmen and five in habitants have perished, and scvertil tire severely wounded.'.. The Southern part of 'the town has snlferet; considerably. The .Catise of thii " fatal event is 111)%nown. A c:-i c Wil3 yesterday tried in the Court Royal, of,, which the following arc a' few Pa' ilic"l"r 3 An individual and renounced his right of succes sion to a brother, who having died, another bro ther became heir. The return of the King has unexpectedly given a claim to 1300 acres of wood, whieh'Was demanded by the brother last men tiOned, quite excluding 'the children of his late hruther.—The Tribunal decided, that the total ignorance of the, deceased respecting the future reStitution of this prOperty, at the time he re tuing's:4,k, was sofficient to do. away the re 11411161.. lion, and.that therefore his representatives bilOtlid equally with• the claimant enjoy the benefit of Providence. The PRINCE ItE(11/14T Mulch recovered that he is aLle to take an airing ever day ou back. A long. discussion took 1,14ce . the House of orintions the State of Ireland. In otead of the Address prr/potiod by Sir Joni NEW. rt)kr, Mr. lik'et. ran rrl nfic - tlier 4 - nearly the saine tendency, except !bat it did pot plvtige (iovvrii mew to adopt a partienlar conr.te ut 'ineasiires.---- Lliwit ibis the and Mr. Pg3l.'s4l(l - wa4 carried b) a injority nl e 2, 11 4 03. bens being, for bio! Atldrebs IS7, anti against it 105. Aptitstotng last tt;glit -gave notice, that . vn Tuesday !test tit shOitlit titOve . fOr leave to bring in n to enahie the.lit,Ng.to-bu9enif the Ballot lot the Lneal 'Militia,' • lie 111$0 gave notice', that on the same day he should more for leave 7 Ci) bring in a Bill to reduce the . .nmobve of d.4ys for ttje assembling of Yeomanry-Cavalry, with tv v;ew to carryuto their exemptions front twelve to five ilay s. 'rug RoyAL.FAmtI.Y.--AA grand entertammeut WB give%) at Witodior ce,lebr:ation ofthe • Pritivebi IllAitY'S Dirt h 13eside, her 11,14 e-sty and the Princesfx4, thieve Were present, tale Prince itegent.,,Diike awl Duchess of. Dukes of Clarence Lind .heat, the POncessChat lone and Prince dr . Sii . xt twOlOter rind the P rince Regent convers e d ' much togvher. In the morning ! if tire same diy, while , :the Prin cess Charlotte was at breakfast., Mr. itoictihet . g, sett. was employed in taking her Royal Highness's profile, Mr% Rosenberg., jun, in taking her mi niatore!._ put, „y y. Ttruterefli, Inotielli ng. her Highness. Prince Leopoid.edso t o Mr Rosenherg, jun. having previously rat to the others at lit•ighton tOr a htit The PRINCE Ileottsiy .held'a 'Court Yesterday, at w hi c h were presented Colonel- BOUCIIETTE, from Canalia ; Mr. A,. /11114Elt, the new Judge of B eli g a l; who was knighted ; Kull Dr. LEGGE, tire new B .- - .1 Bishop of Osford.) Sheriffs attended, ; and . Monday next, at thlee o'clocii,was the tim e ty a point to receive thee CityAq4 es 'c Tire Duke of. CLARBN PE hair . tendered Bushey Park for the reception of (be Princess CHARLOTTE, th e Prince of C;onottG, utter their marriage ; mot, although Oatiantli was aceeptcd, it is thought the hornier residencewill'bePreferred, u s' l ess tits cant from London. Privatc letters of the 22d from Paris, 31mOnnee, that Count ToittiNo,hi3 two surviintb, ,everfil °titer Sptittihit Gentlemen, wore arrested and con: fined by orders of the French Government, any Seinday morning, the 211;. but the cause of this arrest was nocknown when the post left.. Count ToRENO WAS one of thefirst Deputies who arrived here, when he was Count MATAROSA, in search of aid in the cause of Spain. The situation of :Port Admiral of the River Thames is abolished, and Sit Hots PortiAm has consequently struck Ids, flag. . • Dre Tam., the Catholic Archbishop of. D u bli n , in answer to an a.pplicatio(t front the. Noblemen nut' Genf lelnCll Mai signed the .Catbolie Petition, countenancing the concession of securities, has deellred, that he finch nothing censurable in that document. This avowal has created a gre:xt\sen ration in Dublin. • _ - 'The Shrewsbury Old Bank resumed Its business on Mouthy, under the firm of ROCKE, IYToN, LOXDAGE. CAMPaIiLL, and BAYLIM. • Oros, rnainuution.—tVe &qty. the folio wing , - rer- Intim it literatim, from the itlorningehroniale:—. '• Our readers will see, that on , the. motion of Lord G.. CAVP.NDIPII to reduce.withitproper arid constitritional limits the . Establishments of the Country, one hundred and two- Members of tt!e House of - Comi»ons divided in its favour, mid that nuntbex Weltild have been considerably in -creased, bud not several Gentlemen . (including the two sons of the .Noble Moiler gad others) be en ncrideutally shut mit on the division."—Shoeitingt, Of how many others ore they supposed to be the soni ? Gold teilimilis tit the price es last week, hitt ailver is rather hiwei Duili,i ate lit * hAlf pettily los then citi. 1.11.47 QUOCC ;4txuc# t ililVS:r is wily 54 I , . ito VAL ACADEMY. We had yesterday the pleasure of a private viOvt of the Exhibition which opens to the pl)b:ic un Moi'day, but we are so straitened in our limits as to he able only to state our opinion of it very f r enerally and briefly. There is more than the customary prrponderance: of Portraits. Sokme of thew very fi ne, many yeti shewy, and not a few very bad. The hest of Sir T. Lawrence's appears to us to be that of the Marchioness of Stafford.' Phillips is pre-eminent in his flesh colours ; and . portraits of Mr. bye% and Norton the Indian Chief, are excellent spe• rime& Of his 'powers. Sir W. Lieechy has a nu merous progeny, which we shall :hereafter notice, as well as the productions of avei,n. North. cote, nod othe r distinguished contributors, whose eil•qts.do not differ materially from thov they lino e made in precedin g years. Itaetoon - vend capital heads ; and among the Artiita not so high iu acailemick honours, we observed it no!' trait of Nurthcote by Harlow,- and a Gamekeeper bY Stewardson, as happy specimens of talent ttl Incthis iof rh'e art. Hilton's Raising of Lazarus, taken altogether, is a first-rate picture, and the Eye of the Exhi bition. There-are also two graud classica stapei by Turner; one of Btrd's best works, 1 * Crucifixion ; a whimsical and welt-painted candle., light effect, by Wilkie ; an admirably by Mulready, of Boys i nterrupte d i n tigAiligj , some good thin g s by C a li cot, T homson, C o Naesinvtir, Clover, %V es t a l', lt, Cook, Beinagles, IVatson, 11 Martin, I..larkson,o"l"' Cooprr, and others whom w e cannot D " OW 6111e1 class or specify. told storf tVe trust we shall be pardoned all °WWI ) " is this first hasty sketch. ,In the Antique Academy our atICIIii()11 was princirdly attracted by P'ir traits by Eith{ridge, a flute engrav ng of the . Prince Regent by Ward, Miniatures by Itoberstim,Wat Ise Itune, &c. &c. and a clever Swiss Fait oy A• 'l'ob'e r. Om Library are some rich and exquisite Ar , chitectural 1)(1-Ow's. Those by Swine and G 4114. strnek us I A deserving of bign t tistitictinm, an.l (burc were others so fine as scarcely to excuse our paw' ttt~ them Qvir pinarneti. The Model Academy has some excellent Bags by Nolleketts, Chantrcy, and Turnerelli. .vcry.purticular,in other branches. NEAV: MUSICAL FUND, FOR ?Jig ReLIFF OF LiF.CAYED 140.101 ANS, THRFIE WIDOW'S AND ORPHANS. This affecting appeal to the feelings.produeed a - correspondent effect ; for, on 'Thursday, OM Opeta-house was scarcely ever graced with aul audience more numerous and brilliant. ,The Orchestra Was fitted up after the matrutiy of all Oratorio, and bad a very striking, appeacance. It:was a natural expectation that the most eminent ' of the .ptoressioo would exert themselves, fur the, cause was their own, and that expectation tvnai mit disappointed: - Among the efforts 'of excellence, a Mons -I.),Att.t.oT displayed great execution on the liiii manner was particularly graceful, but his in. S I ionem had not arat sound full volume Of tone to make the Concerto pleasing as well as wmutierful.--• Mons. DROVET, on the flute, was, if possible, greater than ever ; and Mr. Lisrut.sit, in a Violin.. ct-110 Obligati) accompaniment to Dr. RePuSta's eNceeded himself, and drew tloirn thunders ell Applause from time Orchestra and the Miss STEPHENS anti Mrs. SALMON cbartned with their sweetness—Nladame Fooott, with her Skill and flexibility. HANDEL'S' " Sweet Bird" could not be given With moretorrectness anti fascina• tion, mote expression end brilliancy, than by lltrs. Dlettatts, charmingly accompanied on the flute by Mr. Astir. • Of the•tuale Performers very little can by sail!, Signtr 13EGHi sung a Utile too much in the Justly , exploded stile of !Winn affectation:—Mr. BHMIAM was not. in voice he accompanied Mrs. SALmos in Together let ns range the Fielas," anti from the carelessness with which they botk sling it, the audience would not have been displeased had they put the invitation into immediate literal effect. and- finished the duet while they were ranging the fields together by starlight. nit music of Dr. 'llovca.'s mil 3, improperly ascribed in the printed book to HANDEL. • Mr. Iit;,LLAMY gave a 11. S. maiiind seem) as an Ode to Peace,--a littk incongriinns perhaps, it was meant.. .that a great battle ts peacv, be cause it is likely to proehree withrandiug these trifling " tob3 and glows," the beauties of the evening .will long be rentemberetl by the .lovers o - -harmony, and it is hoped 'long be gratefully so remembered by those for whose benefit such noble exertions were nustle—lvini!orinerly delighred us with tutts4 . and melody, but whose joy is now turned into mourn ing —who sir down and weep *by the waters of . Iliihylon, while their h a rp s are liung.up upon the • • - trees that ale therein. ( "Witter-43AltiiEbt , Play, entiLled 41 New Way to Pay Old Debt's, woe pet formed at tltiS Thc . atre last night, Mr. K received . great applause in the 'character of Sir Giles Overreach, in which he 'displayed his ustiat judgment and discrimination. It was a correct -and . chaste performance. _Miss S. Boons, int 4Wargaret i lonked very well,- and played the part - remarkably well. Mr. Coxwxy appeared to great advantage in Wellborn. The other characters were adequately susttlined. We ni h with regret, that there was evidently in the Pit a small party of . oppments to this admirable Performer, who, by expressing their disapprobation, imped e d the latter part of his exertions. JAcy were scion ()eery:helmet! by the general applause.; but we cannot pass over shell illiberal and unhandsome conduct without the most pointed.reprohation. On Thursday en Inquest ,was held on the body of James lintagt, Engineer and Foreman of the Imperial Fire Office, who was killed at the fire at the Stock Exchenge. He ti. et his death by the fall, of acooklut, apparatus While going PP the stair to call some of the Ineti.—Verdici, de4tai.3Jeath. 1.6N1)Q: Print liy .1. d. ...‘ 11: 7, sis s' and fuldiKltrd k • 111-ixton, at Cite Sll/4.01r FIVE. :tit, It 2, : tt I ere .. I . l ver.'*'' SUeUti, tailors tenors (01,:t 4;i sth, must be Ittl4rtssei.