The Sun.
London, England, 1816-04-25 00:00:00

AMERICAN TRADE.

The following is an extract of a letter, which I
inclosed tl!c official ratification of the Commercial
Treaty, sent by.express from Washington to New
York :—" You may rely there will 'be great al-
terations in the proposed tariff of new duties ; it
is confidently believed the duty on your cotton
•antl- woollen goods will he fixed at 20, in place
of 28 and 33 one-third per cent. ad valorem, The
Bank bill, that important national measure, has
at length passed the House of Representatives by
a majority of nine, and sent to the enate."
An Act concerning the Convention to regulate the Com-
merce between the Territories of the United States atul
bis Britannic Majesty.
Be it .enacted and declared, by
the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress
assembled, That ail much of any Act us imposers higher duty
of tonnage, or of imposts on vessels and-artieles imported in
vessels of Great Britain, than on vesselg and artilles hu-
ported in vessels of the United 'ttates, contrary to the provi-
sions of the Convention between lie United States and his
Britannic Majesty, the ratifications 'wherenf were mutually
exchanged the' 22d day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and fifteen, be, from and utter the ratification of
the said Coneitalon,-and ditring the continuance- therAf.
/deemed and taken to be of no elect or force.'
" H. CLAY, Speaker of the house of Representatives.
• "JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate pro tem.
4.4 March I, 1816," " Approved, JAMES MADISON."

WiNnson, APRIL .24.—Yesterday the Princess
' CuAttLorre of WALE!) CROW again from Cram!.
bourn Lodge, to meet the Prince of Snxtt Co-
noco to dinner with the Qum,: and PRINCESSES
at the Castle. In the evening there was a select
Rarty specially invited by the QUEEN to meet her
oyal Highness the Princess CHALOTTE 1111C1 his
Serene Highness the Prince of S,As Copptlo.
The party broke up between t eland eleven o'clock.
This morning his Serene Highness the Prince of
SAXR COBURG, after breakfast, rode out. on horse-
back in the Parks.

By one of lthe latest Rio Janeiro Court Ga-
zettes, it appears, that on the 19th of December,
the birth-day of her Mnjesty the Queen of POtt-;
TUGAL, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of
the United Dominions of Pon.roont. and the BRA.
ztLs conferred some further marks of high dis-
tinction on several British Officers of his armies,
in testimony of his gratitude for the signal setices
performed by them in defending his country dur-
ing the late war. The Order of the Tower and
Sword was presented on that occasion to some,
and the Star. of that• Order given to Sir ItotteaT
Atm.,Timor, Sir irt,vsse.s Button, and Lord R.
SOM EI:SET. Sir HENRY I'YNN is appoioted Te-
nenti Rei, or Governor of Valenga, an important
fortress on the frontier of Galicia ; and the s'er-
vieee of Sir 14. D'Unami, Quarter-Master-Gene-
ral, are stated to have been particularly noticed
stud highlY'opproved. Varioas promotiotis,lo of-
ficers of inferior rank were at the same rime wt.
zetted. The return of. Lord BattasroaD to Lisbbn
sas daily expected.
The Grand Lodge of Freemasons had their An-
nual Meeting yesterday, in their Hall at Free'
masons"ravern his Royal Highness the Duke
.01 SUSSEX presided as Grand Master, and most of
the dibtinguishod Members were present. The
new pictorial deCorations of the Hall gave gener4l
.satisfaction. •
MAJOR SCITILL AND BLIONAPARTE.—The fol-
'lowing Anecdote is from a German Paper :—" In
'the War before last of Prussia against France, the
well-known Major VON SCHILL had. taken with
tree corps four uncommonly tine horses, which
were destined for the Emperor NAPOLEON. Wlin
the latter knew it, he directed a letter to be sent
-Ito,the Major, (*ring him 1000 dollars compen-
-11%11011 tor each horse. The letter was superscrib-
td—' To the robber-chief Schill.' &hill replied
to him by another letter as 1011°t e Sir, Bro-
ther, 1 feel the more gtatification in having taken
your foor horses, as I understand from your let-
ter that y9it vet a high value upon them. I can-
Hot return them to you for the 1000 &Mars a-
Piece ; but if yott will restore to their places the
four horses which you stole from the Branden-
burg G•ite at Berlin, then the four horses which
'have takea are (lithe at par strviciit'

blit, ISA/ II e../I. L iV 11J

1' be stil3sequeret conclusion or the Act of Accu-
sation is that to 'which we alluded yesterday as
differing from the first copy of that.ilocument
find therefore deserving the notice. of our Readers.
It inunetliately follows the letter to Lord GREY
Such is the literal translation of Wilso►n's di;patch,
stripped of reflections which Would have appeared displaced
in this recital. • .

" Tliis letter. acittionidgeil by Wilson, is donfirmed in its
details by' the documents in the process ; and the interroga-
tories of the accused explain a number of passages in it. It
would appear, that is was dii the id or ;Id of Jaaudry that the
first proposal of saving Lavalette aVas madeld Bruce ; and
Brut states, WI 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 Confidence
which he inspired, to pisclose to hint a great secret ; that La-
valc:tte, was still in Paris, adding, that he (Brute) alone cotild
save him, and !legging him to explain his intentions on this
subject :•that he'.(Bruce) gave no immediate answer, hot
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, think-
ing that, in an affair of this sort, indiscretion could not be
too much avoided. General Wilson was ignorant, he says,
of all these details ; it was I who told him of then: ;it was
I also who prevailed upon him to unite his efforts with mine
in favour IA Layslette; and if there is any one guilty in this
business, it is I. My political opinions might have influenc-
ed the sentiments which I expressed on the occasion of Mar-
shal Ney's trial. It wro my conviction that the capitulation
of Paris stood in the way of: his trial. As to Lavalette's
Affair, I affirm that I was influenced solely by 'the commiser-
ation with which he had inspired me. There was in his es-
cape something romantic, and so to speak, miraculous, which
strongly seized my imagination, and excited a powerful inte-
rest in my heart fur him.'
" Hutchinson makes the same avowals, and expresses
nearly the same sentiments as Bruce. lie protests that he
bad not the slightest idea of conspiring against the Fiend)
Government; and if he en-operated in Lavalette's flight,
it was merely from the wish to save an unfortunate man.
" Sir It. Wilson assigns to his conduct a mere elevated ob-
ject—he wished to efface frowt the Government of his Country
the opprobrium attached to the Violation of the capitulation,
of Paris; and he protests that it never entered into his views
to Make any attempt against the French Government: but
he avows his opposition to the principles which at present
direct the Government of his country,and to the political Sys.
tent of Europe, which is no crime in an Englishman : and he
adds, that the constitution of his country, its independence,
and its happiness, are of much higher consideration in his
eyes than the safety of the french Government, and the repose
Of Europe established on the rtiin of England.
Cl But if we wish to know the real sentiments of Sir RO-

bed Wilson,, we must seek for them in the corretpundenee
which he held with some private persons in England—a cor-
respondence of which the documents proceeding from him-
self, Or from his brother Sir Edw-srd Wilson; were submitted
to his inspection, and acknowledged by him. In all his let-
ters Wilson professes principles the must opposito to all sc-
cial order, and to the tranquillity of Europe'. According to
him, affairs have taken a wboll y count er.revolutionary coots°,
under the sanction of the CO!lrts of Austtia and Russia. The
dethronement of the King is irrevocable. lie give's the epi-
thet of legitimate maniac to a courageous friend who had re-
fused to listen to hi dangerous inspirations. tie thus closes
a letter dated the 24th of December ;--Yon will soon hear of
extraordinary events in Germany.
• " Tbe third article of this correspondence is a letterlrom
Echvard Wilson to R. T. Wilson, which shows the conformity
of principles and unity of sentiment 4 which exist between
the two brothers, Edward writes to Robert Wilson, that if
it is proposed to overturn the existing order of things, the
fire most be constantly kept up, and always visible, like a

beacon of alain), in France and in foreign parts : that mat-
ter* become daily more favourable for the recovery of sore-

reignty and independence for the French people ; but that it
is to be feared that they should cool, and that efforts be ne-
Fleeted, which, well employed, world necessarily lead to a
general emancipation.

" Passing to the means which might weaken the attach-
ment of the majority to the cause of the Bourbons, and i►,-
sisting on the employmentioc means, Edward Wilson recom-
mends, above all, the insinuation of a persecution, real or,
imaginary, against the Protestants--an idea, he says, which
spreads like.wild-fire, diffuses itself Übe a contagion among
the people in general, and engenders a spirit of mortal ha.
tred and contempt for the new dynasty. May this new arm
be that of liberty to all nations !

He closes his letter by a piece of advice which leaves no
doubt as to the dispositions Of these implacable mollies of
our country. If, however, our friends show too much weak-
ness, it would he better to attempt nothing; fur, unless -the
great mass of the people put themselves io motion, no result
will be obtained.

" The finial) document proceeds from It. T. Wilson. %e
there boil the prognostics of this foreigner AS to the revolu-
tion which is preparing in 'Franey. There will be bloody
scenes before the revolution can he consinnimateil, but the
point is fixed, nod the impulse given. Revolutionary move-
ments are also preparing in Prussia.

in line, the fifth dotoment is the letter from which is
extracted the relation of Lvalette's esetpe.. Wilson does not
there dissemble the 'motives which led him to protect that
Man.
Robert Thomas Wilson. after hiving in his interrogato-
ries protested against his arrest, against.. the form of French
criminal inquiry, aiminst the scizure of his corregpondence,
and against what he calls the inquisiti• ial system of interro-
gations, likitit however, acknowledged that, 4Ccoriling to the
principles of the law of nations, he was subject to the empire
of the French laws far the prosecution and repression of an
offence committed in France; but he closed the interrogatory
with these words i—lt would appear to be forgotten that I
am an Englishman, Or that the right of Englishmen is not
known. I have given my last answers let me be brought
to ttial ; when before this tribunals, I shill know how to
defend mysellas I ought, and to defend my rights.
" in coniequence of all these facts, Jacques Eberle, turn-
key of the Coneiergerie ; Jean Baptiste Roquette-do Korgni-
dec, keeper of the Concieoie ; .Benoit Bonneville, valet-
de-chambre of Lavalette; Joseph Guerin alias Marengo, Ro-
bert Thomas Wilson, John Holy Hutchinson, and Michel
Bruce, are licensed—videlicet, Jacques Eberle, of having on
the 20th of December last, is connivance with Marie Cha-
mons de Lavalette, condemned to capital punifihment, whose
keeper he was appoioted,, favoured the escape of that pri-
soner; J. 13. Roquette tie Kerggidec, of having facilitated
it by negligence; Benoit Bonnevitle, and Joseph Guerin, of
having 'facilitated the said escape by procuring to the convict
the means of ese spin ; and Wilson, Hutchinson, and Bruce,-
of buying, in January 1816, been accomplices in concealing
the said Lavalettei knowing that he was condemned to co,
pital punishment, and of having thus facilitated' and con-
summated his escape—crimes and compliented ttll'teriees pro-
vided against by Articles 59,' (it, 2.10, 2,18, of the Penal
Code..
" The Chamber of Accusation has dismissed .front prose.
maim the widow Dutoil. and Liralette Mae Wife.",

Mn. AND MRS...MIN PRTLVfiSTI

A MATUINIONIAL DUET'.

Air—" Evelyn'', Bower."

Vie.--=-When We first wereluan and wife,
And you swore love for life,
iVe were quoted al a model, we were quite a shel
Yes, we ttlze-.1-tete were seen,
Lilte.King WttaAAAt nnd'his Quern—
.
What a jewel of a wife *ay Mrs. Joux ParsOsT.

sl44.—Aye! theo I dove to thee, Man,
Like Baueis to iniilomon
I%nv if I go to I3righlort, you're at Bath, I know:
Like the pair Who tell the weather,
- We are, never outiogether—
bne at home, and Cattier gaticlint,Mr.JonN PltEt'osT.

He.—lf a lion's to be seen,
Old BLUCHER; Mr. KEAI4;
You order out the carriage, and away You gd;
With that gossip, Mrs. etONES;
I-Tow you rattle o'er the stones!
You'ri do mercy on the hoses, Mra. JOHN PREVOST.

Me.—With Nladeira, Port, and Sherry,
When you Make what you. call merry,
And-eit in soberiatiacks, are you sober?—no!
With that horrid Major Root,
It is always tivelye o'elock
Ere you tumble up to eutrce, Mr. JOHN PREVOST.

Both.—Our Vicar Dcietor .Imtv tc.r,
When he read the marriage service,
United us, for better and for worse, heigh-ho!
That the worse may turn to better,
Since we cannot break our fetter,
Let us say no more about at { PonN PitAvosr.