The Sun.
London, England, 1816-04-29 00:00:00

Frarcn SEVENPENCP.

TRIAL OF SIR AL WILSON,

. • . , ANP
MESSRS,. BRUCP, AND lI:rreiIINSON.

APRZ I. 95.

AUDIENCE 0? WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24.

ETIK following are the Proceetliugt of,the Last Day'a Trial,of
the abovaluentione4 Persoti3, from the French Papers re-
ceived since our last.) '
• . At lildf-past ten,the Sittig teas opened.—M.
Conflans was first beard in defence of his client
Guerin, ' • ,

• Ili, Lupin then, spoke as follows, in behalf of
,the three I nglisttsitett:--:-Oentlrmen,; pa the 'tame
bench where usually appear-only obscure Critni.
nets, you tree to-day three Gentle Men, wham their
noble birth, the elevation of' their sentitntlits, and
their honmirsble character, would, if Most have
been presumed, have for everpreseriied them from
'such,a misfortune ;, hut such is the effect off pre,
yOtieli'bitilds on appearances; which always
goes beyonct the truth, clad thougheq:ated
with hiconsideriftile it-requires effnrts
destroy. exaeriette..!it
their gre*dissdvantage : a sort of public indiz,
nation wai•at. 'first elscited against them—tharked
'tlikttiout as guiltyi—and even of greatest
crimes. They Meant nothing less, it was Said,
that the,nverthroW of the politidal system of all
the states ciftiirope, 'However, they siicceeded
in jostifying themselves on this head: their tie-
fence was heard, and, above all, felt thanks be
,given to justice,,and to the wkdoni of the Chant-
ber of AcettisatiOn..
If thus their lives ceased to be ihreitetted;•their
honour Still reniaihtd in icerit; and to them, as
to us, honour is every thing. defence,
therefore, has not solely for its object to :spare
them an itnprismunent more! or less long—this is
the least of their concern Y but what they ‘voish
before sll and ahi,ve all isc 'to:preserve for them-
selves, their families, fur the nation 'more or
IeSS compromised, a consideration so justly, au-
quired. •
Their journey would have been still a mystery,'
had not Wilierreominitted the-introsdence of in-
trusting the secret of• it to paper god. even thiS
imprudence wtrt.dddiave led to no discovery, if the
letter had reached the Noble Lard tti whoin, it was
addressed, tinder the respeetahlc cover, of, the Eng-
.
A.l,l3lssaklor. But the• journals haVe told us
of the treachery of-a drone*tic of ; ,and
the letter' having alas reached. the hands of the
Frepeh paUce, nothing More was , retinisite as
0,44,1u51 their arrest. The forms in which they
were proceeded against excited•thyir prott,4,
.cattle tlicy were oppo,ite t.o their.own laws. their•
modes, and
,their' constitutional .itiv..ls, 1 r was
thus that Wilson, 4yhtt refused to reply the :H-
I tetrogatnries • h o e•ea er •
, , it, p seert, Les-
appealed,,to the habearcaorpot low, being on,
able Co conceive that he 'cwt.'s haand to criminate
himself. Triis ivAi,tinee tUth not -origirtaie in a.
contumacious spirit, bnt in' ignorance of
„our laCt's; But time moment:loirtrad u tc ett
`With Itatitasiatlor, what- fratotpets, what good
li, in all that was personal leaf hintielt his
two Wends 'acted smillar part. Their interrO.,
gatorit amply, ploveilahat: their iiitionry,waS not
framed to betray confidence rued friendship
.• Here the advocate retraced the proceedings its
the course of the criminal intptiry had tie
first for its object merely the c,Cape of Lilly4lette,
but to which was attcrWards.attaClivA
any conspiracy against all Europe. Ile contend
ed thitt the arrdt.of- the' of acentationi
having
.itct aside this pretended conspiraey, it.
ought'not toisitve beta :reproduced 'either in the
indictment or in the speeches of connseL
clients could nut be considered as provoking the
disensSion, since they were compelled to detetal
themselves. titre; said Af...,Dlgtitt,.city task, is
difficult one: if I defend my clients with energy:
1 may, perhaps,,,, incur the charge of being a bid
citizen •;- if I-display weakness, I,outy be avecitsta
ut basely deserting my clients—,/uCedo per igae.g.'
But, for the.take of -the strangers, who li,ten.tsS
its, for the, honour of our nation, it shoal& be:
• known.that an Englishman will is ttl here at zeal
oils defenders ta he conid hive fon in his Ow a.
• coantfy., .
. alereitoprie exprossinosmt,applause having pro-
ceeded trom A reainte part of the hall, the Presi..
dent ordered silettee, peopl ap-
plaud-at a theatre—they listen in a court of juts'

tice.", •
M. Dnpin proceeded to remark on some scriOns
errors which hall crept into th4traitslatitm of Wil-
son's letter's.
The President stascd to M. Dophl that he. w'ould,
eMI the interpreter, because he was williotr, fit'at
the defe-occ of- •the prisoners shotild have }lli p,is-
little twit ode.
Atter some e*plattations ,thottt utl rrni n port :in t
ztit 4.st one of thesietters, tir R. Vt7ii-ion
are satit,Rd its to 'the beneeolent ili.ipositiorif
the Cottrtl hot there rtte-titro t,tar tS of tr EfflulS"
the one o,t ittstice. and the. Uthitr of
k it is .to the latter especially; that, eve-wish,
to
.instify•ntirselees. ,
there is in FlAncEonlr.
one sort of ttlhunal-4--that tries in the taint+
of the. Ki pg.
M. I)upitt pointed not several passages ltnis»
takers client"s. correspondence; &men);
others,. that in which he speaks cif' a *great move-
toy tit I.vhieh must, be eattsen, and which only re,-,
'Ellett to a motion to he mini /wed to the 1'4041-
lot:tit of England. Itelative to 'fie
- spOke. of the diicontent of the rroie.,init,i, M.
obier‘ed, tliat the brother of *the liet.ty,ed,
in one of whose letters wa4 to. he trtioitil the pas.
sage•iteted, oicrcly indicated the faints eution, 1'1;4
ui itusgitpol, ot the Prot estauts let ilse