The Sun.
London, England, 1816-01-22 00:00:00

EVER ACT J 'FROM Pal VAT E LETTERS.

l'Auts, J. I6.—Sir ROBERT WILSON) it is
alleged, desiring to save LAVALETTE, and that
from a motive which I shall presently explain, spa
andio Hutchinson of the Guards, one or both
plied to an Officer of the sth Regimen:,tt
wham -were known to have offered to engage in A
former plan of the some kind. They were soon
agreed upon their plan. The • criminal, as soon
as he could reach them, was to be drest in an
English uniform, and to be taken in an English
caarioleta beyond the barriers of Paris L that;
after taking post horses at La. Chapelle, hotly
should •parsue the road to Compeigne, where
E---.should attend them with a-travelling carA
riage, in which Lavalette should proceed by Cao:
bray to Mons. Si, Robert, it is said, obtaith
passports at our Ambassador's for a Uenerel 01)1
a Calfthei- finder feigned names, and those past.,
portsayere countersigned at the office for Foreign
Airaits• was furnished with the Coto° •
ners•passport, and went forward to procure P°1144
horses for- Sir Robert's Carriitge, haviog first ela•
gaied an apartment at the hotel do Helder,
der the name of the -feigned Colonel---latsnekf
I think it was, or, something of that
Crawford Bruce next appears on the stage.—
By the bye, I have not been able to learn, whe.
then this is 'the same person who figured firs(
tinder the name of Or not. There are
diftereut versions of this part of the story. Bo"
happened to learn that the hi 'gook of him coola-
General was at ComPie..tne,--athat the
Aitle-cleeamp of the latter was at Paris, bar "."
to return on the 7th instant to hit quarters. The
party met this Aide-de-camp at Britee's.:lo
con-
frded to him, that particular circumstances ou"111
lead theta through Compiegne with it person "1.7
wished to remain incognito, and therefore tllcy
requested the ate of his rooms there for an hoer
or t wo, Which of course was readily granted. Bergey
next protneed the measure of Lavalette,►
Hutchinson transmitted to as French tayfoe, in
terming him that it was for an English. General
who had already left Pain, btu wished the cloth",
to be sent after him withoin tie'ay.
On the 7th,
,
in tire evening, all matters .betig previtot'lY ,
ranged, Bruce and Sir Hubert met at Hutchinson
rooms, under pretence of taking ti bottle wooer.
Between seven and eight o'c!oek Lavalette W$
brought. thither by a "Wild WM. He sett":
at 'first in great emotion, and was so disguise
that they did not know him. However he tcol
soon disembarrassed of his. m oltieradetharac•
ter, furnished with a pair of pi.tots, and left to
the care of Bruce for that The nextmorning, at half- past six, Sir Robert was at nil!'
chinaon'as door, with a tabs inlet and two Middle
horsea„ es if he was going to inspect some tramps
aft i'ilistartea Irma the capital. Bruce and Lava' •
lette entered the cabriolet: -Sir Robert and 14" T
ehieson rode near it, occasionally Cotlrelsb); tVit
the persons within, one of whose, of coiirse,eon*
rrived to keep his features concealed. On use oe-1
the presrner ‘
teas Inllcat by
elf
oettillsiri:ligtgletntilidieelytritatcel jtity(intevheor:euseigpsoiiciniings
an
to hook Quit Catt.t
Vilnlltientetitithseyforer atehiiv
tl,diCt'it6n.nlii')olafgttte4.e
jeant ready to conduct them to theAitify.4e.t3eOtp'S
lodgings , where they took some reit esliment,the bit'
ter haiiegoinnspicioinlysent a note beforehand for
that purpose. Tirey met with no obstacle whatever,
except at Cembray,wliere they were detained three
hours at the gates. On their progress to Valen-
ciennes they were three times examined, anti their
paseporta tarried to the respective COmmandenti•
They matte no stop until they had-crossed •the
Meuse, when they dined, and wade arrangMenti
for the ulterior destination of Lavalette; and'
basing taken leave of him, returned by laetbetige,
Solesons, and the l'otte St. Martin. -Buts Y°4l
‘l.oll,say, Why all this interest for Lavalette'
This brings me to a part of the story no 105
astonishing, and still more grating 'to my feel'
ings as an Englishman than the. preceding---:
Some. a tile. party, it is said, are discovers"
to have been in close correapondence with err'
tain persons of note in England. Amoogoheir
papers has been found a-letter to Lord --, de
tailing the movements of the escape, and desir-
ing Met to - coturnuniciste them to another Noble
Lord who takesa greatititerest iu Lavalette..ssafet}',
and to whont Lavalette means to senti his t'rotes!
.agaiwt the sentence passed on him, in order. OP;
at not,/ he laid before Parliament—in order,
!rsiisle, to bring, about 4 gusted between the:,
Frenott and Etselish,Covernntents. - In stating t°
Yost this story,l give it as I hear it asserted, r
asser:ed with a coufidence that almost staggcris
Witt*. Yet hoe`, can I credit a tale whiel.
characterssiakds.
tisooo thewany Hareo erecre
oursdeipet of
an
uya:tlly: ourke it) ;4hil
gt
1 at first laughed.to scant the assertion y characters
solemnly ,Itssitreil that the letter exists,..—teat
Las hem seen by persons whose respectabq!
anti verneity I know too well to question.
names
.of the Noble Linda referred to,
even mentioned to •me a' but 1 of enursele!'
not repeat them. The document itself, will, 1::
all probability, he produced on the trial. Nor
this all. 1 ant informed with equal confiden.ee',
that the forged and libellotn report under .t.nC
name of 4..r0zz0 cli Bmgo, is traced toSaLnte .
source, and that a copy of it bes,•he.an Ronda
among the seized papers, with roronerous craws*
and corrections, in the hand writiag of on: of 640
parties iniplicated. art sb'n't, it is believ_ed .
clue will he found to all the forgeries which lot"
b and with
it pnhliQ
,letDirvest
ektefkdyir*:,l::fei
litttl so tong arielf))Ctil 10:tisatrttn,ii
erpardr.
t;a:ttpiti isdtioot sal I.lptillet
oth Ito'
th star
The momee.t the hater heard or Ike griety on thr'leesalcc(4);ll:l:l°
English Oftieers,' I
ae wrote to the Alini!tter 11'i
lice, 'demanding information On the on'e
at. thee-sante time athlret.Seti a note to ;he Vitkeai►
Richeliett. expressing his surprise t ',fat sow}
commonication had not heel, addressed 10 I'm:
British Ambassador, tea t!ie fito instatt.
last -note Wn' in fact •iiiitte,rary, and Onty scrle
to show Sir C.
atreo,i,ls 10 1,4,
duties of his li;g4 sr itioo, for a nut, fr,ott 111
Deke of trussed it on tbe. rLetd, i, "1.114

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ths Saturday we published two.extra
of Tut Butt: the first .cOutaining the interistitig
ucms of the Paris Journals of. the 17th, u:hieb
'cached us at a Late hour; and the lasi, ft ;Cortra-
*Het ion of the alarming Report.which was indus•
triously circulated of the serious indisposition of
Ail Rilal Flightless , the ram6a itiiaaNT at
Brighton.

'We have since received the Paris Papers of the
nth, from which the principal intelligence is
traii‘ii,tetl into our preceding Folumns ; .end the
w+n)le 'of 'these arrivals, as well airprierateletiers,
%s ill be found to be more than commonly deserv-
ingof the attention of our Readers.

Much is stated relative to the escape of LAVA-.
xErris ; to tne., scandalous participation in that
act imputed 10 several British. subjects ; to their
conveyance,ta the prison of La Force, preparatory
to their, tril by the, Court ut Assize; and, what
is still more afflicting; to the discovery of forge-
ties and plots atnimg the papers ,eiiecl in'tlMir
rottgings, which disclose a long-continued flystera
of political fraud andconspiracy, the bare,surinise
eit-which fills us with grief; liort-r, and
'

forbiti.that these accusations shonitl he
%Veil fotimied It is with unfeigned sorrow we are
obliged to eons:der thertrs- within the serge of
probability., at,,tl treat them as grave natl. s.erians
charges, implicating not merely tint IndiVitfitals
concerned, but in aliigh degree the [lotion.: awl
safety of the British Empire.
The. deliverance by Foreigners of a convicted
'Traitor from prison,. where he lay under the se t
fence of the law; is justly described by
,the French
Writers as " contrary to the Law of all *Nations,
land: the good: understanding betiveen the Cfiil;.
tries ;.!.' and this ‘lilitillilirvoUS.deed is unreservedly
charged, we are sorry to say.
,upon u knovof
flair 'Conspirators. The particulars of the transac-
tion are toy pain y minute to allow,us to be Very
11
languine that the story is unfounded, and the
401 impression which it is calculated to Make
'throughout France to the prejudice of the bar
;crony and peace of tb4se Nations, can hardly be
too much deprecated. But the British- People
will disown the treachery which 'disgraced the
gls‘ inform of Wat at loots Conquerors ; lye will neiietire
Ite,titi6e(l witlr the gaol•breithers, of ire-aspic,.
tfhail with the cut•purses who were. last week don,
Ilentned tor stealing spoOns at a Itestattrateurs. The
)Iritish charueter 13'110 4-ore laVolAred in the acts of
its out-cast Jacobins, than. in the acts, of its out-
vast PickpockeeS.
"Beides Sir-it. Wit.soti, Captain I-ItiTCHINSONT,
Anti Mr. liauCv., a General Illoanast, and several
.itiferinr persons, are 34icl to have been arrested.
iscovt:ries respecting the escape from Elba, arc
Also Reported to .liave been inille.----RGraeiotis
'lowers I is it-possible that the Wood of %rill Ic)°
from a British source, and that all Cut: