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

eini-d of 'basing outispiret t.tal.:.t the political system of EU-
! t-o;.e, of having a.wci,esl the iniihhit4nts of France to talie p
arms against the authority of the King. It is true that this
charge, absurd, ridiculous, destitute of all foundation, and
which has excited equal astonishment and inditotatioa

throughout all Europe, has been rejected by the wisdom of
the chamber of accusation. But although this accusation hat
been rejected, the motives on which it was found still subsist",
The proeureur-general, in his act of accusation, has a 110 vred
himself to say"--..
M. the President.—Acensed, you speak French
with very great facility ; in speaking, thetetute,
of.* Magistrate, and of so respectable a A.151'
strafe, otersastre your expreisions.
' M. Bruce continued--*" The Procureur-general said that.
lam one of those person; who are imbrued with anti-social
doctrines ; that I am an enemy, from principle, of all order
wild governmeut—an enemy, from principle, of all kings, of
justice, and of humanity ; and the frientrotthe factioui IA
ail countries. These,- it most be confessed, are grave
cations; but the explanation which I am going to give of
my principle:a will he a conclusive answer to these cal urunious;
allegations.
" I sisal! not enter into' metaphysical abstraction, en the
rights of men, nor digressions on politics s I %Nil! confine toy
self to a description of the principles which have always di-
, teeted my political
" I was horn an Englishman; I lore with entbus7as3) the
Constitution of my Cemotry-ii,that is to say, the. Constitution
as esttelelished by our glorious Revolution of MSS. It was
then that was formed that heautiful system of Goviroment
which excites so universal an admiration, which servo a' a
model to other nations, which makes our country called lit '
di,tinctiutS, the classic laud of ti!erty, obich earned for of
the deserved eutogium of the philosopher Montesquieu, 011
is the patr4notty not only of Fiance but of all the vrorliii,sms
who said of usia,-' the English are the only iieople in this
worlt). who know, bow to maLe use of their tel:goo, their
laws;and:their commerce.' From the [leo:A:Pim 0; Iti"gd
noeYill; d'uted the; prosperity,. the greatness, and the lil>.2rty (if

,+,II to say, that if- these Ftiuciplea, .1=
et' .4 the CJoslttothit of me C,a:n'ry4
azt:a,thvtisis•e. of all Wea of ord,..r anti good goverinueut,
make me the enemy of Kings, of justice, and of hurramitY;
silo ther(the most gotityof Ikea, and my accuser is is the t
"'But it, on the contra these are the principles whir,la
pvncared fur us our protecting laws, 'which, secure to swot.:
persons, our properties, and our religion, which hare made
of 4 ',envie tittle favoured by natureur by fortune the I,l"ss
happy..the best governed,and ino-t fionrishing nation a „
rope, I have a right to conclude that the »eels atioi, is itathlA
but a retelling ealorany. Yes; such areilieprinciA.,
Wino"` hod of that !huts, of whom
spoke in so indecorous a muaner. I inherited 'them from.' tut
ancrstios : I shall carry them to my rare.
.• As to the allair of M. de Larette, pn.lit:es had nothing
ten do nits it t'j was nt-Oted only by sentiments of human:Al.
You flitve seen, from my interrogatory, thatl was hardly la"
'quainter/ with him. It is true, that the goodness of his elm;
tralisetieur4?imeriagtniilttadhiiltiit9yi:e.fdhmisedwisitiohviation,
usually frit fors person whom cote has seen so little. . *a°
neves at his borne he bad never been at mine: and it Was
bcre, and tile weenies., Of
honour of seeing" for the first time, that virtuous and interest-
where appear as an necttredgrpreatreitorni,ntte:artstl'lluivialnthige
log wife, and,trate been enebledr-to pay 6, the homage awl
devoted aiid'respeetful admiration.
" It has been demonstrated to you, that there was no con-
nection between us and the other persons seemed, I re-
Spected the chains and fates of the house of justice. 1 did nog'
Kul !die Don Quisutte, in guest of adventores: hut an unfor't
tututte man eufUes and asks my protection ; be sheWs a en"ti‘"
ilertee in my clutracter; he nitl4 hislife in ands;
peals to my hornanitt ! What would have been said of we, if 1•
had deuounced him to the police? I should them have de4err-
ed that bath with which I have since hero threatened. tVhat
do 1 say ? What would have trait thought of me, if I had rem-
tatod to protect him ? I should have been rooked upon as
poltr,am, ase mart without principle, without homier; with-
out courageotitliontgenerosity; "should have deserved the'
of all grind men.
•' But, Gentlemen, there were other considerations which
decided nig. There wits something romantic in thesstory oB
.-Lirtilette. His miraculous escape from prison, that cruel
uncertainty between death'and life itywhich be so long re-
x:tail:rill-0e noble devotedness of Ilia • wife,-, that French il—
cestis--.-her heroic actieupwhich will live in history—allstrurit
my itnagioation, and excited in my heart an interest so
that I could -not resist its impulse : besides, as your LaFoum
tikitte says, who in his situplaeity, has said evepy
" Dims et asuaide it se fact run l'outre seermrir;
" II se feet entr‘dider: c'est la loi dr oature."
" ',3entletrien; I aro yet young,.lrit 1 hare travelled a great
deal : I hair seen many countries, and hare examined, with" .
all the attention of which I am capable, the, customs of the
People. Lhavit always- observed, even' artinng the istao, bar-
barous nations,•ainimg those who are almost in a stite of psi"
native nature, that it is a sacred thing tumult; them t,i suc-
cour those who hare recourse to their prot cation : it isit duty
enjoined by their religion, by thgir laws, by their ettstoots.
A liedooin of thee desert, 4 Drage of Mount. Lebanon, would.,
rather sactitice his lift than betray the man who had fled to
.biot for an asylunt t .whatever be his country, whatever his'
'critne, be sees only the dUties of litimanity and of Iniso4alilfz
I, a Civilized Man, thought it my duty to imitate tue yirttles
:ctn.. of haritanani,

44 And I cannot persuade myself that, ninong a pito* cele-
brated for their seniihility, their humanity, and their chival-
rous ehariieter-=-which reckon among their Kings . 11 nil
I V., that, sandal of a Prince, and wouid to. GOtiall Niels were;
like him—which. reckon aciung their, heroes the.
eumpletest of all, without fear, and without reproach, whose
device was always to succour his distressed feitose-ereatores-
-1 paiinot believe that, among such a people, an Englishutant.
can be eiOnleinned for buying saved the life lila Frenchman..
*4 Gentlemen, I trace confessed to yin', with all fro:slates'.
and honour, the whole truth with respect to the part I took its
slisr ascape of.M.Lavatette; and, notwithstanding the respect
which I entertain for the tua,jesty of the lAws—ootairthitanil-
lag the; respect which I owe to this tribunal, 'I cannot bt
warding in the respect which I owe to myself, by
I feel the least 'repentance tor what I hare done.
" Gentlemen, I hire ksaid all : I leave ow crowing that
yau td decides
upon my fate, and I Implore nothing but jifstice.'•
This discourse, pronounced with a strong 1.0-
,
reign accent, anti with a firm tone, sustained

throughout, produced, like IV ilson's, the liveliest_

impression : and ire heard several old advocates

applaud equally the eloquence of the ACClliei and
of their defenders.

The President having aske►l of each of the pit-
soners, whether he Ituti any thing to add to his
defettev, immediately began id sum up the evi-
dence.

After a rapid exposition of the facts, M. de
Seze stated to the Jury, that he ,was fulfilling the
functions of repOrter, not those of Judge, and
that it was his duty to present to them with equal,
care the charges of the accusation and the means
of defence.

This Magistrate performed this 'difficult task
with ail the talent which characterizes bin) ; and
if the impartiality of Lis charge throughout pro's-.
ed the purity of his intentions, fine bursts of el"
(pence repeatedly betrayed the Orator, who made
his debut at thebar under sudr brilliant auspices.
On closing his charge the President put the
question, and the Jury retired to deliberate. I
was a quarter past four. About two hours afterr
wards they returned, and their Foreman, with trite
hand on his heart, read the 'declaration of the

substance. together with the nature
of the sentence, appeared in our Paper qF Sato'.
tiny. It may he right merely to add, that Eberle,'
th 4 turnkey, WB3 actinitteti 0 having twilitated
Olt is.scalie y CQUEIIi.I.JCi,, iut merely by beef.
g peace.