The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-30 00:00:00

THE 11.4111 BURGH I[I,IIL.

1310,11NAtT, SEPT. 4.--The following has appeared,
here: .
Trial before the Extraordinary Military Commis,e
sien, held etinformably to an Imperial Decree of the
17th Messidor, -year 12, and. by command of his
Highness the-Prince of Neuf Chatel and Valapgin,
Minister of War, Marshal of the Empire, and Ma-
.jor-General ; in the name of his Majesty the Ern;
peror et the French, King of Italy ;,„this day, Aug.
5, 1806. „ . .
The Extraordinary Military Commission, which
was established at Brannau, and appointed conform-
ably to an Imperial Decree of the
,1711 i Messidor,
year 12, a-ad, by command of his Highness the
'Prince el Neuf Chatel and Valangin, .Miniater of
.War, Marshal of the Empire, and Major-General
of the Grand,Army, under date of the:l2th' of this
present month -of Auust, and according to the
above law, composed of. theifelloWing Gentleinen :
Laville, Colonel of the 46th Regiment of Infantry of the
Line, as
Autie, of the lith Rrgiment of . infindry of the
Line ; Lemarois, Col. of the 431 Rev. of the Link,;
her, 'Col. or the 7Stit Reg of the-Line ; Lajontotere, Col.
-of 76th Reg. of the Line ; Chauvel, orthe- 64th Reg,. Of
the Line.; and 'Nicolas, CoL'of the 6ft Reg. 'tit the Line,
asludges.
M. Hinot, Adjurant.:Cerornindant, Chief of •the 'General
Sulfa the ist Division of the- 4Lh Corpsof the Grand Army,
as Reporter. •
Being all .nominated, viz. Colonels .LATIUT,LE,
tEMAROIS,. L'HuILLIER, and Adjutant Command-
ant limn', by his Excelle&y Marshal,SotYLT ;
lonel Aum, ,by his Excellency Marshal Brattla-
Do:me ; Colonel LAJONQVIEIIF., by his Excellency
Marshal N,EY ;,Colonel CuatetrEe, by his Excellency
Marshal MOKTIEP, ; and ,Colonel NICOLAS, by his
_Excellency IA ershal Dayousae
M. Cnarota, Farrier of the 43d Reglinent, and
-appointed MilitAry. Secretary by the President, was
assigned as are' AssiStant fo the Repprter, who, ac-
cord* to the 7th arid Btla articles of the law of the
Path .Nivose; are not -related in the degree prohibited
by the Constitution, either to each other or to fbe
accused.
This Commission, thus called together, assembled
at Braunau, to try the following na;_sons,
Joseph Schodarer, aged
.-;(; years, born at Donauwerth, and
a.tranesmariot that, place—P resent..
john Pmlip Palm, aged 40 years, born at Schondorf, resi-
ant at N urnhet g, where he carries on-the bookselling busi-
ness, under the name and firm of Stein --Present:
N. Merkel, innkeeper, at the Neckarinlm, in• Wurtem-
burgh A ilseut, and and tout appear before the Court.
loseph frreuerick!lerrisQh, Virst Clerk of the firm of Sta4e,
Llockset ler; at AUgsburgh—Absent, and did not appear betine
the. Cbc; rt. • • •
N. Kupfer, bookseller and printer, of Vienna, in. Austria--
Absent, anti did not apoear before the Cotirr.
ri N. •Euch. bookseller, of
.Linz, in -Austria—Absent, and
did 'not appear before the Court.
The above were accused as authors, printers, and
publishers of libels, that have appead against his
Majesty the Emperor and King, and hiS armies, anti
composed with a view to mislead-the tnieds of the
inhabitants Of the South of Germany ; as they tend
to encourage them to sedition, insurreaion, and as-
sassination; against ,the French troops,. and even to
seduce the latter, and to' lead *them to disobey .and
forget their duties to their legitimate Sovereign.
After the Meeting was opened, and the 'President
had laid before them-the Order of the 12th instant, of
his' Highness the Prince of Neufchatel 'mid \llan-
gine&-c. ccintainieg the appeintinent of a Commis,
Sion, he directed all .the documents, both for and
agaireit the accused, being *57 in number, to be read.
• The reading being ended, the President ordered
the guard to bring in JOSEPH SCHOEDERER, one of
the accused, who was led, free and without fetters,
before the Commission,accompanied by 'his defender.
'Being questioned as_ to his name, age,- condition,
birth-p a et' , and, residence, he replied, that his name
.was .lose t 1 Scnopee ea, that he was p - years of
age, and that he was anative'OfnotifiuWerth, where
he resided as a tradesnian.
Atter ail the documents which tend to convict the
accused *ere communicated to him, he was ques-
famed by the President, by means of M. I-ItairtEi-
rati.a, -sworn Interpreter, anti_ the criminatingedocu-
mentS were-shewn him. •
The President ordered the guard to bring in the
other person accused, named JOHN PHILIP PALM,
was led, free and nntiettered, before the C6m-
Mpg
.oestioned ,concerning his name,..
&c. he replied, • that his name was JOAN' PHILIP
PALM, that he wits, 40. years of age, that he was borh
,at•SdhOnelerf, and resident at-Nurnberg, where he
- carried on the bca`tkselling'busiriess !under the name
-and firm of SreiNe.
Atter the documents produced in evidence against
him had -been cotnniutileated to the accused,- he'l/4 as
interrogated. by the Pecsidept, by means of Al.
Hiat-
sworn Interpreter, and was shewn the do-
cumeuts on which he was convicted.
The conclusions of the Reporter, and the defence
"of the accused, having been heard, both from the:4-
selves and their, defenders, and having declared that
they had nothing ftirtlitr to add ; the-- President
_ asked the Members of the Court whether they had
any -observations to make ? 'On their reply in
the
.ttegative; before the votes -were .colleaed; he
ordered the -accused 'and their defenders to with-
- 'draw. ; the former were re-condu&ed by the guard,
to their prison ; 'the Reporter, Military Secretary,:
• and auchence, likewise withdrew, on the invitation of '
• the President. • -