The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-15 00:00:00

THE DUKE D'ENGIIIEN.

The following are extracts from the proceed-
ings relative to the above ill-fated Prince. We
believe they have never before been publ6lted
in
England :

Paris, 29th Ventose (March.)
Twelfth year of the Republic—one and indivisible.
The Government of the Republic deerees as follows :
Article I. The ex-Duke 'lJ'Enghien, accused. of having
borne arms against the Republic, of having been and still be-
ing a soldier of England, of having made part of the plots, de-
vised by the latter power, against the internal and external safe-
ty.of the Republic, shall be delivered up to a Military Com-
mission, composed of seven members, named by the General,
Governor of Paris, and who shall assemble at Vincennes.
Art. IL The Grand Judge, the Minister of War, and the
General, GoVernor of Paris, are charged with the execution of
the present decree.
The First ConSul,
(Signed)
By the First Consul,
(Signed),* AUGURS MARET.
For an authentic copy,
The General-in-Chief, Governor of Paris,
(Signed) MURAT.
No. HI,
TO THE GOVERNMENT OF PARIS.
29th Vantrose, year 12 of the Republic.
THE GENERAL IN CHIEF, GOVERNOR OF PARIS.
In execution of the Decree of the Government, bearing date
this day, importing that the ex-Duke D'Lnghicn shall be
brought before a military commission, composed of seven mem-
bers, named by the General, Governor of Paris, he has ap-
pointed, and appoints to form the said commission the seven
military officers whose names are subjoined :—General
Commander of the Foot Grenadiers of the Consular Guard,
President; Colonel Guitton, Commander of the First Regiment
of Cuirassiers; Colonel Bazancourt, Commander of the 4th
Regiment of Light Infantry, Colonel Ravier, Commander of
the 18th Regiment of Infantry of the Line : Colonel Barrois,
Commander of the 96th id. ; Colonel Rebbe, COnimander of
the 2d Regiment of the Municipal Guard of Paris; Citizen
D'Autancourt, Major of the Light Gendarmerie, who is to dis-
charge the duties of Captain Reporter. This Commission will
assemble immediately at the Castle by Vincennes, to sit there
in judgment on the accused, upon the charges announced in the
• decree of the Government, a copy of which shall be sent to the
President.

BUONAPARTE.

J. MURAT.

No: IV.
12th year of the French Republic.
This day, 29th Ventage, 12 o clock at night, I, the Captain.
llajor of the Light Gendarmerie, went according to the orders
ofthe General commanding the corps, to the house of the Ge.
neral.in-Chief, Murat, Governor of Paris, who ordered me to
proceed to the Castle of Vincennes, there to wait the further
orders of General Hullin, commanding the Grenadiers of the
Consular Guard. Arrived' at the Castle of Vincennes, General
Itullin communicated to me, Ist, the issuing of the decree of
the Government of the 29th \Tennis., this month, stating that
the ex-Duke D'Enghien was to be, brought before a miliutry
commission, composed of seven members, named by the Gene-
ral, Governor of Paris : 2d, the order of the General-in-
Chief, Governor of Paris, of this day, stating' the nomination of
the Members of the Military Commission, in execution of the
foregoing decree..—[ flare the names of the members are again
enumerated.]
And the decree further states, that the undersigned Captain.
Major is to discharge at this Military Commission the duties of
Captain-Reporter. The same order further states that this
Cernmisgion will assemble immediately at the Castle of Vin-
cennes, to sit in judgment there, without quitting the place, on
the accused, upon the charges announced in the decree of the Go-
vernment aforesaid. In execution of these arrangements, and in
virtue of the orders of General Hullin, the. President of the
Commission, the undersigned Captain, proceeded to the
Chamber where the Duke D'Efighien slept, accompanied by
Chief of Squadron, Jacquin, • of the Legion and the
foot gendarmes of the same corps, named Larva and '!basis,
in-addition to Citizen Niorot, Lieutennnt in the' same corps.
The undersigned Captain Reporter afterwards received the
followiag answers upon each of the interrogatories pro-
potinded, being assisted by. Citizen Malin, Captain of the
lath Regiment, chosen Register by the Reporter. The ac-
cused was asked his name and surname, age, and place of
birth. He answered that his name was Louis-Anthony-Henry
of Bourbon, Duke of Enghien, born on the 2d of Augnst, 1772,
at Chantilly. He was asked at what period he quitted France?
He answered, " I cannot say precisely, but I think it was on
the 16th July, 1780." That lie had set: out with the Prince of
Conde, his grandfather, his father, the Count d'Artois, and the
children of the Count d'Artois, Ile was asked where he had
resided since his departure from France. Ile answered, "On
leaving France I passed with my parents, whom Falways fol-
lowed, through Mons and Brussels; thence we went to Turn,
to the King of Sardinia, where we ran-mined nearly Id months."
Thence, always with his parents, he went to Worms, and
abeut the banks of the Rhine. " Afterwards the corps of
Conde was . formed, and I merle the whole Campaign. I had
before made the campaign of 17112, in Brabant, with the Bour-
bon corps, and the army of Duke Albert." He was asked
where he had retired and after the peace inadebetWeen the French
itepu blic and the Emperor? He answered, "We closed the lam
campaignin the vicinity of Gratz; it was there that the corps of
Conde, which was in the pay of England, was disbanded—that
is. to say, at Wendisch Faestrietz, in Styria," That he after.
wsrds remained for his amusement in Gratz or the vicinity, al-
most a or 9 months, waiting intelligence from his grandfather,
the Prince of Conde, who had gone to England, and who was
to let him know the reception which that Power would giVe him
—a matter not yet certain. "In this interval I asked permission
of Cardinal de Hohan to preceed to this country tie I.ttenlieini
in the Brissaw." That for the last two years and a half he has
sojourned in this country. Since the death of the cardinal he has
asked permission of the Elector of Ibulen officially to takecip his
abode in thie country, which has been granted to him, not being
willing to remain without the Elector`e consent. lie was asked
if lie had not gone to England, and if that Power did not always
give him support? Ile answered, that he hail never gone there;
that England always supported hint, fur that he had nothing
to live on. He was asked to gate why, as-the reasons which
indUced him to remain at Ettenheim no n
longer existed, a
he p
torown
posed to settle himself at Fribonrg, i the Brisgaw,
much less agreeable than Ettenbeim, where he stayed only in
expectation of the Elector allowing him the liberty of hunting
of which he was -very fond? He was asked if be kept up a
correspondence with the French Princess retired to London ;
if he had them for some time? He answered, that na-
turally he kept up a correspondence -with, his grandfather since
he had left Vienna. where he had been to accutnpany hint since
the disbanding of the corps; that he equally kept up a- corres-
pondence with his father ; that he had not seen him, as well as
he.could recollect, since 1794 or 1795. Be was asked what
rank he held in the arm y of Conde ? Ile answered, Corn-
mender of the advanced
_ guard before the year 1796.—
Before that canipaign he ranked as a volunteer at' the
heed-quarters of his grandfather, and always since 1706
its Commander of the advanced guard ; observing that after
the army of Cantle marched into Russia, it was mustered into
two corps, the one of infantry and the other of dragoons, of
which he was made a ColOnel by the Emperor, andehat it was
in that capacity he joined the armies of the Rhine. lie was
asked if he knew Gen. Pichegru ;
if he bud hail any tranaac-
tions with him ? He answered, " I have never I believe, seen
him. I have not had any transactions with him. I know he
wished to see me. I take credit to
mywelf for not having known
him, after the vile mount by 1 i wa_clt they say he wished ofect
his purpose, if the fact be trite." He vias asked if he knew the
ex-General Dunioriez, and if he had hail any transuctiont with
him ? He answered, Not at all; I base never seen him."
He was asked, if since the peace he had not kept up a curre.
spondencein the interior ofd-Republic ? He answered, .4. I
have Written to some tiiends, who are still attached to ire, wh