The Sun.
London, England, 1832-01-17 00:00:00

patronage of M. de Choulot ? It is thus that I
explain the visits which these gewlemen of the
Duke of Bourbon received upon their journey.
From Toulon she writes—" Al! the anthorittes here
have been very obliging to us; we have had visits
from the Receiver-General, the Vice-Admiral, the
Sub-Prefect, the General commanding the depart-
ment, and many other officers." She was then the
Baroness de Feuchere;. Was it not on the con-

trary, to men honoured with the confidence of the
Duke of Bourbon, that these great furctionat:e;
came to pay their respects ? With respect to the
circumstance which, so unhappily, it has been.
thought necessary to add to these debates, I shall
explain it in confining myself to the reading of the
whole of one lei ter,which you at present are acquainted
with only partially. I shall then tell you why it
will not be permitted me to carry these explanations
any farther. here is the letter of the Archbishop
of Paris to the President of the Tribunal:—
" Paris, Dee. 24, 1831.

" Monsieur President,—There was read yesterday at the
sitting of the Court wherein you preside a document con-
taining allegations which my honour and duty alike re-,
quire me to point out the falsehood of to the Judges. I pray
you to read this in Court. You will doubtless find it row-
venient that I should address the same communication to
the advocates, and that I should also put the public in'
„isesaeasion of it, M. Lavaux, the counsel of Madame de
Feucheres, in the process relating to the will of the Duke
of Bourbon, Prince of Conde, has cited a certain letter of
the said Madame de Feucheres, extracted from her cor-
respondence with the Duke of Bourbon,—a letter which,
without utility fur his rause, attacks the Archbishop of
Paris in the dearest and most sacred part of his character.
I In Feve, then, that I owe it to my reputation, to my dio-
cese, to repel the charge that an unknown party, for so I
can call her, has allowed to escape her pen to the contempt.
of all propriety and truth. I shall trace the circumstances
from the very commencement, in order that every ho-
nourable mind may discern the reality from the illusion.
I did not visit the Duke of Bourbon. Each year, on New
Year's-day and on that of the festival of St. Louis, I went
to mite my name at the gate of the Prince.
" In March, 1824, Madame Louise de Conde, sister of
the Duke of Bourbon, Prioress of the Monastery of the-
Temple, was dangerously ill. I visited her often ; she
had sent for me, and I carried her the last consolations,
and administered the last rites of religion. I often also
had the honour of meeting the Duke of Bourbon at the
Temple, when he came to visit Ida sister, and I received
at his hands the most decisive evidences of his kindness,
and grateful sense of what he called my attention. Madame
Louise de Conde died. I presided at her obsequies in
the monastery. At the sante period there tot k place the
removal of the remains of the Duke D'Enghien to the
chapel in the chateau of Vincennes. I again presided at
that funeral ceremony, and the family of the Duke of
Bourbon were present.
" Some days after the Duke of Bourbon sent one of his
Aides•de-Camp to the archiepiscopal residence to invite
me to dinner. • • Thinking that the Prince wished to do rise
a politeness on aceount of the two occurrences already
mentioned, I accepted it verbally, not suspecting that he
could have any other reason. It appeared that the fact
was otherwise. A few hours only had elapsed from the
time of the invitation and its acceptsnce, Man 1 heard,
for the first time, of certain domestic events which had
occurred in the family of the Prince, and with which I
had nothing whatever to do. It was then that, on in-
quiring touchir's matters which might place me in a false
position, I I arned all that was said about the abrupt and
precipitate departure of M. de F, ucheres, the alienation of
the habitual associates of the Duke of Bourbon, and divers
disreputable rumours which were circulating through the
town respecting Madame de Feucheres. Without wishing
to come to an opinion in such an affair, it was not very
difficult to comprehend that the invitation which I had re-
ceived from the Duke of Bourbon was of a nature to cons.
promise my character; that my presence at tike Palais
Bourbon, independent of the repugnance which I could not
but entertain, would cause a certain notoriety, the conse-
quences of which would react upon religion, on the Priest-
hood, and on my Ministry. Oa the one side to alter my
mind in the case of an invitation sent me by a Prince of the
blood, and by me accepted, and afterwards to refuse. would
be a matter of difficulty, a want of respect, perhaps even.
still more. On the other hand, I was assured that the
invitation had only been sent to serve as an honourable
cloak to Madame de Feucheres ; already had they boasted
of it at the Palais Bourbon, arid it was told me that a con-
versation bid taken place, which left no doubt as to the
causes of the invitation, or the effects which were expected
from it. After a moment's reflection I saw but one course
to pursue—namely, to request an audience from the King
Louis XVIII., and seek his advice in a matter where flying
in the face of one of the Princes of the Royal family was
the question. The audience was granted. Tee King,
in terms which I should feel some embarrassment in re-
peating, (so flattering were they to myself) confirmed tese
in the idea that I should not have been invi:ed hut for
Madame de Feucheres, and that it was not proper for me
to present myself at the Palais Bourbon. Having returned
to my Palace, I wrote immediately to the Prince, begging
him to accept my excuses, assuring him of my regret at
being unable to dine with him.

"Six months passed without my hiving heard even
mention of Madame de Fencheres. In the month of June,
1525, I travelled to Italy, &c.".—[The rest of the letter has
been already given.]
This is the letter, gentlemen, which the Presi-
dent of the tribunal received, and which he commu-
nicated to the advocates. Here, as far as I am
concerned, this discussion must end, and I will fur-
ther quote the following words, which terminate
a letter I have had the honour to receive from the
prelate:—
" As Bishop, it was my 'duty to enlighten may diocese ;
as Bishop, I should never pardon myself for exercising the
B:ightest influence in a process submitted to justice."
Here M. Hennepin enters inro some details, for
the purpose of showing that the Prince was not de-
termined by political considerations to make an at-
tempt on his life.
" lie said to M. Bonnie, ten days before hi, death,—
' Bonnie, we have only two good pieces of news to learn,—
the arrival of Charles X. at his destination, and the assur-
ance that his health is not affected; and then we shall be
able to resume our habits.

The day of the 26th ought to be subjected to an
attentive examination.

A witness says, " The Prince was, on the 26th
of August, in a perfect tranquillity of mind ; he ate as
as usual, and it is false that he retired from table."
One of the servants says, that " at nine o'clock at
night, the Prince, who was in the saloon, directed a
card-table to be brought him. I ought to ob-
serve, that since the events of July, there had
been no playing in the Prince's house; it was on
the third day that he resumed the habit, The
game continued until half-pait eleven o'clock; on
retiring, the Prince affectionately saluted ail the
persons around him, saying a desnain." [Farewell,
till to-morrow.]

We must, gentlemen, assist at this game of whist
—the last in which this unfortunate tnan ever took
part; and,
" N. de Prejean has told us that at the game of whist,
which lasted till half-past eleven o'clock, the Pi ince ob-
served to him he had made a revoke, which is contrary to
rule—a remark which proves he had all his attention on the
game."

Al. de Belzunce says, " Since I .repudiate the
idea of suicide, I must admit ;.terribly conspiracy;
and since no contusion is observable, as I have ob-
served, he could not have pi-110:ed in the place, or
in the position, where he was found."

No;• the witnesses of the day of the 2GO, M.
de Lavillegontier, M. and Maclaine de Preji,att, M.
de Cosse, M. de Belzur:ce, do not credit tt:e :Alle-
gation of suicide. You will shortly s. e, gentlemen;
how utterly impossible it is to believe k. The
Prince is in his chamber, he has near him M. Bon-
nie, his surgeon, and Lecomte, his vah-t-de-c.n4rnbre.
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He is calm. If he did not speak while M. Bonnie
attended to him, k was a circumstance very usual
with him, as Lecomte has declared. The valet-de-•
tell:
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