The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-15 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Tovistpck, .eittg..B, 181 O.
In your paper, of the 2Eth Mt, you have given an
account of an action bronght by me against Ilo!-e
Wilks, for refusing to deliver up to rue 373 coeie4
of a work Which he had printed tOr me, and for
which be was paid, intitled " The Eti'eCis
tization otr the Mass of the People," &v. Several
materiel circumstances-in that account are related in
a manner very contrary to truth, and derogatory
from the work 'and from my chargier. I hope,
therefore, that you will, as au,aet of justice, insut
the following true state ofthe case. - •

In 1'805; Wiiks printed a work for me with Vie
above-mentioned •title, wh ch being'• laid before
Robert 3ayley, Esq. of the. Temple, some few
passages in it were judged to be of a dangerous na-
ture. I therefore, without hesitaticin, suppres%ed it.
A few years afterwards Wilics printed an enlarged
edition of the same work. This is the ,work in
question, and of which 373 copies were kept back.
It did not fall still-born from the press; as Mr. P.irk
asserted, but some hundred copies have been sold.
11l have shewn that thepresent state of civilization
is hot the effect of the natural tendency of society,
nor the produce of, humane men, bin of the a&ts of
a barbarous people (the Goths), who over-rah and
subdued the. Roman provinces, about the filth cen-
tury ; if I haste shewn that these people seized all
the land, with the stock on it, of the conquered na-
tives, and appropriated them to their leader, to their
chiefs under him, and to the privates of the army,
thus depriving at once the natives ofall property;
if I have shewn that_ these new holders of the lands,
after a few ages, forming the Wittanagemot, or
property oleltf, passed laws securing to themselves thu
these lands so seized by themselves; if
I have shewn that the land 'is at present help
by the •lineal heirs of, or other persons holding un-
der, these .barbarous people ; it. I have:demonstrat-
ed that. the bulk of the people. hate not only not one
inch of the land they inhabit, but that they do not
enjoy mote than one-seventh part of 'the produce of
their incessant labour •and toil.; if ',have demon-
strated that this system is the cause of all the vice,
ignorance,, disease,' and premature deaths, to a great
atmAnt annually, surely mine is not a naalhy-
painby, a milk-and-water performance,• as iqr.Park
called it ; nor was the a&ion a ridiculous one, as he
said it was, .since it obtained a verdia, by the eon-,
sent of the defendant, for 501. • •
I am, Sir, • ,
• Your obedient Servant, ‘‘.
61A ItLItS HALL.

CORN EXCHANGE," AGIC:. 15.--There are seven(
furiher arrivals of Foreign Wheat,, chiefly ffoin the
Baltic, fine in demand, and last prices fully support-
ed; Barley and Malt flu6tUate but little; New
White Peas as upder ; Beans of each kinds some.
what dearer; 'there are short supplies of 03ts, and
last prices are maintained ; New Rape S;;ed a 1111-
ing article ; Flour without variation.

Wheat -85 s a 98s a 12oS I Tick Beans - - 465 a 52i
Fine ditto - -126 s a' 13os Oats -- - 235 223 s a 345
Rye - - - 42$ a 485 1 Poland ditto -37 s a 4as
Potatoe ditto - 42$ a—s
Barley - - - 335 a 4451
malt - _ _ 72$ a ties Rape SteJ - . 5.,l a 541,
White Pease - -64 s a' 705 Fine Flout --9 is a loos
Grey ditto - - 46$ a 52S Seconds . - - 9os a qs*
Beans - • - Sis a s9si

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I

LUKE D'ENGHIEN.

Tte following accouht of the circnmstarnces at-
tending the murder of the Duke D'Enghien, by
Mr. Goldsmith, will: he perused by our readers With
interest and with honor, blended with compassion,
for the fate of that unhappy member of the House
of liOurbon: ••

- . . .
" The noted Mehee de la Totiche was sent on a
.
reconnisitring'party to Ettenheiro, where he soon
found. that it.was nut difficult to seize the victim ;
accordingly, Buostaparte ordered one of los Aids-de-
camp, L2cuee,, to execute the horrid commission.
This-yousg; man positively refused to go, saying,
That havingbeen eclueaL•cl-ar the expence, and in
the' ery- ;-:alac' of the Duke D'Enghien's grand(a.
they-, the Prince of Conde, he could not -think of
t,eiiig'insrumental"iii the death of his school4el-
- tnie, he,nsfadar.' Mr. Lacuee did not know'
shit- his" ferocious master seleded him for that rea-
son
The aid-de-camp was imirediately put in close
confinement, and kept in that situation till the affitir
was over, and then ordered to join his regiment,
which was far from Paris. ' = •
". Buonaparte next applied, to castli newt, who
ought ohaveletused:.for.- the same reason as 'his
Afid, as he had been in his youth placed
exaelly in the same situation as Itactue. He was
hoA et er, quite so nice._;
ohe did not feel the
scruples, aid areordingly he went on this er-
rand. •- lic crossed, the lthic e. The Duke was in
bed, and would have 111,+,:e resistance, bUt 'his at-
tendati's about entreated him to submit to su-
perior torce.
" I must here observe, that .Buonapat te's assassins
were very touch 'disappointed at pet Meeting ye ills
the 'King of Sweden, ho,.was -to have spent a few
weeks with the•Dnke, but why, fortunately Jor•him
,at that time ,if Carlsrnise, foity-eight English
mileSofr, oil a visit to hiS tat her-in4aw, the Eletfor
of Baueu, a.:their orders were to arrest the King as
dell as the Di-ik(';..
'rite King arrived about four hours after .the
depar= ore of the Duke, and behaved • with a gr:itt
deal of spirit ;he irnMediately caused alarm-beds to
be rug in esery village, and endeavoured to collet
as many persons as possible to overtake the assassins
and robbers who had seized the Duke,. and carried
oil his horses, dogs, and all his, valuables. Few
pesso-s could believe, that it was a detachment of
Frei-ch troops; for they conducted themselves more
like robbers than soldiers, as they plundered the
house where their sidiro resided.
" However, all, the exertions of the King of
Sweden could not avail, for before he arrived at Et-
; -•
tenheitn, the Duke-was already at StrasbUrgh,where
''be*w'as lodged in the citadel'.
"..•It was first the intention of Buonaparte to
have him' tried and shot at 'Strasborgli, but the.
Prefed Mr: SAe (an Irishman by birth, and uncle
'to GenerA Clarke, Buonaparte's Minister at War),
- informed him 'that the -Teople would never sufler
such an execution to take'place, as. the Duke was
well known at Strasburgh, where he often went
with , prniiss'on, and was very much liked there.
The Stiasburgliers also frequently saw hint in the
Baden territory, :and many of theta visited Win,
and were of Ins hunting parties. The. idea of !nor-
' dering him at Strasbnrgh, was. Therefore abandoned.
After remaining there three days, he was condUCt-
ed to Paris, under a strong escort, and two. gens-
d'armes were with him in the carriage. He was
• told not to make himself uneasy, as Buonaparte only
.wished to see him, intending to offer him some im-
portant situation in his vveroment.
He arrived at Paris in the eveniAg at. ten
o'clock, very much fatigued, hating travelled 4ao
Engl;sh miles without stopping. .At the harriere,
the escort was ordesed to proceed to the Chateau de
Vincennes, which is near Paris, but at some distance
from she thrricre here they arrived.
" On his artival at the Cistle of Vincennes, be
was pUt into a strong room.. He expressed a desire
to shave and dress himself, as he expeded to be
sent for to see Buonaparte ; he was told that be
could not see any body that night. He was offered
refreshments, but he took nothing but a glass of
wipe aid water. A bed was put into his room
but he was told not to undress himself;. as it would
not-be long before he would be called up to go a
little way out of Paris, and then he might dress and
shave:lsituself.
At about two in the morning he was desired
to rise and to follow the messenger, when he was
ushered into a chamber where his judges were sit-
. ting. I- take upon myself to say; without fear of
cc:Qua:fiction, that the astonishment of the Duke
D'Enghien, when he appeared before this
tri-
bunal, was not greater,than that of his judges, after
they had ask, a his. name.—The consternation was
visible on the countenances of all them. One of
the members ot. the Court Martial was taken ill,
so that, he was obliged to quit the room, and ano!
they_ person who even did not know French, a
native of Albania, was substituted for him.
.• " I: is necessary that I should explain the rea•-•
son. of -this consternation among the judges. .
" A Court Martial had been summoned 4 or-
det of Nit.rat,, who was' then Governor of Paris, to
try a prisoner for high treason, but they were not
apprised of ,his name, or made acquainted with his
offence, till the Duke entered the hail where they
were assembled ; and the man who concluded him
thither as the same time • delivered- the indidtnent,
and further instructions ,into the hands of the
Ciipitaine Rappotteur, who is a Military Judge.

" The accusation was read to the Duke, and
sentence immediately followed ; no defence was he
allowed to make ; he had no counsel ; no witnesses •
were called, to support the charge ; nor was there
a single piece of paper produced in evidence,' to:
prove that he had conspired with people in France
against the life of the First Consul.
" Immediately after sentence, he,was taken into
a dry ditch outside the Castle, where were about,
folly Mamelukes asseMbled, and he was there shot
by torch light. He refused to have his eyes covered,
The Bourbons know how•to die;' and in

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