The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-17 00:00:00

EXCUTIOI tr.IP THE DUKE D'ENGRIEN.

It an the *Ming 14th March, a body
of French soldiers, and gars nSines, commanded.
by Colonel Ordenner, acting under the direction
of Caulaincourt, afterwards called Duke of Vi-
cenza, soddenly entered the territory. of Baden,
a power with whom France was in profoUvid
peace, and surrounded the chateau in which the
unfortunate Prince resided. The descendant
of Conde sprung to his arms, but Was prevented
from using them by one of the attendants, who
represented the force of his assailants as too
great to be resisted. The soldiers rushed into
the apartment, and, presenting their pistols, de-
manded to know which was the Duke d'En-
ghien. If you desire to arrest hiin,' said the
Duke, you ought to have his description in
your warrant. Then we must seize on 5,0 u
all,' replied the officer in command; and the
Prince, with his little household, were arrested
and carried to a mill at some distance from the
house, where he was permitted to receive some
clothes and necessaries. Being now recognized,
he was transferred, with his attendants, to
the citadel of Strasburg, and presently after-
wards separated from the gentlemen of his house-
hold, with the exception- of his aide-de-camp,
the Baron de St. Jacques. He was allowed to
communicate with no one. He remained a
close prisoner for three days ; but on the 18th,
betwixt one and two in the morning, lie ccaa
obliged to rise and dress himself hastily, being
only informed that he was about to commence a
journey. He requested the attendance of hi.-
valet -de chambre, but was answered that it wa;
unnecessary; - The linen which he. was permitted
to take with him amounted to two chute only,.
so nicely had his worldly wants been calculated.
and ascertained. He was transported with the-
utmost speed and secrecy towards Paris; where,
he arrived on the 20th, and after having been
committed for a few hours to the Temple, was
transferred to the ancient Gothic castle of Vin-
cennes, about a mile from the city, long used a;.
a state prison, but whose walls never received g:
more illustrious or a more innocent victim. There
he was permitted to take sonic repose : and a;
if the favour had only been granted for the pur-
pose of being withdrawn, he was awaked at mid-
night, and called upon to sustain an interrogatory
on which his life depended, and to which he re-
plied with the utmost composure. On the en-
suing night, at the same dead hour, lie wa;
brought before the pretended court. The law
enjoined that he should have had a defender ap-
pointed to plead his cause ; but none such way
allotted to him.

" The Inquisitors, before whom he was hurried,
formed a military commission of eight officers,
having General Hulin as their president. They
were, as the, proceedings express it, named by
Buonaparte s brother-in-law Murat, then gover-
nor of Paris. Though necessarily exhausted
with fatigue and want of rest, the Duke d'Enghien
dtehsicsenn-idelaanntchooflythsceeigiereaatpacrtoi‘lvdoer.t—hy
'which he had taken in the war against France,
oplifeedtoahrvelolead his name and rank, and the share sitn
but denied all knowledge of Pichegru or of his
conspiracy. The interrogations ended by his de-
manding an audience of the Chief Consul. My
name,' he said, my rank, my sentiments, and
the peculiar distress of my situation, lead me to
hope that my request will not be refused.'
" The military commissioners paused and
hesitated—nay, though selected doubtless as
fitted for the office, they were even affected by
the whole behaviour, and especially by the in-
trepidity, of the unhappy Prince. But Savary,
then chief of the Police, stood behind the Presi-
dent's chair,. and controlled their sentimetts of
compassion. When they pai=l.- :to. further
the prisoner's' request of an drat
Consul, Savoy cut the discussion short, by
reportedu
yin titihateirwasiilexPedit
opinion,
ghien was guilty of having fought against the
Republic, intrigued with England, end main-
tained intelligence in Strasburg, for the pnrpor
inexpedient.
the AtD lul'ce thdg'tEhney.
of seizing the place;—great part of which -age-
gations, and especially the lasts was in express
contradiction to the only proof adduced, the ad-
mission, namely, of the prisoner himself. The
report being sent to Buonaperts to know hie
farther pleasure, the Court received for answer
their own letter, marked with the emphatic worn:
Condemned to death.' Napoleon was obeyed'
by his satraps with Persian devotion. The sen-
tence was pronounced, and the prisoner received
it with the same intrepid gallantry which distin-
guished him through the whole of the bloody
scene. He requested the aid of a confessor.
Would you die like a monk ?' is said to have
been the insulting reply. The Duke, without
noticing the insult, knelt down fora minute, and
seemed absorbed in profound devotion.
" 4 Let us go,' he said, when he arose from
his knees. All was in readiness for the execu-
tion ; and as if to stamp the trial as a mere:
mockery, the grave
pewsebsclenda
ceimmureddul
dungeons
winding
had
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grohnoiii
tcasuei preparedeiutreis,wneoalinterrupted
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conductededer.
seemed
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judgment of the Court was pronounced. Upon
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quitting the apartment in which the pretended
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dtdo torioeri
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so
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which
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castleh e
Islte,gotLi,ambe,pes
led
into
ditch, where, as we haie already said, a grave was
beside which were drawn up a . party of the
dug,
gens d'armes d'elite. It was near six o'clock in
the morning, and day had dawned. But as there
was a heavy mist on the grbund, severst-torebei
and lamps mixed their pale and ominbuslight
with that afforded by thi heavens,---acircum-
stance which seems to have given rise to the in-
accurate report, that a lantern was tied to the
button of the victim, that his slayers might t tke
themore certain aim. Savary was again in at-
tendance, and had taken his place upon a pap._
poet which commanded the place of execution,
ut the
the slightest
carcas se attention
oe to
mtuhre.
The victim was placed, the fatal word was kire„
by the future Duke de Rovigo, the party fired,
and the prisoner fell. The bodf, dressed as it
usual decencies of sepulture, was huddled into
the grave with, as little ceremony as common
apo eon.
The lr
mur-
dered."—Scott's sebde and
.r, use
swci
ot towardshtt°,s.LifeN

.ze last New Harmony Gazette contains, the ad-
dress of Robert Owen, the proprietor of that com-
munity, previous to his leaving the place for Europe,
he enumerates the difficulties he has experienced in
carrying his project into effect, and the causes of it;
failure; be has sold a part and leased out the ie-
mainder of his property at New Harmony, to com-
munities on a small scale, and thinks that on this
!ohm his hopes of success will in some measure be
realized ; he recommends to them he leaves behind
him industry, ecoaomy, perseverance, and kindness
to one another, and hopes to meet them again under
more favourable auspices.—Ameriemn Popo..