Star.
London, England, 1828-06-16 00:00:00

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cavalry, on the 18th of March, 1804, at Ertenheirn. "t
On the 21st of the same month; after some days'eon.
finement at Strasburg, he wes;brought in a entiate.
to the barriers of Paris ; apd at pace ordered its the"
chateau of Vincennes, where a milirery commission
was formed, to sit on the same night, for his trial.
It was three in theviorning, da'rk andsold, when M.
.Rovigo, who commanded the troops tent from Paris
on the occasion, concluded marshalling them in the .
castle; at that hour the Commissioners arrived. They
sat immediatelysin One of the large rooms in, the inha-
bited part of the castle. GeneralAullin was the Presi-
dent, and there were six other members, the Colonels-,
of regiments on duty, in Paris at thetiine. The Mike
was interrogated, but no witnesses Were produced. He ...
seemed awe of the extent of his danger, and requested :
to be allowed an interview with Bonaparte; this, how-
ever, was refused. The Commissipneks then debated
with closed &Mrs. Ac five o'clock in fbe morning the ••
:Duke was fottnd guilty of being ire of the conspirators .
against the life of the First Consul: At sir the men-.
Lion took places he was shot in the moat of the fortress...
And four days afterwards it was*discovered, in the
course of the proceedings taken against Morea, that the
mysterious stranger, treated with so much deference by .
Cadoudal, had been—Pichegrut The story of the " de-
ference" was probably a gross exaggeration of scant-
slight fact ; or in'ineention of the servants to give in-
terestm their disclosures. . „
It will be sufficiently clear, from the whole course
of this proceeding, that the death of the Duke—from
the beginning--was 'resolved on; the evidence which
leads to his seizure is rather whimsical. He is shown tat
be absent occasionally from Ettenheim during termed •
10 or 11 days; at intervals of about 10. days tier. •
mysterious• stranger is seen iriParis; *and •theselisetli'i.
are gravelyiaken as (probably). connected with eatiso. -
other ! The assumption is, that the Duke Would taftei:•.:
five days to go to Paris arid returns° gEttenheim.iAnd.:
that he would remain in Paris forpittirnse.s.of
vation" five days.. There is, no iviJense
the stranger ever remainedJn Paris fire ditiveniZeina••;::*
that he ever stayed a second-sky. •There is nairehletsele'..;:
that the periods 'during "thick .'the flake was
from gttenheilikivite. saelekijhAtiOie.aNrip.falifirk...J.
.the stranger was. seen ..in Parise; ali ',Od the 'hy •
used to couple the%Duke's absences from Etsenitirdtv-
with the strangir-.S'appearancesinllAx
tally is. lissieLe:tid bee4USe evri3ooll‘k:
"the Duke leasmicasionaliy absent. rom Ettietheihi.
for terms of ten dailrAtthe-strirnger Visited Cadoudal
about every ten '44 y.s:" then, if -tlik;Duke Vrailke
stranger, and stayed :five days itr tf, and used
More in going and.leturning, the *Mem he rettierietli.3l.i!,
from one trip he mutt have tet cart upon another:-Acre'
never could have remained resident it Dtenh..tin at*ift
There was one emit, however, conchriive on the:Olnel's:
of fact: the Duke was in custody—hire was charied;F
aiith being the mysterious stranger=-it, was only to let •
hint be shown` tcr the'svitheas (thi-seTy.ants of Cadoss-*,,..
dal) who knew tki stranger, and the Vestion was as ats,;•.
end: The mere omission to takeitaiidirect and.abiyioin
step, independent 'of other -important- circumstanceskt:;ii
is a sufficient proof slat the ieesolt,of the prosecia►
tion was deternkined upon; and.ii*very long chapret
to
in M. Savory's hiaik is devqted: /show that thsbv.4
author of that determination witsl'alleyrand. " Tat:'••••
leyrainkfi:hrtiaySt ",at that tinselled every tbitrit..;
to dread hoist taieetnration ofthe,pootons.
sufficient discernment to pereeWe_that the consulekid...
form of government eoold not last.; end he wasanxismobir
to precipitate Bonaparte into some me-ainre which shoill&T,
cut off all hope nt eooeiGatitstt. and.. Weill
h;lity of his pljitig the tithe, par&-in France, whkekiv
Monk, in the time of the Genimontreallit, had acteskef
England." And the author thee' goes on, at
length, although our limits wilt :sfltow us to follkiir:b»-
him, to accumulate facts and inferenctsmany of tlis*,,•r
very strong ones—in support of his theory. Talleyrand,
he declares; proposed directly in. the Council whiehqe-s;,4'
solved upon the Duke's arrest, 10 entry; him off, froyi.'a.
Baden by main force, et d'en Agiin'he tja>sys s•
"a spy is sent from Paris to Ettenheim, to get intellire,g
Bence of the Duke's condudt and mode -of life. Heisr:7-,.
did it happen that the direct and otiiious channel for
such 'information was not employed? why were not"'
itiestionsimmedietely addressed to M. de Massias, the •
French Kmister at Baden ?" But he goes farther ; " M.
de Massias,"' he says,. " absolurely unasked, after the'
Duke's-arreit, and poor to his arrival at Paris, wrote
from Baden to M. Talleyrand, as Minister for Foreign.
Affairs, and stated that the whole conduct of the Duke
in Baden had been most cautious and inoffensive,
44 »music innocente." This letter* from M. Alassias.
•was received by Talleyrand on the lOth of March;
the Duke D'Enghien did not arrive at Paris until the
20th (his execution 'being on the 21st); and this letter
M.. Talleyrand concealed ffom -the First Consul.—
He also relies upon the declaration made by Bona-
parte at St. Helena;`" that from Strasburg, after his
'riest, and before he was brought to Paris, the Duke
D'Enghien had written to him (Istapoleon) a • letter,
which was-Sent to Talleyrand, who kept it back until
after the execution." 'The Duke d'Alberg,the Minister ' •
of Baden at the French Court, at the time of this oi•;'
currence, is also charged with having tacitly lent him-
self to M. Talleyrand's death. M. Savary adds," When ••
I went to Malmaisoo, to tOAte to the First Consul the
fact of the. Duke's execution, he .heard me with the' **
greatest surprise,".and said, .41 Here .is a crime which,
tends to nothing r He then lid. something about an •
important question, which was !at least to have beers* '•
first atcertamed by M. Real. (the Minister. of Police);-
from which expression, connected with a* conversation
which he afterwards held with M. Real himself, the
writer infers that it was Bonaparte's intention, witheam..,
doubt, that the Duke's identity should be tried by carp:sj
fronting him with the servants of Cadoudal. He treats
these facts as conclusive as to the conduct of Talleyrand
in the affair ; and maintains that the subsequent ad.
mission of rcsponsibi;ity by Bonaparte was merely the
result of a feeling that his dignity suffered by the sup-
position that the act could have been effected without
him. When the Emperor uses the words, he says, 44 The
Doke d'Enphien died because it was my will "Le'
Dec dEnghien eft mart parceque je. voulu !"—:hii
meaning amounts only to this—" When I governed, no
one dared conceive the thought of disposing of the life
or liberty of any one. It:might be possible to iqiuse
i'my belief,, but never for* a no,.ment to encro.cli Upon
IP.my power.".... There are. some other curious points et
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development -in the Duke of Rovigo's book, sithich
'l%fle not apaite. for_, at present, 'Wit-. to which we may -
possibly herieltee
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