The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-05-23
LONDON, April 8.

LONDON, April s.
| We had written fome remarks on the
contents of the Paris Journals to the l7th,
when late laft night we received them
down to the oath (; and the latter bring We
ry interefting news. By a mott eXtraordi-
nary outrage, the French Government have
got into their hands, the Duke D'Enghien,
fon of the Duke of Bourbon, aud grand
fon Of the Prince of Condo, and that I'M
fortunate youth has been tried by a Court
Martial at the cattle OF Vincennes, and
condemned to die. Whether the fenteEce
| is to be executed Or not, is not fated.
| The hurry with which the trial took place
is extraordinary. On the 18th the Prince
was taken at Ettenheim, i'll Germany, and
on the cit, doomed to death at Vincen-
mes, near Paris.
The manner in which the Duke DEN
ghien was taken was this: The French
Government having received information
that anumber OF emigrants were attended
at Fttenheiyn and O~fenborulgh, in the
territories OF the Elcctor of Baden, refol-
we'd 10 feize them. It does not very clear
ly appear whether application was made
to the Ele6tor of Baden on this fubieGt,
who probably would have given notice to
the intended victim. Be this as it may,
the French on the morning of the. l5th
March, paiied the Rhine a. Nheinau, Plob-
iheim and Kehl, under the direction of
NJ. Caulincourt, an Aid-de-Camp of the
Firit Conlul,G t proceeded to Ofenborough
and Ettenheim. On this oecaion Z nm
Der of French emigrants, with all their
papers, were (cizcd and carried into the
French territories. Among them It Eems,
was the Duke D'Enghien. 1t is flid alfo,
that two Epgliihmen Of Giitinction were
apPrenended; but we hoPe this is. no.
true. The report OF Dumourier beins
there IS certainly filfe. Several French
Ladies were taken, and we fear not a few
emigrantS OF diaiIFCsion. Che Mczieesr,
1t is very remarkable, does not iay where
or when the Duke was ap~prehendcd,
though his trial and condemnation are
publ;ihcd.
The arret of Duke D'Enghien in this
unprecedented manner, NUT excite much
mtereft ali over Europe. The Fle6tor of
Baden Is The father-in-iaw OF the Emperor
OF Ruiiia, and the ~invafion of his territory
cannot fail to be viewed, not ONLY as 4 !
grofs infuit, but as a precedent for every |
violence iii future. As the efe6t it involves +,
the life CT 4 prince of the blood royal Of
France, Il is more likely to be refented /
than II interior perions were the fufFerers. ,
at the Court OF Rufia it will be deeply !
felt. But degraded & fubdued as Rurope !
is, what is 10 be expected The German
Umpire has been tramplcd upon. At for
MGR periods, tuch an outrage would have
Gndied Il war.
As to the nature Of the charges againft
the Duke D'Enghien, FIX in number, not a
ihadow OF proof was produced. That he
was an emigrant, and bore arms againft
the Republic is certain but he was not
taken in France, or with arms in his hands,.
As to his plots and c-orrefpcndence, &c.
with the difaffcGed, we repeat there is no
proof on which any man could be condem.
ned in a country in which the lightet
attention was paid to the forms Of law....
Whether the Prince was carrying or any
plot, or conducting any plan OF ~overturn-
ing the French Government, is another af-
fair.
Pichegru, it is now evident, will be fun
marily tried in the fame way as the Duke
D'Enghien.
The French Government have pro-
pofed to raife an additional levy Of 6o,ooo
conlcripts of the year Is, but not TO in
credie the army, but 70 fill UP the places Of
thofe who are dead or discharged ; and
$4,000 being fuficient for this purpore,
the other $4,000, though drawn, will re-
main in r%eferve. The fpeal,er of the go
vernment on this occafon fpokc with the
utmoitcontempt ofthe conduct ofMiniRers
&reprefentedthe French armies, astheynow
iand, as quite adequate 10 the war agauiG
US.
The alarms of new plots, the arreR of
| the Duke D'Enghien, &C. feem to have
depreGed the French fund, which are
81.
The Minifer Of Marine has officially
| publilhed maps and charts Of the coat and
the principal rood Geads, bays and har-
bors i'll Great Britain and Ireland.
We yelterday received the Mo1itew Of
The 18th, and fome of the 18th, with Dutch
Journals 70 the 2lt. The official Journal
| contains a detailed account of the areft of
Georges, in which the zeal and devotion
of the lower orders in ahifing in appre-
hending him, are highly praiGed. No Aep
is yet taken for the trial of Moreau and
Pichegru. Addrcnss to the Conful fill
pour in from all quarters. A letter from
the Hague tates, that the Pirlt Coniul has