The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-09-06

within It's walls but tue garrison and their
few attendants.
The preparation Of the state rooms in the
Tower, for the reception of a prisoner of dis
tinction, are now nearly Completed. superb
carpets nave been laid anil silk curtains put
II the windows. Il is SUI .ssd by some that
taese apartments are ccSigued for the recepS
ton of Boaaparte.
a morning paper, in its speculatons upon
the flte IF Bonaparte Observes" X is said
Minister'S viii be justified in the eyes OF all
Europe in refusing him any personal liberty
on his parole ofhohour, because he did not
himself recognize the sacredness of tae parole,
by employing General Desn6usttes and others
who bad violated that pledge of honour.
They may therefore, they say, justly subj ct
hun 70 close confinement, on the sLule prin-
Siple they subjected General L Cierc and o.
theirs who had themselves broken their pa
role, and were retaken- and we have heard
that he is likely TO be sent to the same place
as General lie Clerc, that is, to Dumbarton
Castle, situated on a projecting rock between
deep valiieS, on the river Clyde, between
Glasgow and Grcenock, spot extremely
beautiful in its situation, as it overlooks de-
lignttul country, but from which 1t is mex. TO
impossible that any one should escape-this
iimentioned as the place OF his reception, and
that notice has been sent by telegraph for
Captain Maiiiani to proceed with his prison
crS directly To the CIyQc.
Souit has been ssually defeated between
Chaions and Nancy, by Prince .Wrccle-l4,-
900 men fell on this occasion Lccoucbe has
also been overpowered, and compelled to shut
himself IN bcfort, with great loss.
" hat Sonaparte is at length secured, that
he who kept the wor, in awe. is deprived OF
AL further power to do mischief, is an advan-
tagc rne importance of wheel, cannot be'duly
appreciated. without contemplating the pos
sole, nay, the probable Consequences of his
having been able to secrete himself or TO sea e.
Had he got 10 America, who would have pro
nounced II chemerical speculation thlt he
might have obtained great sway in the United
States, or that ne might have procured great
influence in those provinces Of South America
which are now IN arms az .luSt spain All
these chances arc now at an end--ail these
approximations are no u idle. But il is Nv weigh
lnS these things, by considering the danger
that might have occurred had he escaped,
shat we are able to feel and appreciate the
tul value OF his having surrendered himself
to US. Another points, that he has thereby
placed the seal OF condemnation upon all
those ca'umnies which Tor years he has spread
Ia speeches AMI in writings against this coun-
try. lie mas gwen himself up 70 people
whose destruction he had menaced and at
tempted, and who's power and Vely eXis-
tercc he had pronounced tn be incomp bic
with the welfare of thu rest of Europe
stimulated and confirmed in this hatred by
Fou he, among the rest F0ucbe, now Louis
NJ l6ths conhde 'tial minister, who in his let
or 20 Clilot d'Hsroois dated from Toulon
bres thlng the follow ing wish -" let the per-
il ituus tcrocous Engl ~ b. assliled ON all
si;les Let the whoie republic form but one
vol ano to voUit upon them its devouring Ia
"a Let the infamous island which produces
shesc monsters who no longer belong to hu-
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sea-
% In goiug on board q British ship of war,
he surrendered himself to the British Govern
ment, whose officer Capr. Maitland was Let
as not be SUPPOSED for moment Ihat in dis
ctIssing this question we mean TO paliiate the
enormous crimes Of Bonaparte, or to contend
shat they DO not deserve condign punishment.
But the question is simply this Eanapar,e
voluntarily surrenders himself prisoner of
war into the hands of the Prince Regent of
Great Britain, md the law Of nations pre-
scribes, that as soon as your enemy haiIaici
down his arms and surrendered his person,
you have no longer any right over his life"
u x be said he pad no regard to the law Of
nations and has no right to their protection.
1t ia.y DC answered thar his former violation Of
them would afford Us no justification in viola
tMS than ourselves, especially when lie is no
luh5eT IN any condition TO repeat that viola
Np' LUZ I''NA O'iiiCo tiiC dUSWCN OF our CCuSr
respectable contemporary, Deliver him I'D to
:ue justice Of his injured Sovereign" Why he
coGil have done that himself without cur inter-
fer nee. But as he did moi do it. rs he surIea-
dcred Hiinse.t to u.s. and we received hun. he
must have SUI rendered himself under the con-
vciion that he should receive an asylum.
which Conviction We confirmed By the act OF
re Giving him--or capt. Maitlaud would have
refused receiving him. 1t seems therefore,
tn We Cannot give him up--thut we shali
Aft 'rd hin an asylun--that lis liz will be
spared, but thar we II tlhaye him in such safs
GustJdy, that he shalt net be able to disturb
again the reFose or the security OF the work."
Courier.
Ofthe attachment of his followers to Bona
plrte the following anecdotes are cited as
proofs founSed in fac
A fdVorite Mtmeluke, Who vas taken
prisoner on the 18th, having heard of his mas
tors decisive defeat, exclaimed, Tnen
shall never live to see his downfall. With
Shese words he opened his knife, & cut out his
eyes. A Freach soldier, who had lust suffer-
I'd tie amEutaton Of an arm, actuated by a
Xix spirit, requested that the limb should be
gwen to him when taking it in his remainipe
hand, snd brandishing it round his head, Inc.
exclaimed Vige ILu,peleur 1--WE Bona
pauel
LeGtJjoD, ne Lo7yer Rhine, July 90
1 communicate to you the fo..owiuc docu-
]neBt, which has rot vet been published in
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