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dent. • The sentence of the Duke 

 D'Kngh'un took place in the night 

 betweeu the 21st and the 22d. He 

 was shot in the Bois de Viuceniies 

 about 2 o'clock in the morning. The 

 l»rince was brought from Ettanheim 

 on the evening of the 20lh, in a 

 coacii and six, under an escort of 

 50 gens d'armes, and carried to the 

 temph^, but not ini])ri9oned there. 

 Ills conductors finding an order to 

 convey him to the castle of Vincon- 

 nes. What is termed a military com- 

 mission was immodintcly assembled. 

 The prince was so extremely fatigued 

 with his journey, that he coidd 

 scarcely refrain from sleep even in 

 this critical moment. He desired to 

 speak with the first consul, but this 

 could not be permitted. He then 

 collected himself, and met death with 

 firmnei'S. It is said that he would 

 not sulfer his eyes to be bound. Se- 

 veral generals were present when he 

 was shot. [It is remarkable, that 

 the intelligence of the above melan- 

 choly event is not given in the Pa- 

 ris papers; but in the Hamburgh 

 correspondenten, which, however, 

 is well known to be completely un- 

 der French influence, and would not 

 dare to insert a fabrication.] The 

 private accounts of the execution all 



agree, 



that the duke refused to be 



bound, and died with a degree. of 

 fortitude worthy of the descendants 

 of the ancient kings of Franco. It 

 api)ears that, for 24 hours after his 

 murder, petitions for him were pre- 

 sented by the duke de Liancourt, 

 and several other of his friends, thro' 

 the means of madame Bonaparte; 

 and in the senate, on the 22d, Lan- 

 junais proposed to advise the first 

 consul to grant him a pardon; ob- 

 scrTing in strong language on the 

 danger of accustoming him to blood 

 in dvii cause's. It is also asserted, 



that Bonaparte desired general Mor- 

 tier to he president of the militarj 

 commission which condemned the 

 duke, but he drciined it. General 

 Hulon was then appointed, (the 

 son of a washer'.voman, and former- 

 ly a servant in the workhouses of 

 the court of Versailles.) After 

 sentence was passed, the duke asked 

 if he could see Bonaparte ? " Yes," 

 said liultn, '• if you have any dis- 

 coveries to make." " Discoveries ! " 

 answered the duke, with indignation 

 — " rnrry mc to the place of execu- 

 tion." From the time of his arrest, 

 he had never been allowed to dress, 

 shave, or change his linen ; and ia 

 his dungeon lie had nothing butstraw. 

 The generals who attended his exe- 

 cution were Murat, Morticr, Hulen, 

 and Louis Bonaparte, escorted by 50 

 mamclukes, and 4 aids-de-camp. 

 Each mameluke held a flambeau; 

 and 200 gens d'armes, and .300 men 

 of the Italian troops, surrounded the 

 castle. Of the nine grenadiers who 

 fired at him, seven hit him. Imme- 

 diately after the execution, he was 

 buried in the garden of the castle. 

 He was 32 ) ears of age. The man- 

 ner in whicli he was taken is thus 

 detailed in private letters from Stras- 

 burgh : a party of emigrants had 

 been for some time assembling in 

 the neighbourhood of Ettcnheim and 

 Offenboujg, territories of the elec- 

 tor of Baden ; of which notice hav- 

 Rig bcMi sent to the first consul, he 

 dispatched M. de Caulincourt, his 

 aid-de-camp, who arrived on the 1 4th 

 ult. ; and, ordering the gate leading 

 into Germany to be opened, marched 

 through it, with several general of- 

 ficers, towards the right bank of the 



Rhi 



ine. 



The 



they 



next morning 

 crossed the river with a strong de- 

 tachment of troops ; and, arriving at 

 OflfenbourgjOrdered the commandant 



to 



