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agents of corruption, the mission- 

 aries of revolt against all establish- 

 ed governments, are the enemies of 

 all states, and of all governments. 

 The law of nations docs not e^ist 

 for them. I have fulfilled my duty, 

 citizen first consul, in exposing to 

 your view, the fafts, which i)rove, 

 that Drake and Spencer Smith ex- 

 ercise upon the continent the same 

 mission with which Wickham was 

 charged during the last war. Your 

 supreme wisdom will do the rest.* 



jiccouiif of /he Arrest of the Duke 

 D'E/ighidcn, from the French 

 Official Paper, the Moniteur. — 

 Strasbiirgh, March 16, 1804. 



On the evening of the 1-Ith in- 

 stant, general do Caulincourt, aid- 

 de-camp of the first consul, lately 

 arrived here, caused the gate leading 

 into Germany to be opened, aud 

 passed through it with general Le- 

 \at, of the filth military division, to- 

 wards the right bank of the Rhine. 

 A little before this a body of infan- 

 try, and a strong division of the re- 

 giment of cavalry lying in garrison 

 at this city, besides a division of the 

 national guard, had been stationed 

 on the banks of the Rhine. They 

 crossed this river in the night, and 

 directed their march through Keiil 

 to OlFenbourg, which was immedi- 

 ately j)erccivcd by our troops. 

 Their commandant ordered to be 

 pointed out to him the habitations 

 of the emigrants who resided there, 

 whom they wished to seize. They 

 were immediately put under arrest. 

 Somt- of this description were arrest- 

 ed also at Kehl. This expedition 



was conduced in the greatest order, 

 and executed with the greatest pro- 

 priety. It is reported that general 

 de Caulincourt and Levat have 

 themselves returned to Olfenbourg. 

 During the whole of the morning of 

 yesterday the passage of the Rhine 

 was shut. Nobody was permitted 

 to cross the river, even with pass- 

 ports. About mid-day the colum':^ 

 of Offenbourg again entered our 

 city by the citadel, after having 

 committed to the commandant theit 

 prisoners, the number of whom 

 amounted to about fifteen. They 

 arc provisiojially detained. Among 

 them are the baron de Reich, and 

 the abbe d'Eymar. On the same 

 night another column of our troops, 

 composed of infantry, of cavalry, 

 of artillery and gend'armes, crossed 

 also the Rhine at Rhenau, about six 

 leagues distance from this upon the 

 road to Brisack. We arc assured, 

 that their objeft was to reconnoitre 

 the city of Kttcnheim, and to arrest 

 such conspirators as might be found 

 there. Besides, by the consent of 

 the court of Baden, a counsellor of 

 Baden arrived here the day before 

 yesterday ; and during the two last 

 days, several couriers had been dis- 

 patched to CarLirhue, and had re- 

 turned. Kehl is already evacuated 

 by our troops, and the communica- 

 tion has been again established since 

 yesterday. Yesterday morning were 

 arrested here about ten persons, who 

 are said to be implicated in the conspi- 

 racy. Among them are the ci-de- 

 vant count of Toulouse Lautree, ma- 

 dame de Klengling, sister-in-law of 

 the general of that name, the cure 

 of J'^rnbheim, and others, mostly 

 emigrants who had returned. There 



Here follows, in the original, the proofs referred to, but which, from their great 

 length, we cannot insert. 



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