STATE PAPERS. 



63d 



citizen Popon, PicJiegru's keeper, 

 Ment to light his lire in the usual 

 manner. He was astonished at not 

 hearing kim either speak or stir. — - 

 He went immediately to colonel 

 Ponsard, the commander of the gens 

 d'armcrie, and informed him of what 

 had taken place. Thuriot, the ac- 

 cuser-general, was then informed of 

 the circumstance. A medical per- 

 son M-as instantly sent for, and 

 all necessary instructions were given 

 at the request of the accuser-gene- 

 ral. Citizen Popon, principal door- 

 keeper of tlie hall of justice in the 

 Temple, stated that at half-pa«t se- 

 ven o'clock on the morning of the 

 6th of April, he went into general 

 Pithegru's chamber for the purpose 

 of lighting the fire. Not hearing 

 him either speaking or stirring, and 

 dreading that some accident had ta- 

 ken place, he hastened to apprise 

 citizen Fauconnier. He adds that 

 the key of Pichegru's chamber was 

 taken away by him, immediately 

 after supper the preceding evening, 

 and that it had remained In his pocket 

 till the time he went to light the fire 

 in the morning. 



Copij of the Prince of Coiule's Letter, 

 cuinrj/iiig his- Thanks to the Emi- 

 grants fur their public Expression 

 of their Concern at the JShirdcr of 

 the Duke D^Enghuien. IVansiecul- 

 House, Jpril'IT, 1804. 



The excess of our grief, sir, has 

 not prevented my son and me from 

 feeling, as wo ought, the generous 

 interest which all the faithful emi- 

 grants have taken in the great lo^s 

 we have recently sustained. We 



feel it as much our duty, as it is 

 our anxious wish, to make known 

 to them our entire gratitude. The 

 number of those worthy persons to 

 whom our thanks are due, being too 

 great to permit us to address onr- 

 sdves to each in particular, we hare 

 requested th« minister of the king, 

 who is the head of the Bourbons, to 

 express, as perfectly as it is possi- 

 ble, to those emigrants, so worthy 

 of the cause they support, how sen- 

 sible we are of the generous and dis- 

 tinguished manner in which thej 

 have mingled their regret with ours, 

 in the august and mournful cere- 

 mony of yesterday*. We therefore 

 be-;eech you, sir, in concert with 



to be the interpreter of our 



just and lively gratitude, which will 

 never be extinguished in our hearts 

 but with onr breath, which will ter- 

 minate at once our sufi'erings, and 

 onr unfortunate race. We owe to 

 you, sir, our particular thanks for 

 your. care of the ceremony of yes- 

 terday ; and we beg you to rest as- 

 sured of our gratitude, and of the 

 sentiments of perfect esteem and sin- 

 cere friendship for you with which 

 we have long been penetrated. 

 (Signed) 

 Louis Joseph Dc Bourbon. 

 &c. 6cc. &e. 



I^'o/e from Francis Drake, Esq, 

 English Minister at Munich, to 

 Baron de Montgclas, tlte Bava- 

 riun Minister of State, dated 

 Munich, 30th of March, 180-4. 



The undersigned envoy extraor- 

 dinary from his Britannic majesty, 

 has been informed, that his elec- 



• llie solemn IMass which was celebrated at St. Patrick's cliapel, Soho-Square, 

 ill mt'HJOry of thia ev«iit, X'id* Chronicle, p. :J8?. 



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