[65] "When, as minister of the police, the sources of information were open to me, I ascertained that Wright cut his throat in despair, after reading the account of the capitulation of the Austrian general, Mack, at Ulm, that is, while Napoleon was engaged in the campaign of Austerlitz. Can any one, in fact, without alike insulting common sense and glory, admit that the Emperor had attached so much importance to the destruction of a scurvy lieutenant of the English navy, as to send from one of his most glorious fields of battle the order for his destruction? It has been added, that it was I who received from him this commission: now I never quitted him for a single day during the whole campaign, from his departure from Paris till his return."--SAVARY, tom. ii., p. 61. [66] Mémoires de Fouché, tom. i., p. 267. [67] "I was the person whom the first consul sent to him in the Temple to communicate his consent, and to make arrangements with him for his departure. I gave him my own carriage, and the first consul paid all the expenses of his journey to Barcelona. The general expressed a wish to see Madame Moreau; I went myself to fetch her, and brought her to the Temple."--SAVARY, tom. ii., p. 66. CHAPTER XXIX. _General Indignation of Europe in consequence of the Murder of the Duke d'Enghien--Russia complains to Talleyrand of the Violation of Baden--and, along with Sweden, Remonstrates in a Note laid before the German Diet--but without effect--Charges brought by Buonaparte against Mr. Drake and Mr. Spencer Smith--who are accordingly Dismissed from the Courts of Stuttgard and Munich--Seizure--Imprisonment--and Dismissal--of Sir George Rumbold, the British Envoy at Lower Saxony--Treachery attempted against Lord Elgin, by the Agents of Buonaparte--Details--Defeated by the Exemplary Prudence of that Nobleman--These Charges brought before the House of Commons--and peremptorily Denied by the Chancellor of the Exchequer._ [Sidenote: GENERAL INDIGNATION OF EUROPE.]