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applause. He said he would depend on their opi.
Mon, and proceed to the struggle. He hell ex-
pected a contrary decision. He had communica-
tione with men most exalted in station and charac-
ter. but he had none with the Administration. He
had given pledge to none—he was unconnected with
party. If chosen, his object would be to serve them
rather titan to please them. This moment repaid
all the anxieties o( his life ; and should he have the
honour to be returned to Parliament, he should be
too greatly rewarded lot all his past exertions and
sacrifices. He should trouble them with no pro-
mise or pledge, but refer theta to his future con-
duct.—/Applause.
Thanks were then voted td the Chairman for his
proper conduct in the Chair, and the Resolutions
were ordered to be printed.
The fleeting was respectably attended.

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'sheet conversation on the necessity of the utmost
economy in the ',repeat' 4444 * for carrying oat the
election, and also to try and reduce the number of
clerks in attendance, the Gentlemen withdrew, after
being thanked by the High Bailiff for their at•
(embitter.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS PAPEN

40AEOIN. JUNE 12.

The Ambassador of Russia visited the Duke of
Wrllingtou yesterday. Hits Lordship. and the Am•
bastadors of Spaiu and SardllllY, dined with the
Duke D'Escars.
execution of the persons condemned at Alhi
took place ou IVeditesday the 3d o 1 Julie.

On. Tuesday, the 2il of June, at about half-past
ten o'clock at night, the King's Attorney-General
received, by express, the decree of the Court of
Cassation, rejecting the appeal of the condemned.
On the following morning the military Nasty were
doubled, and every measure of security and vigilance
adopted for putting in execution the decree of cm:-
demnation. At eleven o'clock the Usher Cusnac
was introduced into the prison St. Cecilia. The
names of Brunie, Jansion, and Co!Ark resounded
within its vaults, I each of the condemned ad-
vanced, his hands being tied behind his hack. They
were as yet ignorant of the fate that awaited them,
and were racked by anxiety and fear. The Usher
read to them the decree rejecting their appeal.
They were immediately separated, and each plunged
alone into his cell, where they were strictly guarded,
until the dreadful moment that awaited them.
Jansion displayed more calmness and re.iguat►ou
than might have been expected. Bastide, on learn-
ing the lot reserved for him, appeared very much
cast down. That audacity and courage which he
had displayed during the trial abandoned
Colard wept bitterly, protested his innocence, and
spoke only of histlear Anne Benoit. This woman,
on her part, was occupied only with the unhappy
Colard.

MM. Chatard and Rivieres, almoners of the pri-
son, arrived soon after, to perform for these tiliforiti-
nate men the pious duties of their august ministry.
Bastide and Jausion interrupted their discourses,
and called for a notary to execute their test:sinent of
death, stud to produce new discoveries. The law
requires, in its wise provision, tint the Magistrates,
skilful in discoveriag the traces of great c r a and
iu causing their pu,l,shinesit, should unite to such
services the useful duty of collecting the lest
thoughts and expressions of the condeinsitd. M.
Pagan. charged wish this duty, proceeded at two
o'.:luck to the prisms, where he employed all the
Aims of milli persuasion to obtain from the unhappy
men the confession of their crimes. Jansion made
no reply to his entreaties, but desired, for the
honour of his family, that his protestations should
he testified. Bastide re qiiired the same, and that
they should observe tho memory of his last words
at ins filial hour. Colard, without changing his
sentimeids for her who was the object of his regret,
also protested his innocence.
At length, about half-past four, the condemned
were condoc/cd front the prison and placed on the
fatal cart. Bastide, Colard, and Jausiosi were its
the middle, the two respectable ecclesiastics at the
extremities, holding in their hands the cross, the
sign of our redemption. They invoked them, in
the name of their God, to repentance told confession.
But the coodemued never ceased to protest their

Arrived at the place of execution, a momentary
impulse of horror and alarm appeared to affect
them at the sight of the horrible preparation for
punishment. Jausiou first ascended the scaffold,
with sufficient resignation. Cohort was borne
almost in au agony, and did not d►stil ly in his last
moments the saute energy he had manifested dur►ng
the trial. Noble followed them with firmness, and
usiderwent his fate without complaining.
B. fore submitting his head to the hatchet of the
executioner, J 4111.1011 invoked !leaven and mankind.
Ile said, that belief ought to be attached to the as-
sertions of a man ou the point of death—that his
words ought to be sacred—and lie again protested
his innocence. lie seemed, however, cast down.

The execution did not last inure than a few mi-
nutes. A numerous crowd of spectators had assem-
bled to witness the last moments of the condemn-
ed. Order was not disturbed for an instant. Not
a cry escaped—and humanity was respected at the
sight of those whose crimes had outraged it most.
Anne Benoit was exposed on the following day,
and was branded with the letters T.P. She did
not cease to shed tears duriiig the time of the pu-
nishment. She•seemed to rew.ct Colaid very snitch.
Bach, snd•tlte woman Batical, have obtained a
respite. From this woman some new discoveries
were expected; hut this unhappy woman hi.s re-
sumed her former apathy. She declares she will
not make any discoveries but to her confessor ; sit
if she persists in this, it is thought she will be exe-
cuted on Saturday next.
_ _ .

The old men in the environs of Paris declare,
that they do not remember a year in which the
have given hoer hopes than at this moment. The
heat, which is extreme fur some days, gives the ex-
pectation of much greater abundance.
A new commission, charged with the management
of the liquidation of the tOreigii debt, has liven
nominated. It is composed of MM. Moonier,
Helye tl'Oisel, Itamond, de Mslartie, and Jules
Besaierer.

1)1 sNt

Sellin, and winch continued till the nest mon.iug,
did considerablu damage.

Ilafis Ali Pmcha, the lately deposed Richt of
Damascus, is appointed Governor of Aculziglie, on
the frontiers of Georgia ; and one Serar Ogluu,
Governor of Carahissar, iii Natalia.

T

According to accounts from Sm yrus, the seas
about St:Amman are again infested by pirates. A
relation of Cattrumatto (who was strangled some
time ago at Constantiimpl.) committed the most
dreadful excesses. The Commander of the French
squadrins, stationed at Smriaia, immediately took
the most suitable ineatur?, to extirpate these rob.
berg, and to protect the trade.
With respect to the state of the health of the
city, the accounts were extremely favourable—at \ .!
the hospitals were empty, and no cases of plague
were spoken of either in the capital or in the t
u-
virons.—(Aastrian O!serrer, June I.)
FROM '111.: MAINE, JUNE 3.
The purpose of the aprroaching Congress of the
Sovereigns at Aix-la-Chapelle, seeing to be pretty
well understood. ill:: Austrian Observer is cer.
tautly right in sating, that the Nlutiarchs would
meet finally to decide the question nut the eva-
cuation of France by their trittys. Bat with this
measure many others are connected that respect
the further securit) of peace and order in Europe.
For as it is uncertain what may be the consequence
of withdrawing the foreign troops from France, cam- a
shirting the irritability of people's minds, mid the
tuatireuvres of party spirit, which is far from bests I 1
quelled ; and considering that France is the country
from which all revolutionary opinions have issued
and spread over Europe, the Cabinets are sensible
how necessary it is to keep a watchful eye over that
kingdom that the order of things .itisa restored Indy
not he again troubled, and that the principles of le.
gitiuracy which hive been confirmed by the Sacred
A Iliance, under the egis of Alexander, inay he sup.
ported for the future. The adopting of suita-
ble measures for the attainment of this 11111.111iitiit
end, is therefore wholly in the sphere of u new
European Congress, upon whose decisioa it. will
depend, whether, under existing circumstance,,
it may he advisable wholly to dissolve the army
composed of troops of the great Powers, which lola
been hitherto in France, for the purpose of main.
taining tranquillity, and securing Fatione front
new revolutionary storms, ur to keep it fur some
time longer on foot.
As for the contingents of the small Powers, it
seems to be already settled that- they are to teturis
home. Whatever else may serve to confirm the
present political system of Europe, aall also he
discussed in this Congress.—(Aurentberg ('yrus-
ponderd, June 6.)

VIENNA, MAY
The wise meuures of our Minister of Finance
begin to develope themselves more and snort, and
the public credit improves daily.
For several days past the shares of the Bach
are in great demand, and almost all the Viennu
currency is curried ►o it.

Tie holders of this currency bell. ye now that by
these wise measures it will soon he on par %%Ph the
money for which it was issued, that is what is callad
Convention money.
Prince Metternich, time Minister fur Foreign Af-
fairs, left this city the day before yesterday, to take
his long-intended lour to Moravia, to the esteterof
his wife. The Archduke Rainer, Viceroy of the
kingdom of Lombardy and Venice, is gust to
Parma, to pay a visit to his niece, the Archduchess
Ma►ia Louisa. Baron Thugay is so very ill, that
his life is despaired of. Cr tint Luz.,w, who' is
appointed L,tera►uncio to the Pore, is preparing to
depart to his post with his Maj. sty's permission.
He will travel through Italy, visit Florence, Ram.,
and Naples, and then embark in a Neapolitan poit
on the Adriatic for the A rchipeitigo, to land at Tr-
tiedos, whence he will make an excursion to the I,llisa
of Troy, and proceed by way of Sentari to Colistiri.a
Pimple. He is to be accompanied on this tour hr
Count S. Sczecheupi, who taker with him a Gatlin!.
painter, Ender, from whose pencil we tuav expect
a rich collection from those picturesque countries.
Baron Haack, who has been again appointed Am-
bassador from Baden to this Court, will be allow -11,
as it is said, to retire on account of his bad hcalth ;
and General Tettenborti, late in the Russian ser-
vice, who has now entered that of Bade,,. iaill, it
is thought, be appointed Ambassador to this Court
in his room.

Immense quantities of coffee (above 100,000
cwt. it is amid) have lately arrived at Trieste front
the West Indies. The price of that article, which
had risen a little. has fallen 30 Italica convention
money per cwt.

'[H. E B RITI S H PRE SS.

79/e:/4` - LONDON,

TUESDAY. Jima 16, Ism

The election for the City of London commences
'this day at the Guildhall, and we are happy to ob-
serve, under such favourable auspices as to justify
the most flattering hopes, that the event will prove
the triumph of the real frieuds of constitutio:ial
liberty. Nothing hitherto has been more mina, k-
uble in the representation of London in Parliament,
than the contrast between the political sentimenta
of the majority of the Livery, as expressed fairly and
freely in their Common Hulls and Councils, and the
opinions uniformly professed in Parliament by Ore..
of their four Representatives. The former bieatlied
the pure spirit of public liberty on the priri,•,lo(...
established at the Revolution; the latter were cal-
culated to restrict its operation, both with re.pect
to our own and other countries. The Livery of
London mere, in consequence of this
C.Sparlty,
censured generally throughout the country fur
their political inconsistency, or for hosing iu the
choice of their Representatives sacrificed the
public good to considerations of individual I:.-
terest. 'Fifty have now an opportunity of cur-
ceding this anomaly, by electing men of li.