The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-19 00:00:00

SPAIN-MORE EXECUTIONS.

MADRID, Nov. 9.—To-day two more victims of
" the family conspiracy" have suffered the legal penalty
of their crime. Teniente Don Manuel Boris, and Sub-
teniente Don Jose Gobernado, both of the Princesa
Infantry, were shot in the Campo de Guardias at two
o'clock to-day, in the midst of an immense multitude of
spectators. The Fiscal had demanded a sentence of ten
years imprisonment for each, as well as for Brigadier
Quiroga, but the Council of War thought proper to
impose the pain of death, and the Government to sanc-
tion its execution. The first-mentioned, Don M. Boria, a
young man only 22 years of age, was deeply implicated,
having been identified as the officer who ordered the
insurgents on the palace stairs to fire on the halberdiers ;
and when their sergeant hesitated, drew his sword.
and threatened to pass it through his body if he
did not make his men obey. Had the privates been as
determined as their lieutenant, the result might have
been very different. As it was, there was nothiag left
for them to-day but to die like brave men ; and truly
so they did! They were brought, like their predeces-
sors, in an open carriage to the field where Quiroga re-
cently suffered, dressed in their full uniform andeco-
rations, and even with their swords on, guarded by an
escort so slight that it was evident there was not the
slightest fear of a mo‘ement to save or rescue there.
Their two confessors and two military friends attended
them, as in former cases. The elder, Gobernado, was
grave, but perfectly composed and fearless. Young
Boria still less resembled a man on the brink
of eternity. He seemed completely unconcerned,
and nodded confidently to his friends amongst the
crowds that lined the way to exchange a parting adieu,
with the air of one who would say—" I shall not dis-
grace you ; I think nothing of all this ! My nerves
are firm !" A stranger might have thought that it was
nothing but their sad companions who were about to
suffer. They alighted freely, heard the sentence read
unmoved, and marched with military pride before the
pickets selected to shoot them. (These were of the
provincials of San Juan de Alcazar, as before ; in fact,
the only regular troops in Madrid.) Don Manuel Boria,
then advancing boldly to a rising ground in the centre of
the immense field, addressed the troops who lined it in
a few energetic sentences, and with a voice which made
itself heard at a considerable distance, declared his
unalterable love of his country, and concluded al-
most in the words of Leon, " Viva Isabella Segunda!"
Here the Nacionales re-echoed the cry, " Viva la fiber-
tad !" and then, turning on his heel, waved his hand
with the air of a man about to take his place in the
ranks of battle, exel liming " Adios, Senores!" and pre-
sented himsc lf to the aim of the executioners. His com-
rade was already in his place, having only spoken to his
confessor. Bonin gave the word, facing the picket
boldly, with his hands resting on his hips, as uncon-
cernedly as if he was reviewing them upon parade.
Both fell on the first discharge, and were dead almost in-
stantly. The expression of feeling in the spectators
was striking and characteristic. No one spoke of their
crime, and all seemed lost in pity and admiration, espe-
cially for the youth Boria. The immense crowd seemed
to say with one voice, " It was impossible for a man to
die more bravely."