The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-15 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, SUN. 'DAY.
the effect produced by the execution of Orsini
and Pierri has not yet entirely subsided in the
mind of the public. It is still a topic of conver-
sation and comment in every circle, but will
disappear in a day or two. All concur in describing
the demeanour of Orsini throughout the whole of
the terrible scene as contrasting strongly with that
of his fellow sufferer. He maintained both in
his cell and on the scaffold the same calmness while
his companion evinced the most nervous and
feverish impatience. The one went to his doom with
a tranquil determination that would have been ad-
mired in a cause other than the execrable crime for
which he died. The other affected to joke and gibe,
though he offered no outrage to any one. He did
his utmost to work himself into a sort of wild ex-
citement, perhaps to prevent his thoughts dwelling
on the fate from which there was no escape. Orsini,
it is said, declined accepting refreshment on
the morning of his execution ; Pierri drank strong
coffee, and partook of spirits. In presence of the
.
instrument of death was the satire. Orsini was
still collected. Pierri's singing
was cut short only
i
by the guillotine tself. Pierri is said to have writ-
ten a great deal in the interval which elapsed be-
tween his condemnation and his death. What these
writings were about is not known at pre-
sent. Orsini is said to have written a respectful
letter to the Procureur-General, acknowledging the
equitable and honourable conduct of the Court that
tried him, and of the jury that found him guilty;
as well as tolie perfect liberty accorded to his counsel.
We are told that he said he should regret the quash-
ing of the judgment of the A.ssiza Court by the
Court of Cassation, as in that case ho would have to
be tried again—and he was certain the result would
be the same. If he had entered an appeal it was
with a view to have a few days more at his disposal
to settle his affairst rathor than from a hope of escap-
ing. He wrote to his family two or three days after his
condemnation and while the appeal was still pending,
but he wrote with the conviction of a man whose ac-
count with this world was closed. He asked that his
remains should be interred in a decent coffin, and
the prayer is said to be complied with. He left a
will, but in it there is nothing of a political charac-
ter. What passed between the two miserable men
and the chaplai of the prison when loft alone
in their cells no one knows but the ministers of
religion. Horror of the crime is not of course di-
minished, but the absence of bravado in Orsini at
such a moment makes him to be considered less un-
favourably than the petulant excitement of his com-
panion. In his last will it is said that Orsini
requests that his remains shall be claimed by his
family.
It is expected that on the I.6th inst., the anni-
versary of the birth of the Prince Imperial
numerous promotions will be made in the army, and
in the fleet now under the command of Admiral
B,igault de Genouilly.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official
residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in
Downing-street. The Ministers present were—the Earl
of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salis-
bury, the Earl of Hardwick, tee Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, the Right Hon, Spencer Walpole, the Earl of
Malraesbur7, Lord Stanley, General Peel, Sir John
Pakington, the Earl of Elleoborough, the Right Hon.
J. W. Henley, and Lord John Manners.
DEATH OF LORD 13RAYBROOKE.—We regret to an
nounce the death of Lord Braybrooke, who expired on
Saturday morning, at Audley End, the family seat in
E-sex, after a protracted illness. The deceased, Richd.
Griffin, Baron Braybrooke, of Braybrooke, county
Northampton, in the peerage of Eugland, was eldest eon
of Richard, second Baton Braybrooke, by Catherine,
youngest daughter of the Right Hon. George Grenville,
and ei,ter of George, the first Marquis of Buckingham.
He was born 26;h Sept., 1783, and married 13th May,
1819, Lady Jane, eldest daughter of Charles, second
Marquis Cornwallis, by whom (who died in 1856) I le
had a numerous family. Two of his lordship's eons n
the Guards fell during the Crimean war. The late psi r
assumed the name of " Griffin," in lieu c f his patrony-
mic "Neville," to mark his descent from the extinct
Lords Griffin, Braybrooke Castle. The late peer was
educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge, of which
university he was
a LL.
D. F. and where he graduated
S.A., and was for a long
series cf years President of the Camden Society, and
M.A. in 1811. He was
has published " The Private Correspondence of Jane
Lady Cornwallis,
1613-1644," and has edited most ably
"The Diary of Samuel Pepys." The lamented lord was
hereditary Visitor of Magdalen College, Cambridge ;
high steward of Wokingharn, Berke ; and recorder of
Saffron Walden, Essex. The late peer supported Con-
servative principles in the House of Lords, but he de-
voted most of his leisure to literary pursuits rather than
to politics. The deceased lord is succeeded in the family
honours and estates by his son, the Hon. Richard Corn-
wallis, born in 1320, and married in 1852 to Lady Char-
lotte Sarah, fifth daughter of the late Earl of. Norbury.
The present peer was formerly iu the Grenadier. Guards.
M. Garnier, mayor of St. Romati sous-Tevsigny
(Saone-et-Loire), and the eldest municipal functionary
in France, has just died at the age of 100
years and 5
months.