The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-14 00:00:00

Bocquiri having ceased to visit this house, lost sight of ti«
suppoed husband of the former female ; a separation,
however, soon took place between Petit and the woman
here referred to.• They parted on the worst ter—, the
female-inconsol:,hle fo- having. shared her h-;l o.ith such a
monster, the very thought or which must render the
rest of her life miserable ; he, on the other hand, con-
vinced that the shameful conduct of this woman, and
the abuse, she had made of his confidence, by
ping him 4. the fruit of his labour, had hurried lrm
on in the path .of crime. The other female was what
is called a mender of old shawls. She WAS 23 years of
age. she arrived in Paris from Lyons on the 4th of Jul:,
with 40f. in her possession. During her stay in Lyons
she became acquainted with Amedd Lassave, who gave her
a letter of recommendation to her sis'er, Nina, by whom
she was introduced to Fieschi. At her first visit to his
lodging's she took notice of the meagre show of furniture ; '
she remarked a dagger which hung near the chimney-glass,
enclosed in a green sheath, and fastened with silk string
of the 'same colour. •During , a walk which she subse-
quently took .with Fieschi, he informed her that he never
went without that dagger. This declaration has been con-
firmed by several witnesses, and it alio appeared that he
wore the sonic dagger on the day of the attempt on the
.King's life.

With respect to Fieschi's circumstances, it would appear
that 116 -had discontinued to employ himself in manual la-
bour for same weeks before the above attempt. Although
net possessel of considerable funds, he was able to live. in
an easy, style, support a mistress (Nina), besides paying for
the board of Annette, and making an occasional presenhof
sf. to Agarctlie Daurat. Moreover, it was evident that
Fieschi's• mind was ruled by two passions—the love of
women, and an immoderate ambition to raise his name (no
matter how) to that height of consideration to which. he
thought himself entitled ; he, however, always appeared
confident of havine.,plenty of money, of having in Pepin a
person alway 3 rea'dy to supply him with funds, and of pos-
sessing in Pepin and Morey two solid friends, constantly on
the alert to aid him in any way, as also to: take care of Lis
favourite mistress, in case any accident :,hould deprive her-
of his protection.
Immediately after the receipt of this information the Pre-
fect of Police gave the necessary directions for the appre-
heesion of the workman alluded to in the letter from M.
Dyonnet. It was net until the 28th that his name and
address were discovered. About 8 o'clock that morning
it, was ascertained that • his name was Boircan, and that he i
lived at 77, Rue Quincampoix ; that he had left home at
7 o'clock that morning, wearing a white bat. He had been
seen on the Boulevards Italiens about 9 o'clock, in company
with a man named Maihnault.

It further appears from the evidence of Suireau, who
first gave the information, that Boireau had-declared him-
self the adVocate of high republican principles ; that oa
Saturday, the 2Gth of July, he shaved off his long beard
and mmtachios ; that on Sunday the 27th, he came to
the workshop two hours later than usual, that he appeared
thoughtful, and did not scorn to work as on ordinary oc-
casions ; that about two or three o'clock, when they were
alone, he communicated to him what has been above stated,
It appears that during the disturbances of tho sth and
9th of June, Fieschi was greatly tempted to join the Itevo-
lutionists. A witness declared that Fieschi had remarked
to him ;that the French were tired of kings ; but he was
bound -to silence, for he passed the evenings of the sth and
Gth of June at the house of M. CanoeS; but it is uncertain
whether he thought -that the time was not yet come, or
whether the fear of losing his employment, or any.o.'ner ob-
stacle, intliddated him ; for M. Cannes declares that be
himself had often restrained the turbulent cbuilitioas which
seemed natural in a man who could say to Gaudio, o Some-
thing tells me that my name will go down to posterity,"
and who, according to M. Brunie, was greatly dissatisfied
with the present state of society. •

In 18734 he entered the service of M. Cannes as fore-
man. Charged with the superintendence of a dozen work-
men, he exemplified the greatest activity and intelligence.
But after a certain period M. Canoes di3covered that he
was not exactly honest .in disbursing their wages to the
workm-n. M. Cannes was very indignant against Pieschi,
who confessed that he had gambled away not only the
money destined to pay the labourers, but that he was also
indebted in a much larger sum. M. Cannes declared this
excuse to be frivolous, when Fieschi clinched his fist and
said, "Since I have lost your confidence I shall destroy
myself. I leave you—you shall never see me more."
Upon being interrogated recently concerning his dwelling
in the- Boulevard do Temple, he con!'essed that he had fre-
quently hesitated between firing himself upon the King, and
posting a certain number of Corsicans as the executioners.
But he' thought that be should not have found a sufficient
number of trustworthy individuals : so he preferred his ma-
chine, and was always too timid, according to his own ac-
count, to trust a soul with his secret.

'These remarkable words of• Fiesehi's are worthy tran-
scription-:" I have told M. Lavocat nnailLl.lcss past
events., I. have unfolded to him the n.imes of several trai-
tors who have received money from the Carlist party, and
have used it in the Republican cause. I. have authorized
M. IzAvont to tell all this to the Govermnont—not to
save myself,my case is too desperate—but that 1 may be
useful. There are many cowards who, in my place, would
have destroyed themselves ; but when a great man has com-
mitted a fault, he ought to be made an example of on the
scaffold. If I had been an avaricious person, I should have
addressed myself to the traitors to the Governmeilt, but. I
have never done anything for m iney. I could always live
by my manual labour. I never confessed my secret to
Morey ; if had, I would tell you. I ❑ever told anything
to the enemies of Government—they aro individuals °pl.:,
worthy of contracting debts in coffee-houses ; they
Ini-
mical to all government—disposed to enter into al!, commo_
tions—but incapable of being secret and firm,"

In the town of Vico, in Corsica, or it 4 neighbourhood,
there are two familie3 of Italian ceizitt, from Rome or Ge-
noa, but established in the Wand from time immemorial.
The ono bears the name of Fieschi, the other of Gueiti.
These -families have several times -intermarried wiih each other.
Joseph Fieschi belongs to the Guelfi family, Ho was baptized
at Murato on the 3d of December, 1790, under the names of
Joseph Marie, but the certibato does not bear the date of his
birth. As long as ho remained in Corsica, Joseph was a shep-
herd, as his father had been. At the age of ei;;ltteen he en-
gaged, according-to his own account, in a battalion bound for
Tuscany, in the service of the Grand Duchess Eliza Napo-
leon. The corps was sent to Naples, and incorporated in the
Corsican Legriran. Eiesehl was engaged in the Russian cam-
paign. It. wes in Poland, at the end of 1812, that he made
the aequaiutanee of Count Gus Lave de Lamas, then aide-de-
camp to llarshal Soult. He was strjeant in a regiment com-
manded by General Francesehetti. ,Tho legion in which
Fieschi served was afterwards ceded to the King of Naples,
into whose service be pasaed in April, 1313. He male himself
remarked there by an extraordinary degree of subtlety and
address, and lie was distinguished by a spirit of intrigue and
great boldness of execution. The corps to which he belonged
was disbanded at Ancona in 1814, when Viesehi returned to
Corsica, and entered the provincial regiment of the. island.
In 1815 he we 7 sergeant in this regiment, then commanded
be Colonel. Monneret, and was decorated with the royal order
of the two Sicilies. When Napoleon returned from Elba,.
Fieschi had orders to go with a detAel:mclit to the neighbour-
hood of Cerv.mi. A report was circulated that, duria:; a fire
in the heusc of the widow of General Cerroni, he had stolen
a comb or great value, and had sold it for 100 francs. At
this time M. de Damas, having been p •rsecut.O. in France on
account of his devotion to the .Emperor, sought refuge in Cor-
sica, where FieSchi saw him, nod IA h...re his relations were
able to be of service to him. King ..,:whim Murat came also
to seek ,-ex asylum in the island, and cn leavoured to rally a
few s9idierss,begt him. General Feanceschetl, after show-
ing !Aim hospiiik, devoted himself to his cause. Fieschi fol-
lowed his old colonel, and they sailed together on the 28th of
September for Calabria. The bloody catastrophe is well
known which terminated ilill'Ovedition. Fiese%i was made
prisoner with the wreck of King kachim's sm.lll army. Ge-
nerals, officers, and soldiers, they 'We're ap- taken with arras in
their hands, were regarded as rebels, -optid condemned to
death. Ferdinand IV. refused to allow ears rigorous sentence
to be executed, and the French solders who formed part
of the expedition were placed at fldisposal of the King
of France. Fieschi returned then into Corsica to the ham.
let of Nera, to see his numerous relations Ile was preceded
by an indifferent reputation. At this period he sold a mule to
Quiricus Guelfi, a butcher at Vieo, and to Antoine. Simon his
brother, which had been stolen at Ajaccio, for which he
re-
ceived 18 crowns; but the true proprietor having reclaimed
the mule, they were obliged to restore it without indemnity.
Indignant at this bad action they no,loager treated Fieschi as
a relative, although his connexiuns protected him from being
prosecuted. He was soon afterwards arrested near Bastia,
charged with having stolen an ox, the property of Matthew
Murati, of having soll it under a false name, of having falsi-
fied the signature of the Maim of Olonetta, of having counter-
feited the seal of the commune, and of having made use of
these false doeiveents. Fieschi muss convicted of the theft,
of private forgery, and of counterfeiting the communal seed,
and was in Consequence condemned, on the 28th of Augtut,
1816, to ten years' imprisonment and the pille.rv. The sen-
tence was executed, and Fieschi was transferred to the prison
of Embrun en the 10111 of November, 1816, where he dis-
tinguished himself by his intelligence, and, at the end of two
years, ro insinuated bilwelf into the confidence of the coo
tractors as to h.! appointed foreman of one of the workshops..
This ,tfavc bin' the whole range of the p. ison. DuAng.
last of the ten years he- became chief cools :co lisp intionarY•