The Sun.
London, England, 1835-08-06 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

(Prom Galignani's Messenger,Morning Edition.)
eiiedThe following extraordinary circumstances, which may be
upon, have transpired respecting the assassin, hitherto
known by the name of Gerard ;—" His real name, as we an-
nounced yesterday, is Fieschi, and it is now ascertained that
is a native of Corsica. 'At the age of 14 he entered the
army of Naples, and gained the cross under King Joachim.
!!'llBl5 he went with the last expedition of that unfortunate
he Prince into Calabria. In 1816 he returned to France, where
was afterwards found guilty of a robbery with aggravated
(Iro itstances, and sentenced to ten year's close confinement,
and
to remain under the surveillance, of the police for the
remainder of his life. He underwent the whole of this pu-
rashment in the prison of Embrun, in the Hautes Alpes,
°ll leaving which Lyons was assigned to him as his
tloo of residence. Some time afterwards he surreptitiously
ieo‘., Lyons, assumed the name of Gerard, and worked. at
ve. In 1830, Fieschi came to Paris, and presented him-
eit to the Commission of National Recompenses with false
..!rtificates, attesting that he had been condemned under the
I.t,,estoration for political offences. Several Members of the
the took an interest in him, and recommended him to
him Minister of the Interior, who from time to time granted
men
relief. Thus it was that he became known to several
pe;l of honourable character, and particularly to Lieutenant-
Colonel L'Advocat, formerly one of the members of the above-
mentioned commission, M. Didier, Secretary-General to the
Minister of the Interior, M. Olivier Dufresne, and M. Caune,
engineer to the Administration of the Bridges and Roads,
.wnno have since recognized him. While Fieschi was apply-
-1 F to the Commission, he was attached to the journal
~!tled La
Revolution, then under the direction of M. Lennox.
!ie.protection of these personages obtained for him an ad-
allsBloll into a company of sous-officers sedentaires, aryl he
was afterwards appointed one of the superintendents of the
:." Bievre, which, for a long time, brought him into con-
Neclion with a great many of the inhabitants of the Quartier
I`,,c)uffetard. In 1833 the Prefect of Police discovered that all
t"_l certificates were forged, and consequently denounced him
in° the Procureur du Roi. Fieschi having gained timely warn-
_ disappeared, and bas ever since, it seems, gone by a
ftferent name. During his confinement at Embrun he
fines
s
close intimacy with a woman named Petit,
this intimacy
in. the same prison for fraudulent bankruptcy, and
n intimacy has continued ever since, or been lately re-
pe:v.ed• After the execution of the attempt, the woman
said
fled into concealment. Her daughter, who it is
I),ared .
had similar relations with Fieschi, also disap-
arr
The magistracy attached so much importance to the
cop of these two women that the greatest exertions to dis-
er their retreats were made, for, independent of the infor-
mation expected to be derived from them, there was every
reason to believe that the trunk, about which so much has
rn said, was carried by the assassin to the lodgings
I°l. them only a short time before the execution of
Is horrible de i The efforts of the police have been
drowned with s gn.
success ; both the women were arrested on Sun-
Y night, and the trunk discovered in the possession of the
daughter- It has been ascertained that since the 28th it has
passed
through nine different bands, and was for a time at the
wlttse of a person named Moret, who is in custody, and against
a, his
there are very strong suspicions. All the papers found
s house, however, consist of some duplicates from the Mont
dePiete for some articles of women's dress pawned there,
and some receipts for subscriptions to the Reformateur.

(Afternoon Edition.)
FURTHER PARTICULARS RESPECTING FIESCHI
when in 1830 he presented himself as one that had been
'entieraned for a political offence, he took advantage of his
come being the same as that of another Fieschi, who was
tl:l°Promised in 1816 in the affair of Grenoble, representing
t, at he only escaped being put to death on account of his
Couth,
shatg pleasure in relating that he had willingly
veen His pretended misfortunes interested in his fa-
uatadr many who had been condemned for political offences
der the Restoration, as well as various other persons. It
as
by certificates from General Tiburce Sebastiani and M.
Reoration.
, deputies for Corsica, that Fieschi partook of the
reliefthegranted to those who had been political prisoners under
He received 25f. a month up to the time
w en his documents were found to be forged. After he was
"Ppointed a superintendent of the Bievre he occupied a house
belonging to the City of Paris, called the Moulin de Croule-
:ue, in the street of the same name, near the Gobelins'
ma-
lactory, In the several riots which have taken place in the
pttal Fieschi displayed great zeal and courage, desiring to
?e allowed to join the National Guards, and giving informa-
"on respecting the insurgents and barricades, which he
reared to have gained by his activity and intrepid courage.
this time he always carried a cane with a small sword in it,
tll. hada dagger concealed under his clothes. He at that
e lived with the elder of the women who have been ar-
tested, whose daughter was about 18 years of age. His mis-
kess, being engaged in a small trade, did not live in the Rue
tmlebarbe ; but, according to accounts from the neighbours,
mother having her suspicions concealed herself one
elling in a closet in Fieschi's room, and surprised him with
t,rdaughter, as they were on the point of going to bed toge-
r,
• This adventure caused a temporary separation between
Fieschi and the mother, but their intercourse was afterwards
renewed-e The woman is said to have been a pensioner of
d last dynasty, and it is said to be certain that Fieschi one
the showed to persons residing at the Gobelins, a portrait of
bad
osptioenfs.Bordeaux, and affected to entertain strong Car-
On another day he reproached a person, who
volution, I
rtl,.l.lffered under the Restoration, for remaining in a su-
reUo (Mate situation, and said, " As for me, if we have another
will' kill Kings and Princes, and all the great
teorsw°_n_ages I can lay my hands upon." No importance,
ever, was attached to these bravadoes, as his character
be well known. When Paris was invaded by the cholera,
beePaltnd the most assiduous attentions to M. Caune, engi-
att the Administration of Bridges and Roads, who was
ticked with the disease, and excited the gratitude of M.
We'llne's family and friends, and M. Caune frequently after-.
ards called Fieschi the preserver of his life. At the be-
tiiring of 1834, the persons who received pensions for having
offered under the Restoration for political offences were called
upon to re-produce their documents, which underwent a
more rigid examination. The certificate of Fieschi's birth
Wase compared with the original, and the name of his mother
s found to be different. Upon this he was convicted of
~'.rgery, and his name was erased from list of pensioners.
Ins discovery
also lost him the good opinion of his former
lends, who soon after, it is said, entirely lost sight of him.
ls Mistress changed her lodgings several times, and she told
„I:later-carrier, who assisted her in her last removal, that she
au:, not wish to see Fieschi any more, that she was not his wife,
taiu,that her name was Petit. The police succeeded in aseer-
e&g the present abode of Madame Petit, who, as we have
ere stated, has been arrested. It is also said that Boireau,
lnpist, who was arrested from being known to have lived
named terrns of intimacy with the assassin, denied that any one
Gerard had been to his house. The police, however,
persisting in their assertions, BoireaU replied, " I have never
toen Gerard. I know no such person. The man who came
4s Illy house is named Fieschi." It will be recollected that,
Ilisse°en Boireau was taken to the Conciergerie, he recog-
, d the person of the assassin. It is stated that the disco-
:ll' of the real name of the assassin arose out of the following
:frcuMstances :--To the tradesmen of whom the constructor
,the infernal machine
_procured thC articles required for
hying trn_ his project into execution, he never once gave the
124 eof Gerard, but uniformly that of Fieschi. His name
Ting be en mentioned, suspicion was awakened, and endea-
-5 were made to find out who this person could be, when
.0111,7 one recollected that Colonel L'Advocat had had a servant
ect
eorrtuat name. Upon this M. Gisquet undertook to acquire
subjects,
information. the accounts given
If are correct, M.
fersquet, in a conversation with Colonel L'Advocat on indif-
ferentsaid he was obliged to leave him in order to
Wished examine Gerard. Upon this the Colonel expressed a
67' to see the prisoner, and requested the Prefect of Police
`ogrant him permission. M. Gisquet at first pretended to
Muse, but at length gave him an order to come in while he
lathet Prefect) was engaged in the interrogatory. As soon as
Lao Colonel saw the pretended Gerard, he said to 31. Gis-
Zet, " You are mistaken in the name of this man, it is not
erard but Fieschi." The latter on hearing this declaration
of his former master " exclaimed, "I am lost;" and immediately
tore the bandages from his head. It was in consequence
of this violence that those symptoms have ensued which have
Placed his life in danger. All accounts concur in showing
that Fieschi is full of deceit and falsehood. During some
©f his examinations he has pretended to feel acutely for his
children, whereas, in truth, he has no child at all. He has
affected great indifference towards his wife, and yet he lived
11Pon good terms with her, although he had more than one
%nistress.

rom the Mer des Chandoes.
Fieschi had, it is said, an essa
acgcess of fever on Saturday
even-
nig, and was not so well on Sunday as he had been previously.
His faculties appeared to be failing, and his medical attend-
ants were not so full of confidence in his recovery. Although
the had mistresses, it appears that he is married. His wife,
11110 resided in the Champ de l'Alouctte, Quartier de l'Our-
Sine, has been discovered and arrested, together with her
father. She asserts that she had no knowledge whatever of
~the proceedings of her husband, and complains that she was
'RI-treated by him. Fieschi led a mysterious life, and persons
I°l.
l'lo were acquainted with him state that he was an evil-
,,f,unded man, and the terror of the quarter in which he lived.
"em the very first of his examination, suspicions were en-
tertained ,
from his foreign accent, that he came from a dif-
ferent country to that in which he stated himself to have been
Dorn.

The window of the room in which the infernal machine was
Placed has been walled up.

(From the Temps.)
, A stout gentleman wearing a white hat, seemed to be the
u.anker who paid Fieschi, and was called by the latter, in do-
"my uncle." When he hired the apartment on the
430ulevard the rent was required in advance, because. he had
1:10 furniture. The gentleman paid the amount in gold.
Moreover, Fieschi has three lodgings in Paris under different
His attempt has, it is said,' cost dearly, as he re••
quire for the commission
of it vast sums, which were always
Paid in advance. He was greatly addicted to women. One
f: his three mistresses possessed an absolute dominion over'
t' •
n, which was taken advantage of for the purpose of drawing
taro to the perpetration of the crime.
The National contains a letter from M. Bergeron, from
"Lich it appears he has not been arrested, although a warrant
1$ out against him. He declares that he has no intention to
avoid the investigations of justice, for he has nothing to fear;
but as he can have only to answer to general questions, he does
not choose to subject himself to a detention beforehand.
(From the Impartial.)
We never entertained the fears of some constitutional jour-
als f.or the violation of the interests of the Press, with which
certain doctrinaire declamations from the most obscure organ