Star.
London, England, 1822-09-28 00:00:00

SPIRATORS.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM PARIS, DATED SEPT. 22.
Yelterday, at eleven o'clock, the walls of the diffe-
rent public buildings were covered with the 44 Aid
de la Cour Royale de Parisi!' announcing the con-
demnation to la peine de mode of Dories, Pomier,
Goubin, and Raoulx, four sub-officers (serjeants and
serjeant-majors) of the 45th Regiment of the Line,
fur conspiracy, treason, dm Almost at the same mo-
ment, and simultaneously through the. entire city of
Paris, the same arret, adding " that it would be car-
ried into executign on that day at the Place de Greve,"
was in the hands of the hawkers, who cried it about
the streets precisely as " last speeches" are announced
in London. linmediately.l repaired to the Place de
Greve, where the executioner's assistants had already
arrived, although it vans not yet twelve o'clock. The
Place de Greve is a parallelograM, at right angles
with the river Seine, its breadth about that of Covent-
garden, but running nearly twice as long. You are
aware that in Buis spacious gums run parallel with
the river. In the centre of the end of the.. Place de
Greve, and also of the quays which traverse it, I'
found a rough frame of a scaffold erected. It was
raised about fivefeet from the ground, and within
two yards of thefootway which runs along the quay
wall. Near thix,stood two waggons,. to each of which
two horses werehar nessed, probably belonging to mar-
ket people, being precisely similar to those in which
vegetable are broughtto Covent-garden, in London..
--Troia these the etecutioner's assistants took-in suc-
cession a- number of rough planks,.with which. they
formed -1 .temporary floor; nest a bask& about sir
,feet long, three feet, broad; and as Many in depth (in
this the bodies • of the—iiectited Wee' to beiplaced),
another basket containing sand--oi saw,citist ; the
frame riff the guillotine, with its -wooden- Lear.' to re-'
eeive the headi,of the sufferers, and,last4YOK:gaillo-
tine itself was placed orr the scaffold, and ejected
within a few minutes. This being done; several buckets
of water were. placed undet' the scaffold, with whiCh
to °wish away the istiood)of theteSetetion. Thus I saw
everything prepared for the tragedy which •was to
; tallow. The sight of that horrihiejuachine; the
ob-
ject for which it was erected; the purposes it had
served (for I was assured it is.the Caine which las bean
L used fiatri the ' crtraniericaftt 'or the Re4rolutititi);
thereconeetiok*that Writ' *WWI bensis -XVII and
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' Laud 13risvx and Fabie il'Eglantine ;Ai tiuN,Ands

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scarcely noticed in the tench Journals, I toured my-
self, and determined, if possible, to view the whole
affair, and acquaint you with the particulars.
Having•socured a -plase at a window, on the first
floor of a house in the Place de Greve, nearly at the
corner of le Quai 'Pelletier, tem:ilea to aseertato
what was going on in the neighbourhood. Up to.
twcro'clock hello dozen gens-darmes were the roily
'military oq duty at the Place de Greve; but strong,
detachmentt of the same deicription of force were
posted at all the commanding pointslo that quarter.
the Place du Chatekt- particularly, a' eunaernel,
body was drawn up. I proceeded tower& the Con-
ciergerie. The people were 'crowding towards the
place of execution. Na symptoms of sympathy for
the 4, miserables" struck my eye. In a café, within
twenty yards of the guillotine, Officers were playing
at billiards—the shops were open—the passengers
laughing,•enjoying themselves; shewmon were et.:
hibiting-.-and low gaming Ong .on even where I
_passed. A crowd had assembled round the prisonof
.the Conciergerie, to which the condemned had been
removed between the hotirs of five and six o'clock in
the morning, under a gtnrrd of 50 mounted gens
d'armes. On their reaching thati_ their last human
living abode, they were placed. in a chamber very
-different from the condemned cells attached to Eng-
lish jails. It is well furnished, and contains a clock
that strikes the quarters, which consequently inti-
mates incessantly to the unhappy sojourners in that
melancholy apartment, that their moments, already
numbered, are fast expiring ; but neither that cir-
cumstance, nor the pretence and unwearied exertions
and exhortations of the clergymen by whom they
were attended, produced any effect upon Bodes, Gou-
bin, Itaoulx, or Pomier. They are said to have been-
Ii of good families, particularly Bories and Raottlx.
From the moment of their conviction up to that of
their quitting the Conciergerie for the place of
exe-
cution, they manifested constantly the same levity,
.ot.rather volatility, accompanied by allusions to their
unhappy fate. Some doubts existing as to the precise
moment of the intended execution, I turned my steps
ce more towards the Place deGireve,which I reached
with difficulty, so much had the multitude increased,
even at that time, two o'clock. Just at that moment
about 560 soldiers of different regiments marched into
the plate,preceded by drums,and formed three sides of
a hollow square. Numbers of gensdarmes issued from
trader the porch of the Hotel du Ville (or Mansion.
house),which is in the centre of the eastern side of the
place. A detachment of mounted gens-d'armes next
arrived, and the hollow square already described was
cleared. The only persons allowed to remain near the,
guillotine, except the executioner and his assistants,
were the people who crowded the footway by the front
of it ; ou the edge of which, and within two yards of
the scefold, sat a number of women, although made
aware that their would be deluged with the blood of
•the condemned at the moment of execution. About
half-past two the waggons left the Place de Greve for
the Conciergerie,uuder an escort of gendarmerie. The
executioner (a tall,elderly,decent-looking man,wearing
a fashionable blue silk handkerchief on his neck and a
black straw hat) followed, leaving behind him a small
rough white dog, called-a barbe, which took his post
on the scaffold, at the top of the ladder. He appeased
as watchful as those dogs which you see on waggons
in London, and was not removed, I believe, during
the horrible scene which followed. The crowd con-
tinued incessantly to increase; new bodies of the gens
d'armerie traversed the place. About fifty of the gem
d'armes d'elite finally marched in, and-remained sta-
tioned near the scaffold. The usual amusements of
a mob went on. Four o'clock at length arrived, and
there being no appearance of the sad cavalcade, the
hopes and doubts of the spectators were excited. This'
continued until within five minutes to five o'clock,
when a hackney coach, attended by some gens d'armes,
drove rapidly across the Place, stopped at a tavern'
exactly opposite to me, and a person dressed in some
sort like a clergyman descended from it, and entered
the tavern.—" Ah! there is no hope," said a Frerich
Gentleman near me; " that is a Grcarer of the Court,
or Rapporteur, whose-office is to see the sentence exe-
cuted, and to make a report of it (prom verbal). In
another quarter of an hour you will see the miserable:
themselves." Five o'clock struck, and yet they had
not arrived. At that moment the coup d'ceil was
strikingly awful.- The whole area of the Place de
Greve, and as much of the Qnai de Greve as I could
see were filled by a dense crowd, incapable of increase.
irresistible was the force produced by the slight-
est motion, that the soldiers were momentarily com-
pelled to give way, and the hollow square became'
gradually contracted. The windows and tops of all
the houses within view, the quays opposite, the pones
(Elite and de Marie, .even the.towers of the Church
of Notre Dame, in the distance, were crowded to
overflow; A great deal of amusement was just thei
excited by a—sweep, who kept lsis petition on a shill
against all the efforts of the oWner mid .some gek‘:
d'armes. ~movement.. amongst those who hid It'
view of the Qqai Pelletier; announced the approach
of the fatal cortege, but the spectators continued en=
couraging the SarOjtird, by shouts, plaudits, and
'clapping-nf bands: • -
Immensely as the tloek-of thrsHistel die Ville -'struck

a:quartet:4mM five, .the ftrat gin-d'atmes forming the
escort of the condemned entered the Place de Greve ;
a univessal•ery of 44Hai off r bat /el chapaus !)
tookplate.; all Thi'two wag.
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ledger/ acquaintances in- the' cry's/di—made teed rey
marks to each otherah&Bories and Gonbin-repeat'
edly addressed the peopl4 notwithstanding thisi efforts
of the Priests and the .gars-crarmes to restrain them;
Arrived at the scaffold, the sable spirit continuer:lto
'animate them up to their last breath. Bories sat nest
to the horses in the first waggon, having been first
brou"bt out of the Conciergerie, He alone wore-d
regidental jacket,los anything tail/Mira. In eommoti
with his unibrtunate asspCiases, be had. no hat nos.
'cravat, and the collars-of-their shirts were loose and
open: •The waggons advarrced at. ananart walk.- he
Priests straining every nerve—'tstras ,useless—they,
halted at the foot of the scaffold. irtioyi perc•eiie4
a Gentlem'in en font; In a brtrwn shrtent, near them:
The instant the waggon reached the scaffold, the lie-
‘entioner descended, 'went' up to the guillerine,•and
arranged a cord. 'All the prisoners rose, threw a,
hasty glance round thern,.made some remarks loudly
to'each other, and prepared in a hurried manner to-
gefit the waggons. I then' perceived that their hands
wens tied behind their backs, and 'that the priadttern
were not pinioned, as is the case with unhappy cul-;
pnts in similar situations in England.* The Con-
fessor of Borges appeared to inform him that it was
his unfortunate companion who was to have the fatal,
precedence, and to entreat. Win to be ealtn aettre=
sigaed. Bones, with. a gesture cf impatient ac-
quiescence,. sat down, and ifouhin sprung from 'the
waggon. Alt were then permitted to descend.. The,
'Gentleman in the brown coat now advanced to Pen..
bin and Buries. He was connected. with the Miniiirr
of Justice. He made a lasi appeal to the condethried.
The Priests redoubled their entreaties and exec hosts ;
they were lost,' for those unfortunate young men ap.
peared to have no other. feeling than that they were
brought. there to suffer, and that to haveit over sud-
.enly- and expeditiously was the only thing desirable.
.Goubin addressed his companions, and was either re.
plied to, or addressed in the saint tone, by Itaoulx;
who stood furthest from him ; for the Clergyman in
attendance upon him appeared shocked, and remon-.
grated with him. .Ratmilx turned his back, and
walked about with the air of contemptuous and con-
strained submission. They continued to talk !busily,.
always turning away with impatienelfrom the Cler-
gymen, who, witty the Gentleman already mentioned,
seemed, at length, to express despair. • A little bustle/
.occurred—Goubin flew up the steps of. the scaffold;
.he was instantly seized. by the executioner and his as.
;sistantsbound to the plank—shouted " dive le Li-
6erte!"—he was thrown down--I shut my eyes, closed
my ears, but a general groan from 150000 people
announced that -the bold and daring Goubin had
'ceased to live. The cool, intrepid Raoulz exchanged
a significant glance—it was t smile—with Bogies, a
mixed expression of sympathy and congratulation, to
which their fine dark eyes gave peculiar force.' Po.
mier a,cended next, with a cheerfulness, although not
so animated as Goubin ; afterwards Raoul:, who.e
handsome face can never be forgotten by any one
who has seen him. He wore lung whisker's, arid had
all the appearance of. esprit, and was deemed a most
intelligent, respectable young man ; he was the only
one who seemed to possess swag froid—the other;
looked and acted as if nervously. excited. Finally,
the brave, mercurial B. rie; ascended. I saw his list
look of apparent triumph ; he was seized like the
ethers by the executioner. 1 ran into an inner apart-
ment : a young Frenchman shrieked, " Oh ! Bonen
Bogies!"—rushed through the room, and fell insen-
sible in the passage!—it was all over.
From the moment of the arrival of the cavalcade
at the entrance to the Place de Grere, seven minutes
hid only elapsed, and Mules, Goubin; Ramat, and
Pomier, were dead ! The Priests were departing—,
the crowd separating---the women, unmoved to tears,
were making observations on the bloody scene—the
executioner and his men were busied iN disposing of
the mangled sufferers, aud in dismantling the
tine—water was poured profusely on the ensanguined
pavement—the soldiers prepared to'march—in' short,
at thirty-five minutes past.five o'clock, the troops de-
filed, with drums beating ; and few remained near the
Scaffold, save the gens-d'armes. Thus terminated.the
mortal career of four of the most. interesting young
men I ever behelsiin a manner-the most horrible
that I can conceive—and to which their own indif-
ference gave a frightful and appalling character.

• Their position at the moment of execution explains this.

Estract of a letter from Bollogne-sur-Mer, dated
September 24 :.14 The funeral of the unfortunate
Madame de Vizy took place here, on Sunday last,
at seven o'clock in the morning. tier remains were
Attended solely. by her relatives, the physician, and
clergyman, although every Eitll and [risk resident
here was desirous to be pernii:ted to join in the me-
lancholy procession. lam happy to say that Chris-
tian fortitude has carried her afflicted mother, Mrs.
.Charles Lock, through her millal alleied affliction, and
i
shat she soon will be able to quit this scene of woe.
.I.l.lo'vely girl,
Ctimt: r fine
sell 'ls left behind ter three children—a
boy, and an. infant scarcely. five
week's .old; which she was sucklihg-When she met her
untimely end.—A, strange ,circumstance took • place •
heretast night. The ISukiereign. steam-boat, bound
to Calais rrom ISuver, vias'Ariveu by the force of an
Adverse wind into this harbour at ten o'clock on Sun-
'ay night, and fairrled'alf.ireiasserigers, in number
•
erceeding thirty.. The - wind. *poly- coming round
to-the south, hest olf.eor Celailt with the carriages
,oFher pi siengers,whp ne!t-morning had
for Calais to Ipok,-arte! ihOr, goods
Mir.: Ball Hughes,Witti a visa-a-vis,
cabrirdet;•ahrt:eleVen- horses,
, and have proceeded 'to Parii. 'Lord ..
and .suite laves's° come by this post."
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Oice."; all beide were uncovered. Thi't‘io wig. ' """";
aft inceistion appeired. thV (Hit i2"4„'ugglige
6/11441? the" r htrntri BoWit 'and. &Kubik. jand-two
liametri in tite'asoad %vett llitiais Knd Poalkir, iud. chattels.
Ogrgralap..
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