Star.
London, England, 1816-08-05 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

, PARIS, AUGUST 1.
On the '24th of lily t=e aveaage prlce of corn in
the Toulouse market was '24 fr. 72 c. The price had
also fallen in other p trts c f the department. Every
favonrable moment mem down an abundant }lowa
was anxiously seized. At Strasburg, on tl:e :17,!:1 of
the avo.age price of corn in that &pat mien;

was 33 francs.
On the 22.1 of lily, one Laporte, a Protestant,
capitally cendenined by the Assize Court for the
mottler of theAbbe•Eagrigni, was converted to the
Catholic faith. •
' They write Iron Dealic.iire, under date a she ell!'
of July, that the fellow named Bohan, who, on the
12th of November last, shot General Lagarde, then
Commandant of the Gard, has been laid hold of at
Arks, in the department of the Bouches-du.khone.
Yesterday Henry Gore, Gonneau, Bonaassier,
senior and junto►,' Philippe, Descubes, Lascaux, and
Soardon, those of the self.st)kd Patriots of 1816
condemned to detention, were pilloried in the square
of the Palaee of Justice. They were brought forth
at eleven o'clock.' Descub:s, stripped of the badge
of the Legion of Honour, appeared at first Much
affected ; but in a little time sesnmed his assurance.
' Gonneau,
.ex.representative during the. usurpation,
often spoke to him: Gonneau appeared to brave
disgrace. The other convicts were pale and meagre.
At twelve they were detached from the stake, and
put into a cart to be conveyed to the Bicetre, where
they will remain during the period of their imprison.
ment. Sourdon alone, the singer, was tetutadocted
to the Conciergerie, by order of the Attorney-Gene.
:al. It was feared be would be maltreated by the
other convicts, who reproached him . with havint
made discoveries. The crowd of spectators kept
silence during the whole time of the exposition ; but
when the unhappy men came down horn the scaffold
they testified their horror at the intended attack on
public tranquillity by shouting Vive le Roi
• Some historical paintings, executed during the re.
v, lotion by our best Artists, are, it is said, about to
Le exhibited in the Luxembi,urg Gallery. Such of
them only as retrace the figure and personal exploits
of the usurper will be soppressed. .
A small boat was .iiteiy swamped on the Seine,
between Rouen and Havre, and 16 out of the 18
persons in it perished. They had been on a party of
pleasure.

FURTE-lER PARTICM..kRS OF TFIE EXECUTION OF
MOUFON-DtJ\'El NET.
" The Corn t of Revision having rejected the ap-
peal of General Mouton-Durernet, the sentence of
the Coto t Martial which condemned him to death'
was executed on the 27th, at half-past four in the
morning. From break of day all the troops which
were in Lyons were posted upon the quays and ave-
nues of all the streets in the neighbourhood of they.
prison of Roanne. All commun;cation by the bridges
over the Satnie was also stopped ; and a quarter after
lane some detachments marched to the place called ,
La Quarantaine. Some minutes afterwards, the Ge-
neral, dressed in a blue frock, went into a chariot
with two.- priests, the gendarmerie escorting him.
Arrived at the place of execution, he got out of the
chariot, spoke a few words with his confesior, and
presented hinueli to the soldiers of the legion, formed
in a platoon, who executed the order 01 the ofii.:er."
Another account says This gi eat criminal,
whose defence alienated all minds by the questa of
almost absoltste denial to which he adhered during
his trial, nude at his death a solemn reparation for
his errors and his treason. His death was the tri-
umph of religion : never did repentance seem more
sincere. During the night preceding hisexecution his
mind was occupied with lean of the Divine jnelentent,
and his confessor had diffizulty to make hint hope fur
mercy.
.6 He often expressed his regret that he was to die as
aft enemy of his King ; and he himself pmttsted that
he was disgusted at the system of defence into which
he had been drawn. lti fine, he wrote to the Presi-
dent, thanking him for the attention shewn to him.
He :Slept three hour; very tranquilly the night before
his execution. During his passage from prison to the
place of execution, Which lasted -half an hone, lie was
constantly in conversation with his confessor, and re-
cited from memory the prayers for the dying, and
several psalms. Arrived at the spot marked nut, he'
alighted with firmness front the carriage, and affec-
tionately embracing the priests who accompanied
him, said With a steady vaice Demise awn: lac 1:e
gem, and then took a position a few paces item the
soldiers. He at first refused to have his eyes ban-
daged ; but on his confessor requesting this sacrifice,
he submitted, and taising his hands to Heaven, he
was at once pierced by several balls. His death has
made a great impressum ; pod People• have been
edified by it."
MONTPELLIER. JUI.V 23.
We have just witness d a sight .whish has latisred
public justice, and carried security to the hearts of
honest people. The assassinations committed in our
, department, on the `27th of June and 2.1 of July, 181.5,
bad hitheeto remained without. exemplary punish-
ment. The partizans of the former government, and
the revolutionists of 1793, had taken advantage of the
unfortunate circumstances of last year to fire upon
the Royalists; a number of whom were killed in the
streets of Montpellier. Fourteen of these persons have
been tried by the lesevotel Court of this department,
charged.as authors or promoters of the assassinations
which took place about; the close of the usurpation.
Among them were persons long n:.torious for their
opinions and conduct during the revolution. The
heads were, Rebonl,, a goldsmith at Lona ; Esprit
Avinent, a damn ;Pau, a bake( Pascal alias Do-

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wane, Combes of Grahels, Liman of Inga ni
Aldebert, Sm. After a trial which lasted a fortoilo,
the Preental Court capitally condemned Avinesn,
Pau, Combes, Aldebert, and Lantatt. Tl:cy yetter.
day underwent their punishment at halipast eight in
the evening. The execution took place by torch light.
Avinent. who was executed first, on me:outing the
scaffold shouted rive la Pelactblique This excess of
audacity excited the indittnation rf the crowds of
'spectators who surrounded the scaffold, •ind who an.
er ed this seditious cry by that e?f Vive!,
Next day Pascal, condemned to the tiailt for life,
land Rebuul to ten years of forced labour, were pil-
loried : the other accomplices were condemned to
punishments less severe.
. • Two other notcrious revolltionists, Michel and
Ferrier, are now under trial tar cortan:ace.
These acts of justice and severity have produced
great sensation•at N:oltpellier, which bad to matt
that the murders committed on fa•l*rs of Ismi,k4
known for their devotedness to.the royal close Lid
remained unpunished.