The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-08-07 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

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The Parii papers of Monay are almost eiclusivelY occupied
by the affair of the 2E3th. Of hilt% • " •
The ministerial journals reproach their contemporaries of the
press with the want of discrimination thpv display, in the publi-
cation of all sorts of rumours on the subject, at the same time
taking credit to theinSelvei fOr the extreme caution which the
•organs of the governtnent have observed on the occasion. It
is stated, however, in the Journal de Part l, and repeated o.tbe
Journal des Dolmas; that since Sunday last irriniense progress
has been made in the process of investi,-it ion, and that the im-
portant results already obtained entitle the authorities to ex-
pect other results still more important.
It appears f-om an article in the Monitear, that the intc4lll
gation Into the circumstances of the late, atrocious arrPmpt,
`! made a wide step in the course of yesterday, and that tttse ire:
portant results already obtained afford grotind to hope for stilt
more important ones.' It is probable that the followitifi facts.
which the Coustituiionnel gives as having been communicated
to it at, midnight, and .Which it believes to 'be perfectly cor-
rect, are the results alluded-to:—"The' man who has called
himself Gerard proves to he a Corsican, named Fiesehi;
who- was one of the guards of King Joachim when fio
went upon the expedition which cost him his life. Fie
afterwards returned to Corsica, where he was found
guilty of stealing cow, and sentenced to ten years' im-
prisonment. In 1830 he contrived to get his name inserted
in the list of those who were condemned for political offenceN
and as. such continued to receive relief up to the end of 1831,
when his trick was discovered, his namettruck out of the list,
and he was obliged to fly. Since 1830 hee-has been in the'ser-•
vice of M. Cannes, inspector of the waters of Paris. Ills identify
was discovered on Saturday morning bye most Singular chalice:
M. Olivier. Dufresne,. Inspector-General of the Prisons, having
just recovered from the effects of a fall, by which two,6f his ribs
were broken, and he was confined for six weeks, went out for
the first time, and made his first visit to the Conciergerie, where;
he found •Fieschi, whOm hp recognized, and who has been also
identified by -M. L'Advocat, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 12th
Legion. They add, that Fieschi was evidently annoyed by the
visits of these gentlemen, but obstinately refused ,to adruit he
knew them."

The following is the description of Gerard's :person
forehead is very broad, and his head large and, square, his hair
black, thin,: and curled, his eye very piercing and kleep set, his
nose cyrved'and pointed, mouth wide and chin prOminent,..tho
lower part of his face meagre and sharp; his wholecounteuanco
is marked and expressive. Sometimes he wore a blouse or
sthockfrock, and sometimes was g,enteelly dressed. Two women
went frequently to visit him, and it is.supposOd that he had in-
timate relations with them both. It. is asserted that he had
another lodging than that on the lioulevmdp.-but he uill not
acknowledge it.

It appears that Gerard has received a much better education
than is found in journeymen mean-tiles in general. He is well
acquainted with Roman history, and frequently alludes to some
of its most distinguished characters, expressing a great admira-
tion for them.. He also speaks of Napoleon with peculiar en-
thusiasm. His physical strength is also unusually great. He
has several times expressed his regret at the number of his vic-
tims, and the families he has thrown into mourning and distress,
but at the some time declares that •his ardent imagination haul
overcome his better reason, through an infatuation of mind he
found it Impossible to conquer. •