Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-01-13
FRENCH PAPERS.

judgment prOHo""'c" W M.,.,
ri Commission created at .noSco0
by Order of his .uajesty the En-. :.
psror and King, for the Trial g
the .suihors and .abettors 81 tne
s.Confagration Of the t4th e 1stn
| Of September and the to!1o'0'ns
Days.
| In THE NAME OF THE EMPEROR
AND KING.
This day. aith ofSeptember, 1919.
the Military Commission created at
| Moscow. in conformity to the Or
ders of his Majesty the Emperor 4
King, composed of General Count
I.auer, Grand Provost of the Army
| General Baron Michel. Command
ant of the FirstRegiment OF Grena-
diers of the Foot Guards; General
Baron sauaier. Grand Provost OF
the First Corps D'Armee Colonel
Baron Bedelin, Commandant OF the
| Frsileers Grenadiers of the Guard
the Adiutant Commandant Chevalier
Thery, Commandant of the Imperial
| Quarters: the Chief d Gcadron
Jeannin ofthe Gendarmerie d'Elite;
General Count Montriou. exercising
the functions Of Imperial Proeurer.
and NJ. Weber, Chef dEscadron,
those of Reporter. all appointed by
bis Serene Highncss the Prince OF
Neusthatel, Major General OF the
Grand Army. assisted by the Sieur
Jouve de Guibert, subaltern officer
of Gendarmer, the Clerk appointed
by the Reporter in order to examine
and try the authors and abeitors OF
the conilagratiou, which took place
in the different quarters OF the city
of Moscow on the t4th and 18th OF
this moat;l, and continued during the
10th. f7til and 18th.
The commission convoked by order
Of the president. having met in the
palsce DuIgorouky, the session was
opened by the reading ofthc process
verbal, ofthe Information and papers
tending both to the elimination and
acquistal OF The accused.
This reading finished. the Presi-
den; ordered tie guard to bring in
the accused TO the number Of rs.
who were accordingly brought in
without letters.
After having .tated to them. the
facts laid TO their charge, and heard
separately the declarations and de-
posiIions Of witnesses, having heard
the accused taken in the fact of SET
ting fire 60 different houses, and ex-
amincd the different means employed
By the inccndiaries, such as matches,
fusees. phosphoric vessels. sulphur,
anu other eombustlbie matters fond
upon The accused, or placed purpose
ly in several habitaiirns. The Com
mission found that for the last three
months. the Russian Government
ioreseein;, no doubt. the danger ct
the contest in which it had engaged,
and the impossibiiity of preventing
the Frcnch army f:-'m arriving 1T
.sIoscow, had resolved to employ in
its defence, the extraordinary means
IF caniiagration and destruction re-
probated b. civiiizai nations. that it
had accepted for taat purpose the
proposition Of d certain Doctor
Schmit. an EnSiishnan, (i}iouSh
calling Di'seAa German.) a m"cha-
nici.n. aad nar!iiast b, profession,
vho being invited iato Russia. arrir.
Ell IL tn" beginning oi ;tst May. and
ai,t:. several se@r": conferences with
;be p!'i"cii.a! authorities, went TO !e-
:;!e 1T t,,a s..as,lr Ct NOrOnzow, ST.
,uate six Navsis from the city. On tie
r,ad 20 ihaiu:.sa. j!Iat detachment
Of I6J infantry aHd IL dragon, re.
;:a'"ca 10 TIC castle. 10 project the
81, .''.tons OPERATIONS o. S>'hmitt. q
prcvsat the curious from gaining dc
cess iu am.
I'ias It IS generally known that he
constructed ali aer0static balloon Of
a considerable size. pretending: that
he meant 10 enclose in it a destluc-
tive machine, which he asserted he
could guide at pleasure.
That about IS days before the en-
trance of the French Army into
Moscow, I large barrels of gunpow-
der were sent to WOronzow, with
ariiEcers, who were to work under
the directions Of r. Schmitt.
That i is proved that this pretend
cd construction Ola balloon was mere
" for an imp osition, and that moth
ing was done at the castle of Woron-
gov, but the preparing ofiire " orks&