Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-02-27
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Ty1m Lond1n fdper,
The following are fome further partic
ulars res ecting the lait moments of Mar.
ihal Ney when the judgment was an.
nounced to him, he faid. g it 1uouid bave
been mare military to haze fad, you are IL
bite The duf' At the execution, he en-,
deavoured to protect againlt the iniquity
of the fentence, and appealed to God and
poaerity.-lhe officer commanding the
veterans attempting to give the word, ap-
peared truck dumb. LEfpinois (Ihe
commander of the military divlfon) then
faid, Z" officer, if you cannot command
will )" the latter remaining Glent, the
Martial himfelf faid {" folders. do your
duty" upon which the platoon ordered
for the purpofe, fired at randoa, only
FIVE out of fifteen balls fired, .truck the
Martial, who fen upon bis knees and di-
ed inltantly.-Ihe officer recovering
himielt, faId, " there is it'll platoon, let
hem ihoot me alto" The officer is put
under arreit Martial Ney was yester-
day buried at the cemetery of La Chal/e
Madame Ney was accompanied to the
Ihuiileries by her four children and
Utter fhe remained in the Aaom de la pax
iome time before the due dc Duras Came
to inform her thai Che could not be re-
ceived by the king, and leading her down
the grand itair cafe. acquainted her OF
the mourntul execution fhe tainted, and
with difficulty removed to her Carriage
amidit the cries of her children and tn
lamentations of the spectators Of the dill
tieiling tcene She had ieveral times en-
deayoured to fee the Duo hels d'Aneou
lemc, neer Whole perfon ihe had been
brought up when child the ducheis,
however, aswell as the princes, conitant.
y refuied to fee her.
Madame Auguie, Madame Ney's
mother, was in the l.rvice Of Maria An
toinette, her grief at whole ceAth was 70
ievere, that in a moment of dlitra6tion
the threw herfelf GU: OF window, and
died upon the ipot.
" hen the uiIes Of Marshal Ney were
enumerated in his sentence, he observed,
7" What Is the use Of all this Now Mi
ehael Nsy; presently handful OF DUST
Louis de Frotte, young gentleman of
Lower Normandy, Notwithstanding his
youth, In consequence of his gallant.y
and military talents obtained the com
mand Of The extenlve diltrict of Lower
Normandy AS he was one of the last
chiefs who acceded to the paci(cation
With the authority 70 he was one of the
hrst to recur to arms on the profpect OF
reicuiAg his country from the power of
the Coriican depot. but Gen. Bruno
with 6o,o men marching into the In
urgent departments by ipecious promifes
induced the folders to deiert their chiefs
all of whom fubmitted except Frotte who
was obliged to wi,hdraw'with the officers
OF his ttaff and an aid-descamp to de-
lerted cattle in the department. of Orne |;
but his retreat being discovered, himlelf
and companions were arreRed. Froue
tried by military commlilion at Verne
nil, before whom he exhibited the mott
undaunted reiolution, and calling for a
glafs of wine, gave Vive k roi p for
toait-Next day as himfelf and his fol.
lowers were conducted on foot TO the
place OF execution, a grenadier obferved
thar he did not keep time on this he
Immediately afluned the proper itep, and
marched as if he belonged to the battal
ion. Of the feven officers who periihed
on this location, not one exhibited the
ieait fymptoms of trepida.ion on the
contrary, they all inliited that their eyes
ihouid not be concealed by means Of
bandage. Ihe capture and execution of