The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-02-16
IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE


COHCictiOw Of The French Ministers! Com
motions IN Paris ! Resignation of Lqtay-
cite .4fairs Of Belgium and Of Poland!
Since our last, arrivals at New York have
brought Liverpool papers to Jan. 7, nineteen
days later than before received.
FRANCE.
The trial fthe ex ministers has terminated
The people ofParis were in a state of the great.
est excitement during its progress, and the
government displayed large military force to
prevent the commotions they, apprehended
The great square of the Louvre presented one
dense mass Of National Guard fully equipped
The cannons were all served, and the streets
upon the quays were all paraded by strong
piquets. The Cavalry were mounted and
the Lancers and Chasseurs of the line
had hay slung over the saddles Ct their horses
ready for active service. Notwthstand
ing these imposing demonstrations, appear
ances became more threatening, and when
the alarm was greatest, General Lafayette re-
paired to the place Of onfnement of the Ex-
ministers, demanded bed IN their prison. and
said he would not quit it until the sanctuary of
the laws was assured. Happily no serious con
sequences ensued, and the men themselves
are now left to ponder over their foles or their
crimes in perpetual seclusion.
SENTENCES nPoN THE Ex.MIxIsTERs.
Sentence has been passed upon the State
prisoners, whose trial has excited so much in.
terest in France, and throughout Europe Our
readers will learn with satisfaction that their
lives have been spared, and the friends of free.
! dom willrelolce that its finest triumph has thus
been spared stain, which, however it might
DO the work of justice, would SAVIOUR of ven
! geance. The blood Of these men will not be
shed, but vet a large oblaton has been made
upon the altar of offended justice and outraged
national rights. The remainder of their days
! is dOo+ned to incarceratiOn-and incarceration
within the limits of France. They are deprv-
ed ofall property, titles, honors, and attributes
! of distinction whatever, and degraded to the
lowest class of convicts suffered to exist living
monuments of the forbearance of great, but
undying examples of the danger of trampllng
upon the liberties Of a free people.
The sentence finds all the prisoners guilty OF
High Treason" upon the charge OF having
subscribed the illegal ordinances but, because
| the Charter is silent obscure, as TO punish
ment for that offence. the Court supplies the
omission by adjudging them to transportation,
which, being impraclcable out of France, is
changed 10 perpetual imprisonment within lis
! boundary. There is a difference between the
cases Of Prince PoliTnac and :he other three
as Peyronnet, Chantelauze, and G. Ranville,
are 10 be held legally interdicted" only
They are all to be subject to the costs of the
prosecution before the Court Of Peers.
The President Of the Chamber of Peers pro-
nounced judgment which concludes as follows
The Court, therefore, sentences Prince 20
! lignac to perpetual Imprisonment within the
! Continental territory of the kingdom; declares
him deprived of all his titles, rank, and orders;
declares him dead in law; and all the other
consequences of the punishment oftransport-
alton shall remain in full force, according as
they have been laid down in the prescribed
| Articles of the Penal Code.
Having duly considered the facts of the case,
as addnced in evidence during the proceedings
The Court condemns the Count de Peyron-
net, Victor Chantelauze, and Count Guernon
Ranville, to perpetual Imprisonment orders
that they shall continue in state of legal in.
terdicton, according to the 2sth and 29lh Ar
ticles of the Penal Code; and ass declares
them equally deprived oftheir titles, rank, and
orders
| The Court condemns Prince Polignac, Count
! Peyronnet, Victor Chantelauze, and Count
Guernon Ranville, to pay the costs of the pro-
ceedings out of their personal property, and
without any evasion.