Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-04-07
TEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.

The packet ship Roscoe, Captain DelaDOv
arrived last evening, having sailed from Liv-
erpOoI on the goth February.
The news 10 Of unusual interest. The new
French Ministry is at length &c. constructed
NJ. Theirs is the President Of the Council and
the Due de BrOgIIe.
The foreign news given in the Paris pa
pers refer solely TO the affairs If Spain, which
promise to ASSUME very interesting aspect
very shortly. All the private accounts re-
crived from that country in the French capi-
tai was Of character the most unfavOrabIe'
for the Queen. TIL" question Of Intervention
was again under consideration by the French
Government.
The tidings Of the arrival Of the British
slOOp of war PantalOOn at Norfolk, and the
probable acceptance Of the Mediation by this
Government, had reached England.
FRANCE.
The French Ministry is at length recon-
structed. The Moniteur Of Monday, in its
official portion, publishes the following APP
point mrnts -
NJ. THEIRS to the Presidency of the COun~
Gil, aud Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the
room Of Due de- BrogIe.
NJ. Sauzet, Minister Of Justice, vice NJ.
Persil.
Count Montalivet, Minister Of the Interior,
vice NJ. Theirs.
Nj. Passy, Minister of Commerce, vice NJ.
Duchatel.
NJ. Pellet de la Lozrre, Minister of Public
instruction, in the room Of NJ. Guizot.
From this announcement it would appear,
that NJ. D'Argout retains the Ministry Of
France, Marshal Maison that Of War, g. Ad-
miral Dupere Of Marine, and that of NJ. Mar
lin lido Nord} remains Attorney General
That this modification is as far as il goes, for
the better is Obvious, bot we shall not be sur
prisrd if it be- carried further.
Erecution Of Fieschi and his accomplices.
On Monday evening, as was expected, the
Court of Peers condemned Fieschi, Morey..
and Pepn to death. Bnirrau 10 twenty wears
imprisonment with hard labor. but acquitted
the remaining prisoner, Brscher, who during
the same night was discharged. The effect
OF the sentence upon the prisoners was vari--
Gus. FIeschl appears 10 have been thunder
struck at first, became frantic, hut afterwards
recovered his SELF possession, and WAS DESERT
bed even AS cheerful. Morcy, the old man,
received the communicative of his doom With
resignation; but all the Geehlrorss Of P-pn's
character was made manifest when il came
I" his turn to learn his lot
Tn Friday morning. at ten minutes past
O'Clock. the awful sentence Of the law was
carried into effect upon Fieschi and his ac-
completes.
Prpin was III" first 10 descend from his We
hicle. He mounted the scafTnla with firm,
step. and exhibited in his entire department
degree of calmness and resignation that for
med strong contrast with the weakness and
rresoIuti"n displayed by him during his tri-
al. On reaching the fatal plat firm, he bow
ed to the assembled multitude, resigned him
self INTO the hands Of the exreulinper, and 10
another moment ceased to exist.
The appearance Of the next prisoner MO-
reY) who assembled the scaffnld excited an in
trnsely painful feeling among the populace.
10 consequence Of his extreme debility, he
was actually lifted on the scafnld by the exc
cuiiOner and his assistants. by whom he was
strapped to the fatal board. The knife then
descended. and almost before the countless
and GREATNESS multitude could perceive the
signal given for its fall, the wretched criminal
was hradless corpse.
Fieschi, though he saw the axe raised, CO.
|orrd with the blood Of his accomplices, new
err showed the slightest emotion of fear or h"r-
r"r, but continued to converse with those a
round him iii! the rxecntiener laid his hand
upon his shoulder as indicating that the fatal
moment had arrived. He mounted the steps
with extraordinary rapidly. and placing him
self in the attitude Of an orator. pronounced
the following words, with clear and firm
voice: II am about to appear before my God.
have told the truth. die content. l have
rendered service to nay country by pointing
out my accompliccs. have told the truth.
and no falschood, as l calI upon Heaven to-
witness. am happy and satisfied. l de-
mand pardon Of God and man but above ALL.
of God. regret my victims more than my
own life" Upon this h- turned quickly N
| round and delivered himselfin the hands OF
| his execu,ioner.