The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-04-06
NEW.YORK, MARCH %.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.


LATEST FROM EUROPE.
BY the Packet ship Roscoe, from Ii.
verpool, whence she sailed on the 26th of
February, we have received London and
Liverpool papers to the above date.
Except the Reorganization Of the
French Ministry and the execution of
fteschi and his accomplices, they contain
nothing of special interest.
In the British House of Commons,
Feb. 10Th, Lord Dudley Stuart made
long and animated address relative to the
encroachment of Russia, and concluded
by moving an address to the Crown for
the treaty of Constantiople of the 9Th
July, 1888, called the treaty of Hoonkiar
Skelessi, the treaty Of St. Petersburg of
the 29th Of January, in the year 1884,
and the correspondence between this
Government and the Governments of
Russia and Turkey relative to those trea.
ties, and the correspondence with the
Government of Russia relating to the re.
monstrances made by England against
the conduct pursued by Russia towards
Poland. The debate was continued by
several gentlemen. The result was, that
so much of the melton as related to the
Treaty of Hoonkiar Skelessi was agreed
to the rest was negatived.
EXECUTION OF FIESCHI, AND HIS
ACCOMPLICES.
On Monday evening, Goth Feb. as was
expected, the Court of Peers condemned
Fiesch, Morey, and Pepin, to death
Boireau to 20 years Imprisonment with
hard labor, but acquitted the remaining
prisoner, Bescher, who during the same
night was discharged. The effect of the
sentence upon the prisoners was various.
Fieschi appears to have been thunder
struck at first, became frantic, but after.
wards recovered his seh'.possession, and
was described even as cheerful. Morey,
the old man. received the communication
of his doom with resignation (; but all the
feehleness of Pepin's character was made
manifest when it came to his turn to
learn his lot.
On Friday morning, at ten minutes past
s O'Clock, the awful sentence of the law
was carried into effect upon Fieschi, and
his accomplices.
Pepin was the first to descend from his
vehicle. He mounted the scaffold with a
firm step, and exhibited in his entire de.
pertinent degree of calmness and resig.
nation that formed strong contrast with
the weakness and irresolution displayed
by him during his trial. On reaching the
iatal platform, he bowed to the assembled
multitude, resigned himselfinto the hands
ofthe executioner, land in another moment
ceased to exist.
The appearance Of the next prisoner,
(Morey) who ascended the scafiold, ex-
cited an intensely painful feeling among
the populace. In consequence of his
extreme debility, he was actually lifted on
the scaffold by the executioner and his as.
sistants, by whom he was strapped to the
fatal board. The knife then descended,
and almost before the countless d breath
lrss multitude could perceive the signal
for its fall, the wretched criminal was a
headless corpse.
Fieschi, though he saw the axe raised,
coloured with the blood of his aecompli.
ces, never showed the slightest emotion
of fear or horror, but continued to con-
verse with those around him till the as
sistant executoner laid his hand upon his
shoulder as indicating that the fatal mo-
ment had arrived. He mounted the
steps with extraordinary rapidity, and
placing himself in the attitude of an orator
pronounced the following words, with a
clar and firm voice 81 am about to ap.
pear before my God. | have told the
truth. | die content. | have rendered a
service to my country, by pointing out
my accomplices. have told the truth
and no falsehoods, as call upon Heaven
to witness. lam happy and satisfied
demand pardon of God and man but
above all, of God. regret my victims
more than my own life." Upon this he
turned quickly round & delivered himself
into the hands of his executioners.
The entire of the fatal ceremony oc
cupied but the brief space of five minutes
it being exactly that time after eigh
o'clock when the reeking axe fell upor
| the last of the criminals.
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