The Sun. — 1847-02-16 (London, England)

EXECUTION OF A POLISH CON  - - - - SPIRATOR AT POSEN. POSEN, Fss. 2.—Our paper of to-day contains the following': kai ebiov etz ,a from o Iftroogoal s etike metfor mi enr till) lea eNei, I laange pipeooofkoSnntoutlhsdnewarning advertisement:— " On the 9th of January this year, the mounted gendarme liCzn:anninie,°cdressed as a peasant, who was smoking his road. The gendarme followed the stranger to the publichouse in the village, in order to call him to account, and, as his suspicions were awakened, took this opportunity of asking for his passport. The stranger delivered up a parcel of papers, which the gendarme declared unsatisfactory, intimating to him, at the same time, that if he were not able to give fbetter account of himself, he would have him transported to Rogasen. The stranger, who was walking up and down the room behind the gendarme, who was examining the papers, then drew out a pistol and fired it at him. The police servant, struck by the shot, fell slowly to the ground, while the culprit, tiring a second pistol at some peasants who rushed into the room on hearing the report, fled across the fields towards a neighbouring wood. After having destroyed some papers which he had kept back from the gendarme, and having in vain sought to defend himself with a pistol in one hand and a dagger in the other, he was ultimately seized by the peasants, and transported to Rogasen. The gendarme, Komorkiewicz, died on the 17th of January from the effects of the wound. The culprit, who, according to his own acroGyraaln,diecDreuech.c: count, was a Polish emigrant from Warsaw, by the name of Anton von Babinski, and a member of the Democratical Societyof Posen since the 4th of January this year, with a view of of Paris, and whoi alicacdords.:jnocuornmeidth promoting the objects of this society, relative to the restoreinthtehe order of the undersigned General, placed before a court-martial on the 30th of January, by 7 which be was unanimously condemned to be shot, for having, restoration arch Poland, 18 eras, ,by with arms in his hands, made a murderous_ assault upon the person of an officer of justice. The sentence having been confirmed by the undersigned General-in-Command, was publicly carried into execution this day, Feb. 1,,1847. (Signed) " GOLOMB, " The General Commanding the Fifth Corps of the Army." PosEN, Faa. I.—(From a Private Communication.)— During the execution which took place here this day (see article above) all the troops of the, garrison formed an open square towards the cannon shed. he prisoner was led out in front of this building, and a section of infantry, consisting of twelve men, having been ordered forward, took up their position at a distance of five feet from him. His eyes were then bandaged, and lie had hardly knelt down before his breast was pierced by twelve balls. He fell without a groan. During the trial Babinski seems to have revealed very little, so that it is not yet d.cided whether the name put forward is the true one. He took all blame upon himself, without incriminating any one by his confessions. It is, therefore, not probable that the arrest of Mr. V. B. is at all connected with the fate of the executed prisoner, unless the rumour be true that he had sojourned some time in the house of that gentleman. Towards evening yesterday the president of our police, Herr Munstoli, paid visit to V. 8., who is said to have told him that his name was well known to the Propaganda in Paris, and that they generally attributed the failure of their projected conspiracy to his vigilance, and that he (Von B.) had in consequence set out with the determination of murdering him, in order to remove so formidable an obstacle to the restoration of Poland. The prisoner died without having betrayed the least weakness; on the .contrary, he repeatedly saluted the people who followed tine procession to the Kanonenplatze.