Star. — 1826-09-12 (London, England)

EXECUTION OF THE CONSPIRATORS AT ST. PETERSEURGH. ZITRACT or A PRIVATZ TAMIL CRONSTADT MOULD, Jinx se. The criminals implicated in the late attempt at revolution and murder were finally disposed of on Tues. day, the 25th instant. Those belonging to the sea service, all Officers, consequently of noble families, were brought down in steam vessels, and taken on board the Valdimer, flag ship of Admiral Crown, lying in Cronstadt Roads (fifteen in number), when their sentences of death were read to them, but commuted by the Emperor. After sentence being read, they were script of their uniforms, and then their clothes thrown into the sea, their swords broken over their heads, coarse canvass dresses put on them, heavily ironed, and then immediately sent off to work in the mines in Siberia for life, excepting one, who is to serve in the fleet as a common sailor during his life. At St. Petersburgh, on the same morning, the execution by hanging (a mode of punishment heretofore unknown in this country) of the following Officers took place. At three in the morning, the 121 prisoners were brought out behind the fortress, where a fire was lighted; those five who were to suffer were then undressed, and all their uniforms, hats, epaulets, &c. thrown into the fire and consumed, their swords broken over their heads—when that was done, 116 were taken back to the fortress, and the rentaining five, Alexander Restoujeff, Rylieff, Mom avieff, Pestal, and Katrovsky walked up to a sort of scaffold, built on the top of the batteries near the fortress; the trumpets, drums, and music began to make a dreadful noise; they were dressed all in white, with a large black plate on their breasts, with their names and crime in yellow letters. Pestal walked up first, and the others followed ; the ropes were soon arranged, and at half. pact four the drop fell, but three of the ropes b:eaking, three of them fell to the ground. People were immediately sent up to put new ropes, which took about ten minute.% before they were ready, and during that time, the unfortunate criminals saw their two companions hanging before them—they walked up again as before, but one could hardly move, and he was assisted—the drop soon fell again with the three last, and they were soon put out of their misery. Tie bodies hung till halfpast five, when they were cut d )wn by some common cattcrsnicks (Anglice, police soldiers), and what became of their bodies no one knows. The scaffold was entirely broken to pieces, and burnt on the place where their uniforms had been consumed. It is said those five all kissed each other before they went up, and said the Emperor had behaved well, but that they deserved anoIther kind of death. Rylieff was one of those that fell, and he observed, on returning, that their falling was a great proof, that, as Officers, "they ought to have been shot, and nit hung. Their sentence was, to be quartered, and their heads cut off ; but the Emperor would not allow it. Some of the remaining 115 were also condemned to be broken alive, some torn limb from limb by horses, and death to all ; but the Emperor would not suffer more to be executed, and they were all sent off heavily ironed to the mines in Siberia for life,