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ultimately declared innocent by the court of Draguignan. I was prevented from re-entering the army, and after the revolution of July, offered my services to the new government, and received a portion of the money set aside for political victims of the restoration. neither Carlist nor republican. I was incorporated with the veterans, and was happy; when, at an ill-fated hour, I formed a connexion with a female, which reduced me to my last shift. I have been in the service of M. Caunes and of M. Lavocal. I feel very grateful for their kindness. On the 23d of April, 1834, I was accused of having falsely represented myself a political sufferer under the restoration. The fear of consequences compelled me to lead a life which drove me to extreme distress. I could not procure myself wherewith to dine; not even a couple of sous to get me shaved. It was then that the man whom you know opened his house to me, and that the plot about this unfortunate machine was entered upon. My accomplices, sir, were men beneath me: they were not equal to my worth. I have only committed one misdeed in the course of my life, and that one will lead me to the scaffold. I regret that so many should have suffered from my deed-I am truly sorry for it; but the thing is done. I have never belonged to any political society; but I was acquainted with four members of one, who often came to dine at the house of the woman with

whom I kept company. They professed con. tempt for me, because they looked upon me as a Bonapartist." It appears that the attempt was to have been made on the 1st of May, but was postponed, and finally fixed for the 28th of July. If he had escaped from prison, he did not intend remaining in Paris. At one of the rendezvous, Fieschi says, "I got there first; Morey came afterwards, and said that Pepin would not be long. While waiting for them, two of my former comrades passed by; we talked together for a little time; Morey then came; I left these two men, and Morey and I walked on separately, as we did not know each other. Night was coming on. We descended by the arcades of the Pont d'Austerlitz. The money had not yet been paid for the purchase of the gun-barrels. It was there that we settled that for twenty-five barrels a sum of 107f. 25c. would be wanted. When Pepin came, Morey and he disputed about a bill which they had between them: they could not agree about a sum of 20f. which had been given to me. Seeing this, I said to them, Do not dispute about this; I will repay you this sum.' Pepin did not hold out any longer about this, and things remained thus. I told the girl Nina Lassave, on the 26th, that I was afraid of something. I urged her not to go out during the fetes of July. I loved her; and as I knew there might be a riot and barricades, and as a woman does not get out of it like a man, I urged her not to leave home. She came, however, to see me on the 27th July, but I urged her to go home, and she did not enter the room, as Moray was with me. But she did not leave

⚫ In like manner hundreds of plots and crimes are put into the heads of the juvenile offenders when in a common gaol with the most depraved of criminals.

the neighbourhood for some time. I saw her on the Boulevard, and knowing that I was going to commit a crime, and that she would be without protection, I went to her and told her to go away, and meet me in the evening at Annette Boquin's. I also desired her not to come and see me on the Tuesday (July 28). In the evening I went to Annette Boquin's." Fieschi replied to the president's questions, "I was dying with hunger at the time, in a worse state than a dog who gains his living from door to door. In my place any other person would have gone mad-would have killed himself, I (striking his breast) preferred becoming the assassin of forty persons. My head will fall, but it will not recall to life those brave generals with whom I fought in former days." After a short pause, on the president reminding him of the passport, he said, in a solemn manner, "Morey is a good and generous man; he gave me even to my shirt; he received me as if I had been his child; but he is still my accomplice. I have proved this by facts. It was he who procured me a passport. If I had consulted only myself-if I had been free to follow my own will, nothing of the kind would have happened; there was a fatality upon me. We never talked of this; had we done so, our purpose might have been altered. They only said the ministers and the marshal will get a pretty peppering.' Fieschi, in confirmation of his avowal and statement, said (with solemnity), "I do persist in it, and I swear to it on the tomb of my father." Morey contradicted almost every part of Fieschi's statement; and Fieschi again affirmed the same to be true. Fieschi, in further answer, said, "I do affirm that Pepin said that it was necessary that heads should roll in the streets like paving-stones; and he said that as long as the race remained, we should never be safe. It was Pepin who undertook to make the proclamation, as he was the most learned of the three. (Laughter followed this remark.) Morey and I were to make use of our guns; we were to be the workmen."

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On the 8th of February, interrogations were put to identify Fieschi. The proprietor of the public-house could not speak positively as to whether the prisoner Fieschi was the same person or not. Fieschi," It is strange enough he does not recognise me, although he helped me to a cannon" (a glass of wine). Laughter followed this witticism. The evidence for the Crown here closed.

Of the several advocates in favour of the prisoners, M. Dupin, after complimenting the spirit of the Peers in executing justice with mercy, said, "Was it likely that Fieschi, a man of consummate skill in his way, would have revealed such a secret to a person of Pepin's capacity (a witness against him), to an individual so timid and so devoid of courage; or was it for a moment to be supposed, that a prudent man like Morey would have made choice of such a confidant? Oh, no: such proposals are only communicated to persons of strong mind, who could remain faithful to sworn se crecy; and besides, their own safety was at stake, and would alone have prevented such a disclosure.

M. Chaix d'Est Ange, his other counsel, addressing the Court, said, that on the

morning of the fatal day he met Nina, and it almost turned him from his intention, when he thought of leaving that young girl, whom he loved, unprovided for. (At this moment Fieschi hung down his head, looked at the gallery where Nina usually sat-she was not there; he hung his head down again, and wiped his eyes.) Fieschi, by the rule of the Court, was again allowed to speak. He now assumed quite a different tone; he was no longer the assassin of forty," as at the beginning he called himself; but first, the victim of others, next a hero. Moreover, he pleaded hard for his accomplices and accusers, although he said he had a conviction that Morey loaded the barrels so that he should be killed: him he would have to live, to reproach himself with his own baseness. In speaking of his sad necessities, which caused him to enter into the plot with one who was his benefactor, he thus spoke, "I found a good old man (my heart bled whilst I accused him) who gave me his shirts (when he was turned out naked), lodged me and fed me; it is not therefore from vengeance that I have spoken against him. If I light a candle in mid-day in the presence of the sun, the strongest will prevail: well, then, if I have accused Morey, it was to say to my country, take care of thyself." He then gave a detailed account of his military services, which are far from contemptible; and of his sufferings, which had been in many instances extreme. He deplored greatly the stigma which fell upon his former name, when he was discovered not to be Girard: he declared himself to be a Frenchman. He was not an informer, he said; for two-and-forty days he named no accomplice, but he could not breathe, a horrible weight oppressed him ;" then it was that he unloosed his tongue. In speaking of his services to his country, and the course he had pursued, he said he had found two roads, two branchings off, and he took the wrong one. "I have committed a great crime, and I shall die with courage." Again and again he begged the lives of his accomplices, since they could be no longer dangerous." Louis Philippe, he said, was now capable of leading armies, he had gained a character for courage at the hand of his people. He concluded, by minutely describing the bold and intrepid manner in which he would mount the scaffold. The President then asked each prisoner in turn, whether he wished to address the Court. The other prisoners declared their total innocence; the same privilege was then given to the counsel

The

Resuscitation.--A nun of the Urseline convent, Breslaw, died lately, and was placed, says the Dutch paper, as usual, in the church. Whilst the sisters were employed in singing, she suddenly arose from her coffin, proceeded with tottering steps to the altar, and falling on her knees began to pray in a loud voice. nuns, dreadfully alarmed, ran and woke the abbess, who at first would not believe what they had told her, but at last was persuaded to go to the church, where she saw the nun, who was praying, rise from her place before the altar and return to her coffin, where she lay down and closed her eyes. The abbess immediately sent for the physician, but when he arrived the nun was really dead!

for the prisoners, who declining, amidst profound silence the proceedings closed.

Fieschi, Morey, and Pepin, had been almost unanimously declared " guilty" by the Court of Peers. In favour of the death of Morey, 140 voted; and but 130 only for that of Pepin, The 19th was the morning of the execution, at the Place St. Jacques. Every tree was tenanted by some twelve or fifteen persons; as also every window from which the awful ceremony could be witnessed. It is impossible, in a limited space, to give an account of the curious sayings and doings of these offenders. In the English journals of the 22nd ult., they will be found at length. Fieschi beheld the bleeding axe, which in a moment was to end his existence, and looked upon the whole scene with a self-possession and coolness, characterized by want of feeling, which would puzzle the philosophers. When the hoary head of Morey was exhibited to the crowd, after the cap had been removed, a thrill of horror pierced the breasts of the multitude. Fieschi died rejoicing that he had told the truth, and brought his accomplices to the scaffold; his accomplices yielded up life declaring their innocence. At 8 a. m. the execution commenced, and in five minutes the work of death was ended. The number of spectators is computed to have been not less than 100,000, who immediately dispersed quietly to their several homes or employments.

When examined at the Bicêtre, there appeared not to have been any phrenological indications on the skull of Fieschi. It seems that the bursting of the barrels had fractured the skull, but the wound had not penetrated the brain, which accounts for his being enabled to descend the rope from the room; and renders it probable that he would have escaped, but for the loss of blood which greatly weakened him. After the ceremony, casts were taken of his and Pepin's heads. An attempt was made to steal the heads from the house of the keeper of the Cemetery of Mount Parnasse. Fieschi's head has been sent to Dr. Lelut, physician of Bicêtre, which is expected will be very useful to medical science, and they will afterwards be deposited in the Musée Dupuytren for dissection. The body of Pepin was delivered to his family for interment. On the night previously to the execution, at 10 p. m., Madame Pepin, accompanied by her brother-in-law, was received by the queen, being presented to her Majesty by General Bernard, one of the king's aides-de-camp.

Brazilian Succession.-On the 2nd of Dec., the anniversary of the 10th birth-day of the young emperor Don Pedro the Second, was celebrated at Brazil with great rejoicings. By a carta de lei, dated Dec. 12, the regent, in the name of the emperor, sanctions the legislative enactment, that Senhora Donna Maria, second Queen of Portugal, has lost the right of succession to the crown of the empire of Brazil. And that Senhora Donna Januaria (her sister) shall be recognised as imperial princess, and failing issue of Don Pedro, the second successor to the throne.

Wolves. A great number have made their appearance near to Stockholm, which is regarded as a sign of a hard winter.

HER MAJESTY.

Elegant blonde dress, over white satin; body, sleeves, and front of skirt splendidly ornamented with diamonds and blonde; rich crimson velvet train, lined with white satin, trimmed with ermine. (Dress Irish, train British manufacture.) Head-dress, magnificent diamond diadem and feathers; necklace and ear-rings en suite.

H. R. H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT. White satin dress, richly embroidered in silver; body and sleeves magnificently ornamented with diamonds and blonde. (Dress English, train Irish manufacture.) Train, beautiful silver tissue, lined with white satin; trimmed with cerise-coloured flowers and blonde. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds.

H. R. H. THE PRINCESS VICTORIA. Superb pink satin dress, richly brocaded in silver; body, sleeves, and front of skirt elegantly trimmed with ribbon and blonde. (Dress Spitalfields manu. facture.) Pearl ornaments.

H. R. H. THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA, Rich blonde dress, over green satin; body and sleeves handsomely trimmed with blonde and diamonds; green figured satin train, white satin lining, and trimmed with blonde lace. (Dress British manufacture.) Head-dress, plume, feathers, diamonds, and blonde lappets.

HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF
NORTHUMBERLAND.

White crape dress trimmed with ribbon, over a gros de Naples slip; very rich white ducape train, lined with silk, handsomely trimmed with crape and ribbon. Head-dress, feathers, pearls, and crape lappets.

MARCHIONESSES.

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COUNTESSES.

Listowel: Irish blonde dress, over white satin; train, Adelaide velvet, trimmed with blonde; headdress, feathers and lappets; ornaments, diamonds and amethysts. Mayo: Superb white satin dress, embroidered in green and gold sleeves a la Louis XIV., magnificently trimmed with rich blonde ; splendid manteau of green velvet, embroidered in gold, lined with white satin; head-dress, feathers, diamonds, and blonde lappets. Bandon: Beautiful gold lama dress, over white satin; body and sleeves trimmed with handsome blonde; rich green velvet train, with white satin, richly trimmed with gold and blonde to correspond with dress; head-dress, blonde toque, feathers and lappets; ornaments, garnets. Howe Rich white satin dress, with beautiful blonde flounce, body and sleeves trimmed to correspond; rich sapphire blue Genoa velvet manteau, lined with white satin, and richly trimmed with blonde; headdress, blonde lappets, feathers, and splendid diamonds. Grey: Emerald green Genoa velvet manteau, lined with white silk, trimmed with blonde lace and grebe; rich white satin petticoat, trimmed with two rows of

grebe; head-dress, white ostrich feathers, diamonds, and emeralds. Lincoln: Cerese Genoa velvet manteau, lined with white silk, trimmed with grebe and blonde lace; rich brocaded white satin petticoat, trimmed with volants of rich blonde; head-dress, white ostrich feathers and diamonds. Cowper: Court costume, siecle de Louis XIV., composed of rich violet velvet train, trimmed with Brussels lace, lined with white satin; body and sleeves ornamented with Brussels lace; rich white satin dress, trimmed with bows. of violet velvet and diamonds, en tablier; head-dress, plume of feathers, Brussels lappets, and brilliants. Brownlow: Court costume, siecle de Louis XIV., rich Lyons velvet train, trimmed with ermine, looped with gold tassels; body and sleeves ornamented with magnificent Brussels lace; cherusse to correspond; dress, rich white satin, trimmed with ermine; headdress, plume of feathers, Brussels lappets, and diamonds. Salis: Superb white satin dress, trimmed with grebe; dahlia velvet manteau, richly ornamented with dentelle de soie; corsage a la Medicis; trimming to correspond; head-dress, rich ostrich plume, lappets and diamonds. Sebastiani: Rich white satin dress, splendidly embroidered in gold, a colonnes ; superb bleu haite velvet manteaux, embroidered to correspond, trimmed with blue satin and gold torsade; corsage a point, richly ornamented with gold; cherusse and sabots in rich Chantilly blonde; headdress, resille, ostrich plume, pearls and diamonds. BARONESS DE LEHZEN.

White tulle dress, over rich white satin, elegantly trimmed with blonde and ribbon; train of peach Irish tabinet, trimmed with satin and blonde, and lined with gros de Naples; head-dress, feathers and pearls.

LADIES.

Hon. Lady Cust: White poplin robe, tastefully trimmed with blonde and bouquets of gold flowers; rich ruby satin manteau, lined with white, and trimmed with gold; head-dress, ornaments of carbuncle and gold. Augusta Poulett: Rich figured white satin dress, prettily trimmed with net and ribbons; rich figured green and white satin train, lined with white satin, trimmed with blonde and ribbon; headdress, feathers, diamonds, and blonde lappets. Ann Becket: Very beautiful Indian muslin dress, embroidered with gold and American beetles' wings, trimmed with point lace; rich green satin train, lined with white satin, and trimmed with point lace; headdress, diamonds, feathers, and point lappets. Harriet Clive White crape dress, trimmed with ribbons, over gros de Naples slip; rich ducape train, trimmed with crape and ribbons; head-dress, feathers, pearls, and white crape lappets. L. and E. Cornwallis: Elegant crape dresses, embroidered in colours; bodies and sleeves trimmed with blonde; trains of cerise terry velvet, trimmed with ribbon and blonde, and lined with gros de Naples; head-dresses, feathers and diamonds. Burgoyne: Elegant white figured satin dress, ornee de pompons bleu ; rich figured blue and white satin manteau, trimming to correspond; corsage a pointe, profusely ornamented with rich dentelle de soie; head-dress, bouquet de plumes, lappets, turquoises, and diamonds." Whatley: Rich white satin dress, brodee a fleurs d'or; superb vert pre velvet manteau, richly trimmed with gold; corsage a pointe, ornamented with gold, and rich Chantilly blonde; head-dress, velvet toque, ostrich feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds. Astley Cooper: White figured satin petticoat, handsomely trimmed with gold lama and blonde; train and bodice a la Suisse of rich amethyst velvet, elegantly trimmed to correspond¡