( 370 ) [Nov. 1, 



VARIETIES, Literary and Philosophical, 



Incliali'ii; Notices of Wo-rki in Ilaiirl, Domcffic and l-'orrign. 

 *;,;* Auilicntic Commanimlionsfor tlds. Article uiU aluays be thankfully received. 



IN our laft Number an old corrcfpond- fy]^-, . j p Jemrd,, clerk in the houfe" of 



cut mude the Monthly Magazine a Augfburg; Kupfer, Uokfeller of 



xtiortimn thrmdi which to call on the ' °' \ , \ , ,, !- , • • « 



puhlic ro teftiVy its mdicn;iUon againll Vienna ; Eunch, bookfelkr, ot Linz, m Au- 



Ihe inuiilcr of Palin, tliC hookfcller, by flria; but none of thefe appeared before the 



51 fuhfcriptirni in bohuif of his widow and ^^^^x, probably becaufe their governments 



fbindv, ami he lanrtionc(l h.s feehngs by '^.^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^.^^^ ^^^^^^ ^j^ ^^^^^ ^^. 

 cnclolin.2 five rrumca?- to the pnblilhcr, as 



tiie conimei.cement of a ponera) fub- cufed of high treafon, as the authors, print- 



Icription. VVc have now the fatiofactioii ers, and publhhers, of libellous works direft- 



to be able to ftate, that the fiiirgellion cd againft the Emperor of the French and his 



of our mrrcfpondent was attended liy .. . , „■ j, „ffi,, 



" . , , ,■ r ,. ,-• „/ armv, and tending to miilead the minds ot the 



■efie^ts equal to his warmcft cNperlaMons ; ' ' = 



fcarccly was this I\!agazine put in circii- inhabitants of the South of Germany, 



lation before the idea was taken up by <« The court direcled the two prifoners t« 



iome of the liberal and public-fpiritod j^^ brought in one after the other, and the 



fubfcribers to Llovi>'s Corir,l>HouSE, ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^j^^ information of their 



liY various editors ot ncwlpaper?,- and bv ^ , , j 



oiherpoifonsin all ))arts of the Tnitcd f|'i« to be read to them. After they had 



Kiny;dom ; and, to their immortal ho- withdrawn, the court confulted together, anJ 



nonr, a fiim, at this moment, has been pronounced fentcnce of death on all the jier- 



colleclcd far exceeding one thov^and ^^^^ ^^„^i„„^d in the report. They farther 



rOT*T\'D'. 



We felt it onr duty to addrefs ourfelvcs decreed, that Schoderer and Palm Ihould be 



inimediatel\ to a diltinguilhod Htcrary executed within twenty four hours, but only 



eorrefpondeiit, rehdent in a univerfity jj,,. j^ffg^ aftually fuffered on the 26th of 



not far from Niivcnbcrt:, that we n^icht ^ ^^^ princinal accufation alleged 



have it in our own vmwer to fiinnih. the ° ,. , ' r . • u i.,-,i 



fmblic with the corrca partirnlars of this ag^'nft him was, that of being the pubhllier 



utrociousbufinefs, and, in reply, wc have of a book entitled, " Germany in the loweft 



l.een furniflicd with tiie following ftatc- g^.^^.^ ^f Degradition." 



mcnt of fu<''ts, maii-v of which are new • /- i - i .. ■,. f 



, V, ,-Vi ' 1 • '* In order to expofe the wiiole atrocity of 

 to the Engliliia-eader: — 



• "Among the dlfiuent bookfellers who this fanguinavy proceeding, the following cir 



were torn from their families by French 



cumftanccs defcrve to be mentioned. The 



veyec t^> 



,, ■ ,u ^„M, „f fl„rr„ft i,ft city of Niirwber? afligned him a counfel, but 



«£« a I'l'ifm, in ■ the month or Augult lait, ' - a 



n Ba-.u-la, Swabia, atid Franconia, and con- ^his indulgence the court uhfolutely refufedt. 



the Auariun fortrefs of Braunau, =>»°^- The trial lafted three days, for it was 



T on „f ■M--.,,„k.,.. on che fourth day after his arrival at Braunau 



JOHN Philip Palm, ot Nuienberg, ■' 



e ^u n. I . J ti, -,.,,« that he was fetched from his dungeon, placed 



proprietor of the ihop kept under the name ° ^ 



,- o ■ • L • c 1 f .t, upon a cart, and convcved, bound, to the ps- 



•t Stem in that city. Several of them were "i^iova i, m ^ > u, , r 



r^ ^ ,., ^ ^, A. ,« „f ►!,»;- rade. Here he was offered his liberty if he 



fct at liberty on the remonftrance or their •' 



fovemments : but Palm, together with Scho- «C"'<J n^-""= the author of the above-mcn- 



^eier, a tradefman of Donauwbrtli, was tioneJ work ; but he magnanimouny exclaim. 



fcrought before a court-martial affcmbled by <•<*. " t'lJt he would rather fufier death." 



Certhier, the French Minifter of War, and ^^^s fy« being then covered with a bandage, 



compofed of fcvcn colonels, one adjutant, ten foIJiors fired on a given fignal ; unfortu- 



' i-pnortcr nately, he was not immediately difpatched, 



" Befid.s thefe two accufed perfons who ''°' ^'^ ^^ "=^ '"'1 ^ '"°'^''='' ''^'^ '^'^''S^^ ^S*'" 



were prefent, tjic mmes of the following and approaching quite clofe to him, fired aa- 



*rwe added .— Mckcl, f ubJicnft, <x Kect^r- <"hcr ball thrcuah his head. 



" Pa/rti 



