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gold which he had in his pocket, 
to be distributed among the poor. 
. Arrived at the gate, the car- 
riage turned a little to the left, 
and stopped about forty paces 
from the gate, and thirty paces 
from the wall, near which the 
execution was to take place. A 
Piquet of veterans, sixty strong, 
had been on the spot since five 
o'clock inthe morning. At the 
moment when the carriage stop- 
ped, the platoon arranged itself. 
An officer of gendarmerie got 
out of the carriage first, and was 
followed by the marshal, who 
appeared to ask him if that was 
the place of execution. After 
embracing the confessor, who re- 
mained near the coach, praymg 
fervently, the marshal proceeded 
with a quick step and determined 
air, to within eight paces of the 
wall, and turning round upon the 
soldiers with vivacity, and, at the 
same time, facing them, cried out, 
with a loud and strong voice, 
* Comrades, straight to the heart 
—fire.’ While repeating these 
words, he took off his hat with 
his left hand, and placed his right 
hand upon his heart. The officer 
gave the signal with his sword at 
the same moment, and the mar- 
shal instantly fell dead, pierced 
with twelve balls, three of them 
in the head. 
Conformably to military regu- 
lations, the body remained expos- 
ed on the place of execution for a 
quarter of an hour. There were 
but few persons, however, present, 
for the populace, believing that 
the execution would take place 
on the Place of Grenelle, had re- 
paired thither, 
After remaining exposed a 
qwarter of an hour, the body was 
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placed upon a litter, covered with 
a cloth, and carried by the vete- 
rans to the hospital of Found- 
lings. 
At half-past six next morning 
(Dec. 8.) it was conveyed to the 
burying ground of Pere la Chaise, 
in a hearse, followed by a mourn- 
ing coach and several other 
coaches. It had been inclosed 
in a leaden coffin within an oak 
one. 
During the whole night the 
religieuses of the hospital prayed 
near the body. 
Switzerland, December 8.—They 
are employed at Huningen in re- 
moving what remains in the ma- 
gazines. The greatest part Is 
delivered to the city of Basle, 
on account of the sums to be paid 
to Switzerland. The demolition 
of the place continues. The 
beautiful gate of Alsace, all those 
works the masterpiece of Vauban ; 
those vast barracks where 20,000 
men could be easily lodged, will 
soon be nothing more than a 
heap of ruins. Of the house of 
the commandant only the ground 
floor remains, and some walls 
half demolished, All the environs 
of the place are usually enveloped 
in a thick cloud of dust; and such 
a vast quantity of fragments is 
scattered about, that there would 
be enough to build a moderate 
town. 
Some mercantile houses at 
Basle are preparing to remove. 
Six are mentioned as intending 
to settle at Bremen, attracted by 
the valuable privileges which the 
free cities afford to commerce. 
A ceremony, which, perhaps, 
might have been very good in the 
15th century, but which one is 
astonished to find in an enlight= 
