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Monthly Chronicle.
justice also begins to shew herself . Four days were lately occupied in the trial of a public functionary . Not one of the charges brought against him was sup * ported by proof to the satisfaction of the jury . He was acquitted , and his false accusers ordered to be prosecuted . , We are informed by an American gentleman lately returned from France , tha , t Roberspierre was executed by a guillotine of a new construction , the aperture of whicli is breast-high , like a pillory , and only requires the object to incline his head . Belbre this invention they were tied to a board , and laid
prostrate . Like every other victim of that destructive instrument , this famousdemagogue was hailed with execration and insult as he passed along . When arrived at the place of execution , like the Duke of Orleans , he betrayed mucli impatience , and ran hastily up to the guillotine , as if dubious how long his fortitude would last . His face was much disfigured from the attempt that he made to destroy himself . ; Paine is still confined ; and in such pecuniary distress , that he lately sent to the American Coffee-house to solicit relief . Thirtyguineas were in
conse-, quence subscribed , and given to him . \ Brigadier Bowles , who visited England some time since wilh the . Cherokee chiefs , and who was condemned about two years ago to the mines of Peru by an order from the Spanish court , has lately been liberated . Medals have been struck in Paris , and forwarded to the French General of the Northern army , and that of the Moselle , who have circulated them in the
countries they are invading , representing the Genius of the French Republic leaning ' on an urn through which the Rhine is made to pass . On the top of the medals is inscribed , " The Rhine and peace . " At the bottom are engraved these words , Ne plus ultra ( these are our boundaries ) . The object of this medal is to announce , that the French mean to push their conquests as far as the Rhine ; and make this river serve as a boundary to their vast empire , in all its windings from Huningen to the sea . Ehrenstrohmthe Swedish iratorwas conducted on the 8 th ult . in a
, consp , carriage , under a strong military escort , accompanied by two clergymen , to the place of execution , on the market-place of Stockholm . He was quite prepared to die , and the executioner had already aimed the sword at his head , when a letter of pardon arrived from the Duke Regent , remitting his capital punishment , on condition of being imprisoned in the fortress of Carlstein for life .
The yellow fever has again broke out in a very alarming manner at Philadelphia . The Duke of Brunswick has declined accepting the command of the army for tlie defence of Holland . DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE .
Oct . 22 . After the levee was over at St . James ' s ' Palace an extraordinary council was held , at which the Corsican commissioners attended , introduced by the Duke of Portland , Secretary of Slate for the Home Department , and presented the instrument of the sovereignty of the island , now annexed to the British dominions . 24 . Mary Brown was tried for keeping a disorderly house in King ' s Place , St . James ' s . The jury brought her in guiltyand the court sentenced her to be
, imprisoned two years , and to stand on the pillory twice during that time . 2 < S . An experiment was tried in Hyde Park with an improved piece of ord ^ nance , and a chemical composition , which with one loading expels several balls in succession to a great distance .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
justice also begins to shew herself . Four days were lately occupied in the trial of a public functionary . Not one of the charges brought against him was sup * ported by proof to the satisfaction of the jury . He was acquitted , and his false accusers ordered to be prosecuted . , We are informed by an American gentleman lately returned from France , tha , t Roberspierre was executed by a guillotine of a new construction , the aperture of whicli is breast-high , like a pillory , and only requires the object to incline his head . Belbre this invention they were tied to a board , and laid
prostrate . Like every other victim of that destructive instrument , this famousdemagogue was hailed with execration and insult as he passed along . When arrived at the place of execution , like the Duke of Orleans , he betrayed mucli impatience , and ran hastily up to the guillotine , as if dubious how long his fortitude would last . His face was much disfigured from the attempt that he made to destroy himself . ; Paine is still confined ; and in such pecuniary distress , that he lately sent to the American Coffee-house to solicit relief . Thirtyguineas were in
conse-, quence subscribed , and given to him . \ Brigadier Bowles , who visited England some time since wilh the . Cherokee chiefs , and who was condemned about two years ago to the mines of Peru by an order from the Spanish court , has lately been liberated . Medals have been struck in Paris , and forwarded to the French General of the Northern army , and that of the Moselle , who have circulated them in the
countries they are invading , representing the Genius of the French Republic leaning ' on an urn through which the Rhine is made to pass . On the top of the medals is inscribed , " The Rhine and peace . " At the bottom are engraved these words , Ne plus ultra ( these are our boundaries ) . The object of this medal is to announce , that the French mean to push their conquests as far as the Rhine ; and make this river serve as a boundary to their vast empire , in all its windings from Huningen to the sea . Ehrenstrohmthe Swedish iratorwas conducted on the 8 th ult . in a
, consp , carriage , under a strong military escort , accompanied by two clergymen , to the place of execution , on the market-place of Stockholm . He was quite prepared to die , and the executioner had already aimed the sword at his head , when a letter of pardon arrived from the Duke Regent , remitting his capital punishment , on condition of being imprisoned in the fortress of Carlstein for life .
The yellow fever has again broke out in a very alarming manner at Philadelphia . The Duke of Brunswick has declined accepting the command of the army for tlie defence of Holland . DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE .
Oct . 22 . After the levee was over at St . James ' s ' Palace an extraordinary council was held , at which the Corsican commissioners attended , introduced by the Duke of Portland , Secretary of Slate for the Home Department , and presented the instrument of the sovereignty of the island , now annexed to the British dominions . 24 . Mary Brown was tried for keeping a disorderly house in King ' s Place , St . James ' s . The jury brought her in guiltyand the court sentenced her to be
, imprisoned two years , and to stand on the pillory twice during that time . 2 < S . An experiment was tried in Hyde Park with an improved piece of ord ^ nance , and a chemical composition , which with one loading expels several balls in succession to a great distance .