The New Hampshire Gazette

Paris, (the Capital of France) March 28. Last Saturday Sentence was pronounced by the Parliament against Damien, to the following Purpose. "The said Robert Francis Damien, is duly convicted of high Treason, by Account of the wicked, abominable, and most detestable Parricide committed on the Person of the King. The Parliament condemned the said Damien, for Reparation of his Crime, to be brought in a Tumbril in his Shirt before the principal Door of the Cathedral at Paris, and there kneeling down, and holding a Wax-Torch weighing two Pounds, he shall declare, That wickedly and traitorously, he committed the said wicked, detestable, and most abominable Parricide, by wounding the King with a Knife on the Right Side, for which he repents, and asks Pardon of God, of the King, and of Justice. This done he shall be carried in the said Tumbril to the Greve, and upon a Scaffold there erected, to be pinched with hot Irons in the Breasts, Arms, Thighs, and Calf of the Leg, and his Right Hand, holding the Knife with which he committed the said Parricide. Shall be burnt with Fire and Brimstone and [at] the Place where he shall be pinched, there shall be poured melted Lead, boiling Oil, burning Pitch, and hot Burning stone melted together: after which his Body be burnt to Ashes, and carried in the Wind. The Court confiscates all his Goods, moveable and immoveable, to the King; and orders, that before the said Execution, he shall undergo the Torture, both Ordinary and Extraordinary, to procure a Discovery of his Accomplices: order moreover, that the house in which he was born shall be demolished (the Owner being indemnified for the Loss) and that no other House shall ever be built on the Premises."

Paris, March 29. Yesterday Damien was executed pursuant to his Sentence, at Three in the Afternoon: and though the Horses were very vigorous, they made five or six Efforts, without being able to tear off his Limbs: Permission was asked (and at last, with Difficulty, obtained) to cut off his Limbs, and he even then gave some Signs of Life. His Limbs were then thrown upon the Pile of Fire, which continued burning this Morning at 7 o'Clock. All the Windows and Tops of the Houses were full of Spectators.

Brussels, April 1. Damien was executed on Monday last at Paris; but hitherto it does not appear that there were any Accomplices engaged with him in this horrid Attempt.

Paris, April 1. The Parliament has issued an Arret against Damien's Family, whereby his Wife and Daughter, and his Father, are ordered to leave the Kingdom within a Fortnight, and never to return, upon Pain of being hanged; and his Brothers, and their Wives, together with all his other Relations of the name of Damien, are enjoined to change their Names, under the same Penalties. Damien declared before his Execution, that there was no Plot formed, neither had he any Accomplices.