National Gazette

Another tribunal, not less odious than the office of the inquisition, is established at Venice; under the authority of which an execution has taken place that has struck people with horror. A man was hanged during the night time at the column of St. Mark, and exposed to public view next morning, wrapped up in canvas, with this label.—It is thus that the Republic rewards Free Masons. This unfortunate victim of Aristocratic barbarity was the Marquis Vivaldi, well known for the secret correspondence he had held with the famous Cagliostro. Is it possible there can still be a country in the world where the people are ignorant that a judge who passes sentence, and executes it in secrecy is no better than an assassin?