Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843

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Various. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843

GREAT BRITAIN AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE YEAR 1843

LESURQUES; OR, THE VICTIM OF JUDICIAL ERROR

I.—THE FOUR GUESTS

II.—THE FOUR HORSEMEN

III.—THE ROBBERY AND MURDER

IV.—THE ARREST

V.—THE TRIAL, AND THE BLINDNESS OF ZEAL

VI.—THE EXECUTION

VII.—THE PROOFS

VIII.—THE WAY IN WHICH FRANCE RECTIFIES AN ERROR

CALEB STUKELY

IMAGINARY CONVERSATION. BY WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

THE WORLD OF LONDON. SECOND SERIES

PART I. ARISTOCRACIES OF LONDON LIFE

OF ARISTOCRACIES IN GENERAL

THE ARISTOCRACY OF FASHION

THE DREAM OF LORD NITHSDALE. BY CHARLES MACKAY

TWO HOURS OF MYSTERY

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

THE EAST AND SOUTH OF EUROPE

THE CURSE OF GLENCOE12. BY B. SIMMONS

THE MARTYRS' MONUMENT

TASTE AND MUSIC IN ENGLAND

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On the 4th Floréal of the 4th year of the Republic, one and indivisible, (23d April 1796,) four young men were seated at a splendid breakfast in the Rue des Boucheries at Paris. They were all dressed in the costume of the Incroyables of the period; their hair coiffés en cadenettes and en oreilles de chien, according to the fantastic custom of the day; they had all top-boots, with silver spurs, large eyeglasses, various watch-chains, and other articles of bijouterie; carrying also the little cane, of about a foot and a half in length, without which no dandy was complete. The breakfast was given by a M. Guesno, a van-proprietor of Douai, who was anxious to celebrate the arrival at Paris of his compatriot Lesurques, who had recently established himself with his family in the busy capital.

"Yes, mon cher Guesno," said Lesurques, "I have quitted for ever our good old town of Douai; or, if not for ever, at least until I have completed in Paris the education of my children. I am now thirty-three years of age. I have paid my debt to my country by serving in the regiment of Auvergne, with some distinction. On leaving the ranks I was fortunate enough to make my services of some slight use, by fulfilling, gratuitously, the functions of chef de bureau of the district. At present, thanks to my patrimony and the dowery of my wife, I have an income of fifteen thousand francs (L.600) a-year, am without ambition, have three children, and my only care is to educate them well. The few days that I have been at Paris have not been wasted; I have a pretty apartment, Rue Montmartre, where I expect to be furnished, and ready to receive you in my turn, with as much comfort as heartiness."

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At this moment a woman, agitated with the most violent emotions, demanded to speak to the President. She said that she was moved by the voice of conscience, and wished to save the criminal tribunal from a dreadful error. It was Madelaine Breban, the mistress of Couriol. Brought before the President, she declared that she knew positively Lesurques was innocent, and that the witnesses, deceived by an inexplicable resemblance, had confounded him with the real culprit, who was called Dubosq.

Prejudiced as they were against Lesurques, and suspicious of all testimony after the perjury they had already detected, the tribunal scarcely listened to Madelaine Breban; and the jury returned with their verdict, in consequence of which, Couriol, Lesurques, and Bernard were condemned to death; Richard to four-and-twenty years' imprisonment; Guesno and Bruer were acquitted.

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