COUNTRY NEWS.
Pursuant to the sentence passed on Martin (the mail-robber) at Exeter, he was executed the 28th ult. on Halldown, near the spot where the robbery was committed. He confessed that he was guilty; but we cannot learn that he has discovered where he put the bag, which is still missing.—He said, the day before his execution, that he was born in some village (the name he did not remember) near Petersfield in Hampshire; but was ??? from thence when about three or four years old, and conveyed to London by his parents, who, with his brothers and sisters, are now all dead. In London he received a good education; and was employed in many businesses as a writer. He said he had been in most European countries.—At the end of the year 1791 he was at Paris, and continued there (but mentioned not on what business) till the end of August 1792. He said he was very active in the bloody affair of the 10th of August, at the palace of the Thuilleries, when the Swiss guards were slaughtered, and Louis XVI, and his family fled to the National Assembly for shelter. He said he did not enter into this bloody contest as a volunteer, but happening to be in that part of the city of Paris, he was hurried on by the mob to take part in that sanguinary business. Not speaking good French, he said, he was suspected to be a Swiss, and on that account he found his life in danger. Wherefore he left Paris, and embarking for England at Havre-de-Grace, arrived at Weymouth in September last, and then came to Exeter. He said, that being in great distress in October, he committed the mail-robbery for which he suffered.—Tuesday morning he confessed the fact of robbing the mail, and returned a bank note for ten pounds, the property of Mr. Farwell, Totnes, which had been concealed in the collar of his coat ever since his apprehension. He further declared, that if the Judge would spare his life, he would discover where the Dartmouth bag is concealed, with the other bills and letters not yet found.