FIESCHI

(fi-es’ké), Joseph Marco, eons pir at or, born at Murato, in Oorsica, in 1790. He served for some years in the French army, and in the Neapolitan army of Murat. Having returned to his native land, he was convicted of robbery and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. After the revolution of 1830 he appeared in Paris, and by means of forged papers obtained a small pension and an appointment under the pretence that he had been a victim of the Restoration. Being afterwards deprived of his appointment, he resolved to avenge the slight by a a inating LouisPhilippe, which he attempted by an ‘infernal machine’ on 28th July, 1835. The king escaped with a slight scratch, although a number of persons around him were killed. Fieschi was guillotined 19th Feb., 1836, along with two of his accomplices.