M. Re ville, whose eloquent sermon at Dieppe was noticed
by our Long Vacation Correspondent, "Vacuus Viator," three weeks ago, writes us a very courteous letter to offer three explanations. The first is as to the spelling of his name, which had been already corrected in our last impression. The second is as to his permanent residence, which is not Amster- dam, but Rotterdam. The third is as to the political licence of his discourse concerning the First Empire and its fate, which, he tells us, did not in any way exceed that used by M. Thiess in his "Histoire de 1'Empire." Indeed, M. Reville preached the same sermon, he tells us, a fortnight later before a crowded .audience in Paris, and without either fear or danger of inter- ference by the State. We are glad to hear that the pulpit, at least, is free.
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