The Moniteur this morning has nothing official ; but as
everything inserted has a meaning the literary department consists of an article, headed La Conciergerie, which is the famous prison for all political of- fences from time immemorial. The Moniteur, with significant purpose, "[takes a single captive," and this hero is Reveille°, the .ininderer of Henri Quatre, and the predecessor of Orsini in the very identical dun-: geon. With marked design the official writer copies the exact words of the wretched fanatic's deposition; and they are noteworthy as a bitter commentary on the late " pastorals," which are a mere echo of the clerical writings, preachings, and manifestoes in the days of the league which produced the massacre of St. Bartholomew :—" They made me be- lieve that the King was going to war with the Pope ; and that to war against the Pope was to wage war against God."—Globe.
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