The authors of the Limours murders, which we described a
few weeks ago, appear to have been discovered. A rural postman was found hanging, with a paper beneath his feet explaining that the culprits were the Garde Champetre, supported by four or five peasants and an innkeeper. They have all been arrested, and it will, we suspect, be found as we suggested at the time, that the soul of the fraternity was the Garde Champetre, who could gain access anywhere and carry off property almost openly under pro- tection of his official character. He could not be prosecuted without the consent of the Council of State, and the people, who did not see his crimes, but only suspected them, were afraid if they killed or struck him of the fatal charge of "resisting lawful authority." That is what over-government comes to in France, and everywhere else.
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