NT BARTHOLOMEW'S.

Facsimile of a German copperplate engraving of the period.

LITERAL TRANSLATION OF THE LEGEND.

_Here is to be seen what is set forth_
_To lose their lives, young and old,_
_At a wedding in Paris._
_So that to judgment shall be sure,_
_There were killed the Admiral_
_With his nobles altogether._

_So, together with the servants, it is thought_
_That three thousand were destroyed._
_The King of Navarre, also Conde,_
_Is taken likewise of nobles more._
_The Huguenots, man, woman, child,_
_Were rapidly disposed of._

_Of whom the total number was found to be five thousand._

_On the 22d day of August, in the year 1572._
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"Whether this date may or may not be adopted, it seems to us that the
interest which it awakens is entitled to unqualified commendation. The
Municipal Council in no way goes outside of its proper sphere; on the
contrary, it is well within it, when it concerns itself with the general
interests of the city of Paris, when it seeks for means of retaining in
it and attracting to it the largest possible number of foreigners and of
very wealthy individuals whose presence and whose habits have for result
the circulation of a great deal of money and the constant vivifying of
the Parisian industries, which are, for the greater part, the
industries of luxury. The Municipal Council understands perfectly that
this question of the sojourn of strangers amongst us is in the highest
degree an economical question which concerns the labor and the wages of
the Parisian workmen, as it does also the general prosperity of the
finances of the city. Therefore, far from criticising it for
deliberating upon this question and others of a similar nature, we
should rather regret that it has not turned its attention upon them with
more constancy and consecutiveness.

"It is not, in fact, a simple matter of detail like that which has
occupied the Municipal Council, which can ameliorate or even guarantee
the situation of Paris in so far as it is a rendezvous or a residence
for foreigners. These will not continue to come here and to remain here
unless their sojourn is made agreeable and peaceful for them. This is
something which should be considered, and it is a question which is
closely connected with the general functions of our aediles. It is not to
be imagined that with a few indirect measures this foreign colony, so
essentially susceptible and f