This man, who is a general, when he was a body-guard of Louis XVIII, being on duty behind the king's chair during mass, cut a gold tassel from the throne and put it in his pocket; he was expelled from the guards for that.

Surely, to these men, also, we might rear a column, _ex aere capto_, with the money they stole.

This other, who is a general of division, "converted" 52,000 francs, to the knowledge of Colonel Caharras, in the construction of the villages of Saint Andre and Saint Hippolyte, near Mascara.

This one, who is general-in-chief, was christened at Ghent, where he is known, _le general Cinq-cents-francs_.

This one, who is Minister of War, has only General Rulhiere's clemency to thank that he was not sent before a court-martial.