_Joseph Adrien Le Bailly._--In the choir of the church of St. Sauveur at
Bruges is a monument of black marble, to the memory of Joseph Adrien Le
Bailly, who died the 18th Oct. 1775, aged eighty-two. After describing
him as the member of a noble and warlike family, the epitaph proceeds as
follows:
"Victime de l'envie il mourût, en citoyen la calomnie avait flêtri
sa vertu, la vérité en a déchiré la voile.... L'honnête homme a
reparu, et la justice l'a vengé."
I have searched, but in vain, for some notice of this individual, and
shall feel indebted to any of your readers who will be kind enough to
give me some particulars which will throw light upon these mysterious
expressions.