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TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD , t , k-- , 1 is subdivided into Departments for OUTFITS, MECHANICS' CLOTHING, OVERCOATS, DRESS and FROCK COATS, and READY MADE CLOTHING of every description, At E. MOSES & SON'S. The Bank Charter Act of 1844. This important enactment will be foand, given in extenso, in another part of our impression of this evening, in fulfilment of the announcement made by us on Monday, to the effect that we so proposed giving it in The Sun of to-day, Tues day, the 7th of August—the documerit being one of very painful interest, and of only too vital im portance, during the continuance of a prolonged monetary crisis like the present. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAY.—Merning,lo'u. 50m.—Afternoon, 11h. 30m. To-Moßßow.-Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12b. sm. .t 1 : tna tt 44 . 114 LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1866. The approaching prorogation of Parliamen naturally gives rise to some uneasiness lest anything should be left undone for the protection of the public health. Thanks to our system of divided authority, excellent though it is in many respects, the Executive has not, as in other countries, the entire charge of sanitary matters. Mr. SMITH last evening therefore asked the President of the Poor-law Board, "whether, viewing the extensive outburst of cholera in the eastern districts of the metropolis, the Government were pre pared to allow Parliament to separate without providing the means of summary interference in cases where the vestries might ne glect the enforcement of sanitary precautions, or might omit or delay the necessary arrangements for the care of the sick and the separation of the healthy from the dying and the dead." Mr. AYRTON strongly urged the importance of at tending to the matter, and pointed out that many of the evils complained of arose from the unequal pressure of the rates in different parts of the metropolis. Some other members advocated the levying of a ld. rate on the metropolis for necessary expenses, especially Mr. HENLEY, who, in dwelling upon the urgency of the case, reminded the Government that the cholera would not wait till next February, but would do its work while the members were away. The Chancellor of the Exchequer thought it would be unwise under the influence of a sudden alarm to interfere with the principle of local administration. At the same time he promised that in case of great emergency the Government would shrink from no responsibility. The new Pub lic Health Bill will greatly enlarge the powers of the local boards, who at present have often great difficulties to contend against when they try to do their work efficiently. The owners of property are often great offenders, and there is much trouble in compelling them to do their duty to their tenants, A different order of things must now be inaugurated without delay. Last night Mr. GURNEY explained an apparent discrepancy that had occurred in his speech the other evening, and in the report of the Commis sioners. The fact was, that a few months ago some reports had been made to the authorities at Kings ton about some alleged drillings, near Kingston, among the regroes ; but it turned out, upon inves tigation, they were of no importance. It was, however, shown in the evidence given before the Commissioners that at Stony Gut and other parts in the neighbourhood of Morant Bay midnight drillings went on under PAUL BOGLE and others, and it was stated that 300 negroes came out upon a signal from BOGLE. lle referred to these drillings the other night as a proof of the organisation among the negroes before the outbreak, and that it was not the result of the pro ceedings at the vestry. It is very satisfactory that Mr. GURNEY should thus have plainly and positively stated his conviction that there was in certain parts of Jamaica an intention of rising among the natives before the affair of Morant Bay, because it has been over and over again declared that all the riots that took place were in con sequence of the unwise steps taken by the authorities, and they would not allow the term out break to be given to the disturbances. In nothing that has occurred of late years has more prejudice been displayed than in this Jamaica business, and, of course, it is now quite impossible to eradicate the impression that has been made in the minds of many as to the great errors committed by the au thorities. This is to be regretted on every account, and perhaps, in some respects, it may be a good thing for Mr. EYRE if the Ja maica Committee fulfil their threat of pro secuting him, because it will bring the matter in its true colours before the public. It has been said that a fund will be raised called the Eyre Defence Fund, and it would be a good thing if it were so, because of course the expense would be great which would be required for such a purpose, and as a gentleman, who wrote to the Standard of to-day, says, his thorough belief is that a " most unjust outcry is raised against a man who did his best, if not the best, which could be done at the moment, and therefore he should not be immolated to vulgar outcry." Mr. EYRE has been sacrificed to clamour, and had Lord PALMERSTON or Lord DERBY been at the head of the Government at the time of the outbreak, we do not believe that he would have been suspended, and thus had his case prejudged most prejudicially, Yesterday the Chamber of Deputies held its first sitting, and, as might have been expected, the greatest unanimity prevailed as to the expression of opinion in favour of the Government. The senior member of the house, General STAVENIIAGE, made the opening speech, and declared that the Deputies would be found quite willing to co-operate with the Government in permanently securing the greatness and liberty of Germany and Prussia. In conse quence of the resolute demeanour of their Government, and the clever management of the army, the enemy was conquered, and their " heroic KING" had in a few weeks marched to within a short distance of Vienna. In what manner the KING displayed such heroism we are at a loss to understand. He and Count BISMARCK did not depart for the scat of war till victory had virtually declared itself on the side of the Prussians, and there was no such great bravery required in anything that he undertook. If the Deputies and those who send them to be their representatives chose to be so taken in it is their own affair, and they will now find out how grossly they have been deceived. At present of course all wears a very attractive hue, and the doings of the authorities wear the aspect of devotion to the State, but before long they will appear in a more true and distinctive manner. 'When we consider under what circumstances the Governm en t an d th e l as t assem bly of Dep u ti es parted, it does indeed seem strange that all thi ngs s h ould have been so completelychanged, and that the contending parties should now meet on such amicable terms. Yet if we look more closely into the matter, what do we find really altered in the condition of affairs? In what has the Govern of Berlin given any indications of improvement, and what guarantee is there for the Deputies that the future will not be as bad aF3 the past, if, not THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1866. worse ? Upon the act for indemnifying the Go vernment for the course which they have taken in respect to the Budget the liberal party in Prussia will have lost ground that they will find it difficult to regain in a hurry. We are not surprised to find that Prussia has positively declined the proposition of Russia for a Coligress of the signitary Powers ,of the Treaties of Vienna. It would be very inconvenient under the circumstances of the case, and it was significant that the KING, in his opening address to the Cham bers, made no mention of the intentions of the Government respecting the unfortunate Princes who have been dispossessed by Prussia. Very likely to the arrogant manner in which she is conducting herself Prussia will give great offence to Russia and France, who will not forget to call her to account when a fitting opportunity presents itself. The Italians are displaying as much obstinacy as ever, and putting all the obstacles they possibly can in the way of settlement. France takes no part in the negotiations for an armistice, which is unfortu nate, as the Italians would then have some check put upon them. Difficulties seem to be interposed which prevent the contending parties from coming to an understanding. Austria has laid down as a first condition in the negotiations that the Italians should evacuate all the Austrian territories not belonging to the Venetian provinces, and will not sign the armistice until this stipulation should have been carried out. This seems reasonably enough so far ; but it is doubtful whether she will be able to carry the in tention into effect. Alone Italy could do nothing against the forces of the EMPEROR, as has been proved both by land and sea ; but backed up by Prussia there is great difficulty in putting limits to its demands. She may, however, go too far, and have to begin the war on her own account again, which would be sure to result in a most disastrous failure. The arrival of the City of Paris brings us Lintel ligence from New York' on the 27th ult., which enlightenus us with regard to American views of foreign policy. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs have given in their report, which exhibits inconsistencies which would be amusing if the mat ters were not so grave. The committee recommend a revision of the neutrality laws, and declare that England has given America no cause to respect her sense of justice or regard for right. Englishmen, upon this, may naturally inquire what their national offences have been, when they will probably receive for answer—the popular sympathy expressed for the Confederate cause, and the building of vessels of war for the Southern States. Of course, then, these acts are considered politically wrong by Americans. But, in the very next sentence, we find that the report " expresses strong sympathy with the Fenians." Then we find the committee reporting a bill which the house of Representatives passed unanimously, repealing the more stringent provi sions of the neutrality laws, and modifying the penalties attached to their infraction. This bill provides that the laws shall not be construed " so as to prevent the sale of American ships and steamers and war ammunition to the inhabitants of other countries or Governments not at war with the United States," and also repeals the acts requiring the owners and consignees of armed vessels to give bonds for good conduct, and commanding collectors of customs to detain vessels suspected of hostility against other Governments. Such are the principal items of a Bill whose passing numerous prominent Fenians were present to watch. Certainly, remem bering the arms and ammunition ships from British ports for the supply of the Federal Government during the war, the House of Representatives may well feel bound to relax the rigour of their laws ! The whole affair is of course intended as an affront to the PRESIDENT, whose prompt and vigorous ac tion with regard to the Fenian raid into Canada has brought him into still greater disfavour with the Radicals. r ?he Government has thought proper to show some attention to their demands, for a commu nication from Mr. SEWARD was read to the House, in which he stated that the desired representation on behalf of the Fenian prisoners would be made to the British Government. Mr. SEWARD quoted a letter written by himself to Sir FREDERICK BRUCE last June, in which he expressed a hope that the customary administrative law would be tempered " with special forbearance and clemency by the Canada authorities." It would not be very easy to discover on what grounds these worthies deserve special forbearance and clemency, and might perhaps tax Mr. SEWARD'S ingenuity somewhat severely to discover. The only claim which any of the prisoners might make upon the pity or forbearance of the Canadian authorities would be that they were the dupes of their unworthy leaders; but we very much doubt if this is the view taken by the Radicals of Congress. Happily we in this country have learned to dis connect the vehemence of ultra-Republican fury and malignity from the general feeling of the Ameri can people. Were it not so we should see with suprise and regret that the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives have reported that there is probable cause to believe that Mr. DAVIS was privy to the assassination of President LIN COLN. The committee recommend a further inves tigation and speedy trial. We had hoped that this miserable attempt to blacken the character of a distinguished but unfortunate adversary had been abandoned,:since the charge was long ago so completely disproved that Mr. DAVIS'S worst enemies were forced to abandon it. Happily for America and for Europe the direction of the affairs of the States is not left exclusively in the hands of Congress, and we may trust to the enlightened judgment and stedfast resolution of President JOHN SON to counteract in a great measure the hasty and intemperate legislation of a popular assembly which neither represents the feelings of the people nor protects their constitutional liberties. DEATH OF THE REV. LORD BAYNING.—The Rev. Lord Bayning died at Honingham, Norfolk, on Sunday. The deceased nobleman, who took his degree of M.A., at St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1817, was rector of lioningham and East Taddenham, Norfolk, and was a rural dean in the diocese of Norwich. He was formerly rector of Brome, in Suffolk. His son died a few months since, and the peerage, which was created in October, 1797, becomes extinct. BLIND Tolt.—Tlle great popularity of this won derful negro pianist in America induced some un principled speculators to announce a concert after Tom had sailed for England. Wo copy from the New York Clipper the following particulars :—" Going it blind' in 'Wheeling, Va.—Blind Tom was announced to give a series of enter tainments commencing July 11. Only 5,000 tickets` will be sold,' says the programme, and 3,000 dollars in gifts will be distributed among th 3 ticket -holders.' Well, on the evening of the 11th the hall was crowded with anxious expectants ; but neither Blind Torn nor managers were to be seen, and the audience soon discovered they had boon swindled. We are informed that 3,000 tickets had been disposed of at one dollar each. Tickets and ticketholders were alike sold." . _ reNCH to-day is wonderfully good. Best of all being the first little woodcut in the number— Bmnett's initial letter D, showing Derby and Dizzy, revelling over a dish of whitebait, while Gladstone and Russell are looking hungrily in at the window. The same whimsical artist's " Fresh Game for Mr. Punch," again, has somo capital bits of fun in it— such as Henley, Naas, and others. Excellent, too, is another draughtinau's portraiture of a "Ruffianly policeman about to perpetrate a brutal and dastardly assault on the people" —one man, conflonting a mob of roughs armed with blud geons NA in a port of halo 94 Wickbat§! CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. The Siecle says—"We learn from our private correspondent that the negociations between Prussia and Austria are sufficiently advanced to render useless the conferences which were to take place at Prague. The general opinion in Germany is that peace will be concluded in the first half of the pre sent month, that there is a perfect understanding upon all the essential points between Prussia and Austria, and that there are now only subordinate matters to arrange. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the two countries have given up the idea of diverting the negociations, which will continue between M. Werther, on the part of Prussia, and M. de Brenner, on the part of Austria." The German papers state that the Brunswick Contingent is ready to march, and has received orders to proceed by the Ilof railway to join the second corps of reserve under the command of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The Gazette Officielle of Florence announces t hat King Victor Emmanuel has agreed to an armistice of four weeks from the 2d of August ; that the an nexation of Venetia to the kingdom of Italy is to be made unconditionally ; that the question of the frontiers is reserved for discussion during the nego tiations for peace ; and that the armistice is con cluded upon the basis of the military uti possicletis. The Italia states that the Italian frontier will be established a little below Trente, at the summit of a village, the name of which justifies the Italian claim to it. This village has a name signifying half Lombard, half German. If this he true, Italy will obtain the valley of Guidiana, the northern portion of the lake of Garda, with the town of Riva, Rove redo in the valley of the Adige, and all the valley of the Brenta now occupied by the Medici division. The Duke of Brunswick has been robbed of a considerable sum of money. The Duke left his hotel in the avenue Friedland about half-past eight in the evening, and it is supposed was watched by a servant whom he had discharged for misconduct, and who knew where he kept his cash and valuables. About half-past ten a woman, emrloyed in the kitchen, saw a man run across the garden and jump over the wall. He was seen by a policeman, and a cry of " Stop thief " was raised, but the man escaped. On the return of the Duke, between one and two in the morning, it was ascertained that a strong-box in a cabinet had been broken open and its contents carried away. The box contained a considerable sum in gold. The police are of opinion that the thief obtained entrance by a door wlich had been accidentally left open. Since the great diamond robbery the Duke has sent his jewels for safety to the Bank of France. A manufacturer at St. Denis haE committed suicide by rather singular means. :n order to " make assurance doubly sure" he provided for death by suffocation with charcoal and a'so by shoot ing himself. He placed the barrel of an old fashioned gun in his mouth. The ignition was by a train and could only take place slowly. Having lighted the charcoal he set fire to the train, and seated himself comfortably in an arm-chair. The ball penetrated his chest, but the surgeons are of opinion that the cause of death was suffocation from the charcoal. The deceased was a man of 55. lie had set his house in order very methodically. A great many letters on matters of business were found upon his table, directed and stamped. A letter from Brussels states that the opening of the Exhibition of Fine Arts in that city is again post poned. It was to have been opened on the Bth of August. The postponement is till the Bth of Oc tober. M. Alexis Grosselin, one of the editors of the Siecle, died yesterday after a long and very painful It appears that Austria negotiated for Saxony at the same time as for herself. M. de Pfordten, who dined with the King of Prussia last week, represents not only Bavaria, but Wurtemburg also. It is stated that Prussia will evacuate Moravia and Bohemia, preserving in the latter country, as a guarantee of the payment of the 20 millions of dol lars by Austria, the territory comprised between Troppau, Jagerndorf, and the Prussian frontier. The needle-gun excites great interest and curiosity among the Parisians. It is exhibited in the win dows of some of the gunsmiths, and attracts crowds during the day. The Academy of Sciences has de voted a long sitting to an explanation of it by Baron Seguier. The invention is claimed by several per sOns. One of the papers states in the most positive terms that it was invented in 1832 by M. Joseph Nicolas Montigny, of Brussels. A great many im provements, however, have been made in the gun since that time by M. Gallard, a Belgian, and M. Roupelet, a Frenchman. The experiments with the new gun to which I alluded took place. I was not present at them, but they are described as having been completely successful. M. Jarre, the inven tor, has not adopted the Prussian needle. The mechanism is entirely French. It was fired 90 times in a minute, as tested by a watch. The new Exhibition building proceeds as rapidly as could be expected. Indeed, each week it pre sents a perceptible change. A - great deal of the preliminary work is finished, and the preparations have commenced for the installation of the products of various distant portions of the world—China, Japan, Morocco, Egypt, Tunis, and other places. In the Egyptian section a fac-simile of the Temple of Phile, the most beautiful of the ruins of Thebes, is in course of erection. It will be copied with extreme fidelity, for all the portions of the temple willThisstriking piece of appear exactly as it did hEgyptia n ave bee been r h n i i t o e u e l t el u e r d e many centuries ago, for it is being prepared from specimens found in the rooms of the Pyramids. By the side of the temple there will be a kiosque, in which will be exhibited a plan in relief of the whole of Egypt, with the exception of the sources of the Nile. In foreign countries preparations proceed with much activity. Austria and Prussia will both be brilliantly represented. How different, how beneficent will be the contest of industry from the dread struggle in the territory of Germany. As to the secondary States of Germany, which were to have been exhibited iu a collective form under the Federal flag, black and yellow, in consequence of recent events, their productions will be re-orga nised in two groups. One of them comprising Bavaria, Saxony, Wurtemberg, and the Duchies of Baden and Hesse-Darmstadt, is now in direct com munication with the Imperial Commission engaged in making all the arrangements for the Exhibition. There is to be a splendid flower show and fête at the Pre-Catelan, Bois de Boulogne, from the 30th of August to the 2d of September inclusive. Various allegorical cars, beautifully decorated with flowers and plants, will traverse Paris in the course of the day. One of the attractions spoken of is the tropi cal chariot to be drawn by dromedaries. Another will be the hot-house chariot, where will be grouped the most rare and beautiful flowers. In the even ing there will be splendid fireworks, after a grand banquet. Donkey races will diversify the amuse ments of the fete. The riders will be dressed as Amazons. In a reserved portion of the park there will be a curious hunting match. Great numbers of wild rabbits will be given to the men who can catch them on foot. A letter from Prague, dated July 30, states that the " act" signed by the Emperor of Austria was brought to Nikolsburg by Count Karolyi, the Austrian Minister, on the evening of Saturday, July 28. The essential conditions being accepted, as well in regard to Italy as to Germany, the Pleni potentiaries of the three great belligerent Powers, with M. Beneditti acting as mediator on the part of France, set to work immediately to terminate with as little delay as possible the arrangements for the signature of the Treaty of Peace. FEMALE BEAUTY.—The plainest face is redeemed by a lovely skin and colour; the most beautiful is not per fect without it. Paints and powders aro absurd to the eyes of beholders, and deceive none but the silly wearers of those ruinous applications. A gentlewoman of rank, from philanthropi c mot i ves, i s anx i ous to i mpar t t o every ono of her se x , r i c h or poor, the means of procuring the most beautiful nat ura l complex i on b y w h o l esotue , simple,effective, and inexp ens i ve means.—Sen d s t ampe d di rec t e d envelope for particulars to Mrs. GRANTLEY, 4, Connaught terrace, Ilyde-park - , 1 . 4 91149 D) W,—(41,D1'1%) LITERATURE. Shakspere A la Frangaise. CEuvres Complete de W. Shakspere. Tomes XII.- XV. Francois-Victor Hugo, Traducteur. Pag- nerre : Paris. Julius Cesar. Tragedie en 5 Antes. Traduite en Vers Francais par le Chevalier de Chatelain. Rolandi : Londres. Oddly enough, at the very time during which there has been growing up of late among the Germans a sort of reaction against Shakspere, there has been growing up on the contrary among the French a dia metrically opposite reaction—a reaction, that is to say, distinctly in his favour. Schlegel's worship of th e genius of Shakspere has resulted in effect, within a period of fifteen years after Schlegel's death, in a depreciation of that genius so utterly extravagant of its kind as to be only comparable in its way to Lord Byron's derisive query addressed to Tom Moore, " Do'nt you think Shakspere a d—d hum bug ?" Voltaire's systematic sneering at Shak spere as at a kind of Literary Barbarian (if those terms can be regarded as in any way compatible) has, within much less than eighty years after the death of Voltaire, resulted, much more naturally, in a revul sion of feeling in Shakspere's regard among intelli gent Frenchmen, a revulsion of feeling so energetic and absolute in its way as to lead some amongst them to the very front rank among the number of Shakspere's most sagacious appreciators. Con spicuous amongst these last-mentioned is the son of one who is himself one of the very greatest of French Poets and Dramatists—Francois-Vic tor Hugo (son of the famous author of " Ruy Blas" and " Marion de Lorme"), from whose hands during the last few years, England on the one side, France on the other, has been receiving, volume after volume, a very careful and highly elabo rated translation into the French language of the complete works, Plays, Poems, Sonnets and all, of William Shakspere. Steering exactly midway be tween Scylla and Charybdis in his avoidance of an otherwise all-but inevitable shipwreck to his translation steering midway, that is, between the Scylla of an impracticable essay at an imitation in French of the blank verse of Shakspere and the Charybdis of a transformation of that blank verse, in the very process of transla tion, into the rhyming couplet of the great tragic dramatists in the French school of the Dramatic Art, the Racines and the Corneilies—M. Francois Hugo has with a simple audacity of his own done Shakspere into French without any effort whatever either at rhythm or at rhyme, done him into French in plain and unpretentious prose, not only his dramas but even his very sonnets, even his twin dulcifluous poems, even his "Rape of Lucrece," even his " Venus and Adonis." No wonder, indeed, that when so turned into French, by the clearest and most lucid process of literal translation, the subtler aroma, the ineffable bouquet, so to speak, of the divine nectar, is found to have evaporated altho gether in the course of the decanting : "Even as the sun with purple-coloured face Had ta'en its leave of the weeping morn, Rose-cheeked Adonis hied him to the chace, Hunting he loved, but love he laughed to scorn." So sang the young playwright in the opening of the voluptuous love-ditty, laid by him at the feet of his friend and patron the Earl of Southampton. "A peine le soliel h la face empourpr6e avait-il rep le dernier adieu de I'aurore en pleurs, qu'Adonis aux joues roses courut aux hauliers ; it aimait la chasse, mais, l'amour, it en riait jusqu' au didain." So sings, or rather so speaks, for there is no singing whatever about it, Shakspere's latest complete trans lator into French. And, as with one stanza, so with all. As with a single speech, in a single scene, in a single act, in a single play—so with all the speeches, in all the scenes, of all the acts, of all the plays. To employ here a sufficiently trite and trivial metaphor, a familiar and frivolous figure of speech enough, and one adopted for the moment merely with a view to the exacter illustra tration of our meaning, we might say again (as has been so often said before of the lesser thoughts of smaller men) that the thoughts or utterances of Shakspere as they pass, one by one, before the gaze of his new readers—these new readers of him in this new French Version of his plays, and poems, and sonnets, and songs—have been caught like so many gorgeous butterflies, all radiant with purple and gold, and glittering in the sunshine of his verse, their true empyrean—they have been caught, one by one, but their wings are draggled, the bloom is off them, there is no sunshine, there are no more palpitating vacillations in their chromatic pinions they have been caught and perforated with a pen point, and stuck, each in its appointed place upon the page, like so many wonderfully curious but no longer ineffably beautiful entomological curiosities. The truth being, as we take it, simply this—that there is an insuperable difficulty in the way of adequately translating Shakspere at all, but more especially in the way of translating Shakspere's blank verse into the French language—for which the most careful translator in the wide world could not by possibility, could not certainly in reason, be held in any degree responsible. In some sort it might even be asserted with abso lute confidence that, so far as relates to the retention at once within it of accuracy and of beauty, the poetry of Shakspere, but, above all, his blank verse, is incommunicable in any other than in Shakspere's own words, in Shakspere's own lan guage. In order to appreciate Shakspere, in order in any degree adequately to appreciate him, the German student, but still more the French student, must himself master the English language so as to read Shakespere in his own tongue. And let us add at once that the so reading him in the original would of itself be a sufficient reward for the labour of mastering another language. As some one exquisitely said once of a bewitching lady—To know her is of itself a liberal education ! So, precisely, it might be said in regard to the mastering (whether by Englishmen or by Foreigners it matters nothing) of the works and genius of Shakspere—To know him is of itself a liberal education ! And while we apply this eulogium and together with this eulogium its implied recommendation in its supremest sense to the acquisition of the English tongue for the purpose simply of thereby being enabled to read, as they can alone be read apprecia tively, that is in the original, the writ ings of Shakspere—the same recommendation ad mits of being applied, though with a lesser signifi cance, to other writers and to other languages. To the French language, for example, as the means, as the only really adequate means enabling any one to read appreciatively either Moliere or Cor neille ! To the Spanish—with an eye in the like way to catch a true zest for the ironical humour of Cervantes 1 To the Italian—for the pur pose of fully apprehending, now the hellish, now the celestial grandeur of Dante, as he treads, with Virgil and with his reader, the burning marl of the In ferno, or as they crush beneath their sandled feet the asphodels and amaranths of the Para dise. And so also might it be said—with more or less significance, of course, according to their rela tive value —with regard to all the other languages, whether living or dead, with reference to all the other literatures, ancient or modern. Reiterating our assertion, however, that through his own words alone is Shakspere to be in any way adequately appreciated, adequately expressed, or adequately understood, we would turn now for a moment, before closing these remarks, to the widely contrasting effects of two among the latest, and, in their very different ways, it is but justice in re gard to each of them to say also, two among the ablest of his French admirers, appreciators, and trans lators—M. Francois Victor Hugo and M. le Che valier de Chatelain. The former, as already indi cated, contents himself with aspiring only to the exactest accuracy of thought and of expression in his version of William Shakspere. Aspiring, how ever, while so doing, to embrace within the scope of his vision the whole of the volumi nous writings, in every shape and form, of the Poet-Dramatist and Sonneteer.. Of the extra ordinary skill already evidenced by the Chevalier de Chatelain in transforming the blank verse of Shakspere into the stately and sonorous rhyming couplet of the French Drama, we have already spoken through these columns in (as they still ap pear to us) only befitting terms of commendation —viz., when commenting upon the Chevalier's successive and successful versions in French now of " Macbeth," now of " Hamlet." Following up those two really surprising adventures of his with another quite as remarkable in its way, this most indefatigable of all poetic trans lators from English into French, has now given us a companion version of a tragedy of Shakspere's much more readily harmonizing with the words, the fashion, the manner of the rhyming couplet of the French Drama than either the Scotch tragedy of Macbeth, or the Danish tragedy of Hamlet--that grand and classic tragedy, namely, of Julius CEesar, the scheme of which might (had not such a notion been confuted absolutely by the original) have seemed far more suited intrinsically to the genius of Corneille than to that of Shakspere. Everything considered, however, we cannot but eagerly accept each of these two most recent efforts at the translation of Shakspere into French, for what it is worth. Doing otherwise, we should be at once ungracious and ungrateful—in the one instance to a youthful and adventurous, in the other to a veteran and most industrious man-of-letters, both of them sojourning here in exile amongst us. The former, meaning M. Francois-Victor Hugo, on one of those Channel Islands, which his illustrious father's genius is fast rendering classic ground by the splendour of its later manifestations. The latter, meaning, of course, the Chevalier de Chatelain, in one of our London suburbs, where he has for years been interpreting the Poets of :England, the least as well as the grandest amongst them, to those among his own lettered countrymen who can only enjoy the luxury of reading them through the medium of his many elegant translations. Curiously enough, by-the way, there is a kindred error of judgment evi denced, here by M. Francois-Victor Hugo, here, in his turn, by the Chevalier de Chatelain, in the issue from the press of these their Shaksperian Translations. And it is an error of judgment in each instance so flagrant in its way, as—we cannot call it by any milder term—a desecration of the very shrine each of them is bent upon honouring, that we cannot but protest against it, in the homage to the memory of Shak spere, even, let us say, in the interests at once of high art and of literature. Upon the very pediment, as it were, of a monument to Shakspere, for example, M. Francois -Victor Hugo has (in a manner, to our thinking, wonderfully out of place) inscribed the words " A Guiseppe Garibaldi." Prefixed to his translation into French of Shak spere's Julius Caesar, the Chevalier de Cfiatelain, with a yet more daring violation of good taste, as it appears to us, has written a " Dedicate," addressed, we give his own words, "A Mes Compatriotes Les Francais de l'An de Disgrace, 1866." One syllable of comment upon this would, surely, be superfluous. It is the scrawl of Pasquin's pencil upon the pedestal of a glorious national and historical monument.. We regret it, in each instance—nay, more, we reprobate it as an indecorum outraging—nothing less than outraging—the majesty of the genius and the memory of Shakspere. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) RUSSIA. ST. PRTERSBURG, Aug. 6. Great enthusiasm prevails in reference to the approaching visit of the American squadron. The Russian fleet has gone to Helsingfors to meet it. The principal bankers of this city have subscribed fifty millions of francs for completing the railway from Kozlov to Morschansk. The cholera has considerably diminished. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 7. The South German States have renewed their endeavours to obtain the intervention of Russia at the Court of Berlin, but the Imperial Governnient has not hitherto made any engagement to that effect. The old Russian party is very active in the defence of Russian interests in the Danubian Prin- cipalities. The Czarewitch will set out at the end of the week on a visit to Moscow, Novgorod, Kazan, the Cossack territory, and other parts of Russia. PRUSSIA AND SAXONY. DRESDEN, Aug. 7 The Dresden Journal of to-day says :—" Nothing is known in well-informed quarters respecting any intention on the part of Prussia to impose contri butiois upon Saxon towns as, as alleged by several German papers." The same journal announces that special negocia tions for peace are about to be opened between Prussia and Saxony. HUNGARY. PEsul, Aug. 6. M. Klaazal, a leading member of the Deak party, is dead. Several military arrests were effected to-day by the military here and at Buda. AUSTRIA. MUNICH, Aug. 7. Austria has withdrawn her troops from the Bth Federal Army Corps. The Austrians will pass through this city to morrow or the day after. BRESLAU, Aug. 7. The Silesian Gazette of to-day announces the death at Austerlitz, yesterday, of the cavalry general Von Mutius, commander of the 6th Army Corps. ROME. ROME, Aug. 6. At a secret consistory held to-day the Pope con firmed the nomination of several bishops, including the Patriarch of Antioch. Baron Hubner, the Austrian Ambassador, has left for Vienna. SPAIN. MADRID, Aug 6. The Court will leave for Zaraus on the Bth. The Governor of Barcelona has ordered that smugglers shall be henceforth tried by court martial. FRANCE. PARIS, August 6.—Two o'clock.—The market opened again very heavily. Affairs are completely disorganished. At every instance some new disaster is announced as a consequence of the difficulties of the liquidation. To add to the disturbance rumours were prevalent that new risings were occurring in Spain. Three o'clock.—Tlic market has closed as fol- lows :--- I} per Cents 97 75 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 10 Do. end month 69 15 Credit Mai_Tier 652 50 Do. end month Credit Foncier 1300 Do. end month 1307 50 RAIL' Bank Shares 3550 Italian Loan 52 65 Do. end month 52 85 Mexican Loan 3O Do. Bonds lBO Spanish Threes — Home Debt Defer rre TAYS. For Account, 871 25 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 875 '- 8 outhern 527 50 657 50 537 - Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 390 North of Spain 100 - Saragossa - 125 Ditto to Barcelona 5O ItC 4ll allonfoomiltintionemintninett (4 --- Mitt c fat HER MAJESTY. OSB 0 RNE, Monday. The Queen walked in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice went out also. To-day is the birthday of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer has left Osborne. Death of the Marquis Camden. • We have to announce the sudden death of the Marquis Camden, who was found dead in his be d yesterday morning, at Bayham Abbey, the family seat in Sussex. The noble marquis up to the lag hour of his life appeared in the enjoyment of 2te cel lent health. There was nothing to denote so sadden an affliction to his family. His eldest son had re cently been married, and there had been rejoicings, in which he participated, on the family estate, in celebration of that happy occasion. A gloom is con sequently cast over the family circle by the unex pected demise of the noble peer. The late Right Hon. George Charles Pratt, Mar quis and Earl Camden, Earl of Brecknock in NV - al es ' Viscount Bayham of Bayham Abbey, county Sussex , and Baron Camden of Camden Place, county Kent' in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was the only son of John Jeffreys, Ist Marquis Camden, 1 0 " by Frances, daughter and heir of the late William Molesworth, of Wembury, Devon. He was b° l.ll May 2, 1799, therefore he was in his 67th yea r ' The late Marquis succeeded to the family honours on the death of his father, Oct. 8,1840, having P re ; viously married, Aug. 27, 1835, Harri e t, eldest' daughter of the late Right Rev. G. Murray, Lord Bishop of Rochester, which estimable lady died Dee' 22, 1854, by whom he has a numerous issue. Through the event of his lordship's sudden death his eldest son, the Earl of Brecknock, recently elected M.P. for Brecon, succeeds to the marquisate• The Earl of Brecknock, who succeeds to the title, was born June 30, 1840, and onthe 12thult. married Lady Cornelia Churchill, step-sister of the presen t Dyke of Marlborough. The late marquis was a Knight of the Garter, an honour conferred upon him by the recommendati on of the late Sir R. Peel. His lordship was also Lora Lieutenant of the county of Brecon, which the late Lord Palmerston bestowed upon him. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF PARIS. (Via Roches Point.) NEW YORK, July 27, Evening. The report of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs recommends a revision of the neutrality laW s ' and declares that England has given America 0° cause to respect her sense of justice or regard for right. It also expresses strong sympathy for the Fenians. The committee reported a bill which th e House of Representatives passed unanimously, re pealing the stringent provisions of the neutrality laws, and modifying the penalties for their viola tion. The bill provides that the law shall not 10 construed so as to prevent the sale of American ships and steamers and war ammunition to the i n : habitants of other countries or Governments not to war with the United States, and repeals the acts re' quiring the owners and consignees of armed vease ts departing from America to give bonds for good eon' duct, and the act commanding collectors of custom s to seize and detain vessels whenever they shall hav e cause to suspect they intend acts of hostility again st other Governments. Numerous prominent Fenians were on the floor watching the passing of the bill. A communication from Mr. Seward was read J° the house, stating that the representation desired by the house concerning the Fenian prisoners will be made to the British Government. Mr. Sewa rd quoted a letter from himself to Sir Frederick Bruce in June last, in which he expressed the hope tb a : the customary administrative law would be temper' with special forbearance and clemency by the Cana" dian authorities. The Judiciary Committee of the House of 't i e ; presentatives have reported that there is proba b ' e cause to believe that Mr. Davis was privy to assassination of President Lincoln. The conatal: tee recommend a further investigation and 82 84 trial. who Farragut has been created an Admiral. .... 110 cholera is again increasing at New York. 51 Hibernian has arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, July 27 (Evening).—Money ab li/j i ; dant. Gold, 1504. Exchange on Lo n don, 16 ' 2 4 ' do. Paris, 3 45. Stocks firm and active. I% " e ,i York Centrals, 1041. Illinois, 120. Erie, 6 ; Five-Twenty United States Bonds, 107 a. C° t „, t° t dull. Middling Upland, 36. F our d u ll. NO; slightly firmer. Corn qu i e t. Provisions heav y. Coffee inactive. Molasses and sugar quiet. Pe tro leum dull—crude, 23 ; refined, 39k. _ ARRIVAL OF THE NOVA SCOTIA. NEW YORK, July 28 (Evening).—Money Rb dant. Gold, 150. Exchange on London, 1 1 ; do. Paris, 3 45. Stocks firm and active. 14 , e 5. York Centrals, 1041. Illinois, 121. Erie , Five-Twenty United States Bonds, 107 i. Cottotit quiet. Middling Upland, 36. Flour steady. W ile ,,, j a quiet. Corn steady. Provisions heavy. Coffee 3 ' molasses steady. Sugar advancing. Petrolouo quiet—crude, 22-k ; refined, 40. ARRIVAL OF THE PEREIRE. id NEW YORK, July 28.—Money abundant. 1501. Exchange on London, 162} ; do. Paris, 3 : Stocks firm, but active. New York Centrals, 10 7; Illinois, 120. Erie, 64i. Five-Twenty United S ta ' l c i 4 Bonds, 1071. Cotton dull. Middling 1.11 ) °- r a i ll r ; 36. Flour dull. Wheat slightly firmer. ' Bs quiet. Provisions heavy. Coffee steady. Molasse; and sugar quiet. Petroleum dull—crude, 2 3 ; r fined, 39i. NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (Evening).—Gold, ift Exchange on London, 158. Illinois, 1221. 108, 68k. Five-twenty United States Bonds, Cotton : Middling Upland, 37. Business e t BREST, Monday. The Compagnie General Transatlantic ete 3l %, : i Pereire, from New York on the 28th July, ar rilr here to-day. The Atlantic Cable. The following telegram has been recuivet 1 70 Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited), at °. a.m., August 7, from Mr. R. A. Glass. A• 3l ' VALENTIA, Tuesday, I. aleck The following has been received from t" tern in charge at Newfoundland. The Great .E 3B io cl is expected to start for the grappling g_ ....g r° ol on Wednesday evening, or early on Th'" morning. TIIE HELENA WALTZ, composed by Fred. fret', published by C ocks and Co., and illustrat-.0 by a lovely coloured title-page—comprising Ivit„11,0,1 it medallion likenesses of the bride and bridegre-,. the Princess Helena and the Prince Chrieti,3:o only leaves us one regret, namely that it could 40 11. f l it PP anachronism have made an earlier app of 00ti f the but have done so it must already have become 000 0- o son most popular daubs melodies that during this last e('' have been haunting (in the small hours before dnYliveg the ball-rooms of Mayfair, Belgravia, and Tybur cia ' s y l.O MR. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS.- -- O e of concert invented by Strauss, introduced into V ) : 3°- , a - c og Mozart, and naturalised in England by Jullieut jef-gr. especially associated in this country with th e nail° ehich Alfred Mellon. Mr. Mellon's annual series (without vi'"" no London autumn would be complete) commenced : terday evening at the Royal Italian Opera. Th ° from the very beginning of the entertainment, with amateurs, who lost no opportunity of dernons their satisfaction. The performance was indeed rya of its kind. Nothing of major importance n ot pN vi ri ° ' heard at these concerts was produced, but ani ee : b ea pieces of dance music a new waltz by Colonel 13ailhe:roa titled " Marie," was performed with great success ; ' w o in the more serious portion of the concert nethi,ooll listened to with greater attention or more ' 00 ; animuled t4faz the wpm 4 ?'union from "124161