The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-30 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

DIEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

FRANCE.

The Emperor and Empress were present yester-
day evening at the representation given at the
Opera-Comique, on the occasion of the anniversary
of Halevy's birthday. The perform ince consisted
of the Eclair and a musical interlude. Their Majes-
ties remained to the close.

The thirteen deputies who have voted against the
Budget of 1865, were MM. Carnot, Darimon,
Dorian, Jules Favre, Garnier-Pages, Glas.Bizoin,
Henon, Magnin, Marie, Emile Olivier, Pelletan,
Picard, and Jules Simon. Among the Opposition
members who, although present, took no port in
the vote, were MM. Berryer, Gueroult, and Havin.
M. Thiers voted for.

The works for the restoration of the Cathedral of
Notre-Dame being nearly finished, the consecration
of the building has been fixed for the 31st instant.
It may appear singular that the venerable old build-
ing should have existed for so many centuries
witbcut having witnessed this solemn uremony,
Such is the fact, nevertheless, as will be seen by the
following sketch of its history. In the time of the
Emperor Tiberius, the site of the cathedral was
occupied by a temple of Jupiter, on the ruins of which
the first Christian church was raised s on after the
conversion of the Gauls by St. Denis the Martyr.
Several churches were successively erected on the
same spot, and destroyed in the troublous centuries
which followed, and in 1163 the first stone of the
present building was laid, during the episcopate of
Maurice de Sully, by Pope Alexander 111., ovho had
then 'fled to France to escape the persecutions of
the Emperor Frederick and Victor, the anti Pepe.
Bishop Maurice died in 1196, Laving the cathe-
dral still unfinished, and the works were con-
tinned
which
bye aOrd° de Sllll Y 1 his successor, till 1208, in
yhe died.De tiring the succeeding cen-
turies the building advanced but slowly, and much
of what had been already completed was mutilated
by injudicious changes. The western front was
erected in the 13th century, and the two tran-
septs in the 15. h. During the next two centuries
the church underwent many capricious alterations,
but made little advance towards completion, when
the great revolution came and menaced its total
destruction. The injuries then inflicted had been
bay partially repaired when a popular tumult in
1831 destroyed the archbishop's palace and seriously

damaged tte cathedral. Little was done to remedy
the damage till 1845, when the Government en-
trusted the direction of the works to MM. Lassus
and Viollet•Leduc, and they have continued till
now with occasional intermissions ; thus, after
being in the hands of masons and artific:re for more
than seven centuries, the old cathedral is at last in
a fit state to t eceive its solemn consecration.

BOURSE, May 28.—The market has not been very
animated, bat previous prices well maintained.
Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 66f. 70c.,
and Mobilier at 1,147 f. 50e. Itailway Market also
firm. The market closed as follows :-
41 per Cents. 93 10

Loan 69 20
Do. end month 69 10
Ditto Threes ..
Nc,v Mexican .... 59 75
A.ustrian .. —
Threes.,
mno Dsbt ..
Deferred
r. AY,

elad inontli,

3 per Cents
Do. end month..., 66 7o
Credit Mobilier 1150
Do. end month... 1145
Bank Shari% 3380
Credit P ono er 1240

Roman
/vs

tit. IL

'ash.

Account.

Orle•mis 875 .•
Northern ....
Lyons and Mediterranean 877 50 .. 877 50 •
New ditto
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian 363 75 ~ 363
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
5r?5 552
Saragossa 5O
Ditto to Barcelona
~ 260