The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-18 00:00:00

SHAKESPEARE CELEBRATION.

It is propo:ed that the three hundredth birthday of
Shakespeare shall be commemorated under the highest
sanction, with the aid of all classes of the poet's countrymen
and admirers, on the 233 of April, 1864, by laying the first
stone of a monument in a conspicuous part of London.
In order to effect this commemoration in a manner which
shall be in some degree worthy of Shakespeare and of the
country, a committee of noblemen and gentlemen have
charged themselves with the duty of inviting the patronage
of her Majesty, the presidency of his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, the co-operation of corporate bodies, special
committees, and eminent men of all ranks and professions.

Patron—
President—

Vice-Presidents—The Lord Archbishp of York; the
Duke of Manchester the Earl of Carlisle, K.G. ; the Ear
Stanhope ; Charles Dickens, Esq. ; Alfred Tennyson, Esq.,
Poet Laureate.

General Secretaries—W. Hepworth Dixon, Esq., F.S.A.
J. 0. Halllwell, Esq., F.R.F.
Colonial Secretaries—Sir Charles Nicholson, Bart.; Sir
Richard Graves Macdonnell, C.B.
Dramatic Secretaries—J. Stirling Coyne, Esq.; G,
Linnaeus Banks, Esq.
Treasurers—Sir Richard Charles Kirby, C. 8.; William
Tite, Esq., M.P. ; F. W. Cosens, Esq:
Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand, London.

COMMITTEE.

Rev. Henry Allon
Herr Hans Christian Ander-

Henry Johnson, Esq
Charles Kean, Esq, F.S.A.
Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., M.P.
Charles Kent, Esq.
Sir Richard C. Kirby, C.B.
Charles Knight, Esq.
J. Knight, Esq.
William Leaf, Esq.
Mark Lemon, Esq.
Edward Levy, Esq.
Jonas Levy, Esq.
Lord Lindsay
Lord Londesborough
The Rt. Hon. Lord Bishop
of London
The Rt. Hon. the Lord
Mayor of London
George Lovell, Esq.
Samuel Lucas, Esq.
Rt. Hon. Sir E. B, Lytton,
M P.
P. MacDowell, Esq., R.A.
Chas. Mackay, Esq., L.L.D.
George Maclean, Esq.
G. A. Macfarren, Esq.
Sir R. G. Macdonnell, C.B.
D. Islaclise, Esq , R.A.
W. C. Macready, Esq.
The Duke of Manchester
The Rt. Hon. Lord J. Man-
ners, M.P.
W. C. Marshall, Esq., R.A.
Henry Marston, Esq.
Westland Marston, Esq.
LL,D.
C. P. Matthews, Esq.
Herman Merivale, Esq.,C.B,
E. G. Monk, D.M., Oxon.
Henry Morley, Esq.
Lora Neaves
Ihe: Duke ot Newcastle, K. G.
C. Newdegate, Esq., M.P.
Sir C. Nicholson, Bart.
B. Oliviera, Esq F.R.S.

sen.
R. Anadell, Esq., A,R.A.
Rev. Dr. Angus
E. H. Baily, Esq., R.A.
M. W. Balfe, Esq.
G Linnaeus Banks, Esq.
Henry N. Barnett, Esq.
Thos. Bazley, Esq.. M,P.
Robert Bell, Esq.
Rev. J. M. Bellew
Jules Benedict, Esq,
J. Bennett, Esq, F R.A S.
Professor S. Bennett, D.M.
Bayle Bernard, Esq.
M. Louis Blanc
E. L. Blanchard, Esq.
Sidney L. Blanchard, Esq.
Algernon Borthwick, Esq.
Sir C. R. Boughton, Bart.
C. H. Bracebridge, Esq.
Rev. Prof. Brewer, M.A.
Sir David Brewster
Shirley Brooks, Esq.
Right Hon. L,rd Justice
Knight Bruce
Leicester Buckingham, Esq.
J. B. Buckatone, Esq.
Gen. Sir J. F. Burgoyne,
Bart., G.C. ti.
Lieur.-Col. J. G. Burns
Rev. Samuel Butcher, D.D.
H. J Byron, Eeq.
B. B. Cabbell, Esq., F.R.S.
The Earl of Carlisle, K G.
Robert Chambers, Esq.
The Earl of Clarendon, K.G.
The Duke of Cleveland, K.G.
Herr Albert Cohn.
C. J. Coleman, Esq.
J. P Collier, Eeq, F.R.S.
E. W. Cooke, Esq, A.R A.
W. D Cooper, Esq, F.S,A.
F. W. Cosens, Esq.
Joseph Cowan, Esq„ J tin.
The Right Hon. W. F. Cow-
per, M.P.
J. Stirling Coyne, Esq.
William Creswick, Esq.
George Cruikshank, Esq.
George Dawson, Esq., M.A.
Le Chevalier de Chatelain.
Lord de L'lsle and Dudley
Duke of Devonshire, K.G.
Edward Dicey, Esq.
Charles Dickens, Esq.
Sir C. Wentworth Mike, Bt,
Professor Dingelstedt
W. H. Dixon, Esq , F.S.A.
Dr John Doran, F.S,A
Members of the Dramatic
Authors' Society
James Dugdale, Esq.
Earl of Dunraven. and
Mountearl
The Mayor of Durham
Joseph Durham, Esq.
Rev. Alexander Dyce
Sir Culling EPrdtey, Bart.
Viscount Eversley
William Ewart, Esq.. M.P.
Thomas Faed, Esq., A.R.A.
Charles Fechter, Esq.
J. Henry Foley, Esq., R.A.
J. Hain Friswell, Esq.
W. E. Frost, Eeq, A.R.A.
F. J. Furnivall, Esq., M.A.
M. Louis Gallait
Ernest Gambart, Esq.
Richard Garnett, Esq.
F. W. Gibbs, Esq , C.B.
Geo. Goodwin, Esq , F.R.S
C. W. Goodwin, Esq., M.A
G. R. Goschen, Esq., M.P.
James Grant, Esq.
Earl Granville, K.G.
Thomas C. Grattan, Esq.
The very Rev. Dean Graves,
D.D.
Professor J. C, Greenwood,
B.A.
C. Lewis Gruneisen, Esq.
M. Guizot
Frederick Haines, Req.,
F.S.A.
J. Chandler Haliburton,
Esq., M.P.
Andrew Halliday, Esq.
J. 0. Halliwell, Esq., F.R.S
N. E. S. A. Hamilton, Esq
Sir Robert Hamilton, Bart,,
K C.B.
T. Duffas Hardy, Esq.
Rev. Wm. Harness, M,A.
S. A, Hart, Esq., R,A.
J. A. Heraud, Esq.
Jams Hole, Esq,
R. Stayner Holford, Eeq.,
M.P.
John Hollingshead, Eeq.
The very Rev, Dr. Hook,
Dean of Chichester.
A. J. Beresford Hope, Esq.,
F.S.A.
Lord Houghton
The Earl Howe, G.C.H.
Henry Huth, Esq.
J. C. Jeaffreson, Esq.
Blanchard Jerrold, Esq.

F.S.A
Henry Ottley, Esq.
John Oxenford, Esq.
F.Ouvz y,E sq.,Treas. F.S.A
Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P.
Samuel Phelps, Esq.
J R. Planche, Esq., F.S.A
Lord Chief Baron Pollock
Sir James Prior, R.N.
Thomas Purnell, Esq.
The Very Rev. Dean Ramsay
The Right Hon. Viscount
Raynham, M.P.
W. W. Reade, Esq.
Henry Reeve, Esq., F.S.A.
Sims Reeves, Esq.
B.W.Richardson,Esq.,M.D.
John Richardson, Esq.
Dr. E F. Rimbault, F.S.A.
David Roberts, Esq., R.A.
J. Forbes Robertson, Esq.
George Rose, Eq.
The Earl Russell, K.G.
Wm. Howard Russell, LL,D.
Majr-Gen. Sabine,Pres. R.S.
Lord Bishop of St. David's
G. Augusta Sala, Esq.
Alderman Salomons, M.P.
The Earl of Sandwich
William Sawyer, Esq.
W. Scholefieid, Esq,, M.P.
M. R. Sharp, Esq.
H. B. Sheridan, Esq., M.P
The Earl of Shrewsbury and
Talbot
The Mayor of Shrewsbury
Earl Stanhope, Pres. S.A.
The Mayor of Stratford-on-
Avon
J. Palgrave Simpson, Esq.
C. Stanfield, Esq., R A.
The Rev. Canon Stanley
D.D.
W. J. Stewart, Esq.
Chailes Swain, Esq.
J. A. Symington, Esq.
Lord Talbot de Malauide
Alfred Tennyson, Esq., Poet
Law eate
W. 3. Tboms, Esq., F.S.A.
F. Guest 'romans, Esq.
J. L. Toole, Esq.
W. S. W. Vaux, Esq.
Lord Vernon
Henry Vizetelly, Esq.
Thomas Walker, Esq.
W. Vinoenr Wallace, Esq.
J. F. Waller, Esq., LL.D.
Robert Walters, E,q.
E. M. Ward, E.g., R.A.
Benjamin Webster, Esq,
Prof. R. Westmacott, Esq.
Alfred Wigan, Esq.
J. Wilkinson, Esq., F.S.A.
J. Crawford Wilson, Esq.
The Lord Bishop of Wor
rester
ThomasWright,Esq.,M.A.,
F R.S.
W. Watkin E. Wynne, Esq.,
M.P.
The Lord Archbishop of York
The Right Hun. S. H. Wal-
pole, M.P.
Wm. Tite; Esq., M.P.

GLORIFICATION OF SUCCESS !—A Saturday Re-
viewer actually remarks as follows :—" It is pro-
bably hardly possible for a Roman Catholic to understand
how deeply rooted in all Protestant countries is the notion
that to succeed in life is a kin d of religious duty, that the
divine commands apply at least as much to the present life
as to any other, and that temporal prosperity is thus not
only the natural consequence of obedience to them, but the
best evidence of it." So that, according to the Satut day
_Review's notion of things, if you ever see a man who has
failed, or is in adversity, the natural inference is, you may
De sure he is a scoundrel I
THE SOLAR PARALLAX.—Mr. Russell Hind thus
enumerates a few of the numerical changes which
will follow upon the substitution of M. Le Verrier's solar
parallax (Bmin. 95sec.) for that of Professor Encke, on
which reliance has so long been placed. The earth's mean
distance from the sun becomes 91,328,600 miles, being a
reduction of 4,036,000. The circumference of her orbit,
599,194,000 miles, being a diminution of 25,360,000. Her
mean hourly velocity 65,460 miles. The diameter of the
sun 850,100 miles, which is smaller by nearly 38,000. The
distances, velocities, and dimension s of all the members of
the planetary system of course require similar corrections
if we wish to express them in wiles 1 in the case of Nep-
tune, the mean distance is diminished by 30 times the
amount of correction to that of the earth, or about 122
millions of miles. The velocity of light is decreased by
8,000 miles per second, and becomes 183,470 if based upon
astronomical data alone. These numbers will illustrate thf
great importance that attaches to a precise knowledge of
the sun's parallax, in our appreciation of the various dis-
tances and dimensions in the solar system,