The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-04 00:00:00

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, JUNE 4.
The screw steamer Edinburgh, from New York
on the 24th ult., has arrived here.

She brings 238,600 dols. in specie. She passed
the Persia on the 30th ult.
Her news has been anticipated.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-JUNE 3.
NATIONAL EXPENDITURE.

Motion, spade and,question proposed, " That in the opinion
of this house, the national expenditure is capable of re-
duction without compromising the safety, the indepen-
dence, or the legitimate influence of the country."
Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That
tot he end of the question, in order to add the words "this
house, deeply impressed with the necessity of economy
in every department of the State, is at the same time
mindful of its obligations to provide for the securitty of
the country at home and the protection of its interests
abroad ; and observes with satisfaction the decrease
which has already been effected in the Nati. nal Expen-
diture, and trusts that such further diminution may be
made therein as the future state of things may warrant."
Instead thereof—question put, " Tbat the words pro-
posed to be left out stand part of the question." The
house divided—Ayes, 65; Noes, 367.
AYER— 63.
Ayrton, A. S. Greville, Col. F. Potter, E.
Baines, E. Hadfield, Geo. Robartes, T. J. A.
Barnes, Thomas Hennessy, J. P. Seely, C.
Barley, Thorn,. Reyrrete. W. II Seymour, Digby
Bulkelcy, Sir R., Bt. B ibbert, J. Shelley, Sir J. V.
Buxton, C. Hornby, W. H. Sidney, Thomas
Caird, James Kekewich, S. Smith, J. B.
Childers, 11. C. E. Kershaw, J. • Sullivan, M.
Clay, James Langton, H. G. Sykes, Col. W. H.
Clifton, Sir R. Lawson, W. Talbot, C. R. M.
Cobden, R. Leatham, E. Taylor, F. A.
Coninoham, Wm. Lee, W. Tomline, G.
Cox, W. Lewis, Harvey Trelawny, Sir J. S.
Crossley, Frank Lindsay, W. S. Warner, Edward
Dalglish, Robert McEvoy, E. Westhead, J.
Diliwyn, Lewis L. McMahon, P. Whalley, G. H.
Dodson, John G. Maguire, J. F. White, Jas.
Douglas, Sir C. Marsh, M. H. Willoughby, Sir H.
Doulton, F. Mildmay, H. Wyld, James
Dunlop, A. Mills, A.
Ewing, H. E. C. Pea,e, H. TELLERS.
Fermoy, Lord Peto, Sir M. Stansfeld, J.
Forster, W. E. Pilkingion, James Baxter, Nir. E.

NOES-367.

Acton, Sir J. Fortescue, Hon. F. Murray, William
Adair, 11. E. Fortescue, C. S. Newdegate, C.
Adam,W. I'. Galiwey, Sir W. P Newport viact.
Adderley, C. B. Gard, R. S. Nicol, William
Adeane, H. J. Garnett, W. J. Noel, G. J.
Agar-Ellis, Hon. L. Gavin, Major Norris, J. T.
Agnew, Sir A. Getty, S. G. North, Col.
Angerstein, W. Gibson, T. M. North, F.
Annesley, H. Gilpin, Colonel Ogilvy, Sir J.
Anson, Capt. Gilpin, C. Onslow, Guildford
Antrobus, E. Gladstone, Capt. Owen, Sir H.
Archdall, Capt.M E. Gladstone, W. E. Packe, Col.
Ashley, Lord Glyn, G. G. Padmore, R.
Astell, J. 11. Goddard, A. L. Paget, C.
Atherton, Sir W. Goldsmid, Sir F. Paget, Lord A.
Bailey, C. Gore, J. R. 0. Paget, Lord C. E.
Baring, H. B. Gore, W. R. 0. Pakenham, Col.
Baring, Sir F. Greaves, Edward Palmer, Sir R.
Baring, Thomas Greenall, G. Palmerston, Visct.
Baring, Thos. Geo. Greenwood, J. Parker, Major W. •
Bathurst, A. A. Gregory, W. H. Patten, J. W.
Beach, W. W. Grenfell, C. P. Peacocke, G. M.
Beamish, F. B. Gray, William Peel, Sir R.
Beaumont, W. B. Grey, lit. lin. Sir G. Peel, F.
Beaumont. Somerset Grey deWilton,Lord Pennant, Col.
Beecroft, G. S. Griffith, C. D. Philipps, J. H.
Bellew, R. M. Grosvenor, Earl Philips, G. L.
Bentinck, G. W. P. Grosvenor, Lord R. Pigott, Francis
Bentinck, G.C. Gurdon, B. Pollard Urquhart W
Benyon, R. Gurney, John H. Ponsonby, A.
Berkeley, Hon. H. Gurney, Samuel Portman, W. H. B
Berkeley, ( 01. Hanbury, R., jun. Potts, George
Berkeley, C. Handley, John Powell, J.
Bernard, Thos. T. Hankey, Thomson Powys, L. P.
Biddulph,:Col. R.M. Hanmer, Sir J. Pritchard, John
Black, Adam Hardcastle, Jos. A. Proby, Lord. G. L.
Blencowe, J. G. Hardy, J. Puller, C. W.
Bond, J. W. Hartington,Marquis Ramsden, Sir J. W.
Bonham-Carter, J. Hartopp, E. B. Raynham, Viscount
Booth, Sir R. G. Hay. sir J. Repton, G. W. J.
Bouverie, E. P. Hayter, Sir Wm. Ricardo, 0.
Bovill, Wm., Headlarn, Thus. E Robertson, D.
Bramley-Moore, J. Heathcote, Sir W. }lobertson, H.
Bramston, T. W. Henley, J. Roebuck, J. A.
Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Henley, Lord Bolt, J.
Briscoe, J. I. Henniker, Lord Rothschild,Baron 31
Brown, J. Herbert, H. A. Russell, Ilastings
Browne, Lord J. T. Hervey, Lord A Russell, A. J. E.
Bruce, Lord E. A. liesketh, i-ir T. Russ-11, Sir Win.
Bruce, C. L. C. Heygate, Sir F. St. Aubyn, J.
Bruce, H. A. Hodgkinson, G. Salomon.,Aiderman
Buchanan, W. Hodgson, K. Sclater-Booth, G
Buller, J. W. Holland, E. Scott, Lord H.
Buller, Sir A. Hopwood, J. T. z•cott, Sit W.
Burrell, Sir P., Bt. Ho 8..1, T. B. Scrope, G. P.
Bury, Viscount llorsmunll E. Selwyn, C. J.
ButlerJohnstone H. Ilotham, Gen. Lord Seymer, H. K
Butt, Isaac Howard, Hon. C. Seymour, Sir M.
Calthorpe, F. H. Howes, Edward Seymour, H. D.
Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Humberstone, P. S. Shirley, E. P.
1 Carnegie,lln. C. Hume, W. Smith, M. T.
I Castlerosse, Vist. Hunt, G. W. Smith, Abel
Cave, S. Hutt. W. Smith, M.
Cavendish, Hon. W. Jackson, W. Smith, Augustus
Cavendish, Lord G. Jermyn, Earl Smith, S. G.
Cecil, Lord R. Jervoise, Sir J. Smyth, Col.
Chr,pman,J. Johnson, Captain Smollett, P.
Clifford, C. C. Johnstone, Sir J. Somerville, Sir W.
Clifford, H. M. Kendall, N. Spooner, R.
Clive, George Ker, D. S. Steel, John
Cochrane, A. D. Kinglake, A. W. Stirling, Wm.
Coke,W. C. Kinglake, Serj. J. Stewart, Sir M. It,
Cole, Hon. H. A. Kingscote, Lt.-Col. Stuart, Col.
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Stuart, Major W.
Collier, R. P. Knatchbull, W Stracey, Sir H.
Conolly, Thomas Knatchbull-Hugess Tempest, Lord A.Y.
Copeland, Ald. Knightley, R. Thompson, H. S.
Corry, H. L. Knox, Lt.-C01.8.W. Thornhill, W. P.
Cowper, Hon. W.F. Knox, Major W. S. Thynne, Lord H.
Craufurd, E. H. J Lacon, Sir E. Tite, Wm.
Crawford, R. W. Laird, J. Tollemache, Hon.F.
Cubitt, George I.ayard, A. H. Torrens, R.
Dalkeith, Earl of Leeke, Sir H. Trollope, Sir John
Davey, R. Lefroy, A. Turner, J. A.
Davie, Sires. R. F. Legh, G. C. Turner, C.
Dawson, R. P. Leg,h, W. Vane Lord H. G.
Deedes, Wm. Leighton, Sir B. Vansittart, Wm.
Denman, G. Lennox, Lord G. G. Verner, Sir Wm.
Dent, John Dent Leslie, C. P. Verney, Sir Harry
Disraeli, Benjamin Lever, John 0. Vernon, H,
Duff, 31. E. Lewis, Sir G.C., Bt. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C.
Duff, R. Liddell, Hon. H, G. Vivian, H. H.
Duke, Sir James Locke, John Vyner, Reginald
Duncoinbe, W. E. Lopes, Sir M., Bt. Walcott, Adm. J. E.
Dundas, Frederick Lowe, lit. Hon.R. Walker, J. R. B.
Dundas, Sir David Lysley, W. Walpole, S. H.
Dunk Olin, Lord Lytton, Sir E, B. Walsh, Sir J. B.
Dunne, 31. Macaulay, K. Walter, John
Du Pre, C. G. 31'Cormick, W. Watlington, J.
East, Sir J. B. Macdonogh, F. Weguelin, T.
Edwards, Major H. 3iackinnon, W.(Ly.)Welby, W. E.
Egerton, Sir P. Mackinnon,W. A. Wemvss, J.
Egerton, A. F. Mainwaring, T. Whitbread, S.
Egerton, W. Malcolm, J. W. White, Col. L.
Elcho, Lord 3lalins, R., Wickham, H. IV.
Enfield, Viscount Marshall, IV. Williams, Col.
Ennis, John Martin, I'. W. Winnington, Sir T.
Estcourt, S. Martin, J, Wood, Rt Iln. Sir C.
Euston, Earl of Massey, W. N. Wood, W.
Evans, T. W. Miles, Sir W. Woods, Henry
Ewart, William Miller, William Wrightson, W.
Ewart, J. C. Mills, T. Wyndham, Hon. P.
Fane, Col. Mills, J. R. Wynn, Sir W
Farquhar, Sir 31. Mines, R. 31. Wynne, Col. G.
Fellowes, Edward Mitchell, T. A. Wynne, W. W. B.
Fenwick, Henry 3litford, W. T. Wyvill, 31.
Ferguson, Sir J. Moffatt, George Yorke, Hon.E.
Filmer, Sir E. - 31onson, W. J.
Finlay, A. S. Mordaunt, Sir C.
Fitzgerald, W. S. Morgan, C. 0. S. TELLERS.
Fitzwilliam. C. W. Morgan, Mk*
Foley, J. H. Morris, D. Brand, H. B.
Forester, Col. Morrison, W,: Dunbar, Sir NV=
Slotflo W. 0.
• I • : Almjaray, Itt.lln. J.

STRENGTH OF THE NAVAL FORCES OF
FRANCE.

The reports of Captain Hore, R N., on the
strength of the French navy, and those of Colonel
Claremont on the strength of the French navy,
were published yesterday as papers presented to
Parliament by command.

On the Ist of January the state of the French
steam navy was as follows :

Afloat. Building.. Total.
Ships of the line 36 .. 1 . , 37
Frigates, iron-plated 6. 10 .. 16
F, igates, screw
24 • • 5 .. 29
Frigate, paddle* .... 18 .. .. 18
Corvettes, screw 7 .: . .. 7
Corvettes, paddlo
.. 9
Avisos, screw 35 .• 1 .. 36
Avisos, paddle
Iron-plated floating bat-
teries
Gunboats
Transports
.. 43

Of the foregoing there were coromisioned :
Ships of the line .. 14 I Avisos, screw
Frigates, iron-plated.... 4 Avisos, paddle
Frigates, screw
Frigates, paddle 6 Transports • .
Corvettes, screw -
Corvettes, paddle

Captain lore reports that the sailing navy of
our allies consists of 122 vessels, of which 63 are in
commission ; but his analysis of these need not de-
tain us from a more important object, the number,
power, and state of advancement of the iron..plated
frigates and batteries building in France. Captain
lore's information from Toulon appears to come
down only to the 12th of December last, and from
Brest to September 30 ; but he visited Lorient,
Bordeaux, Rochefort, and Nantes in May last.
From the two first ports there are the following
returns :

At Toulon there was building :
Provence, 36 guns, 300-horse power; state of advance-
ment, seven twenty-fourths. A fair number of men were
employed on this vessel, which is to be finished first of those
at Toulon.

Savoie, 36 guns, 900-horse power ; advancement, six
twenty-fourths.

Revanche, 36 guns, 900-horse power; advancement, five
twenty-fourths. Very few men were working on these two
vessels.

Flandre, 31 guns, 900-horse power; frame all up, filling
in timbers between the ribs. Progressing slowly.

At Brest :
Gauloise, 36 guns, 900-horse power ; whole frame up,
but little doing.

Magnanime, 36 guns, 900-horse power ; in same stage as
preceding.

Valeureuse, 36 guns, 900-horse power; frame nearly all
up.

The other iron-plated vessels are building at
Lorient, Bordeaux, Rochefort, and Nantes ; the
following is Captain Hore's report of his visit to
those places
LORIENT.—The iron-plated frigates building at this port
are the ,t-urveillante and Heroine, both of which are about
8-24 advanced. The former is of wood, the later of iron,
and is of similar construction to the Couronne, except that
the upper plates will be 4} inches and the lower ones 6
inches thick, those of the Couronne being relatively 3 and
4i inches.
The keel of the Heroine is laid, and all the ribs and most
of the beams are ready for putting up. No time is named
for launching these vessels, nor are there many workmen
employed on theta.

The Solferino, of 52 guns, on two decks, is fitting along-
side the quay ; nearly ail her plates are fixed, but the iron
spur with which her bow is to be armed has not yet arrived
from Rive de Gier, where it is being forged. The delay
has been caused by an alteration; originally it was to have
been of 27 tons weight, but it is now reduced to 16 tons; the
delay is a serious inconvenience, as no more weights can be
put into the vessel until the spur is fixed. A similar deten-
tion has been caused at Brest on account of the non-deli-
vF of the spur of the Magenta. The engines of the
Solferino are being mounted, and she is masted, but it will
be three months before she will be ready for trial. The four
lower rows of armour extend from stem to stern to the
height of the lower deck portsills ; 13 ports on each deck are
plated, leaving at each extremity a length of about 16 metres
(63 feet) unprotected. The face of plating amidships consists
of 10 rows, of which 3 rows are of 95 centimetres and 7 of
70 centimetres wide, making a depth of 24 feet 3 inches.
The head of the rudder enters the hull about 3 feet below
the water line, but great difficulty is found in putting the
tiller within the protection of the armour; and as yet no plan
has been settled for so doing. Two athwart ship bulk-heads
plated with 3-inch iron separate the plated portions of the
deck from the extremities. The ports are 2 feet 3 inches
wide on the outside, and 2 feet 8 inches high ; the ship's
side, including the armour, is 2 feet 4 inches thick.
The draft of water will be 27 feet 6 inches aft and 23 for-
ward. The extreme length is 282 feet; width, 54 feet; and
depth of hold, 26 feet 9 inches. Engines of 1,000 horse_
power; the propeller s x-bladed, of about 22 feet diameter-
On the upper deck is an iron-plated tower to contain the
wheel.

A screw corvette named the Decres, of 10 guns, and the
aligen e gunboat, are the only other vessels building.
Since I last visited Lorient six large wooden buildings have
been erected for the machinery required for building iron
vessels. The fine dry dock that was building in 1860 is
now finished, but it is not yet of service for large vessels on
account of a rock that lies at its entrance. From this cause
the Couronne had to be sent to Cherbourg to be docked.
The only vessels fitting are the Pallas frigate, and Cos-
mao, corvette; the former is armed throughout with rifled
guns, and is to replace the present flag-ship on the China
station.

ROCREFORT.—The Guinne, iron-plated frigate, building
at this port, is 11.24 advanced ; no time is named for
launching her, and only 30 men are employed on her.
The Intrepide, the only line-of-battle ship now building
in France, is in the same state as 18 months ago. The
Fiore, screw frigate, and the transports Creuze and Cor •
reze are nearly ready for launching. The Favourite, Che-
vert, and Euryale, sailing ve,,sels, are still on the stocks.

The floating batteries Peiho and Saignon are in a dry
dock. The stern posts and rudders have been removed,
and large lee-boards aro being fitted for steering them, the
rudders having been found useless. They attained a speed
of 61 knots, The other two of the same class are not yet
launched—the Palestro is plated, but the Paixhans is not
so far advanced.

These four vessels, and the seven iron vessels ordered,
are intended for the defence of the mouths of the Gironde,
Loire, and Seine, and are not intended for sea service.
The Semiramis, screw frigate of 36 guns, is being fitted
to replace the Bayard, ship of the line, that has received
damage in the Straits of Magellan. She is armed through-
out with rifled guns.
A military commission has just been nominated to exa-
mine the question of revetting shore batteries with iron,
and important experiments are to be tried against a fort at
the mouth of the Charente, which is t ) be revetted with
plates 25 centimetres (9 inches) thick.
NANTES AND I. DRDEAUX.—At Nantes three of the seven
iron-plated iron floating batteries are being built in Messrs.
Gouin and Guib,rt's factory, and the four others in that of
M. Arman at Bordeaux, They are only just commenced,
and the contracts are to complete them in 18 mouths.

They are modifications of the Peiho class, being shorter
and broader, and are to carry 8 instead of 14 guns
In the river there is a small vessel taking in an engine
for making experiments, on a novel plan of construction,
designed by a M. 13rassin, who is a shipbuilaer on a small
scale on the Gironde. She is about 6U feet long and 12
wide; the draught of water is not to be above two feet six.
inches. The object is to obtain great power by the use of
two screws, and light draught of water. To effect this,
from the middle of the ship att she is divided into two por-
tions. The fore part of the vessel is very fiat, but has a
fine entrance. There are three keels. From the middle
of the vessel the centre keel rises gradually nearly to the
taffrail; the other two are continued ; and thus the after
part of the vessel becomes divided, and has the appearance
of two vessels joined at a short distance above the water-
line. This vessel, when ready, is to be brought to Paris.
A model of a frigate on the same plan has been made.
The Eure and Ardtche are taking in their engines; and
two other similar transports, the Var and the Drome, are
still on the stooks near Bordeaux,
(Signed) E. HORE.
Paris, May 18, 1862,

* Five of these are small vessels, built in compartments,
and can be taken to pieces tor the purposes of easy trans•
poi t.

A few days ago, a young man named Edward
Lyons, while out shooting rabbits at Ballyfoil, Kilkenny,
thought he saw a rabbit unaer a bush, when he fired, and
shot a person named James Tierney. The wound proved
fatal.
A FRENCH NOTION OF A LONDON BLOCKADE.—.
M. Kaliet writes to a Parisian journal :—" I went in one
of the most execrable of cabriolets to meet Estofel and
family at the Chemen de Fer, and was four eternal hours
travelling from Charen Cros. The English are great
grumblers. One of their fond complaints 4s the stoppage
of their streets.
has
They are evidently proud of thisf
it were
It is magnifique, and impresses the foreigner I It
as.
grown by its very solidarity into an institution. I
got rid of to-morrow, they would miss it very much, and
more they would grumble. From Temple
t Barrier—that
eye of the needle the London camels have to go through,
and in the narrowest and most important of streets, the
principal citizens- who should remedy the evil are the
greatesi, culprits. At Banking-houses, unlading gold—at
naughty Tunch—Again,
Ludgate, at the frernagaetwe
caravans of merchandise (lucky thaunr
tsoirebeetsbommeewt
with
ap-hthilei
sahtuoerrlee, Osborne, a long stop for
downns
taompe
everywhere
h'
eterheyep
e ide and lmperial
even
h )—then at Cobards, and all
m0nt1,,,,
rihelevreilxlaurn at the seat of the Mayor, stop—
this in a nation where Time is
ome truth at last,—fferald.
4

LITERATURE.

Macbeth : Tragedie en 5 Actes. de W. Shake-
speare. Traduite en Vera Frarc lie. Par le
Chevalier de Chatelain. Bvo. pp. 108. William
Allen & Cie. Leadres.
We know not whether the author of this daring
and elegant translation of Shakspere's magnificent
Tragedy of Macbeth. into French Verse has fully
realised the magnitude of the task he has now (un-
consciously) commenced. A dozen years ago, when
he put feral, in 1850, under the sunlight of just
such another graceful and facile " traduction" the
Lovely " Floury and Leafe" of old Geoffrey Chaucer,
he had no knowledge whatever that he was fairly
committing himself to the herculean literary en-
terprize of giving to the world a version in French
of the whole of the" Canterbury Tales"—an enter-
prise that nevertheless the Chevalier de Chate-
lain eventually accomplished. It may perchance
turn out precisely in the same way that the present
felicitous translation of " Macbeth" may lead him
gradually, play by play, to the production of a new
version in French of the whole wonderful series
of the dramas of Shakspere. At any rate we
" take the goods the gods have given us" already
—and accept them thankfully. Here in these five
acts of "Macbeth," we have ample evidence of the
Chevalier de Chatelain's qualifications as a
translator of Shakspere. Already his range
as a Translator from English into French
has been wide enough in all conscience—
extending as his labours in that way have done
over the poetical works of writers as various as
Chaucer, and Gay, and Longfellow'. It breaths of a
vaulting ambition—a diversity of enterprise in this
way so very remarkable in its comprehensiveness
That one and the same man of letters should, within
a comparatively brief interval, contrive to issue
from the press in rapid succession translations into
French verse of masterpieces of English poetry, so
conspicuously diverse as the " Canterbury Tales," as
Gay " Fables," and as the charming " Evangeline"
of the America poet Longfellow, appears, at the
first blush, almost inconceivable. The Chevalier de
Chatelain has, in truth, however, performed these
skilful feats of the pen, within the compass of the
last few years, and performed them, moreover, with
infinite dexterity. And now, not contented with
the laurels he has gathered—by the wayside, while
following the Canterbury Pilgrims—from the little
prim flower-beds and close cut quincunxes of the
Tableland, cultivated by the Author of Trivia—and
from the wild luxuriance of the transatlantic
prairies traversed by the faltering and errant foot-
steps of the love-lorn and way-worn Evangeline—
the Chevalier de Chatelain gathers his handful of
bay-leaves (blackened by the thunders, torn by the
winds, and drenched by the rains) from the " blasted
heath," where the Weird Sisters hailed with their
fatal greeting Macbeth—as Thane of Cawdor, as
Thane of Glamis, as King of Scotland. It is a
noble and heroic enterprise, in its way, this daring
foray of an accomplished Frenchman beyond the
borderland of English Poetry—into that awful realm
of tragedy, in which the genius of Shakspere moves
with a power as sublime as that of lEschy lus, and as
pathetic as that of Sophocles. Macbeth is, perhaps,
the most potent test that could be applied to the capa-
city of any French scholar as a Translator of
the dramas of Shakspere. It is as a test in that way
—the experimentum crucis—what that early prob-
lem of Euclid, so dreaded by the dunce, is to the as-
piring student in mathematics. Once past that Rubi-
con in safety, and the region of conquest spreads
forth conaparatively smooth and fair before the ad-
venturous translator. Upon the manner in which
the Chevalier de Chatelain r as traversed this peril-
lous pass we may very reasonably offer him what
we hereby freely do venture to offer him, our
earnest and cordial felicitations. It is another and
a very graceful peace-offering between the two
allied nations—another means of amicably bridging
across the channel, and bringing the two races
closer and more intimately together in their sym-
pathies. The work undertaken here in these five mar-
vellous acts of the Shaksperian Tragedy of " Mac-
beth" is such, that we commend the artist-labourer to
persevere hi the same grand direction in which he is
already so far advanced—not to rest contented with
the dignity of being translator of Macbeth, but
daringly to aspire to the greater glory yet of being
the translator of Shakspere. More than one Frencti
version of England's, the world's greatest Dramatist
has of course already appeared. Yet may we assert
with tolerable confidence that the way is 'still open
to the Chevalier de Chatelain; for not one of his
predecessors in this particular hes achieved a success
that need cause him any anxiety in assuming to
himself the rank of a rival and competitor. What
we like the least about the work now immediately
under notice is, beyond any doubt of it, a mere
accessory or preliminary to the translation, meaning
the very sparkling but (as it certainly appears to us
here and there) the unnecessarily acrimonious "In-
troduction." In many respects the Chevalier de
Chatelain holds his pen not less freely, moves it not
less glibly, but certainly employs it always less
agreeably, less gracefully, less delightfully in all.
essential respects as a Critic than as a Translator.
As a critic he would apparently find it an
almost an impossibility, to speak in the language
of moderation. Reviewing some of our English
playwrights in a slashing note at p. 104, he cannot
speak of Messrs. Tom Taylor, Falconer, and Co.,
otherwise than as a " maison fameuse qui travaille
dans lea eaux de Robert Macaire et Compagnie." Ask-
ing at p. viii. of his Introduction, " Where nowadays
can be found any worthy representative of the cha-
racter of Hamlet ? He inquires with scorn " Serait-
ce Charles Kean quo nous aeons eu le malheur de
voir betas! le 24 fevrier dernier dans ce role ?"
M, Fechter—whose exquisite impersonation of the
Danish Prince has often blotted the stage from our.
sight (as we looked and listened) by the sudden
tears brimming into our eyes : M. Fechter—Waose
pathetic genius as an Actor in that most diffie,ult of
alloh
(throughnimetsorefalgf
toihcnetephgooerrfetptarhtaa
greatest
eigtseut
sr es has extorted the pvaegyrics
kcscriootoricdri'syliviian,gga,zta'nee)ritoicf
populardramaticl a c
most o rling dramatists
—M. Fechter is only spoken of here by the Che-
valier de Chatelain as " un tgros baby, un lourd pou-
wird, la caricature en Ira mot d'un reel Hamlet !"
We turn willingly from the intrcductory pages
from which we have here quoted, we turn gladly
from the caustic notes closing this otherwise
alluring publication—to the body of the
work itself, to the text of the " Acting
Drama" of Macbeth, as it has here been very
cleverly, nay with the hand of an accomplished
master of both literatures, translated from the
language of Shakspere into the language of Cor-
neille, by that living disciple seated at the feet of
each—the Translator of Chaucer, the Translator of
Gay, the Translator of Longfellow, the Che-
valier de Chatelain ! As one brief but suffi-
cient exemplar of the Chevalier's powers
as a translator of Shakspere, we will here content
ourselves with giving his version of Macbeth's
Soliloquy—

MACBETH (seal).
Est-ce bien un poignatd que la, dans le silence
J'apercois devant moi, le manche vers ma main
Towne; viers que t'etreigne et to happe soudain;
Je no t'ai pas : pourtant je te vois la sans cecse •
N'es-tu point vision qui contre moi se dresse,
Aussi bien qu'a la vue, accessible au toucher,
Ou n'es-tu qu'un poignard qu'on ne puis4e approcher ;
Un poignard de l'esprit,—creation impure
D'un cerveau detraque, bouillant outre mesura ?
Je te vois cependant aussi vial qui celui
Que tire en ce moment de son pretend etui.
Tu me sers d'eclaireur et me mentre la voio
Qu'allais suivre moi-meme, ea le destin m'envoie.
On mes yeux clairvoyants sort dupes de mes sens,
Ou sur mes acne its ont grand pouvoir, je It sens,•
De snug qui fume encor, deaffsmaaniargionistueain:aaguniattrittaveueit
Car je to vois toujoura, poignard, et sur ta lame
Je vois aussi de sang un recent amalg me,
mdoeriti'
pas de
Et ma raison me nit qu'il n'edso;timesneorrdote.chpuarselile.
C'est I'horrible penser de lx'
chatte
l'epoutvante.
LDQ
aaui
Dads al
tau
natures m soonop i
at
ri ea
idt cellreposer ai
ns
i mondefait d o
at s
Maintenant, la sorciere au
quer son coup.
m
Solid° sur ta base, et termement plantee,
SFEeat
ms
soeenu, t
taerrt
to
rsekinxo en,nrnici erqncusui
imarch,nterrible,p o u r vans eapr
ast a n
Terre, n'entends mes pas, dans cette nuitee,
De peur que led cailloux, en babillant entre'eux,
Ne signalent en moi l'assassin tenebreux.
J'y vale I .... Oui, c'en est fait, ce(rigberimebrc
Il te somme d'aller sur les altos
appe)
Soit la haut vers le ciel, soil bus Vera l'enfer.
Ne l'entends Pas, Duncan,
ir
• (Il sort, on entend growler au loin le tonnerre.)
Enough: it is, of course, but. brick
from the house
of the Scholastikos of Hierocles, that we give this one
insulated quotation. Yet will it be sufficient for
our• purpose, for inasmuch as it shows at a glance
the material out of which this solemn and gloomy
find blood-stained castellated palace of " Macbeth"
has been built up anew (under French rules of
st
;to) by the praclised hand of the Chevalier
es t
al
os
1%1 de "t
37
vie ni.i.vr
Chatelain,

THE PRESERVATION OF SMALL BlRDS.—Mea-
sures are being adopted throughout France, not only by the
authorities, but likewise by the chief landowners, to pre-
vent the destruction of small birds. An association formed
for that purpose at St. Cesaire, in the Charente Inferieure,
has adopted the following resolutions :—" 1. None of us
during the year 1862 will either seek to discover birds' nests
or to destroy the young birds in whatever place soever they
may be, and under no matter what pretext. 2. None of us
will pursue any birds after quitting their nests. 3. The
nests of sparrows, chaffinches, and linn.ts may alone be
destroyed, these birds beimv considered reischiev,us.” It
was M. Renon, the parish schoolmaster at St. Le:ltire, who
drew up these resolutions for his pupils, but it is expected
that on consideration he will strike out the third resolution,
which declares war against sparrows, chaffinches, and lin-
netsl as it is very well known to farmers that they do more
service to the crops by destroying the worms than they do
injury to fruit trees,

MONEY MARKET.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

As usual on Derby day the attendance in most
departments of business throughout the City is very
ranch reduced. The mercantile community have
aken advantage of the general inactivity and the

neness of the weather to absent themselves, and
at the Stock Exchange particularly, operations are
very much curtailed in consequence.

There is a fair demand for discount accommoda-
tion, but the payments of the 4th of the month
have not created so much effect as might have been
anticipated. The fact is, however, trade is ex-
ceedingly inactive, and the periodical liquidation
of mercantile accounts therefore is not productive
of much animation in monetary circles. The rates
xequired for the negociation of good commercial
bills continue easy, and the Banks and discount
houses have much larger balances than they can
profitably employ.

In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon a
slight decline took place in the rates on Vienna
and Frankfort.

There were no bullion operations of importance
at the Bank yesterday.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there
was a good demand, and 10,000 bales were sold ;
prices of some descriptions were id. per lb. higher.

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

Two O'CLOCK.

The English Stock Market has presented a
rather firmer appearance, several purchases having
been effected, and Consols are 921 1 for money
and account ex dividend. Business, both bona
Ode and speculative, is very much restricted,
the attendance being limited. The New
Threes are 91: 'l, the Reduced 911 1 ; the
New 21 per Cents., 751 ; Exchequer Bills, 9s.
prem.; and ditto Advertised, lie. prem. ; India 6
per Cent. Loan is 1071 a ex div. ; ditto Debentures,
gni, 100 ; and ditto Bonds, 255. prem.
In the Foreign Market to-day there is very little
business, and prices do not exhibit any important
alterations. Old Turkish 6 per Cents are 811 821 ;
d itto,lBsB, 701; ditto, New Scrip, 214 prem. ; ditto
-paid up, 701 1 ; Italian 5 per Cents. 711 a ; Egyp-
tian Scrip 11 prem.; Russian Scrip 11 ; ditto
paid up, 93k; Sardinian 811; Spanish Passive 19;
and ditto Certificates 91 f.
Business in the Railway Share Market has
'continued very inactive, but a slight improvement
has taken place in one or two instances. Eastern
Counties, and Lancashire and Yorkshire have ad-
vanced 58., and Midlands, 10s. ; Caledonians, how-
-.ever, declined ss.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings are also
'at slightly enhanced quotations. South Austrian
and Lombardo-Venetian have improved to 22, and
Sambre and Meuse to 111 ; Great 'Western of
Canada to 1111: Great Indian Peninsula to 1047,- 1;
and Madras 5 per Cents, to 103 1.
Joint Stock Bank Shares continue dull, London
and County, however, after declining to 35, have
'since recovered to 351, 361, and London and West-
ininster advanced to 79/, 80.
In the Miscellaneous Market Crystal Palace
stock has improved to 331 i ; Peninsular and
Oriental Steam to 71; and Rio de Janeiro Improve-
ment to 27.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES
3 per Cent- Reduced Annuities 9lf i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll i
New 2i per Cent. Annuities 7 i
India stuck
Mao b per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 99/ 100
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100
Ditto bonds £1,09t)
i 'itto under £l.OOO
Consols t'or Accounts June 10
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent .. —
Ditto Small
Lilt° Advertised
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
:Brazilian, 5 per Cent. —
Ditto 4i per Cent., 1862-58-60
:Egyptian, 7 per Cent
Kirenada Active

Do. Ex over-due Coups. & Hectares. 9}

lia,lian 5 per Cent. (Maremnliana Railway) •Z:
Ditto Scrip .... 11
_Russ ian 6 per Cent, 1822 £ St —
Dit to 41 pet Cent 9ll
:Ditto, b per Cent., 1862, Scrip
L'itto, Paiu up Scrip 931
Baru Inian 6 per Cent ... —
Ditto Account
Spanis h 3 per Cent
Ditto, Passive.. . 19
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
'Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto 6 per Uent. 1858 ..
Ditto _Account
Ditto, £3lOO Bonds
Ditto, Paid up Scrip
D:vidends on the above payable in London.
Italian 5 poi. Cent., 1861, ex 2sf.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account

SHARE MARKET---THIS DAY.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuh.S.

t
Share' Railways. 1 Closing Business
Paid. Price. done.
13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 71 8
10 Bost,Sleat f,andMid.eo. all 1 6 7
at Bristol and Exeter lOO { 91 93
at Caledonian
Cooorrnklavnaldi Bandon lOO I 107} 107 f 1071
all I
6200
10 Do A 1 A gets no cliv, )an . 1 2
10 Do. B tlll6l)e•Palthaal all 5 6
been paid to B.
50 Dublin & Belfast Juno. all i 41 43
25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June all 10 11
st East Anglian lOO 21 22 21}
st Eastern Counties
at Eastern Union, A stock 100 57 59 n...
at Do Bdo do 100 38 89 °w
at East Suffolk
at Edinburgh & Glasgow lOO 88 90
at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 29/ 801
at Glasg and S. Western. 100 102 101
10 GreatNrthn.of. Scotland all 140 145
st Great Northern lOO 113 114
at
at Do Bdo
Do A stock
st at 71
.
S. an ,W. of Ireland 100 1044 1051
at Great Western .• • 100 711 72 f
at Do Str Val gua.s.ioc.k 100 55 57
at Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 107} 107/ 107 1 1
st London and Blackwall
100 100 121 123
59 61
st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast
at Lon., Chat, and Dover 100 43 45
at Lon. & North Western 100 931 44 93/
at Lon. & South Western 100 99 100 99
at L•derry & Enniskillen. all 40 45
st Nan., Shef., & I.incoln. 100 40 401 40 /
50 Maryport and Carlisle.
124 Do i shares all
10 NTetropolitan all 84 9
at Midland
8.4.0 Do New
st Do Birming. & Derby 100 97 99
50 llld Gt. W. of Ireland all
25 Do. 4 shares
25 Mid Kent
10 Do Cray Line
100 Newcastle and Carlisle all
at Norfolk lOO 72 74 73
at North British
at Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100
at Do A stk ; A recs no d
till 6 pc. has been pdß 100
at Do B stock lOO
at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 961 97 97
25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 1 id
at Do Lecds lOO 551 654
at Do York
at North London
10 Do new 5 p Om
19.16.4 North Staffordshire
10 N. and S. W. Junction. all 101 111
at Scottish Central
at Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 45 47
at Do Sent. Mid. stock lOO 104 106
10 Shrews. and Welchpool all
at Shropshire Union .... 100 45 47
at South Devon lOO 34 SO
25 S. Durham & Lanc.Un all -
st South Eastern
at South Wales
st S. York. and River Dun 100 99 101
20 staines,Wok.,andWok all 8 7
25 Stockton & Darlington all 371 381
25 Do l3 8} 81 p
25 Do New, 1860 6 6 8 p
at Taff Vale..
st Do Pref. No. 1
10
50 Ulster
25 Do 2O 26 31
12.10 Do
at Vale of Neath
at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 130 135
st Waterford & Kilkenny, 100
20 'West Cornwall all 61 6
20 West London
10 IDo Ist class
20 Do 2d class all
st W. Hartlepool Har.&R. 100
at West Midland Oxford 100 45 47 451
at - Do Newpor 100 42 44
st Do Hereford 100 87 82

I 100
107 i 100
et

21} I 100
56¢ 100
100

1071 871 8 1 20i
I 20

100
1071 1 stool
stocl
stock
___ stock

73 I 20
62 10
20

d 1 21

I 2,

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Leasing Closing Business
Railways. raid.
Co. s Price. Done.
Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W
Birkenhead..
Buckingh m.'hre.
Chester& llo,yhea.d.. 100 Do 54 56
Do. 54 per cent 100 Do •
126 128
Do. 5 „ 100 Do.
Clydesdale Junction 100 'Cledon..
Colchester, Stour Val. 100 Ed:1,4041C 65 67
E. Lincolnsh. gApr c. 100 Gt. Worth. 136 138
E.Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 41 41
Do. Woodbridge... 100 • . .. ..
Gls.Barr.&Neils.Dmt: 100 Cledon . • • •
Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. ..
Hull and ,-elby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 111
Do. halves
Do. quarters 1 all D 0....... • . • •
Lancaster & Carlislei 100 Ln.&N.W 197 210
Lon. and Chat. Ext. Bi
6 per cent I all Lon.&Cht 11 11i
Do. Bromley. 6 per c 1 all D 0... • • • •
133. New Sh 1861, 4 p.c , all Do ..... ... 20 22
Do.W . Ext. A, 46 pc i all Da...—. 8 0
London & Greenwich i 100 S. Eastern 62 64
Do. Preferen . 1 100 Do.
Lon.,Tilb.& b.. -Fiend' 100 Peto &Co B7 89
Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 iNortolk
Do n per cent •100 Do.
111nc.,Bxtn.,& Matlockl all LNW& M 31 4
Mid. Bradford Prefer-
ence stock
Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 , 5.6. E Counts. p +}p
gua. 5 per cent... 1 pm
Northn.&Eaetn.sp.c.l all Do.
Do. 6 per cent. ... all Do.
Do. Fixed sp. c...: all Do.
N. Eastn—llartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber. .. ..
North Western all Midland I 1F f
Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 92i 93e 94 S
Preston and Wyre. 11 all
,1i.,,,e.,7 1 44 48
Do. 4 shares A.I all Do. ••• • ..
.. ..
Roystn.Hitch.& Shep.l 100 Gt. North. 135 137
Shrewsby & Hereford 100 IT Brasseyll2s 130
Do. Do.
South Staffordshire , 100 ILn.&i.C.WI .. .. 871
Wilts and Somerset lOO \ tit. West.l 92 94
Wimbledn t Croydon, all ,L.Szßrgto 1 8} 9i

PREFERENCE SHARES.

Sharei Railways.

Paid. Closing Business
Price. Done.

:5 Blythe and Tyne :0 p.c
pref. issued at £5
4t, Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. st ;
l 0 Do. shares
A caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 10
4 Cork & Bandon, 5a p. c.; al
:0 Cornwall. 5 per ant.
86 Dun. Perth, &Abcz,Jun al
10 Do. Ist Class Frei al
A E. Angn. Class A. sp. c. 10(
A E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 10(
It Do No. 2 10(
;t Do. new Bp.c. st 10(
;t Eastern Union, 4p. c— 101
A Do. sp. c. guar lOl
it Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 10(
;t Do. Ip. c. guar. S. &1I lO4
;t Glas...t S.West. gu. 5 p.c. 10(
;t Great Northern, sp. c lOl
A D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm. 10(
;t Do. 4a p. c. do 10(
A Do.sp.c.Redrc.atsp.c.pm 101
10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. lst pref. al
St Gt Sn. &W. (Ireland)
4 per cent lO
So Great West. (Berke and
Hants Ext) 6 per cent.
A Do. redeem. 4a p. ct.... 10
A Do. redeem. 4 p. ct.... 10
10
st Do. irredeem. 4p. ct..:.; 10,
st Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 10
A Do. Birm. guar. stock.. al
st ')o. Tiirm. pref. stock .. 10
st Do. Chester guar. shares 10
Do. Chester' p.c. pf. shs 101
(10. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs al
)0 Lan. & Carl. 4# p.c. pre, SI
A Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stocl•• 10
st \Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10d ,e 101
st Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.).. 101
st ;Do. 45 p. c. (Blackb. pur 101
st ' Lon.ezßrig.sp.l.gu. No.l 10(
st Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 10(
st Do. 6 pee cent d 0.,„ .. 101
st Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 10(
st Do. 7 per cent pref. stk 101
st Do, 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 101
st Do. 4 p c.st(div.def.lll'6s 101
st Lon. Chat &DAN,. sp.c.pf. 10
st Lon. &N. W., Coy. &
Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 101
st Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent.
pt., late 3d shares ... 10(
125 r.ondony. & Ennis. fshs a)
t Man. sh. &. Lin. 6 per ct. 101
6 Do. £6 .
st Do. 35 per cent. .... ... 10(
10 Do. redeem. 6 percent. , 1
124 N 1 aryport & Carl. 4 pr. c.; a.
125 Do. 44 per cent ........ I a
st Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. 10(
st Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c 101
st Do. 45 p.c. pref. st. rdem 101
st Do. 4i p.c. irredeemable 101
6 Do. 4a per cent..... . . al
st Do.Leic. andHlt4per ct 10
st N. ;rflk. sp. c. Ex. st. 1840 101
st Do. 55 0. c. Pref. st. 1847 101
A D 0.5 Way.ValEx.stlB47 101
A Nort. British. 5 per cent. 104
at Do. New srua. 5 per cent 10(
10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. all
st Nth.Dvn.Bail.&Dck.Co. 101
st N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 104
3t Do. 4,1 pr ct redeemable 101
st Do. G. N. E. 4p. et. pref 101
17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pret . 1
10 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 1:
56 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 1
Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 1(
20 North Staffordshire.... al,
Bt Scoctish North-Eastern
Os, South e.
st 35 P. c. pref. stock....) 10(
~ Do.Aberdeen,g-ua.6p.c; 10(
pret. stock 10(
a' Do. 7 p.
0. per cent
10 Do. Devon, Ann, 10s ;al
0. 6 __Fixed 46 per centl al
st South
South Eastern(Reading
Ann., 1 0 6
Do 4h ' )
cent 10
Batt Do,
10
Wales,
44 per
st Do. 44 "-I!. gua. 4p. c. 101
at Do. per:ent --- . - 10
at Do. 5 percent.lBs9_ 10
st. S. Yorkshire, ,t lO
20 Do. 51:). •c. Rua. 10
25 Stock. & Dar. APi c.
gua' a)
25 Do. B 6 f.'• c• • • al
25 Do. C 6 p: • :1
st 7Watrf d & Kilkny, 6p. o.; lot
st t INV . Mid.-Oxf Ist guastk 10t
st ; Do. 2d do lOO
st ;Do.Newport 5 p.c. pf red .red 404
st ;Do. Perpet6p. c. pf. 1866, 100
st Do. till 1869 100

94 96

3 20 21
[1 6 6i

104 106

O 109 111
O 108 110
O 127 129
0 84 86
10 -

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