, 1863-07-14


Tietor Hugo Heconta par IN 7enofa de Ia
Pie is published At lasT. The two most en-
hancipg volumes that have been issued from
the French press Efnce their authors hus-
band signed his bon tirsr to the proof sheets
Of Les Afiserables. You can count on the
fingers Of one hand all the literary biographies
thai are worthy to come into comparison
with 1t for beritching readableness, for value
as IN histozico Geological study Of the
growth Of gTea. intellect. 1T can be said Of
few Of the notables Of the world as truly as Of
Hugo, that the boy was father of the man.
Reading these volumes you come to lore the
boy us much as you admire the man, and to
respect both as you rarely rcspect-or alas !!
hive reason to respect In their strictly per-
sonal, priyate character, the celebrities of lit
erature- Victor Hugo, when he had already
barely missed being the 1nurcate Of the French
Academy, when Cnateaubriand had baptized
him rez.Jant sublime, when lis fame was
twenty years Of age, was the best, most dutf-
fn1 of Sons, = mother r-worshipper. Not then,
nor afterward, did his genius need the proofs
Of odd dress, or unpaid debts, or impure
loves, or my other slightest sacrifice Of self
respect. His other aud yet nobler qualities
been Is preu,aturely dese1oped IS his special
Il literary quality, displayed In hIs boyaood,
il his veriest childhood-au theee You will
find charmfngly "tolated" by that witness
Of his life, who was the playmate Of his boy
hood long before being his wife, who was,
curiously enough, his atlianced bride eveu be-
fore the birth Of either
THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER,
The Bishop Of Rochester forbIds his clergy
| to shave, shoot, or play at cricket, and pro.
bihits the Rev. Mr. Dayies from preaching,
| for the offense Of agricultural The Right
Rev Prelate fs supposed to be weak in He.
brew and German; and it may be feared that
he has little 1atin and less Greek. Ills lord
slip should escheW tyranny md take to learn.
ing, lest it should be said that the bishop Of
Rochester is an absolute Ounce.
TIE PRINCE OF WALES sxunprD.
The Prince Of Wales proposed, recently,
that tue degree Of D. G. L: doctor Of Com
Kiugsley, latc]y one Of the Queen's chap
lains, now Professor Of History in the Uni
Tersiiy of Oxford, and well known az the au-
thor Of tAlton Locke" :" stHypathia," !" and
other novels. In the *hebdoma!al board" !"
Fhere the names suggesf ed for honorary de-
g.ees are asIutinlzed, l \ n; t. Mngsley's va
position made BY Dr. Pusey, DR.. Mansel and
o,hers of like tenets. These charged, it Is
reported, TINT Mr.. Kingsle5's works espeei-
ally Hyrnthia-are Of heretical and immoral
charac1tr! The faith and the virtue Of these
reverend critics mnss be Of the tallest char
books Of Mr.. Kingsley.
Az E1TR1v1GANT PAOuA- .
Paris is at present full Of objects which
were ordered BY. or which belonged to, the
late Said Pacha, Viceroy Of Egypt. His ex-
traragance seemed to know no bounds. You
remember tho dinner he gave the Emperor
and Empress, and which cost him fabulous
Sums Of money. He gave valuable presents
to everybody connected with the Court. His
fhon 11pvn fa r..
| alone, amounted 10 $4,000. He rented Ma.
dame Adelaide'a palace at Neuiily (you re-
member she was Louis Phillippe's Bis1er} for
the summer, and paid S, 600 for it unfnrnish-
ed He furnished It at q cost Of $50, 600. md
s}apt five minutes IN the houee one day. AL
| thB furniture is still on sale somewhere or
another here There is now visible in the
| Avenue de llmperatr1ce m immense iron
frnme Of winter garden, which he ordered
the day nfter he visited the greenhouse Of the
zoologieaald sec'etE, In the B,is d. Boulogne:
not want It; the i,on-master who built refuses
to take 1t back, because such green houses
o1c scarcely ever wanted and it stauds In
the Avenue waiting purchaser.
Al EXCITED PRKLATE,
"A pleasant anecdote Is current, relating to
tic new Archbishop Of York, who was sud
denly translated from Provincial SEQ to this
eecond grand prize in the Church The
| A5kQt At}. 0EA 4AoAuEfcoA AaA NV LIZ Ao&A*
est idea Of the good fortune in store tor
him. It seems that when the Archfepis'
copal see became vacant by the succession
| Of its occupant to the throne Of Can.
terbu1y, DR.. Thompson was suffering,
from that not very dgnlfled 1nalady-a
gvelled face. He Ind suffered much incon-
yeuieuce for some days from this ca1se, and
had lust applied chloroform lininent to his
| face, and was lying down on n sofa II, his bed
room Probably engaged in balancing the In
appreciable difference between the annoyance
| ot his malady and that Of its remedy when
the poetman arrived with 3 letter from Lord
Paimerston, offering the invalid the ArchbIsh-
| opric Of York. The Right Rev. Prefate was
aE1ourded at his unexpected good fortune.
| Gathering his robe de chana5re around him, he
bounded down stairs, and rushed into the Il.
brary, where Mrs. Thompson !yas placidly ut
| work, ard holding the Prem1eF's letter aloft,
exclaimed, 81 am the new Archbishop o1
Iork--I am the new Archbishop Of York ~
Mrs Thompson. knowing that chloroform
liniments occasionally "sted away, the
"oh, he's gone mad-he's gone mad ring
the tell (snittng the action to tho word)-
send for the doctor.n The DOCTOR however
Tas snot cent for, and tho Bisho1,'s wife wal
soon made acquainted with the true nature
Of the Episcopal excitement, which for thu
moment eho had naturally enough attributed
10 the effects Of q. chloroform dnlment, ani
not to Prime Minister letter. -
FRENCH LOVE FOB FLOWERS.
The passionate love Of flowers is q market
characteristic of the Parisians, and the sal
of flowers in Pa, ia is an extensive and lucra
tive branch of trade. It Is computed tnat tn
various little patches ground IN the viclnlt!
Of the French capital, appropriated to nora q,