New-York tribune., 1875-12-27


scared were likewise certain royallst con
seryatives," accOmpllccs hitherto OF imperlast
conservatives This furnished Buffet a desirable
pretext for giving to the Ministerial pressure re-
dictionary screw another desired turn ms
fresh downward turn was promptly appied' anu
notice was given in the official journal that hence
forth, by virtue of the power conferred on nm py
the state of siege the Military Governor OF Pars
will forbid any meeting which shall be III his Jtidg-
ment of a nature to excite trouble" l don't know
that any comment could go further than SIMPLE
underscoring of these last official words in the way
of statement. explanation and condemnation OF the
reactionary spirit purpose and passion for arbitrary
administrative practice of the clerical Vice-Presi-
dent and clerico-monarchist Minister OF the Interior
Of this Republic.
At Versailles the week has been spent IN wordy
debate over amendments on the third reading OF the
foregonely concluded Electoral law. Two saving
points presently good and of good hope, rise above
the weeks waste of talk and intrigue. J. The emf
nently eloquent statesmanlike patriotic, sasaclous,
and of course generously conciliatory speech OF
Gambetta. Considering the notablest speech OF the
time. that of the representative Bonapartlst
Cassagnac before public more or less packed
uttered lust before and the responsive speech Oh NJ
Buffet in the Assembly Immediately after; and inr-
tbermorc considering that there may be persons OF
natural common sense capable OF reaolhs tnc
three discOurses, / respectfully refer them 10 tne
perlsal of the three characteristic party discourSes
in nndoubtng faith to their decision respecting
the truly conservative purpose or elementary con-
scryatiye potential quality of Imperialism, clerco-
royalism, and democracy pure and simple. Inc
other saving gain out pf the wasted debate on 'he
Electoral law il that much against the will of the
Ministry the represettative rights of some of the
lad inhs
and the exercise of the same restored to them.
In the main, the Electoral bill was finally voted
law with all the devices devised by the Buetarians
That is il imples. sanctions and facilitates so far
as paper law can. the active interference of the
Minister of the Interior as maker of the cleo
tions. Members of the actually moribund assembly
of national misrepresentation who voted for IT, did
nv sucb vote grateful to the Minister, preliminaniy
secure the favor and preference of his administrative
forces i'm the interest of their future official cand
datIlres at the coming elections. Much good may IL
do them. There is woeful good chance that despite
legal mpedment, administrative intervention ana
all the rest of it, the general popular elections
"maden by Minister Buffet will be rather more pro-
nouncedly republican in their returns than thongh
NJ. Buffet, sacrificing his person for his cause,
should have resigned his post in favor of the honest
est of Republicans / have iDtimated it before and
am still apt TO think, that clericO-nonarchst. mar
row but timid and utterly anti-repUblcan Buffet Is
probably the best man to provoke n triumphant re-
turn of republican deputies to the new house
efficiently better in many ways, than an honestly
republican Minister put in his place
To change the theme, Publisher Plon has in press
translation by NJ Cayson of four of Shakespeare's
dramos-Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth and Romeo and
Juliet. These if accepted by the French reading or
literary public, are to be followed by NJ Cayson's
version of the rest of Shakespeares works. done in
dramatic form As nearly as | can learn, NJ Cayson
has done his transatng work as If a pleasure, con
aaoye. He does not seek or want money Tor 1t 4; Is
not eyen-lct MS be thankful for that-a profession
ally untrading IMAM Of letters :" was IN the
time a commercial business man, and bronght In
tlot reoard into relations with and knowledge of
the English their tongue and theirmanners COmpe-
encc honorably earned and secured, onr mercantile
man turns TO literature for an occupation, with
sincere love for art as art. NJ Cayson has through
his long years of kindly ydevoted study OF his master
Shakespeare steadily striven compress in one at
tempt at translation of him into French the ad-
mirable literal fidelity OF Hugo with the poetic
form required by French readers, and lmperiectiy
granted them in the so-called GuizOt translation.
How well or i'll NJ Cayson has done his work have
no competence to say. What interests here in this
new attempt to translate all English Shakespeare TO
French is specially this-it is the fifth translation of
Shakespeare his complete works. which France has
had, not to say called for, in the last twenty-five
years.
Dor9s London, a small folio from Hachette's press
il ont. The handsome volume contains l74 designs
of NJ Dore some in full page, Others in the text On
the WHOLE this is better than several-l was on the
pont of saving most-of Dore's yearly publications
for the latest several years. 1t is eminently supe-
ror 70 his illustrations of TenDysons poems 1t is
both better and less bad than any other important
issue of Dores printed works since his Don Qairoe
W. II. u.