, 1880-04-18

member Of the Council is elected By The COZ
ieegve votes of the Doctors Of the
and an0us LftentIassss aaaatss AeEes OF LycseS
eges aud Provneal poctofs Eem%qnal fo9 nstanee nee
have voice In the election. Members re1,1
resenting the College de France and Profes-
sols Of farls help to elect the members for
gives the provinces
THEoRET1c CONTROL OVER TIE UNIVERSITY.
IN practice however, the opinions and ex-
a}ap a}mples Of Paris will always be weighty
electorai factors The. first election under
me me new new law last Thursday. resulted in
a ates tetan pedaed Ga large tSs pamoee Of dele
the French educational system. There
are difficulties innumerable, however. TO be
met and grappled with. The spirit of routine
Is nowhere stronger and more bigoted than
made fetish Of Greek and Latin verse, and
burn it.
1t is questioned whether any University re-
dorms VIII be really effected till the present
lzatlon IS swept away. tits significant that NJ.
j. j. Weiss, lately so hostile to the Govern
ment, IN Yesterdays GauIois admits that the
Council must be beneficial to education, and
cannot Dc worse than that which preceded it.
LITERARY.
The " Les Soirees de Medan.n the latest
literary manifestation OF the natnralistic
school, published yesterday, had prepared us
for something 0utheroding Herod, or rather
oentzolaing ea.! zola. Six tales Of the Prussian
invasion invasion afe embraced in the volume. The
"L'Attaque Du Moulin" 1t would not dis
credit Alphonse Daudet, who is master in
this kind OF narration.
hv 4 wf;;o 1sw wo,k entitled d lie semnamhne"
pear to-day. Auguste Chic Is publisher Of of
tue volume, which is issued in French,
Ihongh apparently written originally III
English. Le Somnambule" aims at
81 FpengsS a"9y eEyng oDafe and 2noy
turn, having In view the frequent contradic-
tlons Of medical experts in giving evidence
III criminal cases, advocates the introduction
Of the medical element IN juries as the best
ice. a'sa"S 0i preventing miscarriage OF JUS
Several meetings between Slosson and
Vlgnaux have taken place since the match
which closed on Wednesday, with the view
sn of sa hgsa feSn bqt 50 far
Wednesday afternoon Slosson proposed to
play match of the new champion IS game with
,v1gnanx. feeling the present match had been
lost. The conditions proposed were to play
each evening, Tor small nominal stake, TO
divide the gate money, and to play on a
table and cushion made in France, the play
erS authorizing placards to be hung in the
hall on Wednesday night announcing
e., new M match; On arriving at the hall
Wednesday night Slosson gave orders not to
announce the new match then, but to wait
till II the next day. On; playing so wei!
On "Wednesday he gained fresh courage, and
game over again as that which was just
finished. Vignaux objected to playing
the. same match again, and tried to
make Slosson complete his agreement with
respect to the champions game, as the mem
bers Of the Jockey Club and patrons of the
game had grown tired Of the. rail-
nurse, and desired the new game.
Vignaux insisting. OH this, the negotiation |
was broken up Friday afternoon, Slosson
and his hacker going of to negotiate for q
billiards on the English champiors table.
There Is much excitement here over the |
great runs and play made in the recent !
match, there being a great desire for fresh |
contest; French players generally admit the |
strength of Slosson, Al. Cernuschf has paid |
to Vignaux the bet Of 10, 600 francs which he |
lost to Vignaux's agent