11 JUNE 1864, Page 3

It appears that the promotion of M. Renan to be

Sub-Curator of the Imperial Library was really a dismissal. M. Renan therefore refused to accept it, but the Minister of Instruction intends to fill up his place. As M. Renan has not, however, been dismissed, he -contends that he is still Professor, and attends the Sorbonne in that capacity. The affair seems to create some conversation, as the dismissal is considered a concession to priests, almost the one thing which Frenchmen will not permit their Government to do.