passage: «Vous êtes las du «Cabinet qui reçoit la lumière» Monsieur! et fatigué de votre service auprès de Moi» (AY 2.*#*). C'était donc bien le cabinet impérial comme il parait par un vers de l'empereur Yuen des Liang ,552-554 de notre ère): <Dans un attelage attelé de quatre chevaux, on visite l'Empereur et lui offre ses hommages dans (le cabinet qui) reçoit la lumière (*.** HJ). Ying-kiu, grand annaliste, grand général de la cour sous les Weï(應璩魏侍中大將軍長史) dit dans un de ses poèmes: Demandez-donc quels mérites j'ai eus, que je suis entré trois fois dans le Cabinet qui reçoit la lumière» (#1 (問我何 ). Ce n'est que plus tard que ce nom a été appliqué à l'Académie impériale Han-lin, parmi les membres de laquelle on récrute les Censeurs de l'empire. Comp. le Pei-wenyun-fou, Chap. XXIII E, fol. 62 recto et verso, et le Kouang-szeloui-fou (, Vol. II, Chap. V, fol. 20 verso, article Han-lin). Il est évident que Li fait allusion plutôt à sa qualité comme chef du Cabinet, que comme membre de l'Académie des Sciences. VARIÉTÉS. LES MINISTRES PLENIPOTENTIAIRES DES ÉTATS-UNIS EN CHINE. Caleb CUSHING, of Massachusetts: Commissioned envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary and commissioner May 8, 1843. Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, was commissioned commissioner March 3, 1843, but did not accept. Mr. Cushing held two commissions, one as commissioner and the other as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, bearing the same date. Left Macao for the United States August 27, 1844, and arrived in Washington January 4, 1845, with copy of treaty with China. Resigned March13,1845. Peter Parker was left in charge. Daniel Fletcher WEBSTER, of Massachusetts: Commissioned secretary to commissioner April 24, 1843. Returned the latter part of 1844. Alexander H. EVERETT, of Massachusetts: Commissioned commissioner March 13, 1845. Did not complete the voyage to his post, but returned to Boston October 3, 1845, having (on the 8th of August) intrusted Commodore Biddle with temporary discharge of duties of commissioner. Mr. Everett proceeded to his post October 5, 1846, and died in China June 28, 1847. Commodore Biddle took leave of the Emperor April 15, 1846, and placed Peter Parker, secretary and interpreter of legation, in charge. Peter PARKER, of Massachusetts: Commissioned secretary and interpreter of legation March 15, 1845. Was left in charge of legation by General Cushing August 27, 1844, and acted as chargé d'Affaires ad interim from April 15 to October 5, 1846; from June 28, 1847, to August 21, 1848; from May 25, 1850, to January 22, 1853; from January 27 to April 14, 1854; from December 12, 1854, to May 10, 1855. Appointed commissioner August 16, 1855. Commodore Joel Abbott was left in charge by Peter Parker May 10, 1855, and was relieved by S. Wells Williams about November 1. Mr. Parker retired as commissioner August 25, 1857. missioned commissioner March 6,1851; resigned July 2, 1851. Joseph Blunt, of New-York, was commissioned October 15, 1851, but declined. Humphrey MARSHALL, of Kentucky: Commissioned commissioner August 4, 1852. Retired January 27, 1854. Robert J. Walker, of Mississippi, was commissioned commissioner June 21, 1853, but declined. Robert M. MCLANE, of Maryland: Commissioned commissioner October 18, 1853. Retired December 12, 1854. S. WELLS WILLIAMS, of New-York: Commissioned secretary and interpreter to legation June 27, 1855. Acted as chargé d'Affaires ad interim from November 1, 1855, to January 19, 1856; from August 25 to November 16, 1857; from December 8, 1858, to May 18, 1859; from October 1 to October 24, 1861; from May 6, 1865, to September 19, 1866; from November 21, 1867, to September 29, 1868; from July 5, 1869, to April 20, 1870; from July 24, 1873, to date. William R. REED, of Pennsylvania : Commissioned envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary April 18, 1857. Left China December 8, 1858. John E. WARD, of Georgia: Commissioned envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary December 15, 1858. Returned on leave December 15, 1860, and left Commodore Stribbling in charge, who served until July 23, 1861. W. Wallace WARD, of Georgia: Commissioned secretary of legation January 24, 1859. Resigned at Hongkong February 18, 1860. George W. HEARD, Jr., of Massachusetts: Commissioned secretary of legation September 12, 1860. Resigned, to take effect January 1, 1861. 1861 TUNG-CHI, Emperor, August 22. Anson BURLINGAME, of Massachusetts: Commissioned envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary June 14, 1861. Resigned November 21, 1867, having been appointed ambassador of the Emperor of China to the United States and other powers. William A. Howard, of Michigan, was commissioned as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, March 11, 1868, but declined. J. Ross BROWNE, of California: Commissioned envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary March 11, 1868. Retired July 5, 1869. Frederick F. Low, of California: Commissioned envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary September 28, 1869. Empowered, February 8, 1871, to negotiate with Corea for the protection of seamen of the United States wrecked on that coast, and for treaty of navigation and commerce. Resigned March 28, 1874. Benjamin P. AVERY, of California : Commissioned envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary April 10, 1874. Arrived at his post October 28, 1874, and presented his credentials November 29, 1874. He was the first United States Minister accorded an audience alone. He died at his post November 8, 1875. George F. SEWARD, of California: Commissioned envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary January 7,1876; was Consul General at Shanghai; he reported that he had'assumed the duties of his office on January 12, 1876, although he did not arrive at Peking until April 20, 1876. He was received at the Foreign Office April 24, 1876, and turned the office over to his successor on August 16, 1880. James B. ANGELL, of Michigan: Commissioned envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary April 9, 1880. He was received at the Foreign Office and assumed charge of the Legation on August 16, 1880; resigned April 16, 1881, to take effect not later than October 1, 1881, and left Peking October 4, 1881. John F. SWIFT, of California, born in Wm. H. TRESCOT, of South Carolina, Commissioned April 9, 1880, Commissioners to negotiate a treaty with China. Arrived in China in August, 1880, and left for the United States in December of the same year. John Russell YOUNG, of New-York: Commissioned envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary March 15, 1882. Assumed charge of the Legation August 17, 1882; resigned January 27, 1885, and left Peking Charles DENBY, of Indiana, born in Virginia: Commissioned envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary May 29, 1885; arrived at his post September 30, 1885, and is still in office this July 1896. NÉCROLOGIE THÉODORE PAVIE. Pendant longtemps le doyen de nos études fut Sir John Francis Davis; je crois que ce titre doit appartenir aujourd'hui à Mons. le professeur Vasiliev de Saint-Pétersbourg; mais Pavie, ignoré des jeunes générations, dans la retraite qu'il avait choisie lui-même en province, a laissé cependant une marque profonde dans l'orientalisme et ses recherches offrent encore un intérêt que peuvent seuls négliger ceux qui dans le tourbillon si rapide de la vie actuelle, ne savent vivre qu'au jour le jour de la science. Pavie appartenait à une famille de lettrés et de catholiques: son père, Louis, qui fut adjoint au maire d'Angers de 1826 à 1830, était originaire de la Rochelle; ancien imprimeur, il était venu se marier et s'établir à Angers avant la Révolution. Son frère ainé Victor, imprimeur aussi un peu contre son gré, était l'esprit délicat qu'apprécièrent si fort Victor Hugo et Sainte-Beuve malgré des différences profondes d'opinions et dont la vie a été retracée d'une façon si agréable par M. René Bazin 1). Les frères demeuraient l'un et autre à Angers dans la rue St. Laud où se trouvait l'imprimerie qui fut dirigée après Victor Pavie par Lainé frères. L'ainé naquit le 26 Novembre 1808, le nôtre, Théodore Marie, le 16 Août 1811. Il est probable que Théodore Pavie, dans le milieu si littéraire dans lequel il vivait, comme Pauthier qui était né dix ans avant lui il est mort il y a vingt-trois ans fut séduit par les nouvelles idées qui entrainaient les jeunes gens vers l'étude des littératures étrangères et des pays lointains. Pavie eut la bonne fortune d'avoir le goût des voyages et d'avoir pu jeune encore le satisfaire. Et ici, j'ouvre une parenthèse: il est remarquable de noter combien la fin du règne des Bourbons directs et les premières années du gouvernement de Louis Philippe ont été fertiles en explorations de tout genre: qu'il me suffise simplement de rappeler les voyages de Victor Jacquemont aux 1) Victor Pavie, Oeuvres choisies, Paris, 1887, 2 vol. in-12. 2) Souvenirs atlantiques. Voyage aux Etats-Unis et au Canada, Par Théodore Pavie. Paris. Roret.... MDCCCXXXIII, 2 vol. in-8, pp. VIII-350 + 1 f. n. ch., 354 + 1 f. n. ch. |