The Conference Francaise.

This Society held its second meeting yesterday evening. It was well attended. Mr. Cohn read a very interesting paper on the Comedie Francaise. This is a national institution. Napoleon signed the decree which settles the constitution of this society at Moscow, 1812. The president is called administrateur and is appointed by the government. The Societaires are the members who have been elected into the Comedie Francaise; the pensionaires, members who have been engaged by the administrateur. A committee is appointed to decide whether a play shall be produced or not; every play has to be read before them. The professors of the Conservatoire are societaires of the Comedie Francaise. The actors not only choose their colleagues but also teach their successors.