The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-07 00:00:00

singers sang out of tune, his orehears
was iespossibk, his chorus singers old Worn.
out hacks, his costumes dirty, and his
scenery horrible. Thereupon M. Eacudier
cured himself by saying that his mild criticisms
were rose water compared to the vitriol of Milan.
M. Nioolet concluded by asking for 10,000 fr.
damages.

M.
Nogent Saint-Laurens, for the defendant,
argued that his client's strictures were perfectly
justifiable. H. Bagier had one star, Male. Patti,
whose salary, 140 i. a night, made it jay,
possible for him to pay such a compeer
as the public had a right to expect. IND,
Patti had a young and pure voice, with min;
marvellous qualities, bdt she was not capable of
depicting great dramatic passions, and there could
be no doubt that the interests of the theatre, viewed
as a school of high art, were sacrificed to the sole oh.
ject of maintaining her engagement. That the Italian
Theatre had not been prosperous under M. Nice,
management was admitted by himself when he had
interest enough bring under the consideration ed
the Corp. Legislatif an application for the renewal
of a subvention which had been with.
drawn. He then urged as an argument
a statement which ho would now have
adjudged libellous, namely, that he had lost s
great part of his private fortune in his endeavonal
to keep up the theatre. He entirely repudiated
the insinuations that the article in the Milan paper
was written or inspired by his cheat.

The Imperial Advocate Chevrier was of opinion
that the articles charged as libellous contained no.
thing beyond the allowable limits of criticism of
public establishment. The only other suggeetios
ho would make was that possibly the court might
think the quotation from the Milan Gazette, after
the action commenced, was so far improper as to
justify the condemnation of the defendant in some
part of the oasts.
Judgment was postponed for a week.

The remains of Martin, his son, and daughter,
were privately disinterred from their provisional
resting place in the Montmartre Cemetery at 6
o'clock yesterday monting, and sent off by rad
to the frontier town of Saint Jean La
Maurienne, there to await the arrival 0(
the Venetian Committee, which is coming to
France to convey them to Venice, where they
will be interred with great pomp and ceremony on
March 22. The first magistrate of Venice,
two Presidents of the National Assemblies of
1848 and 1849, and two former ministers
of the Venetian republic, composed the committee
which proposed to come to Paris to witness the
exhumation. But the French government re.
solved not to allow them to fulfil iheir
mission. Chevalier Nigro was informed at
this determination, and he, accompanied by a
secretary of legation, attended at Montmartre yes.
terilay to identify the coffins. " What fears,- ex-
claims the b?de, " can possibly possess the French
government when it thinks it necessary to play
such an ignoble part to prevent the people of Faris
from sympathising with one of the purest and most
noble memories associated with that united halt
i which cost so much French blood and treasure

The i'ays, laying nothing more of the necessity
of a " last application " to Dr. Piogey, the guardian
of the La Varenne minors, which was construed
by many as a symptom of hanging back at the last
moment, announces positively that at 4 o'clock
to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon, it will publish
documents establishing the truth of its charges
against several leading Paris journals of having
been corrupted by money bribes and decorations
offered them by foreign powers. It only now
remains to wait twenty-four hours longer for fits
great revelations of the Cassagnacs.
At the Bourse little business was done. No
change of importance took place in the Bente,
which was last quoted with a fall of sc.
for cash, and a rise of 21c. for account,
at 69fr. 45e. and 69fr. 420. Italian left
off at yesterday's quotations. Mobilier rose
7fr. 50c. ; and Credit Foncier, 12fr. 50c. It is
now quite understood that the presentation of M.
Magnea budget is only put off for three or
four days because he wants first to know
decidedly what the government means to
do for the holders of Mexican bonds.
In all probability the loan bill will
be brought before the Corps Legislatif on Monday
next, will be hurried up to the Senate as "urgent,"
and promulgated by March 20. It is also likely,
contrary to what was thought a few days ago,
that the subscription will be opened and closed
before the end of this month.

WIATHIIt RISPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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