The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-18 00:00:00

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aram L.

The Austrian Archdukes Rainer Ernest and
Charles Ferdinand are expected to arrive here t
day on a visit to this capital.
_ _

General Ignatieff, the Russian ambassador. wit
have an official audience of the Sultan to-daj. t.
present his Majesty with an autograph letter fr.n.
the Emperor of Russia.

MALTA,

VALETTA, Aran. 1;.

Five of the eight electedrnembers of the Govere•
ment Council have resigned on account of the ii.
creased salary voted to the Auditor-General be the
official members contrary to the rule laid down by
Mr. Cardwell. The other members have also voteJ
against the measure, but retain their seats to inks
on redress.

The transport ship Serapis has arrived here from
Alexandria, and has left for Portsmouth with 9*Jil
men brought from India by the Jumns.
Admiral Lord Paget has sailed with the Mediter•
ranee& squadron for the coast of Syria. Admiral
Farragut leaves to-morrow for Lisbon.

OUR PARIS LETTER.

trawl ova OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, FRIDAY Evutso.

The Petrie and France continue to maintain the
there is not a word of truth in the news that uego•
tistions for a disarmament have been going on
between Paris and Berlin. I look on this semi-
official contradiction as rather a favourable symp-
tom than otherwise, because nothing is so likely w
lead to a breach between nations as discussion ot a
question of disarmament.
The correctional tribunal presided by M. Bele*
vaux this day tried an action brought by M. Ernest
Feydeau, the author of " Fanny," for a libel upon
his wife, who had been charged with shop-lifting by
the great establishment the Bon Marclui, of the
Rue du Bac. It appeared in evidence that Madame
Feydeau some weeks ago purchased at the Boa
March 6 some lace flounces at they price of 6001 e,
and at the same time left at the shop a very
expensive embroidered pocket-handkerchief to be
repaired. A few days afterwards M. Boucicaut,
the proprietor of the Bon Marchi, accompanied by
one of his shopmen, called mysteriously on Madame
Feydeau at a time when they had calculated that
her husband would be absent, and asked her what
had become of a berthe worth 1,50*. a hich
matched the flounces she had bought. She replied
at once that she bad inquired for the berthe, and was
told that it had been sent to Belgium to be repaired.
An altercation ensued, in the course of which the
proprietor of the Bon Marche alleged that the hand-
kerchief had been stolen from a shop in the Rue de
la Paix. Madame Feydeau mentioned the name
of the person from whom she had bought it. Herhus-
band came in before the altercation was over,
and he made the tradesmen withdraw the
charge. It was, however, repeated in the
Epoque, and, therefore, both that journal
and the Bon Marche were proseonted. The court
dismissed the case as against the Bon Marcheon the
ground that the apology which had been accepted
by M. Feydeau was sufficient. As to the Epre,
its statement was clearly an attack upon the
honour and consideration of the plaintiff's wife.
But inearnuch as the plaintiff only demanded costa
of suit in lieu of damages, and the insertion of
the juslcment in the papers, the court decreed
accordingly.
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