The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-04 00:00:00

OUR PARIS LETTER.

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PAM Theme Evesrao.
Marshal Niel has aunt a circular to colons
commanding regiments, desiring them to lick the'
batidniastors to oompoeo a now march for th
Mobde National Guard. From the different enin-
tositiuzul Fc nt in one will be selected by the Mi-
nistry of War. This news is probably the only
fot.ndation for the rumour that the government
mean to appeal to public competit:on for a now
national air, to supplant the Marsoillaise.
M. Anatole Lentercier, a semi-logitimist, who
once sat in the Corps Legislatif as a government
nwmber, but was rejected by his prefect at the
elections ;of 1862, has just been returned to the
Council General of the Charente Inferieure entirely
by his own locdl influence. He polled 1,795 votes,
against 1,660 given to M. Mailing, a democratic
candidate. The government stood neutraL
Four Italians, named Mottisi (of Naples),
Vegetti (of Milan), Dedonato (of Benevento), and
Coda (of Milan), convicted of highway robbery
with violence in France, have been sentenced by
the Assize Court of Bourg (Ain) to imprisonment
with hard labour for life. The prisoners
were all deserters from the Italian army,
and three of them bad been sentenced
by :court-martial to servo in punishment com-
panies. Home of them, however, produced certifi-
cates of good character from the mayors of their
native places. They had been seeking work at
Mambo•y and Geneva before they associated to-
gether and committed the crimes for which they
were tried. On the highway from Geneva to
Lyons they stopped two master shoemakers of
Mantua, named Troeset and Belond, demanding
their money or their lives. Trosset at once gave up
19 fronc,, all be had about him, and ran away ;
but Belond maintained a gallant fight with the
four,
_and it was only when ho bad been
knocked about with stones and sticks, and
lost a great deal of blood, that they succeeded
in taking from him his watch, • silver chain, a
knife, and about 100 fr. Another count in the in-
dictment stated that the prisoners had entered the
house of a curt at Montreal asking charity, and
that when half a franc was offered them
they threatened violence, but fled on an
alarm being given. The public prosecutor
suggested that " extenuating circumstances"
might be granted to two of the prisoners on ac-
count of their youth, but the jury found them all
guilty without distinction. The presiding judge,
who had no choice but to pass the severest sen-
tence known to the law after avapital one, seemed
surprised at the severity of the verdict, and said
be would intercede with the Emperor for • com-
mutation.

The following is the day's bulletin issued by
Rossini's physicians :

A cabs eight—leas e
takes very eetiatactory.

Nsumos.
Vie Bolus*.

This bullkin holds out hopes of rooovery. It is
said that to-morrow a necessary operation, not of
a very serious character, which hitherto the patient
was not thought strong enough to bear, will bo
performed.

The latest accounts of M. Berryer'e health alp
not good. He is (minutely weak, and sleeps badl#.
Drs. Nclaton and Ricord visit him frequently.
The r:se at tl.o Bourse continues. Rento do.*
at 71fr. for cash, and 70fr. 9710. for account, wit%
a further burros ement of 3.k. artd 13e. Mobitier rose
2fr. LOc. ; Credit Foncier, 3c. ; and Italian, 40c.

A litter from Rome, of the 27th ult., RV
On Sut day Mr. Oil i and Lady F.mily Russell had t'i •
hcnour of a I rivet° au Hence at the Vatican, where they
wire reetiv.d in th mg,t affable way by the Pontiff, who
made very c ,urteous inquiries respecting the heilth of
those membeis of her ladyship's family who have had the
honour of being 1 resented to his Holiness."
The Oestrraecre Romano of the 27th ult, has an
article entitled " The Conversion of the Anglicans," which
rejoices at the publicity given by the journals of London
and Berlin to the rope's Apostolic letter to the pro-
testant'. The Osseralore says that the Minus, liat and
Van In so doing performed the office of %slain in mani-
festing the will of pod, without wishing or knowing it.
The Osurratore, in support of its prediction of a speedy
unification of the Anglican and Raman churches, quotho
triumphantly the lately expressed opinions of Drs. Pussy,
Lee, Littledale, Forbes, and the Bishop of lows in the
United States.

The Gazette (le France says :—" For many years
past IL Tillers has been occupied in writing an important
book, is An or six volumes, an religion, philosophy, gene-
ral history, arts, and KAMM& The Ant portion is now
completed ; the few amour& the friends of the author who
ham road some pages, reader homes to the ardour of
the voiced= of faith est forth in the work."

REPORTED DTA= OF ABIOS Lien. It is re-
ported that the celebrated pianist Lisst has died suddenly
at Weimar. He was born in 1809, and gave very early
indication of his musical genius. In 1880 ►e composed •
revolutionary symphony, and is 1866 he took holy orders
in the Roman catholic °birch. The following punning
epitaph was written on him, on anticdpation, by • witty
member of that creed :

Deux un Ittofned oul.ll d. 4t l'anigthe LAU,
Vuut la amanita., Ulm! 'eclat jam* Cinntaiits.