The Express. — 1866-02-16 (London, England)

SYNIZIO.  It is thought that the despatches exchanged between Mr. Seward and the Marquis de Menthelon on the Mexican question between the dates of Feb. l and 10 will reach Paris by the 25th of this month, and in time to be communicated to the Corps lelgialatif during the debate on the address. The case of the student Deep, who in December last stabbed a young man named Etienne in the Eldorado singing-rooms, came on for trial yesterday. The story was sad, simple, and in its leading features far from unoommon. The prisoner, a youth of good family in the south of France, was sent to Feria to prepare for the bar. During four years of presumed study he had never qualified himself to pees so much ea a preliminary examination. One of the witnesses, taking an extreme view of the idleness of the Quarries Latin, said "M. Danga was just like all other stndente—he did not study at all." He picked up fora Warms, in a house of ill fame at Veessilles, a girl named Delporte, wise seems to have liked him well enough on oondition that he should allow her to •like other people. He knew that she frequented the prosecutor, Mimic's, and going to the Eldorado to look for them he, with great deliberation and fury,attempted to murder his rival. M. Jules Fevre' retained by the family, ' defended the prisoner, and urged the excuses of youth, blind passion, and the absence of parental control. The jury, however, found the prisoner guilty of an attempt So murder with premeditation, and although they gave him the benefit of extenuating circumstances, the sentence was ten years' imprisonment, with herd labour. Dings was also condemned to pay 3,000 fr. damages to Etienne. The Emperor had an unusually jolly carnival frolics on Mardi Gras. He dined with General Fleury, the Grand Venous, at his official residence in the Louvre. The Princess Mathilde and the Prince de Hohenzollern were invited to meet his Majesty. After dinner there was a reception, attended by as many as 400 privileged gueste. Geoffrey and Madlle. Pierson played a comedistta in one act, entitled Apses Ic Bel; and then—memorable event in Parisian annals— Theresa, the popular singer of the cafe concerts, was presented to the Emperor. She was dressed in simple virgin white with a coral necklace. She sang seven wogs, carefully molested from what may be called the moderate section of her repertoire. Those rollicking specimens of her style, "La Femme h Barbe" and " La Dews. du Bceuf Gras," which delight her habitual audiences, were excluded from the programme as too 'lapls. The "Sapeur," a standing favourite, the " Chemin du Moulin," and "Trop prim' des Maisons," were among the pieces sung. After her performance, which was loudly applauded by the Kinpros, who, besides, twice addressed to her personal congratulations, it is credibly reported that General Fleury made her a speech, which would be enough to make Theresa's fortune if she had not made one already. He said, " Mademoiselle' you have achieved no odium,' triumph ; the Emperor, at hearing you, has laughed more in an hour than I have ever seen him laugh in a whole year.' The pretty story is told by the Gazette de France that the Imperial Prince intends to buy out of his pocket money (I ) all the 'materiel of the French army of Rome, and make a present of it to the Pope, his godfather. This would be a curious variation on the air of non-intervention, and a still more curious mode of executing the convention of September 15. The Bank of France having reduced its discount the Bourse was better, although Consols come with a fall of I, and it is supposed that the Bank of England's discount remains as it was. Route rose 10c. for cash and account, closing at fillfr. 93c., and 69fr. Mobilier rose 51r. Italian fell 15c. There was a marked upward improvement :" French railways.