The Express. — 1866-05-24 (London, England)

EVINING. The France corrects a whole batch of false news of the Patric, but the latter journal has more false ' news to-night. At the head of its leading column we find the following : The notification of the proposition for the congress is an accomplished fact. We announced this news yesterday, and we must now wait for the official answers of the go' vernments of Prussia, Austria, and Italy. There is reason to thin,/ that these answers will be received by Sunday or Monday next.  The proof that this news is false I have before me in the Moniteur du Soir, which contains the following paragraph : France, England, and Russia are anxiously occupied in carrying oat the attempt they agreed to make together to prevent a conflict. In order to give their proposition a I character really useful, they have judged it necessary to indicate at once the questions to be submitted to the 1 congress which they recommend to be held. The object of the three cabinets is not to arrogate to themselves the character of arbitrators in the differences on account of =tAustria and Italy are in arms, but merely to offer a basis for deliberation, and to dherst ilto discussion to those points which, in the opinion of the three cabinets, constitute causes of collision. The powers are at this moment considering the terms of the note which they intend to send to Vienna, Berlin, Frankfort, and Florence, and there is reason to think that they will be very shortly in a position to forward this important communication to the governments for which it is destined.  So that instead of there being any ground for the assertion of the Petrie that the " answers "of Prussia, Austria, and Italy will be here by Sunday or Monday, it appears from the above official information that no note is yet sent, and it is not even quite certain that any will be sent. The three powers desirous of offering advice are discussing among themselves, and they intend, or rather hope (elles comptent addresser) to address a note to the quarrelsome parties quern primum. According to the Arenir National, France and England so greatly despaired of any result from their intervention, that they would  have given up the idea had it not been for Russia, who persisted in wishing to try. Out of a desire not to disoblige the Czar, the other two powers deferred to him, and left him the responsibility of opening negotiations. This latter assertion, however, goes further than the intelligence above cited from the Moniteur.  A memorable inauguration dinner was given yesterday in the Pompeian Villa (late Prince Napo leon'e), to the representatives of every newspaper, I great and small, in Paris, and several private Mends of M. Ber, the manager of "La liaison Diomede." No less than 107 persons, among whom were several ladies, sat down to table in the Atrium. M. Desmarest, the batonnier, M. Theophile Gautier, M. Berlioz, the composer, Dr. Feydeau, the novelist, were among the company, in addition to several of the most eminent chroniqueurs on the Paris Presse. Ricord, M. Arsene Houasaye, and M. Ernest. The bill of fare, besides the usual delicacies of the season, included Lucullus soup, turkeys h la Claudia, truffied Guinea fowls, roast peacocks, Measalina salads, Supreme Agrippene, and Pieuvres aux anchois. During the entertainment, which was a wonderful success, an orchestra concealed behind flowers in the gallery a rotative played soft music. Four of the guests fell into the bath in one of the outer rooms and got a terrible lucking. Aspe, the monk, the Toulouse murderer, has been convicted of assassinating his servant for the sake of possessing himself of a little money which she had saved. The body was found in the canal without a head. The police made inquiries at every house in Toulouse before Aspo was suspected. It is believed that he gave the woman's head to his pigs, who ate it. The jury, we learn by telegraph, gave the prisoner the benefit of " extenuating circumstances," and consequently he is only sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for life. The Bourse closed with very little change.