The Express. — 1864-11-11 (London, England)

STIDAT. S. to W. awl N.W., fresh to LLgbt, some rain In places.  .E.toS. E. and back. WEIR Inn. Easterly to S W., fresh moderate to strong, to moderate, some some rain or snow, rain. N. E. to S E., fresh to SOLTHIItn. E. to r , and in places moderate. to S.W., fresh to ma. derate Variable, fresh to light.  Variable, moderate to taffeltale. !Yeah.  Northorn=Bcotland. Wastes=-Ireland, Wales, and adfaronAeo nouthrro.ltnollth Channel and By of Biscay. nutern miontward thinland and North non  Mr. Gye, of the Royal Italian Opera, visited Berlin in the coarse of last week. Among the artistes he has succeeded in engaging for the coming season the name of Malls. Lucca is mentioned. He has also secured the set.. vices of Mdlle. Salliag for the ballet, and has made a cootract with the celebrated one-legged Spanish dancer, Juliano Donato, who, with his black servant Marcellino, has been the chief novelty in Berlin during the past autumn.  _ . The betrothal of the rich niece of Madame Erard, MO°. Schaeffer, with M. de Franqueville, auditor of the Conseil d'Etat, bas just taken place at the Chateau de la Muette, once the residence of Marie Antoinette. Here the unfortunate Antoinette first slept on reaching France, when betrothed to the Dauphin. Among the crowds that thronged to gaze through the yrilla of the park at the lovely and stately Marie, during her promenades in the picturesque avenues of La Ithette, was a young, smart, clever Aleacien —Emil. This youth, having survived the vicissitudes of his early draggles in mechanics, inventing and perfecting various machines. and by his bra-as for the repetition touch in the action of the pianoforte, and the double action of the harp, ultimately enjoyed the special patronage of Marie Antoinette. After her cruel death Erard became the owner of that unhappy Queen's favourite residence, ►nd bequeathed his fortune and La Muette to his nephew, Pierre. Since the decease of the nephew, Madame Erard, retire, resides at La ?duette during the grimmer and autumn. surrounded by 'summons relatives, and hospitably receives twice a week the most distinguished man of science, literature, ►nd art. It is said that no lees a sum than five mil. lions of francs has been offered to purchase La Mustte for the residence of the Imperial Prince ; but the present owner is not likely to part with it, associated es it is with so many events of family interest. The niece, it is said, will have a Jur of a million francs.  Letters from 3;ilan speak of some highly successful experiments which are being made with • new species of fuel called Moro peat (torLa Moro), which has been employed instead of coal upon the railways from Milan to Bergamo, to Loco°, and to Pavia. This new prepezation issiiid to yield no black smoke, and to be of easier management than coal, besides presenting the advantage that the material of which it is composed is furnished in large quantities by the northern and central provinces of Italy, 'share peat beds aboaad.  A new quarter of Pompeii is now being brought to light. Among the most recent discoveries is that of a magnificent temple of Juno, in which between 200 or :tOO skeletons were found. The statues with which the temple is adorned us in an excellent state of preservation, and plentifully decked with jewels.  _ The suicides committed at the Rhenish spas have this season reached the awful number or 34. &wee fell victim, to the roulette at Wieebadeo. three at Maubeim, two at Wilhelambed, sad thirteen at Homburg. Niue shot, hanged, or drowned themeless in that fatal neighbourhood without being distinctly referable to one of the several hells.  Le Sport, the great literary expositor of the movements of high life is Paris, has, in its last number, a singular history of a novel capillary invention which 'steeds to the canine species. In the Bois de Rootage.) • fair exquisite can never be seen without her remarkable lapdog, and the same sumptuary law demands that the said animal should appear every day with • new and various coloured coat. An individual who, in fifteen years, made • rapid fortune, has discovered the means of giving colour I to the hairy skins of animals, so that one day • dog has an outward green appearance, the next day blue, another violet, and so on. The health of the animal thus operated upon is by no means injured, but, according to the Sport, his temper is changed and corresponds with his particular hue. Thus, it is asserted, • red dye makes him capricious, a green enlivens him, chocolate tints render him gloomy and sorrowful, whilst blue has the power of exciting him to mischief.  A Paris correspondent writes :—" During the past few weeks there has bees as unusual number of musical Dotabilities in Paris. Costa is here, staying at the Grand Hotel. Fetis has returned from Brussels to superintend the production of ' L'Africaine.' Balfe and Wallace, as already announced, are also hers for the winter. Benedict has been in Paris, sad, it is rid, will return to produce his last &iglu& opera at the Lvrique. Ernst has left for Nine. At au evening party receotly, the Brothers Holmes, with Ney and Jacquard, played his quartetts. There were present Berlioz :i. Heller, d'Ortkrue, the Brothers Herz, Ella, the director of the Musical Uniou of hoodoo, and several musical amateurs, who were enthusastic in their admiration of the compositions. and Ernst received their applause with evident emotion. The Brothers Holmes played in a masterly style. They are staying in Paris for the musical