The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-07 00:00:00

"A WELCOME."

Under this title Miss Emily Faithful has just
published a graceful volume of original contribu-
tions in poetry sad prose, dedicated, by her Ma-
jesty's permission " to her Royal Highness Alex-
andra, Princessol Wales." Among the contributors
are :—Mrs. F. P. Fellows, Miss Mulock, the Earl
of Carlisle, Miss F. Rowan, C. G. Rossetti, Vis-
countess Strangford, the Rev. C. Kingsley, Mrs.
Cowden Clarke, William Allingham, Louis Blanc
Owen Meredith, the Has. Mrs. Norton, Harriet
Martineau, and Anthony Trollops. The following
sonnet is from the pen of Miss Emily Taylor :
This old, grey Albion !—this dear Isle of oars !

Pneces; ! put* forth no witchery to the view
Clouds cover up, too oft, the Heaven's calm blue,
The sun is ever struggling with the showers.
This for thine outward eye :—yet, as the flowers
And soft, green turf of England court the dew,
So, fairest Lady! thou may'st bad it true
That noble virtues spring in shaded Hours.
And do thou trust the Lad where they drew breath,
They, the world's glory—Shakespeare, Milton—all
Those high born souls, who heard the trumpet call
Of duty,—and obeyed it to the death.
And last, not least,—think of that honoured One
Who came, a stranger : and remained, a Son.
He is not here—Alas ! He is not here,
To bid thee welcome, daughter of his choice :
But thou but Loud the kind, metered voice,
That Dever swerves one moment, from the clear
Straight line of truth, —therefore they need not fear
Wbo keep that path themselves : whose vows are made
In the calm CODfiII,DC4I of Heavenly aid ;
Who love the more, the more their heart, revere.
Long life, large bliss, sweet Lady! be in store
Fur Thee and Him who brings thee. Doubt ye not,
Our English hearts' are loyal to the core,
Through good or ill :--aull thus the regal lot,
To the great Commonweal so closely tied,
Your joys we welcome and your cares divide.

Yesterday afternoon the special committee of the
Liverpool Corporation issued their programme of the local
anticline oa Tuesday next. to the St. George's Hall, Mr.
' Best will play on the organ at intervals from 11 to 3, and in
the erasing there will be a grind ball there. The Mayor
will give a grand banquet and ball at the Town Hall. The
corpontion will entertain about 60,000 children, and a
number of schools and their bands will perform the English
and Danish national anthems on the Exchange flags. Her
Majesty's ship Majestic mud two tenders, and some of the
light chips, will be dressed out, and in the evening
the yards will be manned and blue lights and
fireworks exhibited. AU the ships in the dock'
and river are to be dressed out with bunting.
Fireworks are to he displayed at various parte of
the town at the expense of the corpor►tion, who
will also station bands in the public parks. The men of the
Royal Naval Reserve will march through the town, beaded
by their band, and the Volunteers, under Sir John Jones
after firing a salute of 21 guns at the Mount Vernon Parade
Ground, will march through the principal streets. The
Costoewhoase, Dock-offices, Post-office, Town-ball, London
and North. Western Rohrer Station, Prince of Walea sad
Royal Amphitheatre, and other public buildings, will be
brillfsstly illuminated. There will be a regatta on the river
is the tharooos. _ .

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The oz which is to be roasted iu Southampton
woe p►raded through the town yesterday, arrayed in the
Delilah colours, with its boron gilded, and was accompaaial
by a vast crowd of parboils.
Her Majesty's ship Dauntless, now lying off
Netley Hospital. Ms bore ordered by the Admiralty to
move up the rime sod anchor MI tbKhamptos•water, to
order to mistook the royal immitis asztTassday.