The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-27 00:00:00

LIBRARY AT WINDSOR.

Among the treasures of the Royal Library, at
Wiedsor. are two collections known respectively as the
Comiertand Paptra lied the Jimert Paper*. The first
coesiste of letters, kc., collected by William Henry,
Duke of Cumberland, the victor at Culloden, and
uncle of George 111., sod relates to the affairs of
E.. glued and Europe during the whole of his
otticial life. The other consists of • series of letters, dont-
meets, many thous-mils in number, collected by the
exiled Stuart,, contaioieg important materials for the his-
tory of England during the last century, and particularly
for the period between 1716 and 1770, wheu the last hopes
of the restoration of the dispossessed house were abandoned.
The papas have been arranged in chronological order, and
• calendar is being made, the late Prates Consort desiring
that, if possible, this pleader 'build be printed for
general use; and that se soon as the papers were in
• condition to be consulted by those who required more
specific ieformatioa than the calendar could give.
they should, under the needful restrictions. be made se-
oeseible to them. In the course of this work many docu-
ments of great interest have fallen under notice, sod
among them some relating to the secret visit nude by
Prince Cherie* Edward (the young Pretender) to Ludoo is
the yr ar 1750, and to his profession of protestrinti.m. Two
of these were known to the conmassioners, end the whole
of them having beeu submitted by Yr. Woodward. the
libnirien, to the notice of the Queen, her Ma-
j-sty has been pleased to command him to make'
them publicly known, contideriog them too valuable
a contribution to the exact knowledge of our history
at that time to wait until the calendar should be published.
Among the papers are the following fragments, which are
of tho elass which Lord Stanhope has printed, se "Liu of
the Lear Stuart " It they do not illustrate the poetical
genius of the Prince. they show, Mr. Woodward thinks,
that he was imitatively siocate in his profession of pro.
testantisru. They occur among the ounieross ecru* of
paper on which be was accustomed to scribble memoranda
of every conceivable kiod

rapi•h. Irish, aneh Is fonts,
So a as them rant to my Tools."
n I bete all mol the reelons th,y rein In,
/rum the pope at Route to the papaw of Itrit•in."
And to this be has added a couplet front R•iebester's
known po.m, which similarly illustrates Isis being a " Re-
publican :"

" 1 het :VI Kish sal the Thrum th all nn,
From the ap: France to th, Culla !Cully] of R l,rttalal.,

"i'tee rer..e at present," he adds, which seems to show
that he wpittreirtiki the difference between the wretched
Louis XV. sod our ir.iliirowr Gemini 11., who certainly were
re,•: rues to LOUia iV. sod Charlie IL. in Rochester's

THE REPRESENTATI.,N OF EAST KENT.—A pri-
vate meeting of the leviers of the conservative party in
Diet Noe, aninocst whom were Sir Norton
Sart. ; the Hon. W. Mills. M. Hell. En., and the Rev.
G. R. Moore. was held at the Fountain Hotel, Canterbury,
on S atyday. The object of the meeting, we understand, we. ,
to consider whether or not the re-election of Sir E. Bering. '
Hart., should he opposed. at the dissolution of the preeent
parliament ; but up to yesterday the decision arrived at/had
not been known.—Sutifh Putt-rn Gerulfe.

SI,:NS or THE TBIES.—A singular freak of a pair
of sparrow■ has just oeetarred at West sigh. During the
course of last mouth (November) they took it into their
beads to build a nest under a thatch roof belonging to Mr.
Mopes, of the horse anal Jockey 100 ; m due time five eggs
were !ail, and the bird settle/1v at upon them for a fort•
wed would doubtless have succeeded in laingiog out
her brood at this unseasonable time of year had she not ;
been prevented by the senseless and wanton set of some
peeves, who on Sunday took the eggs and destroyed the
asst.—Ta orton Gazelle.