The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

ADVERTISING FOR A WIFE.

Oar toluene OW the Mane&filar Guardian) have
emenaly canalised several advertisements for a wile; sod
of some of these certain wigs in Rochdale have taken
advantage te play cif some very succeesful hoaxes on the
advertisen. One of these would-be Besedieke, in 001111••
guess" of a correspondence with • Miss "Lavinia," pro-
seeded the other day to Tweedale's Hotel, Rochdale, in the
hope of nuptial; the lair one who had so kindly responded
to his pressing invitation to give him an interview ; bet,
though he displayed the tokens previously agreed epos, no
"Lavinia" met his expectant gaze. His disappoistaest,
however, was somewhat lessened by • young visages's
Sleeting him by name, and introducing himself as • brother
of the young lady, Ur whole absence be proceeded to
apologies. Another gentleman entered, who was introduced
son second brother of " Lavinia ;" and be was speedily
fellowed by a third, • fourth, and so on, till the candidate
Of 'matrimony might have .:claimed with Macbeth—

A fourth: Start oyes !
What ! will the lioo stretch out to the souk at donut

Another yet! A esreatl. I'll .7,
Mafia it, that, before all the fifty brothers of Lavinia had
lees introduced, the advertiser became rather painfully sea-
gala of the fact that be bad best most vezatioulydoped.
One pith* brothers, stepping upon • chair, read aloud,
Anklet muck laughter, all the correspondence which had
passed between the gentian% and the " lovely
palm Lavinia." The advertiser, though said to be an
ortansive vinegar manufacturer, manifested no acidity
ea the 00C116011 ; on the contrary, be frankly acknow-
lodged that he had been taken in, and threw down al
sovereign to be spent by the extensive brotherhood. He
added that he bad that morning, at the Victoria Railway
Station, Manchester, met the seventeenth lady who bed
replied to his advertisement, and there were others with
Whom he bad not yet bad the pleasure of an interview; but
It was his intention, when he had seen them all, to select
the one he most approved, and honourably to marry her.
The gentleman was then allowed to retire, amidst the
laughter' mingled with applause, of the fraternity of fifty!
Another advertisement was answered in the name of Miss
" Annie Woodville ;" some correspondence ensued as to
marriage and its relative duties; but the "lady" having
Ventured to suggest au interview in Rochdalo, the advertiser
took alarm, and wrote to her, acknowledging the kind atten-
tion shown to him, but intimating that he was in the habit
sf rising too early in • morning to be indite% to pay a visit
%Rochdale. Another adventure proved more sucoessfill.
All the preliminaries in the ease having been satisfactorily
settled, an arracgement was made for the advertiser to meet
the lady whn bad favourablyrespnaded to his appeal. Here
b the literal copy of his letter, accepting the invitation to an
interview :

"Manchester, the 21st of August, 1856.—Dear Woman,
received your's at the thearehen slice of the 20th to
Which I reply, how that I will meet you, at the Rochdale
Motion, at 12 of the clock, on Tharsday nest, eauting the
date hereof.—N.B. You may recognise me, with a piece of
writing paper something like your note, carrying it in my
Bight hand, hanging it down at full length of the arm, by
sty Ms.—Frees Kay."
Oa the receipt of this interesting illiterate epistle, a
Massie servant at one of the hotels in Rochdale VAS in-
ducted to personate Mr. J. K.'s fair correspondent, and
after a brief interview at the Rochdale railway station,
'gibers he appeared making the signal described, he eon.
MUM to accompany the lady to Tweedale's Hotel—the
Mad quarters, it would seem, for theme tender
Miarthigs. On arriving there, he was received by
a number of gentlemen assembled, with such marks
Of attention as soon convinced him that he wee caught
is i snare unmatrimonial, and be became very desirous to
Satire; but his friends were reluctant to loss his agreeable
nesepany so soon. The bilious was Pent round the town
With the following announcement: " On view, a gentleman
be want of a wife. May be seen at N 0.3, Tweedale's HoteL"
Of course this brought a large accession of admiring friends,
and of the company having adroitly, and unperceived by
Mr. J. Kay, stuck a white star or cockade on the front of
ids hat, he was readily di►tiobuished, and received his
asniplement of undivided attention. Visitors flocked into
the room is rapid suceiteeion, each in turn being introduced
by a inaster of the ceremonies to the gentleman who had
advertised for a wife. This continued till it was too much
tee the endurance of Mr. J. Kay ; be became ill, wept, sad
implored permission to depart ; and at length, after having
been detained several hours, he was allowed to go, oe pay-
ing for a bottle of wine to solace his tormentors. ♦ few
Mere such denonessertle, and who would *dearth* for a

The following notice was issued by the Postmaster-
Geseral yesterday, via. Mails for Rio do Janeiro sad
Valparaiso will be made np at this office on the evening of
the 28th last, for emveyanto by H.h1.9. Alarm. Letten
ism &o de Janeiro will be chargeable with a postajno of one
shilling the half ewer, and so oe ; and letters for Valparaiso
with a postage of two shitliap the half otiarJ, aid so on.
Newspapers for both places will be liable to a postage of
Mee poesy each. la the ease of both Litton and papers the
*Map mist be paid in advance."

HER MAJESTY'S RETURN.

MOW MN lIPZCIAL

PARIS, MONDAY.
The week of fetes is over, and by the time these
lines reach London her Majesty will most probably
again bays set foot in her own dominions, carrying
with her, as I have been informed by most excellent
authority, nothing but pleasing recollections of the
magnificent hospitality of which she has been the
object in the gay land of the OsuL It is said that
pleasure is the hardest work in the world, and cer-
tainly there are some people here who have found it
sot bat as far as our gracious Sovereign is concerned,
I never mw anything like the sustained energy,
dignity, and good spirits with which she went
through ball and review, state and ceremonial.
She never looked fatigued, never serious, but
had a ready word and grunions smile for everyone
who approached her, so as completely to win the
good opinion of all who had the Moose of a proms-

holism*, and fashions

are beginning to be based upon some well-known
peculiarities of his costume. As for the Royal
children, they have become quite a Passim, especially
with the Parisian ladies, who are proverbially fond
of children; and the Prince.. Royal is now a point
of contemplation, in calculating the horoscope of Eu-
rope. She is rapidly becoming a young woman, and
consequently all the quid-napes are busy in andel'.
vouring to find a husband for her. SOON talk of the
King of Portugal, and when reminded of the insuper-
able objection on the score of religion, point to the
King of the Belgians, and laugh in the lightest Pa-
risian fashion. Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, who is
a fine, well grown German, has been also most atten-
tive ; and Prince Napoleon has been mentioned; but
of course it is all gossip, and merely men-
tioned here to show that her Royal High-
ness's future destiny is beginning to find
a plate in the thought of politicians. With respect
to the hospitality of the Emperor every one admits
that it has been meet hearty and earnest in ooneep-
tioo, and wonderfully magnificent and well-arranged
in execution. At St. Cloud the royal party were
surrounded by the most delicate marks of attention,
every want or wish was anticipated and provided for,
and ingenuity was racked to meet those cases in
which difference of habit was supposed to exist in
the two countries.

The royal cortege left St. Cloud at ten this morn-
ing, and the people, as on the day of arrival, lined
the road, bat with a much better opportunity of gra-
tifying their curiosity. The boulevards also afforded
proofs of the sustained interest of the public in their
royal visitors, as chaini,balconies, oriflammes, &c.,were
again in requisition to gratify curiosity or assist in de-
coration. The temper of every one was excellent, the
sheering continuous, and every one seemed almost
sorry to pert with the royal visitors. The National
guard were early oa foot on the Boulevards, and,
contrary to all I had previously been made to believe
by worthy Parisians, presented a highly soldierly and
martial appearance. They appeared to be all men in
the prime of life, and were of much better stature
than the troops of the line. Nearer to the Strasbourg
station the Chasm= de Vincennes kept the line, and
strong patrols of the mounted Municipal Guard and
Garde de Paris, kept the centre of 'the road clear.
At 11 o'clock the carriage of Lord Cowley passed
down the Boulevards, and caused an immediate rush,

as the crowd jumped at once to the conclusion that so
grand a carriage must contain the Queen. Shortly
after the Imperial procession was seen to approach the
station,and the enthusiasts rose to intensity, a long train
of magnificent state carriages, each with six hones
passed, and lastly the Imperial state carriage itself
drawn by eight hones, and containing the Queen,
Prince Albert, the Emperor and Empress. The
cheering was tremendous as the grand procession
panned up to the station. The day was beautiful,
and the effect the finest that could possibly be ima-
gined. Squadrons of the Guide, and the Cent
Garde preceded and followed the Imperial carriage.