The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-18 00:00:00

Eiiiii:l;tlTE:f.7, PICCADILLY, W.

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pow tOotaiactl at aA the LJhrarios and Bookadlera, in 3 voluuba,
poet 8.0.
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Mrs. Eliza Lumley, the niece of the former
lessee of Her Majesty's Theatre, made her dt"bat at the
Italian Opera in Paris on Friday nisht in the Tywatore,
awl obtained a decided triumph. Her voice is a mezzo
soprano, of a fine quality. She and Fraschioi were re-
peatedly called for, sod the ataips wiui strewn with bouquets.
some of which, however, were intended for the favourite
tenor, whose last appearance it Nal prior to his departure
for Madrid.

MR. THACKERAT.—It baying been stated in an
Exeter paper that Mr. Thackeray, when a boy, went to
&oboe! at Ottery St. Mary, the Rev. Dr. Corniab. the vicar
of that place, has written to ctotralict it. It appears that
the stepfather of the great novelist rented au estate sear
Ottery St. Mary, and that the latter, while @topping there,
used to visit at the vicarage and borrow books of Dr. Cor-
nish. The doctor says that the scenery of Glutting St.
Mary and Chatteris. in " Peoilenais," corresponds in minute
particulars with that of Ottery St. Mary and Exeter. One
of the little marginal vignettes in that lemons novel is a
picture of the clock tower of Ottery Church. Macke' ay
descrihes the youthful Peudenuis u galloping through
"the Iliad awl Odyssey, the tragic play writers, and the
charming wicked Aristophanes, whom he vowed to be the
greatest poet of all." When the author was about the age
of hi. young hero be borrowed of Dr. Cornish Carey's
translation of "The Birds of Ariatoyiliazies," which he read,
says the doctor, with intense delight, and returned it with
three humorous illustrative drawings. Thackeray says in
" Pendenois,"—" It was at this period of his existence that
Pea broke out in the poet's corner of the county Chn•diele
with some vends with which he was perfectly well satiafied."
Dr. Cornish say. that when the great catholic emsecipation
meeting took place oo Penenden-heath, Thac.keray brought
him some verses which were afterwards forwarded to an
Easter paper for insertion awl duly appeared. These
ulnae, the doctor thinks, were the first composition of the
great humourist that were ever pablished :

IRISH MELODY.
Air, "The Minstrel Boy."
Mister Shtel Into Kent has vise,
On Penenden Heath you'll find him ;
Nor think you that ha came alone,
There's Doctor Doyle I.ehlnd
•• Len of Kent," said this little man,
•• If you late Emancipativa•
You're a set of fools :" he then began
A •• cut and dry " oration.
He drove to speak, bat the men of Kent
reams ph:vow shoutng.
When out of his waggon the little man went,
And pat a atop to his spoutim..
•• What though dime lieretim beard me not,"
Quoth he to his friend Canonical•
•• Ly syruch la safe In the 'Times,' I vet.
••And eke in the 'Morning Chronicle.'"

CARDINAL WISRMANN PASTOR AL. —Pastoral Let-
ter ad H. E. the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster,
I:Kt.—Nicholas, by the Divine Mercy, of the Holy Roman
Church, of the title of St. Pi:Amami:a Cardinal Priest,
and Archbishop of Westminster. To our dearly beloved
brethren and children in Christ, the clergy secular and
regular, and the faithful of the said diocese. Health and
benediction in the Lord. Dearly beloved in Chriat,—lt
has pleased Divies Providence to anticipate our prayers and
define, by the birth. almost ueexpected, of a child, granted
to the Haar Apparent of the Crown ; and so, destined, in the
order of nature, to weary, we hope at a yet distant period,
the throe* of this rashes. An istenal of anxious suspense has
been thus cut short ; while the assurance, from day to day,
that nothing has occurred to lessen the first joy of this
event, has completed the happy inauguration of the new
rear. To the continuance of heavenly favour which has
hitherto protected them, we fervently commend both
mother and child. And we ',neatly pray that He who, at
this season, would receive Hie birthday offerings, however
regal, only from the hands of the wise, will infuse into
the heart of the royal infant, that truest wisdom which
Solomon "preferred before kingdoms and thrones," to-
gether with which "all good things" ea well as "in-
numerable riches," came into his poneesion. (Wild. vii. P.)
But we feel sure that, while praying for the speedy and
complete restoration to health of the Princess mother, that
she may be "as a fruitful vine on the sides of the royal
house" (Ps. cxxvii. 3), you will turn your thoughts and
sympathies towards one still more august, who, after her,
has here • larger claim than soy one else to maternal joys,
and who, after • long period of faithful mourning, may
perhaps exclaim, as did Lsmech on the birth of Noe : "This
child shall comfort Its." (Gee. v. 22.1 Although so moo as
these happy tidings of Cod's merciful dealings with the
nation reached us, we ordered that thanksgiving should be
publicly offered up in oar pro-cathedral, which was done
on Sunday last, we feel this to be an occasion for • more
general expressioo of gratitude, and therefore hereby en-
join, that the Te Deum, with it. enmities and prayers, be
sung is every public church sedehapel under oar juriediction,
after high mass, sad at benediction of the Most Blessed
Sacrament, on Sunday next, the feast of the holy name of
Jana—Given in Westminster, on the octave day of the
Epiphany, MDCCCLXIV. ; and ordered to be read at each
mem oe the said Sunday.—N. CUM. WISZMAN. F. CANON
SEARLE, Secretary.

A conference of railway directors was held here
yesterday, at which the plans for running special
trains to convey the Austrian troops were arranged.

Prussian and Austrian officers have arrived here
to superintend the operations.
The transit of the Austrians through Prussia will
begin upon the 20th, and last for several days.