The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-25 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF A DISTINGUISHED FOREIGNER.

Asy person passing through Regent'svisdrant at
about three o'clock yeeterdsy, would loos be Made aware
that as island saw if excitement had arrived to disturb
the aortasl tranquillity of the neighbourhood. Huge posters
stand is every clinician', decorated with portnits of a die
thogaished individual is various costumes, sod the tailors'
windows exhibited faU•dress suits of a siss vary different
from thou is which the worshipful isoruntioa go to the
levee. The fast was that a very distinguished foreigner had
jest arrived, and was at that moment Tunisia' his friends
sad admirers at a sort of inaugural gatheries. Although
of high military reek, the stranger's visit will not, it is to
be hoped, settee say uuealasw or excitement la political
circles, se then Is the best authority for thinking that it
ha. no object inroad that of spia seeing friends who had
bees so hospitable owe former occasion. Not to envelop the
matter in say mammary mystery, we shall at
sass inform as *axiom paella that the distinguished
foreiper whose Wow do racepOoss was so crowded with
beauty sad tackles, is no lea a personage them General Tom
Thumb, who, after as thence of thirteen pan, nturu to
visit his Baldish bleeds. Those who remember his robed
and vigorous ehildhood, will be agreeably surprised to kern
that he preserves the same commanding stature and the MIN
seassular development, that so astonished the British public
and so delighted British royalty, ow the occasion of his first
visit. The Omani is now jest 19 peen of age, SO inches
in height, and ,26Ibe. is weight, very much matured, and
improved la appearance, sad having an air martial enough
to qualify hies for the °Mee of cuomsader in-chief of the
armies et Lilliput. Hs stags, with—not quite so much
volume se bedaub% several cherseter end national soup,
duns polkas sad Highlsnd hogs with meets grass sad
precision, sad pee through the Grecian statues like a veri-
table athlete. Thee* who go to me the Gametal under the
impression that the object of their curiosity is a poor sickly
dwarf, with • hydrocephalus head sad bandy lege,
will be agreeably disappointed, as he is in fact •
regular seas I. miniature, well built, gad pace-
fully proportiosed, with a well formed sad mode-
rately sized head, sad an euesdiagly pleasing
intelligent °autumn. Everything he dots is done in a
meaner that clearly shows be epprodatie the work is hand,
sad it is dons with a propriety cot always attained by actors
of • larger growth. This was sepecialiy perceptible in his
imitation of the walk sod m f the great Nepoltoo,
and above all is his dellaution of Frederick of Prussia,
when bowed dower by age and the earn of a trembled
=energy. This last was a charming piece of Attie', and
was loudly sad deservedly applauded. As everything con-
sulted with so remarkable • pennant is news for the
did* we may meation that, notwithstanding all reports
to the eostrary, the General is still unmarried, that he ab-
stains rigidly from all into:kitties liquors, but ocessionally
hidalgos in a eigu,wkiels is the earlier stages of combustlos
looks very nearly as long as himself. Being an Americas,
he is of coarse a politician, sad the friends of negro amuse!.
hatios will be to leers that had he bun of ego he would
ve voted for Fremont at the lest presidential 'Wills. He
is, however, back,* es hie armour for the nest, by which
time he hopes to be able to give hie vote is homer of the pro•
per ticket. He is aecompuied on this visit by a gentleman
who merely gins him such amistaace as is aseessary, to Wag
out the great proms to the best advantage, leaving to the
Outdid himself the main duty of entertaiaing the endues.
His mother sad brother-la law are dee of the party, his father
having died due he was lest in this eosin,. Amongst the
'khan yesterday were Mr. Dallas, the American Minister
sad family, sad Mr. Barnes, whose same was so intimately
tsaaeKed with the Wawa's Oat angel's.