The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-11 00:00:00

A " WILL OSSERED" FAMILT.-1 me spent
a week in nee of three well-ordered familite; It wee a great
punishment to me; I hope elm in some degree to my en-
tertalsers. The iron rule of that house was "a place for
everything and everything In Its place." I wasn't. The
diersoe my somewhat vagrant habits led me into there was
dreadful. The very first morning I opened Paterfamilias's
newspaper, which was always laid in one particular spot
upon the breakfast-table, never to be violated by any Mend
but hie. There I stood, with my back to the tire, ennoble
the outspread &era, and nodding a cheerful good morning
to my hoot when he entered. I had the hardihood even to
read to bin (oat of Ida own paper') the heat Indian
despatch—vary politely, as I thought—and to request hie
11X.i0,44CP to decipher the ponsiblerk e place intended by ado
at
letters which the telegraph cl appeared to have selecd
random. To do him justice, be bore this inroad on his tights
with tolerable sw ward composure ; but I was formally node
aware on the first opportunity, by Mrs. l', of the outrage
had committed, and made e se uncomfortable as I
deserved. Then I left my '
handkerchief on the drawing-
ro or. ODD Ow. on the library table. another in the
governeea's petrel (which certainly wee not the place fur it,
and hoe it got there I have no conception), and was for-
mally presewed with each article separately. end an ACMUIIt
of i's ihreovery, in thematic:en( the whole family resembled
for dieter. One day the whole household was under strict
crueneeternisation as to who had come into the drawing-rein=
with dirty shots. I was the culprit, of enure*, but I wan too
great a coward ta confers; besides, the lady knew podcetly
well who it was, but was polite enough to enterinit the fiction
that each conduct wee impossible in any well-bred person
it must have been one of the children or the houeemairls, of
nurse; and the whole investigation was intended for my
erilemn meriting and improvement; just ea they used to whip
a little boy vicariously to strike terror into model:miring
little princes. Then the terrible panctuelity which made
aliens of ail of lie, and kept Me alwaye looking at my watch.
and always afraid of being late for something, oiled I
we/loses foe dinner in spite of all precaution—four minuree
and • half egaeoly. Shall I ever forget it? If they only
had had the charity to sit down 'plied), withoorthey
had rot toe off with so soup, cold ti-h, and the last ragged
cut of the mutton—if they had sent MO to bed without soy
dome at ell, as nom happened to me when I was a little
boy—or indicted upon not any other remonahle sod humane
Irons of puntshruent , but no—there they were, all waiting
for me in the drawing-room all standing up, the door out
wide open, and the heed of the family opening fire upon toe
at once, before I S'A* well inside it, with, " Now, Mr. --,
will you take In Mrs. P." Of course, I hammered and
01.11Juiervel over an afeilogy—" quite unintentionel," end so
forth. " Oh, of course they knew it mutt lie pole un-
MN-Mime' tenly"—in • venti-whiimer—" Mr. P did mit
like waiting kw Ma diener."—/Umkacoots Mageuime, fur

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January.
AMERICANS AT BOOK SALES.—Tbs lover of old
broke has the push Dot. oßly of Esefood, but 41 Americo
pitted against him. Emigeariss of Brother Jonathan watch
daily rod nightly with the sees rags of the Republic for
Hat Ktilintll. ands " tell copies" of all oar beet hot Ka; and to
the t4l4ing grounds of Moms. Notbeby and Wllkinaon that
was mum go down armed is triple to 41, and with the "u.ser
say dot'• mune* of • Brinell knight rentold King Arthur
rarap, whet hopes to carry off not
oph of ancient
typogtephy from the grasp of the Hellen and Spumes of
14ew Eaftland. A noble ambition this on the pan of .tar
toraradeatic brethren, sad Gee of the rainy pigs, how don
M them le the mother country and Its mooned toss, however
roughly they may spelt of tt upon occraos. Let at not
arras, • little of the arils of our wraith to the raid/et
strum which the British hive be. vet thrown off. They
will have • worthy literature of their own to thus; and to
pey well far our old books i• at ell event. better that •Mralss
out Deg one. is they do.-- Frew i t ,Vayn:i.,, I, J.,,,,,,".
CRYSTAL PALACL -. ONZ 1611ILLINO BAYditto.—
fifilSpar, JAN. 10.—Albellid0•• .• ply Mind, 1,961;
by seamen tickets, 697; total, 2,643.