The Express. — 1858-12-14 (London, England)

THE UNITED STATES.  OrIIOII 0171 OWN  The weekly " topic " here him this time been of a less exciting nature than usual, though " the town" has enjoyed it as much as if it were a murder, suicide, and trim. con. all rolled into one. Our French the Ornerier des Etats Unix, took upon =a. to give amongst its gossip a bit of French tattle, which the editor said his " bonne etoile " threw in his way in the lobby of the Opera at Philadelphia, to the effect that Mdlle. Piecolomini was not a real Piccolomini at all, that the Cardinal disowned her, and that her real name was ClemenIfni. The malt was, that Ullmann, the manager of the Opera here, and er officio defender of the prima donna, wrote an abusive letter to the said newsmonger, informing him that he lied, and was " a buagry Frenchman ;" and that his mum for thinking that Piecolornini was a Clementini was, that he (Ullmann) would not allow his artistes " to sing at the Frenchman's " and water soirees." To this the Frenchman bff publishing a letter of the manager, dated days previously, thanking him in warm terms *elf theatrical puff of the Pieeoloinini aforesaid bad Ullmann yesterday morning rejoined with a statement that the editor, instead of being "a haagry French' man," was a" thirsty Frenchman," and so the matter hits ended. The whole thing is a curious commenter/ on the relations between the stage and the peem,and the fact that it is so has given the *introevey an interest quits independent of the I= *eerie by which it has been adorned. The has made quite as much use of Piesedendatiewitif and family in his advertisements as be boa 141 merits and reputation as a singer. New be perfectly legitimate for a newspaper:id& ell Inquire into the merits and the reputation.** why not the name and family? As long as a ffiffy does not go on the stage and bell bee sins ing, no journal has a right to dui fault with it ; eo, also, as long as she does net reek to draw a full house by her pedigree, it would be atm. cionsly bad manners to pink holes in it; bee wham one is asked to hear a ouitatrice, not only beams she sings well but is a eardiners nisi., is it not as lawful to doubt the latter as the forma? One dose not look a gift bores in the month; but he is a fool who does not examine closely the dental organs of an animal offered him for sal*. However it bey there bus been a vigorous contest about the matter; and it has certainly had the merit of offering a Swing xariety after the interminable political harangues and duquisitioes to which we have been onselnaned for the last three months. The Walker foray into Nicaragua seems to have been nipped in the bud by. the refuel of the collector of the oort at Mobile to preen) so-called "emigrant vessel" a siesranoe. He grounded it on instructing from Washington, and the feet that the rime lawyers in the present enterprise we presteely the persons who succeeded in eluding the vigilance dike authorities in the Emilia' last year, and whose enterprise was clearly proved to be illegal. It im impelUble - yet, however, whether the administration  NSW YORK, Nov. 24.  ash ther, since , hewiaotl a cleanses.  and is at present, I believe, siring himself in