The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-19 00:00:00

SADLER'S WELLS.

The Marl►awt of Visit; the " dagger scene"
from Modica, and Box and Cox were played at this
theatre last night for the bonsai of the London Shakespeare
Moanmeot Fluid. Mr, G. V. Brooke sustained the cha-
ncier of fibylock, Miss Manion appeared as Portia, and
Mr. Bucicolohe acted Box La the faree;bot the obis/ novelty
of the evening wee Mr. Geroge Oralksheak's perform anee of
Macbeth is the dagger sone. Lady Macbeth vas repro.
sated by Mies Monad.

THE BISHOP OP LONDON ON THE JUDGMENT
OP THE PRIVY COUNCIL AND THE OXFORD
DECLARATION.

The following is from the Preface to five dis-
courses by the Bishop of Loudon on "TM Word of God
and the Ground of Faith," priblimbed yesterday by liana? :

. -
Cirtametthesell have lea um to add a second part-to
what I published Mat annuaar. The minds of religious
persons have bees made very anxious by late event*.
No thoughtful Christian will deny that there I
cause for satiety. ficeptreal madams are believed to be
rife ia basked; they are rot, perhaps, so rife as
in peat days; but they prosiest themestyes in a
moss earnest, eves in a religiose form, and are therefor*
more seductive. Thoughtful, good, ad corm religious
porsoes, may be led astray by them. There is muse, then,
for satiety, even as to mystelmi spread widely satoopt our-
selves: while, as in the Met century, the echoes from
Fume of what the popular voice there applauds se waked
religion, are vary disquieting. Though, probably, Eoglish-
men is emend, eves those of them who aro meet uses'.
sled in their faith, would sever acquiesce in what we mash
dill the shallow sentimentalism of the present plum of
lireseh tolidelity, yet a few mooed us may be motivated
is this, as is other less isportaat matters, by the beillesney
of a French style, and the singularly attractive dearness
which it mews to impart to the thoughts it expresess.
Meanwhile,' an attempt animist as to restrain das.
aeons opioiess by legal peaalties has failed, sad public
Glamour liar, la oonsequesce, been excited by some well-
intentioned men, who swim to have thought that the calm
decision of the highest oourt of jediothure could be
overborm by the protest of iudividnals, assuming for
themselves the right to expound the law at once
of the church of England and the church anivemal. This
agitation may not improbably lead to as undeniable &sedi-
tion of things. The well-weighed cad very guarded state.
meats of the highest court of appeal may not be reed with
care. but taken as misrepresented through the exaggerated
reports of coatroversialats. We find that even young
clergymen io the first year of their ministry bare bosh
appealed to " for the love of God" to protest against the
&Milani of the highest authority is church sad state,
and some uncharitable, withristian sentiments, mush to
be regretted, have been published in the heat of con-
troversy.
W Nees always deprecate such times of visitation.
Leaders of qamtiosabla orthodoxy are apt to put themselves
forward, and have their own serious faults condoned ea the
reward of their zeal for the proles of the hour; while
persons of moderate seetimente, who eschew agitatioe, are
sot unlikely to be branded as indifferent to the truth, or
as secretly iefeeied by the prevailing errant Mean-
while the world mends by sad sailers at the orthodoxy which
seems to it desirous of maintaining itself rather by loud
declarations than by sound ergumeet and well.weighed
statements of the troth put forth by the leaned sad good.
At such times there is a call, obviously, for the heads of
the church to use their influence to quiet exalted feelings
and reams metideses ; they are booted to endoevonr to
calm the violent and shield those who desire peace.

littp.ems TOSSAUD'I. Among the models in
Madams TlMMlliell Hiseerioil Gallery is one of Geneml
Geribaldi, attired is military costume, similar to that wont
by him oa the ileldol battle. The likeness is 000sidered to
be most emulate.

SOUTH KIINBI9OIOII MIAZIYIL —During the
week ending April 16, the visitors have been sa follows :
• Moodap, Tuesday, and War& , free days, open from
10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 9,897 ; on W y, Monday, and
Friday, atedente days on
to the Bd.), open
from 10 a.m. till 6 pm., 2,251 ; total, 12,148. From the
opening of the miumass, 4,567,082.
MIMS PALACL 0111 SHILL/NO DAT...-.
MONDAY, ANUL 18 —Adatississie es tamest, 22,659 ; ditto
by swot Maim* 1 914 ; total, 24.579.
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wet rabolleed Webb o.bas approval TM world-lamed
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