The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-28 00:00:00

WitREM and ZAMBRA'S One Guinea and
te Gaines MILD GLASSES and TILISOOPIS are war-
ranted as 'twinned tar power and brilliasep. ID. and as. In
ran let..—t, Hatton-garden, SC.: Contain, LC.; M.
lalaalriteat.W. ; Lea. Fleet-dreet : sad Crystal Pekoe.

FIELD'S celebrated UNITED SERVICE SOAP
TABLETS, ad. and 6d. each, sold by all chandlers and
Grocers throughout the kingdom ; bat the public should salt
for Yields, and see that the name of J. H. and J. FULD
on each padurt, box, sad tablet, Wholesale and ter exportation
at the Works, t 'PPE& Id ARAB, LAMBETH, LONDUN, &, where
also may be obtained their Prize Medal Parafbne Candles.

SANSFLECTIIM CRINOLINES,
15s. &L. and Ma.
" Wear admirably well"—Court Journal.
ONDINA or WAVED JIIPONS,
13s. Id. and Ws.
"the dress falls In graceful folda"--Iforning Post.
" let our wives and daughters patronise the Ondina."—Panch.
EIDERDOWN PETTICOATS.
These leautihil petticoats are peculiarly adapted for the
carriage, for invalids, awl for ladles who require warmth com-
bined with lightness. The average weight is from 20 to 25
ounces. they are 4 yards round, and 42 Inches long In the train.
Petticoats In Black Silk
Rich (duct
Extra Rich Satin loos
" Mr. Tilpott Is learned In the literature of the petticoat"—
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37, 3.lautifactarer to the Court and
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WINTER OVERCOATS. Gentlemen are
Invited to Inspect the NEW GOODS at
HAMILTON and KIMPTONM,
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JOHN BROGDEN'S EXCELLENTE
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Unicermi Exhibition, accompanied by the above flattering tes-
timonial, reap, tfully Invites the sbhle to an Inspection rf his
GO '.D CHAINS and extensive assortment et JEWELLERY, an
maid ou the p-ernises.—JOHN BROGDEN, Goldsmith. llama
factory, No. le, Ilen.letts-atreet, Covent-prden, W.C. Eats.
A. D. 1793 Amy* made of Chains and Jewellery for la.
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LONDON, MONDaY, NOVEMBER 28.

Ma. DISRAELI has once more come forward in
a character which he much affects, that of
patron and counsellor of the Church of Eng-
land. The Bishop of OXFORD is very laud-
ably occupied in frying to improve the pro-
fessional emoluments of the clergy whom he rules
with so much vigour, and the meeting held in the
Sheldonian Theatre on Friday was one for the
promotion of that object. After Mr. CARDWELL
bad advocated the claims of the clergy in
a brief speech, every word of which was
earnest, sympathetic, and to the purpose,
Mr. DISRAELI rose and pronounced an
address which would have been astonishing if
it had not been delivered by a speaker whose pre-
vious performances have left him without the
power to surprise. All Mr. Disiisru's former
speeches on the Church have called forth cries of
alarm and deprecation from churchmen, who fear
to see an institution which they value for its re-
ligious character dragged through the mire of poli-
tical intrigue. Such persons will not thank
11r. DISRAELI for his latest presentation of the
claims of the Church to the notice of a miscella-
neous public. It would be difficult to gather from
his speech what is his idea of the Church of England
in its perfect state. He tells us, however, that he
regards it as bound by the tenure of its possessions
to be an engine of the political government. Accord-
ing to him, the reason why the connexion between
the Church and the State is not dissolved is that
men of temperate opinions are well convinced that
" the Government of this country, knowing the
" importance of the religious principle as one of
" the elements of governing mankind, would never
" allow it to run waste and wild in society." It
is difficult to know whether to admire most the
Churchman or the statesman of the 19th century in
one who can offer this as a faithful representation
of facts,and as a state of things to be dwelt on with
complaoency.

This degr►ding estimate of the Church governs
Mr. DISRAELI'S whole speech. All his conceptions
of it are institutional and mechanical. As a ne-
cessary consequence he utterly fails to comprehend
the ecclesiastical phenomena of the last thirty years,
and gives a history of them which is positively ludi-
crous. He describes a " paralysis "as having come
over the action of Churchmen during that period,
because they saw Mayors and Town Councillors
admitted to office without the Sacramental
Test, and because Irish Roman Catholics and
other dissidents were allowed to sit in
Parliament, and were afraid that the Church
might be disestablished. Why, there is not
a parish clerk who does not know that
the very opposite happened. Thirty years ago
the best Churchmen began to feel that it wu
absolutely necessary that the Church should seek
in the zeal and love of its own children that help
which it could not get from politicians, and
from that time to the present we have
seen new life flowing through every de-
partment of enterprise. Mr. DISRAELI has a rea-
son for ignoring this great fact. He wants to
claim for politicians—for himself and the Tory party
—the merit of "asserting the nationality of the
"Church." Most people think that if the Church
is more national than it was when the Reform Bill
paved, it is because of the voluntary energy which
the clergy and laity have displayed. Since
that time churches have been built and re-
stored, services multiplied and rendered more
attractive, and parochial labour prosecuted with
unexampled energy, and thus the Church has
gained a stronger hold of the people. According
to Mr. DISRAELI, however, the continuance of the
nationality of the Church was doubtful until three
years ago, when he for the first time got a majority
against Sir Jolts TarLawzre's Bill for the Aboli-
tion of Church Rates ! Mr. DISRAELI knows what
constituencies sent to the House of Commons the
members who voted against Church Rates, and who
elected his own followers, and knowing that the
great towns of England have condemned the prin-
ciple of taxing the merabers of the voluntary