The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-19 00:00:00

TIM MUMS AND THE XERCHAZIT TAYLOR&

The Daily News describes the Merchant Taylors dinner
as a grand dram rehearsal of a drama, "The Awful Dis-
pensation ; " or "The Impending Change," which is to
be performed, with more or less success, on every hustings
in town and country. The ordinary language of enco-
mium fails to do justice to the tragic power with which
the approaching convulsion of church and state and sub-
version of the royal supremacy were depicted, and how
heartily the representation was appreciated and enjoyed
by the three hundred spectators. Excellent as was the
banquet in dishes and in wines, there was nothing in all
the bill of fare that gave so much pleasure to the company
as the assurance of the principal personage that their
rights and liberties were assailed and threatened, and that
the protestant church of Europe was about to receive
a wound from which it would probably never recover.
The Part calls attention to the circumstance that, in
again attacking Lord Clarendon, Mr. Disraeli has com-
promised Lord Derby, who, in forming his goverment,
was, as he himself avowed, profoundly smalls of the
inconvenience of making any change in the direction of
our foreign affairs.
For the present, the Stetsdard says, the Wm* stands
before the country as Mr. Disraeli puts it as a choice
between constitutionalism and revolution; between adhe-
rence to Protestantism and concession to Rome; between
the supremacy of the Crown and the tyranny of sectaries ;
between the maintenance of our condition as a Christian
state, a Protestant power, and the degradation of govern-
ment into a mcro machinery of police, incapable of moral
influence and impotent to attract a sentiment of loyalty
and affection.

While Mr. Gladstone uses argument, obser►es the Tele-
graph, Mr. Disraeli employs gushes of pious sentiment, to
which nobody can reply. He talks of Providence as if a
special watch were kept over the present Cabinet; and
what are we to say ? Shall we correct it thus—" We have
reason to believe that when Mr. Disraeli spoke of Provi-
dence he had no authority to attribute," &c., &c.—that he
had no ground for his assertions when he thus attempted
to out-Record the Record and its new chief in profane
allusions to " God's hand in the coming general elections."
In his books and past speeches he has often declared war
against popular cants—greatly to his credit for courage
and intelligence. But he may now sadly think that his
attacks have not been so successful as they might have
been ; and thus, as a last resource, he resolves to spoil for
ever the Exeter Hall fanaticism, by taking it up for the
nonce, and linking it with the fortunes of a discredited
party and a cabinet tottering to its fall.

Eke Court.

WINDSOR CASTLIk Ann' 18.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louie of
Hare and Primer Quietism, drove out yeeterdey atter-
UOOll.

Prime Leopold, attended by Yr. Duckworth, went ont
arising.
Her Majesty, aocompanied by Prince Leopold and
Princess Beatrice, went out this morning.

Prince and Princess Louis a Hesse drove in the
grounds.
Prince and Princess Christian dined with the Queen
yesterday.
Lieutenant-Colonel T. W. ?Edward, Royal Artillery,
- - -

arrived at Windsor Castle this afternoon, and had the
honour of an interview with the Queen, to present to her
Majesty from Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Napier,
G.C.8., and the forces under his command in Abyssinia,
the crown and robe of the late Emperor Theodore, to-
gether with other objects taken at Magdala.

The Prinoe of Wales stood as sponsor yesterday morn-
ing at the christening of the infant eon of the Bey. IL
M. Birch, at the Chapel Itoyal, St. James's.

The Princess of Wales drove out in the afternoon.

We are requested to give notice that all carriage tickets
for the volunteer review have been disposed of, but as
there is no restriction as to vehicles entering the great
park by the appointed routes, those without tickets will
have little difficulty in finding places from whence the re-
view can be seen, provided the horses are taken off.
No tickets are required for of icen in uniform, as
erroneously stated without authority.
Horsemen are particularly requested not to ride within
the line of sentries, nor to attempt to follow the
manoeuvres of the troops.

Spectators in general- are earnestly recommended to keep
their places alter the review until the troops have marched
off by the Long Walk, sou not to impede the progress of
the volunteers to the railways, or to endanger their corn
safety.
A deputation from the Dagenham (Thames) Dock Com-
psny, consisting of Mr. C. Capper, M.P., Mr. J. Holden,
M.P., Mr. T. W. Treeby, M.P., Mr. H. &twin Ibbotson,
M.P., Mr. P. F. Robertson, M.P., Mr. J. Hartley, M.P.,
Mr. J. Goodson, M.P., and Mr. T. W. L. Nankeen, had
an interview with Mr. &later Booth, lif.P., at Whitehall,
yesterday.

Lord and, Lady Chelmsford entertained the fol-
lowing company at dinner last evening at their residence
in Eaton-quare :—His Excellency the Prussian Ambassa-
dor and the Countess Berastorf and the Countess Therese
Bernstorif, Viscount Hawarden and the Hon. Miss Maude,
Count Stralecki, C. 8., Lord and Lady Carew, the Hon.
Edward Thesiger, Sir Bounden Palmer, M.P., and Lady
Laura Palmer, Sir Percyvall and Lady Dyke and Mini
Dyke, Captain Wynne Finch, Mr. H. Scott, Sc.
His Exoellency the Austrian Ambassador and
the Countess Apponyl have issued cards for a dinner party,
to meat har Royal Highness the Dachas of Clashed"
on the 24th last.