4 JULY 1863, Page 2

On Wednesday the Lord Mayor, by a breach of a

recognized etiquette, gave a grand Conservative party dinner to Lord Derby. The chief of the Opposition, who had not been at Willis's Rooms, took care to give Mr. Disraeli a political pat on the back, as having uttered a speech which received the approval of all who heard it, and devoted his speech to a justi- fication of his delay in acceptine. office. He could turn out the Ministry, but he preferred to wait till he was beyond the chance of being in turn beaten by a coalition. That was the substance of his defence, and it seemed very satisfactory to the full-fed guests. Hungry expectants are not, perhaps, quite so well content.