The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-23 00:00:00

fully at present under the high price of provisions;
and in too many districts, the old prudes in emer-
gency, of boiling nettles and other each trash for
food, is producing its inevitable consequences of
disease and mortality. But those who can look upon
the fields may take courage, and hope for better
things. In very few places is there the prospect of leis
than an average, while in others, it is magnificent.
In Spain and in Germany all looks well; and, just
to fill up till harvest, scores and hundreds of ves-
sels are at length getting out of the Danube laden
with the surplus of last year's harvest.
No amount of pecuniary burden or of social suffer-
ing from the war can compare with the infliction of a
bad harvest. Let us, therefore, be thankful for the
prospect of a good one. When we are well fed and
well employed, we are at our best, morally and
socially. As our magistrates and gaol chaplains
can tell, crime then diminishes, order and loyalty
increase, the pauper becomes a citizen, and the citizen
a patriot. Such advantages in carrying out the war,
if fitly appreciated and used, may so nerve our efforts
, and enrich our resources as to shorten the war, and
save an incalculable amount of life and treasure.
There will be no plea of national distress for in-
competent rulers to take advantage of; and, if they
cannot carry on the war with a willing and prospe-
rous people to back them, they may well dread a
bountiful harvest, for it will be the climax of their
Shin&

Sir William Molesworth holds the seals of the
colonies. Sir William baa thoroughly studied all
questions connected with colonies and colonisation,
and is master of all the learning of the subject. But
he has yet to show that be is a man of action—an
administrator. An attempt is made to revive a
senseless cry against him because he published a col-
lected edition of the works of Hobbes—the most
munificent service rendered to English intellectual
science in our day.
Some doubt prevails as to what is to be done
with Sir Benjamin Hall. That he is to be admitted
into the Cabinet seems certain; but whether as Presi-
dent of the Board of Works or of the Board of
Health appears to depend upon the temper which
shall be found to prevail among the electors of Mary-
lebone. _ _ _

Mr. Lowe is named as likely to succeed to the
Board of Works, or the Board of Health. That would
be prompt payment for the service he did in the
debate on Mr. Roebuck's motion. His appointment
is contingent on his not picking a quarrel with minis-
ters before it can be announced, and Mr. Lowe has
such a genius for quarrelling with everybody, that the
odds are against his continuing friends with them for
a week.

Wit Court.

OSBORNE, JULY 21.

Prince.. Alice has been attacked with scarlatina.
Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Primal Louisa are
convalescent.
The Queen and Prism. the King of the Belgians, the
Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred. the Princess Charlotte of
Belgians, and the Duchess of Kent, cruised in the Royal
yacht Fairy yesterday afternoon, and returned to Osborne
about 8 o'clock.

JULY 22.

The Queen held a Council yesterday at et;l;orsW.-
The Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis
of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George
Grey, Sir William Molesworth, Viscount Canning,
Earl of Harrowby, Lord John Russell, Lord Pan-
mare, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Sir
Chsrks Wood, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, Lord
Ernest Bruce, Sir William Menlo, Lord I)ufferio,
and the Hon. W. Bathurst, arrived from London
about 1 o'clock.

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Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen, and
resigned his seals of office u one of her Majesty's principal
Burglaries of State,.

The Privy Council was attended by Prince Albert, Earl
Grenville, the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Palmerton, the
Marquis of Lacsdowne, Sir George Orey, Lord Pannere,
Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Vis-
count Canning, the Earl of Harrowby, and Lord Ernest
Brace (officiating for the Lord Chamberlain).
Sir William Itolesworth, Bart.. we sworn one of the
Principal Secretaries of State, and received from
her Majesty his seals of office.
Sir William Mauls. Knight, we, by command of the
Queen, sworn of her Majesty's met honourable Privy
Conseil.

The Hon. William Bathurst was the Cletk of the Council
in Waiting.
Lord Palmerston Earl Granville, the Lord Chancellor,
and Sir Charles Wood bad audiences of the Queen.

The Right lion. C. Pelham Villiers, Judge itdroctate-
General, had in audience of her Majesty. and submitted to
tho Queen the proceedings of some ciourts-martial.
Lord Ernest Bruce olEciated ea Vice-Chamberlain, and

Lard Dufferin as Llrd in Waiting.
The whole of the above noblemen and gentlemen returned
to London, with the exception of Lord Penman, who re-
mained on a visit to her Majesty.
The King of the Belgians, accompanied by the Princess
Charlotte of Belgium, crowed over to Southampton yester •
day morning, and travelled by a special train to Kingston,
where one of the Qeeen's carriages was in waiting to convey
the King and the Princess to the Duo d'Aumale'a residence
at Twickenham. The Count of Flanders also arrived at
Twickenhasafrom London.. . . .

In the afternoon the royal party left the Doc d'Armale's
and reached Osborne about seven o'clock.
The Queen and Prince, the King of the Belgians, the
Prints of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and
the Duchess of Kent, attended morning strew!, at
Whippingham Church to-day. The. Rev. George Prothero
officiated.

After attending the Queen's Court at Osborne, on Satur-
day afternoon, Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Granville, Lord John Rus-
sell, Sir William Molesworth, Sir George Grey, Sir Charles
Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Viscount Can.
sing, the Earl of Ilerrowhy, Lord Ernest Bruce, the Right
Hon. C. Pelham Villiers, the Right Hon. Sir William
Miele, and the Hon. William Bathurst, crossed in the
Fire Queen to Gosport, whence the Right Ron. Sir W.
Maul, proceeded to !loathe's. The other noblemen and
gentle:nes left by a special train on the London and South
Western Railway, and travelled to Kingston, where the
Marquis of Lansdowne, Lsrd John Russell, and the Earl of
Harrowby left the train. The rest of the party proceeded
to London.

Alexander Spearman had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official
residence in Downing-street.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on
Saturday, and heard an appeal from the Admiralty Ccurt,
" Jones v. Calojani—The Cambridge." The lords present
were the Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner, the
Judges of the Prerog►tive Court, and the Chancellor of the
Duchy of Cornwall.