The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-06 00:00:00

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to be their duty is a question we shall not discuss-
here ; but plainly Parliament has not done its duty,
nor have the leaders of Parliament done theirs.
The great use of constitutionalism is to obviate the
need of exceptional and excited action on the part
of the Government, to do by wisdom and fore-
sight from within what otherwise could only be
done by passionate and perilous pressure from
without. When constitutional forms are no longer
animated by a spirit which recognises this grave
responsibility, they soon lose their sacredness and
authority in the eyes of the multitude, and their
prestige once lost is hard to be regained. It is in
this sense rather than in any other that we regard
with deep concern the shameful spectacle of a
Session thrown away. Other Sessions have been
as barren of permanent good in the way
of legislation, but people have seen, or have
thought they saw, a sufficient excuse in some pecu-
liar necessity or perplexity of the time. For the
waste of the Session of 1861 there neither is nor
is there pretended to be any extenuating plea.
It has been from first to last spent in supercilious
defiance of the people's wishes, and in frivolous in-
difference to the people's wants. Prodigal expendi-
ture, beyond all precedent or parallel, has gone
on unchecked ; and the mass of the industry and
intelligence of the nation remains politically out-
lawed, as before.

WIN Court.

Of3BORNE, Aucuerr 5.

Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompa-
nied by Count:and Counties de Lacroma, the Crown Prime
sad Princess of Prussia, Prince's Alice, Prince's Helena.
and Prince.' Louses, embarked in the Fairy this morning at
belt-peat 10 o'clock, and steamed towards Cowes. Her
Majesty held &council afterwards, at which were present
the Prince Consort, Earl Granville, the Lord Chaucellor,
Viscount Palmerston, the Duke of Newoutle, Earl Rama
the Right Hon. W. K Gladstone. Chancellor of the Excise'
quer, the Right Hoe. E. Cardwell, Chancellor of the Duchy
of Lamb's, the Earl of St. GOl7OlOl, Lord Steward, and
Viscosat Sydney, Lord Chamberlain.
At the council the royal speech on closing the soon of
parliament (this day) was submitted sod approved.
Mr. A. Helps, Use clerk of the Privy Council, attended.
Earl Russell bad as audience of the Queen

His Excellency M. )(tonna, the Turkish ambassador, bad
an audience of the Queen. and delivered bis credentials.
His excellency was introduced by Earl Russell, Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs.

Viscount Palmerston had an audience of her Majesty.
Mr. Roundel) Palmer, Solicitor General, was presented to
the Queen, at an audience, by Earl Russell, one of her Ma-
histy's principal Secretaries of State, and received from the
Qom the honour of knighthood.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Earl I:ranville had
seams' d the Queer..

flee ilaienty's Commissioners for the International EWA-
W INT have received an intimation that • commis-
ion has bees fonowl in the Netherlands to forward the in-
ters*, el Weed* exhibitors in that country.
no Turkish Asslawsilor, Viscount Palmerston, the Dug
et Neatened*, Earl el St. Germans, Viscount Hydaey, the
Cleecellor of the Exchequer, the Right lion. E. t../dwell,
sad the Solicitor-Geseral left London at quarter Wen
. _

slue Ada* yesterday morning, travelled by a specie' train
es the South Western Railway to Gosport, and crossed in
the Thu Queen steamer to Osborne pier. After &Reeding
her Najeety's Court, the Turkish Ambeassdor, the Lord
Chancellor, the Duke of Newcastle, Lords Si. Germans,
Palmerston, sod Sydney, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Cardwell, sad
the Solkitor-Genenl, recrossed to Gosport, in the Fire

Queen, and returned to town by • eiseial train. Earl
Russell travelled with his colleagues from °Aurae to
Kingston.

The Right Hon. W. Hutt has left London for hie resi-
dence, Gabside, near Gateshead.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
from the Governors odi the North American Provinces and
the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. De-
spatches were emit to the Governors of the Cape of Good
Hope, Natal, sad St. Helena.

The Prince Wittgenstein has arrived at Long's
Hotel from Paris.

The Duchess of Roxhurghe and Lady Charlotte
and Lord Charles Inns Ker hare left the Clarendon for
Scot/aad.

The Doc de Friss bas arrived at Long's Hotel
from Madrid.