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The fault does not rest even with particular lords of the Admiralty or heads of departments, but the evil influence extends through all. Whoever sits upon the Government benches, whoever has the ungracious task of ex plaining away the objections invariably raised to the navy estimates, the result is always much the same. Individuals are doubtless anxious to do their best, administrators may be eager to provide an efficient navy, yet there is always more spent than accomplished, more promise than performance. Every successive Secretary to the Admiralty tells substantially the same tale. The apparent increase in the expenses is really counterbalanced by certain changes which are about to take effect, or which have not been allowed for, or by a different system of auditing the accounts. The number of ships being built, or about to be built, is greater than has been reported, and their efficiency is much greater. When the several plans now under consideration are fully carried out, there can be no question of the supe riority of the English Navy over every other. Such is the usual programme to which we have listened, with little variation, year after year. ) There is no more reason to blame Mr. Connv than his predecessors, and the present Government is no doubt sincerely anxious to give the country an efficient navy ; but there is apparently something baneful in the influence of the Admiralty, and still the outlay goes on with comparatively little return. Captain MACKINNON last evening s ubjected an ironclad fleet to a severe analysis, and declared that T. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.- CEREMONY OF LAYING THE FIRST STONE BY HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN, ON WEDNESDAY, 13ru MAY, 1868. POLICE REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED TO PREVENT OBSTRUCTIONS in the THOROUGH FARES. 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No person can bo allowed to remain at the entrances to the Pavilion, or on the approaches to them. Servants are to remain whereMAYNE, directed by the Police. RICHARD The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Metropolitan P, , lice Office, 11th May, 1868. L oNDoN AND GENERAL WATER PURIFYING COMPANY (Limited). PATENT CISTERN FILTER, charged solely with animal charcoal. The latest patented Filter in general use, and requir ing, when once axed, no attention whatever. Patronised and used by her Majesty the Queen at Osborne, by H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, the elite of the Medical Profession, and at the Fusilier Guards', Middlesex, St. George's, German, and London Hospitals, and at the Regent's Park and Tower Barracks, and numerous institutions, breweries, &c. 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" Their unseaworthiness and rolling propensities were remarkable evidences of want of skill, and called fer great caution in voting more moneys for future designs from the same source, seeing that as yet not one vessel designed by Mr. REED had proved the type of another which should follow." Capt. MACKINNON spoke highly of a plan which has already been favourably received by the Ilouse—the plan of converting the best of our wooden line-of-battle shipsinto turret-ships, thereby turning them to good account, and strengthening our ironclad fleet with comparatively little cost of time or money. These vessels could be thus con verted at an outlay of about £lOO,OOO, whereas the Repulse, which Mr. REED is converting on his plan into an ironclad, will cost about a quarter of a million. The Chief Constructor's dislike to the turret system is unfortunately so strong that any plan which includes the turret has no chance of a favourable reception at the Admiralty. And yet the course of public opinion is inevitably tending in that direction, and the repeated failures of other designs render it more and more desirable to sub mit the turret system to a fair and impartial trial. This it has never had since the Admiralty under the Duke of SOMERSET took it for granted that Captain COLES'S plan could only answer for harbour de fences, and consequently refused to allow the Royal Sovereign to test her seaworthiness. Since then other applications of the system have been made, but the lurking prejudice at head-quarters has invariably made itself felt, and even now we hear of four ironclad broadside frigates to be built against one ironclad turret ship. We must do the present naval administration the justice, however, to acknowledge that they are about to build a ship which Mr. CORRY declares to be en tirely new to the British navy, so that they are determined to diverge in some degree from the beaten track. The vessel, which is to bear the not very euphonious name of the Glutton, is intended for coast defence upon the turret principle, which the Secretary of the Admiralty admits to be for such a purpose superior to all other. The Glutton is not to be a cruising ship, though 111,r. CORRY be lieves it would be possible for her to go to the Mediterranean if required. She is to have only one turret, so arranged as to fire in all directions. If the Glutton does not accomplish all that is expected of her as a cruising vessel, neither do those costly broadside vessels which have reason to fear a moderate gale. It is something to find a spirit of enterprise and invention permitted to show itself at all in our shipbuiiding depart ments. We cannot hope to see the navy all that it ought to be until the old routine of exclusiveness and prejudice is broken through, and suggestions and designs are listened to with attention propor-. tioned to their merits—not to their interests. It will be no matter of surprise that the Lord Chancellor has had to withdraw the Bankruptcy Bills, the state of public business not permitting of their prosecution. His lordship briefly explained the reasons which compelled him to take this un desirable course, and declared that the considera tion of the subject had given him much anxiety on many accounts. The subject to which these bills relate is, as the noble and learned lord emphatically declared, one of " transcendent importance," and also one on which legislation is much called for. The clauses in these three bills amount to three hundred in number, and though no one would grudge the time or trouble if there were a ny chance of their being passed this session, 'it cannot be deemed advisable to proceed v;ith no chance of a settlement being arrived at. The Lord Chancellor has of course regarded the matter as a whole, and he has come to the conclu sion that it will ;be impossible for the House of Commons to consider these measures this year, and hence the resolution he last night intimated to their lordships. With great regret, but with the convic tion that it was necessary, he was forced to request their lordships to " assent to the discharge of the orders for going into committee upon these bills, the Judgment Debtors Bill, the Bankruptcy Bill, and the Bankruptcy Act Repeal Bill. This result is the more to be deplored because these measures were good in themselves, and much desired by those best qualified to judge of their efficiency. The Bristol Chamber of Commerce and the Associated Cham bers of Commerce of the United Kingdom sent petitions in favour of the Bankruptcy Bills, and although they disapproved of some of the clauses, that was not surprising, since in a comprehensive scheme of this sort there must always be a great deal to say on both sides, and much to pare and prune down before the task is completed. Some considerations naturally suggest themselves to us respecting the episode in the House of Lords yesterday. We are not yet arrived at the period when the Massacre of the Innocents occurs, and whence, we may well ask, has ari sen th e neces sity for the withdrawal of these much-desired measures? The answer is brief but significant. " Mr. GLADSTONE." That gentleman has indeed much to answer for, but we wish that he and his friends possessed more conscience and less causistry. They act on the principle expressed in the line 4, What millions died that Ceasar might be great ;" and hence they argue, what signifies the public business, of what consequence is it that a good bill is lost, a useful act of legislation withdrawn, a host of interests deceived or disappointed ? —the end sanctifies the means ; let us push on. Such language will suit the purposes of a faction, but the line of policy it indicates is contrary to the public interests, and, certainly cannot conduce to the reputation of those who follow it. The wilful and perverse course which Mr. GLADSTONE has taken this year with a resolution worthy of a better cause than that of ob structiveness, must entail many sad and serious con sequences and the sacrifice of the bills of yesterday is only the forerunner of many a holocaust to the im perious leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons. What might have proved a Session productive of useful results to the community will in all probability be comparatively a useless one, wasted in idle talk and empty recrimination ; but all we can hope for is that when the barren harvest day arrives the public will be fully alive to the enemy who has sown the tares among the wheat for his own end and purposes, and not for the general good, or he would have adopted a very differcn tone, and effected his purpose in another way. A Speech from the Emperor NAPOLEON is, at all times, certain to attract attention, and awaken curiosity, but it must be confessed -that his Impe rial MAJESTY has contrived to outwit those who have been eagerly watching his words, in order to turn them to political account, and suggest grave complications and stormy news in Europe. The Em- PEROR has been at Orleans, and made two speeches, in either of which we defy the most critical or cap tious to discern anything looming in the distance of a nature to excite apprehension or betoken danger. Replying to an address of the Mayor of Orleans, the EMPEROR said that he had accepted his invita tion with great pleasure, because he was glad to be in the midst of a city which devoted itself so con sistently to labour and industry, while at the same time it " religiously retained such glorious remem brances and patriotic sentiments." Also, the EMPEROR declared his desire to see for himself the progress that had been effected, and to encourage, the exertions which were being made, convinced that amid the " general tranquillity of Europe it might developed with confidence." The Bishop of ORLEANS made an effective address, declaring that Paris had allowed her gates more than once to be forced by strangers, but that Orleans had never done so. The patriotism of religion was duly attended to by his Eminence, who was most emphatic on the point. To this the EMPEROR delivered another brief but eloquent reply ; at the same time carefully abstain ing from dropping a word that was questionable in its interpretation or that admitted of a double entendre. The noble words had greatly affected him. Unon that spot they could dwell with deep interest upon the effect produced by " religious faith and true patriotism, and observe how much they conduced to the safety and grandeur of a coun try. The city of (Means beheld one of the most wonderful facts of history. The river which flows beneath your walls has been one of the safeguards of our independence, in the same manner as it protected, in less distant times the heroic remnants of the Grand Army. Finally, the EMPEROR expressed the feelings that animated him self and the EmPRESS in coming to share in the fes tivities of the city, and that was the elevated idea of first kneeling within that ancient Basilica ;" and there, surrounded by the grand remembrances of the past, to ask from the Almighty " protection for the future." There is a good deal to impress one in these remarks; but, as we said before, not a sentence can be culled that is at all fiery in its cha racter ; but even, while we consider this, we must bear in mind that at a moment's notice, in the twinkling of an eye, the scene may be changed, and the EMPEROR may discover that secondary events have occurred which altogether alter the aspect of affairs. " The Empire is'peace," so said the oracle of the Tuileries many years ago, but wars have actually taken pine since then, and many more have been spoken of as likely to occur. We may at least conclude that for the present all is safe, and that the serenity which Europe now enjoys is not likely to be disturbed. This is well in many re spects, more especially just now when so much dis tress has been caused by various circumstances of a depressing nature. A war betwixt France and Germany at this time would inevitably cause great distress, and paralyse the energies that are beginning to revive after long stagnation. So far then we look upon the results of this Imperial visit to Orleans with feelings of satisfaction, and trust that these busybodies, who are generally so eager to disseminate the seeds of evil with all the addenda that envy and malice can subjoin, will now be graciously inclined, and send abroad the glad tidings of a peaceful prospect. Altogether the aspect of Europe just now seems promising, and at this propitious state of the year it may be con fidently expected that much progress will be made. If the French can fully realise the idea that war is not likely to occur at present a great point will have been gained, for the material welfare of the coun try has been most injuriously. affected by the con stant rumours of approaching hostilities, and one thing after another has combined to stir up angry feelings. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS, PLYMOUTH, May 11. The Royal Mail steamer Tasmanian, with the above mails, arrived here, this afternoon. She left Panama on the 223 ult., Jamaica 24th, and St. Thomas on the 29th. She brings 130 passengers, and treasure valued at $577,854 in specie. Among the passengers are Commodore Sir Leopold M'Clin tock, from Jamaica ; Mr. and Mrs. Garrett and Mr. Tyndall, from Demerara; Staff-Surgeon Major Lapaley and family, from Barbadoes. The mails were forwarded by the 7.20 p.m. train for London. and the Tasmanian proceeded for Southampton, She made a fine passage home, accomplishing the distance from St. Thomas to Plymouth in 11 days and 20 hours. In Peru the yellow fever continued to spread. The burials at Lima amounted to thirty daily and at Callao to fifty. The Government were zealously trying to check the epidemic. Colonel Balta had returned to Callao, having disarmed Chicklay°. It was considered certain that Balta would become President, but who would be the Vice-President remained doubtful. The last President, Colonel Prado, and the officers of his administration had been dismissed from the army. The Chilian Government had received a very satisfactory official account of the success of the Santiago and Valparaiso Railway. A woman, named Juana Pesten, had just died at Santiago aged 130. The Valparaiso market had been very active during the past fortnight, and considerable trans actions in copper, nitrate of soda, and breadstuffs had taken place. There has been little variation in the price of copper, but in nitrate of soda quotations had advanced. Exchange on London, 46 and 46f to 46i ; on Paris, 480 and 484 for sixty and ninety days. The Guatemala Government has published a decree encouraging foreign immigration on the most liberal terms. The port of Amapola, in Honduras, had been declared free to foreign merchants for twenty years. A contract had been approved for establishing a Swiss and German colony in Honduras. The Salvador Government has entered into an extradition treaty with Italy and a treaty of peace and commerce with Nicaragua. At Costa Rica the rainy season had set in. In Jamaica the sugar crops were being rapidly harvested. The crop of coffee was not likely to prove as large as was expected, but the ginger was plentiful and good, and low in price. Tonnage was scarce and sought after. The quarantine regula • tions against Havana, St. Thomas, and St. Domingo had been withdrawn. At Trinidad the produce was anticipated to be equal to last year. Tonnage was not plentiful. THE NEW LORD BROUGRAJI.—In March, 1860, the Queen issued a fresh patent of a peerage to Lord Brougham, with remainder to his youngest brother Wil liam— a most exceptional favour, granted, the patent de clared, as a reward for his eminent public services, ani especially in the cause of education and the suppression of the slave trade. _ _ THE YoRKSHIP.E MOORS.—The reports of the grouse crop for this season are so far favourable. In con sequence of disease several of the moors were not shot over at all last season. There is, therefore, a fair supply of old birds, which are remarkably healthy and strong, and seem quite to have outgrown disease. The mild winter and summer-like spring have contributed much to the restoration of the moor game, and there is every prospect that a continuously fine season will favour the young broods. in the enclosed land partridges are good and strong. CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. 'FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY, May 11. The sphinx has spoken, but the riddle is not read. Edipus himself would find it impossible to extract any precise meaning from the Emperor's speech at Orleans. Ilis Majesty said he was persuaded that " in the midst of the general tranquillity of Europe, labour and industry would develope themselves with confidence." Now this is either a truism or an untruth. If the Emperor means that when Europo is tranquil industry thrives, he tells us what everyone knew before. If he means to assert that Europe is tranquil now, and that industry thrives now, he says the reverse of what everyone knows to be the fact. In fact, there is nothing to be got out of this speech. Taking it in connection with the article on the " Budget of War," which appeared first in the Consti tationnel, and has since been republished in the Etendard and the Patr•k, with the statement that it emanated from a very high source (the Imperial Cabinet), and has also been republished in the Mcnitcur, I am compelled to take a gloomy view of our prospects. Ido not mean that there is immediate danger of war, but that the present enor mous military expenditure is to he maintained—a state of things which, except the loss of life, is far worse than war. The official accounts of the visit to Orleans state that their Majesties left Paris yesterday morning at 10.30. They were at the magnificent ball for the relief of the wounded in battle, a most gorgeous entertainment, until 1.30 a.m. Breakfast was served to them in the train, and the Empress, who on entering the train wore a grey dress, descended at Orleans in a bright orange red dress. On their arrival at Orleans they went at once to the Cathedra], where they were received by the bishop, the famous Mgr. Dupanloup, who made a historical speech with a minimum of religious allusion. The Impe rial party took their places during the service on sofas arranged behind two prie-dieu. At the close of the cere mony the Bishop held a short conversation with the Emperor, in which. it was noticed, the Empress did not join. Their Majesties then went to the agricultural exhi bition, and, having looked at the beasts and talked with the mayor and other officials, distributed the prizes. Some young girls dressed in white presented the Empress with a basket of flowers, expressing their regret that the per fume of them would not last as long as the memory of her Majesty's virtues. At four o'clock the Imperial visitors returned to the station, and having been in the city just three hours, and given about 100,000 of their subjects an opportunity of seeing them, returned to Paris, which they reached at 6 p.m. Nearly all the journals to-day comment on, and most of them attack, the article in the Constitutionnet above men tioned. The Liberte, by rendering still more plain the disastrous effects of the Imperial policy, publishes a few statistics, from which it appears that the occupation of Rome from 1852 to 1866 cost France £1,600,000 ; the expedition to Syria in 1860-61, £160,000 ; the expedition to China and Cochin China, £BOO,OOO ; and the expedition to Mexico more than £B,ooo,ooo—alto gether eleven millions sterling, without reckoning the roaariel taken from the arsenals, which had to be re -1 la?,3d. Says the Laberte, " If this French money had only been spent on French soil !" There is a scheme on foot for paying off the Mexican bondholders. It is proposed to pay them 340 f. per bond— the price at which the bonds were issued—in fifty years. A certain number of bonds are to be drawn for by lot every year, and, to compensate for the loss of interest, prizes will be given to those who draw the first lots, ol who are the largest holders. In fact, the affair will be con verted into a lottery. I mentioned in a former letter that .the Russian Ambas sador at Turin would not pay his respects to Prince Napo leon during the recent marriage festivities. It is now openly stated that the Russian representatives at every - Court have received instructions to hold no communica tion with the Prince on account of his speech in behalf of Poland. A Cherbourg paper states that it is intended to increase the number of marine infantry, which are now insufficient. Not a very pacific symptom this. The Tailors' Co-operative Association have just openeu -their new buildings, which they have built with their owe money at a cost of £52,000. The event was celebrated by a grand dinner, at which there were 300 guests, th, democratic party being largely represented. The most famous prison in France is the Sainte Peagie. At the coup d'etat it received 576 political prisoners, of whom thirty-four were representatives of the people. Nearly all the Liberal Paris papers have had their editors or conductors in its cells at one time or another, and I have before me a list of twenty-two Paris and provincial journals which have helped to swell the ranks of this oolitical martyrOlogy. The Government has just bought a " Virgin," by Mem ling, for the Louvre. It gave only £4B4—quite a bargain in these days tsf extravagant prices. The Faris correspondent of the Times says that tb, article in the Constitutionnd on the War Budget was conk' municated to that journal from the Emperor's Cabinet. This is li' ely enough, seeing that the semi-official journal: announced its appearance beforehand. The sum and sub stance of it is, that France is bound to keep up a larg• army in order to be able to maintain the position which is her clue. The folloWing analysis of the recent vote on the unity address in the Zollverein Parliament is given by the Berlin correspondent of the Timm Thirty-four members were absent. The Poles, eleven in number, though present, left the house before the division, on the ground that they have nothing to do with a purely German question. Oi the eighty-six Southerners, thirty were ranged on tlk Liberal side. The Prussian, Bavarian, and WiirtembeiT Ministers, who are members, voted with the Conservative majority. As is known, the address was defeated by 18€ to 150 votes. The debate and its result has produced 1: deep impression on both sides the Mein. Ever since tin result of the division was announced by the President notion has been gaining . ground among the Conserthivek that a victory obtained at the price of owning to anti unity principles may eventually prove to come undei the Pyrrhus definition of success. As to the Liberals. they are not a little annoyed at their defeat. Whilt admitting that even a triumph, if attended with the secession of the Southerners, would have had its draw backs, they are shocked by the Government and it, unconditional adherents avowing their real views respect ing the immedi ate future of Germany. There were man) among them unwilling to credit the evidence furnished bx events for come considerable time, who now cannot but la convinced. The praise bestowed by the French paper} on "the prudent reserve of the Customs Parliament' does not, of course, contribute to allay the animosity pr., daced. The Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar is now at St. Peters burg. He is the Czar's first cousin, and it is rumourei that he has been endeavouring to obtain the Czar's sup port for the little German States against Prussia, but ii vain, inasmuch as Alexander has very wisely determine, to have nothing to do with matters which concern Ger many alone. The Moscow clergy are looking forward to the arriva'. of their new Metropolitan with anything but satisfaction Philaret was a very old man. Innocent is in the ful vigour of manhood, is very energetic, and will, the clergy fear, give them a somewhat rough arousing from their long apathy. He is the first Metropolitan taken from the ranks of the secular clergy. Many persons look upon him a.s the coming regenerator of the Russian Church. The Chinese Minister for Foreign A 'lairs has informed the Russian Government that the export duty on tea will be reduced by one•half. It does not appear if °the, Eurrpcan nations are to share in this reduction. If so, there should be shortly good news for British tea-drinkers. Some particulars are given of the death of Conn: Crivelli, the diplomatist who had been sent to Rem, by Baron von Beust in order to smooth dowi, the difficulties which had arisen in consequence of th, suspension of the concordat with Austria. The Count had gone out riding in the Campagna, and as he di,l not return, his wife and daughters, full of anxiety, erove imt to look for him. In the midst of their tears ant lamentations they suddenly came upon his dead body in I. ditch. He seems to have fallen from his horse, and died immediately of aneurism. He was an eccentric man, of whom many strange stories are told. On one occasion he dressed himself up for a masked ball at St.. Peters burg, in the character of Charles I. of England, carrying his head under his arm. This shocked the Imperial courtiers, and the Austrian Ambassador refused to intro duce him. It is stated that no successor to the Cor.nt will be appointed. - - HOTELS wrim " Ters."—At Bolton a person named Cooper has been summoned under the following circumstances. He is the occupier of a" tap," an adjunct to the Lever's Arms Hotel, sub-let to him by the pro prietor of that establishment, Mr. Alfred Bird. The de fendant pays a rent to Mr. Bird, and sells beer and spirits under Mr. Bird's license. This the inland rerenne authori ties contend is illegal, as it is a distinct tenancy and asepa rate establishment. On the other hand i taws h eld that Cooper, the tenant of the " tap," was Mr. Bird's sem:mt. The Innis trates decided that there was a distinct tenancy, and, as two specific cases of selling beer and Writs had been proved, they fined him £2O for the Rot and £5O for the second, but mitigated the peualtio to 0,3;n:4 :myth, The agistrates, ho o vex, ex preoed a wiab, that thttrdettldoa might be :Vowed by one of the Pititila .2 , 61.11et4: Coyle, of Qutl v' an Tretei, atkerwatct 6 . , lole4 rase, LITERATURE. BOOKS OF TRAVELS. Among the many pleasant books of travels now collected on our literary table is a very delightful excursion through Spain by the delightful authoress of " Barbara's History." Through Spain to the Sahara, by Matilda Bethain Edwards (Hurst and Blackett). Starting from Tours, one golden autumn afternoon, we first take a peep at the miniature colony of Mettrav, " a sweet, peace ful, little spot lying in the very heart of the wine country," approached by " a dusky winding road, all a-twitter with the twi light songs of birds." The " colonic," as it is happily termed, is neither more nor less than a auge reformatory composed of farms and factories ,:arried on "by such waifs and strays of society as its humane founders have been able to snatch from lestruction." About eight huudrel boys, some of ,hem not snore than six or &Nen years of age, are aere at work in farm•house or workshop, all orderly tnd all occupied, and all apparently contented. We are inclinel to linger over the details of this interesting spot. The fair authoress regards the boys with the kindly eye of a philanthropist, and remarks upon the distinct type of face, intel lectual and moral, distinguishing these offspring of crime and vagabondage. Great is the astonish- 'neat of the railway official at Biarritz when tickets to Burgos are demanded by two English ladies without escort, but these tickets once obtained the adventurous travellers are delighted with their experiences of Spanish travelling, and lady readers will rejoice in Miss Edwards' recommendation to all travellers to take as much iuggage as they can ! The reasons for so doing being the results of experience may safely be relied xi by her fair countrywomen. Oa the 10th of November the travellers cross the Pyrenees " all glowing with the purple and gold of autumn, and enter. Spain. What a change ! It was like coming suddenly from the tropics to the Steppes." The fair visitors are nevertheless delighted with Spain and the Spanish people, as these very graphic de scriptions of the excursion bear witness. In travel ling through La Mancha Miss Edwards quite agrees with the advice of the guide, who tells the traveller to take no tourist book but Don Quixote. Every description is exact, all is true save the monomania.—Perhaps we should hardly class with books of travel /‘ i ne Years on the North- West Frontier of I n di a, from 1854 to 1863, by Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney Cotton, K.C.B• (Richard Bentley), a very valuable and interesting work, which contains not only the author's experiences during a very momentous period, but also much judicious advice respecting the administration of Indian affairs, the result of many years of practical study, b y a very judicious observer. The author claims to himself, and with reason, " the privi lege of being considered au experienced officer in Indian military affairs, and experienced almost beyond all precedent as to length of active service in all the Presidencies, extending over a period (off and on) of fifty-three years." Having served in the Madras Presidency, in Barmah, in Bombay, in Seinde, and in Bengal. The great result of the gallant author's experience of India and Indian armies is the conviction, again and again reiterated throughout the whole work, that the chief want of the Indian army is the means of rapid transit. "Every European and native soldier in India should have the means of instant action, and not only that, but they should be seen . 13/ the people continually (when the season admits of it) in active movement throughout the country." By - the facilitation of the movements of the troops the army of India might be considerably reduced tni numbers, while, at the same time, its influence, efficiency, and power would be greatly augmented. Such is the opinion of this old Indian officer. — Last Winter in Algeria, by Mrs. H. Lloyd Evans (Chapman and Hall), gives a very lively aud gra phic picture of Algiers and Algerians. £he half- French, half.moorish character of the place is very vividly described in the opening pages. The " Place du Government " does not look. like a planp in France, "a group of palms and a white domed mosque orientalize it," while at the table of the Pa risian café "the gaily-clad Moor sits next to the sombrely-clothed Emperor, while little half-nak,:d Arab gamins fly about them, selling matches." "Along the chief streets, French in their architec ture, Arab in their names, B.tb- az )uu and Bab-el- Oued, the flowing burnous of the Arab brushes against the short skirts of the Parisian lady, or the gold-laced uniform of the smart young Caas sear d'Afrique." In making purchases, or " shop ping," ill Algiers, the authoress strongly advises her fair countrywomen to be accompanied by a gentleman. However deferential the Eastern sales man may be, his opinion of his lady customers is, it would seem, anything but complimentary. ! Retrospects and Prospects of Indian Policy, by Major Evans Bell (Trubner and Co.), contains, as the writer admits, much matter of controversy, but it is written in the belief that " the high mission of Great Britain in the East can never bo fqltilled by an uninstructed nation and an officially instructed Government"— Among other many r ecords of Abyssinian experience one of the best is Abyss i nia and its People; or, Life in the Land of Prester John, edited by John Camden llotten (Rotten). Tins little work, which is illustrated with maps and numerous coloured engravings of a - very grotesque and singular character, will prove both instructive and interesting. The Gordian Knot. By Shirley Brooks. One Vol. Bradbury, Evans, and Co. As the first volume of a charming new series of popular works—entitled 7he Handy Volume Series —we have here a most acceptable reissue of "'The Gordian Knot," by Shirley Brooks. The work is one of the most sparkling ever penned by that de lightful fictionist. And yet it is one that hitherto has never, as we conceive, been properly appreciated. Reappearing now under a guise which is so attractive, we cannot but anticipate for it the success it has all along so eminently well deserved. Shirley Brooks, though so many years before the reading public, as a blithe contributor to the light literature of the time, but especially as one of the chief contri butors to Punch (instance among his achievements there, the immortal " Naggletous") is still in the heyday and bloom of his reputation. Ills serial story of " Sooner or Later" we had occasion to notice not long since, at the time of its completion, as the last, and in many re spects the most remarkable, of his performances as an imaginative writer. His "Silver Cord" and other books—unnecessary here for us to enumerate seriatim—were already familiar to us, and are honour ably borne in remembrance as the productions of an author who throughout the whole of his career seems to us to have never created for himself a single enemy—his onward path (strewn with dowers of his growing and plucking and scat tering around with an open hand), being cheered at every turn and stage by the accordant voices of " troops of friends." Regarding him, as we do, in this light, it appears to us to have been by the happiest selection that the ➢iessrs. Bradbury and Evans have chosen a book of Mr. Shirley Brooks—and of all his books, "The Gordian Knot," as the one that has until now had the least chance given to it—as the work with which to inaugurate one of the prettiest and most promising series of volumes they have ever yet commenced. In its general character the Handy Volume Series bears more of a resemblance to the " get up" and average appear ►nce, size, type, limpness, and portability of the hitherto incomparable Tauchnitz Editions of English Authors, known, and thumbed and prized, and read, ind re-read all over the European Continent. A success and a popularity like that so long enjoyed by the Tanchnitz Edition, he Randy Volume Series gives good promise of securing to itself. And this lair promise we feel assured it will realise, if only its projectors display the same sagacity and discre tion iu their selection of the works to be included iu it, which they have certainly evidenced here at its very commencement. The newspapers are teeming with references to econo my in tea by co-operation. Hornman and Co. have for 30 years co-operated through Agents to supply tea on more advantageous terms than by the ordinary channel; their tea reaches the consumer in the scone mere state us it leaves the rower, as it is secured in packtts. OkTT - 7",„ t " HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, May 11. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, walked and- drove in the grounds this morning. Prince Leopold also went out. Ills Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has left the Castle for London. Tile Prince of Wales drove out yesterday after noon. The Princess of Wales drove out, attended by ,he Hon. Mrs. Stonor. LATEST INTELL LGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, May 11. The Inman steamers City of New York and City of Antwerp arrived out to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 1391 ; sterling exchange on London, 110; 5-20 United States Bonds, 1882, 109 f ; do., 1885, 1071 ; 10-40 Bonds, 1031, ; Illinois, 146 ; Erie, 681- ; Cotton, middling Upland, 31 ; Petroleum, standard white, 30f ; Flour, extra state, $lO 10c. ; Corn, old mixed, $1 18c. (Arrival of the Austrian, via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, May 2. Mr. Everts, in concluding his speech for the de fence, declared it to be abhorrent to justice for the Senate to be the judges of President Johnson upon issues between themselves and him. Mr. Johnson, if convicted, would go forth as a martyr. The issue to be tried was one between the omnipotence of Congress and the supremacy of the Constitution. Attorney-General Stanbery, who closed the de fence, argued that the Tenure-of-Office Law was inapplicable to Mr. Stanton, and if applicable, no succeeding President could remove Mr. Stan- ton. The President would violate the Con stitution and his oath of office by execut ing a law he believed to be unwise and unconstitutional. Even admitting the validity and the applicability of the Tenure-of-Office Law a mistaken construction of the law could not form a high crime and misdemeanour. The Managers had utterly failed in proving the charges of malicious intent and conspiracy. Mr. Johnson had been greatly provoked and his confidence abused, and was more sinned against than sinning. He should not be immolated by partizan feeling in the Senate Chamber, where he alone from the outh had de nounced the rebellion. The Senate tabled Mr. Sumner's resolution to censure Mr. Nelson. Further returns confirm the election of Mr. Bul lock, Radical, as Governor of Georgia. The result of the elections for the Legislature are doubtful. General Meade has ordered an investigation of the election of Mr. Buchanan, and has issued a cir cular warning the planters that negro labourers dis charged for political reasons will not be entitled to wages throughout the term of their contracts. The Canadian House of Commons have unani mously elected \lr. Ryan to succeed Mr. M'Gee. QUEEIsTSTOWN, May 12• The Inman Royal mail steamer, City of Balti more, from New York, arrived here at 9.40 a.m. to day, with $80,803 in specie. She landed the mails and passengers, and proceeded iturneliately for Liverpool. All well. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, May 11, Evening. The committee on the budget adopted to-day the following resolutions :-Ist, The creditors of the State as well as the rate-paying community must be taxed in order to cover the deficit ; 2d, the question of taxing the coupons of the public debt, as well as the question of the unification of the debt itself, must be immediately and finally settled• May 12. The directors of the National Bank have issued a notice of the business to be discussed at th e general meeting of shareholders to-day. ms' s consists of the directors' report upon the state of tha negotiations with the Finance Bli" nister as to the claims for compensatio n by the State made bylthe directors of the bank' the report of the committee upon these claims the alteration of the statutes of the bank ; and change proposed in the agreement between th e State and the bank, entered into in 1863. Th e propositions already known, put forward by th e committee of bank shareholders, will also be place d before the meeting. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, May 12 . At a meeting held here yesterday of tobacen growers and manufacturers in the countries be" longing to the Zollverein, it was resolved to petition the Customs' Parliament to reject the Government' bill for an increase of the tobacco tax. The Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt Bill, t° be brought in by the Government at the next a cs ' lion of the North German Parliament, retains th° privilege of securing a debtor's person during t he preliminary steps of proceedings in bankruptcy. Two other persons have died from the effects o' ' the gas explosion in the Pursstrasse on the 7th iiis!o and the deaths of three more are expected to 01 ' place. PLY AI OUT 11, May 12 ' The wreckage of the brig Gleaner, Capt. prance,of Newport, from Bilboa, and bound fo r Engl3l3-' has been found 20 miles S.S.E. of Land's End. 111: brig is supposed to have been lost on the We" Stones. FRANCE. PARIS, MaY I F r . The Illoniteur of this morning, publishes all )3i be , pedal decree, dated Ist inst., promulgati" ter, new Press Law. The discussion upon the 113tiost pellations relating to free trade will probably the whole week. B R EST, MO V ; re , The Transatlantic Company's steamer rerejoe from New York, arrived here this morning. full brings 242 passengers, $715,000 in specie, a nd a cargo of merchandise. a tr) rUc t BOURSE, May 11.—Three o'clock. —The - closed as follows : .- -- _., Bank Shares ...... Itt.l 4 an Loan ...... End of month... 19 - Mexican Loan ••• 37 50 Do. Bonds ...... --- Spanish Threes ... Home Debt...... Deferred ....... Cash 3. 867 Orleans Lyons Northern and , Mediterranean ..................... V 71.8 . ••• 1193 i Southern..... ................................. Western ....................................... Eastern 66 Sardinian .................................... Austrian ........................ . .............. Lombard .... North of Spain ... Saragossa Roman. 4} per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of mouth 69 35 Credit, Mobilier Eud of mouth 228 75 Credit Poncier 1462 50 End of mouth — ............ 6 9 ........... 45 p la y ed at A BALLET entitled Shaksperc i s being Florence.