_April 22nd_.--I know more about M. Barthelemy St.-Hilaire's book on India than any other Englishman, for I revised and corrected the proof-sheets for him. A French writer on the subject was sure to make blunders. The book is most valuable to _foreigners_, for it is a perfectly fair account of the British administration of India; but it would be entirely useless in this country, inasmuch as it is a mere compilation from well-known English documents. I think, therefore, that a translation into English would be a work of supererogation and a failure. _Journal_ _April 30th_.--Dined at the Royal Academy dinner. _May 9th_.--Great Unionist meeting at Winchester. _28th_.--Barthelemy St.-Hilaire came to Foxholes on a visit. _June 10th_.--Dined with the Duc d'Aumale, Moncorvo House. Electric light. _15th_.--Dined at the Middle Temple. Grand day; Prince of Wales in the chair. _18th_.--Dined with the Lord Mayor. Literature, Science, and Art. _21st_.--Celebration of the Jubilee. Splendid day. _July 3rd_.--Went to Eastbourne. _7th_.--Dined at East Sheen with the Comte de Paris. Duc and Duchesse of Braganza there. Duke of St. Albans, Arran and daughter, Duc de la Tremoille--twenty. _18th_.--Duc d'Aumale's evening party; very brilliant. _25th_.--To Ostend and Brussels. 26th, to Cologne. Great heat. _27th_.--To Wiesbaden. Lady Dartrey died while I was at Wiesbaden. I took leave of her on her death-bed just before I started. It was the loss of a most kind, faithful, and affectionate friend. _August 5th_.--Ill in the night; incipient fever. 6th, to Cologne. 7th, to Aix, very unwell. 9th, got back to London by Ostend-Dover. _From Captain Bridge, R.N._ H.M.S. 'Colossus,' Gibraltar, August 3rd. Dear Mr. Reeve,--The Naval Review and the ensuing operations have not, I hope, given you such a surfeit of naval affairs as to indispose you to hear a little of the recent cruise of the Mediterranean squadron. We left Malta, under the command of the Duke of Edinburgh, in May, and visited several ports on the coast of Italy. During H.R.H.'s absence in England, when attending the Jubilee, we stayed at the convenient harbour of Aranci Bay in the island of Sardinia. There we carried out a series of instructive torpedo and under-water mining exercises. After leaving Sardinia, we called at several Spanish ports--Barcelona, Valencia, Cartagena and Malaga--eventually reaching this place last Friday evening.