THE BRITISH PERFORMANCE.
[To TUN EDITOR 07 TEl " SPEcuTos."
Itn,—Privato letters are sometimes an aid to the comprehension of public prints, and I am tempted to send you the following extract from • note written by a French Academician to an English friend Si vous saviez aveo quel enthousiasme, avec quel cceur on applaudit I l'Action de l'Empire britannique 1 Elle est venue is temps, tout h fait I temps ; . . . mail aveo quel eclat, avec quells admirable per- formance' elle eat venue 1 Cost maintenant d to vie et d to mart entre rAngleterre et none. Les dcux grandee nations sent dignes l'une de rautre. Et si vous aviez vn notre revue du 14 juillet, et remotion admirative et reconnaissante de notre public pour taus ces heros-freres de la grande lutte franco-anglaise . . .1" It warms our hearts to hear such manly and cordial praise of our sons and brothers. The writer of the lines above has given his only son and his son-in-law to the common cause, " hies h l'ennemi." His praises are worth having. Our pride in our boys is clouded by inevitable anxiety, as the sun of this grey and chill summer is hidden. But the sun of victory will shine presently on France and Great Britain, and then our French friends may realize more clearly than now how great a part hi the struggle has been played by our incomparable Navy.—
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