13 APRIL 1861, page 12

The Truth About The Taepings.

T ALLEYRAND'S warning to diplomatists, "paint de zele," if not the best advice to public servants, is certainly the most necessary counsel to writers for an English public.......

The Embankmtint Of The Thames.

I S London merely a large English city, or is it the metro- polls of Great Britain ? Judging from the debate of Monday on the City coal dues, Parliament is as little pre- pared......