On Tuesday Mr. Gladstone read the resume of a letter
from Lord Dufferin on the subject of the progress made in Egypt. The Egyptian Army Lord Dufferin reports to be in a quite satis- factory condition ; the constabulary is not so forward, and the police need a great deal more organising. Lord Dufferin thinks that a fair body of Judges has been secured, but it had been necessary to translate the Judicial Code into Arabic, and that had caused delay. All the arrangements for the election of the elective portion of the Legislature had been drawn up and published, but Lord Dufferin did not know what had been done in relation to the nominative element of the Legislature. An English engineer had prepared a plan of irrigation which was favourably regarded by the Government, though no decision had been taken. And a plan had been submitted for the taxation of foreigners. That was all Lord Dufferin could say as to the progress of the new Egyptian institutions.
