The Czar has returned to his own dominions without visiting
England, and it seems probable that none of the greater Princes who have been visiting Paris will extend their travels to London. They do not like lodging at hotels, while their own palaces are always thrown open to our Royal family. It is said that the Sultan is coming, and a grand naval review at Spithead is adver- tised to come off in his honour, but we question if his Highness, who thinks himself many degrees higher than any European king, and who is absolute master of forty millions of subjects, knows yet that he will not be received by Queen Victoria. When he does, he may, we suspect, return from Paris through Vienna, perhaps with a new respect for the people whose ruler is great enough to tell a Caliph that his visit is not an honour. Non-intervention is becoming our policy in courtesies, as. well as wars.'
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