The British Navy.—English naval experts now state that England possesses not only the biggest, most powerful war-ships afloat, but the biggest and fastest destroyers on the sea, and that her navy is more nearly ready for war than that of any other nation. In a recent review of 182 ships, 116 were able to leave immediately. Her naval expenditure is about $175,000,000 a year. England's ambition is to possess a navy equal to any other two European powers, and it is stated that at the present time the tonnage of the combined navies of Germany, France, Russia, Italy, and Austria is not as great as England's.