... 1 . . . .. - ?? . ! . L.fl-: -A L . The inquiry into the state of the British army before Sebastopot commenced on Monday morning, in corm- Xmittee-room No. 17. The investigation is a perfectly public one, the feeling expressed by the house of corm- sons on Friday night rendering any middle course between a secret committee and full publicity impossible. The committee met at one o'clock. It ...

... THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. FRIDAY, MARCH 9,.1855. SALUS POPULI LNX SUPREMA. SUM MARY. In the House of Lords, on Monday evening, prl Lord Monteagle complained that though an act Ger wa§ passed for the purpose of admitting native to talent, without distinction of caste, into the civil wh service of India, the mode of examination ren- For dered it a moral impossibility for a Uindoo or riab other ...

... Tll1M LIYERFQ.OL. ERCUURY TUESDAY, B RO 6, 1855. SALUS POPIlr LEX SU2PEMA. S U M M AR Y. on Thursday, in the House of Lords, a discus.- to-o atopeoted sion was originated by the Earl of Derby a s t ndtice the legality Of RL)man Catholic processions in 0~ Ireland. Earl Granville repeated the state- IPr ord mnent he made a few nights before, to the effect Wedne that the prohibitions of the ...

... EOUSE OF LORDS. at TUESDAY, MARCH 13. Wi The lord chancellor took his seat oa the woolsack at five ob o'clock. Pr THE CASE OF MR. CARDEN. nD Lord BROUGHABI, in putting a question to the noble lord ge the president of the council, observed that he had seen a jeI statement in the newspapers to the effect that a person of all the name of Carden, who had been tried for one of the fa worst cases of ...

... atari The advanced or flying squadrou about to sail for the the Baltic will consist of the following ships:-Imperieuse, :- Euryalus, Arrogant, Esk, Archer, and Conict. Their mae orders were to sail yesterday for the Downs. To each of the clii- screw line-of-battle ships about to proceed to the Baltic a steam gunboat will be attached, and to assist in manning Jos. them five additional marines ...

... M .nrFTER EX?tMINER AND TimmS OFFICE, WEDNESDAY, Foul A N- (BY BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) YEcNNA, Tvs26DAY MORNING.-The protocol was signed by the plenipotentiaries on Saturday. Since then every thing has gone on favourably. (By Electi Telegraph.) HOUSE. OF COMMONS, LAST NxGHT.--(COOCLuDR.) Mr. POLLARD URQUHART seconded the motion. Mr. HORSMAN, on the part of government, consented to the ...

... ?? xArJP1qTVR LAST NIGHT. . MEETING IN MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT. The fourth of tko current series of weekly meetings to con- Bider the general policy and the commercial and social effects of the present war, was held last night in the Peace Society's room at NewRll's buildings, in this city. As before, Geo. Wilson, Esq. presided over the meeting. The atten- dance on this occasion was good. In ...

... (BY THE BRITISH & SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) I Pn-?isx Tu?vSDAY EVENING.-The Emperor has reviewed two battalions of Gendarmerie and a squadron of Chasseurs. Two additional regiments of Chassen's are to leave Algeria for the Crimea. The Paris funds closed to-day as follows :-Four- ?? per Cents, 94*50; Three per Cents, 69075; Bank shares, 19 95. e f VISIT OF THE FRENCH M\1INISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ...

... THE FACTORY -ICT. The long-contested question of legielatiw ?? 11 l ference with factory labour, was ?? ti 5 been definitively settled by a comaproeaise tory alike to millowners and their opelatir-, b 1850. That the bill then carried b)y Lard ?? =n, has worked well, we believe is addmitted,-I great body of factory owners, and iin seriol, ?? tempt to disturb its provisions has heen 11111' ly d ...

... LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE INSTITU- TIONAL ASSOCIATION. Our columns contain an account of the annual ) meeting of The Institutional Association of Lite- rary and Mechanics' Institutions in Lancashire and d Cheshire, which was held onl Saturday last, at the ýC Manchester Athenaeum. The Bishop of MAN- ei c?aSTER presided, and the report was read by Dr. by HUDSON. Various delegates took part in ...

... Rocal antr ye Commission signed by the lord lieteif,,lr of the cotth by palatine of Lancaster :-Thos. Fairbair, Esq. to be depAY its lieutenant. nk THE M xECHNics' INSTITnTrIoN.-The first of two leicure was delivared on Mondayevening, by Mr. XV. Smith, YLR 0., on The means by which man keeps up his relation wilhlth5 re external world. There was rather a limited audience. The al lecture was ...

... OxiocciatrattI30 Lie- PROSPECTS FtOR THE GOLD DIGOERS OF AUSTRALIA.- Aeccording to Mr. Selwyn, the government geologist, there are, in the colony of Victoria, hundreds of square miles of country yet untouched by the pick of the digger, which pre sent all tile geological and surface indicatious of the existence f of old in as marked a degree as any one of the present Ex known and worked ...