... OUR ItE'- -AT SIN. FFr -lm thu t~7n- , - (Fram tis Lacct') t b Our social systerm has recently undergone one of those J virtucus spasms to which the British constitution is par- tf ticularly liable, at short intervals, and from divers causes. rr We arc now as well as can bo expected, and as wicked as sl ever, notwithstanding the revelations recently made as cc tothe frightful depravity ...

... THE LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE-ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF PUPILS. mu M .- ?? ?? .1 ?? . .. ^ . I ?? - ^- %AA 1 W A v A1 A.J. The annual examination of pupils attending the various snhools in connection with this institution commenced on Monday last, preparatory to the Midsummer vacation. The first day v as devoted to the examination of the girls attending Blackburne House, whict; took ?? in presence of a ...

... THE MERSEY CONSERVANCY AND DGCKS BILL. i1 .- ?? .- . . 1 ?? ed The committee on this bill wet oa .1onday, Sir James t G-aham in the chair. t ' ;Previous to the commencement of the proceedings, Mr. 71eerovether called the cbairman's attention to the illness of Mr. Shuttlewerth, and the difficulty which en existed in reference to proceeding with the evidence. He 1 us thought their evidence would ...

... MIDDLE-CLASS EDUOATION. Collegiate Insattutlon, June 11, 1867. Mr. Howson presents bis compliments to the editoro of the LivrpooZ lMercury, and requestb the insertion of the following memorial, which bas recently been presented to I the council of the University of Cambridge. A samillr rinmorlal has been presented to the council of the Uni- versity of Oxford. The Universlties have favourably ...

... VI The following report on the Liverpool Observatory, for ea [1- the year ending June, 1867, has been addressed by the8 T ia astronomer to the observatory committee of the town of n- council :-gl 'or It will In all probability be remembered that serious 11 .,j doubts were entertained by many persons, when the w lot observatory was first opened, as Ifsthe advantages likely A too be derived by ...

... It has often been remarked that in Parlia- D mentary contests Liverpool generally comes off P second best. This is no doubt to be attributed in a great measure to the jealousy with which the Irapid advancing greatness of the first commercial 'f port in the kingdom is viewed by our narrow- . minded neighbours; but we must not overlook a the fact that unworthy dissensions and rivalries at home ...

... TAR LIVERPOOL 11ERCURy. FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1857. ZULUS P OPULI LEX SURREsCtA. TAIR~UTFE IN BELGIUM. DO The Belgian Chamber of Representatives, like ca our own English House of Commons on the last m :Maynooth night, has just been the scene of an ex attempt on the part of the champions of religious itf intolerance *and church despotism to over-ride the on common sense and freedom of the nation. ...

... SUPERANNUATION ALLOWANCES TO GAOr FUNCTIONARIES. un T AAa . - ?? A AA . - . M . . We should be very glad if, among the number- at less social ills and individual grievances which M are at present attracting the notice of Parliament RI and the public, the question of retiring pensions £' to gaol officials were to receive a due share of fo! attention. The existing legislative enactment on sp ...

... GLEANINGS FROM AMERIOAN PAPERS. whic ~ly Paper hangings, by a recently invented process, are ?? heaprinted in oil instead of water colours. af ter a The little village of Port Rowan, in Canada, is setting shifn( [ up claims as the future seat of government, of ha Sir Allau M'Nab has to he carried into the Canadian courE ea reimoed tin his chair, ?? his outer dress has to he any 1, esremoved by ...

... The Honiteur came out the other day with a f magnificent puff of the existing order of things in ( Frande, from which we gather that that happy t country has at length arrived at a faultlessly per- i fect political organisation. The problem which I has cost our neighbours so many sanguinary revO- lutions is solved at last. During three-quarters I of a century they have successively made and t ...

... COMPETITION AND THlE CIVIL SERtVICE. -- I ReN Ifwe could fool qia.te sure that Ministers were Insj serious in desiring to extend the application of at ( 'g the competitive principle to civil service appoint- we monts, we should beu very willing to give them Con ample latitude as tlo time and mode. IThe aubject app d is still a new one, and it is not without its diffi- pari if Oulties. Few ...

... The telegraph brings us disastrous news from India, The mutinous spirit which has latterly manifested itself in our Bengal native army has broken out into a formidable and extensive insur- rection, accompanied by a fearful destruction of British life. Three Sepoy regiments, after an unsuccessful rising at Meerut, which was sup- I pressed by European troops, managed to escape to - Delhi, where ...