... The Permanent Commission of the French National Assembly held a short sitting yesterday. The President, M. Grdvy, stated that he had received, in addition to the protest from Prince Napoleon and his complaint to the Procureur- General, a letter, signed by MM. Rouher and Maurice Richard, requesting that the Commission would deal with the expulsion of Prince Napoleon as a gross violation of the ...

... It is announced from Paris this morning that M. Thiers will not read his message to the Assembly until Wednesday next, as the evacuation of the Ivarne and Haute Marne will not be fully complete till then, and M. Thiers is desirous to announce in his message that the evacuation is an accomplished fact. In anticipation of the speedy opening of the session, meetings have been held both of the ...

... It is satisfactory to find that the Local Government Board seems by no means inclined to allow the provisions of the Adulteration Act to be burked by the local authorities, and has lately sent a circular letter to the various local bodies calling attention to section 5 of the Act, and requesting a report as to the steps taken or proposed to be taken with reference to the appointments ...

... MR. CODEN ON THE LAND QUESTION. The Times, after reading the letter of Mr. Cobden published yesterday is quite at a loss to understand what Mr. Cobden wishes to be done. If we are not to have the French law, by what means are small proprie- torships to be created in England ? Except by a wholesale confiscation, there is no way Lfor poor men to become owners of land except by purchasing it. ...

... THE 'iNe7S of this morning contains a report of a speech made by Mr. Froude at New York, and a leading article on it, which we think does less than justice to an eminent man whose countrymen ought not at all events to disparage, even if they do not think it worth while to encourage, his attempts to influence American public opinion in their favour. The matter is very simple, and stands thus. ...

... SOMIE interesting information as to the political tendencies of the chief Italian newspapers is given by the Roman correspondent of the Scilessische Zeiitzg.- The principal organs of the clerical party, he says, are the Units Catofizca. which represents the interests of Catholicism in general; the Osscrvatore Rocmano, which receives direct communications from the Pope himself; the Ioce delct ...

... arkid Obtnq *Ttx THE KHIVA EXPEDITION. The Berlin correspondent of the Times telegaraphs :-There can be no longer any doubt that the Russian Government does not object to gentle- Xneca who act on behalf of the Amer-can press accompanying the expedi- tionary force to Kbiva. The skirmish between the Attruk Turcomans and he~garrisonl of Chickisbitar occurred on the 22nd of February. The Turco- ...

... ENEMIES. PAINTED BY ONE ANOTIHER. THE power to see ourselves as others see us might perhaps be of some value to people, though on many it would have a terribly disheartening effect, rendering them self-observant, self-critical, self-conscious to a ruinous degree. To nations, however, who have all along enjoyed the privilege in question there seems to be little or no advantage in knowing ...

... THE EHIVA EXPEDITION. The Yites quotes from Robinson Crusoe the following passage:- 4' I say, in a word, were not the distance of this country inconceivably great from Muscovy, and were not the Muscovite Empire almost as rude, impotent, and ill-governed a crowd of slaves as they, the Czar of Muscovy might with much ease drive them all out and conquer them in one cam- paign; and had the Czar ...

... PARIS, Sizsday. YESTERDAY the long pending debate respecting the expulsion of Prince Napoleon took place. M. Fresnau led the attack, and was very violent and personal. M. Dufaure defended the conduct of the Government, and declared that the right of expulsion was implicitly contained in the vote of dechbance, and afterwards the Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals asked the Chamber to ...

... MiR. CLADSTONE 'S EXPLANA TIONX T1E Miristerial difficulty, after taking the course we supposed it would take, has ended as we supposed it would end: that is to say, by the return of Mr. GLADSTONE to office. His formal state- ment in the House of Commons yesterday puts that question out of doubt. So much at least is certain; though up to the moment when he rose to address the House ...

... THESE institutions receive an annual grant from Government. The sumn is not large; its receipt. is subject to the hospital accounts being brought under the notice of Parliament once a year. The duties of inspecting and reporting with regard to the various establishments would not appear to be very onerous, though the board of superintendence appointed to the duties consists of twelve members, ...