14 JULY 1855, page 13

Admission Tests For The Civil Service.

IT would be a great misfortune, we conceive, for the public, if the Government were to put itself in a tutelary position towards the persons employed in the public departments;......

Cambridge University Bill On Shore.

LAUNCHED utterly unprepared for the winds and waves of dis- cussion, piloted feebly and with uncertain aim, the Cambridge University Bill has reached the House of Commons only......

Our. Prospects.

NOTWITHSTANDING the cloud that occasionally crosses our fickle English sun, the prospects for the harvest and for trade appear to be of the most promising kind. It is to be......