On Friday week in the French Chamber a Committee of
thirty-three members was elected to act as a Parliamentary Commission Of Inquiry into the state of the Navy. M. De10,11486 was chosen as President and Admiral Bienaime as one of the Vice-Presidents. M. Camille Pelletan, a former Minister of Marine, was not elected. The appointment of this Commission was the sequel to the debate of the previous day, when M. Deleasee attacked the adminie- tmtion of the Navy, pointing out that there must have been much blundering to make it necessary to spend now a special sum of 27,750,000. This is the amount demanded by the present Minister of Marine, M. Picard, for putting the Navy into a state of efficiency. The Commission will limit its inquiry to the period previous to the appointment of M. Picard, and is expected, the 'Times correspondent says, to issue its Report within two months.
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