... FRANCE.-ESCAPE AND RR-cAIIJru Or BLAXOQUI AND CArAVAN.- In the morning of the 5th, the town of Palais, in Brittany, was thrown into great agitation in consequence of Blanqui and Cazavan having contrived to elude the vigilance of the jailers and escape from the citadel by climbing over a wall by means of a rope, and afterwards crossing the ditch. The troops of the garrison, the gendarmerie, and ...

... THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FBIDAY, APRIL 1D. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 11. Notice is bereby given, that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will, by desire of her Majesty, hold Levees at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on the following days, at two o'clock:- Wednesday, the 20th instant. 'Wednesday, the 27th instant. It is fier TMajesty's pleasure that presentations to his Royal ...

... 'THlE MORNING CHRONICLE. LONDON: IVEDNJISDA Y, APRIL 20, 1853. _4_ In the HOUSE of LORDS, last night, The Earl of EOLINTON, in moving for certain papers, drew attention to the conduct of the Irish Government in reinstating Mr. Kirwan, a sti- pendiary magistrate stationed in Ballina, who had been suspended from his ?? by the late Govern- ment. The Earl of ABERDEEN defended the course par- sued ...

... HEA . Tll of LONDON D UIING te TWEP7'K. [FnOM THE REOISTaIAR-GENERAL'S RETURN.1 A declining rate of mortality affords evidence of a gradual improvement in the public health. Since the weekly mor- tality rose to its maximum at the end of March, the nnmier of deaths fell in the first week of April to 1,340, and in that which ended last Saturday to 1,243. Since the week ending March 26, in which ...

... TOWN AId CON, Y TALKa During the past week four persons died in St. Fancras workhouse whose united ages amounted to 363 years. The eldest was a female aged 101. An old woman was lately taken from a house in Straits- month, in the lowest state of destitution, to the Green- wich Rnion. On searching her apartment, a baaker's book was found, from which it appeared that she was worth 1501. Several ...

... 1,0X.2790X U1?SDAY, A PR.21. IN the HOUSE of COaMMOxa yesterday, the fl^,EN- CElLLOR o'f the EXCHEQUERt stated that soem figures which appeared in the printed resolutions relative to the importation of soap wvere erroneous, it being the intention of the government that the import duty should cease with the excise duty on that article. The Public-houses (Scotland) Bill passed through committee, ...

... (A telegraphic summary of the following appeared in our Second. Edition of yesterday .-1 The United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Cap. tain Comstock, arrived at Liverpool yesterday morn. ing, from New York, with 190 passengers, and specie to the amount of about $4,000. [FROM oeR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 2. We were astounded yesterday morning by an announcement in the Tribune ...

... WHE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDA Y, APRIL 19. _ LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, AuRIL 11. Notice is hereby given, that his Royal Highness Prince Albert sill, by the desire of her Majesty, hold Levees at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on the following days, at two o'clock:- Wednesday, the 20th instant Wednesday, the 27th instant, It is her Majesty's pleasure that presentations to his ...

... The authoress of Uncle Tom's Cabin arrived in Glas- gow on Wednesday night, accompanied by her husband, Professor Stowe, the Rev. Charles Beecher (her brother), and Miss Beecier (her sister). Being rather in' a delicate state of health, Mrs. Stowe kept herself pretty much within doors for the two days after her arrival; but on Friday night a grand soirde was held in the City Hall, in lier ...

... -L * On the 9th-inst. the King of the Belgians laid the first stone of the aqueduct which is to supply Brussels with water. -: Letters from Frankfort and Hesse Darmstadt state that emigration was never so popular in that region. Where last year one train or boat left with emigrants seven are now seen departing. . - A company has been formed to establish a railway from Bayonne to Madrid. The ...

... Rateot SATURDAY MORNING, APRIn 16, 1858. The Paris 'Moniteur ' of yesterday publishes a decree fixing the number of recruits to be raised in each depart- ment to make up the contingent of 80,000 men on the class of 1852. Signor Rossini, the composer, is raised to the rank of Commander of the Legion of Honour, and M. Pousard, the dramatist, to that of officer. In the Senate yesterday the bill ...

... Tuesdqv, April 12. AdminCralty, April S.-Corps of Royal Marines: First Lieut. and Adjutant G. W. Forbes to be Captain, vice H. Di. Erskine, ?? Lieut. Edinkund Charles Domville to be Adjutant, vice Forbes, ?? Lieut. R. J. H. Douglas to be First Lieutenant, vice Forbes-Second Lieat. J. R. Lloyd to be First Lieutenant, vice R. F. Tacker, placed on hair-pay. Pssslstnerslips fiisewlve&1.-J. Bonny ...