... THEO FOREIGN L~EION. llHELIGOLAND, MAr 6. Our little island is thrown into a state of the greatest excitement by the arrival of a batch of British officers, wbo are comhe to make the necessary arrangements for the reception of the Foreign Legion, and, as is generally supposed, for a body of English and French regular troops. Besides officers of the Engineers, who are charged with the erection ...

... (FROM OUR OWN cORESZPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. During the whole of last week rumours of serious I disrensions in the French ministry have been circu- c lating in official quarters. Every day I have seen s lists handed about of retiring and incoming ministers, and every day report has varied the combination. I i have never yet felt sufficient confidence in theauthen-] ticity of any of the ...

... A NEW WAY OF SWINDLING CLERGYMENl There are some kinds of swindling (says the Providence U.S. Journal) so ingenious that one cannot help laughing at them, and withal so mortlying to the victim that there ia the less danger of exposure. It cools a man's indignation wonderfully to reflect that everybody who bears his story will be moved to laughter as much as to pity. One of the most graceless ...

... ?? got court, OSBORNE, MAT 27. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by Prince Alfred, the Princess ?? e, Princess Adelaide, and not friacess Feodore, went to Parlkhurst Barracks yesterday by sfternoO, where ber Majesty inspected the Depot Bat- eb4ion uader the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Jeffroys.I) [ls The Qaeen returned to Osborne about 6 o'clck. Ma The Prince of Wales rode on horseback, ...

... EMsBIR~ATIOX OF THE FaRzaou RESERVn FRoM MlSALALc.-The whole reserve of the French troops was reviewed by the Sultan on the 12th inst., and the embarkation commenced on the same day. On the 14th, two divisions of infantry, under the command of Generals ?? and Herbillon, put to sea; and on the 16th they were followed by the division of cavalry under General ?? and the Imperial Guard under ...

... THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUBSDA i, MJAY 15. LORD OHAMBERLAIN'SOFFICE, NAY 7. Notice is hereby givers that her Majesty will hold Drawing' Rooms at St. James's Palace, olu the following days, at ?? o'clock Saturday, the 19th of May, to celebrate her Majesty's Birth-day. Thursday, the 14th of June. N.D. The Knights of the several Orders are to appear in their Collars at the Drawing-room on the 19th ...

... THE FOLE Y-PLACE ill URDER. To THE EDITOR or THEs MORNING CHRONICLE. Slit-A fortnight ago I had the honour to address a letter to you, requesting the public to withhold their opinion in this ense, And informing them that every effort would be muade to proveut the exeoution of Luigi Buranelli. I now beg your permission to state what those efforts have been, and what result hus attended them. ...

... GEOLOGICAL SOCIEZ Y. At the last meeting of this society, Mr. Hamilton, presi dent, in the chair, Mr. W. Foster White, Mr. C. S. Mann, Mr. . Barrett, and Mr. J. D'Urban, were elected fellows. he followving communications were read I. On the Anthracite Shales and Fucoidal Schists of the South of Scotland. By Professor Harkness, F.G.S. The lower sihirian rocks of the south of Scotland, ...

... THIE MORNING CHRONICLE. LONDON: SA TURDA Y, MA ' 19, 1856. In the HousE of LorDs, last night, Lord PANMstURE made a long statement of the re- forms which the Government proposed to introduce into our military administration. It was proposed, in the first place, to abolish the office of Master- General of the Board of Ordnance altogether. The Ordnance consists of two departments, one occupied ...

... I MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY. The French divisions from the camp at Maslak, under the command of Generals ?? and Herbillon, embarked for the Crimea on the 12th and 13th. The division of cavalry under General ?? was to embark on the 15th; and the Imperial Guard and General Regnault St. Jean ?? on the 16th. The destination of this force remained a secret. The orders were to be opened at sea. Fresh ...

... IRELAVD. LORD CARLISLI'S TOURt TO CORK. The Earl of Carlisle, accompanied by several of the Viceregal household, left Dublin by special train at twelve o'clock on Monday a; route to Cork, for the purpose of taking part in the opening of the Athenaeum in that city on Tuesday. The journey was accomplished in less than five hours. A local journal (the Examiner-) gives a full account of his ...

... PARLIAMENTARY BUSlNZ58. HOUSE OF COMMONS-Tnis DAY. NOTIOSN o0 MoTloNS. Sir Henry Willoughby-To ask Sir Benjamin Hall if he can place on the table of the house a plan of the thirty-six districts proposed to be created by the Local Management Metropolis Bill. Mr. Hadfield-To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to propose the vote of £331,921, for the pro= motionof public ...