The French journalists are busying themselves with speculations on the
elections ; and even the expedition has become with them a subject of secondary interest. It is anticipated that the result of the King's appeal will prove triumphantly that the voice of the Opposition and of the Nation are in perfect unison. In the mean time, affairs wear but a gloomy look. The fires in Normandy have not wholly ceased ; and the public securities continue to fall, notwithstanding every effort to support them. It is said that the ROTHSCHILDS are selling out from a fear of the stability of the Government. The fact we can easily believe ; Messrs. Rums are in the habit of selling when!stocks are falling, whether here or in France ; but we have strong doubts of. the truth of the alleged cause. There are still rumours of VILLELE'S Succeeding POLIGNAC as Minister; but they have been repealed so often that they_amhardly-wartheat-tertelin-ter: --The—gre.ties of Paris suffer no pause in consequence of the poll'cal disputes and financial embarrassments of the country. A splen did fete was given on the 31st ult. by the Duke of ORLEANS to the King, and to their Majesties of Naples. The invitations amounted o three thousand, among, whom were five hundred men of letters ! ome dispute seems to have taken place between the mob and the ilitary on the occasion. The Parisian correspondent of the Morn ing Chronicle (the ex-Member for Sudbury, we believe), who has a most inordinate appetite for "treasons and stratagems," and who never fails to see a revolution where others can see nothing but a row, magnifies this affair into one of mighty importance ; yet, after all, the only specific damage he describes was suffered, not by a man, but by a statue, which was very nearly, ; t alto ether, !mocked down. re names the Maies would, it was expected, appear in the Paris journals of Thursday. The Times attributes more value to the nomination of these men by the King than it deserves. The very fact of their being so nominated has a tendency to bring into disrepute and question what ever side they advocate, and whatever statements they advance. We have not the slightest doubt that the Liberals will either have an absolute majority, or such a minority as will render the Ministry inoperative. The first division of the expedition, which sailed on the 25th tilt, consisted of 11 ships of the line, 19 frigates, 21 corvettes, 15 brigs, 2 steam-boats, and 54 transports. The second division sailed on the 26th; it consisted of 96 transports, under convoy of the Comete. The third, of 136 transports, under convoy of the Daphne and Cicogne, put to sea in the afternoon of the 27th. A few vessels which had been partially injured still remained at Toulon, awaiting the arrival of those that were at Marseilles.
Some apprehensions were entertained at Paris on account of the state of the weather ; but the accounts from Toulon describe it as moderate and fair. The private letters describe the Torreta Chica as the point where a landing would be attempted ; and as the defences were few andold, it was not supposed that any serious opposition would be offered. Every thing has been arranged on the supposition that success is certain ; and from the great force employed, and the numerous precautions adopted by Boumaoerr and DUPERRE, it is hardly going too far to say that it must be so. In the mean time, we cannot expect to hear with certainty even of he landing for some days to come.
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