The expedition to the Baltic has been given up, for
two reasons. The corps d'armee of 35,000 men, soldiers and marines, collected at Cherbourg, under General Trochu, was wanted to repress Paris, and all chance of aid from Denmark ended with the French defeats. The Emperor's agent, indeed, the Duke de Cadore, quitted Copen- hagen on the 11th inst., without having had an audience of the King. It is reported, and is probable, that the Russian Govern- ment has made the most strenuous efforts to keep Denmark quiet, fearing that General von Falkenstein, with his large force, would instantly occupy and annex Jutland, which has not 20,000 men, and could with difficulty be reinforced from the islands. The ironclad fleet has been increased by eleven more vessels, but it does not appear that without troops or Danish assistance they can effect anything. The whereabouts of the German fleet is still unknown, and the Government appears to pursue at sea the policy of Russia in 1854.
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