fortigu alit Cahunt.

Fuetez.—A great deal of mystery is thrown around the movements of the French expeditionary force intended for service in the East, and one obscure provincial journal has been warned for divulging information. We know that General Canrobert sailed from Marseilles, on Sunday, with the first division, that troops have embarked in Algeria, and that great and active preparations are everywhere going on ; but we are ignorant of the numbers and of every detail of interest. It is the same with the fleet : it is only known that the Austerlitz, 100 guns, sailed from Brest for the Baltic on Sunday last, that three men of war have left Toulon destined for that sea, and that Admiral Parseval Deschenee has left Paris for Brest.

There is a report current that the new Minister of War, Marshal Vail- lant, has reported to the Emperor that he has not found the war depart- ment nor the army in that state of efficiency which was supposed. This, if true, is a serious reflection on St. Arnaud.

The Moniteur of Wednesday published an article on the Russian secret correspondence, closing with the following passage : "As to the Government of the Emperor Napoleon, there is but one obser- vation to make upon the studied endeavour of Russia to leave it out of the question in her plans of territorial remodification,—which is, that Russia came back to the French Government after having failed in London, and that France in her turn had to decline advances, more or less direct, which are not without resemblance to those which were first made to England."

The Pays gives some authority to a current report that 2000 British Cavalry and 1000 of the Artillery will pass through Paris to Toulon and Marseilles towards the end of the month.

There is a talk of forming an army of observation on the Rhine.

The UM10,11 has been warned a second time for persisting in imputing bad faith to the allies of France. The Union writes bitterly against Eng- land.

A singular publication, issuing from the Imperial printing establish- ment, but suppressed before it came fairly before the public, has attracted some attention. It is a pamphlet with the title "Revision de la Carte de l'Europe " ; proposing that Piedmont should have Lombardy—Aus- tria, Servia and Moldavia—Turkey, the Crimea—Sweden, Finland—and Poland, reconstituted, to be placed under Prussian protection. The Jour- nal des Debate and the Siècle had been authorized to publish it, but sud- denly they received counter orders. Some copies, however, have reached the English journals.

M. de Kontalembert has incurred the hostility of the Legislative Chamber. For some time he and M. Dupin have had a standing quarrel, originating in the confiscation decrees. A letter from Montalembert to Dupin, injurious to the latter and likening the Legislative Body to the Senate of the "Bas Empire," appeared in a Belgian paper. A demand having been made in the Legislative Body to prosecute Montalembert, he denied that the letter was published. withhis authority. A committee of inquiry was appointed.

G2.11244.14Y.—The same doubts as to German policy, and especially Prussian policy, still prevail. Great efforts would seem to be in progress to bring about concord between Prussia and Austria. Colonel Manteuffel has made jounties from Munich to Berlin, from Berlin to Vienna. At Munich he was presented to the Emperor of Austria. An offensive and defensive alliance between the rival Powers is talked of. At Berlin the signs grow daily more Russian. Count Benkendorf, attached to the Rus- sian legation, was a short time since ordered to the Caucasus : he now remains at Berlin. Letters containing pathetic appeals have passed be- tween the Empress of Russia and her brother the King of Prussia. Meanwhile, the commercial men of Elblag, Dantzig, Konigsburg, Stet- tin, and Stralsund, have sent in memorials to the Government, praying that it will adhere, at least morally, to the Western Powers. The en- voys Groeben and Hohenzollern Sigmaringen have returned. In the Second Chamber at Berlin, on Saturday last, the Prussian Minister, Baron Manteuffel, made a statement of Prussian policy on the Eastern question. Proaais, said the Minister, had never lost sight of the duties imposed by her position, the first of which was to preserve peace. The Government had entered its views on proto- cols, but had determined to weigh the consequences before it pro- ceeded further. The Government would vindicate the right of Prussia to cooperate for the preservation of the peace of Europe; but by her geo- graphical position, Prussia is not called on, like other powers, to take active measures. The King, therefore, will not call upon the country to make sacrifices until the interests of the country and of German inde- pendence call for a decision. He abides by the Vienna protocol, and will keep open a path to peace; and aid any ally whose geographical position may compel him to draw the sword sooner than Prussia in defence of German interests. Such a policy can only be successful while Prussia resists every attempt to compel herto enter any other path against her will. He therefore asked for a credit of 30,000,000 thalers, as a means of taking up with dignity and emphasis a position in conformity with the power and history of Prussia. M. Manteuffel gave an assurance that the em- ployment of the money should be confined to the narrow circle of the peculiar interests of Prussia and her confederates. He called on the House to show that the whole country is ready to preserve that inde- pendence which their fathers earned and handed down to them.

The Right, or Russian party, applauded the Minister; and a Com- mittee was appointed to report on the proposition. The Emperor of Austria returned to Vienna on the 20th; and Baron Meyendo4 the Russian Minister, immediately requested and obtained an audience.

The Vienna Lloyd, after its eight days of suspension, has reappeared. It publishes a pamphlet on the Oriental question, by way of supplement ; and instead of having been cured of the Anti-Russian spirit for which his Journal WAS suspended, Mr. Warrens, the editor, writes more strongly than ever on the subject—ridiculing German neutrality as impossible, and asserting that had the Sultan been wholly in the wrong, nay, had he gone over with all his muftis to the orthodox faith," still "Europe would be compelled to rise in arms in order that Byzantium might not iall to Russia."

Russu.—The Emperor of/tussle is reported to have said that the sam- isens of the Western Powers, instead of six days', did not require six minutes' consideration. A strong garrison is thrown into Revel ; and the women and children along the coast have been sent inland. There is a steady rush of families from St. Petersburg. At Cronstadt, such of the houses as are not tenable have been pulled down ; the rest fortified. Sweaborg is well garrisoned. All that can be done to make the navigation of the Gulf of Finland diffi- cult is in progress. The Russian force in the Baltic amounts to twenty- seven vessels of the line, eighteen frigates, fifteen corvettes and smaller vessels, besides gun-boats. The aggregate of the crews is set down at upwards of 30,000.

I iDaissisisa.—The reply of the King to the address of want of confidence in his Ministers is, that he will do what is best for the public service. The appearance of the British fleet cheers the hearts of the Constitutional Party.

Tununv.—The chief item of news from Constantinople is the despatch of the Retribution and the Caton, on the 12th instant, to the &dina mouth of the Danube, with orders to break through any obstruction they might find there. It appears that information reached Constantinople that the Russians had blocked up the St. George's mouth of the Danube, by sinking sand-bags, anchors, and stones, and had stretched a chain across the Sulina mouth. The consequence is, that neutral vessels are confined to the river. This expedition may lead to immediate hostilities.

With respect to the armies, the intelligence is still scanty and obscure; but it seems probable that the Russian head-quarters have been trans- ferred to Ibrail, and that the force about Kalafat has considerably de- creased. A second letter from Omar Pasha to Lord Dudley Stuart con- firms the stories of repeated attacks along the Danube, and shows that the Ottoman commander is confident in his troops and resources. Omar Pasha is now Sirdar-i-ikram or Generalissimo of the forces, with the right of appointing all officers up to the rank of Lieutenant-General. This promotion was conveyed to him by Chekib Effendi. The Austrian Government has recalled Major Thorns, who has been serving on the staff of Prince Gortschakoff. This was thought to indi- cate a coming rupture between Austria and Russia ; but it is explained that Major Thorns was serving en amateur, and that be is simply ordered to proceed to his post of staff-officer to General Schnell.

The tripartite treaty or convention between France, England, and Turkey, was signed at Constantinople on the 12th instant. The exportation of corn from Odessa is prohibited.

With respect to the insurrection in Albania and Epirus, the accounts are contradietory. Arta, Janina, and Prevesa, hold out. A body of Turkish troops has landed at Vole. It is asserted that they have beaten the insurgents, and that the insurgents have beaten them. The partici- pation of the Greek people in the movement is now undeniable, and the Greek Government is suspected. Turkey menaces Greece with the sus- pension of diplomatic and commercial intercourse. Fuad Effendi has been despatched with powers to suppress the insurrection.

BELorom.—Vely Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador to France and Bel- gium, had an audience of King Leopold on Friday sennight, and de- livered his credentials. The King and the Ambassador formally inter- changed expressions of satisfaction at the friendly intercourse subsisting between the two countries. Vely Pasha dined with the King on Sun- day, and on Monday with the British Ambassador.

ITALY.—The Piedmontese Parliament continues its labours in further- ance of Church reform. A measure for modifying the penal code was recently introduced. The second clause set forth that "all ministers of religion, who in the exercise of their ministry shall pronounce before a public assembly a discourse containing expressions exciting contempt of the statute and of the organic laws of the state, shall be punished with imprisonment varying from three months to two years." The clause was carried by 113 to 30; and the whole bill has been adopted by 94 to 33. The importance of this decision is shown by the fact announced, that Ministers have decided shortly to introduce a bill for the suppression of all monastic orders not devoted to purposes of instruction or charity ; which is, in fact, a part of their great scheme of Church reform, for which the country is most anxious, and to which the High Church party is vio- lently opposed.