The French Government are preparing a large naval force at
Toulon, to be in readiness to go to sea upon the arrival of the English squadron, which was expected soon to arrive there. Orders had been transmitted to the storekeepers to provide a quantity of materials for their use.
The session of the French Chambers was closed on Thursday, by the King in person. The new session was expected to commence in the course of a day or two.
M. LIONNE, the editor of the Tribune, who was thought to have es- caped to England, has been arrested and sent to prison.
The Carlist Journals assert that the Dutchess DE BERRI is extremely ill. Her devout partisans deny her pregnancy, and maintain that she is afflicted with some singular complaint, which can only be cured by mi- raculous power ; and a lady of rank, in Paris, has accordingly trans- mitted a part of the gown of Notre Dame de Liesse, for the Dutchess to kiss. A radical cure is expected shortly to be effected.
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