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A French fleet of seven ironclads has gone to the

Baltic, and passed Skagen, the northern cape of Jutland, on the 27th inst. It is to make an " important diversion," either by threatening the northern coast of Prussia, or by appearing before Copenhagen and compelling the Danish Government to declare war. The fleet, however, carries no troops, or very few, and has still to reckon with the Prussian fleet, consisting of five ironclads, one of which, the King William, is, with one exception, the most for- midable vessel in the world. A much larger expedition is to follow, and is said to have started with 40,000 men—we distrust the number—but cannot be in time greatly to affect the main action.

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