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FR/Lk:OZ.—For some time past a division of troops, 9300 strong, has been assemblieg at the camp eetablithed near Boulogne destined for ser- vice in the Blithe. They are to form the vanguard of a corps to be augmented to 30,004, under the command of General Baraguay d'Hilliers; but the special operations they are to undertake have not, of course, bin- Spired. Five British ships of the line, and aeveral French transporla have been prepared to embark the first portion of this force at Calais, and the whole armament has been completed with marvellous rapiell Early in the week it was announced that the Emperor would review troops before they embarked; and, aecordiegly he set out from Paris on Tuesday, driving through the streets without any parade, unaccompar riled by a single soldier or policeman, and started by the railway f,,sr Boulogne. There he arrived on Tuesday evening ; and was received With enthusiasm by the troops the inhabitants, and the English residents.

About half-past nine he drove out to the port in a carriage and pair, is plain clothes, and unattended. On Wednesday, he reviewed the troops on the race-course, which lies between I3eulogne anccelait ; and, after the usual inspection, addressed to them the following4k4li.

" Soldiers—Russia having forced us to war, ,Froneis has armed five hun- dred thousand of her children. England has c44bd, out a considerable number of troops. Today our fleets and armies, united for the same cause, dominate in the Baltic as well as in the Black Sea. I have selected you te be the first to carry our eagles to those regions of the Neill]. English vessels will convey you there ; a unique fact in history, which proves the intimate alliance of the two great nations (peoples), and the firm resolution of the two Governments not to abstain from any sacrifice to defend the right of the weak, the liberty of Europe, and the national honour.

" Go, my children': Attentive Europe, openly or secretly, offers up

for your triumph ; our country, proud of a struggle which only threatenewe aggressor, accompanies you with its ardent vows; and I, whom iraperwas duties retain still distant from the scene of events, shall have my ey es url you; and soon, in rebeholding you, I shall be able to say, They were worthi eons of the conquerors of Austerlitz, of Eylau, of Friedland, and of Mosiows Go, may God protect you Cries of "Vive l'Empereur !" broke from the-soldient;. sod several noncommissioned officers basing mmivechdesoratious 11411111.40E0POrclri the whole marched. of to Oalaiarkt:u:. This force is composed of two brigades, placed under Generals d'Hugues ana Greg, the whole commanded by General Baraguay d'Hilliera. It is accompanied by heavy siege-artillery. The Emperor arrived at Calais from Boulogne on Thursday, and re- ceived the captains of the British war-ships. Referring to the sailor's

superstitious fear of a Friday, he proposed that the troops should not em-

bark on that day. The 20th was suggested; but, finally, as all was ready, it was agreed that the materiel—including 6,000,000 cartridges

and 320,000 pounds of gunpowder—should be put on board on Friday, and that the troops should embark today. The British officers, alleging duties on shipboard, declined the Emperor's invitation to dinner. Yes- terday the Emperor went on board the squadron, and returned to Bou- logne in the evening.

An Imperial decree published in the lifonikur confers on Marshal Omar pasha, General-in-chief of the Ottoman Army, the dignity of Grand Cross of the Imperial order of the Legion of Honour.

The Empress, it is understood, will shortly proceed to Biaritz, to have the benefit of the baths there. The Emperor will accompany her to her

destination, and return to assume the command of the camp at Boulogne.

Toexnr.--The latest intelligence, reaching the public by telegraph from Vienna, dated Thursday, states that the Turks under the immediate command of Omar Pasha have commenced offensive operations. The

story is, that on the 5th instant the Turks crossed the Danube at Giur- g,eve in considerable force, and "fought an action," in which the Rus-

sians lost 160 men killed and 300 wounded; that on the 7th the Turks again crossed with 40,000 men including 12,000 "auxiliaries," (one re- port describes them as Anglo-French,) and, surrounding Soimonoff, the Russian General commanding at Giurgevo put him to the rout, killing and wounding 900 men. The Turks are also stated to have crossed the river at Olterntza, date and details unmentioned ; and to have captured

the islands on the Danube near Rustschuck on the 8th' after hard fight-

ing. It is impossible to say what degree of truth there is in these reports. The latest detailed accounts from the camp of the Allies at Varna reach to the 26th June. Then there were a very large number of British and French troops lying there. All the British brigades had come up; the French were receiving constant accessions; the total strength of the force was put down at 60,000 men ; and the chief generals were on the spot. But no movement had been made in advance, and the letters of cor- respondents and officers give as a reason the utter inefficiency of the com- missariat arrangements for the carriage of stores, ammunition, and bag- gage. Lord Cardigan, alone with some lightLeavalry, had been sent forward in the direction of till) Danube. The French division at Adrian- ople, 14,009 strong, commenced its- march upon Bourgos on the 27th June.

From whatever cause the Russians have again made a movement Southward. Prince Gorlschakoil, early in the present month, reappeared

at Bucharest, at the head of 30,000 men ; thus pushing forward the Rus- sian position from the line of the Jalomnitza, and meeting the reported advance of the Turks upon the Bucharest road. Not only this, but he sent patrols to the banks of the Aluta, reoccupied Slatina, and even ap- peared on the Danube above Giurgevo. The Austrian steamer Arpad, having on board, it is said, the officers destined to confer with Omar.

halm and the Allied Generals, could proceed no further than Sistowa, as

a Russian detachment occupied Simnitza; and on her return the steamer was fired at by Cossacks at Flamanda. The German papers agree in

stating that the Russians in retreat have received orders to halt. From

Transylvania it is reported that the position of Liprandi at Kimpina has been strengthened by the erection of a battery at the mouth of the main

pass leading through the Carpathians to Cronstadt; while the troops on the Sereth have been reinforced by the troops encamped at Odessa, who are replaced by troope from the interior. The line of the Sereth conti- nues to be strengthened, and the approaches from Transylvania into Mol- davia have been either broken up or fortified. It is reported that the Russians have destroyed the small forts on the right bank of the Lower Danube, and that the garrisons have gone to Brailow. In the first movement of retreat, the Russians carried off or attempted to carry off the Wallachian archives, functionaries, and militia. For some reason, however, the militia were not taken bodily, but only dis- armed. Such is one of the reports le the German journals.

The fleethas departed from Baltchich, and-was seen on the 7th instant steering for Sebastopol. The squadron under Sir Edmund Lyons was said to be occupied in reducing Anapa, and it is even reported that Anapa had fallen; but as a strong land force would be required to effect this, the toped -is doubted.

A letter from Erzeroum, dated June 19, states that the Russian army- Was in motion along its whole line from the Caucasus to Bayazid, with tho view of concentrating upon a large plain at Gori a place about forty miles from Tiflis and 150 from the Black Sea. ll'he total force of the Russians there, as estimated by General Stein, a German serving in the Turkish army, is 54,000 men. Stein had ridden in disguise into Gumri. The Russian estimate places the total as high as 150,000. Meanwhile,

the army at Kars was paralyzed for offensive operations by the indecision of the Turkish commander and the hostility between the Polish and Hun-

garian Generals. There was, however, a smart outpost combat on the Arpachai on the 9th June ,• when the Bashi-bazooks disciplined and led by General Kmety gallantlY charged the rear of a Russian reconnoitering Party, and compelled them to-recrosa the river.

The following letter from Abd-el-Kader to Omar Pasha, dated Broussa, June 18, is published in the journals.

"My very dear Brother—The gates of Paradise opened themselves for me, and I had a conversation with the only Prophet, in a dream, on the eve of the at Ramadan. I heard all the great and holy, souls who repose in Abra- ham's bosom proclaim your name with shouts of joy, and I saw a large rain- bow extend across the striking ranks of the holy souls when they called you by name. God is with you, my brother. Wherever you go, glory and vic- tory will attend you. I envy you. Carry off the camps of your enemies by your troops. May my blessing accompany you. The enemy will fly before You like jackals, and our children's children will glorify your name. Do not draw back, but march your troops forward. The Prophet wills it. The day of

brothexpiation is arrived for the Gmours of Moscow. Blessings on you, my

GER-Ntsbne.—The conduct' of the German Powers is tantalizing as ever. Prince Gortachakoff s proceedings at Vienna have attracted great atten- tion, but little satisfactory information has been the result. On Thurs- day week, he had an interview with Count Buol, and requested an au- dunce of the Emperor in order to presenta letter to him from the Em- peror Nicholas. Count Buol directed him to send the letter to the Em- peror Francis Joseph, who was then staying at Laxenbourg, so that he having read it might appoint an interview. This course was adopted. The Emperor returned to hie capital on the 7th, and held a Cabinet Coun- cil. Next day Prince Gortschakoff had an interview with the Emperor, that lasted for half an hour. What passed is a state secret ; but two couriers were instantly despatched to St. Petersburg, one from the RUS- sian diplomatist, and one from the Austrian Government. Generally speaking, the public journals both in England and on the Continent agree in representing the propositions brought by Prince Gortschakoff as "tm- acceptable " and " unsatisfactory." From Berlin, however, the intelligence is that the propositions are not deemed unacceptable there ; but that the King, looking upon them as furnishing a basis for new negotiations, urged the Austrian Government to arrest the entry of its troops into Wallachia. And although Baron Hess reached Orsova on the 5th July, no forward movement of the Aus- trian troops has taken place. It is now said, that a definitive summons to evacuate the Principalities has been addressed from Vienna to the Emperor Nicholas; and that the Austrians will, without waiting for a reply, proceed to occupy the Principalities. This statement, however, like others, is again qualified by the generally well-informed Paris cor- respondent of the Morning Chronicle; who says that the German States, as well as Austria, have determined not to abandon the idea of an armed mediation,--that is, such an occupation of Wallachia as shall interpose Austrian troops between Russia and the Allies. It is impossible to make out the exact truth from these conflicting reports; but one thing seems clear—Prussia has arrested Austria in her movement to fulfil the condi- tions of her recent treaty with the Porte.

GREECE.--The insurrection is now completely quelled by the energetic and judicious exertions of Fuad Effendi. The new Greek Ministry, however, have still to struggle against secret cabals ; and the capture of a Greek vessel laden with arms and ammunition, by the French steamer Infernal, has, it is said, though we are not told how, thrown light on a new plot in which M. Metaxa is compromised. The Minister of the Interior issued a circular on the 21st June to the Prefects, warning them to guard against the malevolent efforts of the rebel fattion, and directing them to explain the true meaning of the protective intervention of the friendly maritime powers. On the 22d, General Kallergi, the Minister of War, gave a banquet in the Acropolis to the French and English officers of the army of occupation, and also to the navel officers of the two Powers, and to those of the Austrian navy. A hundred officers of the Greek army, or the ancient Philhellenic army, were remarked there.

Generals Spiro-Milios, Vlachoupoulos, and Gardikiotis Grivas, and Colonel Soutos, have been ordered to account for sums of public money placed at their disposal and secretly disbursed.

MONTENEGRO. —The threat of Austrian intervention, and the ill-success of the Greeks in Thessaly and Epirus, have brought Prince Daniel to his senses. Ile has deemed it advisable to make his peace with the Austrian Government, and has sent a most respectful message, stating that Monte- negro will remain quiet and avoid everything that may give offence to Austria.

Russie.—The intelligence respecting the movements of the Russian armies in Poland continues of the same tenour. Not only regular troops are still moving towards the frontiers, but even irregulars from the in- terior. It is stated that 6000 irregular horse, composed of Calmuek Tar- tars, Kirghese, and Bashkires have passed through Lublin on their way to the Austrian frontier ; that a brigade of Cossacks, with artillery, the usual precursors of regular infantry, had entered Kielce, and that ano- ther brigade was posted at Kalisch on the Prussian-Silesia frontier.; while a large body of troops were marching upon Cracow. The Emperor Nicholas, irritated at the failure of Prince Paskiewitsch, has ordered him to retire upon his estates in Podolia. This disgrace of the veteran Mar- shal is deemed a sign of the extreme nervous exasperation of the Em- peror—so noted for his attachments to his old servants.

THE BALTIC. —Following the progress of the main division of the Anglo- French fleet in the Gulf of Finland, we find them leaving the island of Lesskar on the 26th June, and steaming up to the Tolboukin Lighthouse, within eight miles of Cronstadt. Here they came to an anchor. The Arrogant, Desperate, and Imperieuse, under the orders of Captain Wat- son, with the Magicienne, Penelope, and Lightning, under Captain Sulli- van, steamed in-shore, to take soundings, but keeping out of gun-range. It has been stated that they discovered three "devils" or "infernal- machines" moored under water ; but it is not said what they di? with them. On the 27th, a Russian steamer showed her nose outside the Tol- boukin Lighthouse ; but, seeing the Dragon getting up the steam, she put up her helm and ran under the outermost battery. On the 28th, the an- niversary of Queen Victoria's Coronation was celebrated in good style ; the flags of England, France, and Turkey, flying at the mainmasts of all the ships ; and on the 29th Admiral Chads, Admiral Parseval-Deschenea, Lord Paget, and Captain Keppel, embarked in the Driver, and steamed up the North side of the island, in order to ascertain the practicability of an attack from that quarter. It was thought the ships could get near enough to shell the town without much damage to the ships. The cholera had broken out in the fleet, apparently while it was before Cronstadt. Two gunners of one ship were buried on the 29th June, a marine on the 30th, and several were ill. It was supposed that the disease was partly caused by the water, which is fresh ; as the men liked the water alongside better than the distilled water. A telegraphic de- spatch from Stettin, dated Thursday, says that "diarrhcea of a bad kind had broken out. Thirty had died in the Austerlitz, seven in the Duke, and a few in other ships."

A Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday announces, that on and from the '26th of June last a strict and effective blockade of the whole of the ports in the Gulf of Finland to the Eastward of Helsingfera and Sweaborg has been established by the combined fleets. From Cape Labooki the line of blockade crosses to Tolboukin Light, immediately off Cronstadt, and then crosses Southward to off the town of Borki, in the province of St. Petersburg, in latitude 59° 57 N., longitude 29 28 E. A. complete blockade of Cronstadt and St. Petersburg has been effected by the combined fleets which anchored off Cronstadt on the 26th June. Westward the blockade extends from Borki to the Ekholm Light, situated in latitude 59' 43' N., longitude 25' 48' R All measures author-

ized by the law of nations and by treaties will be adopted and executed in respect to all vessels which may attempt to violate the said blockade. Warlike news arrives from Sweden. King Oscar has sent out circu- lars to the Lords-Lieutenant of counties requesting to know in how short a time the various grenadier corps can be assembled in readiness for ser- vice. From another quarter, Paris, comes the report that "the Allies calculate on the cooperation of a Swedish corps d'armee to the amount of 30,000 or 40,000 men."

SPADT.—The insurrection, so far, has proved abortive. After the fight at Vicalvaro, General O'Donnell retreated upon Aranjuez ; and thence, taking a Southerly direction, continued in retreat, not upon Portugal as was stated last week, but towards Andalusia. The Government lost no time in directing a column of troops in pursuit, and in replacing the gar- rison of Madrid by draughts from the provincial capitals. As yet the Royal troops have not come up with the rebels. The latter, although joined by General Serrano, have met with no support from the inhabi- tante of the districts through which they have passed : on the contrary, if we may trust the reports of the Government, their ranks have been thinned by desertions both of officers and men. The latest accounts, dated the 11th July, state that after an abortive attempt to obtain pos- session of Ciudad Real, in La Mancha, they pursued their way South- wards. A Republican movement in Valencia is reported.

SWITZERLAND.—It is stated as a proof that Austria is reconciled to Switzerland, that the Austrian Cabinet has named M. Kubeck, the son of the Minister and statesman of that name, as its Charge d'Affaires to the Confederation, with orders to proceed at once to Berne.

Cseana.—Fuller details of the defeat of the Hincks Administration have been published. It appears that at the latest modification of the Ministry, which has held power since "responsible government" was introduced, the new Ministers were pledged to support a programme in- cluding measures for the secularization of the Clergy Reserves and the settlement of the Seignorial Tenure question. When Lord Elgin opened the Parliament on the 13th June, a year after its prorogation, the extreme limit allowed by law, he made no mention of the two subjects above men- tioned in his speech. This raised a commotion. Fierce debates en- sued ; and the Mucks Cabinet, Mr. Hawks especially, were charged with corruption like unto that of Walpole. Finally, a combination was ef- fected against the Ministry, consisting of Sir Alan Macnab and the Tories, the Ultra-Liberals, represented by Mr. Brown, and the French Cana- dians represented by M. Cauchon and M. Sieotte.

"An amendment was proposed to the address, censuring the Government for 'not submitting to the Legislature during the present session a bill for the immediate settlement of the Seignorial Tenure, or one for the immediate settlement of the Clergy Reserves,' and it was carried by 42 against 29. Mr. Blacks forthwith requested an adjournment till the 22d instant, to allow /ifinisters time to decide on the course to be adopted. On the morning of the day that the House was to meet, the Speaker was notified that the Go- vernor would prorogue the Parliament that afternoon. When the House met, Sir Alan Macnab offered to allow the Franchise Bill to pass into imme- diate operation, give effect to the Reciprocity Treaty, and vote the supplies : but the Ministry rejected these propositions."

It was during this debate that the scene described last week occurred, followed by the prorogation and the dissolution.