The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-10 00:00:00

THE WAR.

Letters from Berlin state that the report respect-
lag the advisee of a French army to join that of
Austria at a point near to the Prussian as well as to
the Bonita frontier, has caused great uneasiness in
high circles. General Wedell's mission to Paris is
said to be still more nearly connected with this sub-
ject than with the separate treaty so often mentioned
of late. The entire military force of which France
could dispose at this moment is divided into five
armies, or army corps, on a war tooting. The one at
Boulogne, consisting of no less than sixty battalion',
each from a thousand to eleven hundred strong, and
of fifty squadrons with twenty foot or horse bat-
teries; the one at Lyons, consisting already
of three divisions of infantry and one of
cavalry, or of thirty battalions sixteen squadrons
and ten batteries; the one at Paris, which, besides
its two divisions of twenty-two battalions, its
twenty squadrons and its five batteries, contains,
in addition, us special garrison troops, two battalions
of foot guards, four squadrons of horse guards, one
battalion of "sapeura pompiers," and, as a reserve
corps, eleven battalions, ten squadrons and four bat-
teries of the imperial guard; the one in the East,
ninety thousand strong, the organisation of which is
too well known to need any description here ; the
one in Africa, and the division of occupation at Rome,
form together thirty thousand bayonets or sabres.
To this force we have yet to add ten more regi-
ments nut brigaded, or twenty active battalions, a
gendarmerie (armed police) of twenty thousand men,
and one hundred depot battalions that daily receive
young soldiers until the accession of the one hundred
and forty thousand men lately decreed.
Thus France has on foot at this moment nearly six
hundred thousand soldiers.

The Sardinian Chamber of Deputies having given
its sanction to the military convention with England
and France, the war department are making final
preparations for embarking the army for the East.
The Ifinsiteur of yesterday informs us that the
Sardinian auxiliary corps will consist of four foot
brigades of the line, two battalions of rifles, two
regiments of cavalry, four batteries of artillery, and
one company of carabineers.

The four brigades of infantry will be : the brigade
of the Sardinian grenadiers, formerly the brigade
of the guards, considered • corps ; the Pied-
' montese brigade; that of Pignerol ; and that of Aosta.
The rifle chaseeurs, named in Piedmont bersaglieri,
organised like the French Chas/nun of Vincennes,
are completely armed, and composed of skilful marks-
men. The cavalry regiments of the expedition are
mounted with horses obtained from the mountainous
districts, and chiefly from the island of Sardinia.
These animals are very hardy, and easily kept.
Half of the squadrons are lancers. The artillery is
said to be well horsed, and the baggage train
thoroughly organised.
The whole of the forces in Austria, not including
the armed police, the navy, and the depots, amounts
to 630,000 men, five-seventh, of whom may easily be
employed against Russia, while the two remaining
sevenths will be required to maintain tranquillity in
the Lombardo Venetian kingdom, and curb Russian
and Panslavistio party tendencies in Bervia and
Montenegro.
A letter from Vienna in the Post Ampt Gazelle, an-
nounces that on the 22nd ult. a ship arrived at Galata
from the Black See, being the first that had been
seen in that port for the last year. Five more ves-
eels, all Austrian, arrived there in the course of the
same week. The Russians, according to this letter,
shot the pilot of one of these vessels at Reid, because
he had not hove to on command. Letters from
Bucharest of the 30th repeat that a large Russian
force is again being concentrated at Reni.
Accouuts from Constantinople state that Vermeil
Paths, who has just left to take the command of the
army of Asia, is ordered to keep on the defensive, and
fortify himself between Erzeroum and Toprakale.

FRANCE.

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POINT OP OP TED DAILY 1111W11)
PARIS, FRIDAY EVINIDO.

There have been for some days put rumours cur-
rent, which I did not think imfficiently credible to
repeat, to the effect that Prussia had acceded to M.
Dronyn de Lhuys's proposition foe entering into what
has been styled the " Analogous treaty," instead or
adhering to that of Dec. 2, and that Prussia might
be expected to be admitted to the Vienna Con.
ferences in the quality of the ally of the Western
Powers, without the appearance of playing second
fiddle to Austria. I believe, however, it is quite cer-
tain that op to the present moment M. Drouyn de
Lhuys' offer has not been accepted, and further, very
little expectation is entertained that it will be ao-
cepted. The preparations on the assumption that it
will not are going on more actively than ever. lam
enabled to state that on the ocessioo of the Em-
peror's first interview with M. Wedel he asked the
Prussian envoy plainly whether his government
would allow a French army to march against Russia
across Prussian territory. M. Wedel replied that he
had no sufficient instructions to answer such a ques-
tion, but he thought he might safely say that the
King of Prussia would not allow it. The Emperor
rejoined that in that case his army would pass
without permission. M. Wedel retired from the
presence chamber, pale and disconcerted.

- - The probability is that A. Drouyn do Lhuys,
knowing that Prussia was insincere in making
merely formal objections to adhere to the treaty with
Austria, proposed the " Analogous treaty," in order
to pat her to the test, and to prove to the world that
the real objections of the Prussian government were
not technical, but substantial. The general belief to-
day is that M. Wedel claims for Prussia the right w
remain neutral.
M. d'Usedom has so far recovered from his recent
indisposition as to be able to leave Brussels. He
arrived in Paris yesterday morning.
A letter from Bayonne of the 7th, gives further
pirticulars of the arrests of Carlists in that town.
The arrests were made at the request of the Spanish
Consul. The prisoners contrived to destroy their
papers. The commander of the band, it is said,
swallowed a paper containing the order to invade
Navarre. The following are the names of the most
important personages in custody t—ths Commandant
Oscariz, Captain Ugalde, Lieutenant Yrurre, Lieu-
tenant Ybarragola, at,d Sub-lieutenant Yabar.
The Bourse opened very heavily, and though there
was subsequently an improved feeling, business was
on the whole dull throughout the day. The Rente
closed at 67fr. 70c., with a fall of 20c. Bank of
France fell 20fr. Railways were generally lower,
without, however, any serious fall. A species of pro-
test made by the shareholders in the Paris and
Lyons direct line against the grant to the Grand ,
Central Lyons and Orleans, had but little effect upon
the quotations of Lyons and Grand Central.
Count Abel Hugo expired yesterday after a few
days' illness, at his residence in the Rue des Moulins.
He was the elder brother of M. Victor Hugo. the
post. Although far from poisoning the genius of his
famous relative he had made himself an independent
name of no mean celebrity as a man of letters. His
" France Pittoresque" and " France Militaire" are
standard works. About a year ago he published a
pamphlet containing • number of curious statistics
tending to establish the theory that years of plenty
and years of scarcity were generally suocessive forieven
years together, and that the story of the Egyptian lean
kin* was a type of this truth. He exhorted the Emperor
to act upon his suggestions, and lay in stores of corn
in public granaries during years of plenty. In po-
litics he was quite opposed to Victor Hugo, being a