The Week.

movements of the French army had been retarded . An official bulletin , published at Turin on Saturday , contains some important items—among them a statement as to the rising of tho people of Parma in favour of Sardinia . As to the force on the side of Austria , an important item of intelligence appears in the Augsburg Gazette , which estimates the Austrian army at half a million . The Duke de Grammont , French ambassador at Rome , and who had been sent for by telegraph to attend the Emperor , has returned to his post . He landed at Civita Vecchia on the morning of

Sunday . Letters from Rome state that the greatest enthusiasm Avas produced among the people and the French troops by the news of the triumph of the French arms at Montebello . Prince Napoleon ' s French force in Tuscany is now 35 , 000 men . Tho Prince will shortly find himself at the head of about S 0 , 000 horse , foot , and dragoons ; for the regular Florentine foroe is 16 , 000 ; the volunteers are already 32 , 000 , and the Roman Legations aro pouring in recruits at the rate of 500 a day A correspondent says , " Whom are the Tuscans likely to take for ruler ? Thatthey alone must decide this question is as clear as when the Swedes took Bernadotte . "

Francis II , King of Naples , was proclaimed at Caserta on Sunday week . Tho garrison took the oath of allegiance the same day . The garrison of Naples took the oath of allegiance on Monday . The steamer A'esuvio , which left Naples on the 24 th , has arrived at Marseilles with a full complement of passengers AVIIO have hurriedly cpiitted Naples from fear of a collision which appeared imminent there . The court is divided . The king , confiding iu his army , is making preparations to suppress any outbreak of a Revolution de Palais . His majesty has ordered the arrest of several suspected persons of distinction . His majesty has received by

telegraph re-assuring communications from the great powers . The Neapolitan minister of foreign affairs has published a declaration of strict neutrality . A decree of the Prince Regent of Prussia authorises the finance minister to impose new taxes , in ease it becomes necessary to mobilise tho army . A second decree empowers the ministers of war and the marine to incur aud defray the extraordinary expenses occasioned by the placing of the army in readiness to take tho

field . Another rumour is , that both Prussia aud England have protested against the French occupation of Tuscany . Both Lord Cowley and the Prussian charge " d ' affaires have made " observations cm the subject , which have not been very well received . "— - —On Thursday the German Federal Diet was to decide on the propo sition made hy Hanover , that a corps of observation , composed of Federal troops , should be collected on the Upper Rhine . This proposition was at first objected to by Prussia , which threatened even to withdraw from the Diet if it Avas put to the vote . The King of Saxony opened the Landtag on AVednesday with a speech ,

announcing the demands for money supplies . He says : —War threatens to make those treaties doubtful on Avhich the rights of Europe now rest . The Portuguese government have officially declared the neutrality of that state .- The state and war departments at Washington have sent instructions for the officials in Utah in regard to the new difficulty which has arisen there . General Johnston is instructed to hereafter await tho orders of the Governor before calling out the troops to act as a posse cmnitalus to assist the eivil authorities in enforcing the laws . A fire at Pittsburg , Pennsylvania , had destroyed no less than ten steamers .

The loss is estimated at 155 , 000 dollars . The Black River woollen mills , at AVatertown , New York , had also been destroyed by fire , involving a loss of -10 , 000 dollars . The failure of Mr . Little , a large stock broker in NOAV York , has created no little excitement . This failure is said to be one of the heaviest ever known , being millions of dollars . His interests AA'ero mostly in Missouri , Ohio , and State bonds generally . A great fire has occurred at Oshkos , Wisconsin , the business portion of the town was entirely destroyed , involving a loss of nearly half a million dollars . AA e have received files of New Zealand papers to Feb . 19 th . The supposition of Dr .

Hochstetter ( the geologist to the Australian scientific expedition ) , that the coal recently found at Drury , near Auckland , was part of a large basin extending over a considerable portion of the province of Auckland , had been proved by coal being found at AYangaproa and Point Rodney , to the north of Auckland . Great complaints were still being made about the steam postal service , the arrival of the mails being very irregular . A ease of the utmost importance alike to catholics and protestauts was under investigation in the Court of Queen ' s Bench during the whole of Thursday , the