The Week.

dictory . Tho Austrians , we are told , had fallen back upon Vercelli , on the line of tho Sesia , and were fortifying themselves with the greatest care , as if determined there to await the attack of thc allied armies of Franco aud Sardinia . A number nt petty movomcuts , hither and thither , are reported by the writers of telegraphic news ; but , for the most part , these movements are of no consequence if not executed for the purposes of plundering the poor inhabitants . So indignant nt these razzias is the King of Sardiniait is reportedthat he has sent to inquire of

, , the Emperor of Austria , whether he intends to make war " as a soldier , or as a brigand . " Some of tbe telegrams report the return into Lombardy of large- numbers of wagons filled with Pieclmontose spoils . The Pays , in fact , declares that plunder has been the object of all the late movements , in order to provide the army with necessities which the bankrupt Austrian treasury is unable to supply . The treatment to which General Gyulai is reported to have subjected the unfortunate inhabitants of Piancenza is so barbarous as to be scarcely credible . A

proclamation , said to have been published by him , makes it death for any person in the place to clo anything that can injure or even incommode au Austrian soldier ; so atrocious is the whole document , that the Presse well says that , if it is really genuine , it looks like madness on the part of General Gyulai to have issued it . Louis Napoleon landed at Genoa on Thursday , and was received with immense enthusiasm . An address to his troops ivas issued by him on Friday . It appeals to old recollections of glory , but at the same time advises caution ancl discipline .

Meantime his army is rapidly approaching the degree of completeness requisite before venturing upon offensive movements . General Canrobert has addressed to the division under his command a blood-stirring order of the day , and active operations are not likely to be long delayed . A telegram dated Alessandria , May 15 , says that the Emperor of the French was at that place , where he had established his head-quarters . He enjoyed excellent health . Prince Napoleon remained at Genoa with his corps d ' arm . e ; when it should be complete he would be ready to take the field . This was expected to bo in about eight days . A Paris

correspondent states that from reliable information which he had received from the seat of war , he had reason to believe that the bulk of the French and Piedmontese armies would speedily cross the Po and offer battle to the Austrians . According to a letter from Messina , of the 9 th , Admiral Juren de Lagraviere , with three French ships of war , had arrived there . Ou the way they seized an Austrian merchantman ancl sent her into a French port . This is said to have been done in ignorance that a certain delay had been granted to Austrian ships . It is also stated in letters that the Austrians had laid an embargo on Piedmontese vessels in Austrian

portion account of the Piedmontese government having seized Austrian vessels in Piedmontese ports .- -The news from the leading stato of Germauy is serious ; the placing of the whole of the Prussian army on a war footing is now accomplished . 200 , 000 men are ready to march , and 300 , 000 more would follow them in a week . A rumour is current in the diplomatic world that the king , feeling himself still unable to bear the fatigue of government , intends to abdicate immediately after his return . It is not until the regent shall have taken the title of king that

the projected interview with the Emperor Alexander will tnke'ilace . On Thursday , after a six hours' debate in the chamber of deputies , during which all parties expressed tho sentiment of German nationality , the loan asked for by government for the military aud naval administration , together with further means for raising money , was unanimously voted . Von Humboldt ' s funeral took place on Tuesday . The Prince Regent and all the royal family , with all the representatives of art , science , and intelligence in Berlin , wero present on the occasion . A letter from

Cologne , dated the 11 th , says that things were assuming a very warlike aspect , material of war was accumulating , the kmtlw . hr had been called out , and business of all kinds had been put a stop to . None of thc buildings projected in tho town had been boguu . The Austrians have increased the garrison of Aucona from 2 , 500 to 7 , 000 men . On Monday tho Austrians declared Ancona and its territory in a state of siege . The Pope solemnly protested against it , and the latest accounts , dated Tuesday -May 10 th , inform us that the stato of siege had , in consequence of the energetic representations of the French ambassador at Rome , been suspended . The Pope ' s subjects , and even his troops , are said to bg