Varna, in order to establish telegraphic communication
between Varna and Bucharest, so that no time may be
lost in the transmission of intelligence from the Crimea;
and with various other powers and instructions.

The following is a list of the clothing disembarked at
Balaklava on January 9:—Woollen Jerseys, 49,480;
flannel drawers, 48,448; socks (pairs), 65,288;
comforters, woollen, 13,500; boots (pairs), 29,280; shoes
(pairs), 4,120; trousers (pairs), 6,000; coatees, 5,934;
greatcoats, 10,000; gloves, 50,234. Of other comforts
that may be classed with clothing, there were landed:—
Buffalo robes, 12,061; rugs, 24,200; palliasses, 19,200;
bolster cases, 21,800; blankets (beyond the one carried
by the men), 44,650; sheepskin coats, 1,515.

The following, by the most recent accounts, was the
position of the Black Sea Fleet. On the 30th ult. there
were at Eupatoria her Majesty's ship Leander, 50, Capt.
the Hon. S. T. Carnegie; Curacoa, 31, Capt. the Hon.
G. F. Hastings; and Viper gun-boat, 4, Lieut. Lodder.
At Balaklava were her Majesty's ships Sanspareil, 70,
Capt. Heath; Diamond, 20, Capt. Peel; Wasp, 14,
Commander Lord J. Hay; Vesuvius, 6, Commander
Powell; Fireband, 6, Capt. Moorson; Sphinx, 6, Capt.
Wilmot, Vulture, 6, Capt. Glasse; and Caradoc, 2,
Commander Derriman. The seamen and naval officers
of the Bellerophon, 78, Capt. Lord G. Paulet, had been
ordered to rejoin their ship, while the marine officers
and marines remained on shore. The Tribune, 31, Capt.
the Hon. J. R. Drummond, it was expected, would
relieve the Sanspareil as senior officer's ship at Balaklava,
when the latter would go home. Admiral Lyons visited
Balaklava on the 29th, and rode all over the lines there;
he returned in the Beagle gun-boat to Chersonese the
same evening. The Lion steamer had returned from
Tendra Bay (near Odessa) with a cargo of hay, taken on
board under the protection of the guns of the Highflyer
and Gladiator.

A letter from Odessa of the 8th says: "It is not
doubtful that Russia is preparing for a long and obstinate
war. A great number of facts might be quoted to
prove this, but we will cite only one. The buildings
which were temporarily constructed last autumn at
Ochta, in the government of Novogorod, because the
storehouses and workshops of that military establishment,
though more than large enough in ordinary
times, were not considered sufficient, are about to be
replaced by permanent constructions of such a nature as
to prove they are not only intended as a protection
against a coup de main, and even an attack of the
enemy's fleets, but are intended to defy the more
destructive effects of time."

A correspondent of the Vienna Wanderer writes from
Warsaw that the exertions made to send large bodies of
troops to the Crimea from the Danube are incessant.
Prince Gortschakoff, on the 5th, ordered the recent diversion
into the Dobrudscha, in order to prevent the Turks
from leaving Varna for the Crimea. Large bodies of
Russian troops have been ordered to concentrate
themselves at Perekop, so as to afterwards advance on
Eupatoria and attack the place by assault, if necessary.
At the beginning of January two traders of Sebastopol,
disguised as Tartars, and two Russian officers, dressed
up as priests, were arrested at Eupatoria, and shot as
spies. Prince Mentschikoff lately offered an amnesty to
such of the Tartar population as would return to their
villages, but not more than 100 other individuals—
women, children, and old men—left Eupatoria, to avail
themselves of the prince's offer.

The French Loan raised for the expenditure of
the war has met with remarkable success, without an
appeal to the capitalists. The Moniteur of the 18th
instant, announced that the sum total of the subscriptions
amounts to 2,175,000,000 francs: 177,000 persons
took part in the loan. Algeria, Corsica, and the offers
to subscribe of some of the departments during the last
few days, are not comprised in this amount. The
departments furnished 126,000 subscribers, the sub-
scriptions of whom give a capital of 777,000,000 francs.
At Paris there were 51,000 subscribers, with a capital of
1,398,000,000 francs. The foreign subscriptions are
comprised. England provided a capital of 150,000,000
francs; and Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, &c, a
similar amount. The English subscriptions have been
returned, as double the amount required had been
subscribed.

The detachments of the new Imperial Guard,
commanded by General Ulrich, and ordered for service in
the Crimea, were reviewed by the Emperor on the 9th
instant, in the Court of Honour in the Tuileries. The
soldiers were formed in squares in front of the Pavillon
de l'Horloge; where the Emperor posted himself on
horseback, the Empress sitting in the balcony above.
Advancing to the front, the Emperor addressed the
troops:—

"Soldiers—The French people in the sovereignty of
their will have set up again many things deemed for ever
dead, and now the empire is reconstituted. Intimate
alliances exist with our former enemies. The flag of
France waves with honour on distant shores, which
until now the bold flight of our eagles has never reached.
The Imperial Guard, the heroic representative of
military glory and honour, is here before me, surrounding
the Emperor as of yore, wearing the same
uniform, carrying the same flag, and, above all,
cherishing in its heart the same feelings of devotion to
its country. Receive then these flags, which will lead
you on to victory, as they led your fathers, as they have
just led your comrades. Go and share what dangers yet
remain to be surmounted, what glory to be gathered.
Soon you will have received the noble baptism to which
you aspire, and you will have helped to plant our
eagles on the walls of Sebastopol."

Then dismounting, the Emperor presented flags to
the two colonels commanding the Voltigeurs and
Grenadiers; the Empress came down, and they walked
arm-in-arm round the squares, repeatedly conversing
with the soldiers.

Before the departure of the Guards, all the officers
dined with the Emperor and Empress. Each officer
was presented with a fur pelisse after dinner. As they
were taking leave, the Emperor, "raising his voice,"
exclaimed—"Go! my thoughts will follow you into the
distant country where you are going to combat for the
cause of right and the honour of your country. I shall
still be more with you while absent than when present."

From Italy we learn, that the line of electric telegraph
connecting Rome with the rest of Europe, by the way
of Bologna, is now completed, and nothing interferes to
prevent Pio Nono from entering into confidential
conversation with either of the Emperors of France,
Austria, or Russia, except the erection of the intermediate
stations, which are actively proceeding so as to
enable the government and the public to make use of
the line at the beginning of next month. The
commercial panic is progressing here, and all sorts of
securities and industrial shares are at the lowest ebb.

The bases of the New Spanish Constitution were on
the 13th submitted to the Cortes. M. Olozaga announced
that he should propose that the Senate should be elected ,
and not nominated. The Minister of the Interior said
that he should request the Cortes to take into consideration,
after the discussion of the question on national
sovereignty, the clauses relative to the power given to
the King to sanction and promulgate the law. The
loan of 40,000,000 reals is being realised slowly. It will
enable the government to carry on affairs during several
months. The Minister of Finance has sent out a
circular ordering public functionaries to adopt all legal
measures to get in the taxes and arrears of taxes, and
even, if necessary, to employ the armed force.

It appears by the Berlin papers that the Sardinian
alliance with the Western Powers is discussed by the
Prussian semi-official press in a spirit of great bitterness.
It is felt that the active participation of a secondary
European state in the war is making Prussian neutrality
impossible. A new note has been sent to Vienna,
protesting against the course taken by Austria and the
Allies.