The Week.

graphic Institution ou Monday . The first levee of the season was held on AA ednesday , at St , James ' s Palace , and was very numerously attended . The Princess Frederick AAllliam , will , it is believed , visit this country in May next . AVar is so much resolved on by the French government that the corps which are to commence the campaign have already been designated , and orders have been given to the minister of war to frame a plan of operations . It is contemplated to attack the Austvians simultaneously in frontflankand rear ; the Piedmontesesupported by

, , , a large French army forming the main division , while another will march northward from the Papal states , and a third will seize on Trieste or \ enice . Remonstrauces of ministers , and deputations of manufacturers and merchants , have endeavoured to stay the emperor ' s martial ardour in vain . In spite of all resistance , the formidable preparations for war are not discontinued . All the preparations are on a scale suited for an army of 120 , 000 men . Marshal Canrobert is designed for the command of the army of Italy , under the orders of the emperor . Admiral

Parseva ! Deschones will command the squadron in the Mediterranean . It is rumoured that the imperial government is much disturbed by an unwonted movement which has for some little time been observed among the leading members of the Orleans party . Louis Napoleon , it is generally believed , fears these opponents much more than any other , whether they be republicans , legitimists , or socialists . The Orleanists are a small but influential party . They count in their ranks men of decided liberality , intelligence , aud honesty . Many , too , have wealth at their

command . A very large class of the bourgeoisie have not forgotten that , during Louis Philippe ' s reign , they enjoyed a sensible amount of political liberty , and that at the same time , the law protected their lives and their property . The students of Berlin University have celebrated the birth of the infant Prince Frederick by a torchlight procession ; and a deputation of their number , with a congratulatory address , was received by the prince and princess . Berlin letters describe the reception of the new marriage law by the liberals as very favourable , while the conservatives observed a gloomy silence . Its main provision is the

establishment of a permissive or optional civil marriage , and the abolition of impediments to marriages between nobles and commoners . Our Madrid advices are to the 22 nd instant . Tho journals state that no fewer than three " reform bills" had been brought into the chamber of deputies . It was remarked that the Fenicc , Queen ChristinaSs organ , from being friendly to , had become the opponent of tho O'Donnell cabinet . A letter states that the government had indefinitely postponed the recognition of the securities called English coupons . The chamber of deputies has granted 2000000000 reals for public works and other purposes .

,,, At A'ienua an official order appeared on AVednesday , prohibiting the exportation of mules and the transit of horses . A letter from Milan states , that trade iu Austrian Italy is iu a complete state of stagnation , no business being at present transacted . A despatch , dated Milan , AA ednesday , runs as follows : — " On the occasion of the funeral of Signor Dandolo , an opposition demonstration of the nobility took place in the churchyard , but subsided quietly without further disturbance . Continual quarrels occur between the Austrian , Modenese , and Piedmontese sentinels ,

stationed along the frontier . The Nord states that Prince Frederick AAflliam of Prussia was expected at A ieima on a special mission . Tho Austrian circular to the lesser German states had received replies , some of a simply affirmative nature , while others are willing to accept the propositions made to them , provided it be made in the joint names of Austria and Prussia . AVith regard to the election riots in the Swiss canton of Ticino , it does not appear which party was guilty of the first attack . The elections seem to have turned slightly in favour of the

Radicals as against the Ultramontanes , but many returns are protested against . In Paris it is believed that Mnzzini is in the canton , and that he is endeavouring to hatch a conspiracy in Lombardy . " I am informed , " says the Paris correspondent of the Daily JNeics , " on what I consider credible authority , that Russia has intimated her determination to resist any attempt to prevent the union of the principalities by force . " Lisbon letters inform us that there have been several secret sessions iu the Cortes on ecclesiastical questions , aud on the long disputed subject of the right of presentation to the Indian bishoprics . A young lady , daughter of Admiral Cayendish , who has been staying at Rome with her family for