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1t has been confidently affirmed, by a party in whom we place fnll reliance, that the French fl ct, under the com mand of Admiral Villeneuve, will join the English fleet at Spithead on Thurs day next.-Comser.

 The following Is an extract from a Rerlinletter of Oct. I5:

 Itissaid that Prussia, in concert with Russia, has caused a formal protest to be made by its Ambassador, Baron Van Werthers at Paris, against the march of any French troops into Belgium.

 PORTUGAL.

 There seems to be no later news from Portugal, and wearc in doubt, amount ing nearly to skeptcism, respecting the victory ot Sartorius. Aletter from Vi go, received in Parison the 20th of Oc- tober, dated the Sd, 4th, and 9th, re- ports the arrivalofthe Migueliie squad ron, and after it Satorius, who has been we'll received, in consequence of an ex- press from the Government, with orders that both squadrons should be treated on equal terms. Consequently, Sarto- rius catered the port on the 9th, with 9vessels of war and steamer, and ran Iged them at the entrance of the port. The Migaeiites, who were to have gone Iout on the 4th, have not dared to sail. FRANCE.

 The Paris papers are filled with art cies touching the Belgic question, Of a warllke natare-and we find accounts lof the marchings and counter march ings oi troopsin such thick array. that one might suppose the matches lghted. and all things ready for the firing of the first guns. Nevertheless. we do not believe that war will ensue--ccrt;,iu,y not, unless Holland substantially back ed by the Northern Powers. Marshal Gerard was yetsin Paris on the 2lst of ortober. There is no doubt of the an- willingness ofsome or all ofthe absolute