A Constantinople letter says—It is believed to be the intention of the Commander in Chief of the Anglo-French Expedition to the East to carry the war into the heart of Russia, and to raise an insurrection in the Crimea and Circassia, as soon as Soukum Kaleh, and Roden Kaleh on the coast of Asia Minor, shall have been bombarded by the fleets, and to land a body of 20,000 troops near Sebastopol, which would at the same time be attacked by sea.
The Cologne Gazette, states that the Emperor of Russia has had a relapse of illness.
THE WAR.—A dispatch from Constantinople, dated the 10th, announces that the outer works of Sebastopol have been cannonaded by the French and English fleets, with guns of long range, with a view to destroy the advanced works, previous to a general attack. The Russians retire from the exports.
THE DANUBE.—Dispatches have been received from the head-quarters of Omer Pasha, giving a favorable account of the recent operations of his forces on more than one point of his position.
The Russian corps which was known to have been collected at Turnu, near the mouth of the Aluta, is stated to have been repulsed on the 28th of April, with a loss of 1,500 men, by the Turks quartered at Nicopolis under Sali Pacha.
Greece will be occupied by 15,000 Anglo-French and is blockaded by the fleet. A reconnaissance of Sebastopol has been made by the fleets.
The war news, by the Asia is interesting, and will soon be more so if France and England, as reported, intend to invade Russia.
On the 2d of May another Russian detachment was beaten at Radova, not far from Krajova. There is every reason to believe these reports to be accurate and authentic. It was further reported that the Russians had received a severe shock, but the news requires confirmation.
From, Kalafat, an engagement is reported between six squadrons of Cossacks and five of Turkish Hussars, near Radsan on the 4th of May. The Cossacks were defeated, and lost 62 guns, and 130 men killed.
From St. Petersburg, 9th, letters state that the British fleet had been seen within twenty-five miles of Cronstadt, and had captured a number of gun-boats.
SPAIN.—The news from Spain is of an interesting cast. Six thousand men are immediately to embark in three divisions of two thousand each for Porto Rico, there to be drafted for service when wanted.
This will raise the garrison of Cuba to 30,000 of the best troops of Spain. Paixhan guns and such like hollow ware are to be sent out in due supply, and the Spaniards think they will whip all America—easy!
Louis Napoleon has recently stated that his policy will be the same in the West as in the East, intimating that he would oppose the annexation of Cuba.