From Sevastopol, dates were to the 8th of April, and although skirmishes were still constantly taking place, the condition of affairs had undergone no change of moment. The Russians have constructed two new batteries and converted the ambuscades into an advanced parallel. The French are advancing toward the Malakoff works by a serpentine sap. Omer Pasha had not marched on the Alma as represented, but had occupied two villages half a league from Eupatoria, and enlarged his circle of fortifications to shelter 5,000 men. It is said that the Allies are changing their tactics in the Crimea; that they are about to fortify and hold as a material guarantee, the already strong position of Kamiesch with 20,000 men, supported by the fleets. The Russians say there was a sanguinary fight on the 26th of March, but the story is not confirmed. They admit that Menchikoff is wounded, but deny his death.
The Vienna Conference re-assembled on the 8th, but with what result had not transpired. It was not known when another meeting would take place. There was a rumor that the Representatives of the Western Powers were about to quit Vienna. There is nothing certain, however. The latest rumor in Paris states that there is to be a levy of a hundred thousand men in France should the Vienna result be for war.
St. Petersburg advices are altogether indefinite as regards politics. They, however, reiterate that Russia will not make concessions. The cholera continues its ravages. The advanced squadron of the Baltic fleet was at Elsinore on the first of April, but the Baltic was still obstructed with ice. The Russian fleet is at and near Cronstadt. A dispatch from Warsaw says an army of 120,000 men is concentrating in the Baltic Provinces. The Russian Count Potochi is visiting all the Italian States, except Sardinia, assuring them of the friendship of Russia. He is said to have obtained assurance of neutrality from Tuscany and Naples. The Pope has had a narrow escape with his life, from the accidental falling of a beam. Two Cardinals were injured.