Accounts from Odessa of the 1st state that on that
day the combined fleets were seen, and so great was the terror, that the inhabitants were preparing to quit the city for the interior. An army of 20,000 Russians were stationed in and near Odessa, which was otherwise well fortified and prepared for defence.
Reports from Cireassia state that the Russians have been driven by Schamyl into the castles on the coast ; and that, after sustaining an at- tack of four days, they blew up their magazines and took shelter in their ships. This news is said to have been brought to Constantinople by the British steamer Sampson ; and it is added that "the coast is now free from the enemy."
The Vienna correspondent of the Times sends the following despatch, dated Corfu, April 9th—
"The English and French vessels of war on the coast of Thessaly are ordered to search all vessels suspected of having munitions of war on board, and to seize those in which they may be discovered. Ionian vessels carrying passengers without passports are also to be seized."
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