The Russians are now the virtual masters of Constantinople. A
considerable detachment of their troops disembarked on the 5th April on the Asiatic shore opposite the Turkish capital. Rein- forcements were immediately expected, which would raise the amount of this force to 16,000 men. Another Russian army, of much greater force, had crossed the Balkan, and was in full march upon Constantinople, while their fleet lies ready in the Bosphorus to sail for the protection of the Sultan at an hour's no- tice. There appears to be no probability, however, of the Egyptians hazarding an attack upon the capital, thus guarded, either by sea or land ; and it is reasonable to suppose that MEHEMET ALI will accede to the terms of peace which the Russians may choose to impose upon him in the name of the Sultan. The Russian over- tures will be backed by fleets and armies; while the vapouring of the French Ambassador and Admiral, RousslN, was utterly des- titute of such auxiliaries.
The Empress CATHERINE made a road through one of the Southern provinces of Russia, which she christened " the road to Constantinople." The late American President JEFFERSON pro- phesied that she would find it " a very stumpy one:' It would seem, however, that all obstructions have, by persevesiceinta-)\ Al good fortune, at length been removed, and the road t nople lies open and inviting to the troops of the Cz . pear to have been some gross miscalculations on t English and French Governments during the ‘.....i eq. Eastern campaign. 1.•..
