FOREIUJi BRIEFS. The damage by the Montreal fire will not exceed $00,000. The Russian cavalry is now all on the north side of the Balkans. Grant has sent word to Garibaldi that he (should be very glad to visit Caprera during the autumn. Tht European powers will protest to the porte against the release of the murderers of Ibe consuls at Salonica. Schipka pass is strongly fortified and armed with 2S guns and garrisoned by a Russian regiment ol the Sth division. The German squadron lias gone to Salanica in consequence ot the release re-lease of the officials implicated iu the murder of the consuls. General Gourka lost 3,000 men in fighting on the 30lh and 31st ef July, aud iu retreating was obliged to abandon a Bulgarian legion, 1,G00 strong, to its fate, only 400 or 500 of which managed to reach Schipka pass. General Gourka's defe.il south of the Balkans was due lo an overwhelming over-whelming prefondenance of Turkish troops which attacked bis fhiuk and" rear. Queen Victoria, tin- Prince of Wales and the Dukt ol Argylo are all investigators in-vestigators of spiritual phenomena, and it is said that tho Princess Beatrice is a very fine medium. Kossuth has addressed a proclamation proclama-tion to the Hungarians urging Austro Hungary to come to an undemanding undemand-ing with the porte as to Ihe extent ol the concessions to the Christians which can be made without compromising compro-mising the integrity of the Turkish empire. He says oo a basis of tbw arrangement an alliance wilh the porte ought to be concluded. Russia should ttien be called upon to terminate termi-nate the war.