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Show FOREIGN BRIEFS. ! A rcat tut'.lti ia c-ipettt-d in Mon- tei;-gro. Mi-a Thackery is to bo married on Wfcdneiday. N:caic has been revictualed; but ' Ibis is denied. There are 3J0 newspaper correepon-denta correepon-denta in Koumania. Finland bis adopted t;io gold standard lor its currbucy. The pope announcfs tha appointment appoint-ment ot three new cardinals. Russia is considering the project of a loan ol 2O0,Guj,0uU roubles. Dora Pedro will soon pay a viait to Loudon in pursuit of icienc and art. The French leK'timist deputies will vote Jor dissolution Ot tho chambers. John O'Keefc, m( mberof the bo'.iso of commons for Dungan an, Ireland, is dead. The corporation of Edioburgh desires to give General Grant a public recep'.ion. Arrests of softas, civiliatia and military students Uke place daily in Constantinople. It ia feared that there will bs a popular outbreak in Constantinople . if bad news arrives from Asia. Tho river Danubft suddenly over flowed its banks on Sunday, thereby delaying the Russian operations. The E-yptian contingent for Turkey Tur-key hns nailed from Alexaudiia escorted by four Turkish men of war. , Mukhtar Faaha telegraphs that the garrison ol Kars has made a successful success-ful artillery sortie and pursued the enemy. Five Russian torpedo boats were destroyed in their attack on the Turkish Turk-ish iron clads at the Suliua mouth of the Danube. Tba pope received during the jubilee $1,100,000 in hard cash, uot counting the innumerable articles of valuo presented. Mukhtar Pasha's Asiatic army s decimated by sickness, the command is in a frightlul condition and the roadB are Bwarming with deserters. The excitement over French aflairs is kept up in Germany, where it is believed the French are renewing military operations on tbo border. Gambettaata banquet at Aimens taid that the republicans must not think ot any other means beyond moral resistance for rescuing France, "St. Chrittophe" won the grand prize of Puris in that city on Sunday by two lengths, though the betting waa fifty to one against him on the start. A delegation from Guadeloupe presented pre-sented the pope a number of bricka made of solid silver similar to one previously given him by citizens ot San Francisco. An encounter between six Russian j torpedo boats and some Turkijh iron- J idiids at the Sulina mouth of the J Dauuba ia reported. Toe torpedo boats wore driven off. The bill for a forced ten per cent . Turkish loan, payable in twe!ve years is before the Turkish chambers, to which all tax-payers and buain men will be forced to contribute. Dr. Kenealy, the Tichbornc claimant's pUrliamentry champion and counsel, has denounced ex President Presi-dent Grant as a corrupt man, who amassed immense wealth while in the white houao. It is reported from San Francisco that Jimintz, governor of Acapulco, was defeated by Alvarcr in an engagement en-gagement May 9th and shot Al-varer Al-varer is a partisan of Lerdo. The report is doubted. A corps of Montenegrin troops isolated from the main body was surprised sur-prised by a body of TurkB numbering 2,01)0 and a terrific engagement followed. fol-lowed. The Montenegrin crops was completely exterminated. President Gil! of Paraguay and his ' brother have b2eri murdered in the moat barbarous manner by a band of assassins, the leaders of which were nii1vjpnnntlv inadn nrieoners. The New York World says: The princess of Wales will proceed as aoon as possible to take up her permanent per-manent residence at her father's court in Copenhagen. The alleged cause of this serious step is an uu- pleasant difficulty which has arisen 1 and iu which a lady of title ia concerned. con-cerned. The World London correspondent reports that Minister Pierrepont baa been endeavoring to interest large English capitalists in the Nicaraguau canal project, and has intimated that if a company could be crganized guaranting the success of the enterprise enter-prise General Grant would consent to accept its presidency. The peace party is growing in Con-etantinople. Con-etantinople. It ii said that at a recent re-cent council in Constantinople, the sultan himself proposed to negotiate ' for peace. The adverse counsels ot I Redif Paaha, however, prevailed; but if tho Asiatic campaign proves disastrous both the sultan and the nation will sue for peace. |