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Show FOREIGN BRIEFS. Loudon silver quotation 54ljd. The Turkish commander in-chiel is at Shumla. , l A majority of the Roumanian senate sen-ate is opposed to war. oeverai Russian aeaeners were auot at Bucharest last week. A Turkish monitor bombarded Satinow ten hours on Wednesday. The bullion in the Bank of England decreased 167,000 the past week. The Turkish gunboats are seizing and ordering neutral vessels out of the Danube, A great many Russian officers are at Bucharest. Six thousand troops pass a battalion, but "wifl abafaiu'Trom creating any trouble with Austria. The Roumanian army will form the right wing of the lliissian army and be increased, by one Russian division. A French vessel has arrived at the Sulina mouth of the Danube to protect pro-tect French subjects in the Dobruils-cha. Dobruils-cha. Sultan Abdul Hamid refuses to allow tae New York Herald correspondent corres-pondent to accompany the Turkish army. batteries opposite Rustcliuch, and an attack at this point is considered probable. pro-bable. . Prince Milan and the Servian miu isters have formally assured Count Andraesy that Servia will not disturb the peace. Three hundred soldiers are on the way Irom England to Halifax to fill up the 2uth and 97th-regiments to their full strength. ' A Greek iron clad has captured a vessel which clandestinely left Pira cics. The crow are pirates and criminals crimi-nals from Asia minor. It is feared the steamship Dakota will be a total loss. She is vilued at $750,000. It is Btipposed the ship and cargo are fully insured. A syndicate of Pans and Berlin bankers have advanced $16,000,000 to the Russian government, with the right to make further advances. Prayers have been ordered by the chief rabbi of Constantinople to be offered for the success of the Turks in all the synagogues of Koumania. The steamer Dakota from Liverpool Wednesday for New York is ashore on the mainland inside of the isle ol Angleiy. The crew and passengers were safely landed, . The Prince of Roumania has as turned command of the Roumanian army, designating the chiefs of tho slat! and commanders of divisions and brigades at Orokova, Bucharest and Guergevo. The Russians destroyed the earthworks earth-works opposite Ibrail on the Danube, crossing the river for this purpose. This prevents the Turkish Jlset from bombarding Ibrail under cover oi these works. . nrninoll he. tween Kalalat and Widden. The Russians propose to cross the Danube there because the Turks have been greatly weakened by seeding troops to the Dobrudacba. Reinsurances are being eficcled c,n the overdue steamer Cily of Brussels for fitteen guineas per cental premium. pre-mium. It is believed that the shaft of the steamer has been bruken, and that she might be detained eight or ten days. |