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Show FOREIGN BRIEFS. London silver quotation, 5-iid. The Russians admit their defeat at Plevna. The Russians were defeated in an assault ou Silislria. The Russians have completely evacuated the district of Bayazid, Asia. All the uutlyiug forts around Nicsics have beeu taken by the Montenegrins. The Turkish telegrams claim that the Russians have been repulsed in Ibe neighborhood of Raagrad. A detachment of English troops embarked at Portsmouth on board the Euphrates for the Medileranean Wsduesday. There has been a government resolution at Costa Rica, in favor of General Guardia, who deposed Preii-denl Preii-denl Ferrera. Tbe balk of the Russia a army investing Rustchuk ia jammed into the augle between the Danube and the Lorn rivers. Suleiman and Racuf Pashas have e flee ted a junction of their forces and are at tho head of an army of 00,000 men on the southern side of tbe Balkans. Prince Gortacuakon has notified the powers that Russia wiLi not treat directly di-rectly with the porte. The question to be solved will be submitted to the great powers. Five Turkish stoamers and two monitors, going from Ruatchuk to Silislria on the 23d, were attacked by the Slabosia batteries and three of the steamers burned and sunk. Grand Duke Nicholas had issued a report denying that Russian soldiers committed aoy cruelties. He admit possible acts of vengeance by Bulgarians Bul-garians and charges Turks with great barbarities. Ad vices from Ecuador, South America, state that the damage done by the late eurption of Cotopaxi amounts to over one million dollars. Many lives were loat and over 1,500 bead of cattle deitroyed. The Russian steamer Nicholas and two sloops arrived on the Danube with cannon aud mitralleuses aod engaged en-gaged the Turkish monitor near Siles-tria. Siles-tria. She waa set eu fire and considerably consid-erably damaged, and several of her crew killed aud wouudei. The Russian Rus-sian vessels sustained insignificant damage. |