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Show FOREIGN BRIEFS. j 1 The patriarch cardinal of Venice is dead. The Turkish budget shows a deficit of 12,000,000. j Some Italian men of war have arrived at Salonica. i The Italian government hag issued a decreeof neutrality. Both Turkey and Russia exhibit weakness in skilled generals. Ninety seven batallions of Turkish infantry are near Dobrudscha. Large bodies of Russian troops are leave Poland for the Caucasus. - ; England has issued a proclamation cf neutrality on the oastern question. The river Daieper has overflooded, rendering 20,00d inhabitants home less. , , A steamboat from Galatz has arrived at Slaruboul with 800 fugitives on board. Famine still devastated two Cbiuose province. The government aflords no relief. The Turkish fleet has been ordered to blockade the Russian ports oa the Black sea. - The porle will exercise the right of searching vessels going into the Black sea. The czar will leave Kischenefl on Wednesday and roach St. Petersburg on Sunday. One thousand houses wore destroyed by firo in Tokio, Japan, April sixth and several lives lost. Tho Turkish army on the Danube ha? been reinforced by forty battalions and 40,000 Circassians. Colonel Lennox will join tbe Turkish army of tho Danube aa British military attache. Persia has assured Turkey that she has entered into no engagement with Russia against Turkey. All Christians who wiah tr iir. Russia in the war must go to the Russian campa to be enrolled. : On Saturday over a thousand Turkish women and children took rail from Ruschuck for Varna. The Russian army is moving mostly a foot. The railway is only used for heavy artillery and baggage. A Paris correspondent says that Greece only delays declaring war until the Russians crois the Danube. Russia haa not concluded a new loan; she is prepared with means to prosecute the war during the present year. An extensive conflagration occurred on Saturday in the Puarar quartar of Constantinople; GOO houses svare destroyed. des-troyed. The Russians fearing the British occupation of Crete ceased to excite patriotism there and stopped sending supplies. The Russ an march to Galatz was a really wonderful performance. The whole distance was traversed on foot in 15 houra. The Russians are extensively fortifying forti-fying Galatz and putting tegether small gunboats whioh were brought there in sections. . : About 40,000 Russians entered Roumania territory on Sunday. It is estimated that 72,000 havo bo far crossed the Pruth. All Russian war news must be aub-mittted aub-mittted for approval1 of the special committee at tbe central staff office before publication. Tbe porta has declined o recognize o - nuiuu ttUOaiUll subjects m Turkey were placed under German protection. Minister Marts! has ordered the magistrates to report to him all Frenoh newspapers which attack foreign governments. The St. Petersburg Goloa newspaper news-paper has been suspended by the government gov-ernment for two months for attacking attack-ing the administration. The Russians seized three Austrian steamers at Trieste for carrying contraband con-traband of war, and Austria has ro-moatrated ro-moatrated against the act. A quarrel between United States Minister Seward and consul General Myers has resulted in tke auapeusion of the latter by the former. Russia will nut molest either the MiiBselmons or Christian population of the provinces if they "remain quiet and do not molest each other. Commander J. D. Marvin of the United States sloop-of-war Alert shot himself April tenth on board his ship in Yokohama harbor, no cause assigned. Tkfl KriilA r,i:. ..u..v.,., msuHutuuun squadron, squad-ron, coneutmg of tbo iron-clads Alexandria. Monarch Suiftsure Devas-tation Devas-tation and Hotspur lelt Malta for Corfu ou Saturday. Russia has 300,000 men on the Danube and 125,000 in Caucasus, n,,PP,081UB forcea of LheTurksare HOO 000 along the Danube and 50,000 or leee in Asia minor. The pope is taking extraordinary precautions for tho election of his successor suc-cessor and to guard against anything which might militalo against the liberty of the next conclave. Prince- Charles " is preparing' a manifesto declaring Roumania independent inde-pendent of Turkey. Roumania will be erected into a kingdom and will be under the protection of Russia. ' It is officially announced that the English government will send 50,000 men at a moment's notice to Egypt-of Egypt-of this forco 5, COO will . go from England and 25,000 from India. Tbo Russians are empowered to 1' . complete the unfinished railroads in i Rumania, and the ground for this purpose is ceded to them, with many . other important military privileges. I 'I he Roumanian roads, railways, rivers and telegraph resorcca are placed at the disposal of Russia fur the supply of her army, the military trains having precedence of ordinary traffic. During the night the passage of the Bosp bonis and Dardanelles is absolutely prohibited. All lights will be extinguished except two at the entrance of the Bosphorua and two in the Dardanelles, and theso may, also be put out. Tbe Chinese poatotfice department reports a great reduction in tbe number of letters sent to Europe by the English and French m tils in consequence of the speed and cheapness cheap-ness of the American service. The son of Bchamyl, the famous Circassian chieftain has been sent to Kara to asBumotho command of the Circassian irregulars in the Russian service, and Turkey believes this will excite an insurrection in Circassia. ' Tho khedive of Egypt haa sent his son to the porte to explain why the former cannot comply with thesul tan's request for troops and money, France having warned the khedive not to divide any suma eet apart, for bis creditors to war nurnrwM. |