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Show FOREIGN BRIEFS, London silver quotation 53 . Servia hag sont no soldiers Jtu the frontier. A London correspondent s.iys that not 150,000 Russian troops are in Roumauiu. Fifty ulemas have been lunrind in the Crimea to excite tho Moslem inhbaitants against Russia. In Vienna the softa dttmanstratifcu is regard ud as the commencement ot another Turkish revolution. Fronch minister Forton haa ordered the steppage of several te'erams to republican provincial newspapers. ! A column of Circassian from Eizeroum is pushing forward at bayiizid to eut off the Russian advance. Between Galatz and Bucharest the railway is all but blocked by series of iuimensly long traina crowded with in fn u try. Tho Turks havo occupied several poiDls oo the river Times: and have established blockades along the Ser vian frontier, It is thought that no important events will occur on the Danube until tbs whole front lines in position on the bank ol the river. The Bultan fled to the Asiatic Bhore of the Bosphorus on the approach of the procession of Boftas, and only returned after the proclamation of the state of siege. Auiitria has informed Roumania that she is not disposed to reocoguize the latter as a belligerent, and re quests her to open the Danube to free uavjgation. French republicans believe that a plet will Bhortly be discovered in Paris, Lyons or Marseilles which will serve the government as a pretext for acts of severity. The Russian main army in Asia which took Ardahan is 10,000 stromr. A portion of this force haviug since been detached Batoum ia now seriously imperilled. "Chamant" continues the favorite for the race for the Drby stakes, which takes place the SOtti inst , at nearly even money agaiost the fitld. "Rob Roy" is next in favor at about 8 to 1. Bucharest constitutes the principal centre whence the military coIuuiob radiate to their respective destinations on the Danube. Another important artery is the road from Ruaco to Oltenitza. There was a brisk engagement near Nikopolis Friday between a Turkish ironclad and the Russian fortifications. The Turks destroyed the earth works and in tho evening retreated leaving forty dead on the field. Mukhtar Pasha's headquarters will be removed to Erzeroum. This is not a retreat, but simply a strategic j move. Erzeroum is the point of junction of all the Armenim roads, and is the only place from which operations can be diiected. During the Bofta demonstration at Constantinople on Thursday many Christians fled out of the city and many Europeans took refuge on hoard hips. The soldiers dispersed the mob, wounding many. The eoftna demanded the recall of Midhal Pasha. Sir Arnold Kimball, military attache-, gives a most deplorable account ac-count of the Turkish armies in Asia, which lack everything an army should have except eourage and patience. He does not anticipate that the Russians Rus-sians will encounter any serious difficulties diffi-culties in Asia. |