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Show THE EAVrEK. WAR. j Bucharest. G. An important en-' gagemeut took place near Kustchuk j yesterday morning. Soon afleiwarde j the Russians began the bombardment , ot the city from Sloboaia, which was! replied to by the Turks. The can-j nonade lasted all yesterday and coo -' lioties to-day. The Turks from VV idil en attempted, la-t night, to reach Clonperoheui, uear Kalafat, in hoata, but were driven back by a Roumanian battery. The garrison of Widden has been raiaed to 8,000 men in consequence of the threatening attitude of Servia. Constantinople, 6. Mehemet Ali telegraphs to day Irom Kutchtnwa, r youb Pasha's army corps, divided in tr two columns, attacked the twelfth RussUn army corps, which was mud ported by a division on this buuk of the Lorn. Tbe Russians were de feated and recroBsed the Lorn in disorder. dis-order. They abandoued their fortified forti-fied positions near Kechlowa. They lost 3,000 killed and wounded. The commander of their cavalry was killed. We lost 200 killed and 700 wounded. London, 6. The E-irl of Derby, foreign minister, speaking at Liverpool Liver-pool last evening, aaid he did not think the present moment favorable for any interposition by third parties in favor of peace, but the time might come and it might not be. far distant when England's good offices would be acceptable. He assured hi hearers that whenever, in the government's govern-ment's judgment, that time arrived they would not loe the opportunity. A Vienna correspondent says : News is just received that the Russian headquarters have bpen moved Irom Gorny Studen to Bulgurmi. Thie may indicate either an advance in the direction of Plevna or a retreat from the neighborhood ol trre Jantra line. A Vienna correspondent, telegraphing tele-graphing on Thursday night, saye it is now settled that Count Adraaay and Prince Bismarck will meet ou Sep lember 12th or loth at Salzburg. Iu ministerial circles it is maintained that this is merely an atit ot courtesy, ft is admitted, however, that the chances ol tuture mediation may be touched upon. A Berlin correspondent discredits the rumor relative to mediation. |