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Show FOREIGN BRIEFS. The kinn of Greece will shortly proceed tu the frontier to inspect the army. At midnight of Monday Gambetta had not received any notice of prose-cu'ion. Tne enective Servian army for the present year will number about 40,-000 40,-000 men. London silver quotation, Tuesday, 54 3-16J. The directors of the Bank of England Eng-land have fixed the discount rate at 3 per oent. The Roumanians will probably act under Russian orders. Already their troops have crossed the Danube to act in tbe rear of Pievna. Rampon, vice president of the Frenoh senate, and member ot the left centre, has been dismissed from the post of mayor ofGilbac. It is announced that the specific charge upon which Gambetta will appear before tbe tribunal at Lille in that of iuauliitig McilahoQ and his ministers. American eagles to the amount ot 130 000 wt-re withdrawn from the Bank of England on Monday. The banks now charge id. per ounce 1 more for eagles. A collision almost oncuried at Nikopoiid butween the Russian and Roumanian forces, in consequence ot a RiiB8iaa comandment having caused Roumanian soldiers to be flogged. The renewal of fighting in Asia ie imminent and Russian reinforce ments continue to arrive at Alexan-drople. Alexan-drople. Twelve thousand men and 88 guuB have reached Ei ivan for the rein torcement oi Genera) Tergukassofl. The Turkish minister of foreign a flairs has sent to the Turkish dmbaseadur a list of fret-h barbarities committee by Russians aud Bulgarians Bul-garians upon the Turkish inhabitants of Bulgaria, inoluding murders of men, women and children, wounding and burning of houses. In some villages erery mule inhabitant was massacred, and tbe women were 1 0 reed to change their names and take off their veils. In some case the women and children were cut in 1 pieces and massacred. In many cases the names of the victims ol Bulgarian cruelty are given. The work of extermination ia continued every day with most relentleic violence. |