Show BY TELEGRAPH FOREIGN LONDON 16 the british fleet has arrived off port said the hotspur ia Is moored at the entrance of the canal the devastation has haa taken up a position commanding the mouth of the harbor and the remainder of the fleet I 1 is s anchored two miles oss off the shore completely guarding the entrance of the canal at port said it ia Is officially announced from st petersburg that the turks bombarded on monday the town was somewhat damaged an attempt to land the troops and guns was defeated the turks leaving a number of dead on the beach un in asia minor the snow is still deep on the ground retarding 0 mil nall tary operation sr the turks are fortifying the passes of the balkan abdul kerim is drawing all the forces from macedonia and albania to the danube the national guards throughout the south are armed all avAl available lable labie troops are marching northward the tes have driven the turks from groschl after a sanguinary fight wherein the entire turkish battalion was destroyed it is reported that the Merl Mer dite chief will bring down a strong corps to cooperate with the montenegrins Montene grins reliable information has haa reached frankfort franko Frankf ort orf that the insurrection in the caucasus Js is daily gaining ground the Roum anians have been working incessantly at the halavat fortifications and have now forty guns in tho the battery bearing on widdin Wid din several thousand rou mabians have been engaged on n the old earthworks earthworms earth works of which they are repairing they have improved others and also built twelve redoubt doubts re to cover the crossing of the danube the whole will be finished by tuesday Rust chuk is enormously strong it has cannon mounted besides five gunboats gun boats turkish deserters from there who have arrived at go complain of bad food and st sickness in the turkish army the russians have not yet advanced their camp is half way to MONTREAL 16 the heat in the city yesterday and today to day from bush fires is very oppressive and the smoke ia Is so dense that the ferry boat has ceased running ST petersburg 16 the russian agency say the american officers in the service of the khedive have refused to bear arms against russia they will remain in egypt ROME 16 the popes ropes health again causes disquietude perhaps with more reason than previously he has no special ailment he is in good spirits but ia Is extremely and increasingly weak and has again taken to being carried in a chair which he does not leave during an audience audiences continue almost daily and are a source of considerable uneasiness to the popes medical attendants LONDON 17 the russians are having considerable trouble about transportation the small country carts carta are insufficient for military y purposes one of the first th things ings that the russians did on entering into Rou roumania mania manla was to apply to that government for carts to meet transportation demands thousands of christian refugees are expected across the frontier to augment the number already in dalmatia and who are actually dying of starvation A special from Erz roum on monday says the russians have advanced to kara xara ralisa kalisa in great force the turks will confront them at rala kala both armies are p preparing hig for a pitched battle the london telegram telegraphs pha paa special from vienna reports that the turks altogether have captured russian vessels in the danube containing over hectolitres of the nian Blan manchester chester Guardian guardians la dispatch from london asserts that persia has declared her intention not to join oln oin russia PARIS 17 specie in the bank of france increased thirteen million francette francs franc ethe the past week bome BOMB 17 A duel with swords has been fought between deputy pier antonis antoniy son inlaw of the 1 minister of justice and senor benor albanez a writer on the fanfulla the latter ter is somewhat seriously wounded in the arm the cause was an editorial criticism the tao members of the press presa have protested to the chamber LoNDON 17 the 7 capture of book boek goom kale kaie and the rising of the who massacred the garrison and burned the town la Is officially announced the sultan has determined on the admission of christians into turkey A draft of is to be equally divided among the ottoman subjects without distinction of race or creed the russian army corps at odessa has been ordered to the crimea to prevent the spread of the tartar insurrection iu the report that the turks intend to seize the church property in bulgaria causes much excitement there many marly monks are accompanying the turks to the caucasus to incite a holy war VERSAILLE SIT 3 the new cabinet is constituted as follows duc due de broglie president of the council and minister of justice de courten Four ten minister of the interior eu eugene gene bailleaux bail ball caillaux laux minister of finance auguste Mu guste minister nii Bli nister ulster of public works viscount de do meux minister of agriculture brunet minister of public instruction the resignations of berghout Bert hout and due de cazes as ministers of war and foreign affairs respectively have not been accepted provisional arrangements will be made relative to the minister of marine BERLIN 18 the weekly statement of the imperial bank of germany shows showy a de decrease crease creaso of marke LONDON 18 the posit position iori lorl of th he russians hessians near bagoum is becoming one of great danger A A special from dated the the russians attempted to bombard wars kars they miscalculated their range the shots going over the town without any damage kars replied and forced the assail ailts ants to retire but they subsequently attempted the erection of siege works the turks lost some munitions on account of sudden attacks on their flanks two thousand five it undred hundred cir cas from van beau were checked by the enemy an JErz roum dispatch dated the says bays the russian attack on has been bravely repulsed by the turks PARIS 18 pm A message from president mac mae macmahon has just been read in tho the chamber pro the sitting for one menth month PARIS 18 the new ministry have been gazetted president macmahon has written to the duke de cazes as fol circumstances do not permit me to entrust power to the late cabinet of which you form a part I 1 wish it to be understood too d that I 1 intend to maintain with foreign powers the relations of friendship and confidence which you have been able to establish nothing must be done eto ito to impair these relations and nothing must be changed in the foreign policy you so ably and worthily represent I 1 appeal to your patriotism and beg you to remain in the post to which I 1 called you three years ago EO so long as you may not relinquish it without vei prejudice udice to the public welfare LO LONDON IS 18 the french pre presidents peremptory and jil tempered dissolution of the cabinet excites grave apprehensions regarding its purposes and probable consequences it was more imperialist than republican in spirit and manner and forcibly revives the suspicion that mac mahon is a monarchist in disguise his motive is suspected to be a desire to check cheek the rapidly growing strength of republicanism by violently a quarrel with simons the liberal premier under circumstances which should compel a dissolution of the liberal ministry LONDON 18 the Standard standards 18 paris dispatch says thero there is no excitement in the quarters of the working classes but large patrols of infantry scour the outer boulevards from sunset to sunrise on friday evening there were great excitement on the boulevards huge hugo crowds kept surging to and fro discussing the events of the day the article in the strasburg 0 ci al attracted so much attention contains the following the turn affairs have taken in france is calculated to inspire germany and her close friend italy with most serious reflections A victory of the Ultra montanes in france occurring simultaneously with the ultramontane ultra montan e victory in the italian senat senate e I 1 is fraught with the gravest com consequences sequences germany cannot remain indifferent it is incumbent on her to display the greatest watchfulness the victory of the roman curia opens the prospect of a war of revenge and it is only through an alliance with france that the curia can find a possibility of war against germany with italy the german papers almost unanimously sly siy consider simons overthrow an ultramontane victory they think if marshal marshai biar blar macmahon Mac mae mahon Mabon complies with the pretensions of the clericals the peace of europe would be seriously threatened the whole italian press thinks jules simons dismissal excessively serious A large force of emi emigrants with great stores of arms and ammunition have been shipped from the for a point upon the black sea coast the expedition tion will be protected and a assisted by two ironclad frigates the times vienna correspondent commenting on the feeling in Rou roumania manla mania towards the russians says despite the excitement caused by the turkish bombardment ef doumanian Rou manian towns there are not wanting men who will not allow themselves to be carried away by the prevailing current they were not able to stem it but a reaction seems to have set bet in very soon and despite all the pains taken to disguise the real state of things the conviction is already dawning that far from having taken steps towards her cherished independence roumania has only taken steps towards exchanging a h master muster for a russian master king log for king stork an official telegram from tiflis I 1 may aay states that while general was reconnoitering reconnoiter ing before rara kara on the instant the turks tacked attacked tt the russian irregular irreas lar cavalry and after stubborn orn I 1 nights fights j t the h e turks left sixty four dead on the field two prisoners were captured the russian loss wa was 8 one officer and twenty men killed and five off leers officers and fifty four men wounded one of whom was maor major general commanding a brigade of the dag hestan cavalry prince hasan son of the khedive and Egypt ains leave cairo for constantinople tomor to mor row the remainder of the con contingent tin will follow soon the insurgents at h have a ve a again aln ain been defeated the survivors fled io to the mountains MONTREAL 18 A hurricane f wept swept the village of st Hy this afternoon the new catholic church and several beveral houses were blown down two brothers named boileau working in the church were killed and their father and another man were badly wounded VIENNA 18 the advance of the russians into little Wal lachia is causing great excitement the russian ambassador explained that the russians crossed the aluta river only because of the most urgent necessity and would withdraw at the earliest moment circumstances would permit in it LONDON 19 the Standard standards 8 versailles dispatch bays says of the scene in the chamber previous to adjournment that some of the members were actually scuffling 11 A widdin giddin dispatch says pays have joined the turkish army as volunteers an dispatch of the says sass the russians rus Ras attacked in jn force und were again repulsed communication with kars is difficult on account of interruption on the wires LONDON 19 the experience the russians had bad of the turkish needle gun the first few days of the campaign has caused re to be dis dispatched p arched to Rou roumania manla mania and the caucasus us in roumania the three corps of reserves are added to the operating force and corps cot cor ps are being mobilized in their stead in the Ca a similar change is being effected the russian combatants in nana nann are thus raised to about men which will require the turks to make corresponding efforts Ral rai lovia sovia and seis sels toya tova on the Danube are almost unprotected the russians have taken ardo han ban with sixty guns gung and large quantities of stores the russians lost men the turks fled an another other large steamer is embarking iron forts fec for malta on the two attacks on the turkish position at were repulsed alone the whole line but in the evening the russians resumed the offensive the russians have since cut the telegraph raph wire wires s and no further news has been received the turks at van compelled the left wing of the russians to fall tali fack on the peck borders of the ottoman territory advices advises from announce that the have been defeated in the neighborhood of gus inge two chiefs don prin and dion were taken prisoners tho the czar has sanctioned the construction st of the and tash kend line it will avoid the deserts and steppes by a circuitous route eighteen hundred of rail will be required not including the branch line to Tavin sk the austrian government has received from st petersburg and belgrade a formal assurance that servia will not take part in the war i LONDON 20 kho anchor line steamer from new york april soth for bristol which exploded hek hei her boiler on april killing the captain three engineers two firemen and one coal trimmer arrived in the british channel today to day A constantinople dispatch says islam has proclaimed U holy war against russia an imperial tirade tirado Is published subject hig big non to military service the expedition under facci pasha which started for hukum K kai a ieh leh on friday consar consisted ted of four large transports four ironclad frigates one dispatch boat troops and five batteries of artillery A constantinople correspondent telegraphs 1 I am afraid we are on the verge of another coup the relations between the porte and the chamber are so strained that the chamber will probably be closed the deputies made a violent attack on the porte alleging that the financial envoy who was sent to london was corrupt of members all but two voted censuring the appointment the russians attempted to regain kaleh but were repulsed with heavy loss the attack on kars was repulsed with heavy loss communication with jas jaryis ays entirely interrupted by floods the valley of Best Rest is a seh sea of water waist deep ST petersburg 20 the following is thee official account of the battle of ardavan Ar dahan telegraphed by general melikoff to grand duke michael the outworks out works of Ar dahan daban HS fortifications citadel sixty guns immense stores of provisions and ammunition and the camp camo furm turm formerly r occupied by fourteen battalions of turks he lie at the feet of the czar cr on may the admirable fire of our ar artillery between three and six in the afternoon made a breach in the walls at six the erwan tennis and bakee regiments and the sappers advanced to the assault the enemy could not withstand the onslaught and fled leaving a great number of their dead at at nine our troops traversed the tha whole town and fortifications the troops are full of enthusiasm our luss lusa is believed to be one officer and gifty fifty soldiers killed and four off meers officers and soldiers soldiery wounded I 1 cannot find sufficient words of pra praise i se for the courage and cool coolness hess hese of our young soldiers or for the good disposition of if the troops made by the cill officers cers cors constantinople 20 an official bulletin announces that the turkish forces operating neur near suk um kaleh were att attacked acted by Rus russians near the turks comple compte completely tely annihilated a com company perly pIrly if cossacks they took five prisoners besides some arms and provisions the fighting continues the fleet has destroyed the russians lost killed and wounded in the tho skirmish near kars LONDON 21 A berlin dispatch says the turks confine themselves to the tho preparation and strengthening the dortre fortresses Q all being more or less forbid formidable eie ele but strength strengthening the garrisons detracts from the number of their field officers 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