ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1025, 8 October 1877, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

[by teleqeaph, [pbe pbess agency.] Auckland, October 6. The Zealandia, with the San Francisco mails, arrived at 6.45 a.m. The mail agent reports that she arrived at Honolulu from Auckland on August 14th, left the same afternoon, and arrived at San Francisco on the morning of the 22nd. The mails were forwarded east by the train of the following morning. The longest run made by the Zealandia in one day was 304 miles, the shortest 250. She left San Francisco for Auckland on September 12th, arrived at Honolulu on September 20th, and at Auckland at 6.45 a.m. on October 6th. Passengers for New Zealand Mrs Buckley, Messrs Lee, James Smith, Lee, Ward, Rev. C. Fisher, and twenty-seven steerage. For Sydney Sixteen saloon and thirty-six steerage.

THE WAR,

THE SHIPKA PASS FIGHTING,

When General Gourka was defeated at Eski Sagra, near the South Balkans, ho retreated north, fortifying the Shipka Pass with a garrison of 3000 men and forty guns. The bulk of the division of the Eighth and Fourteenth Corps were posted from Grabova to Tirnova, resting upon the Grand Duke’s army, and separating Osman Pasha from Mehemet Ali, and acting as a wedge into the Balkans. The Shipka Pass having been wrested from General Gourka, the Turks commanded the road from Kezanlik to Grabova, whence the roads fork. Tirnova was the pivot of the Grand Duke Nicholas’s army to Selvi and Lovatz in a north-westerly direction, where Osman Pasha’s right wing was strongly posted. The Russian position was on the summit of the pass, a depression of the back bone of the Balkans, and was approached on both sides of a steep incline by a narrow, winding valley, overhung with precipitous cliffs, which blocked the road, but was dominated by both flanks. In the rear were wooded spurs, lofty ridges, and inaccessible steep ravines, exposed to the Russian fire. The Russians occupied the passes to the east and west of Shipka, and prevented a flank movement. On August 16th Sulieman Pasha advanced to Kezanlik, clearing the Russians out of the village of Shipka, and the army then marched into the valley of Tundja to attack Fort Nicholas. On August 21st he stormed the outworks, carrying the position within a hundred yards of the entrenchments, with heavy loss, the Russians exploding their mines. After fourteen hours’ hard fighting he left the Russians still in possession of the main works. The Turks, by superhuman efforts, got their guns up the ravines into Eisition on the high ground, covering the ussian works, and two long range batteries were erected during the night, which opened fire at daybreak. The Turks swarmed on the wooded spurs, and kept up an incessant rifle fire. Battalion after battalion were hurled against the main work only to fall back shattered ; but fresh men were ready for each assault. On the second day the Turks were in greater force on the high ground, working gradually round the Russians. On the third day the fight still continued, the heavy batteries playing on Fort Nicholas, and the mountain guns sweeping the road in rear of the Russian position, and a perfect hail of rifle bullets decimating the ranks of the defenders of the pass, who repulsed every assault. At night there was no respite, and there was no water in the Russian lines. The weather was very hot, and the men worn out with hunger, thirst, and fatigue, having not a moment to prepare food during the three days. Their position was desperate, the Turks appearing ready to overwhelm them, when the Russian General telegraphed to the Czar, telling him their situation, and adding that should they be driven into the redoubt they would hold it till reinforced, or, please God, till all died. There was a lull in the fighting at 6 p.m. on the third day, when the Russians lay panting on the bare rocks swept by the Turkish fire. Others fought among the cliffs, but were forced to give ground, and the Turkish cheers echoed from every cliff. Heavy fighting in the rear heralded the arrival of reinforcements. General Radetzky fought his way ahead with the advance guard, the main body arriving subsequently. The Russians then, who numbered 13,000 all told with the reinforcements, suffered heavily. General Radetzky went into action, attempting to clear the wooded spurs, and a musketry battle ensued, lasting till 10 p.m., when a lunar eclipse stopped the fight. General Doroschevisky, commanding the pass, was killed at the close of the third day in an attempt to dislodge the Turks in the woods, which failed. At dawn on the fourth day the combat was renewed with greater fury. General Radetzky threw his men into the woods, who were repulsed by the Turks—a repetition of the Russian attack being repulsed at dawn. At midday the Turks keeping up a constant cannonade from the heights at long range and working up to the entrenchments necessitated a change ot Russian tactics, and two battalions executed a flank movement under a tremendous musketry and artillery fire. A combined attack was also made on the front and flanks of the Turks. After two hours’ hard fighting the Turks withdrew their mountain battery •n the right flank, which was followed soon after by tne battery on the left in the woods. Meanwhile the central position of the Turks remained. General Radetsky led the stormers into the redoubt, which was very strong, and surrounded by a tangled mass of trunks and branches of fallen trees, the slaughter being immense. It was ultimately taken, and then discovered that the Turks tortured and decapitated the Russians who had fallen alive into their hands. Thus the sun went down. On the fourth day reinforcements poured into both sides, till the number of Russians was estimated at 30,000, and the Turks 60,000 regulars, besides Albanians. The fighting continued on Saturday, Sunday, and through Sunday night till Monday. Sulieman Pasha, who had worked round again to the higher ground, dashed his battalions against the Russian works, but ineffectually. The heavy siege guns were got into position, and a regular siege began, varied by sharp musketry and bayonet fights. The interest of the campaign for the time was centred wholly in the Shipka Pass. If Sulieman carried it and drove the Russians from Gabrova, his junction with Mehemet Ali and Osman Pasha would be effected, and if he could force the Russians across the Danube, which was his plan of the campaign, Sulieman’s army would supply the missing link in the Turkish lino of defence from Shumla to Widdin. Hence the importance of the pass to the Russians, and the tenacity of the defence with which they heldTirnovato •ecure a covering for the army fronting on Flevoa, The Buiriaa wounded from the

21st to 27th August, amounted to 2480 men, and 95 officers. The number of killed unknown. On the 27th August Sulieman Pasha attacked both flanks from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m, and the Turks captured the flanking outwork. On August 28th they constructed batteries out of range of the Russian guns, and when these were completed the daily battles were repeated and storming attacks repulsed. On September 3rd Sulieman Pasha having wrecked a splendid army abandoned all hope of carrying the Shipka Pass. The thousands of dead bodies created an unbearable stench. When the Turks abandoned the Pass they commanded the road to Grahova, supplies only reaching the Russians under cover of night. The Russians report 1200 killed and 3000 wounded. The Turks admit 7000 killed and 3000 wounded at Adrianople, and 4000 at Kizanlik, and the hill sides of Shipka on September Ist. Sulieman Pasha is severely censured for exceeding his orders, and Mahomed Damad Pasha has been removed from the War Ministry for giving him instructions to carry the Pass. The Czar presented General Radetzky with a sword set with brilliants for his defence of the Shipka Pass, which he characterised as an ever memorable feat of arms in fighting at such close quarters. Sulieman Pasha is at Kizanlik reorganising his army. GENERAL WAR NEWS. Servia has resolved on war. The army of Razhadad, numbering 35,000, recently arrived in Europe, marched towards Nissa, checking the Servs in the valley of the Morava, and strengthening Osman’s left flank. The Widdin garrison has been increased to 7000. The Bosnian rebels still keep the field with frequent defeats. They ask for Servian recognition and assistance. Fighting continues on the frontiers of Montenegro. Nicsics has been captured by Prince Nikita, and Sukum Kaleh has been evacuated by the Turks. The Russians hold undisputed possession of the Caucasus. Hobart Pasha reports Sebastopol to be impregnable with ships. The following is the position of the Russian Bulgarian army. After the defeat before Plevna the right rests on the river, the left on Rustchuk, and the centre on Tirnova, towards Osman Bazar. The light 14th corps, securely entrenched, hang threateningly on the left flank of Mehemet Ali’s army separating it from the western army of Osman Pasha, General Zimmerman, with 50,000 men in Dobrudscha, holds the Kustendji railroad, threatening Silistria and preventing a diversion upon Galatz from Sulina. Zimmerman’s position compels the Turks to concentrate all their defensive operations in Bulgaria on the Russian lines. The march of the Turkish troops from Plevna to Rasgrad caused General Gourka’s wedge into the Balkans, which Sulieman Pasha failed to drive out. The Turkish line is the longest at present. The front is at Dobrudscha, the centre of the eastern Turkish army being at Shumla. The central army is west of the Osein River, at Lovatz, and the bulk of the force at Plevna. Strong garrisons occupy the fortified places in Bulgaria, Roumelia, Rmtchuk, and Silistria, and are cut off from railroad supplies. The Turks use explosive bullets, which is contrary to the Geneva Convention, against which Germany, Austria, Italy, and several second-rate powers protest, as also against the Turkish barbarities in the field. Colonel Wellesley, the British Commissioner, denies the alleged atrocities of the Russians, but admits that little quarter has been shown during the war. The massacres of Christians south of the Balkans, after the Russian retreat, beggars description, and the Bulgarians retaliated when they had a chance. England, though neutral, subscribes liberally to the Turkish relief fund. The distress at the seat of war is extreme.

Against the revolution in Crete strong repressive measures have been adopted. Greece is preparing for war, and the Porte threatens to occupy Athens. The Hellenic Government lias sent a conciliatory note offering to co-operate in the suppression of brigandage in Thessaly, and the Hellenic provinces. The Khedive demands the right to form a 'navy as the price of his support to the Porte.

There is great sickness amongst the Eussian troops. Eediff Pasha and Abdul Kerim Pasha, with the ex-commandants of Scutari, Sistova, Shipka, and ten officers have been banished. In the campaign in Eastern Bulgaria, on August 22ud, Mehemet Ali defeated the Eussians at Aghastar, taking their position, capturing cannon, Ac. The loss was considerable, 14,000 Turks and 7000 Eussians being engaged in a two days’ fight. On August 30th, Mehemet Ali attacked the Eussian line on the Lom, from Kahgrad, driving them across the river. The operations extended tor over fifteen miles. The Turks and Egyptians behaved splendidly. Baker Pasha, who commanded the Turkish cavalry, received special mention, and was decorated with the order of Osman. The Turks call the battle of Karanau a successful sortie from Eustchuk. At the same time, the Eussians, who occupied the positions and lost the sortie, claim to have inflicted heavy loss. On September sth there was severe fighting before Eustchuk, the Eussians bombarding the works from Slobgeo. On September 7th Mehemet Ali reports that Lyoul Pasha’s corps attacked the 12th Eussian corps which supported the division beyond the Lom, driving them across the river and capturing the fortified positions near Keehbeowa or Kiziltepe, in which the Eussians lost 3000 killed and wounded. English advices state that the Eussians were outnumbered ten to one. The Turkish loss was 430 killed and 1400 wounded.^ The result of the fortnight’s operations by Mehemet Ali has been a decided gain. The Eussians have abandoned the Upper Lom, and have withdrawn their right wing from Popskoi to a point where they can communicate with the force guarding the Osman Bazar road. It is reported that a Turkish column has crossed the Lom and advanced to the neighbourhood of Obertine, and that another has crossed the Kara Lom to Palamarka, These corps are operating against Biela, the Czarwitch’s head quarters, but they jeopardised the whole Eussian campaign in East Jantra, besides perilling the communication to Tirnova. The first object of these operations was to relieve the pressure ou Sulieman at Shipka, but, latterly they have created a diversion in favor of Osman, who is hemmed in at Plevna.

On September 11th, the “Daily News” correspondent, with the Czarwitch’s army, at Banitzka, a few miles from Biela, the head quarters, describes the Turkish occupation of Ablora on the sth. They attacked the Russians, but subsequently retreated back across the Lom, allowing the re-occupation of Ablora by the Russians, whose loss was 1000.

An armistice was granted on the 6th to bury the dead, and during the armistice the belligerents fraternised for the first time during the war, exchanging bread and tobacco. After the armistice on the evening of the 6th, the Russians evacuated Ablora, having nine battalions against sixty. The Russians have contracted their position in Eastern Bulgaria around Biela. Large Russian reinforcements have been sent to guard the crossing of the Pyrgos between Sistova and Rustchuk, which was threatened from the latter citadel. The Russian army centre was threatened on both flanks by Mehemet Ali, and had Sulieman Pasha succeeded at the Shipka Pass, the Russians must have retreated. On August 31st Osman Pasha, whilst conducting an offensive reconnaissance with 25,000 men, encountered the Russians at a village called Peliskat, five miles east of Plevna, The battle lasted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the Turks were repulsed. The Russian official report says that 30 oflicers and 1020 soldiers were killed and wounded, and 5000 Turks killed and wounded, at Pelishat. Fronting Plevna the battle was the toughest of the war. The Russian redoubts were taken and retaken three times. The Turks charged the three lines of the main Russian entrenchments under a murderous fire. The attack was well directed and the Turks admirably dialled.

The Russian head-quarters has been moved from Q-oanystuden to Poredin, preparatory to an advance on Plevna, and to relieve the army near Jantra from the pressure of Mehemet AH.

On September 2nd Prince Meretousky captured Lovatz after twelve hours’ stubborn fighting. Its natural strength was greatly improved by fortifications. The attack was well planned and admirably executed. The Russians, profiting by their experience at Plevna and Pelishat, advanced i" open order, taking cover when ground offered any defences. They stormed and carried all points. The Turkish Commandant making the mistake of withdrawing early in the action, the cannon from the central redoubt, which was the key of the position, for fear of the Russians capturing them, leaving the defence to the infantry. The Turks were exposed to an incessant hail of bullets from repeating rifles. They were attacked on front and flanks, and lost ground. If the Russians had had sufficient force the Turks must have capitulated. They retreated westward, which was the only point left open. The Russian cavalry behaved well, and the final bayonet charge of the Russians was a brilliant affair. This shut off their retreat upon Sophia, and next day Osman attempted the recapture of Lovatz but failed. Two Corps of the Roumanian army crossed at the rear of Plevna on the 26th August. Prince Charles commands the RussoRoumanian army before Plevna. Osman has upwards of 100,000 men and 200 guns strongly entrenched at Plevna. The Russian corps have detached troops to guard the western passes of the Balkans. A division was sent by forced marches to Sophia, to check the succour of Osman, and to prevent if possible the retreat thither. On September 4th the Russian left wing approached Plevna at dusk unobserved by the Turks, and erected during night siege batteries surrounding the Turkish works. The siege batteries opened a cannonade at 6 a.m. on the sth, lasting all day. The cannonade continued on the 6th September vigorously. In the evening the left wing carried the heights south of the town and village of Lschitza. The centre and right advanced 1200 yards from the Turkish fortifications. The cannonade lasted all night, and on the 7th (Sunday) a corps of 20,000 marching to the relief of Osman was interrupted. It was reported from Sistova that Plevna was captured on Sunday night, and that the Turks were retreating with great disorder, the loss being enormous. On September 10th it was reported that Sulieman Pasha’s army had crossed the Balkans, but everything has been uncertain for the last few days. There is a general indication in favor of Russian successes.

The Albanian tribes are expected to rise in consequence of the fall of Nicsic. The Sclavs of Illyria are opposed to the Porte irrespective of religion.

LATEST. September 12. The fall of Plevna is not confirmed. A Russian corps of 50,000 men has been ordered to cross the Servian territory. The Servian brigade of Belgrade marches to-morrow for the frontier. The Russian Imperial Guard is arriving in ! Bulgaria. < 1 An action is pending between Mehemet Ali j and the Czar witch west of Eskidjuma. In Armenia the Turks attacked the Russians in force at 3 a.ra. on August 25th at a village named Kuruk Dara, twenty-five miles northeast of Kars, carrying Kigdelt.ops, an untenable position,' by cavalry. The fight lasted down to dark, and was a hand to hand contest throughout the combat, the Turks attacking Russian lines, the Russians reserving their fire until at close quarters, then delivering it and rushing out to engage the Turks with the bayonet. Mukhtar Pasha hurled his battalions against the Russians with great pertinacity. General Melikoff, who is an Armenian by birth, commanded the Russians. Both armies were splendidly handled, and fought well. The Turks, however, retired. The Russian loss is estimated at 1000 killed and wounded by Mukhtar Pasha, who telegraphed a victory. The Turkish loss is unknown. The Turks met with a Blight success at Batoum. The Grand Duke Michael has superseded General Melikoff for exceeding orders. Muhktar Pasha is expected to assume the offensive by marching on Alexandrianople. The Archduke’s army is between it and Kars. The Russians have completely dismantled Ardahan, EUROPE. French politics are at boiling heat. M. Thiers died of apoplexy on September 3rd, and the hopes of the Republicans arc dashed by Thiers’ death. France keeps out of the Eastern Question. Germany guarantees the autonomy of Servia, and approves that principality fighting Turkey, aud Italy follows suit, intriguing for Dalmatian aud Albanian coasts. Austria does not object to Sorvia fighting. The Pope has ordered the Hungarian Bishops

not to permit public prayers for Turkish victories. The Polish leaders oppose the agitation for Polish nationality. Bohemia and Q-alava are incensed against the Magyars and Archduchy of Austria. Paris, September 11. G-ambetta, and Murat, the publisher of the “Republique Francaise,” were arraigned before the Tenth Chamber of t he Correctional Police for delivering and publishing the former’s Lille speech and bringing the Government into contempt. In default of appearance (Gambetta through illness) both were sentenced to three months’ imprisonment and a fine of 2000 francs. Gambetta’s pounsel applied for an adjournment for a week, which was refused. The public were excluded from the trial. One quarter of the town of Dieppe, in France, was burned. There is a good harvest in Prance. The fortifications of Paris are progressing towards completion. ENGLAND. Since the prorogation the Chancellor of the Exchequer has declared that England will observe strict neutrality. Lord Derby discourages the idea of intervention between the combatants. He suggests that they will fight until one is beaten or both exhausted. The harvest in England is a general failure. Wheat of inferior quality from Australian and New Zealand has been bought to mix with English wheat for milling purposes. The imports of grain, tinned meats, and fruits from America have been large, but prices are not materially affected. Russia, early in the season, exported all her available grain from the disturbed territory, tho same coming by railroad through Germany by way of Marseilles, so accumulating large stocks. In Austria there has been an abundant harvest. The crop prospects in India have improved from recent rains, but prices are dearer, and the famine very severe. In Southern India two or three millions must perish unless Spring sowing is secured in all important wheat-growing districts in India, F-rby-two Canadian shorthorns were sold recently for 16,280 guineas. Fifth Duchess Hillhurst for 4300 guineas, and Third Duchess 4100 guineas. Egypt has e tired into a convention with England to abolish slavery. There have been heavy commercial failures in London. The strike of the cotton spinners at Bolton continues. There are 10,000 out. The importation of cattle is prohibited from Belgium, Germany, and Russia. The cattle plague is increasing in London and environs. The Homo Rule Convention at Liverpool has appointed Mr Parnell president of the Home Rulers of Great Britain, and Messrs O’Donnell and Biggar, M.P.’s., vice-presi-dents. Mr Butt ridicules the idea that England will grant Home Rule to get rid of the obstruction of the Irish members. The Government approves of Admiral DeHorsey’s fight with the Peruvian ram Huasear. The weak point in the case is that DeHorsey worsted Perioli, the compatriot of tho national heroes of Peru, which claims satisfaction. Frederick Cavell swam across tho Channel from France in twelve hours. The strike of the Clyde shipbuilders is at an end, the dispute having been settled by arbitration. Destitution is prevalent in England, and employment scarce. September 2. £250,000 worth of bullion has been withdrawn from the Bank of England. UNITED STATES. American territory has been constantly violated by the Mexicans. Recently a band crossed the Rio Grande to the city, broke open the jail, liberated two outlaws, shot Judge Cox, and decamped. The American troops have crossed after cattle thieves, and the Cabinet demands the surrender by the Mexican Government of the men engaged in these outrages. ; There is constant trouble in Lower Cali- | fornia. Diaz is recognised by the Mexican 1 nation as the constitutional president. ; A working men’s party lias been formed as j a corollary of the labor insurrection in the j United States, which promises to be a great j political power. ■ Public opinion is strongly against the rail- 1 road ring monopolies which dominate the country. The restitution of plunder is demanded, also the control of the trunk railroads and telegraphs by the National Government. Four men control the interior traffic of the United. States. A labor war is imminent in California unless the Chinese are sent home. The labor troubles in the Middle States continue. Tho regular troops are in the field in Western Pennsylvania, and Governor j Harnbraft is organising three militia regi- j ments to operate with them, j The tramps have established a reign of j terror. I There have been extensive fires in Montreal, ! New York, and elsewhere. In New York a fire took place with considerable loss of life on September 3rd, when 1,000,000d015. worth of property was destroyed. Three spans of the Union Pacific Railroad bridge, at Omaha, was blown down by a cyclone on August 25th. A train from New London, Connecticut, tumbled into a chasm caused by a washed out culvert. There were several wounded. In a collision on the Hudson river railroad. Tho wrecked passenger train went over a bridge near Desmouros. All the carriages except a sleeping car sank in 20ft of water. There were fifty killed, and several wounded. Many casualties by fires by lightning are reported. Two steamers have been burned on Lake Ontario, and one on the Mississippi. Yellow fever has appeared in New York, Savannah, and Florida. Large shipments of gold arrived from London on September sth. Gold is at 1034, the lowest rate for fifteen years. The National Board of Trade favors free trade, free ships, and reciprocity with Canada. There have been heavy Bank defalcations and forgeries. The largest State Savings’ Institution in Chicago loses over 1,000,000d01., the president and officials having decamped. Indian troubles in the North-Western Territory continue. The troops have been badly beaten and settlers murdered. In practice for the rifle shooting between the English and American’ teams at Creedmoor, the Americans highest score was 2600. Spanish troops have arrived at Cuba. The harvest generally is favorable. The total wheat crop is 325,000,000 bushels. In California there are crops. In Oregon

35,000 tons of wheat are ready for shipment within fifteen miles of the railroad track, but growers hold for higher prices. A storm on the Atlantic coast on September 7th, caused great damage. The mining development in Arizona is wonderful, and promises to exceed the famous Bonanza at Virginia city. The Republican party is generally divided. Brigham Young, who died on August 30th. had an imposing public funeral. There were seventeen wives at the funeral. The succession is decreed in the Twelve Apostles. The women are staunch to polygamy The business managers of the Mormon Church are expected to plunder the Saints. Brigham left his family 2,000,000 dollars. The Indiana Soldiers’ Orphans Home at Kingston has been burned, with 100,000 dollars loss. Admiral Semmes, Confederate navy, is dead. Fifteen hundred regular Mexican troops have been dispatched to Rio Grande to supersede the local State troops and suppress disorder on the frontier. A Joint Fishery Commission at Halifax ruled that it is incompetent to award compensation for transhipment cargoes in British waters, or for purchase of supplies. _ Frank Leslie, newspaper publisher, has failed for 330,000 dols. Several China and silk merchants have failed. A letter from Peru, dated Safacunga, July 25th, gives the details of an earthquake and eruption of Cotopaxi. Streams of water issued from the volcano, sweeping everything before them on the Callao side. Another irresistible torrent followed the course of the Saguinal river. An immense amount of property has been destroyed and 1000 lives lost. The country is like a sea. In the midst of roaring waters and crashing houses the volcano poured enormous quantities of cinders, darkening the air from 1 p.m, to 10 p.m. There was a sharp earthquake in New Jersey on September 11th.

COMMERCIAL. London, September 11. Consols, 95 4-16. Liverpool, September 11. _ Wheat quotations are lid higher. Californian wheat, 12s 9d and 12s lid; average, 13s and 13s 3d. San Francisco, September 12. Flour, superfine, sdol. and sdol. 23c.; extra shipping lots, 6dol. 75c. and 7dol, 75c. per barrel. The millers have advanced prices 25c. per barrel. The wheat market is strong for higher prices. Milling wheat, 2dol. 324 c. and 2dol. 374 c. per cental; shipping, 2dol. 274 c. and 2dol. 35c. In barley the market is stronger. Oldßoy brewing, Idol. 774 c. and Idol. 80c. Feed oats, Idol. 45c. and Idol. 674 c. per cental. In hops the extreme price is 12c. to 22c. The wool market is dull, free Southern fall 15c. to 17c. per pound; inferior, 13c. and 14c.; slightly burry, 14c. and 15c; burry, 12c. to 13c. There are no Eastern buyers in the market. Petroleum and kerosene, Devoe’s Brilliant, in screw top cans, 7c.; do, faucet cans, do, Bc.; astral, 424 c; elraine, 424 c. ; crystal, 37c.; Downer’s, 424 c.; photolite (screw top cans), 27c; Dietz’s prize medal, 45c.; Eureka kerosene, 224 c. and 25c. according to quality. The stocks are all concentrated. ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS. A correspondent describing the entry into Lovatz, after its capture by the Russians, says, “ Up the slope, where the Russians had charged the redoubt, I was surprised to find so few dead, the Turkish fire having been too high. Inside the redoubt were corpses of Russians and Turks thickly strewing (he ground. At the western end, where the Turks were jammed in their efforts to escape, a space of 50ft. by 20ft. was covered with Turkish dead and wounded to the depth of sft. The living and dead were lying on each other in a dense mass, steaming with heat and blood, and around these Moslem people was a fringe of dead Russians, shewing that there had been a fearful struggle in this small space. The Russian soldiers were standing upon this mass of humanity, and I watched them working manfully to separate the living from the dead, but in half-an-hour they had made scarcely any impression. A correspondent of the “Times” at Bucharest writes “ The Turkish forces now number 50,000 at Rasgrad ; 40,000 at Osman Bazar ; 40,000 with Sulieman Pasha; and 55,000 at Plevna and Lovatz, under Osman Pasha.” They are opposed by 200,000 Russians. Another estimate places Mehemet’s army at 160,000. The Russians are preparing barracks for 20,000 men in Bulgaria. It is alleged that Mr Gladstone has written to the Greek merchants of Constantinople, urging the Greeks to unite with the Sclavs to attack the Turks. An American correspondent says the statement causes much talk in England, and Russophobists assert that Mr Gladstone is insane, and has been so for several months. The American Government proposes to co-operate with England to prevent the introduction of Chinese, and to make a law prohibiting more than ten being landed from any one vessel. Fifty dwellings were destroyed m New York by fire. There was great excitement in France on the death of Thiers, and feelings of grief and apprehension are universal.