NEWS OF THE WEEK.
MIIE latest intelligence from the seats of war, both in Europe and Asia, is highly favourable to the Russians. According to an official Russian despatch, dated October 25, and received through Renter, General Gourko, with his cavalry and a portion of the Imperial Guard, captured a strong Turkish position between Dubnik and Teliche, and placed himself on the road to Sofia, where he is throwing up entrenchments. The Pasha in command, his chief of the staff, 3,000 men, and a whole regiment of cavalry were taken prisoners, while four guns and a quantity of material fell into the General's hands. This means, of course, that Osman Pasha's communications with Solis are cut off, that he is surrounded, and that ho must cut his way through or sur- render from want of provisions, for want of which his animals are already dying. The affair, if correctly reported, may prove to be one of the most important of the war, and Russian official despatches have hitherto been correct. At Constantinople the 'bulletin-makers do not acknowledge a defeat, but do not claim victory, only saying that the Russians lost 1,000 men, which is probable enough, and that they are in possession of Dubnik.
