POSTSCRIPT.
SATURDAY.
The reported successes of the Turks at Kalafat and on the line of the Danube, are so far confirmed by all the recent advices. The latest notice, however, from Vienna, leads to the belief that the battle on the 6th was not decisive ; for it states that the combat was renewed on the 7th, that on that day neither side claimed the victory, and that on the 8th there was a bloody struggle • the Russians losing some guns, and retreating. At the same time General Aurep had been ordered to move from Krajowa upon Kalafat, and he was moat anxious to get the heavy artillery from Sla- ting. This has led to the supposition that the corps defeated was that of General Dannenberg, the vanquished of Oltenitza, who had been attacked by the Turks before Aurep could reinforce him. It is also probable that the arrival of the latter may have led to the renewal of the engagement on the 7th and 8th.
The Paris correspondent of the Morning Pod says that "the last au- thentic advices from Constantinople bring news of fresh victories in Asia. The Russian territory had not been evacuated, as rumour had erroneously stated ; and the Turkish Generals have lately achieved a succession of ad- vantageous movements against and encounters with the Russians."
The courier with the despatch containing the acceptance of the propo- sitions of the Four Powers, by the Porte, arrived at Vienna on the -11th. On the 12th, the Four Powers forwarded the despatch to St. Petersburg, where the courier would arrive on the 18th.
M. Ducos, the Minister of Marine, has been made a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour as a reward for his official exertions. The appoint- ment was notified to him in an autograph letter from the Emperor, con- taining these words—" I know not how to thank you sufficiently for hav- ing, with a budget so reduced, provided resources which will allow me, from one day to another, to double or triple our squadrons."
The reserve squadron it is said, will consist of seven line-of-battle ships and six steam-frigates. The four frigates to be fitted out at L'Oriect are the Semillante, the Andromaque, the Poursuivante, and the Ven- geance.
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