An official bulletin details the proceedings of the Russian forces
after the fall of Varna. Following up their conquest, the division of the army under the Prince of Wirtemberg pursued Omer Vrione on the road to Constantinople ; and on the 15th an en- gagement took place at the river Kamptschik, in which the Rus- sians claim a complete victory. They say they drove the Turks across the river • but they did not find themselves sufficiently strong to proceed further.
The siege of Silistria continued to be vigorously carried on; but it would appear that all other military operations on the part of the Russians will be suspended for the winter.
There is another bulletin from the army of the Caucasus, an- nouncing various successes. The Armenians are stated to have occasionally assisted the Russians • who now " are masters of the country to the sources of the Euphrates." The Empress Mother of Russia died on the 5th current. We copy the summary of her character given by the Times of yester- day; and such of our readers as choose to refresh their recollec- tions of this accomplished princess, may turn to Dr. Granville's account of his audience with her Majesty, quoted in our 10th number.
"She was a German Princess, and, without possessing the abilities of her mother-in-law, Catherine, exercised during the latter part of her life a great deal of influence in the empire. During the reign of Catherine, she lived as much as possible in a kind of seclusion, and had a difficult part to play between an Empress jealous of her power, and a husband naturally brutal and exasperated by the ill-treatment of the Court. The accession of her husband to the throne rendered her situatioA still more distressing, as it converted his rudeness and imbecility into abso- lute insanity. It will be needless to say that his death inspired few re- grets, and that his widow urged no measures of severity against his as- sassins. Whatever may have been the conduct or feelings of Alexander on that occasion towards his father, his filial tenderness towards his mo- ther constituted a striking feature of his character. To the last hour of his life he treated her not only with kind regard, but with affectionate reverence ; and she could not be an ordinary person, whose opinion the Emperor thought it useful to consult in the most trying circumstances. The arrangements which were carried into effect after Alexander's death, by his youngest brother ascending the throne, were known to be the work of this able and intrepid princess."
The Emperor of Russia and the King of Sweden have agreed to a commerpial treaty mutually advantageous to each other.
