Show y FOREIGN NEWS ENGLAND ingland ENGLAND A frightful accident happened at a musical entertainment at dundee the pressure to get into the hall was sueh such that many persons were forced one over another down some steps leading to the hall ball and 19 were killed while many others were more or less injured that blessed baby is likely to cost the english dear an etra allowance of a hundred and fifty thousand dollars 1 a I rear year ear being about jabout to be voted to tile the crice price prince of wales for its support the british war steamer racehorse was lost in the china seas in november only nine of her crew including her commander were saved the rema remainder in i 99 in number were drowned on the of december was begun the coiling of the new atlantic cable from the manufactory at greenwich to the ship amethyst lent by the british admiralty for conveying the cable to the great eastern at sheerness the coiling was proceeding attile at the rate of two miles per hour PRA fra france prance A circular of the french minister of f justice dated the instant addressed to the bishops announces that the council of state is occupied in examining the project of a decree for authorize auth oriz in lag the publication of that part of the popes encyclical circular letter which thich grants a jubilee the minister tays lays I 1 As regards the first part of the letter and the appendix your eminence till will understand that the reception and publication of these documents which contain propositions contrary to the principles on which is based tile tiie constitution of the empire eap pire dire could not be authorized zed I 1 the french clergy had held a meeting in 0 to arrange preliminary measures for a gathering ot of all ail alithe the prelates pr elates chief priests and deacons of the tile church in france to concert measures for informing ino ing the pope of the unpleasant effect erod trod produced by his letter throughout 0 prance france Fra hice fice french imperial decree appoints prince napoleon vico vice president of the privy council the great mount cenis tunnel beneath the alps which is to be yard yarm s or over seven and a half miles in length is lining pushed pus lieI forward with energy from ather ither end about one third of of the tha whole distance is now accomplished and the work proceeds at tile the rate of yards per month seven protestant places of worship were vere open in paris on christmas last thay were wele the english church the emiko episcopal church the wesleyan church the congregational church the he church of scotland a second english english church and th chapel TURKEY A stringent press law has been promulgated mul mui gated tiie rhe porte has granted its ita concession construction of ofa a railway from jamma jaffa to jerusalem the number of fires in constantinople between the of august 1859 and tile the september last amounts to luo they destroyed 2841 dwelling houses lio ilo uses 1246 warehouses and shops 23 baths mosques and other public establishments and an imperial palace making a total of buildings it appears that on the average a fire destroying twenty five buildings occurs at constantinople every eleven days supposing each house to be worth 60 purses each C hop shop 40 each public building the furniture in each of the houses 15 purses i and the palace wl with th its contents farjo curses purses we obtain a total of po pias tres equal to about for the value of property destroyed by are fire in five years the financial position of turkey as shown in the official report of income nd iad expenditure of the past year is now iha ina to a far more healthy state than athas it has been iben been teen for many years yeara past the great increase crease in tile the production of cotton as adi as in trade generally together with a more useful currency have produced not only greater confidence amongst tile the commercial and agricultural 0 classes but likewise a consi considerable demable addition to the revenue IDIA idla AND CHINA an off omm lelal official telegram dated calcutta december 12 announces that the fortress of Dalin nalin kote bhoodan Bho otan was captured b by y the british with tile the small loss of two off omm meers officers and fifty men the position was very strong three officers and seven menbere men were subsequently killed by the tile accidental explosion of gunpowder JAPAN messenger says we have received receive d by themay the way of holland a letter from japan three days later than the news already published it has been already stated that the prince of degato having refused to pay the indemnity war stipulated in the treaty of peace signed by him a judgment ud of the tile criminal tribunal of yeddo had bad decided that his ills two palaces should be razed to the ground and ills his servants put to death we now learn that this singular and sanguinary sentence was approved of by tle the mikado and by the tycoon the spiritual and temporal sovereigns ve of japan and that the number of 0 f servants killed in execution of it was four hundred and twenty men meu and two hundred and fifteen women and children the prince oil on learning those facts was deeply concerned and sent to the capital his hia first minister on board the english corvette barossa which was placed at his liis disposal by vice admiral duper kuper the minister on arriving at yeddo waited on the tile representatives of france holland america and russia and besought them to intercede with the tycoon in favor of tile the prince ills his master who had decided on execution exe executing cutin eutin all the provisions of the treaty and lik lin immediately 0 paying the he sums suing due such was the si situation ua tion of affairs at the last date DENMARK the danish government is busy in organizing its army and administration the dismissed officials of the duchies are sending in their claims for pensions pen ions lons the army is placed upon its former peace footing rooting the general command is suppressed and generel steine mann who commanded the army alac duppel and alsen is now at the head of the tile second division the danish minis ministers torp torr terP at vienna and F frankfort rank fort have llave been relieved of their duties king christian has bag announced ills his intention to visit jutland and has earnestly requested the inhabitants to incarno expenditure upon ills liis reception ITALY the municipality of florence have taken measures for extending the new capital of if italy the walls which surround the present plesent city will be demolished and their site occupied with public wal wai walks ksor or boulevard boulevards 3 |