Show FOREIGN NOTES bj W C to lh rus Kii LONDON dec IG A S peters burg dispatch says alio sac sanger promulgates an order which in conformity with iho general efforts of repression provides that soldiers arc to be transferable from ono part of alio army to another in order to prevent them from serving near homes the better to maintain order anat discipline the general expectation is eliat count alofT appointed chief of the new police ministry socci thomas lea of kidderminster liberal lias been elected to the house of commons for the polling 2213 votes against for maccorkell conservative the homo rulers supported I ea the announces that parliament will on the fifth of february iriel ROME dec 16 there is great distress among alio poorer classes here and alio municipal council meets today to day to consider measures of relief fatal LONDON dec 10 the ion ot blasting material in auck salt mine at killed twelve miners and injured eight of whom two only are ox peeled to recover the disaster was increased by the miners in ft panic endeavoring to opi the doors outwards instead of in wardi thug preventing aid from reacting them before aliey lind fallen unconscious from the effects of the the Tron lIc LONDON dec A correspondent of iho times at babul telegraphs on alie dinst iho troops ire in excellent spirits and ready for any work the british IOSA in the various affairs of alie past week was 42 killed including nine A military contributor to the times writes tho temporary success of mahomed jan over ien cral with the evacuation of the position won at such a cost on the dinst bos an impetus that it will need all our strength to overcome the cantonments Canton ments which lie two miles north of babul are entrenched and aliey contain several months supplies tho troops are in good healt li though it isa humiliating to feol at the moment alie afghani have the upper hand that our army tion is besieged that the city of babul has passed from our hands its governorship cabeen transferred to mahomed jan vet theres no cause tor alarm there it a man maido eliat nt who ciui faced heavier odds hain at present against him and though it may be unpleasant to learn that the afghans hate us bow undying they exhibited in 1842 there is no reason to feel any apprehension of a repetition of the disgrace which overtook us then |