The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1867-02-13
FOREIGN ITEMS.

An EceRt-It is announced from ST. Peters
burg Feb. 5, that a direct mail has been es-
tablished between that city and Pekin, China.
The service requires forty-eight days. This is
the complement of the new Pacific steamship
route just opened,
ROne.-The Rev. DR.. Burt, of Ohio, after
spending some time in the city of Rome, says;
- Ii affords the most conspicuous example
I'm nominal Chrstendom, of which l am aware,
of religion imperative of good results In
Rome you find a bountiful supply of water,
aud filth indeScribable; also an overwhelming
amount of religion, and vice and woe equally
indeScribable.
Greece and the CretapS.-The revolutionists
are still holding out against the Turks and
Egyptians, Notwithstanding all the reports to
the contrary; and Greece is more forward than
ever TO send them aid and comfort. 1t is as
serted that the Turks and their allies have lost
| 10000 men. Another item is that the King
of Greece is about to marry a princess of the
imperial family Of Russia.
Queen Tictoria's Speech-At the reopen
ing of the British Parliament, on the 5th in.
slant, the Queen delivered lengthy speech.
She hoped that the war in which Prussia, Aus
| tria and Italy have been engaged may lead to
I
rope In relation to American affairs she
says: Il have suggested to the government of
the United States a mode by which the ques-
tons pending between the two countries, arising
out of the civil war, may receive an amicable
solution, and which, met, as | trust it will be,
| in a corresponding spirit, will remove all
grounds of possible misunderstanding, aud pro-
mote relations of cordial friendship"
Biz Clocks. The dials of the English Par
/ lament clocks are twenty-five feet in diameter,
the largest in the world. Every half minute
the point of the minute hand moves nearly Sc
/ ven inches.
| DR.. AJord, Dean of Canterbury, is report
ed, by the London correspondent of the Watch
man and Reflector, to have said, before the
/ Young Mems Christian Association: Il will
say, with full knowledge of most of what has
been done, both here and abroad, to attack the
Holy Scriptures, that in my own view each
one of those attacks has but strengthened the
position of the Christian believer. l cannot
see that one of the defences has fallen. The
Dean is considered the first living critic of the
New Testament belonging to the evangelical
party in England.
| Fares to America.-It Is very generally I'M.
/ derstOod that the American mail contract with
/ the Cunard Company Will not be renewed. For
| this reason, among others, the PASSAGE money
by the Cunard mail-steamers has been adj
vaneed to s3l for chief cabin and s23 for
second cabin, by the New York steamers; and
| by the Halifax and Boston ships to eos for
chief cabin, and 800 for second cabin. By the
extra steamers, the paSsage-money to New
York has been advanced to els, el7, and Ell
guineas, according to the accommodation in
| the state-rooms all having the same privileges
in the saloon. The Inman Company have also
raised their pasSage-mOney.
Hrs. Joseph Gilbert better known as Ann
Taylor one of the authors of Hymns tor In
FAINT Minds, collection of lyrics published
more than half century ago, and other
poems, died in Nottingham on Thursday,
the Goth ult., at the advanced age of eighty
| four. Her husband, who died about twelve
years ago, was an Independent minister, and
she was a sister of the late Isaac Taylor, the
we'll known author of the Natural History
/ of Enthusiasm.
The appointment Of Professor Mansel so well
known in this country by his hampton Lee
lures, to the Chair of Ecclesiastical History in
Oxford University, is now definitely announced.