The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-12-16
FOREIGN ITEMS.

Young Men in Northern Italy.-There is hope
for that classic land. 1t is stated that there
are sixty young men of piety and talents in
northern Italy, all the way from France on the
west to Hungary on the east who are making
applications to be received as pupils In Pro
teStant theology,
China.-The latest news from the Foreign
Missions of the D. School Presbyterian church
in China are the licensing Of two young men
TO preach, by the Pre>bytery of Shanghai,
after very satisfactory examination; the APP
plication TO the same Presbytery for the organ
ration OF church at Suchow; the desire OF
the church at Hangchow to call Mr. Tsiang as
their pastor; aud the opening of a school for
girls at Canton under Mrs. Moves charge, with
fourteen scholars In attendance.
Missionaries Shanghai Recorder gives
the following account of the Outrages on mis-
sionaries near TO Chinkeang, already briefly
reported by telegraph:
A correspondent writing from Chinkeang,
under date oath August. says: Mr.. Allen,
of Her Britannia Majestys consulate, and Mr.
Sands, of the United States consulate at this
port, have Just returned from Yangehow, to
which place they went in order to institute in
qulrieS into most outrageous attack which
had just been made upon the Rev Mr.. Tay
Tor, Of the Protestant mission, aud his party.
They have been mObbed In the most barbarous
manner; about ten thousand men rose in a
mass, broke into their house, aud destroyed
the whole OF their property. The ladies De
longing TO the mission have all more or less
suffered from wounds aud bruises, and the
Rev Mr.. Reid had his eyes so severely injured
that there are very serious doubts OF his re-
clvering his sight The Chinese mob set fire
to the house, and did all they could to burn
the inmates out Of it They were driven to
such extremitieS that they we're forced to throw
the children from the upper windows, and the
the ladies were obliged 70 follow at the risk of
their lives Que Of them is within month of
her confinement The outrage was caused by
the literary class, who spread a report to the
effect that the missionaries boiled up children
to use them for medicine. The silly, impo-
tent authorities knew of the difficulty fully
week beforehand, and instead of taking steps
to prevent breach of the peace, encouraged
1t by their indifference, if not actually by their
cOnnivanee.
A Japanese New Testament, translated and
edited by the American Missionaries, is now
in course of publication in Japan. The Eng
liSh and japanese are printed in parallel col
umnS and in Roman type, an arrangement
which will facilitate the mastery of both Ian
guageS, enabling the natives to learn English,
and foreigners Japanese. There is no sound
in the Japanese tongue which corresponds to
either the letter I or III. The former is ex
pressed by substituting ,, and the latter by S.
spain.-The electoral law which has been
promulgated permits every citizen of twenty
five years who is not deprived of his political
rights, to vote for the election Of town eoun-
cilOrS, provincial deputies, and deputies to the
Constituent Corte>. The general elections
will be by provinces. Provinces where not
more than six deputies are to be elected will
be divided into two demonstrations; where
over six and not more than ten are to be
elected by three circumScriptiOns and where
there are more than ten deputies, the province
will be divided into electoral districts of As, 600
inhabitants. There will be $50 deputies in
the CGFteS.
The Power OF Single wOrd.-The most i'm
pOrtant sentence in the recent speech of the
King of Prussia Is the one in which he aludes
to the Spanish revolution. His language is {:
The events on the Western peninsula of Eu.
rope cannot animate us with another wish or
hope, but that the Spanish nation may succeed
in finding the guarantee for her prosperity and
power in the independent formation Of her
The stress here is on the
word independent. That single protestant
word Is an ntimation to Louis Napoleon that
he must not NEEDLE in the affairs of his Span
iSh neighbOrs.
Church Reunion in Germany.-A movement
has been commenced, growing out of the last
Berlin clerical conference, having for its object
a friendly reunion of Lutheran and Reformed |
on the basis of a communion
creed. 1t Is thought By many that the Augs
burg Confession of Faith OF 1880, furnishes |
ground, aud that the present cir
OF the country favor the 6nal termi-
nation OF this long controversy. 1t is found |
that ratlOnallSm is dying out among the minis
try OF both classes, and that an increase of
earne>tneSS aud zeal for the promotion of heart
religion Is developing common sympathy !
of sectarlan differences. The pres
ent nominal union existing in Prussia is too
much the product OF royal power to possess
any great religious influence or value As an
act of voluntary unity it is now proposed to
make united demonstration of all German
ProtestanG, teStiiying their hearty adherence
to the Reformation, in response to the late
circular of the Pope.
Dr. Norman Macleod, the edlt0r OF Good
Words, has been nominated, which means in
point Of tact appointed, Moderator of the next
General Assembly of the Established Church
in Scotland and Sir Henry w. Moncrieff
has been nominated, or in other words APP
pointed Moderator Of the next General As
sembly of the Free Church of Scotland.
Female Education in England.-The condition
of Female Education in England may be judged
from the report of the Schools Inquiry Com
missiOa which states that the number of en-
dowed schools for girls is only twenty while
for boys there are about 5000
On Sunday, November I'D, Iwaski Nagai,
Japanese student at Rutgers College, New
Brunswick, New jersey, was baptized aud re-
eeived into church membership, In St James
Methodist Episcopal church in that city, by
DR.. Tiffany, the pastor. This young japanese,
IL Is said. is the second of his nation who has