The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-28
Foreign Items.


this party of agitators. one thlhB Is ciear 10
me writes the arch-agitator, the country is
r;ne for n change The moment for action
has arrived If our party let it pass they pro-
claim themselves incapable Delay is killing
MS The military element is melting away
under this loss of time and will ultimately
turn AGAINST us SO MazZini asks for imme-
diate revolution, and that republic which he
will not see if he lives to be hundred.
Still. these are disturbed times in Italy; nor
do think that the King on the Princes are
equal TO the occasion"
Sierra Leone is suffering from plethora
of educational establishments. In report
drawn up by Mr.. j. ). Laune on the state OF
education in the West African settlements, 1T
onnears that in Sierra Leone alone there are
no less than ninety-fve elementary schools.
As the district altogether is not more eXtcn-
sive than the Isle of Wight, the surplus sup
plv might with advantage be turned to other
directions where instruction is not whit
less needed. In the poverty-stricken districts
of London alone double the number OF saw
aces need conversion to Christianity. Five
hundred in number Mr.. Laune estimates
village population to be, for whose benefit
three schools were established. A fourth
school was in contemplation in connection
with a certain sect already having school of
similar principles on the spot
During the past six months the emigra-
tion from the Mersey has been of an unpre-
cedented character. During the month end
ing June there sailed from the port of Liver
po0l 3G ships. with 236S1 passengers (under
the act), of whom S7O6 were English, 9O7
Scotch. $500 Irish and SIG foreigners. OF
the ships. - sailed to the United States with
1879 passengers. of whom Gj32 were Eng
Hsh. 500 Scotch. 5l95 Irish, and SOP foreign
ers To Canada there were nine ships, with
1912 passengers, OF whom 2lS3 were English,
& Scotch, lO7 Irish, and 3Ol4 foreigners The
following vessels sailed not under the act
To the United States > ships, with 337 pas
senpers: to Victoria 3, with 139 passengers:
to the West Indies, ,, with u passengers; to
South America, 3. with 9S passengers; to the
East Indies 1, with 80 passengers; and to
Africa. /, with Il passengers. During the
quarter ending June there sailed under the
act 76, ,4S4 passengers, and not under the act,
1927 making a total of 7S,411, which, when
compared with the same quarter Of last year,
shows an increase of u, 1856. The total num-
Der of passengers who sailed from the Mersey
during the last six months was 80, 200.
The reported determination of the Prus-
sian Government not to renew the convention
with Russia for the extradition of political
offenders has given rise to much hostile COM
ment in the Russian press. This famous con-
vention, which created so much indignation
in Europe in 1868. has repeatedly been made
the subject of interpretations from liberal de-
puties in the Prussian Chamber and it is now
generally understood that when the period
for which it was made expires, which will be
in a few months Count Bismark will allow it
to lapse altogether. The Russian papers point
ont that this is one of the many disadvan-
tages for Russia created by the events of 1866;
and that the independent tone which has
since then been assumed by the Berlin Cabi-
net, and especially by Count Bismark, shows
that Prussia, instead of being sure ally, as
formerly, may now become on occasion even
a formidable enemy. They add that the con-
yention is one of the most important guaran-
tees of the preservation of peace in Poland,
and accordingly urge their Government at
once to open negotiations for its renweal.
Mr.. c. +. Varley, the English electrician,
has lust written letter containing some re-
markable observations on spiritualism, in
which he is q devout believer. The ''pre-
sence of people with very active minds
weakens or destroys the power of the spirits.
We are not much surprised at this, nor that
''the spiritual beings who produce the physi-
cal phenomena seem in almost all cases to be
very limited in intelligence generally more
so than any of the human beings pre-
sent, which is saying not little. 'The pro-
cess of dying, we are further informed,
''does not seem to add to the intelligence of
an individuals" superstition seems to reign on
the other side of the grave as much as
on this, and appears to be as
difficult to eradicate as here" Moreover "a
sudden and violent death is very preiudical
to an individual in the next life, making him
very brutalized and malicious. This supplies
Mr.. Varley with a cogent argument against
capital punishment, ''because when a crimi-
nal of the lowest type is executed, the low
ness of his type, added to his violent DEATH
makes him a spirit nearly material in nature;
such beings seem to derive great pleasure in
doing mischief" As to the practical value
of Communications from spirit land one
would like to ask Mr.. Varley whether, if any
thing went wrong with the French Atlantic
cable, in the laying of which he has been en-
gagged, he would apply to the spirits to tell
him where the hitch was, and how to remedy
it, instead of following the regular scientific
processes.
The Scotch Free Church and the Scotch
United Presbyterian Church seem inclined to
amalgamate, thus becoming the strongest re-
hgious body in Scotland The clergy of the
Establishment, alarmed at this, are disposed
to request the Free Church TO return, and to
facilitate negotiation, wish to abolish the
grievance on which the Free Church seeded
the right of patronage. They propose that
the ministers should be elected by the COM
municants and landowners together: that is.
in fact by the communicates, for the "heri-
tors would be swamped, and, unless commu-
nicants would retire. There are no grave
difficulties as to property, for the patronage is
worth little; is not given, as in England, to
landlords relatives, and cannot be sold ex-
cept with the land while the communicates
have already right of obiecting to any
presentation, which they use, we are bound
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