The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-06-30

season, and have been kept in motion much
longer than usual. Such prolonged and ex-
tensive drift obviously betrays an abnormallv
large and vigorous movement of the chief ice
bergng stream known as the Arctic. or Labrador
current.
We may expect therefore. to hear, as the sum-
mer wears on, that this polar flow has made
decided impression upon the weather and season
on our Atlantic sea-board far to the southwark.
~. Y. Herald
Foreign.
The PEABODY LONDON HoMEs.-
The S2,500,000 which George Peabody left to es
tablish homes for the poor of London had grown
to over 50 100000 last December, through ad-
ditions of rent and interest money to the princi
pal The trustees of the fund have already
housed 1905 persons in 1855 separate dwellings,
and have made arrangements to buy nine acres
OF land In glass house street, near the mint:
Whitecross street, st. Luke's; Bedfordburv;
Great Wild street, Drury Lane; Peartree court.
Clerkenwell; and Old Pye street Westminster
10 cover these sites with. buildings the trustees
have obtained a loan of $1,500,OOO from the
fund, In yearly instruments of 100000, and on
the condition that the whole shall be repaid in
fifteen years. They calculate that this sum will
provide homes for 10000 persons. The average
weekly earnings of the head of each family in
the Peabody buildings last year was about Sc
the average rent of each dwelling about ST., and
of each room about fifty cents
"A correspondent of the ". Y. Times
says: " 1t is not to be wondered at that some of
the Nonconformists and Liberal churchmen who
voted for Gladstone and his party at the last
election should have taken alarm at his appoint
ment of Lord Ripon to India, the Lord Ripon
who being converted to Rome submitted so
promptly to the Papal discipline as to resign the
proud position he occupied at the time of Grand
Master of the English Freemasons. Now.
without 'imDea ching the Premiar on ral;cr;o,s
grounds, or indorsing the agitation which has
already commenced, it is Just as well to look the
business straight in the eye.' Mr.. Gladstones
sister, who lately died, was Roman Catholic
His cousin, Mr.. Hugh Gladstone, is Roman
Catholic. Earl Spencer, Lord President of the
Council in the present government, is a Catho,
lie. The mother of the Duke of Argyll, Lord
Privy Seal, is a Catholic. Earl Cowper the
Vlceroy OF Ireland, is Prince of the Holy Ro-
man Empire, and therefore, in alliance with the
Pope. The wife of Miner Gibson is Roman
Catholic, and Mr.. Gladstone has raised him to
the peerage.''
AT the last meeting of the Anthropo-
logical Institute paper entitled Further Notes
on the Romano British Cemetery at Seaford,
Sussex" by Mr.. F. G. Hilton Price and Mr.
John b. Price was read, being a continuation
of paper communicated by the same authors
IN November 1876. During the summer of
1879 these gentlemen revisited Seaford, and
made further excavations in the Roman GEM |
etery upon the Downs, in which they discovered
several urns, drinking cup of Durobrivian pot
terry Samian pGterae flint celts of the neolithic
type, and many flint flakes In one interment
a large urn full of charred human bones, was
discovered, having Samian cup in its mouth. |
for the purpose of keeping out the earth; an
other elegant cup of Durobrivian ware was
found on its left side, and food vessel and
paterd of Upchurch pottery on the right side
close n mt
liar one; the urn was much crushed but beneath
pdter0 OF Samian ware a coin of Faustina Ju-
Nor, the daughter of Antoninus Plus and wife
OF Marcus Aurelius was found This was most
important, as giving an approximate date for
the interments; they could not be earlier than
between A. d. 161 and $50. In another part
OF the Downs, in place called the Little Burys,
black patches were of frequent occurrence in the
sand, which were composed of charcoal, frag-
ments of burnt bone, flint fake or two, and
frequently iron nails. In one particular spot a
batch OF over ninety iron studs was found,
mixed up with bone ashes and charcoal The
authors considered that the patches of charcoal
without an urn indicated pauper burials or the
burlals of soldiers, as this place was military
station.
Observe the discovery of flint celts"
in this Romano-British cemetery of the
second century. What was the date of
the Stone Age in Britain.-EDs.
PARIS, June %, I88O.-Since his
speech on the amnesty question NJ. Gambetta
has become absolute master of the political situa.
ton. Never since the first Napoleon held all
France in the hollow of his hand has a French
man been so powerful. Another man might be
tempted to abuse such power. NJ Gambetta,
however, is both wary and sagacious He is
little likely to commit political mistakes or DO.
litical crimes, though the attitude of the French
press, republican and anti-republican is so ut
terly servile and adulatory lust now that he
would be almost excusable if he trampled on
the liberties and institutions he has so long per-
sistentlly and patiently fought for. In re-
markable article in La Justice of this morning
M. Clemenceau himself declares that NJ. Gam.
beta is now practically master of the destinies
OF France N Y Herald
The movement in Britain for the
establishment of Public Coffee Houses. or pub.
lie houses without drink" widens and deepens.
Wealthy and benevolent men are starting them
all over the country and are finding to their
qualification and surprise that in a very short
time they are not only self-supporting but actu-
ally pay handsome dividend on the money in
vested. To succeed, however, they must have
every thing of the very best Cold Stops
called by courtesy tea and coffee-stale buns,
and cherries surroundings, such as too often
have been found in temperance establishments.
won't empty the taverns; but good CHEEKY.
cleanly, comfortable coffae boueee ybara a,,ary,'