The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-17
FOREIGN ITEMS.

The success of the measure for clos.
ing public houses on the Sabbath in Ireland has
peen so great that the people are now moving
TO extend the time to include Saturday night
1t appears from statistics that onesixth of all
the arrests are made on that night.
An official return gives the number
OF agrarian outrages committed in Ireland dur
ing the month of July as 259, including 4 fir
ngs at persons, II assaults, 20 arsons, II cattle
malmings, los intimidations, and 25 cases of
injury to property.
The British House of Commons has
hard work in these days to maintain its dignity
and to protect itself against indignity. The
irish members take every opportunity to create
disturbance, knowing that they cannot carry a
single point The case of Mr.. Bradlaugh still
troubles the authorities.
-The canvass for election of mem
6ers OF the French Assembly has begun and the
leaders OF the various groups" are defining
in whom the most interest centers, is Gambetta:
his views were given in an address at Tours.
his programme Is not very sharply defined
except that he declares himself opposed to per
Petual senatorships and in favor of purely secu-
lar education.
Germany as well as France is agita-
ted over the election of members to her national
legislature. 1t is telegraphed from Berlin that
there has not been for many years q struggle 80
herce and bitter. The reason for this state of
analrs Is that neither the Government nor any
other party has any fixed programme, and thus
personal attacks are the order of the day'
There has been sudden outbreak
OF hot blood in deadly duels in Germany. -Four
or hve OF these combats, which terminated fatal.
ly, were noted within a week A practical re-
stralnt has been imposed upon this form of mnr-
oer IN france, where widow of victim of
the Code" was awarded 100000 francs from
the estate OF the slayer of her husband and he
also sentenced to few months Imprisonment.
1t is gratifying fact that SO many
E,ngllshmen OF note are active Christian men.
Mr. Gladstone reads the morning PRAYERS at the
chapel near his home Lord Cairns, Lord Hiob
Chancellor during Lord Beaconsield's admins
tratlon, often conducts a religious service in
neglected quarters, while Lady Cairns plays the
melodeon and leads the music; and Baron Hat
erly, Lord High Chancellor during Mr.. Glad.
stones previous administration, was for thirty
years Sabbath school teacher in Westminstay
and 1T is said of him BUSY as he ever was in
the requirements of profession which ia ann.
posed to afford little leisure for duties at church
and school, he never allowed such professional
ouIes 70 hinder his attention to those which fell
70 his lot as member of the Church of Christ -
-George Borrow, author of "The
Bible in Spain" and many other volumes
which created great sensation in this conntry
as well as in England about forty years AGO Z
dead; He entered the service Of the British
and Foreign Bible Society in 1888 and labored
In Russia: While at st. Petersburg he edited
the New Testament in the Chinese Tartar Ian.
guage' Then he pursued his Bible iabors in
SPAN and twice was imprisoned for endeav-
Srlng 70 circulate the Scriptures. While in
and translated the New Testament into their
language. '-''i'