The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07
FOREIGN ITEMS.

-Ihe late Baron James Rothscbild Of
= rls was only thirty seven at the time of his
death. rive other Baron Rothschilds walked
oenlna the hearse on the day of the funeral
and these were the Partisan barons only.
The sacred city of Kerouan or Kair-
ouan OF hirwan in northern Africa. recentlv can
tured by the French, has never borne n f6re;Grn
yoke before except for thirty years, when it was
GaP'ufeh ina held by Roger of Sicily. whose
neiniet ana cross bow hung as relics in one of the
chapels. The ramparts of the town are CON
ceaIed by enormous Indian fig-trees. A lone
ana obscure corridor leads to an inner encIosnre
terlect silence and stiffness prevail in the bolv
CITY, broken only by the murmur of nravers
ana the shrill and melancholy calls of the
niuezzihs from their mlnarets. In the centre of
the town is a vast deserted square. in tho middle
of which is the great mosque of DamseI KaboI
pulit IN the form of a fortress. Mabomet's
barber sanctlted the place, and his remains
repose within the mosque together with savaroI
hairs of the Prophets beard-verv venerable
and sacred relics for the Mussulmans. The town
mas been a Mohammedan seat of learning and
IN us mosques, where the Ulemas studied there
Is Sald TO be large number of exceedingly val
liable manuscripts, hitherto entirely inaccessible
to men of other beliefs
Nine years seems long time to wait ::
but that will look shorter ifthe Japanese naorIa
look back and remember that thew have a1reaJv
waited through twenty FIVE hundred years Of
the present imperial dynasty, without secnrin,
constitutional form of government. Tb The era
peror' recognizing the agitation now GOING ON
among his people, issued, on the 18th of October
proclamation declaring that nine years hence
e WIN can an elected parliament and give his
people constitution " in order" he saws chat
our successors on the throne may be provided
with rule for their guidance" Already tbere
mas Deen some progress away from absolute
despotlsm, and His Majesty refers with soma
satisfaction, to the fact that six wears AGO he
esCaOHshed an advisory body of counselors. and
three years ago authorized the formation Of
local communal assemblies There will donbt-
less, be not little dissatisfaction amonp great
many radical Japanese reformers that the }}inoo
has been put off for nine years but az the En-
Peror reminds his people, it takes considerabIe
Uine 10 make arrangements wisely for so serious
revolution. The people" he says, tend to
advance too repidly, and without that thougbt
and consideration which alone can make nTo.
gress enduring; and he, therefore. warns them
against sudden and violent changes, which would
endanger the peace of the realm. It seems nrob.
able that he is right and that the progress max.
ing politically and socially, in Japan is quite as
rapid as is safe.- Independent 4'''' 60
The chiefs who were sent bv Mtesa
King of Uganda, to England, gave q cnr;ons
account OF their visit on their return to Rnbaga
!. iIhey told the king, who never would believe
that the Queens dominions were half o. iar',o
as his own, that he had mo country Of '' a. =
compared with that of the Mzunga :" WHERE.
upon the willy old rascal told them to be careful
not TO tell any one but himself what tbe1, hoJ
seen. Saabadu told His Majesty how thew
lourneyed from nyanja (sea) to nvanjn and
rom country to country, till they thought thew
never would reach their destination When. at
last, they reached the Thames thew saw encb
lot OF ships, that 1t made them think of q forest
win the trees growing the water. AS thew
went up the river, the captains of the vessels
went 70 the tops of their masts and cried 1.-THE
bpganda are coming" Whereupon all the
r Dig ships lied away" Saabadu then described
The horses in London were so manv tbot ~
one can even count them. And the bonses
Gney are made OF stone Oh my master, won.
derful wonderful They make two lone
fences OF stones sides of the street, very IonS9
as as lar as you can see and the house is insids
the renee. 1t Is all one house. but divided So
shat Iots OF people live in it. No one can count
now many people live in one house lone side of
street. being continuous, lOas supposed To h. |
one on ho"SSl. Oh London is a very big place
Nothing but houses of stone as far as from here
to Buhwezi some twenty nlilesl."
Inc chlefs saw cannon requiring a ton of
powder Tor charge and sending a ball seven
miieS. lhey attended reception of the Queen |
mn looked
Ihey left London, after some DAYS. for another.
place gong IN "a wooden house "a railway
Gaarflage which went itself, with us all in il 4,
Then they returned TO London, and told tbs
queen that they wanted to 90 back 10 Uganda -. |
but she said: mot yet. You have not seen |
my animals. So they saw the animals II
was wonderful collection. They spent tbrae
days seeing the lions and six days see1n, ,bo |
birds. AT the Agricultural Show thew saw
many thousand pigs, and each pig had six chill.
dren; These pigs were the food of the Oueen.
Oh my master, we have not got a country
at all The estate of one chief in England is az
large as all Buganda, and Bunyoro and Bpsogo
together" Say that again" said Mtess
l IKE to hear man speak the truth.'0 1--WE
nave no country, my master" ("Do Won hear
that Z? said Mtesa to the chiefs. We have no
country at all.") In England every mon bas
one one WIFE and every wife has thirty children p
! y! TL Oh many, many, many children
Ihey nave other women in the house which
are al not their wives they only do work The
bazungu who come here have no wives bnt
"hen they go back to England they are made
great chiefs, and each one gets q wife as a re-
ward for his servicel" 1.-The Queens bouse ia
al made OF looking glasses and gold and silver
!!nSide, ana we sat on chairs made altogether of
ivory At this stage Mtesa said Stop p and
dismissed the court, telling Saabadu he was IN
tell no one but himself what he had seen ip
England )-Independcnt
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