The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-10-25
FOREIGN ITEMS.

Twenty eightAhousand English col
lierS will probably go on a strike this week.
The Dublin Union has proposed to
send |, goo Irish men and women to Canada. al
cost of $1,000 '''1'' CT
Prohibition is to be strictly enforced
IN Madagascar. Under new law the man
fracture and sale of liquor are forbidden under
penalty OF " ten oxen and ten dollars"
General Booth, of the Salvation
Army" of England, has dismissed three Of his
ofhcers because they accepted gold watches as
testimonials from admiring audiences.
Arab Pasha is stated to look twenty
years older than he did in February last, and
ishedp "'P0 LAS van
The ex- Empress Eugene, travelling
Stylla, where it is said she proposes to purchase
castle near Aquileia.
The large college in Persia, which
was completed last year with Government aid
mas oegun It's work and is now instructing Per-
sian youths of the higher classes The n, oGfassor.
are graduates Of European universities.
India, it would appear, is saddled
with debt Of f25ooOoO [$f2 800, OOOI as first
rutt oI tne presence OF the English contingent
IN the late Egyptian campaign
Lord Spencer has had the hardihood
PuoIlcly to say that he wishes the Queen would
60 TO Ireland and see its magnificent scenery.
One would think there might be danger. in case
of her going, that she might see sometbing else else
beside scenery.
Some of the English Gypsies have
been won over to Christianity. and = TttIa or
ganlzatlon has been formed among them which
under the name of the Converted Gvpsies has
been engaged IN successful evangelistic work in
the south of England. - -
Sir Garnet WolseIey leaves his GLASS
untouched at dinner For NAM Tsa ms - ib ass
been teetotaler, and he long ago rave the
soldiers of Great Britain this very sound bit of
teaching The old superstition that grog is a
good thing for men before, during. or after a
march, has been proved by the scientific men of
all nations to be fallacy, and is only still
maintained by men who mistake the crario0s
ARISING solely from habit for the promptinqs Of
nature. Signal.
=. "A fact probably unparalleled in its
line is that the London Standard is controlled
by a Mr.. Mudford, known to many as its ir
responsible editor. He owns no share of II
out MS Judgment had secured the late proprie.
tors confidence to such degree that the latter
provided IN his will that Mr.. Mudford sbonld
have sole control of the Standard as long as he
would consent to retain it.
Rev. William Arthur. the distin-
gurished Wesleyan Of England, paid fine com
pliment to his Presbyterian brethren at the late
meeting of the Conference, when expressing his
dissatisfaction with the examinations of Metbo
DIST students. He said that there was some.
thing worse than theological ignorance ana
something greatly to be regretted-namelv,
scanty and imperfect knowledge of Scriptnre
both IN the original and in the authorized YER
sions. lie did not see, he added, why there
should be better knowledge of Scriptpre
amongst the Presbyterans than amongst the
Methodlsts; but one brother had SAID to him
after such an examination as he had referred 10
If these brethren had only the Presbyterian
knowledge of the Bible"
The funeral of Rev. Mr.. Dodds IN
Paris was exceedingly affecting. The circum
stances OF his sudden and distressing death we
nave recorded. The pastors Recolin, TIL.
Monod, and Hitchcock spoke at the church of
the OratolIe the text, Jesus wept," had been
gwen by the widow The Rev. R. w MAI
was chief mourner. At the grave in the cene-
terry of Passy, pastors, HocarfR and TIL. Monod
again spoke, and pastor ]. P. Cook prayed
The tavonte hymn of the deceased was sung
around the tomb by all those of the hundreds Of
weeping people who could command their
voices, " For ever with the Lord I" Pour
toYo'TS aUec LuD, lately translated into
French. 1t is blow that stuns. Love and
admiration surround his memory. Who will
take up his mantle and come forth to helm
France tenfold?
-IHE CHANNEL Tunnel SCHEME.-
The committee under Gen Sir Archibald Alison
appointed to report on the channel tunnel. con.
slider that the exit of the tunnel should be com
manded by fortress of the first class that the
tunnel should also be provided with portcu-
lis, and with an arrangement for filling it for
sufficient space with an irrespirable gas. and
that measures should be taken for the demol
ton OF the land portion of the tunnel. for the
temporary flooding of the main tunnel. and also
for Its total destruction by mines. These ar
engagements should be controlled by separate
parties both inside and outside Of the command
ing fortress. When all this is done the COM
mittee admit that it would be presumptuous to
place absolute reliance upon even the most com
PrehensIve arrangements. Memoranda from
Gen. Sir Garnet Wolseey and the Duke of Cam
bridge, the Commander in Chief of the Army
are appended, even more strongly condemni1g
the tunnel The Times considers that this re
port has settled the question of the tunnel ad
Yersely for long time to come
Vocal Music in Divine Service.