Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-12

FERN aud 10 the two chief priests In Co
lombo and Handy, sri Weligama, and Sri
Sumangala."
ITALIAN USIyERsTTIEs.
Some statistical particulars have lately
been published concerning the Italian uni.
ver,iiics which present some items Of gene
raj interest. There are tweniy.one uni
vcrsilies altogether In the kiusdo OF
lialy, seventeen OF which are "royal v
that l., maintained out OF the funds Of the
state: and four free universities Came
fino. Macerata, Ferrara, and Perugil) are
manlnined ont Of local funds. There Il
only one university for Piedmont, at tn.
rim; ore for Ligurla, at Gcnot; one for
Lombardy. 1T Pavil; one for the old Nene-
ilah territories. al Padua; two for the
Island ~ Sardinia, at Cagliiri and Scssari;
Bologna. NOdcna. Forrara lie near each
other; Tuscany has Pisa and Sieni; Rome
is for Central Italy; Naples Is the only
UnlNefsi y for southern Italy; while
sicily his three Palermo. Messini, Gaia.
mia. Naples Is attended by 1900
STUDENT an attendance which in Gen.
iral Europe is only surprised at
Berlin and Vienna Turin has an AZ.
tendance Of 2,lO0; Rome, 1900; Bologna,
1.lG0: Padua. LOCO; PaYl, 1000; Paler-
mo, go; Genoa, about 500; Pisa, GOO;
Catann. 400. OF the Others, Modrnl is At
the head with go, and Ferrara at the foot
with 80. Surely nothing would be lost BY
the amagamatiOn OF these miniature uni
yersties. Ferrara only Processes 10 teach
medicine, mathematics, and Jurisprudence;
Macerata Jurisprudence only. Per contra.
tie great Milan acldcmy-whcre AscOli
teaches zone OF the greatest phiOlogiSts In
EurOpel. and the Ab1te Ccrian i librarian
OF The Ambrosian- has not the rank OF
university, although it doe, more genuine
university work than dozen OF the nomi-
nal universities. The same is to be said OF
the Institute Of Higher Studies, at Florence,
where the teaching.staG includes the his
torisn Villari, the great Ilelenist Com
parctti, and de Gubernati., Bartoli. and
Rajna-namcs famous all over Europe.
SIBERIA ~ PENAL COLONY.
Some statistics recently published by the
Russian Government have raised doubts
even in official circles Is TO the cXpcdiency
Of maintaining Siberia aS penal colony.
u appears from these statistics that the
Number q conycts and eXiles sent TO sine
ria from Russia itself between the years
1854 and 1884 was little short OF 100000,
thp cXiles alone numbering 10000. From
1879 10 1892 the number OF persons cXiled
was o. 125; from 1853 TO 1862, l0l,23S; and
from 1863 to 1873. 14G,3S0. The condition
Of the eXllc> is very bad, and, a. their sole
aim i to get back TO ltuS,iI, the number
OF those who get away Is very large,
amounting dunug the last twenty years TO
u per cent. OF the total number OF eXllcS.
In 1871 It was officially stated that in The
Govern mcut Of Tom-k ont OF the 2S,S2S
eXilcS 9,12G, or more than third,
Al lnAgsruVnnnf a
TohOlsk out OF the jl,122 eXlle'
who had been sent there only 3l,2)3
were actually resident there in 1919. Mot
Of the exile- are in the prime Of life. and
ihi, renders it all the more dill ,ult for
them 10 accommodate themselves To fresh
mode Of life. Women form but 9TH OF
The whole number o; tYilcs, and as most "
them are over forty there is very llttle
chance OF their mirrying: while, for The
matter 81 that, marriage i forbidden during
The fist five years Of exile. Moreover. there
"a little encouragement given the exile. TO
settle down into good cOlOni,t'. Is the Mt
,Vcs take every possible advantage Of
tL,m. ana the relations between the tTo
divisions oi the population are very IN
friendly. According to the olicll stats
ties two thirds OF the crimes in ~,hnriI are
committed ~ cYilc>, and this fact seems 10
have truck he Government at It. Peters
burg. and 20 have been one OF the motives
winch la, led to the formation o; special
comm itice 10 inquire into the Whoic ,uo-
jet.
LETTING N PRUSSIA.
II viii bc remembered writ1~ o cor
respondent al the G0UiOis. "that few
YEAR back the Prus-iln Government en-
Gcalor,d 10 suppress betting at horse
races. The decree was specially directed
acains; the bOOkmlkeTs, who were dO@sed
at every race meeting, and condemned II
pav q heavy fine for Orgln,Zing what the
authoriiic, pretended to look upon as M
authorized lotteries. Later came tn. turn
u the HOtalsator tint Is to say, the
practical suppression OF even the ordinary
tets between individuals. Thi, excess OF
Puriiani-m has produced the lucyitible
,nocis. The public became les ana less
interested in matters relating 10 the turf.
Ths racc.courses were q desert. and the
quality OF horses declined. At last the
EMPEROR has felt compelled % put stoo 10
thi, state OF things. The intcrdict has been
raised. All may make what brs they
plca.c Just ~ before; only the bookmlkcr,
are objected 10. 4 strict supervision viii
he exercised over these gentlemen Of the
tnrf. and they will have 10 turn 10 an honest
living II they want to become popular again
in the ewes If ilc iron Chancellor and his
subjects"
TENANTS TROUBLES N TIE CAUCASUS.
Acute antagoni,m exists in Irinscaurisia
IetWcen the landed proprietor. ana Il class
q farmers called hhisarS,' IN con.e.
ducncc Of The former insisting upon The
Iaymcnt 81 money rent instead of the
old custom Of receiving a portion OF the
.arm produce. They are also accused 81
demanding much more than fair -luiva.
iCui. The tcn2ut> IN question never be-
iOuged 10 She order Of .eIfs. I'm tn" trOu-
lledt.meS Of the seventeenth aud eighteenth
centuries their ancC-tDr> evil -.atcd from
cooreia, and went forth q, pioneers mo the
oastc lands of the south, cutting down
impsnotrablc forests, draining mar,hc'.
and transforming arid deserts INTO icr-iie
plains. In recognition 81 the right, ot tire
owner q the .Oil these cOlODi>t- rendered
him q considerable portion of their profits
III kind; but on the whole they did not
complain, considering thatn default Of con-
tract the lapse 81 time and hereditary pos
session would sanctiiy and give lcgaliorce
10 the act OF occupancy. This dream has
been dispelIed since the emancipation OF
the scrfs by the impoverished landlords
calling for pccuniary rent, or threatening
eviction. The Government i trying to
biiuc about a compromise.
tXPLOBATION or LAKE. CONSTANCE.
~ the invitation Of the Wurtcmber2
Government conference % delegate of
the state. bordering on Lake Consume
h,, been held at Friedricb>hafsn the pur-
pose hcing the adoption Of measure for
the thorough exploration OF the lake. since
$50 hardly ANYTHING has been done in thu
matter, and all that the literature Of Like
Constance contains respecting thcfJrm and
dcplh of the basin B., based upon survey.
made about that year. when ii was found
that the greatest depth was between Fred
richshaleh and H0mlnshOrn- namely, 20
meters. II is now proposed TO inye-I-tc
more closely the formation OF the bed of
the lake, the fauna. the temperature, the
Transmission Of light, &c, just "a, Professor
F0vc has done in the Lake OF Geneva. 1t
is hoped in a few year, to publish chart
Of the lake and series Oi scientific works
respecting it, which will lar .urpds, any
thing OF the kind attempted hitherto.
HER sUICIDE SPOILED.
A plump Maiden VINO broke tue