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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 67, 19 March 1877, Page 4

; A Jewish deputation waited on Lord Derby on Wednesday, December 2J, the spokesman of which made it sufficiently clear that it is as neccesary to obtain equal treatment for Jews ajt the hands of 'Christians as for Christians a^ the hands of Tarfcs. ,- The memorial presented to the Foreign Secrejtary a recited ,a variety ,pf -, outrages r recently perpetrated upon the Jews in the Danubian Principalities. Their synagogue in Bucharest was destroyed in 1866. In 1867 ten : Jews -.were thrust : into 'the water by Roumahiah -oldjers "with their ; bayonets and? lf he! r butt-ends of their guns. Iu 1872 there occurred repeated instances of rhdrde-i violation., ofchastUy, plundej, andkuher, qutrages,' including the espulsion of Jewish: families from tha": : -country ':> districts in the coldest weather. , Even . in the present year J Jewish famiiies have beeu barbarously expelled from some districts. Mr Sergeant Simon went so far as to say thai every crime committed &y ihp Bashi |Bazonka ! in fiolgafia has been prao-iseV by Christians,. upon the Israelites ia,Rou- ! mania. c T|iejbar^ a smaller scale." Lord Darby edmitied the existence, of . the : ; oppression alleged, and promised that the influence of tbe Government should be exerted to remove it. The Peruvian Government have made arrangements for engaging largely in immigration from Europe. A Bill has been passed, authorising the introduction of 100 000 Europeans into the territory of the Republic, with tbe principal object of settling the districts lying along the Peruvian head waters" of tha Amazon. These settlers I are 'to.' be furnished wiih a) frige passage, tools, implements, ahd\_eeds for.'theficstcroip^ and about 40 acres ofgood land. Payment is to be made to the Government \y iho colonists for" these advances by iuuu'tl ioßtalments over a period of twelve years. The inducements ate not such as, will secure a large supply of Europeans, while. British colonies are offering far better terms. ;Xhe v »rqa > of land to be giveu ' to each;' colon ilt.> seems exceed ihgly small when we consider the vast area of the Republic bf' Peru, which embraces; nearly three hundred millions of.aci.es. Mii__ of if 90 the lowland, towards the, .coast, is : barren, sandy; wastes, and in" the ;up.-, jands rugged- brok4n : mountain 1 ranges > are not very favourable . to . ; that kind of agricultural employment'^^ to which the majority of European farmers have been; accustomed. With the attractions; \ offered by the British colonies in all parts of the world, the United --Stately::' bf America; 1 anil "the attractive allure^ ments fteld.'ou..', by 'MexicoLJ ; we'rfdar.' Peru will be a long tinaej beiore, tbe "\ list of 100,000 Europeans. wjl! be filled" Op. ■■'-: "-'.'■:•: -:•-•'.