The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-19 00:00:00

REMARKS.

since yesterday morning pressure has continued to increase at
almost all stations, the change being more rapid in the west than
elsewhere. In the SW. of France (at Biarritz) a decrease has
occurred.
are very uniform. Temperature has decreased.
Readings
generally in Great Britain and France, but has risen sligh ay in Ireland
Winds till; morning are light and variable. They are south-westerly
in the east, but have veered to N.W. and N. at western stations ; and
easterly winds have appeared in the west of France, producing a
thick fog in the Channel. A little rain has fallen in places, and hail
at Greencastle. The sky this morning is partially cloudy, with fog on
the S. coast.

VAGRANCY AND CRIME.-DEPUTATION
TO THE HOME SECNETARY.

The Home Secretary yesterday received a deputa-
tion from the county magistrates of Surrey, who presented
to him a memorial agreed upon by the justices at
Epiphany Sessions on the subject of vagrancy and the
relief of the casual poor. The memorial complained that
the present system of indiscriminate relief tended to in-
crease the number of paupers, and to give encouragement
to vagrancy.

The deputation was introduced by Mr. C. Buxton,
M.P., and amongst others present were the Hon. F. Scott,
the Hon. W. Brodriek, M.P., and Mr. George Cubitt.
M.P.

The HOME SECRETARY, in reply, assured the deputation
that he felt with them the importance of the subject,
and that it was one that ought to be dealt with.
He and Mr. Goschen had had the matter under their
consideration, and had been considering how best the evil,
which was admitted to be a great one, could be remedied.
More than this he could not say. They saw the difficulty,
they felt it must be grappled with, and would do what was
possible in the matter.

The Hon. F. SCOTT complained that that was the
usual reply. The late Government had given the same
assurance, but had not fulfilled its promises.
Mr. BRUCE hoped what he had said would he sufficient,
for further he could not go. At the same time he hoped
at the end of the sessions there would be no cause for
complaint.

Lord Hartington will be returned without difficulty
for the Radnor boroughs. Ho has agreed to purchase, says
a contemporary, the residence of the vacating member, Mr.
Green Priu, who was elected last time without a contest
for this greatest of rural political retreats.

Judgincutwas given yesterday by the Judicial Com-
mittee of the Privy Council in the case of the Rev. J. C.
Edwards v. Moss. This was an appeal against a
sentence of five years' suspension inflicted on Mr.
Edwards by the Court of Arches. Lord 'Westbury
gave the judgment of their lordship; and after de-
ciding that two legal points raised wore untenable, ho
proceeded to consider the facts of the case as to Hamel Martin,
and after a careful view of evidence, held that a criminal
connection had taken place between them. As to his con-
duct with the other young woman Ilyam, it was open to
great scandal. But on the other case the judgment would
proceed. It was a case of great enormity and aggravation,
and their lordships would recommend that the sentence of
the Dean of Arches be confirmed. The appeal would bo
dismissed with Costs.