The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-22 00:00:00

REMARKS.

Atmospherical pressure has increased steadily in Great Britain
nce yesterday
during the In the south of Ireland there has been a
slightnight, and in the S.W. of France there has
si
decrease
been hardly any change. Pressure is remarkably uniform over these
islands, but slightly lower in France. Temperature has decreased,
except on the east coasts : at Scotch stations the fall is about 10 deg.
Winds are light. They are variable in the east, but generally from
between N. and E. elsewhere. Rain has fallen in the north and
north-west, and there has been fog in the east. The sky is cloudy
this morning, but the weather finer,

The Echo has reason to believe that the Govern-
ment have no intention of bringing forward a measure for
the purchase of the Irish railways; and that, although the
postponement of the acquisition of the telegraphs by the Go-
vernment has been under deliberation, Mr. Gladstone has
now determined to proceed with that measure.

The Freeman's Journal remarks that, as the deci-
sion on the election petition disqualifies Mr. Benjamin Whit-
worth, on the ground of "undue influence," from sitting in
the preSent Parliament, the Liberals of Drogheda have de-
termined on calling on Mr. Thomas Whitworth, eldest son
of their late representative, to offer himself as a candidate.

The judges .net yesterday in the private room of
the Lord Chief Justice of England, and arranged the spring
circuits as follows:—Home, Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and
Baron Bramwell ; Norfolk, Lord Chief Justice Bovill and Mr
Baron Pigott ; Western, Mr. Justice Byles and Mr. Justice
Montague Smith ; Oxford, Mr. Justice Keating and Mr. Jus-
tice Hannen ; Northern, Mr. Justice Lush and Mr. Justice
Brett ; Midland, Mr. Justice Hayes and Mr. Baron Cleasby;
North Wales, Mr. Baron Channoll ; South Wales, Lord
Chief Baron Kelly. Mr. Justice Mellor remains in town.

Sir Lawrence Palk, writing to a Torquay meet-
ing on the Permissive Bill, says:—" I have always been
strongly in favour of regulating and nstricting the sale of
spirituous thinks. I am convinced the law is much too
lenient to drunkenness, which often leads to grave crimes.
I think a district or parish, or part of a town is interested in
the conduct of the public-houses in its locality ; tut I could
not support in Barliament a bill which would deprive the
working man and his family from obtaining that refresh-
ment to which he is accustomed, and the moderate use of

which is in no way injurious•"

Nearly £500,000 in gold is now on the way from
Australia to this country, of which about £250,000
is due. The Swiftshure has £129,000; True Briton,
£105,000; Empress of India, £20,500; Norfolk,
£57,500 ; Clanronald, £48,000 ; British Statesman,
£12,000 ; Britomart, £lO,OOO ; City of Adelaide,
£41,500 ; Thyatira, £41,000 ; and the Dover Castle,
£30,000.
.The report of the Ocean Marine Insurance Com-
pany, to be presented on the let February, recom-
mends a payment of ss. per share interest, and a
bonus of £l.

It appears;.,pn an examination a the new "Roman
Catholic Directory," published perniasu superiorma, and
under the sanction of Archbishop lkfanning, that there are
thirty peers of the three kingdoms and fifty baronets who
profess the 11,pp.gp Catholic faith, and aiso thirty•eight
members of the ljoase of (lommois. There aro nOw
thirteen Romish " dioceses," including the "archdiocese°
of Westiaiiiitpr all which, taken together, form the
" Province " of Westminster, with Archbishop )fanning
atits head. Of his twelve "suffragans," there remain only
two, pp. T_Tliathopei of Birmipgbaro; and pr., I3rown pf
Menevia and: Newport, who weep among 410 hiPrarchYr6-
vivedlby Pio Nono under Cardinal Wiseman in 1850. The
other tlsuffmgans" are Dr. Grant of Southwark, Dr. Turner
of Salford, Dr. Brown of Shrewsbnry, Dr. Roskell of T•Tgt:
tingham, Dr. Gass of T4iverpopl, pr, Aranglian of Ply.
month, the gnu, Pr, Clifford of Clifton? Dr. Ambers
Northampton, l' Cornthwaite t everloy, and Dr, Chad•
wick of llexharo. the past year there have WED
no less than 63 Ro?nish priests ordained in England and
Wales, rk belonging to the regular, and seven to the
secular clergy. Mere ace 19 EPhlan Catholic clNilaioo
to the Forces, including three "on half-pay," The
total of Itopap,p, Catholic priests in England and WAlfil is
given as 1,489 ; tho number of churches, chapels, and
" mission stations" as 1,122 i the monasteries, or convents
of men, es 6T ; the nunneries, or convents of women, as
214 ; and the colleges as 18 in all, including some "
paratory colleges," or, as we should term them, schools. Of
the chapels in England Wales, no less than about 640
are registered for marriages, and therefore, the Directory
says, " may be regarded as parochial." The Roman
Catholic Church in Scotland, it appears from the same
authority, is presided over by four bishops, and geographb
cally divided, not into " dioceses," but into " districts."
These are three in number—the Eastern, the Western,
and the Northern. These "districts" number 201 clergy,
who serve 207 chapels and "mission stations." Besides
these, there are in Scotland eighteen convents for women
and two colleges. It may be interesting to know that the
list of Roman Catholic peers in 1769, just 100 years ago,
Included only eight English and six Irish peers.