The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-09 00:00:00

REMARKS.

Since yesterday morning a considerable decrease of barometrical
pressure has occurred at all stations, amounting to nearly o•6in. in
the N.W. of France, and nearly o'3in. in Scotland. This change has
made readings this morning rather low, and very uniform. (The
great and sudden fall reported at Scarborough yesterday afternoon,
and which was the cause of the issue of warnings to the E. coast,
arose from an error in the telegram.) Ternperttun also has decreased,
except in W. France and S.E.England, where it has recovered a few
degrees. Thermometer readings are very uniform. Winds generally
have veered to the N.E., and during the night have become strong
at Valencia elsewhere they continue light to moderate A light S,
wind still holds at Yarmouth and' Cape aria Nez. Snow has fallen
in the north and east, and some rain in the west. The sky this
morning is a little cloudy, with fog on the east coast, but weather
flue. The sea has got up at Valencia,

It is said that the Rev. henry Ward Beecher is
really very seriously ill. He seems to have injured himself
by overwork. His physician says be must have rest, and
prescribes a long stay abroad for the recovery of his health

The revolting murder at Wednesbury continues
to form the all-absorbing topic of discussion throughout
the Black Country district. Tho prisoner's wife—his second
wife, wedded only thirteen months—and his four chil-
dren by his first wife, had an interview with him In the
cells, before his removal to Stafford, and the parting scene,
so far as the woman and children were concerned, is described
as a most harrowing one. The prisoner himself, either by
force of willorlack of feeling, carried himself almost unmoved
through the scene. His rife, with tears streaming down
her cheeks, exclaimed before she left, " Oh, lad, if you know
aught about it, do tell me." His only reply was a brief
denial of all knawledge of the affair.
The President of the Board of Trade has just re.
ceived a deputation from Birmingham asking him to
use his influence to close the Enfield Rifle factory. Mr.
Bright replied io the effect that he was afraid the
applicants would find very great difficulty in in-
ducing the Government to reduce or abolish the exist-
ing Enfield factory, and pointed out that, even if it
were abolished, a very large number of men would be
thrown out of employment, and they would naturally go to
Birmingham to seek work, and thus be competitors quite as
much there as they were at the Enfield factory. The Go.
vcrnment might, however, prevent the extension of the fac.
tot v.

The Lill to amend the law with respect to the pro-
perty of married women has born prepared ar,d brought in
by Mr. Russell Gurney, Mr. Headlam, etd 3f•. Jacob Bright.
By the provisions of this bill it is enacted that a marled wo.
man shall bo capable of holding property, of contracting, of
suing, and of being sued as if she were a femme sole. pro-
perty acquired by the act shall be held by thorn as
if unmarried. A husbani shall not be liablo for the
debts of his wife before marriage. Questions between
husband and wife as to the title to, or possession of, personal
property aro to be decided in a summary way, by a petition
to any judge of Chancery or the County Court of the die.
trict in which either party resides. This act does not affect
the right of any husband to hold- his wife's real estate as
taniUttrOluicsY.