The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-10 00:00:00

EXPLANA'

Barometer corrected and reduced

letter r, rising ; f, falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motto*
of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in
shade. Extreme Force with its Directicn during last 24 hours
Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.- fog
h.—hail ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r.—
rain ; s.—snow ;
t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted)
daring last 24 hours. Sea, disturbance.

REMARKS.
The increase in pressure reported at Valencia yesterday morning
has since extended to all British stations, but has been succeeded
(except in Scotland) by a fresh, though slight, decrease since last
evening. The lowest readings are still at the northern stations, and
that at Nairn is 0'55 in. below that at Plymouth. Very few of the
continental reports have arrived-11 a.m. Temperature Is scarcely
changed. The gales of yesterday have subsided, though the wind has
backed somewhat, and still blows strongly from S.W. in the Irish Sea.
A little rain has been general, and the sky continues overcast.
Aurora was seen at Nairn last night, The weather does not yet seem
settled.

The usual annual meeting of bishops pr3vious to
the opening of Convocation was held yesterday at
Lambeth Palace, under the presidency of Archbishop Tait.
After an allusion to the loss sustained by the Church in the
death of Archbishop :Longley, the various matters of
Church interest which will come under discussion during
the ensuing session were considered, and various resolu-

tions were passed.
The Sheffield papers publish an account of a very
bad case of sending meat to market unfit for food, which
came before the magistrates of the town. It was one in
which Gordon Stewart and Company, a firm of wholesale
fish and game dealers, in Liverpool and other towns, were the
defendants. They had consigned to their agent at Sheffield,
George Hopkins, a quantity of veal described as prime, but
Hopkins on opening the packages thought it necessary to
send far Inspector Wood. Be seized it, and it was
proved that the veal was utterly unfit for human food,
being, in fact, the meat of unborn calves. The defendants
pleaded that they were acting simply as agents for a per-
son in Ireland, named Crawford, that they bad no
reason to suspect that there was anything the matter
with the consignment, and that, in fact, they never saw it,
having sent it on to Sheffield without making an inspection.
Some technical objections were also taken, but the bench
overruled them, and fined the defendants ss. for each quar-
ter of veal, making altopther X 9 15s. They were also
ordirt6a4 tha

RUMOURED DISSENSIONS IN THE

CABINET.

A Lonaon correspondent, writing yesterday, says :
" There are reports to-day of a Serious difference in the
Cabinet. They are both widely-spread and precise in their
details. The subject of difference is the Irish Church.
There is said to be an influential party in favour of
adopting Lord Russell's policy of levelling up set forth
in his third letter to Mr. Chichester Fortescue. Although
Mr. Fortescue has denied that he was acquainted with
the substance of that letter before it was published,
it is believed that he approves of the policy therein
recommended, and that in this he has the sup-
port of Earl Granville, the leader of the House
of Lords. With these two statesmen Mr. Childers and
Mr. Cardwell are said to agree in the main. On the
other hand, Mr. Bright, Mr. Lowe, and the Duke of
Argyll are reported to be strongly in favour of
complete disendowment. Mr. Gladstone was, accord-
ing to these rumours, up to yesterday undecided as
to the course which he means to take. There
was a Cabinet Council yesterday, at which all the mem-
bers were present, and another is being held this after-
noon. Little, however, can be gathered from this close
sequence, inasmuch as Councils are always frequent during
the week preceding the opening of Parliament. Yester-
day's Council was, however, very long; it lasted four-and-
a-half hours, and there were two divisions."