The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-25 00:00:00

METEOROLO

ICA L REPORTS.

This Day,
Letween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. L S.
9 a.m.
Nairn I 80106 40 39 W. 2 5 c. 2
Aberdeen I 3010 4? 48 W. 3 4 c. 1
Leith. i 3010 53 50 W. 1 6 m. 1
Berwick 130.11 49 47 W. 1 5 f. 2
A rdrossan 130.12 54 52 N.H. 2 1 f. 1
Portrush 3OlO 44 43 S. 1 2 b. 1
Shields 130.11 51 49 W. 2 0 0. 3
Galway ' 30.13 45 44 Calm 0 1 b. 1
Scarborough 3011 ,51 53 S.W. 1 7 f. 3
Liverpool 30.13 152 51 S. 1 3 1. 1
Valentia .. 30•16 j4B 47 S.S.E. 1 1I b.
Queenstown... 3014 48 47 S. 1 3I f. 2
Yarmouth.... 3012 58 56 S. 3 61 o. 3
London ' 4011 59 57 S. 2 91 o.
Cover 3015 'GO 57 S.W. 3 7I o. 2
Portsmouth.. 30.12 CO 58 W.N.W. 4 8I 9. 2
Portland .... 30 :3 56 54 N.N.E. 1 3I c. 3
Plymouth ... . 30'10 49 48 N. 1 71 1. 1
Penzance,.... 30.1+ 49 47 W.N.W. 1 5! C. 1
EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise
causinz about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10

EXPLANATION.—B. Baromet..., corrected and reduced
to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise
causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E.
Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true—
not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
(1 to 9). I. Initials :—b., blue sky ; c., clouds (detached) ;
f., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r,r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
ance (1 to 9).

A proposal for a chinch rate at Bridlington has
been defeated by a majority of 45.
TIIE LATE MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT TRAMORB.
—The body of Mr. Walpole, who, with Mr. Jacob, of
Dublin, was drowned on Sunday, the 13th instant, during
a storm which prevailed on that day, has been found by the
coastguard at Kelvickhead, near Dung arvan. All efforts to
recover Mr. Jacob's remains have as yet proved unavailing.
The James Wilson, from Melbourne, with
£76,000 in gold, has now been at sea 106 days, and the
Anglesea, with £291,500, 73 days. The Roxburgh Castle,
which was to leave Melbourne for Loud= on the 28th
August, is known to have £115,000 in gold on board. A
further sum would be shipped by her.
Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry, and
party from Seaham Hall, visited Sunderland on Wednes-
day afternoon in an elegant waggonette, drawn by four
splendid grey horses, with outriders. The distinguished
party drove through the High-street to the Hudson Dock,
which is now the great object of interest to strangers visit-
ing Sunderland.

The Queen has offered to confer the dignity of
Knighthood upon Mr. Fairbairn, the President of tho,British
Association, in consideration of the eminent services ho has
rendered to science. It is understood that Mr. Fairbairn
has declined the honour.

A Paris letter, in the Independanca of Brussels,
states that the marriage of the Princess Anna Murat with
the Prince of Orange is much talked of, and that if such an
event should take place, the Emperor would give the
Princess a dowry of two millions.
A RUSH OF ROYALTY,—Amidst the mob of
monarchs that have lately been favouring Louis Napoleon
with their society, we think there is one King whom of all
others the Emperor would be most delighted to see in
France this year, and certainly his presence would be the
most welcomed by the manufacturing classes in this coun-
try—and that is King Cotton, from America.—Punch.
SERFDOM AND EMANCIPATION IN RUSSIA.—There
are amongst the Russian nobility some who possess from
70,000 to upwards of 100,000 serfs. Count Schermetyeff is
considered the richest nobleman in Russia. Ho possesses
120,000 serfs, amongst whom are several whose wealth
amounts to millions. His annual income is estimated at

million silver roubles (£250,000). Every serf pays to
his muter from ten to fifteen roubles annually, so that

the annual income of a possessor of 100,000 serfs can-
not be less than £400,000, independent of the

income he derives from forests, mills, fabrics, &c. Th•
total number of serfs now in Russia is upwards of
23,000,000, and taking the value of each serf at only 300
roubles (X5O), the loss sustained by the owners, by the
emancipation, is certainly not less than £1,150,000,000 I or
half as much again as the National Debt of this country.
Taking the interest at 5 per cent., the loss of annual income
to the nobility cannot be less than £67,000,000, or:more than
double the interest we pay for the National Debt.—Once a
Week.

THE POPE AND LITTLE CHILDREN.—A corres-
pondent of the Temps, in a letter dated Rome, Oct. 17, de-
scribes the following scene as having been witnessed by
himself :—" On one of the puny fine days with which we
have been blessed this autumn, the Pope, in a special good
humour, was walking in the country, and saying all sorts
of kind things to little school chil iren, who were allowed to
kiss his feet. A chamberlain by his side carried a box laden
with little paper packets in the form of horns of plenty,
filled with medals which his Holiness had blessed. The
Fope benignly distributed these among all the children who
approached him, after having asked them some little ques-
tions from the catechism, or about the Immaculate Concep-
tion, the number of gods, &c. One very little boy, who was
not tall enough to reach the cornucopia which the Pope
held in his hand, attracted his attention. His Holiness,
turning the three-cornered paper upside down, and at the
same time squeezing it in the middle, so as to prevent any
of the medals from tumbling out, said to the child, ' Oh,
dear, you see there are no more I" Yes, I see,' said the
boy, Well, now,''resumed the Holy Father, if you love
the blessed Virgin very much she will make some come.'

Evviva Maria !' cried the young shaver, who appears to
have been a sharp one. ' There 1' exclaimed the Head of
tho Church, taking hold of tho cornucopia by the point,
and letting the medals fall out, ' here they are.' The Pope,
turning round to the prelates following him, laughed at his
own wit. Such mild jokes as these please him, and essen-
tially belong to his characters',