The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-14 00:00:00

REMARICS.

The increase of barometrical pressure in the south-west, noticed in
the afternoon reports of yesterday, was succeeded during the night by
a decrease of similar amount. In Scotland a diminution of more than
a tenth of an inch has occurred, whilst readings in France have in-
creased somewhat. Temperature has decreased a little, except in the
S.E., «here there is a :light rise. The winds this morning are light
and very variable, except in the Channel and on the N.W. coast of
France, where a moderate north-easterly breeze prevails. At the
extreme southern stations the wind has veered to S.W. The weather
is fine ; but a great deal of fog is reported in the S.W., and some rain
has fallen in the S.E.

Seldom a day passes without some news of the strife
between the clerical and secular parties in Austria. The
opposition of the clergy to the work of State reform
is evidently recoiling in disaster upon themselves. The
obnoxious legislation goes on unchecked, and opposition
only incites the people to extremes. A project for dis-
posing of the ecclesiastical property is now making its
appearance at Vienna. The scheme is finding
favour with some members of the Government, the
Minister of Finance being especially in favour of it.
The Emperor, however, says the Sikle, is opposed to such
a course. For the present, therefore, there is little
danger; but unless a compromise be effected the position
of the clergy in Austria will soon be on the same footing
as it is now in Italy. The separation of Church and State
is not a necessary consequence of reform, but the attitude
of tl.e Catholic clergy leaves no hope of any other issue.
Pilgrims to the Matterhorn will be glad to learn that a
memorial is about to be erected at Zermatt-to the unfor-
tunate mountaineers who lost their lives on the mountain
three years ago. The memorial will serve the double pur-
pose of commemorating the dead, and affording the living
a place where they may worship the Lord of life and death.
A church is to be built, and the foundation-stone was laid
on St. Peter's Day, in the presence of all the English and
American tourists present, and thirty or forty guides.
The cost will be 1'1,200. Hitherto visitors speaking
the English language have had to worship in the salle-a-
mangers of the two hotels, where (crede experto) they had
practical experience of Pharaoh's plague of flies. It is
:iignificant of the growing friendship—brotherhood, we
might almost say—between the two branches of the Anglo-
Saxon race, that in many of the services on the Continent
for those who speak the English tongue, prayers are offered
both for Queen Victoria and the President of the United
States, and we have occasionally heard " Congress "
coupled with the " High Court of Parliament."

The relations between the railways and the telegraph
companies have necessarily received a good deal of con-
sideration in reference to the Telegraphs Bill, and some
apprehension has been expressed that at the termination
!)f existing agreements the Government will have
to pay heavy rents to the railway companies
for the way-leaves which they now use. In the agree-
ments which have just been made between the railways
and the Post Office, it is proposed that arrangements shall
be at once made to place the telegraph question on a
permanent basis, and no difficulty is expected to
arise on this heal. If in any case a railway
company requires exorbitant terms, the Government
can remove existing lines, and re erect them, if necessary,
on the turnpilze roads. It will, however, be clearly the
Interest of the railway companies to keep the wires
on their lines, and they will therefore be dis-
posed to arrange with t'..e Post Office on mode-
rate terms. If telegraphic communication remained
in the hands of the present companies, considerable diffi-
culties would no doubt be experienced, as the companies
which now have telegraphs on the railways are without
telegraphs on the roads. By purchasing all companies the
Government will have double lines of communication, and
taay in futu avail itself of the railways or the roads as
saik, liLt; au:Arrlf'telK