The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-27 00:00:00

REMARKS.

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The atmospherical pressures reported this morning are very
uniform,
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the last twenty-four
hours
east the diminution has
been upwards of a quarter of an inch, but in Ireland and on the
Channel coast the change is slight. A rise of 01 of an inch has taken
stations
place at Rochefort. Temperature yesterday had risen generally,
but this morning some diminution is again ithewn. The
winds
have
been light and variable : this morning they are still very light, with
a general north-westerly direction. Calms are reported from the
south-west coast of England. A small amount of rain fell yesterday on
our south coast. The weather is generally fine. Fog prevails at
Valencia.

The confirmation of some disgraceful excesses, said
, comes from Con-
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invaded a village,
killed nineteen inoffensive men, women, and children who
were working in the fields, profaned the church, and com-
mitted other outrages. At another village all the Chris-
tians who had not time to escape were killed. Many of
the criminals have been arrested, and the foreign Minis-
ters are assured of speedy justice.

Lord Cranworth is dead. Within a very few weeks we
nave thus to chronicle the death of two ex-Chancellors.
Lord Brougham and Vaux was the first to leave us, and
now, at the age of 78, Cranworth has passed away.
He was the son of the Rev. Edmund Rolfe, a country
parson, was educated at Bury St. Edmunds and Win-
cheater, and subsequently became a graduate of Trinity
College, Cambridge. He took the B.A. degree in 1812,
but made no great mark at the university. He was
called to the bar in 1816, was made King's
Counsel in 1832, and entering Parliament as a Liberal in
the same year, was very soon (1834) appointed Solicitor-
General. Ministers resigned soon after his appointment,
however, and it was not until 1835 that he again tasted
the sweets of office. He was then reappointed Solicitor-
General, and held that office until his advancement to the
dignity of Baron of the Exchequer, in 1839. It was Baron
Rolfe, our readers will remember, who sentenced Rush to
death, and spoke of him as the " unmitigated abhorrence
of every well-regulated mind." Being an equity barrister,
however, Sir Robert Rolfe's place was evidently not on
the common law bench. He was therefore removed to the
Court of Chancery in 1850, and appointed Vice-Chancellor,
with the title of Lord Cranworth. Within a few months
he filled successively the offices of Vice-Chancellor, Lord
Justice of Appeal (on the creation of that court), and Lord
Chancellor. He can hardly be called a law reformer, for
the Common Law Procedure Act is the only Act of
importance that bears his name. He retired from the
Chancellorship in 1858, but on the fall of Lord Westbury
in 1865 again accepted oflice, bolding it until
1563,
when he went out with the Russell Ministry. He
attended the House of Lords during the last and the present
sessions, and has throughout been noted for his sound and
vigorous judgments.
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Mr. Bond writes to the Times explaining his reasons for
his opinion that the epitaph brought to light by Mr. Henry
Morley is not in Milton's handwriting. These are very
similar to the distinctions by which experts pronounce
upon authentic signatures in our courts of justice. The
character of the letters and the contractions differ from
other specimens of Milton's writing, and he emphatically
declares that the first letter of the signatpre is a "P."