The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-12 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Austrian Government is obliged at length to have
recourse to extremities to keep in order the complicated
machinery which now forms the constitution of the empire.
It has been announced that " certain exceptional mea-
sures," the use of which is permitted by the constitution
under certain circumstances, are alone applied to the city
of Prague and the surrounding district. This means that the
capital of Bohemia, on account of the recent disturbances,
is to be declared in a state of siege. It is a deplorable
resource, the success of which is very doubtful The
Czech agitation may have gone too far, but this expedient
can but aggravate it. It is clear that the affairs of
Austria are yet in no satisfactory condition, otherwise
something would have been done to conciliate the
Bohemians.

The Royal Escape, dockyard lighter, is ordered
to be lent to the proprietors of the Great Eastern
to be used as a landing stage for that vessel.

The iron armour-plated screw steamship Defence,
18, Capt. C. H. May, was ordered to be removed
yesterday (Thursday) from Plymouth Sound into
Hamoaze, to be prepared for service abroad.
The iron armour-plated ship Warrior, 32, Capt.
11. Boys, is under orders to be removed to-day
(Friday) from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze.
The Minotaur, Achilles, and Bellerophon have
left the other vessels belonging to the Channel Fleet
at Milford Haven and sailed for Portland.

The Victoria and Albert Royal yacht, Captain
the Prince Leiningen, was removed from the docks
to the steam basin of Portsmouth yesterday.
Her repairs are ordered to be completed by the
29th of January, when she will proceed to Calais,
to embark the Crown Prince and Princess of
Prussia, who are expected on a visit to her
Majesty.
The paddle-wheel steamer Buzzard, Navigating
Lieut. Trail, left Portsmouth yesterday with stores
for Plymouth.
THE FRENCII VINTAGE.--The vintage of 1868 in
France is estimat d at from fifty to sixty millions of hec-
tolitres, or 1,320,000,000 gallons; or, in round numbers,
33 gallons for every man, woman, and child in France.
DEFLECTION OF THE PLUMB LINE.—At Forres,
in Scotland, the Ordnance survey officers have discovered an
extraordinary deflection of the plumb line. There aro no
mountains near to cause this, and it is believed that there is
a mass of unusually solid matter beneath the surface at
Forres, or else a largo cavity in the sea, which is not far
distant. To ascertain this, two clocks are about to be
placed east and west, one at Forros, 40 miles distant ; by
the side of each clock there will bo a magnet, connected
with the opposite clock by an electric wire. The magnet
will be made to click, so as to mark the vibrations of the
pendulum of the distant clock, and the difference in the
vibrations of the pendulums will reveal the force and di-
rection of the deflection of the plumb line, and thus the
cause of the curious phenomenon at Forros will then be
ascertained.

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