The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-30 00:00:00

BENARKS.

On our northern and western coasts barometrical pressure has in-
creased, but in the S. of England it has decreased since last evening ;
and readings in south-western districts are still very low. The
change in the S. of Ireland has been rapid : at Valencia the increase
since yesterday has been nearly half an inch ; still, a large difference
exists between pressures ou the W. coast of France and those at
Cape Clear and Roche's Point—upwards of six-tenths of an inch.
There has been a fall in temperature on our E. coast. South-westerly
gales on our S. and W. coasts continued during yesterday, and are
reported this morning from stations on the Channel coasts. On the
Irish coast the wind is now fresh from the N.W., and a N.E. gale pre
vails at Nairn and Leith. Lightning is reported from Plymouth and
London. Heavy rain has fallen generally. The weather is un-
petCed, and the sea is very high on the S. coast of England.

A very touching story—more touching than true, we
expect—is told of the poor child who now lies hovering
between life and death at Brussels. King Leopold has
been so affected by the frightful sufferings his son has
endured, that at times he has been unable to remain in
his boy's room. A small door has been made behind the
Prince's bed—by this the King constantly enters,
unperceived by the little sufferer, to ascertain
his state. The child knows the peculiar sound
of the bolt being withdrawn, and that his father is
the only person who enters his room thus. On hearing it
he immediately pretends to sleep. The King calls him in
a low voice. He makes no reply. His father, knowing
the importance of sleep to him, goes back to his apart-
ments more tranquil. The child opens his eyes, and says
to his tutor, to whom he is devotedly attached, and who
never quits him, " The King will be satisfied now." It is
a little strange that all the world should know of this
loving stratagem except him whom it is intended to
deceive.

The Under Sheriff Roche writes to the Times giving
several additional particulars as to the documentary
evidence in the Rachel case. He states that he did not
in any way act as a witness ; the judge merely applied to
him, as an officer under the judicial control of the court, to
look through the documents and select those which had
a distinguishing mark. He gives some of_ the leading
features of that part of the judge's charge which referred
to the water-marks. The attention of the jury was
drawn to the fact that letters both from Mrs. Borro-
daile and from " William " were written on black-edged
paper ; he pointed out that six of Mrs. Borrodaile's letters
to " William " were written on paper bearing the
stamp or impression of a Prince of Wales's feather in
the corner, and that one of " William's " letters was
written on similar paper, bearing the same device ; also,
that one of Mrs. Borrodaile's letters to the prisoner was
written upon thin paper, such as is generally used for
foreign or Indian correspondence, bearing a crossed
water-mark, and that one of " William's " letters was
written on similar paper, bearing a similar water-mark;
also, that one of the envelopes which had enclosed one of
the letters from Mrs. Borrodaile to " William" had for a
seal a fancy device, and that one of the envelopes which
had enclosed a letter from " William " to Mrs. Borrodaile
bore the same device. Mr. Roche does not think that the
solicitor for the prisoner had anything to complain of. It
may be that Mrs. Borrodaile wrote the letters at the shop
in Bond-street, but that she wrote the greater part of them
herself is established by her own admission, if her evidence
is to be taken impartially against her as well as for her.
A medical man has made a strange statement before
Alderman Dakin, at the Guildhall. It appears that
orange coloured socks have lately been manufactured by a
respectable firm in the City, which have produced irrita-
tion and meting in the feet of the wearers. He had not
been able to discover the nature of the poison used in the
dye, and therefore could prescribe no antidote for it.
The men who made the dye were not able to work
at it for more than six months, and when they
left their arms were covered with sores. It is
much to the credit of the manufacturers that as soon as
this gentleman communicated with them they stopped an
order for 6,000 pairs of socks which were being manufac-
tured for exportation. Further inquiries are to be made
in the matter. We take enough poison internally, both in
food and drink, without absQ;bing it through the pores of
the akin.