The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-02 00:00:00

METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS.

Extreme Bra
Friday, 1.11 F. j I 1 1
October 2, \ B. T.
-- "'' W. Ito F. D. IWR. to
Ba. m. I A 1
12 , 1 9
Nairn
-- .__
30'10r. 4G 44 W.N.W.I 2 2 E.N.E. Ic. 2
Aberdeen .. 30'09r. 45 43 N.W. 1 1 N. ib. 1
I eith
Shielda ..
Scarborough 30'14r. 46 ;43 N.N.W.i 2 6 E.N.E. ;r.eb 0'..1' 3
Yarmouth 3o'o7r. 54 /49 N. 4 6 N.N.E. 'O. 5
Balder H
Cuxhaven
*Andean:es —i ——
frdrossan
,rcencastle 30'17r. 48 45 W.S.W. 1 3 E.N.E. C.
olyhead
Averpool
Valentia 3013r. 43 45 E.S.E. 1 6 N.N.E. h.c., 1
Cape Clear 3310r. 47 44 N.E. 4 5 N.E. c.f. 2
Roche's Pt 3016r. 45 43 N. 3 5 N.E. c. I— 2
Penzance
Plymouth
NVeytno uth 30'(:9r.1 49 47 N.E. 5 6 I N.E. .b.! 3
Portsmouth 30T5r. 148 145 E.N.E. 5 6 E.N.E. 0.c.'0'02 4
London . 30'07r. 43 146 N.E. 3 5 N.N.E. r.cb! C'peGrisNcz 29M. 57 50 N.N.E. 5 8 N.N.E. r.o.i ? 4
Brest
LOtient.
? 3
Roch efor‘
Biarritz
Corunna —
_
Brussels
Perle
Toulon
Heart's Con-
tent (6 a.m.
local time) 30425. 40 38 W.N.W. 1 4 N.N.E -1, 010, 1
EXPLANATION.

EXPLANATION,
Barometer corrected and reduced to i2dcg, a eta level. The letter
rising; f., falling; e.. steady—indicate direction of motion of the
mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade.
Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm;
Weather: b.—blue ; c.—clouds, detached; f.—fog; h.—hail;
I.—lightning : m,—misty, hazy o,—overcast, dull ; r,- nip ; s.— snow
t.—thunder. Bain-fall. snow or hall (melted) during last 24 hourr.
Sea disturbance.

REMARKS.
This morning barometrical pressures orer theca !snitch; are high
ant uniform : an increase during the last twenty-four hours has been
ge.teral, and of greatest extent in western and southern districts—in
the south-west of England the rise has been upwards of four-teuths
of an inch. Temperature is generally li wer, bit it has risen slightly
In the extreme north. Wit-As ester la were getter .11y fresh front the north-east: at Holyhead and Cape Cris Nez the extreme force
reported was 3. The wind is still north-easterly on our Channel
coast, but on the E. coast it is from the north-westward. In the 3.
of England the weather is fine. Fog is reported in pl:ces, rnd
thunder from Toulon. •

Whilst the exciting events in Spain have weil-nigq
absorbed public attention, Austria has hardly yet escaped
the effects of a Ministerial crisis which might have
involved a political collapse. The transition from absolute
to constitutional government has been far too rapid to be
accomplished without trouble. The German aristocratic
party, which formerly ruled Austria through the Emperor,
were not likely to surrender their power and privileges
Without a struggle ; each advantage gained by the
..onstitutional party, each fresh inroad upon abso-
lutism, only embittered the resentment of the
oilers ; and at length the open rupture has come.
'via) general principle of this constitutional struggle may
briefly put. Baron Beust and the party which sup-
port him deemed it essential to the salvation of Austria
after Sadowa that the different peoples of the empire
should be governed, not as tributary States, but as pro-
vinces upon equal terms. To this end the principal
nationalities have been granted self-government on a
principle approaching to that of the United States. Eacl.
province is to manage its own affairs, whilst the central
Government has the control of matters which affect the
whole nation. Each concession has diminished the pow(
of the aristocratic party of German Austria, and at lengtl.
a final stand has been made on the question of granting
freedom to Gallicia.

The Emperor and the Empress had determined,
upon a request from the leaders of the Gallician
party, to pay a visit to the Polish province of the
empire. Whether this visit was originally intended to he
political is a disputed point ; it is, however, certain that
the Polish party determined to avail themselves of the
opportunity to present their catalogue of grievances. The
Gallician Diet accordingly voted an address, of which it is
sufficient to say that the Emperor could not receive it. It
was not only a demand for concessions to the extent
of separating Gallicia from Austria, but it was an
attack upon the new constitutional laws. Baron Beust,
who had previously favoured the Imperial visit, now
urged that it be indefinitely postponed, which was done.
On this decision Baron Beust was opposed by the aristo-
cratic party, and especially by its leader, Prince
Anersperg. It does not appear:that any sympathy exists
between the German nobles and the Poles—the reverse is
most probably the case ; but the opponents of the new
constitution hoped to gain something by the difficulty IA
applying the laws to Clallicia. Prince Auersperg in par-
ticular has long been irritated by Baron Beast's supe-
riority, and his interference in what the Prince considered
his department. This statesman was President of the
Austrian Ministry, and hoped to gain an ascendancy in
Austrian affairs similar to that enjoyed by Count
Andrassy in Hungary. The result of Baron Beust's
triumph on this occasion, and the postponement of the visit,
is, that Prince Auersperg has resigned. This retirement is
of importance, because the Prince is both able and in-
fluential ; but as the choice lay only between his resigna-
tion and that of Baron Beust, the constitutional party
have gained another victory, though their troubles are by
ao means at an end. The resignation of Prince Auersperg
must be deemed the final secession of t' e pr:stocratic
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