The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-27 00:00:00

REMARKS.

This morning a slight decrease in barometrical pressure is reported
from all stations : it is greatest in the north-east, but the readings
are still high, and very uniform. The change of temperature has been
an increase, which is greatest at Shields and Cape Clear. Winds
have again backed, and are principally light to moderate from the
south-westward. Rain has fallen in the north of Scotland. The
weather this morning is generally fine, but the sky is overcast at
several stations.

The festival in honour of Martin Luther is now going
on at Worms. The King and the Crown Prince of
Prussia, the King of Wiirtemberg, and the Grand Dukes
of Hesse-Darmstadt and Saxe-Weimar are present. The
celebration commenced with a sermon in the church of the
Holy Trinity, preaching being apparently the highest act
of worship in the Lutheran Church. The statue was then
uncovered amid salvoes of artillery, and in the presence
of an immense crowd who loudly cheered.

The Imperial Bevieiv mentions one or two politica't
matters of interest. Mr. Coleridge does not intend to
press further, during the present session, his bill for the
abolition of religious tests in the Universities of Oxford
and Cambridge. But there is good reason to believe that
he contemplates introducing, next session, a measure
limited to Oxford alone, but of a far more exten-
sive character. The distinguishing features of this
scheme will be the entire separation of reli-
gious discipline and secular education within the
colleges, and the actual exclusion for the future of clergy.
men of the Established Church from important posts in
the government of the university. The Hon. Auberon
Herbert, who is described as a " sort of Liberal butterfly,
sipping the seats of each constituency in turn, but unable
to settle on any one to the exclusion of others," is reported
to have been " captured" by the Liberals of Berkshire.
The Imperial hopes that a third candidate may be joined
with him and Mr. Walter, in which case it is expected
that the Conservatives would retain the three seats.

Mr. Mill having a conscientious objection to pay th•
expenses of a contested election, his friends have again to
put their hands in their pockets. The first list of sub-
scriptions has been published, and contains the Names of
many well-known politicians. The sums vary from £lOO
to 2s. 6d., three young ladies being credited with the latter
amount. Among those who have entered their names we
find Mr. Gladstone, Baron Rothschild, Mr. C. Buxton,
Mr. Seely, the Right Hon. Stephen Lushington, Mr.
Fawcett, Sir C. Trevelyan, Mr. M. Chambers, and Lord
A. Churchill, besides many ladies. Captain Grosvenor,
the other member for the city of Westminster, will offer
himself for re-election, and has undertaken to pay a moiety
of the joint expenses incurred during the election.
Two reports, apparently contradictory, have been cir-
culated of the marriage of Earl Brownlow to Lady Ade-
laide Talbot, the youngest daughter of the late Earl of
Shrewsbury. One report gave an account which might
have passed for exaggeration in a novel, that the pair were
united at the deathbed of the fatherof the bride. This state-
ment,h OW ever, was apparently contradicted by another para.
graph which detailed the proceedings at Newbattle Abbey
on the 4th inst., when the real marriage was said to have
taken place. The first account was sell down immediately
as "romance," but both appear now to be substantially cor-
rect. The Marquis of Lothian writes : " The first cere-
mony was performed according to the wish and by the
bedside of Lord Shrewsbury, who expired shortly after-
wards. As it was, however, known at the time that the
ceremony could not be looked on as mere than &betrothal,
it was considered necessary that the marriage FlumAillis
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