The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-01 00:00:00

REMARKS.

An increase in atmospherical pressure of more than a quarter of an
inch has taken place on our N. and E. coasts during the last twenty-
four hours, and uniformly high readings are now reported on all
coasts. In the W. scarcely any difference in pressure has occurred
since last evening. In the N. and W. temperature is a little higher.
The winds yesterday were moderate and variable, and continue so,
except at Plymouth and Weymouth, where a fresh easterly breeze is
reported. The weather is generally fine. On the south coast of
England there is a mist.

The construction of a Prussian navy--a favourite idea
with Count Bismarck— is going on with great rapidity.
The first vote of the Federal Parliament on the Budget
was an assertion of the rights of the deputies to control
the expenditure, and resulted in some delay. But when
the Premier refused to go on with the navy unless he was
allowed his own way with the money, the Parliament soon
repented, reversed their former vote, and the work now
progresses rapidly. Jande is to become a great naval
station for vessels of the largest size, with docks, building
department, and powerful defences. Dantzig is already
established as a royal shipbuilding yard, and orders have
been given for the construction of four iron cased vessels.
Experiments have 1 een made with heavy guns on the
thickest iron plates intended for the protection of the coast
batteries. Expense, a great consideration in Prussia,
seems disregarded in matters relating to the navy.

The state of affairs at Trieste is still far from
satisfactory. Daily encounters take place, and the
Italian party, we are informed, adopt extraordinary
means of tormenting the rural population. Work is re-
fused to the poor Slave population of the district, the
masters who belong to the Italian party hoping by this
action to bring Italian labourers into the field. As the
workmen who come to Trieste are regularly turned away
from the lab ur s whiel they lave hitherto depended,
it would appear that the Italian party must ultimately
succeed in driving the Slaves from the neighbour-
hood. It is a strange story. The Austrian Government
is, of course, interested in foiling the Italian party,
and have sent a military governor to assume the direction
of affairs. But what can he do to put an end to this or-
ganisation if, as it appears, the `laves are the poor, and
the Italians the wealthy of the district ?

The chief news from the Peninsula re'ate3 to the move-
ments of royal personages. The Duke and Duchess of
Montpens'er are on intimate terms with the King and
Queen of Portugal, and numerous visits are exchanged
between the two families. This is somewhat significant
news, when it is considered that the Cabinets of Paris and
Madrid strongly opposed the granting of permission to the
Duke and Duchess to remain in any part of Portugal.
The Queen of Spain is reported to be very unwell. Her
health is the subject of great uneasiness to the Ministry,
is, indeed, well it tray. Her Majesty resides at Santa-
lilefonso, in the strictest retirement.
An influential citizen of Madrid, Don Francisco Garcia
Lopez, who was formerly a deputy, has been arrested.
the cause of this proceeding has not been definitely
,ciTtained.

The regency which has been appointed in Servia has
rained the siege" in all parts of the country except
.tt Belgrade. The fear of an insurrection, or of further
atrocities in the way of assassination, had led to the esta-
blishment of strong guards in all the suspected places.
These have now been deemed unnecessary, Belgrade alone
excepted. 'This tends to the belief that Belgrade is not
favourable to the Government which has signalised its
accession to power by fourteen executions. A Government
which does not meet with support in its own capital
t!anno'; be expected to possess much stability.
It is anti; u-icel. tint the Orchestral Union, which
achieved so much popularity ur der the direction of the late
Mr. Alfred Mellon, 1.a3 Len under the Orectin rf
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