The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-07 00:00:00

REMARKS.

Barometrical pressures are somewhat higher at all stations than
they were yesterday : the change, however, amounted to OTin. The
highest reading is in the S.W. of Ireland, and the lowest reported in
Yarmouth : the difference between them is half an inch. Tempera
tore is generally lower, but on the E. coast of England it has risen
A very strong north-westerly wind prevailed yesterday on the E.
coast, whilst a north-easterly wind of equal force was felt at Penzance.
which is also reported this morning. Moderate winds from NE. and
N.W. are now general in northern and western districts ; in the south
the force is greater. Snow is reported from most stations in the N.
and W. Thunder and hail were reported yesterday from Penzance,
and rain fell in places. The weather is generally cloudy, The sea I
high at Shields.

A Ramsgate correspondent writes to the Pall Mali
Gazette that at the Church of St. Mary in that town the
congregation were told last Sunday evening by the officiat-
ing minister, "over and over again," to pray for the soul
of the late Archbishop of Canterbury.

THE DEANERY OF LICHFIELD.--We have been
requested to state, in order to avoid misconception, that
the deanery of Lichfield, which has- been accepted by
Canon Champneys, has the living of Tattenhill annexed to
it ; but that steps will be taken as soon as possible to
obtain power to apply a large proportion of the income of
Tattenhill towards making provision for the spiritual wants
of the parish.—Daily News.

THE IRISH RAILWAY QUESTION.—At Belfast, on
Thursday, at a meeting to consider the report of the com-
mittee of peers and members of the House of Commons
on the subject of railway reform in Ireland, resolu-
tions were adopted approving of the purchase of the
railways by the State, and expressing the opinion
that the fares should be reduced to the following
scale :—One penny a mile for first-class, three farthings
for second-class, and a halfpenny for third-class pas.
sengers.

THE HEAT AND ITS EFFECTS.—Few people will
he surprised to learn that the temperature of last summer
proved unfavourable to the public health. Between the
Ist of July and the 30th of September the heat killed,
according to first calculations, just 20,958 persons in Eng-
land alone. That, at least, was the number of deaths in
excess of the estimated average. Had the season been as
ordinary seasons, 109,554 persons, it is assumed, would
have died in the course of the summer quarter, whereas
the actual deaths were 130,502.

A letter from Messrs. Baxter, Rose, Norton, and
Co., of London, was read before the Mersey Docks and
Harbour Board on Thursday, stating that next session
they intended to promote a bill for the completion of a
line of railway from Rock Ferry, on the Cheshire side of the
Mersey, to the south end of Liverpool, on the Lancashire
side, a tunnel beneath the Mersey being a portion of the
scheme. It was proposed to have a double system of rails,
one for goods and one for passengers, and to form connec-
tions with tho great railway companies having already
their branches or termini at Liverpool and Birkenhead.
Their engineer had repotted that the echeta would 1)0 VQl2l'
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