The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-04 00:00:00

REMARKS.

A slight but general diminution of barometrical pressure—greater;
in the north—has occurred since yesterday morning. Since six p,m.,
however, there has been a tendency to increase again in the south of
Ireland. Temperature, also, has decreased ;as much as 11 deg. at
Toulen, but less elsewhere. The winds have backed towards N.W.,
and though still generally moderate, have freshened at some of the
southern stations. The sky continues very cloudy, except Le the
south-west; and some rain has fallen in the south-east. "'

• A correspondent of the Telegraph says that Prince Milan
is guarded night and day by strong detachments of
soldiers, and has not been allowed to go out or show him-
self in public since his arrival at Belgrade. A pleasant
prospect of existence truly ! The meeting of the deputies
at Topchider6 was also strongly guarded.
The political arrangement entered into vests the
regency in the hands of three persons—the Minister of
War, who is the leading personage of the triumvirate ; a
former agent in Constantinople named Ristich will be
second ; and the third seat will be filled by the Minister
of Education. All three are spoken of as men of great
abilities, but Milivoi, the Minister of War, will have
great power, and he is steadfastly opposed to Russian
interference. The original plot included the murder of
this statesman as well as others.

Prince Milan's succession is strictly in accordance with
a law passed in 1859, assigning the throne to the family of
Prince Michael, first in the direct and then in the
collateral line. The full civil allowance will be continued
to the new monarch. The crisis in Servia appears to have
been surmounted with remarkable rapidity and success.
The Prussian Chambers will be convoked in October,
and will immediately proceed to deal with the Budget of
1869.

Prussia, desiring a port for the North German navy in
the Caribbean Sea, has entered into negotiation with Costa
Rica for the cession of a town on the Bay of Simon. The
Government of Costa Rica, fearing opposition from the
United States, has refused to surrender its rights of
sovereignty, but will make concessions to facilitate corn.
mercial relations with Prussia. Prussia, however, will
have the territory or nothing. e'•
If rumour be correct, Lord Clarence Paget, now corn.
manding the Mediterranean fleet, will be a candidate for
parliamentary honours at the general election. It is
stated that he has already expressed his desire to return
home early in autumn. His time will not have expired,
it may be observed, until next spring, and as no other
reason suggests itself why he should wish to give up his
position, it is asserted that he is anxious to have a seat
in the Reformed Parliament. Speculations are made as to
who will succeed him. Those who know most about it say
Admiral Sir Alexander Milne.

The decision of the House of Commons not to issue
fresh writ for the city of Briskel will give satisfaction to
the country at large. There was no doubt on the rain&
of hon. members that the condition of the city was, not
such as to make an election at the present moment
desirable, and when it is remembered that a vast amount
of corruption would very likely take place, the decision of
the House will no doubt be considered a wise one. This
is not the first time that a writ has been suspended for a
few weeks prior to a general election. A precedent was
set in May 1852, when Lord Mandeville accepted the
Chiltern Hundreds whilst member for Bewdley. It was
not considered advisable to issue another writ, as Parlia•
ment was soon after dissolved, the elections taking place
in the following July. Per contra, when Mr. Bernal Osborne
resigned his seat for Liskeard in the month of June 1865,
just four weeks before the dissolution, a new writ was
applied for and granted. Sir Arthur Buller, then M.P.
for Devonport, considering that the Cornishmen were
more trusty than the fickle dockyarsdmen, gave up hie
seat, and became a candidate for the vacancy caused by
Mr. Osborne's retirement. A new writ was also issued for
Devonport, when Mr. Brassey defeated his opponent, Mr.
Fleming, by a majority of 56. Mr. Brassey sat in the
House a fortnight, and voted once—on the occasion of the
vote of censure on Lord Westbury—when he went into the
lobby with Lord Palmerston. At the general election
the former decision was reversed, Messrs. Fleming and
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