The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-08 00:00:00

REMARKS.

A rapid decrease of pressure has occurred on our E. coast since last
evening : elsewhere the change has been in the same direction, but
not to the same extent, Readings on the Irish coast are, however,
half an inch lower than they were yesterday morning ; iu the north
of Scotland they are a little higher, and pressure seems steadier
there. The difference between readings at Cape Clear and Rochefort
is eight-tenths of an inch. A band of very low pressure stretches
across these islands from Valencia to Yarmouth. Little change is
perceived in temperature. Winds backed yesterday on our S. coasts
to the S.E , and were fresh. It blew strongly in London last night
from the S.W. This morning fresh westerly winds are prevalent iu
the Channel, but on our E. coasts an easterly wind has set in. On
the W. coast of France a south-westerly gale is reported. The weather
is unsettled. cloudy or overcast, with rain in places. On all coasts
rain has fallen :in the S. and S.W. it has been heavy. Warnings
issued to all coasts.

Professor Sharp bas been appointed Principal of
the United Colleges, St. Andrews.
Mr. William Chambers has been re-elected Lord
Provost of Edinburgh.

It is reported that should Sir 11. Waterlow require
to bo re-elected for Dumfriesshire, in consequence of the
Government contract with tho firm of which he was the
head partner, Mr. Carruthers, of Dormant, will oppose him
as a `• Constitutionalist."

Earl Granville, the President elect of the Shrop-
shire Chamber of Agriculture, will preside at the annual
dinner to he held at Shrewsbury, next mouth.
Three boys employed at the ilarlestone Works,
Caslisle-street, Sheffield, finding a cat, poured a quantity of
naphtha over it, set it on fire, and then, with fiendish de-
light, watched the poor creature rush wildly about the shop.
The magistrate lot them off with a fine.

WOMEN'S CLUB AND INSTITUTE. —A movement
is in progress for extending to women all the advantages
which men have or are supposed to have derived from
their clubs. The Women's Club is to embrace all ranks
and conditions of the sex. The names of many rsformers
of note and influence are on the council, while those of
ladies who have been foremost in the struggle to obtain
female suffrage are likewise conspicuous. The following
are among the more noteworthy :—The Countess of Ports.
mouth, Lady Boxer, Miss Lydia E. Becker, Miss Frances
Power Cobbe, Mr. Thomas Hare, Mr. George Grote,
F.R.S., Hon. Auberon Herbert, Mr. W. B. Hodgson,
LL.D., Mrs. George Howell, Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P.,
Mrs. Frank R. Malleson, Mrs. James Cotter Morison,
Mrs. Hodgson Pratt, Mr. Hodgson Pratt, Mrs. James
Manning, Mrs. P. A. Taylor (Aston Rowant), Mr. P. A.
Taylor, M.P., Mr. George Virtue, Sir Sydney Waterlow,
and Mrs. Westlake. Mrs. K. E. Heatherley is the honorary
secretary.

A THOUGHTFUL BOY.—A certain Sunday-school
teacher was in the habit of making a collection in his
juvenile class for missionary objects. He was not a
little surprised one day to find a counterfeit shilling among
the coppers, and on asking the class who put it there, the
donor was pointed out by one who had seen him deposit
it. " Didn't you know that this was good for nothing?"
said the teacher. " Yes," answered the boy. "Then
what did you put it in the box for ? " The boy coolly
replied, " I didn't s'pose the little heathens would know
the difference, so I thought it would be just as good for
them."
THE REPRESENTATION OF WAREHAM. The
funeral of Captain J. H. M. Calcraft, R.N., the newly-
elected representative of Wareham, who died on Tuesday
last, took place at St. Mary's Church, Wareham, on Satur-
day afternoon, amidst a large concourse of friends and
supporters. The shops of the town were all closed during
the ceremony. No public action has yet been taken
by the electors towards filling up the vacancy in
the representation, but it is generally understood
that Mr. J. S. W. S. E. Drax will again contest
the borough on Conservative principles, and that Mr. W.
M. Calcraft, brother of the late member, will be solicited
to offer himself as the Liberal candidate. The name of the
Right Hon. Milner Gib on has Leen much .Token of in
the town as a very eligible rand date, Owing to the well-
known intimacy of that gentleman with the family of John
Hales Calcraft, Esq., who possesses great influence in the
borough, and also to the fact of a Mr. Henry Calcraft,
a younger brother of the. late member, having for some
years been private secretary to Mr. Mil.ier Gibson. The
Liberals and Conservatives arc very evenly balanced in
the borough.