The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-03 00:00:00

METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS.

Extreme Sea
Saturday, F. 1
Oct
a.m. tober 3, B. T. I Pdl W.
W Ito F. D. WR. to
12 9
Nairn - 1
Aberdeen - 1
Leith
30.04 f. 47 47 N.W. 2 2 N.W. c. - 3
Scarborough 30'05f. 48 46 Z. 0 1 N.W. b.c. - 2
Yarmouth
Helder - - - - - -
Cuxhaven - - - - - - -
Skudesness - - _ - - - - -
Ardrossan 30•04 f. 48 45 N.N.E. 2 3 S.R.W. c.m - 2
Greencastle 29'96f. 51 ••,/
•1 1 W.S.W. c.o. - -
Holyhead
S.E. 1 1 E.S.E. c.m - -
Liverpool - 1
Valentia . • 213' ad. 52 50 S.S. E. 1 3 S. b.c. - 2
Cape Clear 49'B9f. 54 50 S.E. 2 2 E. c. - 1
Roche's ":"G. 29'93f. 49 48 N. 2 4 S.E. b.c. - 1
Penzan.:4 - 2
Pl37.loUth - 1
Weymo uth 29 90f. 48 46 N.N.E. 4 5 N.E..0. - 3
Portsmouth 29•86 f. 48 47 E.N.E. 3 6 E.N.E.E.- 3
London - 29'89f. 49 48 E.N.E. 3 4 N.E. ).ro - -
CfpeGriaNez 29'975. 48 46 N.E. 7 8 N.E. r. ?
Brest 29'83f. 54 52 N.N.E. 3 5 1 .N.E. 0. - 1
L'Orient 29'Blf. 52 48 N.B. 8 8 E• - 3
Rochefort - '2
Biarritz .... - - - -
Corunna.... - - - - - - - -
Brussels - - - - -
Paris - - - -
Strasbourg.. - - - - - -
Toulon 29'83r. 63 63 S.S.ll' 3 8 E. rf. ? 5
Heart's Con.
tent (6 a.m.
local time) 2.0'475. ,41, 39 1 2 W.c,.11 - '2
EXPLANATION.
Barometer corrected and reduced to :2 deg. a sea level. The letter
r., rising; f., falling; 3., steady-indicate direction of moticn of the
mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade.
Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.-calm;
Weather : b.-blue shy ; c.-clouds, detached ; f.-fog ; h.-hail;

Barometer correcte
r., rising ; f., falling
mercury within last
Extreme rot ce wit
Weather : b.—blue _
.—lightningm.—misty.hazy : o.—ove
I.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail
Sea disturbance.

2deg. a sea level. The letter
tie direction of moticn of the
imometer exposed in shade.
mg last 24 hours. Z.—cairn;
detached ; f.—fog ; h.—hail;
Toast. dull; r.—rain:c—anow
(melted) during last 24 hours.

REMARKS.

On all our coasts barometrical pressure has diminished since last
evening—in south-western districts the diminution has been two-
tenths of rn inch. The highest readings are reported from the E.
eoast : theru is a difference of more than-three-tenths between Scar-
sorough and Rochefort. Except on the S. coast, temperature is
nigher than it was yesterday. The wind in the English Channel
yesterday was fresh and north-easterly: at Cape Gris Nez and
L'Orient it attained a force of 8, where it is still strong from the
N.E. Over the southern portion of our islands the wind is easterly,
whilst in the northern districts it is light and variable. The weather
is cloudy or overcast. In the Irish Channel it is misty.

The Berlin correspondent of the Times gives a new and
a very strange interpretation of the postponement of the
Austrian Emperor's visit to Gallicia. He says the visit
was originally planned between Francis Joseph and Napo-
leon, but that at the eleventh hour the latter began to doubt
the expediency of the course in which they had embarked. It
was designed that the Austrian Emperor should go to Lem-
berg whilst the Czar was at Warsaw. The contrast
between the reception of the two monarchs—the Russian
sovereign being received by a discontented and oppressed
nation, whilst the Kaiser was welcomed as the deliverer
of the Poles—was the object of the two Imperial
schemers. Of what plot this visit was intended to form
part the writer does not say. But he maintains that the
postponement was decided upon at the last moment by'
the request of the Emperor Napoleon, who could not resist
some misgivings as to the result of the scheme. It is to
be presumed that the Times correspondent hints at an
Austro-French alliance against Russia, or against
Russia and Prussia, the first combination being to-
weaken Muscovite power in Poland. It is obvious
that a visit from the Kaiser with the view of
conciliating the Gallician Poles would cause considerable
discomfort in Russia ; but the Berlin correspondent brings
forward no evidence to prove that this result was arrived
at in Austria, much less that France was aiding in the
plot. The usual interpretation to the Gallician difficulty
—that it has been brought about by the rivalry of parties
in Austria—is much the more natural. Still, we have no
means of determining that the Times correspondent is:abso-
lutely wrong,

Attacks upon some of the unprotected farmers in the
northern part of New Zealand have for some time past..
excited apprehensions of another war. Since then the
boldness of the Maoris has increased, and the outrage last
announced seems to be generally accepted as the com-
mencement of a fresh outbreak. A police force of some
twenty-five men, ender an officer, occupied a constabu-
lary post on the west coast of the north island. It being
a time of peace they relaxed their vigilance, the Maoris
seized the opportunity of a night attack, and nearly all the
police were murdered. A private letter says that since
this outrage the Maoris have assumed an attitude of
decided hostility. They have declared their intention of
rising to a man to drive the whites into the sea, and
cannibalism, which was thought to be altogether
abolished in New Zealand, is again practised.
Life and property are considered unsafe in the
northern island, and many settlers are giving up their
plots. A body of Maori convicts, 180 in number, which
had been sent to the Chatham Islands under an insufficient
guard, rose, murdered every soul in the island, it is feared,
and then made their escape to the north of New Zealand:
The writer of this letter adds that the Maoris entertain the
utmost contempt for the Government because it has not
subdued them. Certainly these savages, though few, are
the most redoubtable enemies 3f the kind that Englishmen
have ever encountered, and it is clear that the Govern-
ment have always held but a very small force to repel
them. One English regiment and a body of 500
armed police can neither cover the country nor inset
the Maoris in decisive force. The escape of the convicts
from the Chatham Islands chews the intrepidity of the
natives. These convicts not only rose against the governor
and his guard and succeeded in making their escape, but
boarded a whaler, and forced the captain to land them.
They took with them all the arms and ammunition they
could find in the islands. The convicts included men,
women, and children. Northern New Zealand is font
hundred miles from the Chatham Islands, and the voyage
in the whaler occupied five days. These facts conclusively
prove that the lives and property of the colonists cart be
placed out of danger only lay vigorous meats. As the
Times suggests, the colonists ought to arm in their defence.
They have not done so hitherto, and, further, have refused
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