The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-22 00:00:00

REMARKS,

A general diminution in barometrical pressures has taken place
since our last report : in the N. the decrease has teen half an inch
since Saturday. Readings this morning are about a quarter of an
inch lower than yesterday on all coasts, except in the W., where the
change in the last twenty-four hours has been slight. There is a
difference of more than half an inch between readings at Nairn and
Rochefort. Temperature has become lower generally. Southerly
winds were prevalent yesterday in Ireland and on our Channel coast,
where they were strong. Westerly and south-westerly winds are
reported this morning from western stations. Rain has fallen on
nearly all coasts, and thunder is reported from our E. coast—a
thunderstorm is also reported from Brussels. On Saturday night
there was lightning in London. The weather is generally cloudy.

The Pope, replying to the congratulations of the Cardi-
nals upon the twenty-third anniversary of his accession,
said: "Rome ought to be a sacred place. The very
sacredness of the soil which we tread imposes upon each
of us the duty of edifying the world by our actions. God
weighs in the balance of justice our sufferings and our
deeds. Let it be said of modern Rome, "That which she
does not possess by arms she holds by religion.' "

Count Moltke—he who sitting quietly in his official
sanctum directed the operations on the field of battle in
1866—has spoken in Parliament on the debate on the Naval
Loan. The Centre in the course of their discussions were
not sparing in their censure of Bismarck. According to
them he had committed a most unjustifiable act in paying
off a number of ships, and delaying the construction of
some seacoast redoubts, rather than employ money not re-
ceived on his own terms. The times, they held, were too
serious for such experiments. However, it devolved upon
the House under any circumstances to behave as
patriots, even though the Government did not.
They ought, therefore, to ratify the compromise
arrived at, at last, between the Government and
some leading members. In defence of this view
Count Moltke said : "Is there any sensible man who
would not wish the enormous military expenditure to be
applied to peaceful purposes? But ardently as we may
long for such a consumrra'ion, the time is distant whenwat
will be replaced by international arbitrement. Whatever
may be effected by the progress of civilisation, for the
present there is, in my opinion, but one way to pre-
vent war in this quarter of the globe. A Power must
rise in the centre of Europe, itself unambitious of con-
quest, yet strong enough to restra:n its neighbours. If
such a blessing ever be conferred upon humanity, it will be
through Germany—that is, through Germany when united.
In arming them we do it not for ourselves alone. Part of
the money demanded by Government is to be expended in
costly experiments. To wait for these experiments to be ma,de
by other nations would be unpractical. In mechanical science
it is not the invention alone which is of Moment, but the way
it is employed also. It took us twenty years to make our
needle-gun the excellent weapon it is, and manufacture a
supply of millions of them. If an honourable gentleman
has given it as his opinion that all ironclad ships will b
ultimately smashed by cannon, I can only say that I
think a couple more wars will be necessary to settle the
question. Gentlemen, our neighbours—including those
who pretend to be ignorant of the fact- are well aware
that we will not attack them. But they must likewise be
made aware that we will not be attacked either, and this is
why prekut loan hasksonae wcit:ititv." •