The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-18 00:00:00

REMARKS,

A rapid increase in barometrical pressgres has occurred on our north
and east coasts since last evening, and readings are now high at all
stations : they are highest in the district named, and there is a
difference of four-tenths of an inch between Leith and Biarritz. On
the west coast a slight decrease is in progress. Temperatures are very
high except in the north. The winds yesterday were of moderate force,
and towards the afternoon were veering : they are generally from the
eastward this morning, and are very light in Scotland, but moderate
on the Channel coast. Weather is generally fine and dry,

The special correspondent of the Times writes that the
outrage at Belgrade is felt in Hungary ahnost like a
family tragedy. The impression is so much the greater as
there was not the slightest premonitory symptom of the
catastrophe. The Prince had succeeded in completely
mastering the Opposition, so that, except in form, he had
become, far more so than his father, the uncontrolled ruler
of his country. Every year his popularity increased, so
that at the moment of his death the chances
of founding a truly national dynasty seemed
quite assured. This would seem to exclude the idea of
assassination from political motives, did not the details
which have at present transpired leave little or no doubt
that private motives of revenge played, if not the first, at
any rate a very essential part. A probable list of candi-
dates for the succession is furnished by the writer. There
is first the nephew of the deceased Prince, the grandson
of Milosch's brother Ephraim, a youth 14 years of age.
'lhe second candidate named is the deposed Prince Kara-
georgevich, the son of the Servian hero Czerny George;
and the third, Prince Daniel of Montenegro, the favourite
of the national party. The last, but by no means the
least on the list, is Garachanin, the Minister President.
lie is undoubtedly in intelligence and character far ahead
of everyone else, and in Europe his accession to power
would be the greatest guarantee of peace and order. It
is feared, however, that there may be a difficulty in inclin-
ing him to exert himself in the matter, or to allow others
to do it for him.

Now. that we have the official despatches from Sir
Robert Napier giving all particulars of the storming of
the fortress of 11fagdala, the victory does not seem to
have been so easily attained as the telegrams had led us to
suppose. As the Daily News points out, it appears to have
been no child's play in which our forces were engaged,
and therefore the English nation ought to be still more
deeply impressed with the gravity of the enterprise and
with the genuineness of the triumph. The Abys-
sinians fought with a determination which won the
respect of our commander-in-chief, and, although
they had terrible odds arrayed against them, returned
again and again to the attack, and yielded at last to the
sheer weight of material superiority. " We have shewn once
more," says our contemporary, " that English troops can
perform feats deemed impossible, and can boast the ser-
vices of a general who may rank among the great com-
manders of an age fertile in military genius. The Abys-
sinian army and Sir Robert Napier maintain the noble
traditions of British valour and discipline."
Under the new Reform Act every man who for one
year prior to the 31st of July has occupied as sole tenant
the same lodgings,which if unfurnished would let at the rate
of i!1.0 a year, may claim to be placed on the list of voters.
Joint occupiers will be disqualified, and the value is to be
regarded as a question of fact for the revising barrister to
decide. If taken unfurnished, the rent paid is to be
accepted prima fade as the proof of value. Every
person paying 4s. a week rent for unfurnished lodgings will be
entitled to claim. If the lodgings are taken furnished,
the claimant must shew that, exclusive of a reasonable
charge for the use of the furniture, the lodgings occupied
by him are worth 4s. a-week, or £lO a-year. Occasional
absence during the twelve months will not disqualify, pro.
vided no other person occupies in the interval, and pro.
vided the rent continues to be paid by the claimant. The
iiidger claims • are to be published by the overseers in a
separate list 1/44 later than the commocautut of
Lcllttr.