The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-27 00:00:00

REMARKS.

Barometrical pressures are generally lower than they were yester-
day : a difference of two-tenths of an inch is sliewn on our N. and
E. coasts, but in the S. of Ireland, where pressure has recovered itself
since last evening, readings are higher than they were yesterday by
about one-tenth. Pressures are low in Scotland, and the reading at
Nairn is eight-tenths less than that at Rochefort. Temperature has
fallen in the N. and W.. but has risen in the S. and E. : at Greencastle
it is 10 deg. less, but at Yarmouth 7 deg. greater than yesterday. Strong
extreme winds have blown from S. and W. in the Irish Channel
since yesterday, and a high N.W. wind prevailed at Shields. Fresh
south-westerly winds now prevail on our W. coast. At Cape Gris Nez a
W. wind force Sis reported. Rain has been general over these islands.
The weather in the north is now fine, but it is generally cloudy on
other mots.

Prussia has recently shewn herself favourable to Vie
negotiations set on foot with the viewof establishing a
common system of defence for South Germany. At
first the scheme seemed likely to fall through, owing
to the hesitation of Prussia and the equivocal
attitude of the Baden Government. There seems
no doubt, however, that the commission for the
purpose of settling the details of the system of
defence will now meet, and that the result will be favour.
able to Prussia. A letter from Munich shews that Prussia
would profit by the military union of the South German
States, as the ultimate result would be the consolidation
of all the provinces in the North German Confederation.
The effective defence of the South by its own troops
would enable the forces of the North, in case of war, to
devote their whole attention to the Rhine frontier.
the provincial Diets have opened without any notice-
able incident. As was anticipated, the Czech deputies
from Bohemia and Moravia have absented themselves,
but at only one place—Brunn—has this course had the
effect of preventing a quorum of members from assembling.
At Prague the Czech deputies have declared that their
conscience will not allow them to take part in the present
Diet ; they require that their motives for abstaining
should be made known to his Majesty and to the Assembly,
The Czech party is preparing a petition to the Emperor
begging him to convoke a new Diet on the basis of a more
liberal electoral law, and holding more justly in account
the numerical relations which exist between the two
nationalities in Bohemia.

The inhabitants of the Muscovite Empire have found
.mother sensation in addition to the discovery of the very
mysterious and secret society for the advancement of fire
and pillage. An old Russian peasant, after a retreat of
several years, which we presume he devoted to prepara-
tion, has suddenly made his appearance as a prophet.
Great has been the excitement caused by his predictions.
He perambulates the country, announcing the speedy
destructiin of the Crescent and the appearance
of the Cross of the Greek Church on the dome
of St. Sophia at Constantinople. The Russian
Government, we are naïvely told, permits this popular
prophet in his own country. perfect liberty of action and
language. The seer in no wise attacks the laws and the
administrations Russia. There are many wise men of
this description in various parts of Europe, for the maxim
that no man is a prophet in his own country does not hold
when he happens to foretell events highly agreeable to
despotic Governments. But why the several years of pro.
postionj _