The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-28 00:00:00

REMARKS.

During the last twenty-four hours an increase in barometrical
pressure has occurrec at all stations : in the S. and W. of these
islands readings are higher by about two-tenths of an inch. At
southern stations pressures are great, and exceed the least reported,
at Nairn, by seven.tenths of an inch. Temperature has fallen at
stations on the Channel coast. On our N.W. coast a gale from the
westward sprang up last evening, whilst strong winds also blew in the
E. of England. This morning the wind is westerly, and is still strong
In the North : it is moderate in the English Channel, excepting at
Cape Gris Nez, where the force is reported to be 8. Thunder is
reported from Ardrossan. The weather is generally cloudy,

The La Marmora controversy on the campaign of 1866
is likely to terminate at last. It had passed from the
Italian Chamber of Deputies to a personal dispute betwel
Generals La Marmora and Cialdini, and, like all such dis
putes, threatened to persecute the country for an indefinite
period. But King Victor Emmanuel, who has not
been heard of since the Garibaldian defeat at
Mentana, has resolved to confer a lasting benefit
upon his kingdom by putting a stop to this nui-
sance. It is announced that the two officers are to meet
at the hunting-lodge of the King, near Pisa, where, say
the Italian papers, they will receive the Royal repri-
mand, and be made to shake hands. Whether this
artificial mode of producing friendship be successful or not
is quite indifferent, provided the two generals, and espe-
cially La Marmora, be silenced. The controversy has
become a European scandal.

The Havas Agency telegraphs, to the astonishment of
everybody, that " the fears of disorder have completely
disappeared." It is impossible to discover to what fears
this telegram alludes. The risings which were recently
announced have vanished, or at least nothing more has
been heard of them, and no others have been announced in
their place. Is it possible that by reporting the disappearance
of all previous fears, the Hava.s Agency, notoriously in the
hands of the Spanish authorities, is preparing the way for
some approaching trouble ? A correspondent of the Ind -
pendance Beige says that a short time ago everything was
ripe for revolution, and a rising was ready to break out in
many places. The arrest of the generals has postponed,
not frustrated, the insurrection. The same writer
says that in some cities bodies of men have
been enrolled and are receiving pay. Where they
obtain their pay is a mystery, for the best accounts state
that there is no money in the country. But Spanish
politics are always incomprehensible. All that can be
confidently stated at present is, that the country is in the
last stage of poverty, misery, and destitution.
Some very extraordinary statements concerning the trial
of Madame Rachel recently appeared. It was said that
eleven of the jury were for conviction, that the recalcitrant
juryman was a friendof Madame Rachel, that he had pro-
vided himself with a fabulous quantity of refreshment, and
that when argued with by his brother jurymen he told
them that he was determined that no verdict of guilty
should be returned—he had plenty to eat and drink, and
if they would persist he would starve them out. Quite a
sensation was created by this story. It was the addition
of sauce to an otherwise spicy dish. The only thing about
the tale which detracts from the enjoyment of it is, that
it is not true. One of the jury writes :- -" It is said there
were eleven to convict, which is false. As to one
of the jury being an intimate friend of Madame Rachel,
I do not believe any one of the jury had eves
spoken to, or even seen her, till we saw her on trial. I
am quite confident not one of us had prepared any refresh.
ments whatever. We were very unanimous in this point,
that we all wanted something to eat and drink, having
been without food for ten hours. There cannot be a word
of truth that any person writing to Mr. Lewis can prove
what is written in your paper of to-day in Madame
Rachel's case." A juror who pronounced for acquittal,
writes that he never saw Madame Rachel before
he saw her in the box, and therefore hesAttark_4.ot
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LANTERNS AND THE SAFETY OF THE

FRENCH EMPIRE.

The I,cinterne. question in Paris has reached in as
plas4. A If. de Foudard writes to tho Tribune to say
that among his sampleg of mock jewellery he has
44 a dinsinutiftnentern in his possession for five years,
and that, on Thursday last, while his wife was out on busi-
ness affairs—exhibiting samples no doubt, and obtaining
erders—she was arrested and locked up for two hours,
every article in her possession bearing the remotest
resemblance to a lantern being taken from her. At the same
moment a commissary of police and four agents paid
a visit to his workshop, and seized every
article of jewellery they could find, whether in
a finished or unfinished state, that approximated
to the proscribed form. Where will the interdiction stop ?
Will the law which obliges all vehicles to carry lighted lan-
terns between sunset and sunrise be abolished, or will it
merely be suspended until further notice ?