The Sun. — 1869-03-09 (London, England)

REMARKS.  Since yesterday morning a considerable decrease of barometrical pressure has occurred at all stations, amounting to nearly o•6in. in the N.W. of France, and nearly o'3in. in Scotland. This change has made readings this morning rather low, and very uniform. (The great and sudden fall reported at Scarborough yesterday afternoon, and which was the cause of the issue of warnings to the E. coast, arose from an error in the telegram.) Ternperttun also has decreased, except in W. France and S.E.England, where it has recovered a few degrees. Thermometer readings are very uniform. Winds generally have veered to the N.E., and during the night have become strong at Valencia elsewhere they continue light to moderate A light S, wind still holds at Yarmouth and' Cape aria Nez. Snow has fallen in the north and east, and some rain in the west. The sky this morning is a little cloudy, with fog on the east coast, but weather flue. The sea has got up at Valencia,  It is said that the Rev. henry Ward Beecher is really very seriously ill. He seems to have injured himself by overwork. His physician says be must have rest, and prescribes a long stay abroad for the recovery of his health  The revolting murder at Wednesbury continues to form the all-absorbing topic of discussion throughout the Black Country district. Tho prisoner's wife—his second wife, wedded only thirteen months—and his four children by his first wife, had an interview with him In the cells, before his removal to Stafford, and the parting scene, so far as the woman and children were concerned, is described as a most harrowing one. The prisoner himself, either by force of willorlack of feeling, carried himself almost unmoved through the scene. His rife, with tears streaming down her cheeks, exclaimed before she left, " Oh, lad, if you know aught about it, do tell me." His only reply was a brief denial of all knawledge of the affair. The President of the Board of Trade has just re. ceived a deputation from Birmingham asking him to use his influence to close the Enfield Rifle factory. Mr. Bright replied io the effect that he was afraid the applicants would find very great difficulty in inducing the Government to reduce or abolish the existing Enfield factory, and pointed out that, even if it were abolished, a very large number of men would be thrown out of employment, and they would naturally go to Birmingham to seek work, and thus be competitors quite as much there as they were at the Enfield factory. The Go. vcrnment might, however, prevent the extension of the fac. tot v.  The Lill to amend the law with respect to the property of married women has born prepared ar,d brought in by Mr. Russell Gurney, Mr. Headlam, etd 3f•. Jacob Bright. By the provisions of this bill it is enacted that a marled wo. man shall bo capable of holding property, of contracting, of suing, and of being sued as if she were a femme sole. property acquired by the act shall be held by thorn as if unmarried. A husbani shall not be liablo for the debts of his wife before marriage. Questions between husband and wife as to the title to, or possession of, personal property aro to be decided in a summary way, by a petition to any judge of Chancery or the County Court of the die. trict in which either party resides. This act does not affect the right of any husband to hold- his wife's real estate as taniUttrOluicsY.