The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON -MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 18514,

solely to bear the responsibility of the measures
she has adopted in consequence thereof.
Lord MALMESBURY seems to have acted with
quiet resolution, and certainly, so far as the affair
of the Cagliari is concerned, the nation has had no
cause to regret the substitution of Lord MALMES-
BuRY for the Earl of CLARENDON.

Three sheers for Mr. BLACKABY ! We had
several noble or honourable champions for public

voting at the late elections, several distinguished
opponents of the Ballot, but they must all yield
the palm to BLACKABY. Only a few days ago,
we had a tournament in high places ; Mr.

OSBORNE entered the lists with Mr. DISRAELI,

and after entertaining the House of Commons one
evening, and all the country the next day, was

fain to retire, the prize having been adjudicated by
acclamation to the Knight of the Shire for Bucks.
We find, however, in the Serfs Mercury the re-
port of another battle, with Mr. BLACKABY for its
hero. The Ballot Society had presumed to

ntrude a deputation on the quiet borough, and

even to get possession of the Town Hall, and

herein to deliver an address or two on their

odious Radical dogma. Now the little borough
is one which belongs of right and about equally to

Whigs and Tories ; Whig it should have been

according to the intention of the heroes of the
Reform Act, but it has always been a half and half
constituency, or, we should rather say, a Liberal
Conservative one; that is, such has been the shape
and form given it between the Marquis of SALIS-
BURY and Earl CowrEß, who both willed that radi-
cal their borough should not be ; but, that seeing
Lord COWPER wanted accommodation, one seat
might be reserved for him, and the other bestowed
upon some fit and proper Conservative, like Sir
WALTER TOWNSHEND Mon FA.RQUHAR (we be-

lieve we have given the Noble Member all his
names) and Hertford stood, we doubt not, in the
books of the late Mr. COPPOCIE, as a Tory-Whig

borough.

Hither, then, the agents of the Ballot society
had the audacity to come ; they must have ex-
pected to be outvoted at least ; and thankful they
might well be, if the horsepond or the pump did
not cool their Radical zeal. The Whigs and Tories,
however, praised be their moderation, contented
themselves with open fight against secret voting—
a rather uproarious fight, to be sure ; but still
the only danger to which the intruders were sub-
jected was that of being drowned, not in water
but in noise. So no bones were broken, nor were
any such falls endured as that suffered by poor
Mr. MIALL, when the Islington Evangelical
Clergymen pitched him bodily over the front of the
platform for Anti-State Churchism.
Now we hope political truth is no libel, so we
venture to repeat, after the Berts Mercury, that
BLACKABY, onee an extreme Radical, is now a
Conservative ; prepared, of course, to call that
black which he once called white, and white what
he once called black. " Set a smuggler to catch
a smuggler" is, we know, an approved rule at her
MAJESTY'S customhouses ; there are variations of
it—in which the word " rogue" is the substitute
for smuggler, but that is of no consequence. Still
the fact is, that Mr. BLACKABY, though having no
connection that we can conceive with " moon-
shine" or " mountain dew," much less with
roguery, yet having bad in the days of hie wild
oats some connection with Radicalism, was the
fitting man to bait a Ballot lecturer, and most
pertinaciously was the baiting done. It is certain
that the Whigs and Tories could not easily have
found a champion more insensible to argument,
more determined to interrupt, and withal a bigger
man, in his own esteem, when the whole meeting
was roaring with laughter at his absurdities. The
advocate was admirably worthy of the cause.
Could not the Ballot society manoeuvre to make
him serve at every public meeting, es CALCRAFT
does at almost every scaffold. They would com-
mand crowded meetings, if they could but an-
nounce—" BLACKABY, the Hereford man, is en
gaged to attend."
The battle can hardly be adequately described.
Our readers must peruse the account of this
"Mill Extraordinary" for themselves. The
shoemaker—we forgot that BLACKABY was a
Knight of St. Crispin—began with the cry of
" question "—" the Ballot," the lecturer having,
as he, BLACKABY, conceived, departed froin the
question, by proving cases of coercion from the
speeches or letters of Tory candidates. Soon,
however, that modest detnand was forgotten.
Some one told the lecturer that BLACKABY was a
lunatic 1 Loud laughter follows—the accusation of
being a mau in the Moon, or Moonstruck, of
course, fired the sober convert to conservatism. "He
would be heard," that he would ; and by interjec-
tion he was heard, tilt the lecturer, in return for a
text of Scripture, from BLACKABY, gave him another
which BLACKABY seemed inclined to appropriate
personally as a cap which fitted ; and, unfortu-
nately, it was a hypocrite's cap.
Amongst his other accomplishments, for attack-
ing the Ballot, BLACKABY appears to have qualified
himself to spout poetry—perhaps, having prac-
tised in some Discussion Forum,—and now a most
extraordinary scene commenced. BLACKABY was
determined that the meeting should hear some
verses from HANNAH MORE ! Tne tasteless meet-
ing wanted no poetry, but dry argument on the
Ballot. Now the meeting laughed down the
sonorous orator, reciting with uplifted arm, and
now the spouter resumed after the laughter had
subsided. Another line,—quenched in laughter
again. Again, another half line. BLACKABY
would not be beaten—till at last the meeting
was fairly vanquished, and consented to hear four
lines of HANNAH MORE from the BLACKABY
Conservative shoemaker as the best compromise.
The lecturer now had his turn, and fired off two
lines at the victorious BLACKABY, which seemed
to give him a quietus for the time.
But only for the time. BLACKABY was of the
stuff that Waterloo heroes are made of—he did
not know when he was beaten. At the end,
nothing daunted, he returned to the charge.
Roars of laughter again met BLACKABY, but, as be
naively observed, " He did not know why people
laughed, there was a proverb that " fools laugh
but wise men keep their countenance." So
BLACKABY kept his—and we doubt not keeps it
still—for he and his Whig and Tory friends at
Hertford may have need of it again. We hope
the next Ballot meeting at Hertford will be duly
advertised, and a special train engaged to convey
us Londoners to Hertford and back, to witness the
next coming off of BLACKABY and the ballot.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Tuesday, the 13th inst.,
is fixi-d for the opening night of the season.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—MadIIe. Titiens arrived
in London on Thursday last. All the artistes who have
prt in the "Huguenots " are already here, and the
opening of the season is spoken of for Tuesday, the 13 h
f this month.

1.111 Di'' and Due!lug of Hamilton will leave Rome
on the 18th inst., for Nita. 'rock Grac.s are expected
to arrive in London at the latter end of the month.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are passing
the season at Sion House, Islaworth.
The Marquis of Salisbury has returned to Hatfield,
from Scotland. The Marchioness is staying on a visit
with the Esrl and Countess Delawarr, at Buckhurst
Park:, near Tunbridge Wells.
Lard John Rusiell, immediately after the holilays,
will resume the occupation of his residence in Chesham-
place, just vacated by Lard Panmure.
The Right lion. W. E. Gladstone and Mrs. Gladstone
and family cos O to town to-day, from Hawarden Castle,
Chester.

LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND SECRET

VOTING.

We understand that Lord John Russell has in-
timated his intention, when the Mutiny Act comes
before the House of Comnaonsnextyear,to move the
omission of the clauses by which the protection of
secret voting is given to the officers on Courts
Martial. The noble lord's reason for this singular
proceeding is supposed to be the same as that
which leads him to object to the Ballot—namely,
that all power in this country should be exercised
openly, and that it is glaringly unjust to confer on
the heroes of the Crimea and of India irresponsible
power, while the same protection is denied to the
dependent elector.

LITEST NEWS.

FRANCE.
PARIS, SUNDAY.

The Emperor and the Empress will proceed at
the end of the present month to Fontainebleau, to
receive there the Queen of Holland, daughter of
the King of Wurtemberg.
For the ]ast week or ten days rumours have cir-
culated of the probable resignation of M. Hauss-
man, Prefect of the Seine. Those rumours have
been more than once contradicted. They are,
however, again revived ; and it is now affirmed
that not only has M. Haussman sent in his resig-
nation, but that it has been accepted. The cause
is said to be of a personal rather than a public
nature. Two or three persons are spoken of as
likely to fill the post whenever it is vacant—namely,
M. St. Marceau, Prefect of Versailles ; M. Vaisse,
of Lyons ;orM. Le Roy, of Rouen. The last, it
would appear, has the best chance.
The sum which the Emperor has subscribed to
the fund now being raised for M. de L3martine is
10,000 fr. Prince Jerome has directed his private
secretary to address the following letter in his name
to one of the members of the committee named to
receive contributions :

66 Palais Royal, April 1.

" Sir,—There are glories which are sacred for
France, and that of M. de Lamartine is of the num-
ber. Thus, the subscription in which the com-
mittee of Mahon has assumed the generous initia-
tive can only excite the most lively sympathy.
Prince Jerome, sharlng in the sentiments of the
Emperor with regard to the illustrious writer, de-
sires that his name be set down on the subscription
list, immediately after that of his Majesty, for the
sum of I,ooof. I beg you, sir, to make known to
the members of the committee the intentions of his
Imperial Highness."
Accounts from Toulon state that the steam ships
of the line Eylau, Arcole, Algesiras, and Bretagne,
together with the steam frigate Isly, sailed on
Wednesday morning last, to cruise off the islands of
the Hyeres.
A telegram, received at Marseilles, announces
that the steam packet Egyptus, of the Messageries
Imperiales Company, was wrecked on the 30th of
March, on some rocks half a mile to the north of
Kerassunda, while on her passage from Trebizonde
to Constantinople. The crew and passengers were
saved, but all attempts to raise the vessel failed.
Hopes are entertained of saving at least a portion
of her cargo.
The Minister of Marine is at present studying
a system of steam flat-bottomed boats to be used
in China in ascending the river to Pekin, it having
been ascertained that the gun brigs sent there draw
too much water.

A screw steam-frigate called the Amazon has
just been launched at Brest. She was formerly a
sailing-frigate. The Minister of Marine hss given
orders that three more sailing-frigates, the Ceres,
the Eutreprenante, and the Semiramis, shall be
converted into steamers as quickly as possible, as
they are wanted for active service.
The Strasburg Railway Company will open on
the 15th inst. the section between Vesoul and Bel-
fort. The opening of this section, which com-
prises the stations of C, lombier, Genevreuilles,
Crevenay, Lure, Rouchamp, Champagny, and
Basse-Evette, will permit trains to run without in-
terruptio❑ from Paris to Mulhouse, and will com-
plete this line of 307 miles.
On Tuesday last the first trial train passed over
the section of the Ardennes Railway comprised
between Reims and Rethel. The distance, which
is about 25 mileq, was accomplished in an hour-and-
a-half. The section is to be opened to the public
in the course of the month of May.

BOURSE, April 3. The following were the
closing quotations :

4 per Cents 93
Do. end month —
3 per Cent. ..... 69 35
Do. end month 69 55
Bank Shares..
Credit Mobilier
Do. Account 762 50

Credit Foncier
Belgian 44
Piedmontese (5)
Roman B9
Austrian
Spanish Threes

Lome Debt

RAIL'
Orleans
Northern
New Ditto 7BO
Lyon and Mediteran. 811
New Ditto 7BO
Geneva

WAYS.

_
illidi
Western 645
Strasburg
Grand Central
Sarkiiniam

Austrian

A letter from Naples, the Milan Gazette, states
that great military preparations are going on in
that kingdom ; that large quantities of ammuni-
tion and st,res of all kinds are being collected, and
a considerable number of guns cast.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH SATURDAY.

The Royal Mail steam-s',ip Pnce.e, Capt. Clarke,
arrived this afternoon. She left Table .13 ty Feb.
20, St. Helena March 6, and Ascension March 10.
Sir George Grey continued on his tour of inspec-
tion through the Eistern Province. In replying
to an address from the inhabitants of Giahatn's
Town the Governor stated his intention to visit
England. It is said that Sir George is organising
a regiment of Caffres for service in India, and that
there are many volunteers. The paddle steam-
sloop Hermes, 6, Commander Wm. E. A. Gordon,
was appointed to bring his Excellency down to the
Cape, and it is supposed that he will leave shortly
after the termination of the approaching session of
Parliament, which was to commence its sittings ou
the 10th of March.

The Cape Town, Mail, after referring to the in-
t3ntiou of the local Parliament to devote 200,0001.
for the service of emigration, states that the popu-
lation of the Cape colony has been ioughly esti-
mated at 300,000—under three to the square mile.
In districts that have bean settled for some time,
and where industry and capital have taken root,
as in the Cape, Helienbosch, Paarl, trittnhaae,
and Albany, there are thriving populations of 10
and 12 to the square mile. The Cape division, in-
cluding Cape Town, on an area of about 3,600
square mile., contains upwards of 40,000 inhabi-
tants, or nearly 12 to the square mile. After sup-
plying the colonial markets, including the British
troops, the navy, and the numerous ships, with
provisions, the Cape exported to foreign markets
in 1857 articles (the produce of the colony) to the
v,ilue of 1,833,7001.

For the class of emigrants who look immediately
for land, we may state that the price varies in-
versely as the means of transpor, or from a few
shillings to a few pounds per acre. The revenue
in 1857 was 401,8451, ; the actual expenditure,
364,2141. The following were the exports :-1,195
horses, value 42,0491. ; 950,346 gallons of wine,
155,0111. ; 4,030 gallons of Constantia, 2,2981. ;
17,695,2221 b. wool, 1,160,499/.
The Cape Argus says :
" The number of Caffres relieved in British
Caffraria from the let to the 31st of December is
2.929, at a cost of 3671. 9s. Oid. The whole
number relieved from the commencement is 21,821
—,he aggregate exi enditure, 2,2761. 2s. 71d.
Number of patients admitted in,o the hospital
from the let of November to the 31st of December
is 784. Of thee 39 diFd. The number of nl-
tives successfully vacAnated amount to 947. Du-
ring the month of December 1,323 Caffres were
employed on public works. Sterling by Caffres is
greaCy on the iucreaso in the Cat River and in the
frontier districts generally, principally by the Caf-
fre herds lately introduced. Several horses and
cattle have lately been got clear off, and Caffre
servants are deserting almost daily. Pato's
aliina, and the chief Tola have been taken up on
some charge, and the police are out, with the same
intentions after Pa' o's other son."

The amount of dues received by the Custom's
Department at Port Elizabeth Lr the mouth of
January was 9,7001.
The prices of Cape wool on the Ist of January
—good to fine fleeces, is. Bd. to 2s. ; middling, Is.
6d. to Is. Bd. ; inferior, is. 2d. to s. 4d. ; lambs,
ls. 6d. to 2s. ; skin, ls. to is. 4d. ; pieces and
locks Bd. to Is. ; grease, 7d. to 11d.
The remount agents continued to be actively
employed ; nearly two thousand horses have been
purcbaled.
The ship Viscount Canning left on the 15th, the
Latona on the 19th, and the Johanna Steil about
the same time, with a total of 257 h.‘rses for
C.dc Litt% _ . _

Ttie iron screw steam troopship Simoom, 8,
Commander J. M. Cooke, was appointed to leave
Simon's Bay on the 20th of February, with horses
for India, calling at Algoa Bay for troops. Toe
screw steam ship Hydaspe,, from aticutta, arrived
February 16 in Table Bay, to embark 80 horses.
The frigate Castor, 36, flag of It-ar-Admiral the
Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, KC. 8., and th United
States' paddlewheel steam-friga•a Po whattan were
in Sinacci's Bay•

The mail Adaamship Bosphorus, from England,
arrived in Table Bay on FtbLuziry 13, heit,g five
da) s wi,hin her contr►ct time. She would leave
homeward 0:1 March 20, the day appointed for the
future departure of the mail ships.
The barque Admiral Collingwood, with Nama-
qualand copper ore for Swansea, foundered near
the Cape late in January. The cargo 10,00 a/. was
insured b.,: local companies. The crew was taken
into St H.elena by a French b.►rque.
The French ship Angu-,tt, was wrecked in Ss•.
Francis Bay on the 22d of January.
The ship New Great Britain, Capt;kin Kerr, from
London, arrived in Table Bay on the 10th of Feb.,
bringing the captain and crew of the ship Tantivy,

of Liverpool, which was fallen in with in a sinking
state on the 27th ult. in lat. 30 S., long. 19.30 W.
The Tantivy was 1,040 tons burden, owned by
Messrs. Anthony and Robertson, of Lit • .pool.
The paddlewheel steamvessel Firefly, 4, Com-
mander G. F. Day, was at St. Helena. The Eng-
lish ship Napoleon 111., from Bombay for Liver-
pool, was being hove down for repairs.
The screw steam gunvessel Teazer, 2, Lieute-
nant-Commander W. H. White, and the storeship
Tortoise were at Ascension.

The outward Cape mail ship leaves Plymouth on
Tuesday afternoon, the 6th inst.