The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-18 00:00:00

I.ATE6T NEWS.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

Who, in case M. de Persigny's resignation is I
accepted, will be the new Ambassador to London ?
is the question now asked by every one. The Duke
of Grammont is supposed to have the best chance.
M. de Lavalette is also spoken of, though very
doubtingly. M. de Lavalette was the French
diplomatist at Constantinople, whose zeal with
respect to the "Holly Places" was one of the dispos-
ing causes of the war with Russia.
The Commission now so long sitting at Bucharest
on the Danubian Provinces' question will probably
be soon dissolved. M. Walewski has had enough,
and more than enough, to worry him besides that
Commission. It appears to be determined, then,
to bring the deliberations of the Commission to a
speedy end. The French fraction of the Commis-
sion has been informed that, Report or no Report,
it will not be considered as existing longer than
the end of the present month.
The illoniteur publishes the following :—" M.
Pietri, Prefect of Police, had some months since
tendered his resignation to the Emperor, in conse-
quence of the state of his health. His Majesty
requested him to retain his functions until the de-
finitive conclusion of everything connected with
the late attempt. M. Pietri having now again re-
newed his application, the Emperor has accepted
his resignation with regret, expressing to him in a
letter how highly he appreciated his zeal and his
devotedness." An Imperial decree norainatesiM.
Boittelle, Prefect of the Yonne, to be Prefect of
Police in the room of M. Pietri.
The Minister of Marine has sent a circular to the
maritime prefects advising the French navy to be
put on a war footing by May 1.
Rear-Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, commander-
in-chief of the French squadron in China, has ad-
dressed the following order of the day on the taking
of Canton :
" Sailors and soldiers—At the moment when
military operations are drawing to a close, I have
to congratulate you on your gallant conduct before
the enemy on the 28th and 29th December. For-
tunate rivals of our brave allies, you arrived the
first in Fort Lyn and on the breaches of Canton ;
the honour of the French flag and of the arms cf
the Emperor has been nobly maintained, and your
commander-in-chief thanks you in the name of the
country and of his august sovereign. Although
every one has done his duty, there are never-
theless some who merit special mention. I there-
fore place on the order of the day, for their
conduct on the 28th, Sergeant-Major Martin des
Pallieres, who was the first to enter Fort Lyn, and
Lieut. de Vaisseau Ribourt, who gallantly carried
a Chinese entrenchment which harassed our left.
For the 29th, I place on the order of the day
Capitaine de Vaisseau Collier, who led a column of
attack ; Lieutenant de Vaisseau Veriot, who posted
his battery beneath the ramparts, in order to
demolish the parapets ; and three sailors, Trian,
Pelissier, and Laurier. Soldiers and sailors—
Your task is not yet finished, a 3 we must now, in
common with our allies, preserve order in a city
having a million of inhabitants. That difficult
mission cannot be accomplished without the obser-
vance of the strictest discipline, the most scrupulous
respect for the rights of the inhabitants, and the
most rigid surveillance. Do not forget that your
successes, brilliant as they are, mustremain without
a stain ; it is at that price that you will merit the
good opinion of our illustrious Emperor. Five
l'Empereur. " RIGUULT DE GENOUILLY.
" Bth Jan. 1858."
The session of the Legislative Body will be closed,
it is believed, on the 17th April. The naval code
will be voted, as well, most probably, as the bill
now under examination by the Council of State
relative to the illegal assumption of titles of
nobility ; but the new enactments which it is in-
tended to introduce in the forest laws will not be
brought forward until next year.
Prince Jerome continues to be very ill, although
the Moniteur announces every day that he is bet-
ter. This morning the Cardinal Archbishop of
Paris was sent for to see him.
The following telegraphic despatches have been
received here :

" STOCKHOLM, March IG.—The Prince-Regent
has closed the legislative session. He delivered a
long address on the occasion, but made no allusion
to the relations of the country with foreign powers.
He expressed a hope that, in consequence of the
financial measures which had been adopted, the
deplorable crisis still existing might before long be
brought to a close."

" HAMBURG, March 17.—1 n consequence of
some pressing despatches received from, Frankfort,
an extraordinary council of ministers was held at
Copenhagen yesterday. All the diplomatic docu-
ments have been laid before the Supreme Council."

BOURSE, March 17.—The following were the
closing quotations

41 per Cents 93 25

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Credit Foncier
' Belgian 41
Piednaontese (5)
Roman y BB
Austrian
I Spanish Threes
Home Debt 37i
.WAYS.

3 per Cent. ..... ...

69 50

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Bank Shares 3150

Credit Mobilior 782 CO
Do. Account 785

RAIL'
1370

Orleans

Northern

Midi
Western 660
Strasburg
Grand Central
Sardinian
Austrian

New Ditto 785

Lyon and Alediteran. 8271
New Ditto 790

Geneva

NAPLES.

NAPLES, March 1. 3. —Mr. Lyons arrived in Naples
on Thursday evening. last: On this day he is to
have an interview with Signor Carafa previous to
his visiting Salerno, where his great purpose will
be to see Park rather than to watch over the trial.
Indeed, Mr. Lyons is so fully persuaded of the
satisfactory manner in which Mr. Acting Consul
Barbar has watched over British interests as to feel
it unnecessary to interfere.
In a recent letter it was stated that, by order of
the Sardinian Government, three captains of vessels,
one of them being a naval officer, had visited Naples
for the purpose o f establishing the precise spot
where the Cagliari was taken. It would have been
more correct to have. said that Ruvattini and Co.
sent down the captain of the merchant vessel, and
requested the Sardinian Government to allow a
captain in the service of
las Majesty to accompany
them. This gentleman is Cavaliere Provana, cap-
tain of a frigate, and heis still in Naples. The ques-
tion between the two Governments is precisely
where it was, neither party receding ; the Neapo-
litanGovernmentpertevering with the trial, and
Government biding its time to make
th the Sardinian
doubly sure its case and assert its claims.
During the last few days we have had more
stormy weather than we have had for all the
previous winter. The Centaur, Captain Clifford,
C. 8., was compelled last Saturday to run over to
Baize for shelter, where she is still lying, and the
postal steamers have as a consequence been very
irregular. At the same time that the sea has been
so much agitated, the earth has not been less so.
The official journal, however, has the following
notice On the irght of the 9th instant three
shocks of ea.rtliptake were felt at Lagonegro, of some
considerable duration, but harmless. On the fol-
lowing day, at 3p.m., two other very violent shocks
were felt, of the duration of nine or ten seconds ;
another more violent shock was felt at 8 p.m. ; and
on the morning of the 17th another still more vio-
lent, which lasted five or six seconds. Though the
houses have suffered considerable injury, no other
incident is to be deplored except that of the con-
sternation of the people."

DENMARK.
" The bill on the fortifications of Copenhagen,
admitted to a second reading by the Supreme
Council of Denmark," says a letter from the
Danish capital, "appears likely to be adjourned.
As the ex-minister, M. Blumhe, remarked, itsadop-
tiou would have the character of a political demon-
stration which would be very inopportune at a
moniont at which it is permitted to hope for a
pacific volution of the confli,it with Germany. The
President of the Council, M. Hall, consented not
to call for the definitive vote of the bill, declaring
that the Danish cabinet has made,and is ready to
make all concessions compatible with the interest
of the country ; be,
however, remarked that he
could not yet say what the nature of the concei-
sions would be. This language, though vague,
causes it to be believed that Denmark understands
her position, and that in her quarrel with the Ger-
manic Confederation she will not expose hal self to
an objectionable isolation."