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

THE SUN, LONDON MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1655

solely to bear the responsibility of the measures
she has adopted in consequence thereof.
Lord MALMESEURY 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 MALMRS-
BURY for the Earl of CLARENDON.

LORD 1011 N RUSSELL AND ►SECRET

VOTING.

We understand that Lord John Russell has in-
timated his intention, when the Mutiny Act comes
before the Houseof Commons, nextyear 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 hire to object to the Ballot—namely,
that all power :n 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.,

L /TEST NE WS.

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 last 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 ra'her 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 ; or M. Le Roy, of Rouen. Tne last, it
would appear, has the best chance.
The sum which the Emperor has subscribed to
the fund now being raised for M. de Lamartine 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 :

*Palais Royal, April 1.
"Sir,—There are glories which are sacred for
France, and that of M. de Ltimartine 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, sharing in the sentiments of the
Emperor with regard to the illustrious writer, de-
sires that his name be set down ou 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, Ai cole, Aigesiras, and Bretagne,
together with the steam frigate Isly, sailed on
Wednesday morning last, to cruise off the islands of
the llyeres.
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 C nstantinople. The crew and passengers were
saved, but all attempts to raise the ♦essel 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-hottomed 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 Amaroho has
just been launched at Brest. She was formerly a
sailing-frigate. The Minister of Marine has given
orders that three more sailing-frigates, the Ceres,
the Entreprenante, 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 stattone of C lombier, Genevreuilles.
Creyenay, Lure, Rouchamp, Champagny, and
Basse-Evette, will permit trains to run without in-
terruption 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 Rothe'. The distance, which
is about 25 mile, 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. Thu following were the
closing quotations :

4 per Cents 93
Do. end month —
3 per Cent. ..... 69 35
Do. end month 69 55
Bank Shares ..... 3150
Credit Mobilier 765
Do. Account 762 50,
RAIL'
Orleans
Northern
New Ditto 7BO
Lyon and Mediteran. 818 i
New Ditto 7BO
Geneva

Credit Foncier
Belgian 4
Piedmontese (5)
Roman B9
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —

Midi
Western 645
Strasburg
Grand Central
Sardinian
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 stores of all kinds ale being collected, and
a considerable number of guns cast.