The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-12 00:00:00

reviewed the National Guard ; the crowd shouting being 51 to
_6 per cent., with an increase of busi-

" Viva it Re !"
Signor Ricasoli has published an order of the
day, thanking the Guard, in the name of the country
and the King of Sardinia, for their bearing and
discipline, expressing confidence in the future, and
hoping that the Guard and the regular troops would
support the wishes of the country.

MODENA, SEPT. 10.

M. Parisi, ex-secretary in the Cabinet of Francis
V., Al. Guerra, keeper of the privy archives, and M.
Solieri, ex-secretary-general in the late Ministry for
foreign affairs, have acknowledged to-day before a
notary the authenticity of the writing of the two
letters from Francis V., abusing the Emperor Na-
poleon, France and the other Western Powers.
This declaration is in reply to the article in the
French Pays.

BOLOGNA, SEPT. 10.
The National Assembly has decreed :
1. That all those who have governed in the Ro-
magna from the 12th of June to the present time

have deserved well of their country.
2. The ratification of the title and authority of
M. Cipriani as Governor-General, with responsible

Ministers.

3. That full powers be conferred on M. Cipriani
for the preservation of order in the interior and for
the defence of the country.
4. Tfiat M. Cipriani be charged to co-operate
energetically for the accomplishment of the wishes
of the Assembly to procure a more intimate union
with the other provinces of Central Italy.

5. That to M. Cipriani is given the faculty of
proroguing and re-convoking the National As-
sembly.
One hour afterwards the Minister of Grace and
Justice read a decree for the prorogation of the
Assembly.

ZURICH, SEPT. 10.

To. day the French and Austrian Plenipotentiaries
held a conference. A courier has arrived from the
French Cabinet, and another has left for Paris.

TRIESTE, SEPT. 11.

The construction, at Pola, of two 50-gun screw
frigates and 12 sloops and gunboats has been
ordered.

PARIS, SEPT. 10.

The Prince Chimay has arrived at Biarritz, and
has taken up his quarters at the magnificent Chateau
d'Ardoin, which he has hired for the reception of
the King of the Belgians. His Majesty travels
under the name of Comte de Later.

FRANCE.

PARIS, SATURDAY.

BOURSE, Sept. 10.—The market openod heavy,
with a further fall on yesterday's prices, but there
was afterwards a rally. Threes, after having
been done at 68f. 30c., rallied to 68f. 55c. Mo-
bilier varied from 800 f. to 806 f. 25c. ; Austrian,
550 f. to 550 f. 25c. ; Lombard, 552 f. 50c. to 553 f.

75c. ; Orleans, 1,366 f. 50c. to 1,366 f. 25c. ; Lyons,
865 f. to 8661. 25c. ; Northern, 9201. to 922 f. 50c.
The market continued dull to the close, when the
following were the last quotations :-
14 per Cents. 04 75 I Credit Fonder 670
Do. end month Belgian 43/4 —
3 per Cents 6B 50 Piedmonteso (5) 85 25
Do. end month 6B 55 Roman B6 75
Bank Shares
Credit Mobilier .. 806 25 Spanish Threes
Do. Account 805 Home Debt 44i

ness. In foreign exchanges there was a large
business, but a declining tendency. Bankers' bills
on London, 60 days, 110 was the outside price, and
there were for this description considerable sales at
109'4 ; Paris, sf. 171 c. ; Hamburg, 37c. to 371 c. per
mare banco.
Cotton was quiet, leaving off with a tendency to
slightly lower prices.
At New Orleans, on the 30th, middling uplands
were quoted 123 e.

SPAIN AND MOROCCO.

The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 29th ult. has the

following intelligence from Ceuta :

" At half-past 5 p.m. on the 27th the Moors again showed
themselves on the heights of what is called Old Ceuta, and
made themselves strong behind the walls ; but a steamer
and a launch were sent in that direction, and opened a fire,
the garrison at the same time firing some shells, which
killed 14 Moors, and compelled them to disperse. On the
28th, at the same hour, they again made their appearance,
and the same events took place as on the preceding day.
Troops were expected to-day at Ceuta, which, according to
intelligence received, must have embarked at Alicante."

The Chronicle of the Ist publishes the subjoined
extract of a private letter from Tangier, dated the
29th ul t.

" The affairs of Ceuta have created an inexplicable sen-
sation at this place. The people of the surounding coun-
try are determined to shed their blood rather than allow
the Spaniards to extend their fortifications. The populace
of Tetuan, whose fanaticism and hostility towards Chris-
tians as well as J ews are so well known, provide themselvos
with arms and fly to the assistance of their brethren in
what the ' Holy War.' The authorities of Tangier and
Tetuan gave orders to the keepers of bazaars prohibiting
the sale of powder and ball to the mountaineers who
come daily to make purchases; but long before this
order was issued, the stock on hand of these articles
had already been disposed of to advantage. Guards
have also been placed at the gates for the purpose of
searching the mountaineers and preventing them from
carrying any kind of arms. With respect to the encounters
that have taken place before Ceuta nothing positive is
known, and consequently I don't communicate the many
rumours current on the subject. M. Blanco, the Spanish
Charge d'Affaires, who has been at Tetuan for 10 or 12 days,
has had several interviews with the Minister, Sidi Mohamed
El Katib, and it is believed that they have not come to
terms. Whenever M. Blanco had occasion to go out
during his .stay at Tetuan he was escorted by a party of
soldiers, as the Moors had sworn, 'by the powers of the
Prophet,' to stone him to death. This state of things, it is
augured, will not end well, particularly on account of the
state of panic and perplexity in which the empire is row
placed by the illness of the Emperor; but no one is more
embarrassed than his Excellency Sidi Mohamed El Katib,
owing to the compromises and troubles arising out of those
questions."
A Tangier correspondent, writing on the Ist inst.,

says :
" I have read in the Chl onicle of the 29th ult. that, in '
the engagements which took place before Ceuta, the Moors
were repulsed by the Spaniards, losing a considerabiy larger
number between killed and wounded than the latter. Hero
the very reverse is stated, as the Spaniards are represented
to have been compelled to retire. This version seems the
more probable on account of the inferiority of their num-
bers. The arrival of the Spanish squadron, of which men-
tion is also made in the Chronicle, is expected here with
impatience ; and it is believed that it will obtain as much
satisfaction as the squadron of seven steamers which
in February last came to this port, when the whole
terminated in soft words from the Minister. In order
to bring the Moorish Government to their senses
it will be necessary to use no other means but the logic of
the guns. The presence of such a squadron, instead of in-
timidating the Moroqueens, would only serve to renew the
mockery which these people made of the Spaniards last
February, when it was quite a farce to hear them talk and
express the most absurd and erroneous notions respecting
the Spanish nation ; and, never observing before in their
waters a Spanish man-of-war, they run away with the idea
that the seven war-steamers which presented themselves at
that date were nothing more than hired foreign merchant
vessels, engaged for a few days to carry the Spanish flag in
order to frighten them. They cannot believe that Spain
possesses a single war vessel, and consider it as the least
nation of the globe."
A letter from Tangier of the 4th says:—
" The Spanish war steamer Vigilante reached T etuan
from Algeciras on the 30th ult., with despatches for the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, which were delivered imme-
diately by the Vice-Consul. These despatches probably
contain some new demand from her Catholic Majesty's
Government. It cannot be the ultimatum, as the con-
sulate here continues its duty without variation. A rumour
(which I consider unfounded) has been current here for
some days past, to the effect that Sidi Mohamed El Katib,
accompanied by the Kaid, was using his utmost endea-
vours to appease the ICabyles in the vicinity of Ceuta,
reminding them that they were committing a great
sin in opposing the will of the Emperor; for, accord-
ing to the precepts of the Mohammedan religion
the Sultan is entiled to a blind obedience on their part, as
he is considered to be Inspired by the divine spirit, and acts
under the express commands of the Almighty ; but, in spite
of this, it sews that the other precept, which says ' that he
who slays an infidel in the war will gain paradise, has rather
more influence over them."
Intelligence from Algeciras (published in the
Gibraltar Chronicle of the sth) states that two bat-
talions of light infantry had arrived there in the
short space of three days, by rail and , steam, via
Alicante, and were, for the present, billeted upon
the inhabitants. Other troops were shortly ex-
pected, which, when they arrived, would be en-
camped between Algeciras and San Roque.
The master of a boat which arrived at Gibraltar
on the morning of the sth from Ceuta reported that
there had been no firing between the garrison and
the Moors on the 2d and 3d. A body of about 1,200
men sallied out on the afternoon of Saturday to
make a reconnaisanee, and went as far the place
called " La Mezquita" (the Mosque), without meet-
ing with any Moors. The troops destroyed all the
parapets or obstructions in their way, and then
' returned to the fortress without firing a shot. On
Sunday afternoon the Moors made their appearance
again in front of Ceuta and began to annoy the
garrison, which fired several rounds of grape and
solid shot at them.

THE BALLOT 1N AMERICA.

New York Hotel, Leicester-square, Sept.

Sir,—l have observed in the English journals
recently much discussion on the subject of the bal-
lot, and frequent allusion to the manner of its uses
in America. I think, from what I have read on
the subject, that an opinion prevails here which
has no foundation in fact, namely, that voting is
always done in the United States by " open
ballot." This is an error into which your writers
have been led, perhaps, by the letter of Mr. Dana,
of Boston, which relates, as it professes, only to the
small state of Massachusetts.
To arrive at such a conclusion, however, they
must have forgotten the fact that in America each
state fixes for itself the status of its voters and the
manner of voting ; and the further fact that very
few states have laws similar to Massachusetts to
regulate the ballot.
In the state of Ohio, where I reside, the ballot is
not open as in Massachusetts. The voter appears
at the poll with his ballot written or printed,
usually printed, and hands it folded to one of the
trustees (or judges) of the election, who announce;
the voter's name, which is registered by the clerk,
and the trustee to whom the ballot was given im-
mediately deposits the same in the ballot-box ;no
one but the Toter himself knowing for whom the
ballot was given.
The use of different coloured ballots, and of com-
mittees " dogging" the voter to intimidate him, or
influence his vote, referred to by Mr. Dana, as
practised in Massachusetts, is seldom resorted to,
except in our large cities, in seasons of high poli
tical excitement, and then, even, it has had but
little influence on the voter.
I do not presume to write you this to argue the
advantages of the secret ballot, nor to relate the
perfection of the system in operation when it has
been adopted, but to you, as its champion in thiz,
country, I wish to correct a false impression which
seems to prevail, that the secret ballot has been
tried, and been abandoned as a failure in America.
Not so ; it has, on the contrary, been found to work
admirably, and I do not know of a single State,
save Massachusetts (which always had her eccentri-
cities), where the system has been tried and not
permaneatly adopted.
On my return to the States, which will be soon,
I intend to look more closely into the history of the
ballot in the different States, and will give the re-
sults to the world.

I write you this private note, as a stranger who
has a strong sympathy for the cause you have
espoused, hoping you may be able soon to effect
what you have undertaken, thereby purifying your
ballot, and rendering the liberty of the men oc
England secure.—l am, &c.,

0. L. CLARKE

To Hon. F. Henry F. Berkeley,
Victoria-square.

THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMSIIIP PERSIA.
POOL, Sept. 10.—Messrs. D. and C. Wlver have received
the following letter from the Persia by a vessel which 2
A 3 lont.•
rived here to-day :—" Wednesday, Sept. 7, lat• -.-,' Mon'.
—LIV.ERd
14 west.—Our port engine broke down in a
gale short off.
day night, at 10 o'clock, the crank pin breaking and at
The whole of that night there was a tremendotous sea,
substitute a
3 o'clock yesterday, after vainly attempting
new pin, we bore up, intending to makeniQieuecewnesstrond claVi We
are now (9 a.m.) hove to about 300
~vi (Ncl,hose captain is verb
Clear, alongside the ship
ill), and as the weather it3s ernnolLa
y be able to proceed on oui
to repair the damages, tain'g we are again trying
voyage. Between Monday and
tin the crank pin, evt r v.-
nnigaht and Tuesday morning t ii
weather was very bad, but, excseap_e
and _
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thing else is all right, ship l_. Pass
Et. and C. M‘lver are of o ' ' pim,,n
brought the above, Messrs. _
From the report of the captain ot tne Ben Nevis, Ix
proceeded on her voyage. She had two
DEMONSTRATION AT LICE}'.-
POOL.—At the Persia has
spaFrenicrAanskapAinLsnonEFboonarmd
a conference recently held between the member
of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association and Mr
Cobden and Mr. Bazley, M.P., it was arranged to hold
grand demonstration in Liverpool, before the close of tin
year, for the purpose of discussing the subject of direct
taxation. Mr. Cobden promised to attend and take part in
the proceedings.