The Sun. — London, England, 1847-11-04 00:00:00

IMPORTANT from SWITZERLAND (From the Journal des Debuts.) The gravity and extent of the news which we have received from Switzerland have made us resolve to publish a half-sheet, notwithstanding the solemnity of All Saints-day. We were not ill-informed yes terday, when we announced that the deputies of the Sonderbund had quitted the Diet and Berne. This event has now become notoriously public. Thus the last thread which held back a catastrophe long fore seen, and ready to burst forth at any moment, is broken, and, probably, blood has already been shed. The circumstances which immediately preceded the last attempts made by the deputies of the Sonder bund to avert this disaster and save Switzerland from its effects, their endeavours to bring about a recon ciliation consistent with honour and security, the disdain with which the Radicals received these advance, their manifest wilfulness to decide by force of arms a quarrel which themselves have provoked— all this history of the two days is of the most serious interest, and merits being related. M. Sarrasin, deputy for Bale Town, having called a meeting of the deputies of the majority at his own house, to make another essay to bring about, upon friendly grounds, a reconciliation so desirable, Messrs. Bernard Meyer, Fournier, Bossard, and Muller, went to him in the evening of the 27th. at his residence, the Hotel du Faucon. A little time afterwards came in M. Naeff, of St. Gall, and M. Boeschenstein, of Schaffhausen. M. Nieff suggested that the question of the Jesuits should be submitted to the Pope. M. Bernard Meyer at once declared that the seven cantons would readily assent to such a solution, par ticularly if, at the same time, the question of the con vents was also submitted to his Holiness. The two parties, thinking that it might be possible to negotiate upon these bases, agreed to propose the adjournment of the sitting of the Diet until the 29th, in order to have the next day, the 28th, a friendly meeting of the representatives of every opinion. M. Naeff expressed a hope that the majority would be disposed to lend itself to a compromise, and the meeting separated with hearts full of hope. On the following day the deputies of the seven cantons came to the confe rence. They soon noticed the arrival of Messrs. Naeff, Manzinger, Furrer, and Kern, but these were all who came. The deputies of the Sunderbund could not help, on seeing this, entertaining an unfavourable presentiment. M. Bernard Meyer re peated the proposition of the preceding day, and as M. Naeff observed that this was no more than a per sonal opinion, the Deputy from Lucerne then made the proposition in his own name, that the question of the Jesuits should b e referred to the Pope. M. Manzinger objected that, although such an arbiter might be acceptable to Catholics, there were a great number of the states forming the majority who be longed to the Protestant Church. M. Furrer said that the majority would not consent to any other pro position than that the seven cantons should send a deputation to the Pope, entreating him to recal the Jesuits. This would be to require purely- and simply the exclusion of the Jesuits, without deviating the breadth of a line from the pretensions so frequently expressed. If Lucerne wished to send away the Jesuirs, it had no need to ask the Pope for permission. This was also the reply of M. Bernard Meyer, who ailed that they would melee. no con cession, and only wanted to have concession made to thetn. Ile demanded what guarantee would be given them, if they sent away the Jesuits, that their independence, which wL:s threatened, should remain untouched ? To this question no answer was given. M. Meyer then formally put his pro positions, offering to present them to the Diet in the name of the seven prepositions of Zug as the basis of the negotiation, and not as an ulti • roaturn, on condition that both should lay down their arms. The distinctness of this language grexly emhirrassA the Radicals. M. Forrer declared that this condition was inadmissible ; that the Diet had appoieted a commander-in-chief—had decreed the formation of an army—had chosen a staff, and there fore would not put a stop to all this movement—that they were not came to make propositions, or to accept any, but only to :isten to those which might be made to them. This speech made the most painful im pression upon the envoys from the seven cantons. M. Bernard Meyer replied—Nothi ng i s l e ft f or us b u t t o retire. Your plan is t-A3 evident for us to render our selves accomplices in it —you give us no answers ; you will enter into no engagements—your only object in negotiiting is to create delay, and gain time to collect your forces ; and, when they are ready, you will bring them down upon us and cru.h us. We cannot submit to this scheme. Upon this all arose. M. de Calme, deputy for Neufchatel, with an emotion which almost deprived him of the power of speech, grasped the hand of M. Bernard Meyer, saying, "It is but too evident ! They wish not for any means of conciliation !" Thus terminated the conference. The deputies of the seven cantons came to it with the most pacific intentions, ready to do any thing consistent with honour and duty to avoid war, and hoping that they would find similar dispositions in the minds of their confederates. But they found only enemies, resolved to make no concessions, but decided upon submitting all to the arbitrament of arms. On the subsequent day they went to the Diet, and, although unattended by hope, renewed their endeavours at reconciliation. The first proposal made by M. Bernard Meyer was that both parties should disarm themselves and then negotiate. As suredly this offer was serious. To negotiate with benefit, peace must be desired, and consequent* the first step should be to renounce war. This pro position was put to the vote, but rejected by the twelve. Again the same deputy got up and laid on the table a note, comprising the p rece di ng propos i t i on o f the canton of Zug, and signed by the deputies of the seven cantons. M. Bossard explained that this was not meant as an ultimatum, but only as a basis for a negotiation. This proposition also was rejected by the majority of the twelve. While M. Bernard Meyer was calling God to witness that the most ardent wish of the seven cantons was to save their common coun try from the scourge of civil war, a deputy inter rupted him with a most gross and insulting apos trophe. lie complained of this, and demanded that the deputy sh ou ld be called to order. This was voted, but only by the seven cantons, with Neufchatel and Appenzel interior, Bale Town abstaining from voting at all. Seeing all their attempts at conciliation treated,.with disdain and repulsed, and every hope of an amicable settlement vanish away, the deputies of the seven cantons read to the Diet by the represen tative of Lucerne, the solemn declaration which we subjoin, founding upon incontestable facts the con duct they hail resolved to pursue. They demonstrate that the majority has already declared war against the seven cantons. They recapitulate all the attempts at conciliation which have been made without effect ; the propositions to this end made by Zug as a basis for negotiation ; the question of the Jesuits submitted to the arbitrement of the univer sally venerated head of the Catholic Church ; the proposition, made with a sincere love of peace, that both parties should disarm themselves, and hold an amicable assembly together to confer on the means of establishing peace. "All these propositions," say the deputations, " even the last, have been rejected. It is, therefore, evident that there is no desire for a pacific solution, however honourable to both parties, and that another is sought for through the paths of blood." M. Bernard Meyer deposited with this de claration a manifesto, which we also publish. This done, he and all the other deputies of the seven can tons rose together and withdrew from the hall. The Radicals affected to regard this scene with indiffer ence, and M. Druey, the deputy for Vaud, cried out aloud—" A good journey to you." The President then endeavoured to continue the order of the day. The whole of this sitting, writes our correspondent, presented a most striking spectacle. On one side a physiognomy of conviction, simplicity, and dignity, a painful but noble and profound feeling ; while on the other side nothing was to be perceived but mockery, T he deputies or a ff ected lightness and i n diff erence . -- the deputies of the seven cantons left Berne on the 29th, at two o ' clock. They went Openly in their carriages, with their huis si wearing the colours of their cantons. A great crowd assembled before the residence of the envoys from Intzern_e to s ee th em d epart. Th e peo ple were evide l o e elcy filled with emot i on and i nquietude, but not a single cry uttered. It i s k nown th at of the Gover nment has pending a ll j u di cial proceed' rendered a decre e sus ngs until f ur th er or d ers. The Governm en t of Berne imitated sfoll awe d th i s example, i by which will undo': btedly beotherter the cantons. itii:eriru i body Thus the coursc of justice i s egu p lat d ive greatest part of Switzerland. T of Neufchatel assembled on the 29th and d ecided, by a majority of 73 ag a i nst 12, that the tr should trot ma rc h aga i nst the Sondel s of the canton The Ifelatie announc es th at at Berne, on the Sonderb und . M. de Calame, deputy to the Di e t from Neufchatel, 2Bth, went to M. Oc hsenbein, and ann ounce d to himtld intention of his Government. M. Ochsenbein, upon receiving this c, ummunication, replied that if the con tingent of Neurchatel did not answer the call, the principality wound be immediately occupied by the Ra dical troops. Wed learn, moreover, from our corresyo n _ dent, that this meter was laid before the Diet on the 29th; and was ref reed to the Radical committee charged with all ;affairs relative to the Sonderbund, and which is to make its report with promptitude Thus, unless the .Radicals retrace their steps, Neuf. chatal will join Via ranks of the Sonderbund, DECLARATIO N INSERTED IN THE PRO TOCOL 0)? THE DIET, OCT. 29, 1847.1 The moment hog -arrived for the undersigned depu tailons--that is to say, for the deputations of the states of Lucerne, 'Uri, Schwitz, Untef walden (Upper and Low er ), Zug, Friburg, and Valais—at which, in consequence of the , conduct of the majori y of the j cantons represented in the Diet, they must quit that assembly. To justify this proceeding they rely on the follow ing facts : Discussions of the nature which is demanded by the dignity and rights of the confederated states no longer exist in the Diet. It is in the private confes rences of the deputations of the twelve cantons of the majority that is prepared and settled what is after wards converted into a resolution of the Diet. The deliberation in the Diet is only a farce, with out real signification. When the most im portant affairs have to be treated, it is not even considered necessary to place them on the or ders of the day ; mystery is observed with respect to them in the letters of convocation, in the distribu tion of which the rules of propriety are also set aside as regards the deputations which are not initiated in the plans of the majority ; the matters of deliberation are afterwards placed on the orders of the day in secret sittings, and it is there that the decisions are taken. And what decisions ? If the anti-federal conduct which has just been signalised must pro foundly wound the feelings of the undersigned depu tations, it is not, however, to this cause that the im portant proceeding which they this day adopt must be attributed, but to the nature of the decisions taken, which, without any doubt, will cause civil war in the course of a few days, and which at present ordain war against the seven Catholic cantons. These decisions decree the formation of a federal army of 50,C00 men. But these soi-disant federal troops are only to be levied in the 12 cantons of the majority. The object of this measure is said to be the maintenance of order, the re• establishment of it where it may be disturbed, and the preservation of the rights of the Confederation. It is needless to enter into developments of the sense which such words have in the mouths of the deputies of the majority. The resolution gives, how ever, subsequently explanations in this respect. Legal order has not been disturbed in any of the confede rated cantons, with the single exception of St. Gall, where some military disturbances have taken place. To put down these disturbances, an army of 50,000 men is not required ; and if 50,000 armed men are called out, it is because another object is pursued, and this object concerns the seven cantons. The mis sion is given to the Commandant-in-Chief to employ his army for the re-establishment of order and legality wherever an attack may be made on them, and for the maintenance of the consideration which is due to the Confederation." In consequence, from the mo ment at which the resolution was taken, the Com mandant-in-Chief has not only the authorisation, but even the mission to put these troops in activity ; and if thus far there have been no hostilities, it is to another motive that the fact must be ascribed. The division of the troops called put is besides of a nature to dissipate the doubts which some deceitful words might have allowed to subsist as to the veritable object which they are destined to accomplish. If it were not intended to carry war into the seven cantons, but only to re-establish order, which has been dis turbed in one canton, why is the army re-assembled in the states of Berne, Soleure, Argau, Zurich, and Tessino ? The body of armed troops which has been called out is an army destined to combat the seven cantons. The resolution from which war must arise, is, there fore, settled. Any moment may announce to us the commencement of a civil war which merits our male dictions. We must, therefore, retire, for those who swore to live with us as brothren and confederates in good and in evil fortune, have drawn the sword against us. We throw the responsibility of our proceeding on those who have rendered it necessary. The deputies of the seven cantons had adopted the propositions made by the canton of Zug, and had designated them as the basis of a conciliation. They had in private conferences declared themselves ready, in case their political rights and confessionals should be guaranteed to them, to submit the questions re specting the Jesuits and the convents to the enlight ened decision of the universally venerated chief of the Cathac Church ; they had demanded, as a proof of the sincere love of peace existing on both sides, that if at present it was not believed to be possible to re-enter on a discussion of one or other of these questions, at least arms should be laid down nci proc..lly, and the troops be dismissed, and that then an amicable meeting should take place for confer ences .of peace. But all these propositions, even the last, have been rejected. It is therefore evident that a pacific solution, honourable for both parties, is not desired, and that another is sought by sanguinary means. In order to establish clearly that we can be re proached with no fault, we this day address, in con junction with the present declaration, a manifesto to the whole Swiss people, to present and future gene rations, and we also deposit it here, in order that it may be inserted in the protocol of the Diet. MANIFESTO OF THE CANTONS OF I.T' CERN E, URI, SCHWYTZ, UNTER WALD 1., (UPPER AND LOWER), ZUG, FRIBURG, AND THE VALAIS. The delegates of the cantons of Berne, Zal ieh, Glaris, Soleure, Schaffhausen, St. Gall, The 6ri,ons. Argau, Thurgau, Tessino, Vaud, and G nov a, by order of their grand council, declare war egiinst the cantons of Lucerne, Uri, Schwy tz, Unterwalden, Zug, Friburg, and the Valais. The delegates of these seven cantons, before leaving the Diet, in consequence of the declaration of war of the majority, find themselves under the necessity of publishing the following declaration, addressed to the people of the twenty-two sovereign states of the Helvetic Confederation, to contemporaries, and t o posterity, in the form of a manifesto, and in order that an eternal remembrance may be kept of it. The war which the Governments of the twelve cantons declare against the people of the seven sove reign co-cantons is an unjust war; the resistance which the latter oppose to the former is a just re sistance. The twelve delegates declare the union formed by the seven cantons of Lucerne, Uri, Schwytz, Unter walden, Zug, Friburg, and the Valais, for the defence of their territory and their sovereignty, to be contrary to the Confederation, and dissolved, and as the seven cantons consider this declaration as illegal, and will not accept it for that reason, they are to be constrained by the force of arms to conform to it, and to act in consequence. The essential character of perpetual confederations, from the Confederation of Brunen of the 15th of De cember, 1307, to the Federal Confederation of Zurich of the 15th of August, 1815, has always been the union of the cantons of the Confederation with the object of protecting the whole of the territory as well as the territory of the separate cantons; in other words, of protecting the independence of Switzerland at the exterior, and the sovereignty of the cantons in the interior. This is so true, that the three countries of Uri, Schwytz, and Unterwalden, the founders of the Swiss Confederation, league themselves with other countries to protect the common independence against the foreigner, whilst these countries, newly received into the Confederation, remained entirely inde pendent one of another. When, after the dissolution of the Confederation, which had endured for nearly 500 years, by the central Helvetic Government, and after its overthrow in 1803 by the interven tion of Napoleon, a general alliance comprised the old and new members for the first time; and the first article of this convention expressed the duty of the members to guarantee reciprocally the constitution, territory, liberty, and independence, both towards foreign powers and against the usurpation of any canton or any party whatsoever. But this first general constitution of the Confederation did not nevertheless satisfy the desire of the states of the Confederation, because the sovereignty and the equal rights of the states, existing from time imm emo ri a l, had been restrained and injured by some of these dis positions. Thus, as soon as the European powers had recognised the independence of Switzerland, on 30th May, 1814, by the treaty of Paris, they im posed, in a n A c t of 20th March, 1815, as a condition of the guarantee of neutrality, the formal demand made to the Confederation, that the existence in tact of the cantons as states should form the basis of the Swiss federal system. The Diet, in accordance with the declarations made by the sovereign cantons, re solved, the 27th May , 1815, to adhere t o thi s Act and promised "that the conditions of the convention incorporated in this Act should be faithfully and conscientiously fulfilled." The Diet of 1815 kept its word. The federal convention of 7th August, 1815, according to its form and tenor, is nothing . else than an alliance or a convent i on formed to protect the independence of the Swiss Confederation before the foreigner, and the sovereignty of the cantons in the interior. In the preamble of the federal: pact, the states call themselves the sovereign cantons of Switzerland, such as Zurich, Berne, Lu cerne, Uri, Schwytz, Unterwalden, Glaris, Zug, Priburg, Soleure, Bale, Schaffhausen, Appenzell, of the two Rhodes, St. Gall, the Grisons, Argau, Thur gau, Tessino, Vaud, Valaie, Neufchatel, and Geneva. each federal state The c onvent i on i s signed and sealed in the name of t o a a ttehbywhich the w d as e I etga taken ns by yf the e delegates a c h s tate. fT t he h e cantons on 7th August 181' and since that period in all ordinary an r L i r r a i . ordin 'i a'ry Diets, commences in sovereign cantons of the e We, the following and with the authorisatio the delegates of the Confederation, r a thet io n b , o i u n r g th in e es n t a r m es : ciliors, syndics, minor anda.ns' chiefs, prefects, cowl %rand councils, and the avoyers, mayors, lanciamin whole communes of Zurich, on.ede e r r a n ti e o i n ii k e c v . e n tak th e e o , a ie th ie . : colours of n'tction and In all the Diets of the C y of the And the gates of the half cantons appear • g?anccordance their state. Can there be informwan guarantee less equivocal of the sovertle; twenty-two cantons of the Cpnfederaytioinn' tenor of this convention is perfectl with this form. In the first article is indicated, as objects of the Confederation of the twenty-two sovereign cantons, the maintenance of their liberty, of their independence, and of their security against all the attacks of foreign powers, and the maintenance of tranquillity and order at home. The states guarantee to each other reci procally their constitution and their territory, but the sovereignty consists in nothing else than in the in violability of the territory, and in the liberty to con stitute themselves, and give themselves a constitution. Order at home cannot consist in any other thing than in the free and unrestricted exercise by any other can ton of the constitutional powers, the same as tranquil lity in the interior depends essentially on the inviolability of the territory, and of the independent existence of each canton. The two following articles of the federal compact declare expressly that "an army and common fund of the Confederation shall be formed by the cantons, for the guarantee of the terri tory and of the constitutions, and for the maintenance of neutrality, that is, for the double object for which the Confederation is founded." The fourth article, in order to ensure the sovereignty of the cantons and the independence of Switzerland, gives to each canton the right, when an exterior or interior danger appears, to call for the aid of the co• cantons, and it imposes on those the duty of affording such assistance; if, when interior troubles are occurring, the danger continues, and if the Government which is menaced demands it, the Diet takes ulterior measures ; but, in the case of exterior danger, all the arrangements for the safety of the Confederation belong to the Diet. The sovereignty of each particular state could not have been admitted and guaranteed in a manner more clear and more abso lute. When a canton is menaced from interior dangers —that is to say, from such as do not proceed from foreign powers, it may call forth the aid of suc h o f the co-states as it desire s , and each of the co-states whose aid it asks is bound to afford it. It is true that the cantons menaced ought to inform the direct ing canton of the fact, but neither the latter, nor I even the Diet, can take ulterior measures, if not at the express demand of the Government menaced. The eighth article, in speaking of the Diet, declares that "it conducts, according to the previsions of the federal compact, the affairs of the Confederation with which it is charged by the sovereign cantons ; that it is composed of delegates from the twelve cantons, voting according to the instructions which they re ceive ; that each canton has one vote." This com position of the Diet, and the clause declaring that the affairs alone with which it is charged by the sove reign states are within its competence, are unequivo cal proofs of the guarantee of the sovereignty of the cantons. According to the ninth article of the con vention, the representatives adjoined to the directing canton in extraordinary circumstances, and when a prolongation of the Diet takes place, are chosen by the cantons. The directing canton, according to article 10 of the compact, possesses only the powers which it had exercised up to 1798—namely, those of directing affairs. The president and autho rity of the directing canton are cantonal authorities. The Confederation recognises no other power than that which emanates from the sovereign states. All the cantons of the Con federation gave, on May 16, and Aug. 30, 1845, i n a letter addressed to the states of Schwytz and Nidwal den, an authentic interpretation of the federal com pact, declaring that, " according to the literal tenor of paragraph 1 of the compact, the cantons, as sove reign states, form part of the Confederation, and unite together to maintain their liberty and their in dependence. It results in an incontestable manner that the federal compact, far from making an in fringement on the liberty, independence, and sove reignty of the cantons of S c h w yt z and Nidwalden, on the contrary, contains a formal guarantee of their ,-ecurity." Thus, according to the lorm and contents of the federal compact of August 7, 1815, the pro tection of the territory and of the sovereignty of each canton is expressed as being one of the two principal objects of this convention. It is, therefore, in ac cordance with the spirit and letter of the ancient perpetual conventions, and with the basis of the Swiss ftel,Tal system laid down by the European powers. After the federal compact of all the 22 cantons of the Confederation had been concluded, sealed, and sworn to, the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland was guaranteed on Dec. 20, 1815, by the European Powers. That which the ancient perpetual conven tions contained ; that which the federal compact of August 7, 1815, guarantees; that which the European Powers admitted as the basis of the Swiss federal system, as the condition of the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland, viz., "the sovereignty of the cantons and the inviolability of their territory," are what the union of the states of Lucerne, Uri, Schwytz, Unterwalden, Zug, Friburg, and the Valais, aim at protecting. Such is the aim and tenor of these conventions. The first article of the Act of union runs literally thus :—" The cantons of Lu cern-, Uri, Schwytz, Unterwahlen, Zug, Friburg, and th- ',"alais, mutually engage, as soon as one or more them may be attacked, to repel the attack in corn „ m, and by all the means in their power to maintain heir right of sovereignty and of territory, in virtue of the federal compact of August 7th, 1815, and of the ancient conventions." This article is clear - it contains nothing else th an w h a t t h e anc i ent confede rations contain and guarantee literally and expressly. Besides, the seven cantons have seized on every occa sion to add to the tenor of the Act of union for the purpose of re assuring timorous minds the fornial declaration that they have not entered into their union but for the purpose of protecting. and defending their territory and their sovereignty. What is more, they have confirmed by the acts the truth of that declara tion, for notwithstanding all the inimical acts, and the hostile measures of their co-cantons, they have not for a moment quitted their legal position, and have constantly confined themselves to ensure the defence of their territory. The decision of the twelve cantons of July 20th, which declared that union to be dissolved, is, therefore, the destruction of the right appertaining to the seven cantons, and guaranteed by the federal compact, a right which consists in protecting their territory and their sovereignty. It is in vain that the twelve cantons refer to art. 6 of the federal convention, which de clares :—" There shall not be concluded between separate cantons any association prejudicial to the general Confederation and to the rights of the other cantons." For the union of the seven cantons cannot he prejudicial to the general Confederation; it has the same objects and means —namely, the summons to act, and reciprocal assistance. It cannot be pre judicial to the rights of the other cantons, because it only wants to protect the territory and sovereignty of the cantons who concluded it, and because it in no way causes any infringement on the territory and sovereignty of the co-cantons. It is in rain that the twelve cantons refer to art. 8 of the compact, pretend ing that the union of the seven cantons puts in peril the interior safety of Switzerland, and that it ought, consequently, to yield to the will of the majority. The first assertion is inexact, as is proved by the tenor of the Act of union, and by the declaration and the manner of acting of the seven cantons; the second as sertion is in formal contradiction with the compact. The assertion that the minority ought to yield to the will of the majority is in genearl contrary to the com pact. There are but vary few well determined cases to which it is applicable, and such cases are clearly stated in the compact. In all other cases there must be applied the rule founded on the right of nations and on federal right —namely, that sovereign states ought to be recognised and protected in the unlimited possession and enjoyment of their rights of sove reignty, in such points as they are not formally and expressly deprived of by conventions. It is precisely this eighth article of the federal compact which is referred to to establish the omnipotence of the majo rity of the Diet, that expressly rejects such omnipo tence, by according only to the Diet the regulation of the affairs of the Confederation with which it is charged by the sovereign states. According to the whole tenor of the eighth article, the followi ng para graph—" The Diet will adopt all measures necessary for the internal and external safety of the confedera tion"—cannot have any other sense than this, that the Diet exercises the military power of the Confederation when such power is necessary in order to protect the independence with respect to foreign powers, or when called on to protect the sovereignty and the territory of particular states. If it be attempted to attribute to this paragraph the meaning that it authorises the Diet to exercise political omnipotence, there is an evident contradiction with the commencement of the same article—with the spirit and tenor of the whole federal compact. The twenty-two sovereign cantons entered freely into the Confe deration, being in possession of absolute sovereignty, and in order to protect that sovereignty from all at tack. They neither yielded up nor impaired that sovereignty, either to the whole Confederation, or to the majority of the members of the Confederation. Thus, the moment the diet or the majority of the diet place themselves in contradiction with the sove- reignty of one or of several states, the latter are authorized to resist the demands addressed to them. It is only thus that it can be admitted that the liberty, the independence, and the sovereignty of the cantons can be protected and saved. There cannot 1 be any summons more unjust than that made by the twelve cantons, having for its object to dissolve, by force of arms and civil war, a union ofcantons contracted to defend their territory and their sovereignty. Such a proceeding goes the length of depriving sovereign states, having all the same rights, of the right of their own preservation, and of lawful defence—a right belonging to every man, even to a sk.ve. This summons would introduce into the free Con federation the despotism of a majority absorbing all the individual sovereignties, and it is intended to support this summons by force of arms and all the horrors of civil war. A more unjust war cannot be imagined than that which is proclaimed by the twelve cantons of the Confederation, nor a resistance more just than that which is opposed by the s u e : v legitimateenoenl cantons, . dre ' r l fo ' e h tne o ce s e e t aawnnhddo defend make self-preservation u i t s s e t o e n r l r y it oo territory yt certainlyhe r i g ht osprp:se a sovereiiinty, Confederation a minority of members, having equal rights, claims this equality of rights, it combats for the liberty of all its members, and for the indepen dence of the whole Confederation. All this is appli cable to the resistance of the seven cantons against the violent decision of the twelve cantons. The union of the seven cantons is commanded by the duty of legitimate defence and self-preservation. In 1844, the state of the Valais was convulsed in the interior by a faction—the legitimate Government by the voice of the directing canton, summ on i ng the aid of the states. The cantons of Berne and Vaud not only re fused it, but declared their intention of using force to prevent aid being given by the other cantons. The canton of the Valais deprived of all aid from the Con federation, saw itself reduced to its own resources, but saved itself by the fidelity and bravery of its citizens. In the, same year the disloyal citizens of the canton of Lucerne united with the perjured citizens of other cantons to raise the standard of revolt and treason at Lucerne. The Government put down these criminal projects. But more than one proof was discovered that the neighbouring state of Berne was not only initiated in these plans, but had provided forces to support the execution of them. Some refugees fomented in the territory of the co states their perfidious intrigues; they organised them selves under the eyes of the Governments of the Con federation, with the co-operation of officers, and taking arms from the arsenals. It was in vain that the State of Lucerne summoned the States whom the affair concerned, to put a stop to these criminal pro ceedings. The most glaring facts were denied or even excused, as was done by Argau. It was in vain that the cantons of Lucerne and Zug applied to the directing canton ; all that it did was limited to a cor respondence and some written exh o rtati ons , an d even the Diet, when invoked by the seven States, and particularly by Lucerne, which was menaced, in order that it might be guaranteed against the unheard of violation of its territory and its sovereignty, sepa rated without coming to any resolution, because the majority of the States had no disposition to comply with the just duty of the Confederation. The State of Lucerne found fidelity and federal goodwill only in its ancient allies, Uri, S c h wy t z, U nterwa ld en, and Zug, as well as in its confederates of Friburg and the Valais, as much as depended on them. In that manner the traitors of Lucerne, accompanied by the corpsfrancs of Argovie, Berne, Soleure, and Bale Campagne, en tered, in the night of 30th March, 1845, in the canton of Lucerne with arms, cannon, and munitions of war, taken from the public arsenals. At their head were the officers of the Confederation, magistrates and functionaries of the allied co-states. The faithful confederates of Uri, Schwytz, Unterwalden, and Zug alone gave assistance to Lucerne when attacked. These events, unheard-of in a Confederation, showed to the canton of Lucerne and to her faithful allies the necessity of closely uniting for their legitimate defence and their own preservation. They felt that twelve cantons were no longer disposed to fulfil the duty of co- operating for the defence of their territory and of their sovereignty, and that some of them had even assumed a hostile position. Scarcely had the criminal plane of the corps francs been defeated by- Lucerne and its faithful allies, with the visible assist ance of God, than the states themselves seized on the pretext that the corps- francs had already so lightly put ferward to dissimulate their revolutionary plans, and to expel the order of the Society of Jesus. Not satisfied with not having given to the threatened and invaded territory of a co-state the guarantee stipulated by treaties, they even attacked the sovereignty of the four sovereign cantons of Lucerne, Schwytz, Fri burg, and the Valais. The states of the Confederation took upon themselves the attack in which the carps francs had failed. The states who would not take part in this illegal act were overthrown by unconsti tutional means, by disorder and revolution. In this manner was the majority of the twelve formed. It was the canton of Argau, which at the time of the abolition aed pillage of the convents, opposed to a not equivocal federal duty an absolute cantonal sove reignty, and which, in making the demand for the expulsion of the Jesuits, in a manner declared war against the cantonal sovereignty, and sought to pro cure an illegal power for the Confederation. The twelve equal states who, at the commence ment, declared as contrary to the Confederation the abolition and pillage of the convents of Argau, but who since that had sanctioned those acts, out of respect for the cantonal sovereignty of Argau, by accepting the offers of that state, and by removing the affair from the discussion of the Diet; these same twelve states united themselves, in the demand of Argau, for the expulsion of the Jesuits—made an indirect attack on the sovereignty of the cantons —and thus sapped the foundations of the Swiss Confederation. None of those twelve states could deny that the admission or the non admission of a religious order, the organisation of establishments for education and worship, the choice of professors and priests should not be exclusively the province of cantonal sovereignty. An experience of five hundred and forty years proves the truth of this. It is only by the employment of dis graceful violence that it could be wished to prevent the Catholic States from calling and keeping with them a religious order recognised and approved by the general church, and to select professors and priests from that order. It is only by the most bitter irony against sovereignty, gua ran t ee d b y convent i ons as the fundamental basis of the Swiss Confederation, that it could be sought to carry into eff ec t b y f orce o f arms such a decision dictated by violence. It was in their full right that the seven cantons oppo s ed suc h a decision and its execution. In thus acting they c om b atted for their existence, and for their right of equality in the Confederation. If these seven cantons had ev er a d m i tted that a ma jority might arbitrarily d is p ose o f the minority; that it might declare in its compet ency w h at was not specially stipulated in the f e d era l pact; if they admitted the principle o f t h e all-powerful policy of the Diet, their existence would b e d es t roye d b y the abolition of their right of equality. Since the ex istence of a Swiss Confederation the despotic prin ciple has never been admitted, that the minority of the sovereign states was subservient t o th e ma j or i ty, par ticularly in affairs in contestibly within th e p rov i nce of cantonal sovereignty. It was reserved for the ty ranny in matters of faith of the nineteenth century in Switzerland, to dare to publi s h t h e dec i sion that the sovereign Catholic states should, i n or d er to a d m i t or expel professors or priests, bend the knee before the Protestant states, and execute the orders of the ma jority. If that violence on the part of the majority Ishould prevail, the federal convention, sworn to by all the states, is . destroyed, th e sp i r i t o f t h e free Con federation has disappeared, an d t h e execra b le yoke of central power weighs on the head of the oppressed S tate representation,s.'Su ch a state according of things would be e qu i va l en t t o to numerical order, a re form which must lead t o t h e revision of the federal pact, which has been s o ar d ent l y sought for. The l seven States of Lucerne, Uri, Schwytz, Unterwalden, Zug, Friburg, and the Valais, have resolved to op • pose a resistance for life or death to such a resolu tion of the Confederation. The Governments of the twelve States of Berne, Zurich, Glaris, Soleure, Schaffhausen, St. Gall, the Grisons, Argau, Thurgau, Tessino, Vaud, and Geneva, have drawn the sword fur an unjust war. The Go vernments and inhabitants of the States of Lucerne, Uri, Schwytz, Unterwalden, Zug, Friburg, and the Valais, will draw theirs i n th e i r l eg i t i mate de f ence. A sacred oath unites you to us—you, confederates of the States, whose authorities lead - you to a sanguinary war against us. You are sworn, as well as we, to faithfully and constantly maintain the confederated alliance, and to sacrifi ce f or i t , if necessary , your lives and your property. But your authorities tear up the alliance, and make war upon the confederates and the founders of the Confederation. You are called upon to shed your blood to execute their decree against the Confedera tion. You a re ca ll ed upon to sacr ifi ce your pro pertyin an e n d eavour to despoil that o f your faithful confederates. You have taken with us a sacred oath to contribute to the prosperity of our common coun try, and to prote c t it aga i ns t a ll ca lamity, yet your authorities are plunging the country into civil war, not to promote its prosperity, hut to execute their decree aga i nst confederates. They are precipita ting the Confederation which is the admira tion of a ll nations, i nto t h e abyss where it must meet w i th destruct i on, an d, instead of wa tching over th e p ros p er ity of each particular. State, they desire to destoy the liberty and sove reignty of th e seven cantons . You have swor n t o live with us as brothers in good and bad fortune. Have we not always kept our oath ? Have we not always rejoiced when you were happy? Have we not always shared your misfortunes ? Have we ever shackl e d your independence and your rights ? Your authorities, however, in the midst of peace, have de stroyed our C atholic institutions, and it was from your territory that came the attacks of the free corps against one of our cantons, which they plunged in distress. Your authorities have kept up these bands, and wish now, by civil war, to carry to the highest point, by civil war, the offences of which they were guilty. Yo u h ave sworn , a s w ell as u s t o a o all that honour and duty impose on faithful confederates. Mention to us a duty which we have not fulfilled towards you. Your authorities substitute their sum mons fur the duties which are imposed upon them ; they support traitors and assassins; they grant no protection to o ur i nnocen t fellow-citizens, destroy our commerce, carry off our property, invest our frontiers, and declare war against us in your name. You have taken the oath to us solemnly in the name of Almighty God,:adding, "Et qu'ainsi it nous soit en aide.', Think of this, the confederation has existed 500 years with the aid of God. This all-powerful God in His Holy Trinity protects right and punishes perjury. Strong in our right, we oppose resistance, and you attack us with a conviction of your error. In the midst of our afllction we place all our confidence in God, and we submit ourselves to his will. We have received a supplement of Revue de Geneve of the 30th ult. fl• It ,n,nrmq us thst the news of the un,atistactory re,ult of the Berne had reached Geneva, and states that the fault was entirely on the side of the Sonderbund, which, it says, had been formed not simply in a defensive point of view, but in order to dispute any decisions of the Diet which might be disagreeable to it. A courier had arrived at Geneva from the Federal Di rectory, with instructions from the Federal Directory to call out the whole of the contingent. This journal states that three battalions of infantry and a battalion of carbineers of the Upper Valais, with some artillery, have occupied St. Maurice and the Lower Valais, and that the canton of Vaud has 12,000 men under arms, a part of whom have been directed to Vevey and Aigle, and the remainder to Moudon, Lucens, Pay erne, and Avenches. Four companies of artillery, four of cavalry, and four of carbineers have also been called into active service. The federal army forms six divisions, five of which are commanded by Colo nels Burckardt, Rilliet Constant, Donatz, Ziegler, and Gmur. The sixth division is to act as a corps of observation under Colonel Luvini. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 2.—The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, arrived at Spithead this morning (St. Helen's last night) from Lisbon, bringing the latest news from Portugal. The Terrible brought Colonel Sir Horace Seymour and the Dowager Lady Clinton, who went out in the suite of the Queen Dowager to Lisbon, in the Howe; Commander Thomas Miller, and Lieutenant Arthur Warre, on promotion from the Caledonia, 120 ; and Major Strantham, Captain Grey, Lieutenants Croker, Fitz gerald, and Taylor, of the Royal Marines, and the 172 men under their command who were sent out in the Sidon to guard the Portuguese prisoners. The Terrible towed the Howe, 120, with the Queen Dowager on board, out to Fort St. Julian's on the day prior to her leaving for England. At the time she had the three decker in tow, there being a fearful swell off the rock of Lisbon, the hawsers parted, which nearly caused the Howe to go on shore; she let go her anchor, however, and brought up. The Vixen steam sloop sailed on Monday, the 25th ult., for Madeira, en route to Mexico, but left her anchor in the Tagus, which was fished up by the Vengeance, and brought home by the Terrible. Two French frigates and a Spanish corvette were in the Tagus ; the latter arrived the day before the Terrible left ; in addition to which there was the St. Vincent, Caledonia, Queen, Vengeance, Canopus, Odin, Dragon, and Avenger. Prior to leaving, the Queen Dowager presented the Duke de Terceira, Master of the Horse to the Queen of Portugal, with a superb gold box set with diamonds, value 200 guineas, as a mark of her respect, her Majesty having used the Queen of Portugal's equipages once; also 1001. to Sir Ha milton Seymour, the British Minister, to be distri buted amongst the poor of Lisbon ; and 1001. for the servants of the Palace of the Necessidades. We regret to state that diarrhaia had been very prevalent in the fleet at Lisbon, and typhus had broken cut about three days before the Terrible left. A marine of the Caledonia named Bray, di e d, a l so , t wo d ays before the Terrible left, and three fresh cases had broken out on board the Caledonia. Sir Charles Napier continued to exercise the fleet daily in vari ous manamvres, in which the Caledonia and Queen are awarded the palm of superior smartness, Caledonia especially. On Tuesday her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited the St. Vincent, and expressed herself very much pleased with the way in which she had been received by the squadron on her arrival. A man belonging to the Queen was unfortunately drowned on the night of the 27th, owing to a boat capsising alongside, having got athwart hawse. The ebb runs at the rate of seven knots. It is a wonder there are not more accidents. Few such squadrons can boast of less. Future movements of the squadron not known at present. Squadron lying at Lisbon on the 28th— The St. Vincent (flag), Queen, Caledonia, Canopus, Vengeance, Odin, Avenger, and Dragon, moored off Belem. The French frigates, Iphigenie (gunnery) awl Armeide, and two steam frigates; one Portuguese line-of-battle-ship, frigate, corvette, and one steamer; also a Spanish corvette. The Terrible brought some dispatches from the British Minister and Commander-in-Chief at Lisbon. Captain H. T. Austin, with the officers and men who were employed in navigating the Blenheim, 56, to this port, embarked last night on board the Rhada manthus steam transport, Master-commanding, Jona than Aylen, but not early enough to admit of the steamer getting away as was expected and intended, before dark. She sailed for Sheerness soon after daylight this morning. The Comet steam vessel, Commander Johnson, was at Holyhead on the first instant, into which place she put to replenish fuel on the previous day. On the morning of the 30th ult., from the fall of a boom on board the dredging machine, one of the extra riggers (Elliot Broadfoot) was killed on the spot, the boom having struck him on the head. An inquest has been held upon the body, and a verdict in accordance with the circumstances of the catastrophe returned. On the 2.1 instant the Comet left Holyhead for Port Patrick with the dredging engine in tow. The Torch iron steam-vessel, Lieutenant -Commander Morris, was in Holyhead harbour at the above date, getting ready for sea. The Birkenhead iron steam-transport, Commander Ingram, is ordered to be expedited, by extra exertions on the part of the dockyard men, as her services are required without delay to proceed to Plymouth, ship meal for Cork, and 60 riggers frOm that dockyard for Pembroke, whence she proceeds to Cork to discharge her cargo of meal, thence to Kinsale, and embark troops for Bristol. CHATHAM, Nov. 3.—The Meander, 44 guns, was commissioned yesterday afternoon by Lieutenant N. J. Reed, late of the Asia. This ship was taken alongside of the sheer hulk, and her masts were taken out for inspection. She is to be fitted with all dis patch for sea. Her armament is to consist of the following guns :—Her main deck is to have two 8- inch guns, weight 60 cwt. each, and length 8 feet 10 inches ; and 26 guns, 32-pounders, weight of each 40 cwt., length 7 feet 6 inches, Congraves; and for her quarter-deck and forecastle, four 32-pounders, 45 cwt. each, and 8 feet 6 inches in length, Congraves; and twelve 32 carronades, 17 cwt. each. This fine ship is to be in command of the Hon. Henry Keppel, late of the Dido, and whose commission is dated sth December, 1837. Wooewieir, Nov. 3.—The Hydra steam-vessel got up her steam yesterday to try her engines down the river, but could not proceed far in consequence .of the thick fog which came on during the early part of the day. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty issued instructions in January, 1843, to the master-eyi, wright in Chatham Dockyard, to have the mainmast Curacoa, 24, then fitting at that port, joined with' marine glue, to test its capabilities for that purpose. The mast was accordingly made of several pieces of timber joined together, under the immediate super intendence of Mr. Jeffery, and when completed mea sured 28 inches in diameter and 66 feet in length, and, when put up with the topmast, 90 feet 10 inches. The Curacoa was soon afterwards com missioned by Captain Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart., and proceeded to the South American station, and after serving the usual period was ordered home and re cently paid off at Sheerness. The vessel having been dismasted, their Lordships ordered that the mast should be opened, as is usual after four years' service, to ascertain its present condition. The master-ship wright, Mr. Isaac Watts, at Sheerness Dockyard, in compliance with their Lordships' order, set eight men to work yesterday with sledge hammers and wedges to separate the timbers, but their whole united efforts at one time failed in separating the joints, and only split the solid timber into large pieces. Mr. Watts then considered it best to have the mast cut into sec tions about eight feet long, for one piece to be trans mitted to each dockyard, to satisfy the master. ship wrights that they were correct in their judgment when they assembled in committee and reported to the Government, that this invention was " one of the most valuable discoveries of modern days f,r fet i y adhesive throughout, as a and fortnight h e after ship-buildi ng purposes. " On the mast being cut into pi e c es , it presented a most perfect and sound marinein teriorits as a g p lu p e lic w a a ti s on.T pehre foremast which was j Aned in the upper part in the usual manner adopted at the dockyards was found to be very rotten, the parts where the wet had entered and been retained yielding to the pressure of the hand like a piece of sponge, and in other places, where dry, crumbled into powder on being pressed. Both masts being in the same vessel, and exposed to the same weather and climates, afford a correct com parison, and pieces of each have been sent to the Admiralty for their Lordships' inspection. The ori ginal cost of a mast of the same dimensions as the main mast of the Curacoa is upwards of 250/. ; and now that it has been proved by upwards of four years' trial that " made" masts joined with marine glue are equally serviceable after that period as when first made, the saving to the country would be very great were all the future made mainmasts for vessels and ships in the royal navy to be joined with ~ that substance. TUE UNEMPLOYED.—Yesterday foreno on , a num berunemployed on Bl a k e l ey Moor , of u nem pl o y e d f a ctory operatives wa lk e d i n pro hceesasdi.on A thr m ou e g et l i i n t g he of to th w e n' with a drum an d fif e at their was spoken of, hut did not take place at the time stated. —Manchester Guardian. DISINTERMENT AND REBURIAL OF THE BODY OF Jonx TAWELL.— In consequence of the disposal of the property within the confines of the old gaol at Ayles bury, the body of John Taw e ll, w h o was executed about two years since, for the murder of Sarah Hart, at Salt-hill, has just been disinterred by order of the visiting justices, and again buried within the precincts of the new prison, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1847. LAW INTELLIGENCE. 77' r s 7 o.,ui)tlnued trout Our Alit:l%lomi Edli,lollui yesctzlay EAMES V. PARKINSON. This was the petition of Charles Jeremiah Free man, and came before his Lordship as an appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls. The pe titioner was the committer of the respondent, William Wyget Parkinson, a lunatic, and an order had been made against the petitioner, on a matter for which he was not personally liable, but which should have been against the lunatic personally. - The order was for the payment into Court by the peti tioner of 141., of which sum the respondent was a defaulting trustee, by the 6th instant, under a penalty of being taken into custody or having his property sequestrated. _ _ Mr. J. Parker and another Learned Gentleman appeared for the appellant; Messrs. Linney and Bush for the respondent. His LORDSHIP considered that the Master of the Rolls had not the power of making the order in question, and upon that ground he discharged so much of that portion of it as made the appellant per sonally liable. COLLINS 2'. ROPER. This was also an appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls relating to the payment of certain costs. There was nothing of any public interest in the case, and his Lordship directed that an inquiry should be made. ROLLS' COURT, Nov. 3. His Lordship was occupied to-day in hearing un opposed petitions, which contained nothing of any public interest. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Nov. 3. (Before Mr. Commissioner EVANS.) IN THE MATTER OF THE SALISBURY BANK. A fiat was to-day opened before his Honour. It was directed against the Messrs. Brodie, proprietors of the bank. No meeting has been as yet fixed. Mr. Bell is the official assignee. Edward Tibbey, a diamond dealer, in Frith-street, Soho, came up on his adjourned last examination. The facts of the case were the same as elicited at a former meeting. Nothing worthy of note occurred. The bankrupt passed his last examination. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 3. (Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.) IN RE ROBERT EVEREETT. This insolvent was opposed by Mr. Cooke, on be half of the trustees of a turnpike-road with whom he had contracted for the tolls, and had signed the usual bond, with two sureties, one cf whom he repre sented to be Mr. T. Couling, of Islington, livery stable-keeper. The insolvent having failed in his payments, appli , cation was made to Mr. Couling, who denied all knowledge of the transaction, asserting that the sig nature to the bond was not his. The clerk to the solicitor to the trustees swore that the insolvent was present at the time when the pre tended Couling executed the deed. The insolvent, however, denied that he had seen the bond signed by Couling, and offered to produce a person, named Banns, to prove that no other person was present at the time of his (the insolvent's) sign ing but the clerk and themselves. Several adjourn ments accordingly were . granted to enable the insol vent to produce Banns, but to-day he stated that he had written to that person, who called upon him in prison, and was there served with a subpoena, but he was not in attendance. The CmEr COMMISSIONER said, as that was the case, and as t►•.e matter had stood over several times to allow the insolvent to prove his statement, which he had not done, no further adjournment could be allowed, as it was only harrassing the creditors to bring them to the court so frequently to no purpose. The insolvent replied, he did not require any fur ther postponement, as the suspense was worse than the punishment. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said, that it having been distinctly sworn that the insolvent was present at the time the bond was signed by the supposed Couling, and he not having supported his own denial by the production of the evidence which he had asserted he could adduce, the Court was bound to consider the case for the opposition had been proved, and conse quently the insolvent would not be discharged until the expiration of eight calendar months from the date of the vesting order, for contracting the debt of the opposing creditors in a fraudulent manner. IN RE JAMES BERRY CLARKE. This insolvent was opposed by Mr. Nichols upon the ground of a vexatious defence to an action. It ap peared that the insolvent was sued for 81.11 s. 6d. He pleaded, but did not otherwise defend the action, and a verdict was obtained for the plaintiff, the costs being 13/.75. An action upon the judgment for debt and costs was afterwards brought, to which the insol vent did not plead, and a verdict was obtained, upon which he was now in custody. The insolvent had, it appeared, been summoned under the Small Debts Act to the Bankruptcy Court, and not having complied with the order then made, had been committed to pri son for 40 days. The Learned COMMISSIONER said, that as the insol vent had not pleaded to the last action, the one which constituted the present debt, no vexatious defence bad been made out. His conduct in the first action had undoubtedly been wrong, but he had perhaps been sufficiently punished for that by his forty days' im prisonment. The insolvent:was ;then ordered:to be discharged forthwith. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates.) The Court sat this morning (Wednesday), at the Guildhall, Westminster, by adjournment from Clerk enwell on Monday last, tor the purpose of hearing the appeal cases which had not been disposed of on that occasion. To-day, as upon Monday, the appeals which came on involved simply questions connected with the set tlement of paupers, not any of which presented any feature of novelty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREE7. George Batley, a performer at the Britannia Saloon, Hoxton, was placed at the bar for final examination, charged with violating the person of a young woman, named Elizabeth Clarke, about sixteen years of age, the daughter of a widow at Hackney ; and Henry Pitt, another actor in the same establishment, was charged with aiding and assisting the first prisoner in the commission of the offence. The particulars of the first examination were pub lished in this paper about a fortnight since, and the complainant, upon b e i ng resworn, and repeating her .forme evidence, which s h e did w i thout any important va ins, added, that previous to the outrage, Pitt and a . Tirl named Plaster, an acquaintance of his, who had ioduced her to enter the house, ran out of the room together during its perpetration, bolting the door after them on the outside, to prevent her escape, and that to enable him to accomplish his purpose, Batley not only flung her to the ground, and struck her head against the boards with such violence that she was rendered totally insensible, and remained so for a great length of time, but forcibly held one of his hands over her mouth, to prevent her screams being heard by the neighbours. In partial confirmation of this, police constable Ball, of the N division, was called, and stated that upon afterwards examining the house, whilst the pri soners were in the station•house, he found a strong bolt on the edge of the door, as the young woman had described, and that it was impossible for any person inside to escape when that was fastened. Mr. Aunt, who appeared for the prisoners, ex pressed his intention to reserve their defence for another occasion, furthan than stating that:.he was instructed that the particulars deposed to had been much exag gerated ; and Mr. ARNOLD, who said he should send the case for the consideration of a jury, ordered the deposi tions to be taken by Mr. Vine, the chief clerk, and fully committed both prisoners for trial, Batley as the principal in the outrage, and Pitt as an accessory be fore the fact. SOUTH WARK. William Jenkins, a well dressed young man, was charged with stealing a diamond pin, value 101., the property of Mr. Hughes, a jeweller, in High-street, Southwark. It appeared that the prisoner walked into the com plainant's shop, and requested to look at some patterns of diamond pins. He was shown some by the shop man, and having examined thorn, expressed a desire to look at a brilliant pin which he pointed out in the window. The complainant, during the time, wasjn the shop, and narrowly watched the prisoner's move ments, and when the shopman turned round to the window for the purpose of reaching for the brilliant, the prisoner availed himself of the opportunity, and dipping his fingers in a tray which contained various articles of jewellery, he hastily took out a brilliant pin from amongst them, and immediately transferred it to his left hand coat pocket. The act of the pri soner was not observed by the shopman but by the proprietor, who, as soon as he saw the pri soner was about to quit the shop, went up to him, and at once charged him with having stolen the pin. The prisoner pretended to be quite astonished that such a serious imputation should be cast upon his character, spoke of his respectability, and declared that he had none but his own property about him, and that he would not submit to the de gradation of being searched. The complainant, however, insisted upon an examination, and men tioned that he knew the pin was in the prisoner's left hand coat pocket, and that if he did not instantly restore it a policeman would be forthwith called. The prisoner became extremely uneasy and began to shift his position nearer to the counter, and AN hen he He was committed. TVES7',IIINSTER. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done in railway 5 10 has been ?mall, and p r i ces are generally lower. The 58- are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 14 . 3 4, - : Eastern Counties, 15i;—Lanca s hi re an d Y or k s hire, DR 5 /1 i dis.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 2% dia.:7; London and North-Western 149 1 ,, —Ditto ( Manchester Stocky Birmingham), Q uar t ers (A and B), 3 1 A p.—Midland 107 1 ,4—Ditto, 401. Shares, 4)//, c.—Ditto, New dis.—North Staff or d s hi re , 1 di s.— S outh-Eastern an d De v ..,j 27t',—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 2% di s . — Y or k, Newcastle, a'6 . 1 4 Berwick (N. and B), Exte ns i ons , N o. 2, c.—Ditto, N. E., % dis. Halves MANCHESTER, Nov. 3. s hire, STOCK ExcuANGE.—The sales a re —East Lan ca ,„ c. dis.—Lancashi re an d Yorkshire„ Fifths, c• ), London and North-We s t ern (M anc h ester and Birming lo m . Quarters (A), 3-16 p.—NortA Staffordshire, 15-16 dis, South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 2 11-16 dis. LEEDS, NOVE3IBER 3. 6 diS• STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire , —Ditto, New, 5 3 4 dis.—Dittc, Quarters, IA 3 dis. field and Manche s t er , 5 di s. —L ancash i re and yorkli: Fifths, IN. dis.—Ditto (W e: t Ridi ng U n i on), 58s. 9d',B:-//, —Leeds and Dewsbu r y, st, dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, I ; , dis.—North Staffordshire, dis.—North- Western, 4 3 / 4 —York, Newcastle, and Berwick No. 2, (New Berwichs)' 2s. 6d. p. EDINBURGH, Nov. 2. 271' STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--Aberdeen , ., -Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/, 7s. 6d.-Arbroath and 11°r- d - . 264-Ditto, llalves, 134-Ayr and Galloway, 21 -, --Caledonian, 354-Ditto, New, 17s. 6(1.-Cateu - 50/. and Dutnbartonshi re , 11. 103.-Clydesdale Junction , -Deeside, 31. Bs.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender , 11 4 6 ...!: -Dundee a n d Arbroath, 344-Ditto, New, No. ija Ditto, New, No. 2, 341.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 31. dee and Northern Junction, V. 55.-Dundee and Perth,r....,, 10s.-Ditto, Ne w , 13/. 10s.-Ditto Quarters, 24 29. 6 d rgh East of Fife, 21. 155.-E as t L o thi an C entra l , 1/.-Edin ba ici, and Bathgate, 45.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 95 1 ' g s ives, ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 12/. is. ex div.-Ditto, New a 4/. 55.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 154- Ditto, leis, ference. 181. 10s.-Ditto, INew, 3/. 145.-Ditto, Q uar N e w, 38.-Edinburgh and Northern, 17/. I7s. 6d.-Ditto , , ewt 1/. 12s. Gd.-Ditto, Newport, 51. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, it to , 2s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 155. -Di t to, Halves, 55.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 97/. 159.-- - .55 . New Stock, ie;7l. 17s. 64.-Ditto, Halves, No. 3, u " od -Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 71. 25.6d.-Glasgow, Dumfrie.9, t :;e . Carlisle, 71.-Glasgow and Garakirk, 38/. 155.-Glasgow 9. neral Terminus, 10/. IN.-Glasgow and Gre enoc k, 161 10 -Ditto, Halves, 81.-Ditto, Preference, 71. sr 19 5 .-Glas ot- Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 31. 9 5 .-G reat N ort h ( 4. - c 2 4, land, 17s. 6d.- Great No r th ern (l ate Direct N ort h e rn), bp 65. 64.-Ditto (late Lond on an d York), 24-North Bri ti Li_: 251.-Ditto, Halves, 114 10s.-Ditto, Quarters, 4 4 °s ' -Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), Bs.-Ditto, Thirds, 11. 10s- , Ditto, Fifths, 51. 5 8 . -S cott i sh Central, 22/._ Scotti "`".., Grand Junction, 5 5.-Scottish Midland, 15/. 10s.-Sbr ew _ g a bury and Hereford, 10s.-Shrewsbury, O s westry, Chester, 18/.-Sti r li ng and Dunfermline,' 31. -Stirling a" Midland, 71.-Wishaw and Ccltuess, 441.-York, Newcastle. and Berwick, 123 4-Ditto, Extensions, No. I, ill 55. c, - 71 Ditto, ditto, No. 2,9/ . 1 7 s. 6d.-Direct B om bay 8 7 . , Madras, Is. 9d.-E as t Indian, 14 Os. 3c1.-Great of India, Is. 3d.-G reat Southern of Madras, 13.--14adrge Nellore, and Arcot, is. 6d. GLASGOW, Nov. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledcniartt Ditto, New, 20s. W.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, iw th ; —Direct Bombay and Madras, ls. 3d.—Dundee and Pe' Quarters, 4tis..Z.Edinburgh arnl Glasgow, 47 1 ,4 ex div' d Ditto, Halves, 11j ex div.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, a l Ayr, 97 1 A—Ditto, 401. Shares, 33 1 / 4—Ditto, Halves, 11. °' 4 s—Great Northern, 475. 6d.—Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, IN.—Manchester and Southampton, is. 9d,—Morilda li i and Kirkintilloch, 19—No r th B r i t i s h , Thirds, 32w. Gur,l: Scottish Central, 22 ex div.—Scottish Grand Junction, 45* DOVER, N ov . 3. Her Royal Hi g hness t he Duchess of C am b r id ge, w i th the Princess Mary,PPr i c e Frederick of Hesse, Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. gi ldin n arrived this d ay f rom Calais, by her Majesty's Pac ket Garland, C a p ta i n S mithett. ller Royal Highnessre fier posed some h ours at Bi rmingham ' s Ship Hotel, and a dining left for Kew. 11111718. On the I s t i ns t., at Walcot- 2 terrace, Lambeth, Mo . , T _AO Barnard, of a son. lady of Oa the 2d i ns t., a t B ov i ng d on Vi carage, Herts, the the Rev. Arthur Brooking, of a daughter. ___.------"" MARRIED. On the Ist inst., at Sh r i ven h am Churc h , B e rke, o T ti a m i e j, Hamilton Lloyd Anstruther, E sq. , of Ilintleshani —a n, Suffolk, to the Hon. Ge u r g i ana C hr i stiana Barringt°... daughter of the late and sist er o f t h e present Vi sco unt 1 31 " rington. On the Ist inst., at St. Paul's Church, Edinburgh , — a P t ig t F. J. T. Hutchinson, to Am e li a J ane, daughter of tne Colonel Gordon, of llarperfield, Lanarkshire. DIED. On the 29th ult., at Howden, Robert Dunn, Esq., in Ls G3d year, highly respected. rit, of On the 30th u lt . , at Clifton, Miss Mary Caroline Wadenhoe, Northamptonshire. of the On the 30th ult., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Jane, relict late Albert William Jones, Esq. On the 31 s t u l t., at \Vye, Kent, Fanny Maekenzie, the Wife of William Half hide Allen. On the 31st alt., at Dalston, Mr. T. Wells. On the 3lst ult., at Edgeworth,'Horley, William Moore. Chalnl3:nn On the I s t i nst., at Fonthill•place, Clapham-rise, SurreYl Mr. William Bear Fite. ob( rt On the Ist inst., d at z Cheshunt, Herta, the Rev l tob~rt Dickinson, M.A.. Rector of Headley, Hants, aged 7 8 - Inue l , On the 2d i nst., at Greenwich, the infant son of o' Williams, Esq. at London : • _on . Printed and Published by MURDO "- No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Of fi ce, No• 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the emul t Y of Middlesex, Thursday, November 4, 1847. , got close up to it he pulled the pin out of his coat •.• ~•,, •A 5,•`• ::-ivhi g it up the ‘Nhicii he had previuuth!Y taken it, and then exchtirned that it had never been in his possession, and that it must have been overlooked by the complainant when he had examined the tray and its contents. The complainant called a policeman and gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner, when placed at the bar, still asserted his innocence of the charge, said that it was a mistake altogether, and that he went into the shop not to steal, but to purchase an a rticle of jewellery. When asked if he had any friends present to Epeak as to his former character, his reply' was that being respectable he did not wish to com municate his situation to them, and that he declined giving any further i n f orma ti on w i t h respec t to his family connexions. ) Yesterday Mr. Broderip was occupied the greater portion of the afternoon in hearing a series of c harges ) of fraud against Henry Charles iVilcoxon, a journer • man brushmaker, who was: prosecuted by his em ployer, Mr. F. Marchant, brushmaker, Lisle-place, Eaton-street, Pimlico. The prisoner entered Mr. Marchant's service ► April as a journeyman, and continued with him Caw the end of August. During that time the prisoner represented that he had received a number of very I excellent orders from various oilmen and other shop'. keepers who retail b rus h es , an d l arge quantities of goods of various descriptions were given to him t° supply the persons whos e names h e men ti on ed, with a distinct understanding that they were to be ready" money transactions. The prisoner's orders pouredin so thickly, and the excuses he made for neglecting to bring back some of the cash were so p l aus ible, that suspicion was disa r m e d f or a ti me : but on the 28th of August th ree di s ti nc t o rders for brushes having been g i ven i n th e ' names o f Frewin , Hall, and Hill, the go o d s , w hi c h w ere wor th 14 1 4 were delivered to the prisoner ; and in -..irder to as certain how he disposed of them, King, an assistant porter in the firm, was ordered to accompany W m ,. with them, which he did, but after getting a 811 "' distance from Westminster-b r id ge th e pr i son er told King that he did not want the governor to kn ow where the goods were going, and if he (King) Wa ll .. go to a public-house in th e nei g hb our h oo d an d get - pint of beer, he would come to him in a few minutes,: King left the prisoner as desir e d, b u t h e wa t c hed and saw him go into Mr. Langdon's, an oil and Italian warehouse in the Westminster-road, where he sold a portion of the property, and received the money for it. The whole of the money h e p a id on accoun t of th e 141. worth of goods—and there was no evidence t ° show how he disposed o f th e rema i n d e r --Wa s 3/. 18s. 10d. On an explanation of his conduct being demanded by Mr. Marchant, who had on inquiry also , discovered that he had t a k en 31. wort h o f b rus hes ° I ; a Mr. Gell, an oilman at Bri x t on , th ere b e i ng no such person there, the prisoner admitted that the whole the names that he had give n i n as cus t ome rs wer false, as also the addresses, adding that the won 2 ,, for the goods he h a d received was owing to him the persons to whom he had parted with them. had used false names to obtain the goods in order t° keep his connexion together. 'the prosecutor was in a condition to produce ae le ; ral cases against the pri soner; b u t t h ree w hich We re shaped as distinct larc en i es , were d eemed sufficient f or the ends of justice. These cons i s t e d o f the s ll3 order with which the porter had accompanied the one in which the name of Mr. Gell of Brixton, was used, and a third where goods were obtained for (as it was alleged) a Mr. Will and sold to a M r ' Murrell. In the latter, as in some of the other cas es ' a succession of order s h a d b een g i ven i n the sam e name, and a portion of the amount paid. The prisoner, in his reply to the Westminster - r oad case (in which he had represented himself as the ma ; nufacturer and owner of the brushes to Mr. Langdn and that in which h e o bt a i ne d goods i n t h e na me ° Williams, entered into a rambling story, the greatq part of which had no relation to the charge. He s2l he had sold the things where he could, and that be had accounted for a great portion of the money; t he remainder was owin g t o hi m , an d , if M r . Marchan t would give him time he would pay it by instalmen ts i He had formerly b een in business for himself, and had taken Mr. Marcha n t' s goo d s i n or d er to get rid of them for him to customers whom he (prisoner) ha, been in the habit of su pplyi ng . H e so ld the good s in his own name, and intended to pay Mr. Marchani, when he got the money. He was allowed 5 per cent. for his trouble. On Mr. BRODERIP asking him whether he wished to make any reply to the Brixton charge, he said " h e would leave that for the present." He was committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court on the three above named cases. I , r