The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-29 00:00:00

swazERLIND.

On the '2lth. several persona were tried by the
tribunal of eorrectioral pollee of the town of Basle
for insulting Louis Napoleon, by exhibiting a earl-
retun...f Win, and singing a sung containing offen-
sive cern...dons in a procession during the carnival.
'flu author of the song. a schoolmaster, the painter .1
the eamture. and two young men who were protni-
taut a• nitigers. acre mentcnix.l to four months' tot-
r INknonictit. The printer of the song, and three
other persons, ware sentenced to a fortnight's iM-
prisnini.
The.L~•nA`•t. Nafionar, which more than any
rth, r journal has constantly urged the French
gu‘, rnnu et to interfere in favour of the St. Bernard
hospital. publishes the fidlowing letter from Berne,
dthd March 19:
I'. Luc. heir have a peaceful tone. It is mid that Oen.
Poker int. rt,•red an active manner, b/ putting himself
ia cern...pout. race into the Fn.l.l.nt of e French Repub.
he In th,. ray he one-reeled 1,1 Arranging everything sad
'matinee not we think we know that
then es, losinmil upon the federal council ; and
dm„.sere ed..cribed to them, he must have been
nv the t. do cal council itself. Now these condi
nom cr, 17 .to co :se, Isnot by the federal council to
01111.1 i.e'.lo 'Or 01.11111104 ID cam the dictator, J. lazy,
sboul.l n roe n.. s. cure bin orders concerning the refugees. 2.
That the sof ior of st It, man' should he terminated accord-
ing t, th, •,.h...t the French proverairs, at. 3. That the
raln diould r, .ne their hostilities against the
!nen). 1',,,-•not sad government. 4. That the federal
award .L• old not use its influence to render the
clone. rat 'erne hen,unible to the radical.. And lastly,
the in. e ini,oo. of Lucerne and Fribourg should
he iodeninon.l on one slay or another for the spoliation
des ~cute red in I,lb. Thoh if lam well informed, has all
bees rnximed. Will the federal conned keeps its pro-
ms,. I 1.110., that it announces its resolution to use
her. e:iid J Firs, .bould he refuse to execute the orders
co t... nL id council. In another quarter I observe that
tb, • r me•er- of the ~mnilerimml war are at the head of •
seb.,,,pin,n intended to extinguish the debt of the catholic
mon,. 'not the conservatives have no confidence in the
the authors of the ruin of the little centime,
sad I eau not find them very eager to bring ia their
AMC, the debt is more than three millions. and I fan
elm 1. i.e. hand that the amount subscribed will not
reach hid a million. As to the affair of the elections at
dam, where lately a great movement in the two camps
he has remarked, it may be reckoned that three
comenlion out of alma will week for the conterestives.
as Ise the other four they see openly for the
altra-rolical.. Now, what will be the issue of the general
election ' I desire to believe that the conservatives will
mi. ;ohm by 4.01.01 majority, OD condition, however, that
do government remains firm and courageous. If it shows
the lent ...Ames or hesitation it will be overturned, sad
thee the weedists and every /tidiest violence will come
adenoid. I hope, for Switzerland's sake, that this mite
forlorn may not happen ; fur otherwise !Switzerland could
ode he veal by • forced occupation by France and
Austria.