The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-23 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

The Bund,; iwissPal7e;,contains a portion of the
reportthechrgoante he refugees, sent by the Federal Council to
d'Affaires of Switzerland at Paris. It
states
Eantbdatandever since the departure of the refugees for
different turnA.merica, the question has taken quite a
refugees in the 17In June'
1.851 there were but 235
cantons, cowprising 93 subjects of
Baden, 10
embar
Bavariansgese2, 11 Austrians, 30 Prussians, 9
Frenchmen 12 Pole:, 17
, and
.;14Sitx"115, 5 Hessians,
in Switzerland at this parhiettenns:t. moment ; they are un-
der
These are nearly all
der the surveillance
are expelletde police, and in case of bad
conduct they
complaints made by several The report adds, that the
some eon,
Governments
groundless, so that
amts of Austria and
Carlsruhe have not been attendl)6el •
d to. The French Go-
vernment having sent a list of o
these were not a,
found that many of it has been
and those
second list scut and were conse-
quently were had regular
Seta, from Paris
quently not refugees. A s
was equally inexact. Tie French Government had-iniordPo-f
the C.GI,IT; try ; 17 refugee 6 having
aired that the rtfugeee might be sent to the
rPfc.'sf,l to stitemit to
this measure, were
~xpelled. After the
events
December 2, seven French refugces had a-,sembicd (i)ift
',immune, anti there publiAfql an 415 Peal to the
French people. As soon vs the IfideraVauthorit;
heard.of this act, it did not'vv3it ter .COmplaints frontPAriA; hat immediately expelli,si five of the p,„6118
who signed the appeal : the otti.A. two have aim:ended.
14
-:''e"ngs of, tiogei-s hail also been prevented at
:,
`xe".", mid' the Federal
.Gnyernaiant was even, at
pre-sent doing everything - t • power to prei:t:thy
1,11 1 :-.
sots that might cause une.asiues-! to France.
xte.paporA of the Canton-of Vaud state that Frarlet!
h" adlf"'"tli three aetn,nd4 t,, Switzorland, viz., on
cone:A-ling the JAvf,,, of at .le. CainPagrw, another on
the refugeeg, AWL a third-on the press, hesidfl seine
obsi•rvMi,,nit -On the stilt(- pit Berne, The Fede"l
Cororni.i.iooel-i fi.. G ,'- .nevhave desired the canton ti
s
theFrench' frontier to tend in ust,..j,all the refugees
7t,!:li,ling therP, and to r-1,, rt air new arrival''.

DENMARK ANI.) Til Es 1)UCIIIES.
•
i~acnliur is
lettera of the 18th: announce that the
deprtur.? of.seiv:ral troop,4 ILlstein had ac-
ttub.v comroecced. On thl-t 01)" ths lbt battalion of
tl Sth, n 11383411. ftef;il,Trot 7.mived at liathburgh
front 14!,r,(isti "
rgb, Nvith two et of the Awl-
\VE•llington, lino', a fir-id' train. The
railtway tiains will cot,tinti.2 to e-I,vcy troops daily,
'vacutic,n Irtv=^ (--mnpletcd.

,
. - TU li K.E I' •
The Patric 17243 receive,-1 lettera frun 'Constanti-
nople of iho 5%, statin4 that the Porte waa very
dc-Brous to conclude !ha affair of the Holy PhicPs9 but
hai ,been „Rain hindered from doing, so by the steps
taken by Di. Terorr, the Rwiztian MiniSt:T.
A 1-otter from Comtantim,ple of the 7th states that
1.1::, Glwril7i"-. '*;!1•3 just imposed' a'personia tax en
everyTu.rhish s!6,ject,.
without distinetien of religion.
The minimum -.3 to aluount to 20 phstr,'s (st'. 40c.)
a ;ear, and it is t'lolight ;hat the whole atrwun t
skill reach a sum of 100,000,000.

~ SICILY. •
A letter from l'ida•sim, t•taf,,r, that shocks of an
.
earthquAe have been eVrern,...ly frequent, there dur-
ing tne whole Month of January,
but that their
nuffib!.r-,lnd latensity increaseft to a frightful degree
on the hi of the 26th ult., when the
i'
wl,ole
pop
Lttiou staged out of doorg for fir
of the houses
f3lling in. Some old inhabitaro-R, who
still recollect
thote-, of the sth of February, 1783, Telated that the
Chocks curnmenced a month before ill ' the same

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manner, and at last ended in thb total destruction of
the town.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
BOYS WITH GUNS AND THEIR BAD CONSEQUENCES.—
This nuisance has now become so great, that it surprises
us it is so long tolerated. The highways, the fields, and
farmyards, are swarming with gunners, and there is no
walking out without a great risk of getting a shot.
While the object of these fellows is professedly to kill
sparrows and small birds, they are breaking the farmers'
and cottagers' windows, shooting their ducks, fowls, and
pigeons; but a few days since one of these worthies shot
a cow. The weddings of their guns is composed of rags,
common paper, rope yarn, and other substances danger-
ous to the thatched roofs of houses, barns, and ricks. Ou
Friday evening last a large hayrick, at Moor, worth up-
wards of 100 k, was set fire to and nearly all destroyed,
it is supposed by the wadding of one of these sportsmen's
guns. The owner had not left the rick-yard above ten
minutes when the fire was discovered. The town fire-
engines were immediately sent for, and being at less than
half a mile distance. one was soon on the spot; but in the
haste the hose and the buckets were forgotten. The en-
gine was therefore useless for a time. The fire com-
menced at about half-past six o'clock, and was not got
entirely under till past one, though two engines were
employed, one from a well fortunately not five yards from
the rick, and the other from a pond about 100. The
cow-houses, cart-houses, &c., were within two yards of
the rick, but were saved.
ICE.—The mildness of the winter having precluded
the possibility of filling the different icehouses, the idea
was almost given up for the season. In the early part
of the week 80 tons were landed here from Southamp-
ton, for her Majesty's icehouses at Osborne; but the
frost was so severe on Thursday and Friday nights last,
that all the carts, waggons, and even donkey carts in this
neighbourhood, were put in requisition, and the ice
(about half an inch thick) from all the ponds for miles
skimmed off and taken to the royal yacht squadron and
other icehouses, giving employment to a great many poor
men, and finding food for numerous families.
The German emigrants who have been so long de-
tained here in the American ship " France" sailed ou
Friday. They aro much indebted to our Queen for her
kindness to them, as she supplied them with soup and
coffee daily during their stay, and as they had their
ships' rations, they did not do badly. They had also
medical attendance. In all they must have cost her
Majesty full 7001. Two births and two marriages were
celebrated during their stay.
NEWPORT RIVERIMPROVEMENT;BILL—Thegood folks
of Newport are making another attempt to improve their
town at the expense of their neighbours. They propose
to deepen the river near Newport (which is now dry at
low water), to enable boats and vessels to reach the
qday at all times. The Cowes people have no objection
to their doing this more than they have to their widen-
ing their roads, provided they do it at their own ex-
pense; .but they are determined that they will not fur-
nish the funds.. They will not tamely submit to be
• taxed to carry out any wild scheme their inland friends
• may get into their heath,. They cannot see why they
should pay la. per ton tax on their coals, Is. Bd. on
their salt, 3s. 4,1. on their furniture, and Is. Bd. on their
earthenware; even a portmanteau must pay a penny, us
must a lady's lap-Jog. And for what ? Why, to make
a seaport of an inland town. It is but a few years since
the same parties attempted to get a Bill through Par-
liament, which declared that—" the bed and soil of the
river was the property of tho mayor and corporation of
Newport, from highwater-mark on the one side to high-
watermark on the other; and that they should hays the
right to take up the soil from the middle and place it at
the sides of the river, and sell all the land so recovered."
Thus depriving the owners of the land of the whole
river frontage.