The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-16 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

The Helvetic of the 11th instant contains the following
article :
" Whilst our foreign cotemporaries confidently assert
that Prince Louis Napoleon Buonaparte is living retired
in a country seat near London, we positively announce his
arrival at Arenburg, at one o'clock on the morning of the
sth instant."
The war of notes between Mr. Morier the British Minis.
ter, and the Government of Zurich, respecting the sue'
cession of M. Mather, was still carried on with great
activity. Mr. Morier had answered, on the 25th of it'll'
the note forwarded to him by the Directory of the Can'
ton, under date the 22d. Mr. Morier contends that g•
Mather, (although naturalized a citizen of Zurich under
the name of Van Mater) was an English subject, a"
as such placed within the jurisdiction of the British
Crown : and that Zurich, in sequestering M. Mather's
fortune had encroached on the sovereignty of Great
Britain. Mr. Morier then enters into a solemn PI:
test against the measures the canton may thnr
proper to adopt, and declares that the testamentary bell.
will be entitled to compensation for the prejudice thereby
occasioned to him. He concludes by expressing a 1101)°,
that the Government of Zurich will, 1, immediately COI"
the sequestration, laid on the property of M. Willie°
Mather, to be done away with ; 2, deliver over to the JO"
ful heir the papers of the deceased ; 3, relinquish all pree:
tensions to tax the property of a British subject not eOl f
nable to its laws ; and, 4, formally retract the intention °0
having, by such pretensions, meant to insult or conte°l
the sovereign jurisdiction of Great Britain.
The Government of Zurich, in its reply, dated Ist ;lilt"
again repeats that the adjustment of the difference 10d;
sively belongs to the Courts of Justice, and that the rig')
of taxation is in full force, as far as English subjects 01
concerned, since no treaty for its abolition has been entere
into between Great Britain and the Confederation.

PLYMOUTH, AUG. 13.—. The Inconstant arrive°,
three days ago from the coast of Spain, having sprung be-
bowsprit, owing to her race with the Pique; the latter'
being 200 tons larger than the Inconstant, thought to ou"
carry in press of canvas, as it was blowing hard. The lir
constant, however, carried on precisely the same, thatl4t
double-reefed topsails, and the result was that the r'qe
sprung or carried away main and fore-topmasts, whilst 'ton
Inconstant only sprung her bowsprit, which was fowl°, 0
examination to be a faulty spar, there being seven
where it broke. She beat the Pique seven miles in a `iit'or
run ; and a large French frigate, which came to ha" tor
with her, was nine miles-a-stern in five hours, which ll°, "01
tified Monsieur le Capitaine, that he hauled his win' The
made off, without waiting to exchange compliments. ot
officers say that in Spain the Inconstant was tur°oo,l
idolized. They called her not a ship, but a witereoc,
they have every reason to believe that in a strong ur° rij.
and out in a fair sea, she is the fastest vessel in the w
r,
SCOTCH ELECTIONS.—Some of the more inll:ica
tant consequences of the Scotch elections may be clia
ot of
as follows :—fiist, a firmer determination on the
Reformers than has been witnessed since 1832, not "tbsf
to maintain their ground, but to regain the advantages idea'
have lost ; secondly, the return of men thorouglOu njel"
tified with, and in almost every instance expresslYlooo6
stood or pledged to support, the policy of the M.' 0000
administration ; thirdly, the extensive but baneful Ili :rod
of the Clergy of the Established Church and 0'
land lords.—Scots Ti»ies. Theses

Printzlau, the late cashier to the Copenhagen -cot °f
tre, has been convicted of defrauding the cstabrishrPoj 110
70,000 dollars. The sentence is, loss of honour 14,1 De
right hand, and hard labour in a fortress till the o'°
restored or the criminal die,

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LONDON.
WEDNESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 16, 1837.

The Tories are beginning to feel rather uneasy at
the prospect of having their majority in the House of
Lords considerably diminished at no very distant
period. Adhesions, we understand, are coming in to
leer MAJESTY'S Ministers from quarters on which
the party have hitherto relied. This is of course an-
4°Ying, if not dispiriting. But there is a still greater
subject of apprehension to the faction in the addition
Which is about to be made to the Peerage. We be-
lieve Ministers would, had they not been thwarted by
the underhand and unconstitutional influence which
lately prevailed at Court, have infused a considerable
quantity of new and pure blood into the House of Lords.
They have no such obstacle to contend against now ;
and besides this, the commencement of a new reign
affords an opportunity, such as the rankest Tory in
the kingdom dares not cavil at, to comply with the
Wishes of the people; for in doing so, her MAJESTY'S
advisers are acting at once according to established
°,eage, and the demands of the Constitution. Had the
'reetage remained in the state in which it was at the
"cession of GEORGE lll.—had no new creations
taken place since that period—there would, at
present, have been a considerable majority of the
°4Be of Lords in favour of Reform. But the Go-
vernment having been for almost the whole of the in-
tervening
time in the hands of the Tories, the honours
of the Peerage have been, in the most profligate
manner, prostituted to serve their party purposes—to
establish the perpetuity of Tory domination—and of
consequence to keep all the good things flowing there-
from among the supporters of that faction. It is now
full tune that something should be clone to restore the
equilibrium, which has been disturbed to such an
enormous extent, and by such unconstitutional
tne"s• By restoring the equilibrium, we mean
creating such a number of Peers, as shall make
the number of Liberal ones made since the corn-
Illencement of the Reign of GEORGE the Third
equal to that of the Tory Ones created during the same
*Pace of time. A Morning Contemporary would
wiela no political distinctions to -he observed in the
new creation. This would be exceedingly agree-
able to the Hanoverian party for whom he scribbles ;
but he must be laughing in his sleeve at the gullibility
of his readers when he puts forth such a suggestion.
It
,It would have been more " germane to the matter,"
I‘. ad he illustrated his view by an appeal to precedent—
had he told us how many Whigs were raised to the
Peerage on the accessions of GEORGE the Third, of
'3EORGE the Fourth, and of WILLIANI the Fourth.

At the declaration of the North Derbyshire poll,
Which was made on Thursday last at Bakewell, Mr.
CAVENDISH, one of the successful candidates, in re-
turning thanks to his supporters, took the opportunity
of :alluding to the flagrant, unconstitutional influences
Which the Tories had brought to bear against him.
They flattered—they bullied—they bribed—and were
" continually worrying and teazing the electors, in
every shape, to gain promises from them." The clergy
Were particularly active in this just and holy work.
" We have had," remarked the Hon. Member, .‘ the
great majority of the clergy against us, who objected
to. , giving me their votes, because, they said. the Fin-
fetrrles I ad*ocate would subvert and destroy the Este-
blu
.rthshed Church, and therefore they could not con-
3eouely support me. lam certainly sorry, though
_m
do not complain, that they have made such objec-
„k"s• :My principles are the same as those of the
Duke of DEVONSHIRE ; but when they solicit livings