The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-09 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

Letters from Berne, of the 4th inst., state that,
in consequence of the triumph obtained by the com-
bination of the ultra-Radical and ultra-Montano
oppositions in all the elections of Ticino for the
National Helvetic Council, the members of the
executive power in that canton had all resigned
their functions. The Grand Council was accordingly
convoked for the 15th inst., to appoint a new ex-
ecutive. The defeat of the two Government can-
didates, Messrs. Franscini and Pioda, both mem-
bers of the Federal Council, had induced the Can-
tonal authorities to resign. Owing to the gravity
of circumstances, Colonel Bourgeois, the Federal
Commissioner in Ticino, had been ordered to re-
turn immediately to his post.

SPAIN.
The following is the speech of her Majesty the
Queen of Spain on opening the Cortes :
"Gentlemen,—l Caine to-day with greater pleasure
than ever to open the Cortes of the nation, which
places me in the midst of the chosen deputies of the
people.
" If, on the 25th of July, I recognised all the truth
which I have confided without reserve to its nobleness
and its patriotism, it is just that on this solemn occasion
I should seize the opportunity to thank it for its admir-
able behaviour, as well as all those who have used their
efforts to strengthen the new era of happiness and pros-
perity which was then inaugurated for our country.
" I have remained faithful to what I promised on that
day before God and the world ; I have respected, as I shall
ever continue to respect, the liberty and the rights of the
nation. I have taken all pains and have shown my de-
termination to develope its resources, and to realise its
just aspirations. In ordaining and decreeing the funda-
mental law which hallows those rights and guarantees
those interests, you, the esteemed representatives of the
country, with your hands on your hearts and your eyes
fixed on your consciences, will come to close the abyss
of strife and discord ; your resolution will be a decision
worthy of your nobleness, worthy of being accepted by
your constituents, and worthy of being blessed and ap-
plauded by posterity.,
"Time can never efface the memory of recent events;
but, if it be true that the heart beats and tears fill the
eyes at the memory of misfortune, let us derive thence
an example and a lesson for that new political life which
is opening before you.
"Perhaps we have all been deceived ; for the
future let all use every effort to succeed. Such is
my full and perfeot confidence that your patriotism and

your endeavours will be as great and as fruitful as the
need of our beloved Spain demands ; and, since its des-

tinier have so often astonished Europe, make Europe
admire you once more when it beholds the edifying
picture of a Queen who, without hesitation, has thrown
herself into the arms of her people, and of a people
which, while asserting its liberties, responds to the
decisions of its Queen, and shows itself the bravest, the
noblest, and most chivalrous nation in the world."

The ceremony passed over amid the most pro-
found tranquillity.
On the 4th hist, the Three per Cents. were 33 90.

ITALY.

A letter from Rome of the 23d ult., in the Par-
lament° of Turin, states that a public thanksgiving
was celebrated on the preceding day for the cessa-
tion of the cholera, but that the disease had broken
out anew, there being on the 23d 15 cases among
the French recruits who had just arrived, and
other cases had manifested themselves in the city.