The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-20 00:00:00

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o propose a law to prohibit secret socie
ties under the severest punishments, and to sub

ject to infamous punishments persons carrying
daggers.—( )
The State Gazette of Prussia says, in an article
under the head of Spain, " It is believed that the
Allied Powers will invite King Ferdinand to
take part in the Congress of Vienna."—( Ibid.)
On an early day the Court of Assizes of Paris
will try the important question whether the
editors of the four liberal Journals condemned
in the sitting of the 12th, are admissible to arrest
the judgment which has been given, they allege,
in their default. They have added to this ar-
gument an application in cassation.—(Thid.)
The objection advanced by General Berton,
in his appeal against the judgment of the Assize
Court of Poitiers, is an alleged violation of the
295th Article of the Code of Criminal Instruc-
tion, which was made the subject of important
pleadings in the first sitting of the Court. That
article authorises the person accused to choose a
Counsel from among the Barristers of the Royal
Court, within the jurisdiction of the Assize
Court. This claim is however set aside by the
Decree, of Regulation, passed on the 14th Dec.
1810, which declares that Advocates cannot,
without the express permission of the Minister
of Justice, plead within the jurisdiction of the
Royal Court of any other department than that
in which they are inscribed.. In virtue of this
Decree, Burton's request to have for Counsel
M. Menars, of Rochefort, was refused.--(/bid.)
ZURICH, SEPTA I.—The Federal Diet of Swiss
closed its Session on August 31. An agreement
established among the Cantons, which awaits the
ratification,of their Sovereign Councils, contains
a system of imposts, in opposition to France, to
which five of the Cantons, as the Valais, Neuf-
chatel, Uri, Schwtz, and Unterwald, besides the
commercial Cantons of Basle, Zurich, and Ge-
neva, have not consented. Every body is con.
vinced that the measure, us one of reprisal, will
have no effect, and that it is on the part of the
Government of Berne, its author, an imitation,
not an aggression, of the system of France. It is
a revenue which a State desires to obtain by lay.
iug on imposts. .
TOULOUSE, SEPT. 11.—The brotherhood of the
White Penitents marched in procession through
the streets of this town on last Sunday, in com-
memoration of the journey made by the ancient
brotherhood of our Lady of Garaison, in fulfil-
ment of a vow made by their predecessors in the
reign of Louis XIII., to demand of God the
prosperity of the Bourbon Family. TiliSiS the
first time since the Revolution that the White
Penitents have paraded the principal streets of
the city ; and if it inspired many with piety, it
excited curiosity- in a great many others.
BERLIN, SEPT. 4.--1 t is not yet certain whe.
ther the King will go first to Vienna, or proceed
directly from Berlin to Italy. The latter is
thought.the most probable. Bow long the King
will be, absent, is of course quite uncertain, as
depend on the turn that the discussions
in the Congress shall take in the course of events,
and on external relations. For some time past
there has beeu a very frequent exchange of
Couriers between St, Petersburgh, London, and
Paris, by way of Berlin. Prince Ilardenburg is
still absent from the capital, lie is going ac-
cording to his custom at this time of the year to
Pymont, and takes the opportunity to visit his
relations in the kingdom of Hanover. It is re-
ported that the Prince will not go to the Con-
gress on account of his great age and weak
health. With respect to the subject to be dis-
cussed in the Congress, the regulation of the
affairs of Italy is a matter that rather concerns
Austria alone, and, least of all, Prussia, and it is
therefore probable that Prussia will not interfere
in it. With respect also to the affairs of Turkey
and the Spanish Peninsula, our Cabinet will, as
far as possible, observe a system of neutrality ;
but on account of its intimate connection with
the Cabinets of the other great Powers, it will
not be able -to avoid acceding to the measures
which they may determine upon in common.—
The view taken of the subject by the Courts of
Vienna and London, is said to be, that,, except
in a case of inevitable necessity, the great Euro.
pean Powers must not actively interfere in the
internal affairs of the Peninsula, but on the con-
trary, must do every thing possible to avoid it.--
Our Court is supposed to coincide in these views.
But another Court is affirmed to have denounced
a contrary opinion, in which it seems to be sup.
.ported by a great Northern Power. This other
opinion is in substance, that Europe can by no
means behold with indifference the actual poli-
tical situation of Spain and Portugal, and that
no time ought to be lost in putting an end to the
state of anarchy in which they now are, by con-
solidating the Monarchical system. With respect
to Turkey, the exertions of the Congress will
probably be confined to contributing by its medi-
ation to the re-establishment of peace in that
Empire.—(Nurenzburg Correspondent, Sept. 11.)
Aix-LA.CHAPELLE, SEPT. B.—lt is reported that
the attention of Foreign Powers has been attract-
ed by the existence, in some of the Swiss cantons,
of Secret Associations of different denominations,
especially of that called " The Society of Re-
generation." It was added, that several Asso-
ciations were also organised on the frontiers of
the Milanese.

SEPT. lA.—[Extract of a Private Letter.]--We
have received a letter from the Southern frontiers
of Russia, in which it is said that the claims ad-
vanced by the Porte on the fortresses of Asia,
which are under the domination of the Cabinet
of St. Petersburgh, have excited a great sensa-
'tion. It would seem that General Yermoloff,
Who commands in Georgia, had received orders
from the Minister of War to reinforce the garri-
sons of the Russian fortresses in Circassia. It
is added, that measure.s of precaution have been
also adopted for the security of the fortresses be-
tween the Black Sea and the Caspian, and of
those in Russian Moldavia.

BRUSSELS, SEPT. 15.—1 t is affirmed that the
Duke of Wellington will not go from Calais to
Paris, as aotne Journals of that capital have stated,