The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-20 00:00:00

CUSSiOIIS.

SWITZERLAND, JVLT 9

The Swiss Diet was opened on the 4th July at Lucerne, in
the usual form. The preliminary speech of the President
stated, that there was nothing to excite any uneasy feelings re-
specting the state of the country, if all the Members fulfilled
their duties and pursued the principles the best' calculated to
preserve and to consolidate the most valuable of their prospe-
rity. In the subsequent discussions relative to the internal
concerns of Switzerland, it was urgently recommended that 0
engagements might be made with Foreign Powers to furnish 4*
greater quantity of Soldiers than Switzerland itself can supply
because by engaging for a larger number they are obliged to
receive foreigners into the companies to be raised, who, whoa
the time of their service is expired, return into the country.
where they settle, having lost their civil rights at home by ga"
tering foreign service without permission. In another plat
the Governments were earnestly expected to take care that tha
schools were no where confided to the hands of those who fna•
cied themselves above all law and all government.

We have been very much entertained by ge
article in the Etoile Paris Paper of Friday, the
15th July, reviewing a work lately published in
Paris, called Lettres sur l'Angleterre, par A. de
STAEL IloLsTctsr, son of the celebrated Madame
de STAEL. These Letters, it appears, represent
us to have attained a state of civilization far be-
yond any country upon the Continent ; in fact,
such are the terms in which the Author of there
Letters speaks of the British, their institutions,
and their national character, that the Etale,
declares he has nullified all by exhibiting the
same blind admiration of the British Isles and
their inhabitants which led his mother, a daughter
of a French Minister, to declare that if she were
to choose between the destruction of France and
England, she would save the latter.
We are far from quarrelling with the writer of
this short review, that he should wish to viudi"
cate the superiority of his country, for it iutii
mates a patriotism of the purest nature, and vie
find something very like a corresponding feeling 11
ourown breasts,which in all probability would lee'
us to do the same thing when placed in a simdert
situation. It is also further to be remarked, tIT
a spirit of imitating the English, in their put)"
institutions and their method of conducting
affairs (in fact, an Anglomania, as the END
usually designates it,) exists in a very high degree(
in France, and especially amongst that class
politicians, who, steering between Republicanisilfi
on the one hand, and absolute Monarchy on 11
other, may be very properly styled the Ratielea
Liberals of the present day. We are not tber, e
s
surprised that the amour propre, so natural teh
Frenchman, should take the alarm, and that 1:
should endeavour to arrest the progress of t"e
Anglomania; on the contrary, we would ad:
P
mire the man, and the ardour he displays u‘,
this occasion. But this vindication of the OP
riority of La France should at least he conductei,
with truth, and allegations should not be haiar`ct
ed, which betray an ignorance of the subjet,
rather unpardonable, and evince a spirit Pt(
taking far more largely of the character of pet",
spite than honourable and enlightened patriotise
We proceed now to state in what instances fib,
Editor of the Etoile has departed from the Wit.,
and permitted his passion to get the better c'f,
n$
judgment. The Author of the Letters of V
land is speaking in praise of the Poor Jcija-
which, he says, provide support for a large Poitt
lation by public charity .He then turns to the le
and comfort of all classes of the people in Of the'
and reverts to the well known exclamation °l,,e(lt
Allied Sovereigns • when they visited fugf the/
'r Where Where are the People ?" The answer per'
Etoile is ready. Their Majesties could oe'eisly
ceive that innumerable race of bipeds disting two
ed by the generic term mob, in the one o, here
thousand he had seen Sundayfied rhere
muncher) by order of the Lord Mayor. /8:11e0
were the senses of the Editor of the - fed
ole
he wrote this, two hundred thousand pee. a 0
and clothed by order of the LORD NlAlr_,°soVe'
London, to be exhibited before the Allied f
reigns on their visit to England. The writereto
article not satisfied with placing two fee 5' it
Opposition to one another, which of thetuse!:teorit
must be admitted, are sufficiently contraulcesest
must go further, and, as is natural in such s the
in his over anxiety to do enough, destoYeisec
whole force of his argument. But if the Perr,ose
of London were clothed for this especial Pe 'Who
by the kindness of the LORD MAY"; and
clothed the populace of the other town 'sash
7osetit
villages through which their MaJEsTiEs P
and where the same question was asked • more
The next point of complaint, is of a
steoce
serious character, and, but for the circuit" iwtl
that the charge made against du 'co ' sthe
bears upon its face, by its very heinousnesv/eres`
mark of falsehood, would deserve the se
of his
reprobation. Mons. de STAEL, in part et] at
work, adverts' to the state of liberty etklelp
all classes in England. The Etoile bier° diet:
in this beautiful strain in answer, " s'ses or (
liberty in that country where marriegrites
void, unless performed according to the in Os
the Established Church ? Is there liberty
antes
country where children are illegitimate; ftot:iti
baptised by a Minister of that Church.erti
last of all (herribile dicta), is there Dee visite
that country where the pains of death are enPoi
on any Catholic Priest who shall givei _totter
tial benediction to the marriage of a
his own communion with a Protestant •
eh geb;
We really did not imagine it possible s!ist, few
and unpardonable ignorance should e7'0,0
we cannot think for an instant, ansottetilfhe
France is so stupid, and so utterly hes
rheSe'
to give credence to such assertions as -d oveheir
two last are false, grossly false, t'e
Just µe
t"„ 0
even a shadow of a pretence to we i;re
. utterance. With regard to the first,forets „e
it as no reproach at all. Certain ' th'isg
a 0
necessary to constitute a marriage,
seal heir
forms are adopted in England, which of t
calculated to ensure the fulfilment , cour.o
„jecsht
respective duties by the newly tria''
and that attention to the vows they o'3_ 4.007
may lead to the mutual happiness. of tictg

trtx
raties. Let the state of society in England
and France be compared. We are content with
the law, satisfied that the highest state of connu-
bial happiness is attained in England.
M. de STALL HOLSTEIN observes, that civiliza-
tion is more advanced in England than in any
country upon the Continent. This is the un-
kindest cut of all." What," exclaims the Etoile,
" civilization more advanced in England than in
France ; blt justice is already done upon this
absurd paragraph ; malgre all their Angloinania
the Liberals frown, and the English blush for
their panegyrist." If such is the opinion of
the Editor of the Etoile, :ar be it from us
owattempt to disturb his complacency, our
n good nature would prevent us ; but more
than that, we are persuaded all we can
say will make no impression upon him. Happily
whatsoever may be our state of civilization,
whether below, above, or equal to, that of
all-glorious France, it will remain unin-
jured by the assertions of this writer ; but if
the French should
their be called upon to prove
superiority in
riousl— civilization, we would se-
j advise them not rest their claims on the
Editor of the Etoile.
We have no room to notice more of the absur-
dities with which this article abounds, and con-
clude by advising the author •
fore he again attem to ;
r of this Review, be-
e Ns write upon
that
t a little more info • his subject,
information England,
he may escape
the disgrace the :liame of exposure, and
,which sg or having pretended to knowledge
he did not possess.

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rArtts, JULY 17. --- -
The F Clate in
Spain has sent a notice,
y of datedrenc 4thh July,onsu that_tlie.
Principal Secretar State of his Catholic Me
jesty has informed the King's legation, that o
permission to import foreign grain into Spain is
Prolonged from the 30th of June to the 30th of
f
-August, for the seven ports of Cadiz, Algest
ieville, Almeria, Malaga, B
toarcelona, and Tarraf,
gong, Mahon is added these ports, and i
during the two months of the prorog- tion,
shall not have been introduced 50,000 fanegas o
there
corn into this last port, the permission to import
s3hall be prolonged for the isle of Minorca till this quantity is completed.
DRESDEN, JULY s.—The King is better ; his
Majesty walks about in his apartments, but is not
-Yet able to go up or down stairs.— General Count
h
tirmark, Extraordinary Ambassador from t
King of Wurtemburg, was presented to the King
at Pilnitz. The Grand Duke Constantine and his
Consort also dined at Pilnitz the day before yes-
te
arlsbrday, and will go to-day or to-morrow to
Cad.—The Princess of Liegnitz goes to-
morrow to Toplitz.
SciBERLIN, JULY 7.—The Royal Academy of
.ences held on the 2(1 of this month its
annual
meeting, in honour of Leibnitz, its founder. The
venerable Professor Bode, Secretary of the _Ma .
ltbernatical Class, and Director of the Royal O b
gervatorv, having desired to retire on account of
his great age' the Academy chose as his successor
Professor Enske of Gotha. his Majesty has
confirmed this choice.
Yesterday being the anniversary of his t 4"."'s Coronation it was observed with the
118ust demonstrations of joy, the ringing of bells
flags.
1`.i;(1(1. caation of the Church
steeples with
tod.:lo'al standard was hoisted at the 'rower,
e-e
and la St• James's Park the.guns were
• hred at noon.. *
Mr.
secretarY CANNING, we are happy to
Stale' v"s Yesterday pronounced by his PhYsi"
clans to be iii
, a Considerably recovered state.
E":OAUftL S."
"ccit.--A. respectable Morning Paper
arinocCB today the death of this excellent
I\rc'biell'an ; but we have the pleasure to assure.
lithe Pubic that the report is unfounded, as his
,alesirJordhip is now with his family at Ryde, in tte
f Wight, in the full enjoyment of health.
efeel particular pleasure in this contradiction,
as a more estimable character for literary taste,
active benevolence, and moral worth, cannot be
found in the whole circle of our Nobility.
The remains of the Duke of ST. ALBANS are
to be removed on Monday morning from his house
In St' James's-square, for interment in the family
vault in Lincolnshire.
We are happy to have it in our power to coo.
ttadict the report that Earl ExTzwiwAm had experienced a
Chillness
stroke. Ilis Lordvhip was attacked with
eatiofint
in
:4111netz": Tisafir?oairigehtt consequenceoafu ines and o f toogi greatln es
s
ine the head,
%lie!: was soon removed by cupping and bleeding ; and on Mon-
°: yibr. 'arren reported his upping
to be almostlrecovered.—
' 'V'Veld Itlercurfi.)
A 74-gutt ship, which is supposed to have
..been under Water upwards of an hundred years,
• Is said to have been discovered at the place where
the new doc
ks are making at Sheerness, and
wnich labourers are actively employed in the
Itenipt to raise. It may be expected that many
tchurious articles will be found in this aged vessel
Th°Ligh Probably much injured by so long a sub-
-..eraion.
accoCI:C"NELL'S POPULARITY.— The following
, a tas—enwt tits Proved before the Commissioners of Bankrupts, in
3104ziee pou;ttli:rlriae sfriiend of Mr. O'Connell had become insolvent
nee. The items appeared in this man's,.s,lo-
- part of his account with Mr. O'Connell i—
vbias,,it:_:).l-litanar-bnaeyrr,eltii.tnilztltiletf.,,m_a,t,erlia,los
pfroorvibdoinnfigrerso,p,oens,y_aosnu,tl
.7t :7), the men who drew your carriage into town, 11/.is. Ijoi
, ei.utncr,,e casks bf porter to the people who were shouting,.
.0:163, ‘ '41,-1 Catian Herald.)
1 LLANCIIOLY CASE OP DROWNING.—At seven
ta°ck Yesterday evening, an Inquisition was
sheen at the Mitre Tavern, in Broad Wall, in
e Parish of Christchurch, before RICHARD
of IltEit, Esq., the Surrey Coroner, on the bodies
vr_ r• Henry Atwood and William God by,
trleore. both unfortunately drowned on Sunday
who
litturning last. Of the former it appeared that he
Purpose"lle out with a party of friends for the
yva, of bathing, when several went into the
1-7(l)ll.47;latrllidouagllli catr
eexout safe except the deceased,
cod bore, in the presence
pert swimmer, sunk to rise
of his companions. Of
ail I.: Y 5 it seems he had gone into the river with
,vrasnosbelothes on, except his jacket ; he at first
after h ser.v'd to swim well, but very shortly
Th„ TC. disappeared, and did not rise again.—
. wia: "or'', after hearing the testimony of several
Liiesses
("ceurr 5 Were decidedly of opinion tha.t the
. Pace
ogp._ r -.was purely accidental, and accord-
-1.) Y eturned ti verdict of--" Accidentally
roVined,s)