The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-12 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

Several English journals announce that Lord Palmerston
had given orders to the British Minister in Berne to offer
his mediation between the Helvetic Confederacy and the
French Government. We are not aware of there existing
any foundation for that statement.—Journal des Debats.
BERNE, OCT. 6.
CIRCULAR OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SWISS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO THE SECTIONARY BRANCHES
THEREOF. _

" Confederates !—ln the present alarming situation of
Switzerland, the National Association, whose first object is
to watch over the honour and independence of the country,
hasten to join the well-intentioned citizens in affording every
aid and support to the authorities in all the measures they
may think proper to adopt. Our circular of the 31st of July
last, to which we refer you, contained the following ex-
pressions respecting the first note of the French Govern-
ment They cry down our institutions, and seem little
anxious to conceal their intention of attacking them.' Our
anticipations have been confirmed ; the attack is flagrant ; the
new note of the French Government is, from one end to the
other, a provocation to overturn institutions which a free,
sovereign, and independent people established in the Swiss
cantons in the years 1830 and 1831—a provocation to civil
war. The present order of things is called a fatal regime—
the empire of force—a deplorable change—domestic ty-
ranny ;' and the Swiss are invited to secede from erring
and enslaved Switzerland,' and join enlightened and free
Switzerland ! ' The strong union and boundless devotion
of the citizens to the common cause can alone, with the
help of God (if we do not wish to incur contempt) secure
a successful issue to our resistance against an unjust ag-
gression, and the war with which we are threatened. That
union constitutes the basis of Swiss nationality, and requires
that all dissenting views, every difference of opinion should
cease. Whatever may be the idea entertained of our Fe-
deration, of the Vorort, and Diet, in whatever point of
view the federal revision may be held, the Swiss national
Association, established at Schinznach, forgets the un-
grounded charges and the undeserved attacks directed of
late against it, and stretches a fraternal hand to all parties,
inviting them to reconciliation and union, in order that
all the children of the country may offer an impene-
trable barrier to the common foe. It is urgent that the
people, since their cause is at stake, should be ready to make
every sacrifice to preserve their honour and independence,
and give their opinion with regard to the satisfaction de-
manded of Switzerland. Every citizen must protest with
energy against the denial of a fact evidently true, for such
condescension would be unworthy of a nation at all careful
of its honour. The sections of the association will join their
fellow-citizens in the expression of their opinions, agreeably
to the usage of the country, either by attending popular
meetings or addressing petitions to the Legislature. The
sections are accordingly directed to return deputies, who
shall hold themselves in readiness to attend the general
meetings of the association the moment the convocation
takes place.
" Receive, dear Confederates, our salutations and the as-
surance of our devotion to the cause of the nation.

" In the name of the Central Committee,
" H. DRUEY, President,
"J. L. B. LERECHE, Secretary-General.
"Lausanne, Oct. 3, 1836."—Observateur Suisse.

UNITED STATES.
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT.

The election by the electoral colleges will be made on
Wednesday, the 7th day of December next. The choice of
electors in the several States is required to be made within
34 days preceding that day. The election in all the States,
we believe, except South Carolina and the new States of
Michigan and Arkansas, is ordered by law to be made by
general ticket on some day in November, viz. in about half
the States on the first Monday, in others on the second
Tuesday or second Monday, in one on the second Wed-
nesday, and in one as late as the fourth Wednesday. The
whole number of electors to be chosen, if Michigan becomes
a State by agreeing to the conditions of the act of admis-
sion, will be 294 ; and consequently, if all vote, 148 votes
will be necessary to effect a choice.
The following table shows the number of electors to
be chosen by each State :
Maine lO
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island 4
Connecticut S
Vermont
New York 42
New Jersey 8
Pennsylvania 3O
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia.. 23
North Carolina l5

South Carolina ll
Georgia ll
Michigan
Ohio 2l
Indiana 9

Illinois 5
Kentucky l5
Tennessee l3
Alabama 7

Mississippi
Missouri . 4
Arkansas
ILoursian

Total 294

SOUTH AMERICA.

BUENOS AYRES, JULY 25.—Early last week intelligence
reached us that the Oriental Republic was again in a state
of agitation, and the overthrow of the present Government
likely to happen.
For some time past the Government of General Oribe
has been constantly opposed by the partisans of General
Rivera, the ex-President. Both parties have been making
considerable exertions to gain strength and increase their
influence previous to the general elections of October next,
which, aecord;eg to the number of deputies in favour of
either, will decide Ow nomination of the President who will
succeed General Oribe, _ .

VY
Reports have lately been circulated, that disturbances
were to be eApegted about the time of the elections ; but
it appears that on the 14th inst. the Government was in-
forti:ed that secret meetings were held by the chiefs of
itoi'a'3 party, that men were igsombling, and arms given
Upon this news the government sent a message to the
tt'ehrem.
Permanent Committee of the Chambers, declaring that the
country was in danger from rebellion,
Our latest dates from Monte Video are of the 21st inst.,
at which period nothing positive was known of the move-
ments of General Rivera, nor of the chiefs attached to him.
A skirmish had, however, taken place between a party
of men headed by the Chief of Police of San Jose, and a
japre numerous body, which declared itself in favour of
Rivera. The Chief of Police and the oreater part of his
detachment, warn e;,,t,her killed or wounded.
Buenos Ayres has hour) ne of a massacre, so hor-
rible and barbarous, that WhatPFPF f9a/ 14P the reppns of
expediency urged in its defenpe, an intipliblp stain of cold-
blooded cruelty must for ever be attached to the memory of
our present Governor, I)on Juan Manuel de tosas, who
ordered it,

Not to harrow the minds of our readers with the details
of this hateful affair, it suffices to inform you, that a party
of about eighty Indians, brought from the South, were shot
last week, by six and seven at a time, against the barracks
of the Retiro, and their bodies cast into a trench, dug for
that parpose, under the walls of the Recoleta Convent.
Exchange on England, 7d. 1-16 to per dollar ; Local
Six per Cent. Stock, 72 to 73 per cent.
(Extract from the British Packet.)
BUENOS AYRES, JULY 23.—Considerable excitement
was produced in town on Wednesday morning last, in con-
sequence of intelligence that symptoms of revolution had
appeared in the Oriental State. Letters were received
were received from Las Vacas, and other places on the
Oriental coast, announcing that Lavalle, Medina, and other
chieftains, were mustering men to act against the Govern-
ment ; and that General Fructuoso Rivera was supposed to
he at the head of this opposition to the legal authority.
The Monte Video letters and papers of the 19th instant
notice the insurrectionary movements above-mentioned ;
stating, at the same time, that all was tranquil in that capi-
tal—that the Government was strong, and able to suppress
any insurrection, provided its officers in the country districts
did their duty.
A party of marauding Indians, belonging to the Chilian
and Borogan tribes, whose depredations formed the only
exception to the security of life and property in the more
distant parts of the country, and who, after many attempts
to reclaim them, proved incorrigible, were sent hither in the
brig Rio de la Plata, and executed in the Plaza of the Re-
tiro on Thursday morning last. The landing of the above
Indians on Wednesday, in company with a number of wo-
men and children, chiefly captives, who had been re-cap-
tured from the Indians by the expeditionary army under
the command of General Rosas, attracted a considerable
crowd to the beach. A military and police guard were in
attendance upon the occasion. We believe that during the
passage from Bahia Blanca hither, from 15 to 20 Indians
were either drowned, or got adrift in a boat.
RIO GRANDE.—The following is an extract of a letter,
dated Rio Grande, 23d ult. :—" For some days past we
have been besieged by the outside party, and who (after
forcing a passage of the San Gonzalo, and driving away a
gun-boat and armed steam-boat stationed there), now oc-
cupy the country between this and San Francisco de Paulo.
The town is defended by about 800 men and ten or twelve
pieces of artillery. Our supplies of cattle have been cut
off, and fresh beef being very scarce, we are obliged to have
recourse to Marqui.
" An official report was received this morning, of a
counter-revolution in that city. It is stated that the town
has been taken by a party in the Government interest, and
that fifty-two of the leading men of the Republican party
have been thrown into prison. It is difficult to say what
effect this will have on the question, as much will depend
on the relative force of Bento Manuel and Bento Gouzal-
vez. We have heard nothing regarding these gentle-
men, for a long time past."—Buenos Ayres British Packet,
July 23.