The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-22 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

At the sitting of the Swiss Diet on the 16th instant, the
President caused to be read the following letter, addressed
by Cnunt Mole to the Duke de Montebello on the 12th,
and which the Ambassador had communicated to him the
evening before :

" Count Reinhard has delivered to me, with your de-
snatch of October the 6th, the answer of the Federal
Directory to your official note of August 1. The King's
Government has never required Switzerland to expel one
of her own citizens. France has as great a respect as any
other nation for the independence and dignity of her neigh-
bours, but, at the same time, is resolved to maintain her
own honour and repose. We cannot believe that the Con-
federation will any longer allow one who, by his strange
pretensions upon France, has sufficiently proved he is
not a child of Switzerland to abuse ber generous hos,
pitality. It is with unfeigned satisfaction that the King's
Government has learned the declaration of the Diet—
that it is as desirous as the French Government can be
that complications of the nature of those which have taken
place should not recur. Switzerland must surely feel,
without being reminded, of what France owes to herself,
if ever by any possibility, similar conjectures can he pro-
duced. With regard to the demonstrations which the
Diet calls hostile, and which have excited in it a painful
surprise, the King's GovernMent has never for a moment
lost the hope that these measures, suggested by prudence,
would never assume any other character. To comprehend
these measures, and the feelings with which they were dic-
tated, the Diet shou!d call to mind the attitude which it
had itself assumed, and the refusal with which the debates
of the Grand Council threatened France. Circumstances,
however, M. le Duc, are now altered. Louis Napoleon
quits Switzerland. Nothing therefore, remains, but fur'
you to announce to the Vorort, that the corps of observa-
tion formed on our eastern frontier is about to be dis-
solved. It was not without emotion that the King and his
Government read the words which terminate the answer of
the Diet. France is still ready, at the very epoch in her his-
tory, to testify to Switzerland that she is her most faithful
ally, her sincerest friend, and the invariable defender of her
independence. On her part Switzerland will no doubt
carefully watch, that no cause of misunderstanding or dis-
content shall arise hereafter to disturb the good harmony
and friendship which have so long subsisted between two
countries, and which they are both so greatly interested in
perpetuating. Have the goodness, M. le Due, to read this
despatch to the President of the Director, and to leave
him a copy of it.

"MOLE."
After the communication of this letter, it Was unani.,
mously voted by the Diet-Ist. That the troops then
under arms should be dismissed. 2. That this dismissal
should take place as soon as possible. 3. That the Council
of War charged with the execution of this measure should
communicate to the commanders of the troops the satisfac-
tion of the Diet at the patriotism and discipline shown by
the army. 4. That thanks should be addressed to the
cantons which had taken the necessary military measures.
DEPARTURE OF LOUIS NAPOLEON FROM SWITZER-
LAND.--CONSTANCE, OCT. 14.—T0-day the entire popu-
lation of Constance remained waiting during two hours at
the gate of the town for Prince Napoleon, who was ex-
pected to pass through it on his departure from Switzer-
land. He was to have arrived at noon, but two o'clock had
struck before he made his appearance. The crowd, so
ready to indulge in sinister conjectures, was beginning to
accredit the strangest reports, when, at last, the courier of
the Prince entered the town, at half-past two, and
erwea:
shortly . afterwards followed by the Prince's. eq"l"ethe.
Thirty or forty carriages of the principal inhabitptsoo.co
neighbourhood accompanied him, and formed a kind I