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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS.
For One Month only.
Eighth night of the new Swiss Quadrille.
Second night of "La Figlia del Reggimento."
Solo by M. Bauman.
Solo by 31. Sainton.
Programme for THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), October 26, 1847.
PAIT I.—New Overture, performed for the first ,time, composed
by the Abbe Volger, the 'master of Carl Maria Von Weber—Quo-
drille, Ernani, Jullien—Solo, Bassoon, M. Bauman—Valse, Le Deser,
with variations for the first and second Violins, Tenors, Violoncellos,
and Contra [Buses, Beethoven—Recitative and Aria, sung by Miss
Dolby,] 31ozart—Quadrille, New descriptive. Quadrille, The Swiss
Quadrille, JuDien.

Part II: Opera, La Figlia del Regimento, grand selection, with
Solos by Herr Koenig, Mr. Lazarus, Mr. Barret, and M. Bauman,
Donizetti (second tints). La Figlia del Reggimento is considered
Donizetti's chef d'oeuvre du genre, and is the Opera in which Mdlle.
Jenny Lind created the great sensation, during the last season, at
her Majesty's Theatre—New Polka, The Rhine Polka, Jullien—
Symphony, The Andantino, from the Symphony in A, Beethoven—
National Song, The Swiss Girl, sung by Miss Dolby—Valse, Mi-
randa, Kosnig—solo, Violin, M. Sainton, Sainton —Comic Polka,
The American Polka, Junto/.
The Concert commences at Eight.
Promenade and Boxes, is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 64.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THS EVNING
Will be revived, Sbaksperels Come Edy of THE TAMING OF THE
SHREW. Baptista, Mr. Gough ; Vincentio, Mr. Tilbury ; Lucentlo,
Mr. 11. Vandenhoff ; Petrucio, Mr. Webster; Grtunio, Mr. Keeley ;
Katharina, Mrs. Nisbett ; Bianca, Mrs. Seymour.
After which, THE INVISIBLE PIIINCE or, The Island of
Tranquil Delights.
To conclude with a New and Original Farce, called WHO'S MY
HUSBAND ? Doctor Mull, Mr. Tilbury; Daniel Tootles, Mr. Keeley ;
Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford ; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L.
S. Buckingham ; Sally Starch, Mrs. ilumby.
Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web iter.
J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper.
Boxes, Is. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is.
Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to eminence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPEI.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the celebrated Drama, called TIIE GREEN
BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Age. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ;
Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge,
Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell ; Madame St. Aubert,
Madame Celeste; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neil, Miss Wool-
gar

After which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD
:the property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha-
racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Red-
ford, Mrs. Laws, &c., &c.
To conclude with the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE
ICCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts,
sir. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Ilainyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond
ttyan ; Mary White, '!Sias Wooigar ; 31dile. Cherry Bounce, Miss
Enuna Harding.

Boxes, 43.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery Is.
Doors open at Half-past ,t six, Performance to commence at Seven,
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ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
TIS EVENING,
Will be presented a new FHarce, called LIGHT DRAGOONS. Lord
Alfred Martingale, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Albany Lovelorn, Mr.
R. Roxby ; Dr. Rhatany, Mr. Frank Matthews ; Mrs. Crowsfoot,
Mrs. C. Jones ; 3latilda, Miss Howard.
After which, a new Comic Drama, entitled THE PRIDE OF
TIIE MARKET. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Leigh
Murray, Granby, and Parselle; Miss 11. Gilbert, Mrs. C. Jones, and
Madame Vestris.
To conclude with THE TWO QUEENS.
The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W.
Bradwell of the Colosseum.

Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, lc ; Gallery, Is. No
half-price to any part of the house.
The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the
Public every day, from Ten to Six.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Engagement of Mr. MA.CREADY and MISS CUSHMAN.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the Opera of GUY MANNERING. Colonel
Mannering, Mr. Conway; Henry Bertram, Mr. Barker; Dominie
Sampson, Mr. Compton ; Dandle Dinmont, Mr. Neville ; Lucy Ber-
tram, Mies Ann Romer; Meg Merrilies, Miss Cashman.
To conclude with THE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. Cooper ;
Colonel Briton, Mr. J. Vining; Donna Violante, Miss E. Montagne;
Donna Isabella, Mrs. R. Gordon.
Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.

it of the power of making the attempt ; where under
the former law, there should be general distress
and embarrassment, under the latter there must
have been hopeless ruin and a national bankruptcy.
Her MAJESTY'S Ministers struggled to the last
against an admission that the Act had failed. They re-
mained for a considerable period deaf to the demands
for relief that were reiterated from every part of the
sountry. They hoped, even against hope, that the
panic would subside, and that confidence would be again
restored ; and they, consequently, steeled themselves
against every application for assistance, and would not
hold out even the slightest hope deny change or altera-
tion in the law that had created that panic. They
have at length admitted the fallacy :of these hopes;
and after the property of the nation has been depre-
ciated to the extent of five hundred millions sterling,
or nearly two-thirds of the national property—after
mercantile firms of the highest character, and almost un-
bounded credit, acquired during many years of business,
had been forced to bend to the storm, and to suspend
payment from want of the usual facilities for carrying
on their operations—after factories were closed, and
productive employment was gradually taken away
from the operatives—and, finally when the honour
and integrity of the British name had become tarnished
in other lands, and British credit had been so far
depreciated, that bills on England were no longer
acceptable on the foreign exchanges, and that pay-
ment should be made in specie for what we might
still require,—the Government at length came to
the conclusion " that the time bad arrived when they
ought to attempt, by some extraordinary and tempo-
rary measures, to restore confidence to the mercantile
and manufacturing community." Few will be dis-
posed to assert that this conclusion was prematurely
arrived at, or that matters could still be permitted to
take their course, and to await the deliberations of
the Legislature assembled at the usual period. We
believe that the late Premier, the parent and
author of the measure, was himself aware of
the absolute necessity for its suspension,
and that he was an assenting party thereto. Under
any circumstances the fate of the measure is now
sealed. It cannot be consistently maintained by
those who have consented to its suspension. Sir
ROBERT PEEL felt that if the corn-laws were once
suspended by order in Council, that they could never
again be renewed. He had been blamed for not
taking that decided step when he admitted the urgency
of the crisis, and the propriety of the alteration ; but
he excused himself, because it was more constitutional
to allow the Legislature to decide whether the prin-
ciple they had formerly affirmed should still
be maintained, or for ever abolished, and if
even a temporary relaxation had taken place,
it could never be re-established ; and he was
so far right. It would be impossible to induce those
who had even for a few short months had a free
and unrestricted trade again to submit to the
doctrines of protection, and the monopoly against
which they had so long and so energetically strug-
gled. The Act of 1844 is, therefore, virtually con-
demned, and can never again be put in force.
It is, however, now incumbent on the Govern-
ment to lose not a single hour in calling together
the representatives of the people to receive their
assent to the change which they have made in the
laws of the country. It is a constitutional duty.
which they owe to the nation, to take the earliest
opportunity of consulting Parliament on the pro-
priety of the alteration. Whenever a step is
taken that will require the passing of an Act
of Indemnity to justify the parties who have
trangressed the law, it should be done without a
moment's unnecessary delay. An act wholly opposed
to the principle of a measure deliberately adopted by
the Legislature has been sanctioned; the departure
from that law should not be continued for a longer
period than until the Parliament can be got together
to review their former decision. All admit that the
necessity of the case justified the suspension of the
law, but it may form a very dangerous precedent, if
the law should remain for many months suspended
without an appeal to the only power by which it can
constitutionally be changed.
The present indulgence, too, is of so limited a cha-
racter, and imposes so high a rate of interest for
money—a rate so injurious to our merchants and
manufacturers that it constitutes an additional reason
why the opinion of Parliament should be imme-
diately taken on the matter. Eight per cent. is now
the minimum rate of discount at the Bank .of' Eng-
land, and that not merely for the additional su mis they
are authorised to issue under the letter of th e Pre-
mier and the Chancellor of the Exckiequer,
but also on their entire circulation. Th e rate
has been raised at once from five-and--a-half
per cent. to eight per cent., or more than fifty
per cent. Can our commerce long sustain the burden
of such interest ? Can manufactures flourish .or pro-
duction be carried on while subjected to such a
charge ? It is manifest that when the minion] m rate
of the Bank is eight per cent. the public canner t hope
for accommodation from other sources at less than
ten or twelve per cent. This cannot long
be submitted to, and requires immediate attention,
We do not deny that, even with that great. draw-
back, the power of issuing an unlimited vaantity
of notes will be highly beneficial, and that it will
probably have the effect of restoring the co n fidence
that was so greatly impaired, but it is not a state in
which the nation can be kept until the n dinary
period of the assembling of Parliament. It is
hardly reasonable either that the Bank of E ngland
should long be expo'ed to additional labour
and additional risk, and that the extra prof it should
belong to the public, thet the whole should loe gra-
tuitously encountered. Let then Parliament, be im-
mediately summoned. It is at the same th ne the
only constitutional course for the Govern] n ent to
pursue, and it is that which the exigencies, of the
nation most urgently requires.

Whilst the illustrious Republic, consolidate by the
ailitary genius of WasulNGrox and the di,pY .canatic
wisdom of FRamr.LIN, is tarnishing the glot?.. y of its
banner and the lustre of its reputation by a sh ameless
incursion upon Mexico, a melancholy spe ci 'Lacle is
presented to the world by the dissensions wl eh still
continue to convulse the cantons and estra r .ge the
confederates of the European Republic of ;3 witzer-
land. A lust of territorial aggrandizement h; si led to
those butcheries which have dyed the sword of the
United States with the damning guilt of inhrin sanity,
transforming their bravest soldiers into mral tuders,
and their most distinguished captains into bu, tneers.
The torch of religious fanaticism has, on the other
hand, ignited the inflammable sentiments c,f anti-
pathy which have so long been concealed u; is ler the
semblance of an indissoluble friendship. We • may be
inspired with feelings of indignation against t he un-
principled ambition of Mr. President POLK, I ,ecause
we recognise in the consequences of that ; it abition
the agonies of Mexico and the degradation of the
United States ; but in reviewing the corresp 41:1 ndence
which has arisen between the federal cat > tons of
Switzerland we are disposed rather to em .1) loy the
language of regret and lamentation.
A moment's inquiry into the t .;ircum-
stances which have led to the warlike
preparations of the Diet, and to the hostile move-
ments of the seven cantons constitut i> Ig the
Sonderbund, will attest the accuracy of of ;• obser-
vation that these suicidal dissensions among the free
population of Switzerland have originated in r sligious
fanaticism. For the maintenance of a dogs na tic pre-
dilection, the latter are ready to sacrifice t he mselves
in the tempest and the torments of battl, ; for the
gratification of a prejudice, the former are e ager to
elicit obedience from their fellow-country all 3n even
at the point of the bayonet. The one is e sited by
the fanaticism of devotion, the other by the fa naticism
of reform. Both have drunk deeply of the intoxica-
ting draughts of egotism ; they are exalted' alike by
the delirium of conviction—a conviction t' hat the
cause which they severally advocate is the one
authorised by justice, required by re; tai )n, and
sanctified by Christianity. Such are the passions
which have gradually fermented among the peaceful
valleys and secluded mountains of the Confe-
deration—such are the jealousies wl i J s have
boefesnarycea h nscouraged and fomented by the -I asidious
agencies of France and Austria. The enn tit; y which
arnt firsth displayed itself in a sort of legish sti
ve
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itself
the arming of the citizens and the enroln set It of the
peasantry. The gauntlet has been mutua' thrown
down and mutually accepted ; and the f rte citizens

of Switzerland are harnessed for the struggle—the
struggle of creed and discipline, not sharpened by
logic, but enforced by gunpowder.
Preparatory, however, to the crossing of the swords of
the confederates the Diet has assembled and there is an-
other chance of reconciliation. Would to GOD that the
noble propositions contained in the Proclamation of
the cantonal authorities assembled together in this
Federal Diet could find a congenial response in the
bosoms of those to whom they are addressed—the
people of Lucerne, of Uri, of Schwyz, of Unterwal-
den, of Zug, of Valais, and of Friburg ! Would to
GOD that the generosity, and wisdom, and modera-
tion which are combined in that dignified and honour-
able document to carry reason among the fastnesses
of the Sonderbund, could deprive MULLER and Am-
MANN, the adventurers from Baden and Thurgovia, of
their pernicious and deplorable influence, could snatch
the :wand of sacerdotal despotism from the hand of
Father Ron-, the Jesuitical editor of the Katholischi
Staatszeitung, and, by leading at once to the disso-
lution of the Sonderbund, conduce to an eternal fra-
ternization among the inhabitants of Switzerland !
The:spirit of this glorious Proclamation is conciliation;
its principle is justice; its end is legality; its senti-
ments are those of affectionate solicitude. All that is
required from Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden,
Zug, Valais, and Friburg is, the immediate disso-
lution of the Sonderbund, the expulsion of the Je-
suits from the canton of Lucerne, and the appointment
of a general commission for the revision of the federal
constitution. That the Government has a perfect right
to demand the fulfilment of these requisitions is undeni-
able. It is empowered, for example, to require the
dissolution of the Sonderbund, because the sixth pa-
ragraph in the Federal Treaty ordains that no single
cantons can enter into alliances between themselves pre-
judicial to the interests of the Confederation, or injurious
to any portion of Switzerland. The Sonderbund
comes within the meaning of such a separate alliance,
and therefore the Sonderbund should be abolished.
Secondly, the Government has a perfect right to
insist upon the expulsion of the Jesuits from
Lucerne, because it should, as the guardian
of the liberties insured by the constitu-
tion, prevent the possible monopoly of supreme power
in any political faction or ecclesiastical clique. That
such a monopoly would be not merely probable, but
certain, in the event of the continuance of the Jesuits
in Lucerne, is obvious from the:following considera-
tions :—ln Lucerne the disciples of LOYOLA exercise
supreme cantonal authority ; its citizens obey them
with the blindness of credulity and the fervour of
fanaticism ; the voice of the Jesuit is the law at
Lucerne, and that law is recognised by the seven
cantons of the Sonderbund. Besideslthis, Lucerne
is one of the three Vororts which, according
to the arrangements of the Federal Treaty,
are vested in succession with the supreme
executive powers of the Confederation. Zurich and
Berne are the other two. Whenever the turn arrives
for the temporary establishment of the supreme
power of the Executive at Lucerne, the will of
Father Roil and his monastic associates would act as
mysteriously and awfully as that of a RODIN over
the length and breadth of Switzerland. Therefore,
again, is the Diet justified in demanding the instant
expulsion of the Jesuits from Lucerne. Thirdly,
and lastly, the right of the Federal Congress to de
mand the appointment of a commission 'for the revi

sion of the Constitution, is the summum jus of every
legislative assembly; and the advisability of such a
convocation is proclaimed in an undeniable manner
by the miseries which have so long impended over
the Confederation and which are now on the eve of

bursting forth in the bloody storms of intestine war-
fare ! Therefore especially is the Diet acting judi-
ciously when it requires a speedy and comprehensive
revision of the constitution.

While the envoys of the Liberal cantons are
issuing this rational and pacific Proclamation in the
Chamber of the Federal Diet at Berne, what are the
sentiments entertained, or the advances made towards
a reconciliation by the people of Lucerne, Uri,
Schwyz, Unterwalden, Zug, Valais, and Friburg,—
the vassals of the unconstitutional Sonderbund ?

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Unhappily,'there is little probability of any concession
on the part of those citizens of the Swiss Confedera-
tion, who, contrary to the views of the Sovereign
PONTIFF, have arrogantly assumed to themselves the
title of the Catholic Party—A. Catholic Party being
a term as anomalous and contradictory as An Univer-

sal Fragment. Whatever may be the consequence a
the present negotiations in Switzerland, the Liberal

cantons will have the consolation of knowing tha
their requirements were just, and their mode of pro.
position conciliatory. The gonfalon will in no even!
be stained with the infamy of an illiberal aggression.

In the sitting of the Swiss Diet of the 20th Octo-
ber, M. KERN, the Deputy of Thurgevia, as reporter
from the Committee of Seven, presented the follow-
ing draft of a proclamation to the cantons of the Son-
derbund, which had been agreed on by the Com-
mittee :
" Faithful and dear Federates,—The situation of
our country grave, and of a nature
to uneasiness. The division which
reigns se is s
threatens to disturb pub-
licinspireamong
seriousthoughthe
happy
order. Anxious to fulfil the duty which is im-
posed on it in maintaining the internal security of
the Confederation, and penetrated with the sincere
desire to preserve peace to the country, the Diet feels
itself called upon to address to you some candid and
benevolent words of federal friendship.
The cantons cannot form betwen them-
" A clear enactment of the federal pact, article 4,
runs thus :—`
selves any leagues prejudicial to the Confederation
or to the rights of the other cantons.' Now the Go-
F riburg, and Valais, have formed a
vernments of the States of Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Un-
terwald, Zug,
peculiar alliance between themselves, which, as soon
as it came to the knowledge of the other states, neces-
sarily caused numerous and serious apprehensions.
After repeated deliberations in the councils of the
cantons, and in the federal assembly, the Diet has pro-
nounced that this alliance, which makes the rights and
duties, which are regulated in the same manner by
the common pact for all the cantons, the object of a
separate pact, and thus imposes obligations on some
cantons which, in certain circumstances, are incom-
patible with those which they have to fulfil towards
the Confederation—the Diet, we say, has pronounced
this alliance to be contrary to the unequivocal letter,
as well as to the spirit and meaning of the federal
pact. In fact, an alliance which places the contingent
of troops of the cantons, which makes part of it, un-
der the orders of a separate council of war, pos-
sessed
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is prejudicial to the first
interests of the Confederation, and injures the rights
of the other cantons. An alliance which, after the
declarations of some of the seven states, is also
directed against the Diet itself and its decrees, which
organises in advance an armed resistance against it*
decisions, cannot continue to exist in the general
Confederation and by the side of it, without placing
the internal security of the Confederation in danger,
and without causing the dissolution of that common
tie which unites the federal states. It was for that
reason that the Diet, by its decree of July 20 last,
declared this separate alliance incompatible with the
pact, and-consequently dissolved.' The supreme fede-
ral authority having thus pronounced its opinion, its
decision must be respected by all the states, otherwise
anarchy would take the place of right in the COnfede-
ration. Nevertheless the decree of the Diet has not yet
been recognised by the cantons against which it was
directed. They have even gone the length of de-
claring in the Diet that they would oppose an armed
resistance to any attempt to carry it into execution,
and with this object they have made extraordinary
military preparations. The Diet cannot longer tole-
rate such a state of things unless it annihilates all the
consideration due to the federal assembly—breaks the
strength of legitimate power—and sacrifices the
honour of the Confederation. We cannot, and will

not, yet admit that you, faithful and dear federates,
will persist in a position irreconcileable with your
federal duties, when we shall have frankly pointed
out to you the real intentions of our decree of the 20th
July, as ought to be done between federates and
brethren. Distrust and unfounded fears could alone
have led you into the path which you have till this
time followed. You fear danger to the liberties which
you have inherited from your forefathers—to your
future position in the federal alliance, to your faith,
and to your religion. But we give you the
solemn assurance that any intention of attempt-
ing to injure these most precious gifts is far
from us. They must remain inviolable, as being
your sanctuary. how could the federal au-
thority entertain the design of committing an
injustice towards co-states, which for the most
part belong to the oldest members of our alliance ?
The Federal Diet does not desire the oppression of
federates, the annihilation of cantonal sovereignties,
the violent overthrow of federal institutions. It de-
sires no military Government, no violation of your
rights and liberties, no danger to your religion. It
rather wishes to accord to all the cantons the protec-
tion which they have a right to demand of their co-
states against unjust attacks, as the object of common

TUESDA V EVENING, OCTOBER

alliance demand. It is for that reason, brethren, that
you will withdraw from a separate alliance which is
not necessary when the dispositions which it contains
are in harmony with the common alliance, and which,
on the contrary, is inadmissible in federal law when
it is not in harmony with it. Do not forget that
such separate alliances are already contrary to the
sense and spirit of the oldest treaties between the
federalists. The present pact guarantees you a suffi-
cient protection of your rights. Do not persist, then,
any longer in a position which saps the basis of
federal right, divides the federalists into two hostile
camps, and also compromises our independence and
liberty abroad.
" You now know the motives which determined
us to adopt our decree. Federal representatives
whom, according to the old custom, we delegate to
you, will point out these motives more fully to you.
Receive them as friends; listen with confidence to
the overtures they will make to you ; weigh well the
grave responsibility which will weigh on your heads
if you continue to set at nought the resolutions
founded on the unequivocal provisions of the pact,
and the benevolent warnings of the supreme federal
authority. The consequences which, by persisting in
such a line of conduct, you may draw down on your
selves and on the whole country are incalculable. It
yet depends on you to prevent them. Take such re-
solutions as a sense of federal duty, the peace and
happiness of the Confederation, as well as of your-
own cantons require. As brethren and as confede-
rates let us only belong to one and the same alliance.
What we desire is legality, the maintenance of the
internal security of the Confederation and of order.
Faithful and dear confederates, let us, like brethren,
give each other the hand to attain this object, which
is prescribed to us all by the duties which we have
sworn to fulfil. May God preserve and protect our
dear country."
This proclamation, after a long and animated dis-
cussion, was agreed to by a majority of twelve and a
half cantons.
The following decree was proposed by a committee,
and also adopted by the Diet :
" The Diet decrees that the federal representatives
who shall be delegated to the seven cantons, in virtue
of the decision of the 18th of October of the present
year, shall be charged to make to the governments of
these cantons the demand—
" 1. That the proclamation adopted in the sitting
of this day shall be immediately circulated.
" 2. That, on the other hand, the authority charged
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before that authority, or before the Landgemeinde, if
it shall be convoked without delay after the procla-
mation shall have been circulated, and in general to
act according to the spirit of this proclamation towards
the authorities to whom they shall have access.
" Lastly, they are charged to forward their reports
with all possible dispatch to the Diet. If one of the
two representatives cannot or will not accept this
mission, the present warrant is valid and obligatory
for the other member."

In the course cf the discussion on the proclamation
and the decree, a letter was read from the Government
of Berne to :the Directory, announcing that some
troops of Lucerne were stationed on the frontier, and
that those of the Valais were preparing to pass the
mountain of Lunabeh, to march to the assistance
of the canton of Friburg. Letters from Argau
and Vaud, respecting the movement of the troops
of Friburg and the Valais were likewise read,
as was also one from Zurich to a similar effect.

Another letter of a later date from Argau set forth
that the landwehr of Lucerne had been called out ;
that a battalion of Lucerne had arrived at the bridge
of the Gysikon, and that a battalion of Schwyz was
stationed at Kussnacht. A further communication
from Berne stated that 2,000 armed men of the
Valais had entered Lucerne, and that bullets had
been cast in every house in the Valais. The Prefet
of Schwarzenberg, in Berne, wrote that the gen-
darmes of Friburg stopped travellers, and that the
road on the Friburg side, in the vicinity of Schwar-
zenberg, had been barricadoed. In consequence of
these proceedings of the Catholic cantons, power was
conferred on the Vorort to call out a portion
of the general staff, and the Diet nominated
federal staff officers. Some sensation was created by
the Deputy of Zug, one of the Catholic cantons,
stating in its name that it would withdraw from
the separate alliance, provided the question relative to
the Jesuits should be set aside, and that positive
guarantees should be given to the Catholic cantons.

He, in conjunction with the Deputy of Basle city,
subsequently presented a proposition to the Diet, re-
quiring, as a condition of the dissolution of the Son-
derbund, the renunciation on the part of the Diet Of
all right to demand the expulsion of the Jesuits. This
was rejected, and the Diet appointed M. DUFOUR, of
Geneva, Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Army,
M. DUFOUR is an old officer of engineers, and is
the author of some valuable treatises on for-
tifications. He was a pupil of the Polytechnic School
in its palmy days. M. FREI' HEROSE, of Aarau,
was named chief of the staff•. Most of the federal re-

presentatives left on that day for the cantons of the
Sonderbund, which still continued their warlike pre-
parations.

The intelligence received from Naples says that the
Minister SANT•ANGELO still insists with the KING in

obtaining a general amnesty, a law on the press, the
institution of a National Guard, a separate constitu-
tion for Sicily, and the suppression of the Department
of Police, the latter to form only a division of the
Department of the Interior. It is even added that
SANT-ANGELO has submitted to the KING the fol
lowing composition of a Cabinet :—Foreign Affairs
and President of the Council, Prince DE SCORDIA ;
Interior, SANT-ANGELO ; Justice, PARISI; Ecclesias-
tical Affairs, Prince CAMPO-FRANCO ; Finance, MAR,
CHINI; Agriculture and Commerce, Prince SANTE.
ELES ; War and Marine, DEL CARRETO, from whom
it appears that the KING will not separate on any
consideration.

Piedmont has frankly adopted a liberal system of
policy. King CHARLES ALBERT accepted on the
evening of the 20th instant the resignation of the
post of Governor of Turin tendered to him by M.
TRAEN DELLA. TORRE. This functionary belonged
to the Austrian party, and has been replaced by the
late Minister of War, M. VILLAMARINA. The func-

tions of the Governor of Turin are the highest in the
State. He is the alter ego of the KING, whose orders
he directly receives ; he is, in short, a sort of Viceroy.

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functions on condition that the persons arrested
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Some rioting occurred at Ferrara on the 14th, and
the Austrians fired on the people, without, however,
wounding anybody. The inhabitants threatened to
ring the tocsin, but the Cardinal Legate interfered,
and having obtained the liberation of one of the
citizens who had been arrested by the Austrian sol-
diers, tranquillity was restored.

The Post-Congress of all the German States, for
the purpose of introducing a uniform postage in all
the States belonging to the German Confederacy,
had opened its sessions at Dresden on the 19th inst.,
and, according to the papers before us, an expectation
was entertained that their deliberations would con-
clude in fixing upon a low and uniform postage for
all the states belonging to the German Confederation.
It is the opinion of well-informed people that the
arrangement of this certainly very useful and impor-
tant scheme may take several years before it is carried
into full execution.

Private accounts from Hamburgh, of the 19th
instant, state that the rate of discount had come down
to four per cent., and that not the slightest fear was
any longer entertained of a reaction from our finan-
cial crisis. Similar accounts have reached us from
Frankfort and Augsburg.

Several of the Wuriemberg and Baden papers
again publish leaders on the policy and propriety of a
divorce between Donna ISABELLA and Don FRAN..
Cisco, and the subsequent marriage of the former
with the Conde DR MONTEMOLIN, as the only means
of effecting peace in the Peninsula.

Madrid papers of the 19th have arrived.
The captivity of the unfortunate Queen ISABELLA
is complete, and the virtuous wife of MUNOZ reigns
paramount in the palace. General DOMINGUEZ has
been removed from the post of second in command
of the Halberdiers, and replaced by the Count DE
PUNON ROSTRO, a tool of CHRISTINA'S. He is vir-
tually the commander of the corps, as the Duke of
BATLEN (CASTANOS), who is the Captain- General, is
upwards of 90 years of age. FoLoxoso, the brother-