The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-13 00:00:00

"V 'one in Switzerland. Besides, Prince de Metternich
protests to the Confederation that it would be wrong
to Llarm itself at the concentration of Imperial troops
on. • its frontier, inasmuch as these troops are only des-
tine 'd, according to him, to assure the execution of
the; clauses of the treaty of Vienna in Italy. It is
th ought that the Vorort will, to-morrow, communi-
cr an to the Diet the dispatch of Prince de Metternich."
A letter of the 7th says—
" The sitting of the Swiss Diet of to-day was en-
tirely consumed in the nomination of superior officers
in the federal staff. Under present circumstances
these noriffnations naturally excite great interest. The
greater part of those chosen belong to the liberal
cantons ; not one of them belong to the ultra-mon-
tane party. The most significant of all the nomina-
tions is that of M. Maurice Barman of the Valais,
who has been proscribed by his canton ever since
the occurrences of May, 1844. The Deputy for the
Valais loudly protested against this choice. In the
F.itting which will be held on the 9th, the Diet will be
occupied with the new propositions of the committee
charged with examining the 'acts of the Sonderbund.
The report in which these propositions are made was
only completed yesterday, and bears the date of the
6th. It declares, in the first place, that among the
documents laid before the committee was a dispatch,
dated Aug. 25, addressed to the Directory by the
state of Lucerne, acknowledging the reception of
the decrees of the Diet of July 20 and Aug. 11, re-
lating to the Sonderbund, and then declaring that
the state of Lucerne cannot in any degree admit
these decrees to be obligatory ; but, on the contrary,
that it adhered to its former protests, and should
reserve its rights, and take such measures as it
should, on consideration, find fit and proper. The
report states that a second document is a dispatch
from the state of Argau, dated August 30, in which
the Directory is informed that the state was con-
structing new fortifications at the bridge of Gysikon.
The committee observes that as these two documents
leave no doubt that the cantons of the Sonderbund,
and particularly Lucerne, were resolved not to sub-
mit to the decrees of the Diet, but to oppose them,
and were positively acting contrary to them by
continuing their military preparations, it was ne-
cessary to consider what ulterior measures should
be taken by the Diet. After entering into a dis-
cussion of this question, the committee came to the
conclusion that the moment had not yet arrived
for proposing any decisive measure, but recom-
mends that the Diet, in the present state of things,
should adjourn, in order that in the interval the
various states might maturely examine the decrees
and weigh their consequences. The committee leaves
it to the Diet to determine whether the adjournment
should be for a definite or an indefinite period, but
concludes with suggesting that it should be until the
18th October."

The Patria of Rome of the 31st ult. says—
" The POPE shows a degree of determination such as
to astonish those who are not aware of his character.
He has refused to give ear to the overtures of M.
Rossi, Ambassador of France, to refer the matter in
dispute to a third party. It is said that he exclaimed
to a certain ambassador—' Let them beware lest
they force me to pronounce a word which might cost
them dear !' "

The alliance between the POPE and the King of
PIEDMONT may be considered certain. It is to be
hoped that a similar arrangement will be entered into
with Tuscany. M. CORBOLI left for Florence for
that object. Austria has already been authorised by
the Dukes of MODENA and LUCCA to occupy their
dominions. The same concession has been demanded
from Tuscany. Naples, which dreads the arrival of
the English fleet, and has been invited by the POPE
to unite with him, hesitates, and seems nevertheless
to incline towards us. Here we are ready to meat
every contingency, and proceed, if necessary, to ex-
tremities.

It is reported that an insurrectionary movement
took place on the 3d inst. at Messina and Reggio, in
the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. These disturb-
ances, however, were productive of no result, and two
regiments of infantry were sufficient to repress them.
No apprehensions were entertained at Naples re-
specting the consequences of that temporary agita-
tion. Nevertheless reinforcements had been sent to
Sicily.
On the 2d inst. the Duke of Lucca, accompanied
by his son, made his entry into that city amidst the
acclamations of the people, who had flocked thither in
multitudes from the neighbouring towns and states to
congratulate him on his accession to the cause of
reform. The Prince issued, on the same day, a decree
of amnesty, and ordered all prosecutions instituted
against political offenders to be suspended.

The Lucca Journal of the 4th contains the de-
scription of the festivities which took place there, in
consequence of the last ducal manifesto. The
people went in procession to meet the seven young
men whose arrest had been the immediate cause of
the effervescence of the preceding days. The Lu-
chese, Tuscan, Pontifical, and national banners were
displayed; in the evening military music paraded the
streets by torchlight, and a brilliant illumination took
place. The bells rang, and the cries of " Long live
CARLO-LODOVICO, Pius IX., and the Civic Guard,"
were loud and frequent. The Capitular Vicar of
Lucca issued a notice of a religious ceremony in the
cathedral, to celebrate the happy event.

Accounts from Turin of the 4th say that the
King of SARDINIA had received the reply of the
(;abinet of Vienna to his declaration in favour of the
independence of the Roman States. Austria is said to
have declared in that note that she was determined
not to tolerate the establishment of national guards
in Italy. It is further asserted that the King of SAR-
DINIA in his reply maintained his right, and that of
the POPE, to defend themselves as best they could.
Accounts from Turin add, that CORBOLI BUSS', an
Envoy from the POPE, was expected at Turin to re-
turn thanks to the KING, and to concert measures
with him, as well as with the Grand Duke of Tus-
CANY, for the formation of an Italian league against
Austria.

The Gazetta Piedmontese states that ROSSINI is
acting as Captain of the NationaL Guard of Bo-
logna, and displays extraordinary energy in that
capacity. The same journal announces that the
famous BERTONB of Faenza has been arrested at
Fano.

By the Levant mail we have received intelligence
from Constantinople of the 24th ult., and from
Athens of the 29th.

A letter, from Constantinople of August 24 says—
" The last steamer -from Trebizonde brings news
from Persia, of serious importance. A military in-
surrection has broken out amongst the troops en-
camped round Teheran, and the authorities, to calm
them, submitted to all their demands, one of which
related to the payment of the balance due to them for
a long time. The demands of the troops being thus
granted, order was restored, but it is doubtful
whether the bad example shown on this occasion may
not cause other serious difficulties."

The Courrier d' Athenes of August 29 gives the
following particulars relative to the wound received
by General GRIZIOTTI, and announces his subsequent
arrival at Scio :

" On the 18th ult., a. Griziotti was inspecting the
trenches, under a fire of artillery, a spent ball car-
ried off the wrist of his left arm. Thus crippled,
deprived of all medical assistance, and feeling the
impossibility of prolonging his resistance, he engaged
his men to assist in coveriug his retreat, and retire
immediately to their homes. He was carried on a
litter to Koumi after the stump of his arm had been
plunged into boiling pitch to stop the hemorrhage.
This painful operation was endured with singular
sang-froid by this veteran General, now nearly a sep-
tuagenarian. Arrived at Koumi on the 20th, he em-
barked in a schooner, with 67 men, among whom
Colonel Scourtaniotti and Major Gervas were distin-
guished ; they set sail for Scio, where, according to
the report of a merchant captain, Griziotti arrived
before the steamer Otho and the schooner Nautilus,
sent in pursuit of him, could reach him. In the
meantime General Gardditotis, informed by a prisoner
on the 19th of the accident which had happened to
Griziotti, marched his troops into the intrenched
camp of the insurgents, who, after a sharp fusillade,
dispersed."

Madrid papers of the sth and Gth have arrived.

Her MAJESTY, on driving out on the 4th, was saluted
with loud acclamations of " Viva the Constitutional
Queen," " Viva Espartero," " Viva the National
Militia." On the sth her MAJESTY attended a bull
fight, and was received with the utmost enthusiasm.
NARVAEZ was also present, but was compelled to
retire before the arrival of her MAJESTY, by the
" moral force" of the ridicule of the spectators. He
was greeted with shouts of laughter, and cries of " Re-
turn to France Ramon," these cries being professedly
directed at R.AMON, the Matador, although RAMON,
the Duke, RAMON NARTA.Ez was the person most
annoyed. One bull having been killed, the audience
struck up a song, the burden of which related to a
gentleman who had gone out for wool and returned
shorn. This was too much, and his Grace the Duke