The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-06 00:00:00

their necessity has been illustrated by threats of
ninety thousand Frenchmen bivouacking in the
wolds of Kent. Those who would enforce those
precautionary proceedings by raising an outcry of
this character are only imitating the silliest gossip
ever depicted by the genius of dramatic poet—
namely, the tailor v. ith shears and measure in his
hands and " slippers thrust on contrary feet." If
efficient defensive precautions are really to be ad-
ventured upon betimes, they will not be attempted the
sooner because the sensible representations of a veteran
are exaggerated into the tremulous and agonised ap-
peals of cowardice.

Letters from Berne of the Ist state that the sub-
mission of the Valais having been officially announced
to the Vorort by Col. BILLET, the Diet was to meet
on the next day to appoint Federal representatives to
that canton. The division of reserve, commanded by li
Col. OCHSENBEIN, was disbanded on the Ist. The
committee to which the affair of Neufchatel had been
referred intended to propose that the canton be held
accountable for part of the expenses of the war, and
occupied by the Federal troops until its entire pay-
ment. The committee, however, was to meet again
on the Ist to reconsider the matter, and to agree on
a reply to the note of the Prussian envoy.
The cantons of Uri and Schwitz are now garrisoned
by the Federal troops, NNlio are everywhere well re-
ceived by the inhabitants. The chests containing the
Government treasure of Lucerne with which the
Sonderbund leaders decamped, has been stopped in
Uri and sent back to Lucerne. The courage of
SEI6WURT :\IuLLEa and his Jesuit compeers was as
conspicuous as their honesty in these transactions.
The treasure was put on board the steamboat the
night before the battle 'took place, and long before
the battle was over these honest gentlemen had stolen
away with the treasure, leaving their unfortunate
dupes to make the best terms they could with General
Durourt. The population of Lucerne are rejoiced
beyond measure at being freed from the hateful yoke
of the Jesuits, and fetes and rejoicings are now going
on continually. The city is now as gay as it was
four years ago, before the sombre rule of the priests
was forced upon it by the uneducated and supersti-
tious peasantry of t.le mountains.

The following is the address of the Roman Con-
sulta, in answer to the POPE'S Speech :
" Most Holy Father,—The Deputies of the Provinces
are fully conscious that their first duty, as well as their
most ardent wish, is to deposit at the feet of the Throne
of your Holiness the thanks of the provinces by which
theyhave been retwrned,and to attest the unanimity of the
sentiments of devotedness, gratitude, and confidence ex-
perienced by the subjects of your Holiness for your
august person. Witnessing the homages your Holiness
receives from Christendom and . the entire world, they
are proud and happy to be governed by you, Holy Father.
" From the first moments of your pontificate you
thought that the progress of the age could be combined
with the imperishable principles of the Catholic religion
—an admirable union, which insures, on the one part,
to the Church a greater independence, and, to a certain
degree, new triumphs, while it to religion ministers, on
the other, courage and welfare to nations, and prepares
new destinies to this rich country.
" The institution of the Council of State is one of the
most important blessings your Holiness has conferred on
the Roman population. To that effect your Holiness
has anew called the laity to participate in the direction
of public affairs, and thereby bestowed on the people
one of those stable guarantees which nowise impairs the
attributes of the Pontifical Government. Penetrated
with gratitude for the confidence with which you ho-
noured us, we will endeavour to respond to it in a be-
coming manner. We will by all means in our power
co-operate iu the arduous task of the re-organization of
the state, and we will endeavour that truth, and truth
alone, shall neign between so humane a father and his
children.

" Encouraged by the benevolent words of your Holi-
ness, and the benediction of God which you have called
down en our persons, we will prepare to examine with
frankness and impartiality the important matters of
public administration which may be submitted to us, and
we will neither be actuated by inert timidity nor by im-
moderate pretensions.
" NW shall be enchanted to concur in the work of le-
gislation long ordered by your Holiness, and exert our-
selves to introduce justice, civil equality, and uniformity
in all its branches.

" In the finances it will be our duty to propose the
means best calculated to re-establish the balance between
the revenue and expenditure, and we are convinced that
this balance can only be attained by an equitable assess-
ment of the taxes, and by the timely diminution or abo-
lition of certain burdens I articularly onerous to the
poor, which prevent the development of the national
wealth. Our solicitude will likewise be directed to-
wards the increase of public credit, and, without at-
tempting to violate any right, we will proceed to sup-
press certain mouopolieii, profitable to a few individuals,
but injurious to the mass of the population. Full of
admiration for the part your Holiness has taken in the
conclusion of the Italian customs union, we will concur
in all progress tending to establish commercial liberty.
"In the internal administration, we will second the
noble designs of your Holiness, by introducing morality,
economy, and simplicity into its different branches, and,
as far as in our power lies, we will take care that the
hierarchy of offices, rendered more respectable by the
responsibility of all the functionaries, shall become the
arena of real merit. We will ever bear in mind the ob•
jtct your Holiness proposed to yourself by instituting
auditors of this Consults.

" One of our most sacred duties will be to encourage
agriculture, our fundamental industry, and all other in-
dustries, and to provide for the welfare of the most nu-
merous and indigent classes of society.
" When it shall please you to consult us on military
affairs we will decide in favour of a national army,
strongly organised and strengthened with the necessary
institutions, in order that it may become the nucleus
round which may rally the civic guard, that zealous de-
fender of public order, and, if necessary, of the inde-
pendence of your dominions.
" We will also attend to the reform of prisons and
houses of confinement, which, from being schools of
perversity, must in future serve to improve their in-
mates and restore to religion and morality those persons
whose minds may have been led astray through the in-
fluence of erroneous doctrines.

" One of the first ideas of your Holiness, even before
the institution of the Council of State, was that of the
reorganisation of the municipal and provincial govern-
ment, as the fundamental basis of all reform. This will
be the principal subject of our investigations, and we
will endeavour to submit to your Holiness projects cal-
culated to combine the utmost development of local in-
stitutions with the strength of the central Government.

" All these reforms, -united with a comprehensive
system of education and public instruction, and with a
just and moral police, which will watch, prevent, and
repress, will tend, we are firmly convinced, to gua-
rantee the security, prosperity, and dignity of all your
subjects. _

But the accomplishment of an undertaking so great
and so difficult will require much study, time, and calm-
ness. We confide in the continuance of the noble
tranquillity of which your subjects have given so many
proofs. The will patiently wait the salutary fruits of
the seeds which you have sown with a generous hand.
" Your work, Holy Father, has not been undertaken
to favour exclusively an order of citizens ; it embraces
all your subjects in one common bond of love, and that
love is such that your example is admired and followed
by the other Sovereigns of Italy, united with their sub-
jects in the alliance of principles, passions, and interests.
" We have often seen reforms imposed by popular
exigencies, developing themselves amidst tumults and
collisions. Their conquest costs tears and blood. But,
amongst us, it is the first and most venerable authority
of all which wishes to initiate us to the progress of civi-
lisation. That authority itself directs the minds in a
peaceable and moderate movement, and guides us towards
the supreme end, which is the reign of justice and truth
on earth."

Madrid journals of the26th and 27th ult. have
arrived.

Senor PIDAL, in the discussion on the Address, on
the 26th, consented, in the name of the Committee
to a modification in the terms of the censure pro!
posed to be passed on the Puritan Administration, by
substituting merely a political censure for a moral
one. In reply to Senor BENAVIDES, who defended
the acts of his own Ministry, Senor Rios ROSAS
stated, that the censure was directed equally against
the Administration of PACIIECO and GOTENA.
General NARVAEZ said that, as the object of the
Ministry was to attack the policy, and not the per-
sons, of the late Ministry, he fully concurred in the
proposed modification. General Ros DE OLANO has
refused to accept the Lisbon Ministry.
MADRID BOLSA, Nor. 27.—The Three per Cents. were
done, on the 27th, at 27 at 50 days; the Five per Cents.,
at 15 for cash ; the Debt without interest, at 41 for
paper ; and the Coupons, at 10g.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday.

These papers confirm the intelligence from Swit-
zerland which was published in The Sun of Saturday,
of the surrender of Valais and the dissolution of the
Sonderhund.

The Constitutionnel has the following remarks on
Lord PALMERSTON'S recent explanations in the
House of Commons on the subject of Swiss affairs :
" Nothing can be more clear or less capable of misre-
presentation than Lord Palmerston's declaration. It
results from it-1. That the English Cabinet at first
positively desired to abstain from all intervention in
witz,,rland, of whatever nature it might be ; 2. That
it was only at the pressing request of our Ministry, that
in the end consented to offer its friendly mediation be-
tween the Diet and the Sonderbund, in concert with the
that it overs ; 3. And this is the most important point,
dul not consent to thus take part in the intended