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many others whose cries of pain were re-echoed by State on that day, endeavoured by every ID eans in his
loud cries of vengeance from the infuriated people, r power to induce them to refuse the cavil ulation, de-
who rushed upon the detachment, brought many daring that foreign Powers would assi st them, and
to the ground, and compelled the rest to sound
that a large French army was asser abled on the
a retreat. The attitude of the populace became frontiers of the canton of Vaud nd SIEGWART
so menacing that the few troops left in the city re-
tired, leaving the insurgents masters of it, and who MULLER communicated a copy of ts. letter from M.
occupied themselves in strengthening their positions. Bois LE COMTE, in which that ambassador besought
One remarkable fact attended this insurrection, and the Sonderbund, in most pressing te, ems, to resist for
proves the accord which reigns between all the classes a few days longer, promising them ft at if they would
of the people. The clergy mingled themselves among
do so the crisis would have a termination favourable
the armed parties, incessantly preaching to them sen-
to the interests of the league. It is a remarkable
timents of patriotism, and exhorting them not to de-
part, even in the heat of battle, from that spirit of fact that no recognised diplomatic age nt held direct
moderation and humanity which are the distinguish- communication with the Council of State of Valais.
ing marks of our religion. Some of the priests were An occult power directed the affairs of the canton.
seen encouraging, by voice and gesture, those who " The intrigues which in this canton have been on
were working at the barricades. In the evening an
foot since 1842," says the report, "have been set
English war steamer arrived at Palermo, with dis-
patches from the British Consul,!and soon after went on foot and directed by a certain number of persons,
off again with most of the English residents. At among whom figure the Bishop of Store, the Canon of
night the city was entirely illuminated, and fires were Rivas, the Curate of Ardon, M. GUILLAUME DE
lighted on the tops of all the surrounding eminences. se
ALEBERMATTEN, President of the Council of State:
Some hours later between 7,000 and 8,000 moon-
and General of the troops of Valais, and M. MAU
taineers, well armed, entered Palermo in good order.
RICE DE COURTEN, &C., &c. When M. B. Mem ,
The Vesuve returned to Naples at five in the after-
noon of the 13th, with dispatches from the King's the Secretary of State of the canton of Lucerne ,
Lieutenant. On the following day troops arrived by came into the Valais to prepare the way for the revo -
the railroad from Capua and Nocera to the amount of lution (which in 1844, installed the Jesuits in power),
8,000 men, and were embarked in nine steam- he went first of all to the Bishop's Palace, and freest
frigates, which immediately steered for Sicily. In
thence to the residences of the different parish priests
the evening Count d'Aquila himself started in the
steam-frigate the Roberto. Placards posted during with whom he lodged. It was thus that the even is
the night, at every corner, called upon the Neapolitans of 1844 and the adhesion of the Valais to the cause ,ef
in energetic terms to imitate the Sicilians. The the Sonderbund were brought about."
rising of the people of Trapani has not been less deci- As the partisans of the Jesuits in this counties,
sive than that of Palermo—they have repelled the
complain loudly of the expulsion of these innoeenets
royal troops, and gained possession of the castle. The
from Switzerland, it may be well to remind sear
packet Giglio delle Onde, which was in the part, has
been seised by the insurgents, and detained for their • readers of the events of' 1844 in the Valais. The. es-
own purposes. At Messina the people appear to have tablished religion of the Valais has always ?been
had the same advantages. The forts which surround Roman Catholic, but up to 1844 the authorities .were
the town are in their hands. The troops occupy the liberal and tolerant ; all religions under the cou etitu-
citadel. Catania, Syracuse, and Melazza, have not tion
in existence before 1844 were tolerated, a'nl Pro-
been less fortnnate. Everywhere success has crowned
testants could worship without the fear of iesterrup-
the efforts of the insurgents. It is reported also that
there is an insurrection in the Abruzzi and Poglia, thin or persecution. The Jesuits having succeeded in
but this news requires confirmation. The news has expelling all the Protestants from Lucerne, turned
produced a profound sensation in Naples, but there their attention to the Valais. The Bishop of SIoN
has been no outbreak. There is a report current that was rich and was ambitious, and, with. M. B. MEYER,
the Duke de SierralCapriola is in disgrace, and that
the Jesuit agent of Lucerne, determined to produce a
instead of his going to Sicily, he will be sent on a
mission to Rome." revolution which should throw all power into the hands
These accounts are more than confirmed by the of the priests. SIEGWART-MU:,LER and the Jesuits
following, which appears in the Journal des of Lucerne supplied money and troops to
Debals produce the revolution. Lucerne at that time
" Letters from Naples, of the 15th, announce that was the Vorort, or directing canton, and
on the 12th an insurrectionary movement of a suffi- therefore hound to support the constituted
ciently grave character had broken out at Palermo. authorities ; instead of doing however, Lucerne
For some time it had been publicly said in Sicily, at aided the rebels. The authorities of the State were
Naples, and even throughout Italy generally, that if expelled, the Jesuit partisans installed in their ?lace,
upon the fete day of the King of Naples the long- •
and the ancient constitution chavged. No religion, ac-
promised reforms were not declared, the people of
Palermo would take up arms and wrest them b' cording to the new Jesuit constitution was tolerated,
force. A proclamation was circulated generally except the Roman Catholic; and Protestant pastors
through Sicily, telling the people that the 12th was who insisted on the truth of the doctrines of
the day fixed for the insurrection. The Governor Protestanism, were severely punished as blasphemers.
of Naples fell into the error of treating lightly an
Many Protestants were massacred at the town of
insurrection thus announced beforehand. On the
evening of the 13th a steamer of the Neapolitan St. Maurice, the others were imprisoned or banished,
Company arrived at Naples, bearing a dispatch for and their property confiscated to the use of the
the Governor, in which the Due de Mago, Lieute- convents and Jesuit schools, and the Valais joined
nant-General of the King in Sicily, announced that the Sonderbund. And yet these are the men,
an insurrection had broken out at Palermo on the forsooth, who exclaim that their liberty is infringed
worn:lag of the 12th, and that at midnight it had not
n by the Federal authorities, because they are no
been quelled when the steamer sailed. The Neapoli-
tan Government, according to its habit, not having longer suffered to exercise that supremacy which
revealed to the public what had happened, the con- they so grossly abused. The only liberty of which
sequence was that rumours of all kinds soon spread. they have been deprived, is the liberty which no
The following, however, has been collected by our one ought to possess, viz., the liberty of persecuting
correspondent as nearest the truth :
" Upon the morning of the 12th crowds began to
assemble at Palermo, against which were directed in
the first instance some weak detachments of gen-
darmes, from whom the people easily took their arms
and uniforms. Troops of the line were next ordered
out, who dispersed the crowd, without firing a shot ;
but the latter returning to the charge, the officers
withdrew the soldiers into their •barracks. In the
evening the insurgents bivouacked in the town, and
although the Due de Magor remained master of the
Government, it was much feared that on the follow-
ing morning the mountaineers would come down and
join the inhabitants. Already at the commencement
of the movement a band of the peasants of Moursalla
had come into the town, but had been dispersed by
the troops of the line.
"It was said at Naples that upon certain points
the fighting had beets very brisk ; and it was affirmed
that the women of Palermo had not shown less
animosity than the men against the Neapolitan
soldiery.
"In the evening Palermo was illuminated, a pro-
, clamation was placarded at each street corner, corn-
mending that property should not be interfered with;
monks guarded these placards. It was rumoured at
Naples that trouble had broken out at Catena and in
other towns.
"Notwithstanding the different nature of the details
given, the fact is beyond doubt that an insurrectionary
movement has broken out at Palermo. The Governor
did not lose a moment in sending off troops. The
King, although suffering on the day of the 14th,
remained at the fort of Naples, from eight in the
morning to four, while ten battalions of six hundred
men each were embarking. Nine steamers sailed
with these troops for Sicily, other troops were directed
towards Foggia, and little doubt was entertained
that such an amount of force would master the in
surrection."

The report of the Federal representatives in the
canton of Valais to the Directory, dated 12th Jan-
uary, 1848, clearly exposes the intrigues of M.
GUIZOT and of the Council of War of the Sonder-
bund, and shows the base attempts they made to
coerce the authorities of the Valais into an useless
resistance to the Federal troops, in order to give M.
GUIZOT an opportunity of interfering in support of
the Jesuits. During the whole of the last year M.
Boss LE COMTE has been actively intriguing with the
chiefs of the Sonderbund; the agents in conducting
these intrigues being M. IlAstoNT and a M. PASTELLA,
alias the Count DE LA FLNESTRE. This last gentleman
was the medium of communication between Paris and
Switzerland (he called himself the agent of his Ex-
cellency M. Guizor), while M. HAntoNT was con-
ducting the intrigues between M. Bois LE COMPTE,
and the Sonderbund chiefs. The Bishop's Palace to
Sion was the seat of those intrigues ; from thence
proceeded the orders to the priests to preach the
holy war and the destruction of heretics, and to
excite by every possible method the fanaticism of
the ignorant. The French agents never took the
direct route either to Sion or Lucerne. Their usual
route was through Savoy, by the road of the
Simplon to Sion, and from Sion through the Furca
pass to Lucerne. None of these diplomatic agents
had any direct communication with the Council of

tate of the canton of Valais their com-
munications were all with the members of
the Council of the' Sonderbund, with the Bishop of
SION, or with the priests. The activity of these in-
triguers was redoubled in the month of November,
and after the defeat of the Sonderbund at Lucerne,
M. IiAMorT and M. DE LA FENESTRE joined SIEG
WART MULLER, and the remains of the Council of
War of the Sonderbund at Andermatt, and pro-
ceeded with them through the Furca pass into the
canton of Valais. On their arrival at Brigue, where
they were joined by BERNARD MEYER, it was deter-
mined that the Council of War of the League should
establish itself there, and that in order to legitimatise
its position, it should demand of the Council of State
of the canton of Valais authority so to do, the Council of
State, in case it should grant such authorization,
taking upon itself to guarantee that it would for four
days maintain a resistance to the advance of the
Federal troops, in order to enable the Council of the
Sonderbund to demand foreign armed intervention.
The demand was accordingly made, but the Council
of State refused to accede to it, on the ground that
they would not expose the canton to complete ruin,
by making it the seat of a war which presented not
the slightest chance of success ; and that, moreover,
the troops of the Valais were fatigued, and had ma•
nifested unmistakeable symptoms of insuborbination.
The Council of State was accused, with vehemence,
by the priests, the Sonderbund, and the foreign in-
triguers with cowardice and treason. The Monks
of St. Bernard, in particular, were loud in their
denunciations of the Council of State. On the
27th of November M. DE LA FENESTRX had
an audience of the Council of State for the
first time, on which occasion the Council of
State categorically refused to grant the required
authorization to the Council of War of the Sunder-
bund to fix the seat of its operations at Brigue- The
agent of M. GUIZOT was thunderstruck. lie accused
the Sonderbund of cowardice, declared that the
Swiss were a fallen race—that diplomacy was com-
promised by its endeavours to sustain such persons—.
that they were unworthy of help, &c. &c. Finding
all endeavours useless, he left for France on the 28th
of November. On the same day an envoy from
Prussia arrived, who promised the Sonderbund
foreign assistance if they would resist for some days.
The Canon limtz, in the sitting of the Council of

Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived.

We find in the Hera? do the announcement of the
death of the Marquis DE ZAINIBRANO, who Was Mi-
nister of War to FERDINAND VII.

The Senate has passed the Bill authorising the
raising of 25;000 men for the army.
Not a day passes without General ESPARTERO re-
ceiving congratulatory visits from deputations or
members of the different public bodies, and from
private individuals of the highest respectability.
Among others who have recently called on EsrAR-
TERO is the Baron DE MEER, who has always hitherto
been his personal enemy.
MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 18.—Three per Cents. 27i ;
Fire per Cents. 17 ; Exchange on London, 48 10.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The first paragraph of the Address had been
agreed to in the Chamber of Deputies, and the second
was under discussion when the post left. M. GuizoT,
in reply to a question from M. BERRYEE, had refused
to furnish any information relative to the affairs of
the Rio de la Plata.
The discussion on the Petit affair has had a most
damaging effect on the Ministry, and rumours were
circulated that they would resign rather than be
again exposed to such badgering.. It was even said
that Count Mor.E had been requested to form a
Ministry. This latter rumour is, however, to say
the least, premature. The Pres3c thus comments OH
the denials given by M. GUIZOT in the Chamber to
the charges made against him in relation to this
affair :

" 'We read in the Moniteur the following report:—
"M. Guizot—l declare that the particular facts
which are alluded to did not take place in my
cabinet.

"M. Emile de Girardin—ln the neighbouring
cabinet !—(Great interruptions. 'No playing upon
words.')
"M. Guizot—Wh'en I say that they did not take
place in my cabinet, I mean ti E• I neither provoked
them nor sought for them in any manner—(Mur-
murs)—that is what I mean.
"M. Emile de Girardin—But that does not mean
—(Great interruption from the Centre. Order.')
"M. Guizot—l have advised and supported the
nomination of the lion. M. Peyre, as referendary. I
have supported and advised the nomination of M.
Petit as receiver-general at Corbeil.— (Hear, hear.) I
have been a perfect stranger to all else."
La Presse then observes—

" M. Guizot declares he has been foreign to all
else. Then the following letter, written by M.
Bertin de Veaux to M. Petit, was a lie :—' My dear
Felix—l have received back (repris) the resignation
of M. Heroux from M. Guizot.-13ertin de Veaux.'

" Then this other letter written by M. Bertin de
Veaux to M. Petit was a lie :--t I have seen the list
of persons invited for Versailles ; M. Guizot is not
among them. I have sent my letter to him. As for
you, you can dispense with your errand of to-morrow
morning. I cannot answer your demands before I
have seen M. Guizot, and received from him a verbal
answer, which he could not give me by writing.—
Bertin de Veaux.'

" Lies ! lies! It is M. Guizot alone we are to
credit. M. Bertin de Veaux cannot be believed, and
M. Guizot is a victim to calumny !"
The M. BERTIN DE VEAUX alluded to above is the
principal proprietor of the Journal des Debats, and
the intimate friend, consequently, of M. GUIZOT.
The same journal contrasts the tone of the notes of
Sir STRATFORD CANNING to the Swiss Diet with that
of the note of M. Bois LE COMTE, characterising the
former as a model of good temper and good sense,
and the latter as promulgating false doctrines in a
menacing tone. " How can France," slily asks the
Press.," now complain of Lord PALMERSTON'S inter-
ference in Greece after its own example in Switzer-
land ?"

The committee appointed to arrange the electoral
banquet of the 12th arrondissement have published a
circular, declaring that notwithstanding the prohibi-
tion of the prefect by order of the Government, the
banquet should take place. The committee say that
the law is clear in its distinction between the right to
meet and the right to associate. A meeting is for a
temporary purpose, and confined to the expression of
thoughts and opinions. An association is a conti-
nuous act, and it is against associations as implying
action that the law is directed. The dinner will not
take place until the debate on the Address is over, in
order to afford Deputies the opportunity of being pre-
sent, and then it will be seen whether Government
will push matters to extremities by dissolving the
meeting by force. If so, an appeal will be made to
the tribunals for a judicial decision upon the law as
it stands.

Intelligence has been received from Algiers to the
15th inst. The great tribe of the Alunian Garabas,
who had always continued faithful to ABD-EL• KADER,
have submitted to the French.
General LAMORICLERE landed at Marseilles on the
19th, en route for Paris.
PARIS BOURSE, MONDAY, JAN. 24.—The news re-
ceived from Sicily has caused a very powerful sensation
on the market to-day, and from the beginning of bu-
siness everything kept looking down until the close,
when Threes were called at 73f, 50c.; Fives, at 115 f.
75c.; and New Loan at 741. 60c. The market
closed as follows : Three per Cents. for cash, 73f.
50c.; for account, 731. 50c. ; Fire per Cents. for
cash, 115 f. 90c. ; for account, 115 f. 75c.; New Loan,
74f. 60c. ; Bank o‘: France shares, 3,160 f. ; Neapo-
litan, 98f. ; Spanish, not quoted.