The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-28 00:00:00

THE BALLET.

The rule which gave such satisfaction to the musical public last
season, that no divertissement should be suffered between the acts of
operas, will be strictly adhered to. The performances will terminate
with a ballet. During the season the following eminent danseuses
will appear :

Mde. Flora Fabisrl (her first appearance), Mdlle. Leopoldina
Brass' (premiere &unease of the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, her
first appearance in this country), Mdlle. Elizabeth Robert (premiere
dal:muse of the Academie Royale de Musique is Paris, her first ap-
pearamee ia this country), Mdlle. Camille (her first appearance for
Deur years), Mdlle. Thierry, of the Fenice, in Venice (her first ap-
pearanee in this country), Mdlle. Laugher, of the Scala ceer first ap-
pearance in this country), Mdlle. Cvlest Stephan, Mdlle. Henori (her
first appearance), and Mdlle. Lucile Grahn (her first appearance).
M. Silvain and M. Bretin (their first appearances), M. Gontie, &c.,
and a numerous body of Coryphees, Promineuses and Figurantes.
Maitre de Ballet—M. Appiani (from the principal theatres in
Italy, France, and Belgium). Regissenr de la Danse—M. O'Bryan.
Leader of the Ballet--M. Alfred Mellon. Composer—Signor Beletta.
The scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin. Premiere Artiste Ces-
tumiere—Mrs. E. Bailey.

Lngagements are pending with other distinguished artistes for
opera and ballet.
♦ detailed Prospectus, with the arrangements for the season, will
11* ready In a few days, and may then be obtained at the Box-office
(corner of Bow-street and Hart-street), and at the principal libraries
and mails publishers.
Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, Jan. 22, 1848.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
17%12r tho Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING

Will le parfornied the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
Ot_ Teter Teazle, Mr. Farrell ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Tilbury ; wir
reujantla Backbite, Mr. A. Wigan; Joseph Surface, Mr. Creswick ;
Ciaarlos aarface, Mr. Henry Farren ; Careless. Mr. M. TandenhofT ;
Rowley, Mr. Gough ; Mosos. Mr. Webster ; Snake, Mr. Braid ; Sir
IlArry, Mr. Caulnold ; Crabtree, Mr. Rogers ; Trip, Mr. Itrindal.
Lady Tvocale, Mrs. Nisisett ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Glover; Lady Sneer-
wall. Mn. *. Clifford ; Maria, Miss E. Meatent.

Aft', wht h, a aew Farce, called DEARE,T ELIZABETII. Mr
ibpnal Las, Mr. Keelsy ; Mr. Winah, Mr. Rogers ; Betsy, Mrs.
=e•ley.

Ts conclude with a New and Original Burlesque Spectacle entitled
flal, WORLD UNDERGROUND; or, the Golden Flute and the
Wasps Waters.

&flee Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web ;ter.
J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper.
Boxes, bs. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, is.
robs open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven,

MI.:AIRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction o: Madame Celeste.
TIIIS EVENING
Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEAEL OF
`nib OCEAN ; or, the Prince and tke 3iermaiden. Principal cha-
teeters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Glennaire,
ettlisuford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss
Ellen C,aplia, Ifra. Laws, and Madame Celeste.
To ►e fsilowed by a now and original Farce, entitled OUR NA-
VIONAL DEFENCES ; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principal
aharactors by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; Ma-
dame Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with a new Farce entitled TILE TIPPERARY LE-
%ACT. Tarnem Green, Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ;
Lanty hortnaziage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullenford ;
Pslicanan, Mr. handers ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar.
coxes, 43.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, ls.
Peers er.sa at Halt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
'Ender the Idanagemeht of Madame VeSte*.
dole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING

gut ips presented new Comic Drama, entitled THE TEA-
* DT QUEEN.
After wklch, a New /airy Extravagant*, entitled TILE GOLDEN
SIZAMICId.
ire conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX.
Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckatone, and Mrs. Mac.
numara.
Dress Boxes, is.; 'Upper Boxes, 4e. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No
salt-price to any part of the house.
The row Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is epee to the
Penile every day, from Ten till Six.
rh • Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W.
bradwell of the Colosseum.

tomngLONDON. FRIDAY. FRIDAY. JANUARY 28, 1848.

Wherever liberal reforms have not been effected by
moral agencies in Italy, physical disturbances have
already manifested themselves. Lombardy has wit-
nessed the first bloodshed since the popular movement
commenced in the Peninsula, and the people of Sicily
have at length responded to their compatriots at
Rome, at Florence, and at Turin, by raising the
banner of rebellion, and routing the authorities at
Palermo. At the northern extremity and at the
southern extremity of the Italian kingdoms there is
manifest that disquietude of spirit and that ripeness
for insurrection which is altogether imperceptible in
the intermediate states. The obstinacy with which
the Viennese and the Neapolitan Cabinets have ad-
hered to the absolute doctrines of sovereignty
has rendered inevitable those commotions which
are impossible in the territories of Pio
NONO, of CARLO ALBERTO, and of LEOPOLDO
SECOND°. In Venetian Lombardy and in the king-
dom of the Two Sicilies the Administrations have er-
roneously resolved upon governing the multitude
through the considerations of fear, instead 'of through
the sentiments of love and confidence. How far they
have been mistaken in so doing, events are just now
proving in a very significant manner. The vaccillat-
ing disposition of the King of NAPLES and his perti-
nacious denial of even the smallest concession to the
popular requirements, and to the exigencies of the
age, have inspired his subjects not only with feelings
of contempt for himself personally, but with the most
unconquerable indignation at the harshness and
subserviency of his Government. The ruthlessness,
on the other hand, which has been recently dis-
played by the creatures of the KAISER, the inflexible
and austere policy of Prince METTERNICH, but, above
all, the brutality with which the citizens of Milan
were butchered by the German garrison of that
capital, have inflamed the passions :of the Lom-
bards, and added to the estrangement of their loyalty
the most ineradicable and ominous abhorrence.
Austria has herself spilt the first blood south of the
Carpathian mountains. Let her beware of that de-
votion which she has bearded, of that allegiance
which she has contemned, of that courage which she
has treated contumeliously, of that sanguinary
vengeance which she has rendered inevitable I
Although it may appear on the first reflection
rather unfortunate that these two outbreaks in
Northern and Southern Italy should have occurred
simultaneously, we are satisfied, on mature considera-
tion, that that very circumstance will prove advanta-
geous in furthering the cause of national independence
throughout the Roman peninsula. Had Lombardy,
for example, proved submissive at the moment when
the Sicilians declared themselves definitively in favour
of political innovation, the Austrian Government
would have been able to direct all its energies
in such a way as to afford the most
effectual aid to the congenial councils of the
Neapolitan Monarch, If, on the contrary, the
Sicilians had evinced no inclination whatever to in-
terfere with the policy of their absolute Sovereign,
the Austrian Government would have been at leisure
to crush out the fire of patriotism and liberality
under the pressure of her armies in Lom-
bardy. As it is—the tokens of civil war having
already manifested themselvea at the same time
in the streets of Palermo and in those of Milan
—the thoughts of METTERNICH are distracted by
the unanimity of the Italians, and the energies
of his Administration must Tin all likelihood
be weakened by the accumulation of the
obstacles to absolutism. Already the solicitude of
Austria to aid the King of the Two Sicimas in his
unnatural attempts against his own people have been
disappointed by the dignified objections of the Papal
Government. It now remains to bet seen whether
the Ministry recently inaugurated at the Quirinal
will have sufficient authority to prelrent, by its con-
tinued refusal, the forcible marching of 30,000
Germans through the States of the Church.
We cannot for a moment, ho w ever, imagine
that the Cabinet of Vienna woaild have au-
dacity or madness enough to attempt such
a proceeding in defiance of the decrees of a paternal
legislature—a legislature whose ova inances are lis-
tened to with the respectful affection inspired by gra-
titude. We cannot think that even- the violators of
Cracovian -freedom would have dari n g and reckless-
ness enough to march their mercent o7ies through the
liberated principalities of Italy, thee, eby courting the
onslaught of an excited race, and arc using those dor-
mant sentiments of rage, which w o uld be kindled to
an irresistible frenzy on behold 3ng the foreign
soldiers whose hands are still. red with the
blood of the peaceful and patrioti, c Milanese.
A standing army, nearly approxis nating in strength
to an aggregate of 100,000 men, is -at this time press-
ing heavily upon the aspirations e,f the Lombardo-
Venetians. If that number shoura Ibe to any con-
siderable extent diminished by th .e transmission of
military assistance to the Court of', Naples, the effect
in Austrian Italy might be treme .dons. Therefore
it is that we are disposed to antici• Er ate the concentra-

Lion of the warlike resources f Vienna in the
splendid - territories governed by the Viceroy
RAINER. The dictates of se I fishness will, in
all human probability, predomir to to over those of
sympathy. FERDINAND of the TI" Sicilies will be
abandoned to his rather ominous d u 3stinies-50 at least
we are inclined to conjecture—rat -.liter than the Vice-
roy RAINER and his subordina les. As far as the
popular cause throUghout the 1 tontan peninsula is
concerned, we trust, most profo u ndly, that Prince
AiNTTERNICII will decide others r'ise ; and that by
dividing his forces he will neutral is e their effect both
upon the Milanese and the Ne: sp iolitans, upon the
Lombards and the Sicilians. Whatever may
be
his ultimate determinatioi we are san-
guine as to its proving ineffe ct ive as a signal
for increased oppression. a is a vitality
in the cause of the Italians ch as cannot be
readily destroyed by the charges o f cavalry or by the
cannonade of artillerymen, by ti rifles of sharp-
shooters or by the bayonets of int stry. A struggle
has commenced among the fer til, e and diversiiied
scenery of Sicily more gigantic
roil momentous than
the most awful of the many appal ling eruptions of her
volcano. Society is shaken in Eiy r acuse, in Palermo,
and in other Sicilian cities—it is 8: tlaken by the voice
of Liberty—a voice more potent ti lan that which the
Pagans imagined to themselves a s sounding in the
earthquakes, when the ground Wral ; wracked with the
subterranean throes of ..Etna. Th st voice has already
virtually pronounced the doom of absolutism both in
Naples and in Venetian Lombar(l3 •

- ,
There is no duty more ardnow,, .t,
han that of a
ed n the Packet
com-
manding officer of a vessel einp :off i
Service. It is not merely the orc:ira iry responsibility
of superintending the navigation . of regulating the
crew over whom he is placed in :sal hority, and seeing
that each man performs the servicel incidental to his

situation, of adopting the precautions which his
former experience teaches him to be essential to the
safety of the valuable property committed to his
charge, and the still more valuable lives of his pas-
sengers, that renders his position so onerous. Such
is the lot of every naval officer, whether engaged in
the service of his country, of public companies, or
of individuals, and no British seaman will shrink
from ,:the task; but it is the painful neces-
sity of enforcing the regulations" " for" die
internal management of his ship, of ,demand
ing from all his passengers, without:eiceptiOn,-a strict
conformity thereto, that constitutes his chief diffi-
culty. Persons who, under ordinary circumstances,
would render a prompt and willing obedience to the
convenances of society, become querulous from the
unavoidable annoyances to which they are exposed
during the voyage, are disposed to cavil at every
ordinance that may restrain the full exercise of their
own whims and fancies, and inclined to look upon
the strict enforcement of the rules intended for
the comfort and safety of the general body, as an
unwarrantable interference with their own freedom
of action. This is more particularly the case when
any real or fancied importance induces any person to
arrogate to himself extraordinary privileges, and to
suppose that exceptions should be made in his favour
which could not be conceded to his fellow-passengers.
If the assumption is for a moment tolerated, there is
an end to the comfort of all on board. The captain
must steadily repress every attempt of the kind, and
temperately but firmly enforce the regulations that
have been promulgated. On board his authority
must be wholly unquestioned—he is for the time
an absolute despot, against whose commands there
can be no appeal. If any the slightest infringe-
ment is sanctioned, it is impossible to say to
what lengths it may proceed, or how many may
be disposed to follow the injurious precedent. He is
the general depository of every complaint, and as
some may feel themselves aggrieved by what would
be desired by others, his only course is to adjudicate
on every occasion according to the rules that have
been established, whenever there are any that may
be applicable, or to announce such new and equitable
regulations as the exigencies of the case may require.
In his eight every passenger must be regarded as
upon a footing of perfect equality. He cannot with
propriety make any distinction in favour of one ; all
must participate in the benefit of any relaxation.
It is therefore incumbent upon the proprietors of a
vessel engaged in such.a service to procure a com-
mander who shall not only be :a sound and
practical seaman, but also a firm and unbending dis-
ciplinarian, and when they have had the good for-
tune to obtain the services of such a man, it is their
bounden duty to support him in every just and equit-
able exercise of his authority.

Perhaps the rule which of all others it is most ne
cessary to observe strictly is that which regulates the
distinction between the different classes of passengers.
He would be deservedly censured if he permitted
steerage passengers or menials to mix with those
who have by the payment of a higher fare purchased
additional advantages. The complaints of such per-
sons would, indeed, be loud and unceasing, if they
were compelled to mix with the domestic servants of
a fellow-passenger, and it would signify little
whether that association took place by allowing them
to dine with the cabin passengers, to frequent and use
the grand saloon by sitting there when not in atten-
dance on their respective employers, or by walking
and amusing themselves on that part of the quarter-
deck which has been set apart for first-class passen-
gers. It is therefore the duty of the commander,
should any attempt of the kind be made, immediately
to interpose his authority, and to forbid a repetition
of such a course, whether a complaint has been made
to him by any of the passengers or crew, or he had
himself observed the violation of the established regu-
lation. It would also be very improper if he, in
the event of any complaint being made, should com-
municate the name of the party from whom it ema-
nated, because by so doing he would give occasion to
disputes and quarrels between his passengers, which
might lead to serious results when they were re-
moved from his jurisdiction. His line of conduct,
therefore, is perfectly clear, and it might reasonably
be supposed that in pursuing that plain and straight-
forward course he would be supported by every
person on board, and the higher the rank, the more
exalted the station of the party, the more necessary
that he should set the example of an unhesiting obe-
dience to the rules framed for the general welfare.
A correspondence has recently appeared in a pro-
vincial contemporary, which we shall publish ix extenso
in The Bun of to-morrow, which confirms the
rumours that had previously existed as to the causes
which led to the removal of an efficient and expe-
rienced officer, Captain R. E. WARNBR, from the
command of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company's ship Haddington. From
what has thus been stated, it would appear as if Lord
Viscount TORRINGTON, the recently-appointed Go-
vernor of Ceylon, had strangely forgotten himself,
and considered that as a personal insult which was
merely the proper carrying out of the regulations.
It would further appear that the directors of the
company had most unfairly sacrificed a meritorious
officer to the unreasonable vengeance of his Excel-
lency. Of course we can only judge from
the correspondence to which 'we have alluded,
and it is possible that other circumstances might have
existed to justify the proceeding. If so, we trust
that they may speedily be communicated to the pub-
lic, that the odium which must otherwise rest on the
parties implicated may be removed—that a just
judgment may be formed on the entire facts—that it
may be known whether an officer will be supported
in the impartial discharge of his duty, or whether he
must truckle to any nobleman or man of rank who
may chance to be a passenger, and in obedience to
his dictates consent to the abrogation of the rules
that are intended to produce order and increase the
comforts of the large and frequently ill-assorted
party who, for the time being, are placed under his
control. It is due to the directors themselves that such
an explanation should be given, and more especially
so to Captain WARNER, who has a clear right to de-
mand that no concealment should be maintained, but
that the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth, should at once be stated.

As far as we can collect the points of difference, it
appears that his Lordship considered himself aggrieved
because Captain WARNER forbade the female servants
of Lady TORRINGTON from walking on that part of
the quarter-deck where the lady passengers were,
between the hours of six and nine o'clock in the
evening. It was open to them at all other hours, and
it was only their walking arm in arm and prome-
nading amongst the ladies that was objected to. His
Lordship seemed to think that he was himself the
proper person to notice complaints against his ser-
vants, and to take care that they did not become
troublesome to any one on board. To this, however,
the captain could not assent ; and it seems to us that
he would have been guilty of a serious dereliction,
from his duty had he done so. Lord TORRINGTON,
however, thought otherwise, and the directors have
coincided with him. Lord TORRINGTON was for some
time deputy-chairman of a railway company; we may
ask him, would he have consented to the discharge
of one of the officers of the company, because
he had forbidden servants—for whom second-class
fare only was paid—from riding in the first class
carriages ; or would he not rather have commended
such conduct as the efficient and faithful performance
of that officer's duty ?
We shall not now allude to the observation of his
Lordship, " that his servants were as good as any
lady on board, and that it was nothing but their
vulgarity that occasioned the objection"—such might
be his opinion, but we venture to say very few
Englishmen could be found to coincide with him.

The Alba of Florence of the 19th says, that at
Naples the insurrection of Messina, on the 12th, was
given as certain. At Palermo, the Provisional Go-
vernment is composed of Dr. RUGIBRO SETTIIIO,
ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, under the Constitu-
tion of 1812, Prince VILLAFIORITA (the Nouvelliste
of Marseilles says the Duke DR MONTELEONE), Advo-
cate MARocco, and Count PIETRO ACBTO.
The Piednzontese Gazette publishes a communica-
tion from Germany of the 21st January, which says,
that at Palermo the wife of a person named PzLono
perambulates the town at the head of COO men, en-
couraging the citizens. The committee of Govern-
ment deliberates in the public square ; the town is
well provided with provisions and. money. The 'Wei

received the news of the insurrection of Palermo that
very night. The troops sent against that city arrived
there quickly; they found that the fort had thrown
some bombs upon the town, but the two English ships
in port had intimated that, if the bombardment con-
tinue(l, they would bombard the castle in their turn,
since the English have considerable property -at
Palermo, which must not be destroyed, unless the
value of it be deposited in their hands by the Govern-
Anent of Naples. The troops under the command of
-Trince Louis, Count of Aquila, disembarked, and
were astonished at seeing armed men appear on all
sides, the town being nowise disposed to surrender.
After a little hesitation the troops advanced towards
the Marcueda Gate; but when within shot the gates
were suddenly opened, and a terrible discharge of
grape shot threw them into disorder, and forced them
to retire. They afterwards encamped near the sea,
while the citizens are prepared for defence. Prince
Louis, says this account, sent immedietely to Naples,
to inform the KING that it was impossible to take the
town by assault.

The latest intelligence from Sicily is contained in
a supplement to the Nouvelliste, of Marseilles, pub-
lished on the 23d, which gives the following addi-
tional particulars of the revolution :
" The Vine de Marseilles arrived here yesterday
from Naples. Although this steamer left two hours
before the Sesostris, it brings us our regular corre-
spondence, in which we find interesting details relative
to the insurrection. The provisional Government
instituted at Palermo by the insurgents is composed
of persons of the highest character and influence in
Sicily ; their names alone are the surest guarantee
that can be given for the cause of liberty and public
morals. The following is a list of the members of the
committee of this Government :—the Duke de Mon-
teleone, who is known to the whole of Europe by his
immense fortune which is derived from Fernand
Cortes, of whom he is the last descendant ; Admiral
Rugiero Settimo ; the Count Aceto ; and the
celebrated advocate Marocco. The provisional Go-
vernment has adopted the most 'intelligent measures
to secure the maintenance of public order and the
triumph of the cause; its prudent arrangements have
banished all fear of indiscipline and anarchy. Fore-
seeing the event, which, however, is not very pro-
bable, of the royal troops again getting the upper
hand, the provisional Government has decided that, in
such case, it will transfer the seat of its authority to
a town of the interior, where it would continue to
extend its action over the island, and, by an excess of
prudence and devotedness, it has gone so far as to
designate beforehand the members who are to succeed
it if the chances of war should unhappily cause it to
fall into the hands of the royal troops. The
courage of the insurgents is already known ;
but what we are anxious to make known is the
moderation which they have constantly mani-
fested. We will mention a few instances. Several
detachments of the royal troops charged to guard the
public establishments found themselves completely
enveloped by the insurgents, who respected their
weakness, and even left them at the posts which had
been confided to them. The provisional Govern-
ment has ratified this act of clemency, and provides
daily rations for these soldiers. A great number of
the families of the soldiers, and particularly of
officers, were in Palermo. Not only have the in-
surgents respected them ; they have even for-
warded to them the rations which have been sent
from the fortresses. The troops encamped out-
side the town under Monte Pelegrino, before
their retreat into the forts and barracks, suf-
fered cruelly from cold and hunger, not having
been able to provide food and fuel in the town,
where they found only enemies ready to eject them.
In this state of things the Government sent from
Naples 30,000 rations by the brig of war Principe
Carlo, which was towed by a steamer. One fact,
which it is essential to state, is that the insurrection
maintains a purely defensive attitude, waiting for the
provocations _of the enemy to reply to them. Only
once have the insurgents assumed the offensive.
This was at the moment when the troops abandoned
their bivouac at the foot of Monte Pelegrino to enter
their barracks, which the people conceived was an
aggressive movement. In this attack the royal
troops sustained considerable loss. The insurgents
occupy all the gates of Palermo, at which are
batteries of cannon sent from Trapani and Ter-
mine. General Viale, military governor of Paler-
mo, humiliated at the poiition in which he had
been placed, made a vigorous attempt on the
14th to enter the town. For this purpose, he
sent forward a strong column of infantry and cavalry,
which made vain efforts to open a passage for itself,
and b€come master of the Maquedar Gate. The
people, wishing to avoid as much as possible the
effusion of blood, waited for the first shock with
silence. After having sustained the fire of the assail.
ants, they replied by charges of musketry, grape-
shot, and artillery, which made dreadful ravages in the
ranks of the royal troops. The cavalry, in particular,
was nearly cut to pieces in this sanguinary conflict.
The son of General Viale, a captain of cavalry, was
mortally wounded. The column soon beat a re-
treat, leaving numerous victims on the field of
battle. Thus the garrison of Palermo, which, at
the moment of the insurrection, was 8,000 strong, and
which, by the reinforcements from Naples, has been
increased to 13,000, is unable to oppose with success
the progress of the insurrection. It was this despe-
rate state of things which the Count d'Aquila, the
King's brother, went to communicate at Naples on
the 17th. After having received his account, the
King summoned his Council to deliberate on the
course to be adopted. We do not yet know the
result of this deliberation ; it is, however, almost
certain that Sicily is in a position to obtain, one way
or the other, the legitimate concessions which it
demands. It would be easy for the King to disarm
the insurrection by entering freely into the path of
reform. The Sicilians desire nothing better than to
sign, with the King's Government, the pact of recon-
ciliation."

The Augsburg Gazette, under date of Naples, Jan.
15th, says that the KING has sent the Duke DE
SERRA CAPRIOLA on a mission to Lord MINTO at
Rome. Disturbances had broken out at Foggia,
to which place artillery and cavalry had been dis-
patched.
Count RADETSKI has published the following order
of the day at Milan :

" The Emperor being firmly resolved, according to
his right and his duty, to protect in the most effica-
cious manner possible the Lombardo-Venetian king-
dom, as well as every other part of his states,
against any hostile attack, whether from within or
without, has charged me to make known this his
resolution to the troops stationed in Italy.
Soldiers, you have heard the words of your
Emperor, and I am proud to communicate them to
you. The machinations of a criminal spirit of inno-
vation will fall before your fidelity and your bravery,
as glass breaks against a rock. The sword which I
have worn for sixty-five 3 ears on many a field of
battle is still firm in my hands. I will use it to pro-
tect the repose of a country hitherto so happy, but
which a senseless party now threatens to plunge in
boundless misery. Soldiers, your Emperor reckons
on you. Your aged general has confidence in you.
Let me not be compelled to unfurl the standard of the
double eagle, the strength of its wings are not yet
paralysed. Our motto shall be Protection to
peaceable and faithful citizens, and destruction to its
disturbers.'"

The King of Wuirrumnunia opened, on Jan. 22,
the ordinary session of the Chambers, and delivered
on that occasion a Speech, of which we give the last
paragraph, relating to Switzerland. It is as follows :
" A grave duty remains for me to fulfil. The
events in Switzerland, generally known, called forth
by extreme and opposite parties, and carried even to
civil war, were calculated to exercise a dangerous
influence on neighbouring countries. Germans who
had fled from justice have assembled in that country,
and have endeavoured to found associations with their
countrymen, and to inundate our countries with re-
volutionary writings. The vilest and most reprehen-
sible means have been employed to propagate discon-
tent and fermentation. In that state of things, as
dangerous for us as for our neighbours and confede-
rates, I address myself with full confidence to my
faithful States, as to those who, being placed at thehead of our people, express their sentiments and
manner of thinking. If the influences from abroad
should become more aggravated, you would behold
me with unshaken courage, as formerly against the
enemies of our country, combating at present, after
thirty-two years' reign, against the disturbers of our
domestic repose with the same energy and the same
decision in my principles. United with you, and
acting in the spirit of our constitution, I tranquilly
avoided the tempests of oar epoch. May God pro-
tect and bless our country."

The Austrian note to the Swiss Diet was pre-
sented on the 22d of January. it is a copy of the
French note. Both notes have been referred to a
Committee. Several Members of the Diet took
occasion to comment in severe terms on the arrogant
assumption on the part of the French and Austrian
Cabinets to interfere in the affairs of Switzerland,
and also protested against the false and calumnious
assertions of the Count DE MONTALEMBEET. The
Diet, with the exception of the Deputy for Neufchatel,
unanimously voted the address to the army, which, said
the Deputy for Friburg, will be giving an authoritative
contradiction to the falsehoods which the Jesuit
partisans have so industriously circulated in foreign

countries. In allusion to these Jesuit calumnies, it I
may be well to observe that even in Lucerne, where
according to these veracious gentlemen " Catholicism
has been annihilated by Protestant bayonets,"
the new constitution which has been promulgated
since the fall of the Sonderbund declares, " that no
inhabitant of the canton who does not profess the
Roman Catholic religion can exercise any political
rights or privileges." Thus even under the rule of
these "iniquitous and odious oppressors of Catholic-
ism," it is still a privileged religion, and Protestant
emancipation has yet to be carried in the Catholic
canton of Lucerne. We can imagine the outcry that
would be raised if in Berne, and Vaud, and Geneva
a law were to be passed declaring that none but Pro-
testants should exercise political privileges in those
cantons. The swell mobstnan having picked a pocket
immediately raises the cry of "Stop thief." So the
Jesuits, having performed some notable act of per-
secution, immediately raise the cry of " Religious
Liberty," and in common with the Goomsurs and the
Thugs declare that their religious privileges are in-
fringed upon, because they are prevented from rob-
bing and murdering their neighbours.

The Zurich Gazette announces that the new con-
stitution for the Valais and the decree for the secu-
larisation of the property of the convents have been
adopted by the popular assembly. The first, by a
majority of 7,910 votes to 6,641 ; the second, by
6,522 to 1,356.

The Executive Council of Berne has decided upon
presenting to General DUFOUR, as an acknowledg-
ment of his services, letters of naturalisation with
all the rights of citizenship in the canton. The same
resolution has been come to by the Council of the
canton of Tessino, which has also voted that a por-
trait of General Duroua shall be painted and hung
in the Hall of the Council, by the side of that of
General DE LA Heart.

Madrid papers of the 21st have arrived. The
Heraldo announces the discovery of a Carlist con-
spiracy in Murcia.
MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 21.—Threes, 27 7-16; Fives,
17 1-16; Exchange on London, 48.

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