The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-15 00:00:00

(From the French Papers of Friday.)

A Royal Ordinance of the 9th instant prescribes that the
triennial renewal of one-half of the Municipal Councillors
shall take place for 1834, from October 1 to December 15,
in all the communes of the kingdom, except those where the
renewal has been already effected in virtue of the Royal
Ordinance of the 25th of March last, and those where, in
censequenee of a change made in the circumscription since
Jan. I, the lists of Municipal Councillors are not in pro-
,pol4loto the population. In the latter new lists are to be
drawn up between Jan. 1, and March 31, Ibos, and the
integral renewals of the Municipal Councils are to bo ef-
fected between the Ist and 30th of April. The Prefects
are authorized to retard the quarterly meetings of the Mu-
nicipal Councils, which should be held in November, but
they cannot be adjourned beyond December 22. After the
renewal of the Municipal Councils, the places of Mayors
and Deputy Mayors are to be provided for by new
nominations.

Extract of a letter from Bayonne of Bth instant :—" The
Queen's troops are fortyfying Elisondo. The house known
by the name of Misericorde is to be converted into a for-
tress, and masons have arrived from Pampeluna to execute
the works. The garrison consists of 1,000 men and 50
horses ; but, on the evening of the' 6th, Rodil quitted the
town, having left a garrison of 500 men only, under the
orders of Zugaramurdi, and protected by the ramparts and
two pieces of cannon. He himself-proceeds towards Ba-
yonne, to meet a remittance of money for the payment of
his troops, and will afterwards pursue the Pretender, who
is still wandering in the mountains of Biscay. Desertions
continue in the Carlist ranks—their soldiers arrive daily.
Their cause is said to have become so bad, that the
warmest partisans despair of success, especially since the
surveillance on the French frontier has become more active.
A garrison of 500 men has been sent to Urdach. The
Christinos are also fortifying that point. They have applied
to the French troops for wine, bread, and brandy, on receiv-
ing payment for the same, and which has been sent to them.
The garrison of Urdach has captured, in one of the defiles
of the neighbouring mountains, a gentleman and lady, of
names unknown, who were concealed in that place. The
Queen's troops have formed a custom-house at Urdach and
Elisprido. El Pastor was the day before yesterday at Vera,
in pursuit of Don Carlos, who, on the same day, had passed
through Villabona, on his road to Biscay. Zumalacar-
regui has made a requisition of 200 pairs of espargates from
the eight vallies in the vicinity of Pampeluna. They will be
paid for, and are to be delivered on the 90th. Zumalacar-
regui on the 4th, with seven battalions, crossed the vale of
0110, three leagues from Pampeluna, in his march upon
Lezauna, which is two leagues from Estella. Rodil and El
Pastor will occupy Irun to-day."
The Indicateur of Bordeux of the 9th inst. has the fol-
lowing :—" All the news from the frontier states that not
only the insurgent soldiers, but their chiefs, and the go-
vernment junta, are greatly discouraged. This fact is con-
firmed by the number of refugees who present themselves
at our advanced posts, and who are escorted into the in-
terior by the gendarmery. They have just conveyed from
Sarre to Bayonne the wives of Bidaondo and Echeveria,
two members of the junta of Navarre. The lady of Borda,
commander of the 6th insurgent battalion, and all the
family Sezaca, have also taken refuge on our frontier. El
Pastor, on his arrival at Vera, having learned that eighteen
monks had abandoned their convent, ordered it to be pil-
laged, and, after having removed the wine, caused it to be
set on fire. In a few hours the building was a heap of
ruins. A serious engagement, has, it is said, taken place
between Lorenzo and Zumalacarregui. Each of the par-
ties ascribes to itself 'the victory. All that we know on the
subject is, that the insurgent chief has been wounded, and
we hear seriously."
At the sitting of the Swiss Diet at Zurich on the 7th
inst. the committee of revision of the federal compact of 1815
presented its report, and recommended that it should be re-
ferred to the States, that it be taken as the basis of new in-
structions for the next session. The deputy of Lucerne
declared his conviction that no new revision could take place
without a Constituent Assembly. The deputy of Argau, M.
Zschokke, said with emotion—" Do not expect that I shall
enter into a discussion of this pot-pourri which is presented
to us, for I see it is much easier to make an impression upon
marble statues than upon a single deputy of this assembly,
all of whom are tied and bound to the letter of their in-
structions." The President of the Diet explained the
causes of the impotency of the Diet, by stating that seven
States and a half would not listen to any revision at all,
two and a half demanded a Constituent Assembly, and two
others a Representative, in proportion to the population,
making 12 States out of 22, and therefore nothing could
be done by the remaining 10, some of whom were partisans
of a total revision, and others of a partial revision. In the
end, the report was not taken into consideration. The Diet
having gone through all the subjects upon which the Depu-
ties had received instructions, agreed to the following in-
structions to the Directory of Zurich, and from the Ist of
January, 1835, to the Directory of Berne :—" FOREIGN
AFFAIRS—The Directory will make it its duty to gua-
rantee and maintain scrupulously the dignity and inde-
pendence of the Confederation in a manner worthy of a
free and natural State. It is earnestly recommended to
remind the cantons to place the organization of their mi-
litia, as well the personnel as the materiel in the state pre-
scribed by their duty towards the Confederation. The
Directory will watchfully maintain the pacific and friendly
relations existing between the Confederation and Foreign
States, taking for their basis a faithful execution of the
duties arising from the law of nations. To this end the Di-
rectory will keep up an uninterrupted correspondence with
the cantons and the representatives of Switzerland in fo-
reign countries, so that it may be informed of every event
that is interesting to Switzerland. In case of any sudden
danger from abroad, the Directory is authorized to embody
all the necessary troops, and nominate their commanders.
It will at the same time convoke the Diet, to whom is re-
served the appointment of the Commander-in-Chief and
the chief of the staff, as well as to direct such subsequent
measures as may be deemed necessary. • The Diet will
necessarily be convoked if a war should break out in any
state adjoining Switzerland. INTERNAL AFFAIRS.—The Di-
rectory will snake it its duty to observe carefully the march
of the internal affairs of the Confederation. If disorders
arise in any of the cantons, or public order be in anywise
disturbed, the Directory shall endeavour to restore tran-
quillity, either by sending federal representatives, by an
appeal to the adjoining cantons, or finally, in extreme
cases, by a levy of troops. In case of any events of a more
serious nature, the Directory will convoke the Diet without
delay." The President then closed the session with an
address to the following effect :—" Gentlemen and dear
Confederates—After two months' labour, you are about
to quit Zurich and return to your ordinary occupations.
Permit me to take a summary view of the 31 sittings we
have held. Some proposals have been carried into effect,
others have been referred to our constituents, and others,
again, have been postponed. The following, however, are
some of the advantages which have been gained by
the Diet of 1834 : the publicity of its sittings, the diffu-
sion of truth throughout the nation, standing orders regu-
lating the deliberations of the assembly, which will hence-
forth contribute to accelerate its labours, a concordat in
favour of the Heimathloses, a concordat for the free esta-
blishment of native Swiss in the several cantons, with other
concordats on the principle of seizures, and on the unifor-
mity of weights and measures ; and finally, some efficient
decrees relating to the military defence of Switzerland. The
task of the Diet has been difficult ; it has had to maintain
order at home and abroad ; it was its duty to avoid colli-
sions which might come from abroad, on account of one of
its finest institutions. It has rejected the principles of the
Sarnians, and refused the separation of Neufchatel from
Switzerland. It has refused the creation of a Federal
Council, and ordered that Neufchatel should in future wear
the cantonal colours. These are results which merit the
approbation of its fellow-citizens. If men are found ready
to affirm that the Diet has taken a retrogade step, they Can
only be such as. ate devoid of reflection, and to whom we
may reply by referring to our decision in favour of the

liberty of the press. Other useful endeavours have not, it
is true, met with success—l mean those as to the monetary
system, uniformity of tolls, the transit, the extent of gua-
rantee, and finally, the revision of the federal compact. In
these, no doubt, we have met with a temporary impedi-
ment ; those who had advanced too far have not lessened
the rapidity of their pace, and those who remained in the
rear have not made any advance, so that no union has taken
place. To what cause is this to be attributed ? Assuredly
to the will of Switzerland—to that tenacity of cantonal so-
vereignty which is as strong at the present day as it was
in ancient times—to the apprehension of the cantons of
having an authority placed over them, an apprehension which
is the greatest in those which have the least weight. Some-
times it is their finances, sometimes it is the tolls, and
sometimes it is the posts that they are alarmed for. What
remedy have we for this evil ? We ought to tranquillize
the partizans of the sovereignty of the cantons by wise
provisions as to the prerogatives of the Diet. We ought to
render their sacrifices aslight as possible, and, above all, not
to despise small and gradual improvements. The Diet is
loudly accused, but this is because it is misunderstood ; at
one time the compact is an obstacle, and a another the
constituents of the deputies themselves become so. Let us
hope that the press will shortly have passed its present ig-
nominious era, and that it will lay down the disgraceful wea-
pons which it at present uses ; that it will distinguish be-
tween men and institutions, and, in a word, let us hope that
henceforth it will display the real truth to the people, and,
instead of disseminating mistrust, it will endeavour to create
confidence. To make improvements is difficult. Let us
not, however, be discouraged ; wise institutions can only be
established by general consent, produced by conviction,
which reqhires much time. At the swooning* we must not
now forget that all the cantons are making progress, and
that the improvements they introduce into their affairs they
will accede to in the affairs of the Confederation. We pos-
sess still great riches, which render us the envy of our
neighbours ; let us preserve and increase them ! My dear
confederates, I thank you for all the confidence and kind-
ness you have shown me in my quality as your President,
and I intreat you to bear me in your.remembrance. I de-
clare the Diet of 1834 closed and dissolved." M. Schnell,
the Deputy for Berne, replied in the following terms ;
In virtue of established usage, it is my duty to answer the
speech of the President in closing the Diet. I obey the
rule, though I wish that the task had fallen upon one more
able than myself. It is not my duty to pronounce judgment
on the address which has just been delivered ; I shall con-
fine myself to expressing the sentiment of this assembly, and
which must be that of every good confederate, as well as of
myself ; I mean that of gratitude to the Directory for the
proofs of zeal it has shown in supporting the interests and
welfare of the country. It may not meet with universal
approbation, but its intentions have been good. Let us
leave it in this respect to God and to the world, hoping that
the next Directory will, as I do not doubt it will, equally
fulfil its duties. May God Almighty preserve the Direc-
tory and our country ! Vive la Liberte et l'lndependence de
la Suisse!'

The Augsburg Gazette of the Bth instant has the follow-
ing from Constantinople of the 17th ultimo ;—" The last
number of the Ottoman Moniteur contains a long article
on the organization of a national militia in that empire.
Mehemed Ali, after having subdued the rebels, entered
into commercial treaties relative to the free exportation
of raw silk, camels' hair, leather, and some other articles,
which hitherto paid a moderate tax in rice and salt. The
conscription is also wholly abolished. An opinion may be
formed of the serious character of the insurrection, from
the fact that Mehemet was compelled to make such con-
cessions, especially as to the relaxation of his fiscal sys-
tem. The counsel of the English Consular agents pro-
bably had a share in producing this settlement of the af-
fair, for England suffered greatly in its interests by the
old administrative system, which grasped more and more
every day. What France will say to this change in the sen-
timents of its protege remains to be seen." The Gazette
quotes the funds at Vienna on the 3d, 5 per Cent. Metal-
liques, 981 ; 4 per Cent. ditto, 881- ; Bank Actions 12351.
The Berlin State Gazette quotes the funds at Berlin on
the sth instant, 4 per Cents., cash 99, paper, 991.

. . .
Extract of a letter of the 6th instant from Berlin :--
" We continue to receive melancholy news from Poland.
The silence of the grave broods over the country, and the
efforts of the extraordinary embassy sent to Paris by Russia,
which has Prince Lubecki at its head, and which is charged
to induce the emigrants of distinction to return to their own
country, by offering them a complete amnesty, are said to
have been unsuccessful."

A letter from Prevesa announces that the Pasha of Ja-
nina has fbrbidden, under the most severe penalties, the ex-
port of corn of every kind from the ports of Lower Albania.

FRENCH FUNDS.—Pests, SEPT. 13.
Five per Cents., 10If. 35c. 30e. 25c.
Four per Cents., 9.2 f. —c.
Three per Cents., 76f 76f lsc. 75f. 00c.
Rente de Naples, 93f. sc. 931.
Roman Five per Cents., 94%% 4.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 42%T 43.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 25Si 25 ‘25
Roya Spanish Loan, 33 3.3%%•
Rente Perpt. d'Espagne. Five per Cents., 35 35% 34.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 99%.

EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
( me month, paper, —c. ; money, 25f. 30c
Three months, paper, 23f. 20c. ; money, 25f. L'Ac
—Court Authentique.

PRECOCITY.—The following account of an extra-
ordinary phenomenon, witnessed at Palermo, and which has
excited some interest, appears in the Journal des Deux Si-
ciks :—Guiseppe Gonzaga, a child scarcely three years old,
has attained the height of four palms and a third Sicilian mea-
sure, or about four feet and a half French measure. His
limbs are well formed : and he is extraordinarily strong and
vigorous. The savans who have seen him say that their exa-
minations have led to discoveries of great importance to patho-
logy ; and Dr. Diego Sgroppo, one of the most distinguished
physicians of Palermo, says that if Guiseppe's growth should
not be arrested by accident or illness, he will be one of the
most astonishing giants ever seen.--Le Cabinet de Lecteur.

Saturday morning the house of Mrs. Jones, situate
No. 52, Hatfield-street, Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road (a
' widow with eight children), was broken into by some thieves,
and 55/. in Bank of England notes, with a quantity of plate,
were stolen. The housekeeper, on coming down stairs, found
the outer and inner gates open. The thieves had regaled
themselves with some wine and spirits, and every room was
forcibly entered, with the exception of those in which the fa-
mily were sleeping. The late occupier of the house was
buried on Thursday last, and no man slept on the premises.
EMBEZZLEMENT AND SUICIDE.—A young man
of the name of Amos, respectably connected, was fully com-
mitted from the Brighton Bench on Thursday for trial at ses-
sions, charged with embezzling the money of his employer,
Mr. Innes, grocer, St. James's-street, to a considerable amount.
The charge was full established, some marked money having
been traced to his possession. On Thursday evening he ap-
peared tolerably cheerful, •but the next morning he was heard
by the wife of the keeper of the prison to pace the room with
an agitated step, and on looking through a crevice in the door
shortly afterwards she discovered the unfortunate young man
hanging to a beam. Instant alarm was given, the young man
cut down, and a surgeon called in, whose efforts to restore
life proved unavailing. An inquest was held on the body on
Friday evening, when the Jury, after a short inquiry, returned
a verdict of " Felo de se," and the deceased was interred at
midnight in the parish burial-ground without any funeral obse-
quies. We have heard, but cannot vouch for the accuracy of
the statement, that the deceased was brought up by the Bishop
of Chichester.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SEPT. 13.—We
had to notice an improvement in the demand for Cotton, esta-
blishing an advance of id. per lb. on American in the com-
mencement of the week. Within the last few days, however,
the advance has in many instances been lost, the activity
having partially ceased, though there is yet sufficient business
doing to recover the position of last week. Brazils and Per-
nams are much wanted, and have risen id. to Id. per lb. ;
14d. has been paid for a few. Exporters are very active, and
have taken 800 Americans and 300 Surats ; speculators, 600
American. Yesterday and to-day the market has exhibited
more firmness. The sales up to last night are 22,649 bales ;
imports, 3,706. Particulars of sales :-5,730 bags Boweds, at
7 d. to 934. ; 7,135 Orleans, 71(1., 10d. ; 4,905 Alabama,
7. d., 9d. ; 468 Sea Islands, 163-d., 184 d. ; 28 Stained Sea
Islands, 10d., 14d. ; 714 Pernams, &c., 11W., 1344. ; 716
Bahias, mid., lid.; 1,230 Maranhams, 16d., 10 d. ; 194
Para, 10d., 101 d. ; 360 Laguira, sp., tad.; 15 Bahama,
lop. ; 160 Smyrna, 70, Bfd. ; 25 Egyptian, 15d. ; 950
Surats, 61-d., 74d.
THE EYE.—The opinion of the exquisite sensibi-
lity of the eye has arisen from the pain which is felt on the
admission of a small piece of dirt, or a fly, between the eyelids,
but this occurs from a wise and perservative provision of na-
ture, on account of the insensibility of the eyeball itself. Let
the eyelid be raised, and the same piece of dirt applied to the
surface of the eye, no pain, and scarcely a sensation, will be
produced ; remove the piece of dirt, turn out the lid, and
whilst it is retained everted, place the piece of dirt upon it, no
greater sensation will be induced than is felt when it is ap-
plied to the eyeball. The inference is that both surfaces, when
touched separately, are nearly insensible to this species of
irritation. But let the same piece of dirt be put between the
eyelid and the eyeball, and the sensation produced is exqui-
sitely painful. To give rise to this sensation, it is necessary
that the two surfaces should come in contact, and that the
foreign body be grasped between them. If this were not the
case, an irreparable injury would often occur to the transpa-
rent part of the eye before it would be observed.—Guthrie on
Cataract.