The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-18 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

The Journal de Geneve publishes an account of a
meeting held in that city by the Savoyards residing
in thb Canton. The following declaration was
unanimously adopted :
" The undersigned inhabitants, &c., anxious
about reports in circulation, according to which
Savoy would cease to form part of the States of
his Sardinian Majesty, are desirous of publicly
stating their devotion to the King and their wish
to see no change made in their union with the Sar-
dinian Monarchy.
" But, on the other hand, and in case political
reasons, of which they do not wish to make them-
selves judges, should render a separation inevitable,
they are convinced that their Sovereign will not
dispose of his faithful subjects without allowing
them to express their wishes under circumstances
so important for their future welfare.
"Consequently, and despite the sympathies which
a great and glorious empire may arouse, they ex-
press their sincere wish to be united to the Swiss
Confederation, with which they have been so long
connected by common interests and sentiments, as
well as by those friendly relations of which they
have received so many proofs."

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.

The United States mail steamship Fulton, Captain
J. A. Wootton, with mails of the 4th inst. from
New York for England and France, arrived off
Cowes, this morning and proceeded for Havre. She
has a small quantity of specie for France, but none
for England. Among her passengers are the Hon.
C. J. Faulkner, United States' Minister to France,
and family; also the following exiles from Hayti:
—General Menela Clemene, Lieutenant-Colonel
Richelieu St. Martin, Lieutenant-Colonel Brener
Prophete, and Lieutenant-Colonel Sydney Pro-
phete.
The long-pending battle for the Speakership
was brought to a close on the afternoon of the Ist
by the election of Mr. Pennington, of New Jersey,
a Republican of moderate views. He received
exactly the number of votes necessary to effect
an election. Upon the first ballot, 233 mem-
bers being present, and 117 necessary to a choice,
Mr. Briggs, of New York, added his vote to those
which Mr. Pennington had secured the day before,
and Mr. Pennington having thus 117 votes was
declared elected. He was conducted to the chair
by Messrs. Sherman and Bocock, and the oath of
office having been administered the members were
also sworn in. After a scene of much confusion a
committee was appointed to inform the Senate
that the House was ready to proceed to business,
and then an adjournment to Friday was carried.
The Senate, after the transaction of unimportant
business, went into executive session, and subse-
quently adjourned.

In the Senate, on the 2d, Mr. Davis, of Missis-
sippi, introduced resolutions on the relations be-
tween the several States, and between the States
and the Federal Government. Mr. Fitch, of
Indiana, then took the floor to speak upon Mr.
Brown's
resolution. He praised the Administra-
tion, upheld Slavery, and denounced Mr. Douglas.
The House of Representatives was not in session.
The Republicans in Washington were jubilant at
night over the election of Forney. They paraded
the town, accompanied by a band of music, and
called upon Forney and his especial friends and
supporters. Forney, Hickman, and Haskin made
speeches, and Raskin read a letter of Forney*
apologisit!g for the celebrated Forrest letter.

IL •-•
A Washington correspondent of the New York
Times transmits to that journal what he represents
to be a Presidential programme arranged between
the Republican and American members of the
house. According to this story, Mr. Edward Bates,
of Missouri, is to be brought forward as a candidate
for the Presidency, with General Cameron as Vice-
President. The "platform" is to be distinctly na-
tional and Conservative, and Mr. Seward is to be
compensated, for the omission of his name, with
the French mission, and the reversion of the higher
office in 1864.

The Maryland Legislature had received a series
of resolutions from the Legislature of South Caro-
lina, proposing to call a Disunion Convention. Out
of respect to a sovereign State the resolutions were
allowed to be read, but in the debate which followed
only two members sustained them. In a letter to
the Governor of. South Carolina Governor Hicks
writes that Maryland can see nothing but injury
to herself in the establishment of a foreign asylum
for her fugitive slaves on the borders of the State.

Ex. Governor Chase, of Ohio, had been chosen
United States' senator by the Legislature of that
State. The vote stood, for Chase, '75 ; Pugh, 54 ;
and Corwin, 5.
The Senate Committee for investigating the affair
at Harper's-ferry discharged Realf from further at-
tendance on the 3d, and he left for New York.
Senator Wilson was examined, and detailed an in-
terview he had had with Col. Fo•bes in the Senate
Chamber, early in May, 1858, wherein Forbes re-
peated the thrice-told tale of his Kansas work and
the sufferings of his family, and warned the senator
against the rash projects of John Brown. Mr. Wil-
son at once wrote to Dr. Howe, mentioning the
suggestions of Forbes, and urging him to place be-
yond the reach of Brown the arms sent to Kansas
by the Boston Committee. This recommendation
Mr. Wilson had supposed to have been adopted,
and had known nothing more of the matter until
the outbreak at Harper's-ferry had occurred. While
thez9 innestigations were proceeding at Washington
the trial of Stevens was going on at Charleston, and
ended in his conviction as ono of the conspirators
in the Harper's-ferry outbreak.

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