The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-26 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

" BERNE, SEPT. 15.—The Executive Council of the
Republic of Berne, to all the inhabitants of the canton
able to take arms

" CITIZENS !-You have, by a great majority of votes,
accepted a free constitution ; you have parents, wives,
children, houses, and other property ; you live in security
under the shadow of a Government chosen by yourselves.
But, remember, that he is only worthy of liberty, and the
blessings of peace and good order, who is willing to de-
fend these advantages against enemies, and the attacks
tending to their overthrow. On preceding occasions, and
i)efore the sal events we have just witnessed, you had ma-
nifested the intention and the inclination to follow this
boo of conduct. There is nothing will tend so much to
preserve tranquillity, and the security of persons and pro-
perty in the communes, than the establishment of a Civic
(Quaid, well organised and properly established, for the
service of the State, and to watch over the maintenance of
?Alio tranquillity—a choice of active and well-thinking
men, ready at all moments to repel every attack against
public order, and to repress, at their commencement, all
riots and seditious meetings. Urged by these considera-
tions, your Government has just published a Provisional
I.7.legree, which regulates the defence of the most precious
eights of the citizens by introducing a certain order and
method of action.
" Show yourselves worthy of the benefits granted by
Heaven in having preserved us from the dangers which
threatened our internal tranquillity. Lend your aid in
azisting Government in its endeavours for the assurance of
your happiness ; let each man, capable of bearing arms,
hasten to inscribe himself to aid in the maintenance of
pt►blic security, and of tranquillity and order in his com-
mune; let each citizen, who by his years is more particu-
larly calculated for the trade of arms, who loves his coun-
try and his Constitution, enter the elite body upon whom
will chiefly depend the general security.
f, The Government calls you to this service (which will
be only effective in the case of a known necessity), which
will be considered voluntary, because it wishes to form a
faithful and veleta body for the defence of the dearest and
most sacred interests of the people. In reckoning on your
courage and patriotic sentiments, the Government will
not be deceived. " TSCHARNER.
" In the name of the Executive Council,
" The Chief Secretary, WURSTEINBERGER.
" Berne, Sept. 10."

(From the Nouvelliste.)

Vice-Admiral Ducrest de Villeneuve will have the corn-
m„,-,4 of the French fleet, and Sir Pulteney Malcolm the
English. The squadrons of the two countries will join
each other at gpithead, whence they will proceed to Ant-
werp. The two Admirals will bear with them a declara-
tion from France and Great Britain, addre.sed to the King
of Holland, which will be sent to the Cabinet of tl.e
Hague, and should the terms not be complied with, the
blockade will then commence.
It is also stated that our two corps will proceed simul•
taneously, one to Antwerp, the other to Maestricht.
Opinion differs greatly as to the succession to the throne
of Spain. Without, however, attempting to penetrate
into the future, let us be content to state facts.
The ancient laws of Spain, as is well known, established
the succession according to the order of primogeniture,
without distinction of sex. Philip V. substituted the
French law in 1713, and thereby excluded the female
branches of the Royal Families from the throne.
In 1789 Charles IV., by means of a secret sanction of
the Cortes, abrogated the salic law, whit...Jo was re-esta-
blished by the Cortes in 1812.
Ferdinand VII., not having acknowledged the power of
that assembly to be legal, thought that to revive the de-
claration of 1789 it was merely necessary to recall it, and
he accordingly published a decree, 29th of March, 1830.
The law having again been put in force, Don Cirlos was
deprived of his pretensions to the crown.

Under any circumstances, therefore, Don Carlos could
not now succeed his brother: The state of the Queen
would leave the question undecided, even in the applica-
tion of the salic law. The appointment of a Regent is
thus the most probable result of the present state of the
affairs of Spain.
Various contradictory reports have been in circulation
during the evening, some stating that Don Carlos had
been proclaimed King ; others that a Regent had been
appointed, and that his first act was the convocation of
the Cortes.

Couriers arrived from Madrid yesterday evening at the
'hotel of the .Minister for Foreign Affairs, and there is very
hale doubt of the telegraphs being today in requisition.
We isha!l do our utniost to give our readers the eat liest au-
thentic intelligence that can ba obtained.
Ttie King yesterday gave a private au:lienc.: at the Tui-

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lerles to the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo•
t,ntiary of his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway,
Count de Lowenhjelm, who took back to his Majesty the
letters of the re-appointment of Mar.hal &tilt, succeeded
at Stockholm by the Marquis de Saint Simon as Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and who at
present performs the functions at the Hague.

The 38th of the line left Paris yesterday. This regi-
ment forms put of the army of the north.
The Minister of War yesterday signed a considerable
number of documents in reference to the army of the north.
According to an extract of a private letter, the Pontifi-
cal agent at Oporto had received orders from D,m Pedro to
quit that city.
The National was seized yesterday.

BRUSSELS PAPERS RECEIVED TO-DAY.

BRUSSELS, SEPT. 22.-14. Le Hon is expected in the
course of the night. General Nypels is gone to Diest.
The Minister of War has despatched an express to
Ghent, to General Niellon.

The Independent says.—" An estafette which the Mi-
nisters yesterday received from Ghent, brings word that
the Dutch are approaching our frontiers ; the number of
troops that have crossed the Scheldt, coming from Zea-
-1 Ind, is estimated at 10,000 men. It is not a mere repot t
circulated on Change, as a Morning Journal insinuates.
We can answer for the arrival of the estafette."

The same Journal publishes a letter from Weerdt (in
Limburg), which announces that the Duke of Saxe
Weimar is on the extreme frontier with 12 or 15,000
men, with the intention, it is supposed, as the latter says,
of pushing on to Maestrecht.
The Emancipation says, " It is true that an estafette
from Flanders brought the news published by the -Inde-
pendent, hut we have some reason to doubt the correctness
of the report."
His Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans arrived here
yesterday at half-past one, accompanied by M. de Boisnii-
lon. He alighted at the Palace, and then went to Laeken.
Gen. Bandrand arrived nine hours later.

We learn that the King intends to go on Tuesday, with
the Duke of Orleans, to inspect the 3d Division at Den-
derleeu w.

Gen. Goblet is appointed to the apartment of Foreign
Affairs only ad interim, and we no where read any notifi-
cation of M. de Meulenaere having resumed his office. Is
M. Goblet placed there only by proxy to perform before
the Chambers some slight of hand trick ?—Lyux.
According to the Emancipation of yesterday, the Con-
ference no longer sends us protocols, but Themes ; is not
this sending people to school again ? We are much afraid
that if Lord Palmerston does not write his theme in many
different ways, he will himself be put to school by King
William.—Lynx.
M. de Bsurgoyne, late Director of the Mint, has caused
seals to he put on all the ateliers and machinery of the
establishment ; the principal were all paid for by him.—
He demands, as he has a right to do, that his successor
shall repay him 150,000 florins before he is put in posses-
sion of the said ateliers. The want of funds to meet this
demand may delay the issue of the 5 franc pieces, with the
ffigy of Leopold.
This morning a battery of eight guns set out for Liege.
It is affirmed that M. Richmond de Story was arrested
yesterday morning in the country.
Monsieur the Hon. M. H. J. Legare, Charge d'Affaires
from the United States of America to the Belgian Go-
vernment, General Wool, Inspector-General of the
army of the United States, and Lieutenant-General
Sir Thomas Hislop, have arrived at Brussels.
It is well known, that for some months past a French
fleet has been assembled at Cherbourg. It is known too
that it was intended to appear in the Scheldt. It seems
that this measure was delayed by the real or pretended hope
conceived at London of terminating our affairs in a pacific
manner.

We now learn, from good authority, that the in-
tended visit of Louis Philippe to Cherbourg bas been
countermanded, solely frAm an apprehension that the fetes
and honours which would have been the consequences of
;rig arrival might embarras the squadron, which must be
ready to put to sea at the shortest notice.—Brussels
Papers, Sept. 23.

LONDON AND GREENWICH RAIL-ROAD.

A meeting of gentlemen connected with this under-
taking was held yesterday, at the Swan Inn, Deptford.—
The Chair was taken by E. G. BARNARD, Esq., one of
the candidates for the Borough of Greenwich. The rail-
road is proposed to extend from London Bridge to the
PeY--streg[anct-ttirriukh the gardens and meacro'w lands
between Deptford and the New Church at Bermondsey.
The whole extent will he three miles and three quarters,
and it was stated by Mr. Landmann, the engineer, that
the carriages will perform the distance in ten or twelve
minutes. The estimated expense is 400,000/. ; but a
saving of 50,000/. is contemplated, by limiting the ele-
vated line of the road. The intended mode of construct-
ing the rail-road is by elevating it on arches of such height
and width that if it were to cross any thoroughfare it
would not offer any obstruction to the usual traffic. An
objection was made at the meeting by en inhabitant of
Deptford, that the public would be inconvenienced by the
Tail-way carriages travelling across the High-street at
Deptford if the railway was of the same level as the
street, and that it might be attended with danger to the
passengers : but the Engineer removed those objections by
stating that there would be a station in High street,
Deptford ; that carriages, when crossing the street, would
not proceed at more than a foot-pace, and that gates in
the usual manner would he erected to prevent the possibi-
lity of accidents. The prospect which the construction of
the rail-road bolds out of speedily lessening the navigation
of the Thames by steam-vessels, to be limited to Green-
wich, created a feeling of great satisfaction. Mr. Hutchin-
son, the solicitor to the Company, said the Directors were
anxious to deal in the fairest manner towards every person
who might be interested in the undertaking. Meetings
had been held in the various parishes through which the
rail-way would pass, to give every necessary information,
and, with one or two exceptions, every person who held
property on the intended line had given their consent to
the measure. It was also stated that application will be
made next Session for a Bill to enable the Company to
commence their operations, and that in a short time a
general meeting of the inhabitants of Deptford and Green-
wich will be held on the subject.

The Duke of MoDENA, it is said, refuses to
admit into his presence any ladies, having dreamed that he
was assassinated by a woman.

The medical profession of Aberdeen are of
opinion, that cholera, if contagious, is far less so than
~ither typhus or scarlet fever ; and they are satisfied that
die disease is not communicable through a healthy person,
although in close and constant attendance on a patient in
cholera.— Caledonian Mercury.

The Bishop of LONDON, in a late discourse
delivered at St. James's Church, alluding to the subject of
duelling, described the seconds as engaged " in defining
the punctilios of mutual murder."

A few days since, Mr. HEDDING, of Lodge
Farm, Farringdon, agreeably with a dying request, was
carried to his grave in a new waggon ! (which he had a
short time before purchased) driven by his own carter !!
The novelty of the scene attracted a large number of per-
sons.—Balls Herald.

A Correspondent informs us, that there is at
present in a Confectioner's shop, in Union-street, opposite
to the Public Rooms, a black bird, with a tail perfectly
white, excepting one black feather. Our Correspondent
considers this rara axis, a great natural curiosity, for
although a white crow has sometimes been seen, he never
saw or heard of a while black bird.—Aberdeen Observer.

In the notices to Correspondents of the
Story Teller last week we find the following very equivo-
cal announcement :—" The Wife lies with the publisher."

Sir GORE OUSELEY has purchased Hall
Barn, near Beacothdiehi, the seat of WALLER and SACHA-
RISSA, and also of EDMUND BURKE, consisting of 800
acres, for which he has given 82,000/. Taller.
SKETCH OF THE ARCHDUKE CHARLES
or AUSTRIA.—The Archduke CHARLES is a fine military
looking man ; he has the thick, haughty lip that distin-
guishes the house of Hapsburg, and the bivouac had left its
marks upon his weather-beaten countenance. By his side,
in a splendid hussar uniform, and mounted on a beautiful
Arabian charger, which he sat with gallant grace, rode
the young Duke de REICHSTADT,

The young Axtyanax of modern Troy."
An inexpressible tint of melancholy and thought was im-
printed on his pale and interesting countenance; but as
the troops defiled past him, his look grew animated, and
his bright blue eye sparkled with martial ardour. Perhaps
a vein of his sire's ambition, or the recollection of his mili-
tary glory, which the objects around him were so fitted to
recal, brightened the poor boy's saddened brow, and suf-
fused with conscious pride his pale cheek; for on the self-
same ground on which he rode, NaroLmos, reeking with
the spoils of Eckmuhl and Wagram, bad twenty years
before reviewed his victorious guard, and seen the Austrian
empire prostrate at his feet —..Monthly Magazine,

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1832.

An express has arrived from Paris, bringing
the Papers of Monday, and also important com-
mercial letters, which state that a telegraphic
despatch had been received from Mons, by the
Minister of War, at the close of the Bourse,
announcing that a skirmish had taken place be-
tween the Dutch and Belgian advanced posts on
Monday morning, and that the Dutch army wai
expected to bombard Antwerp that day, as th 3
Prince of ORANGE and SAXE-WEIMAR, with
strong reinforcements, were on th3ir march.
King LEOPOLD, ill company with General
GOBLET, the Minister of War, had left Brus-
sels for the head-quarters of the Belgian army,
and hostilities might be considered as corn
menced between the two Powers

Orders had been sent by Marshal SOULT for

the French troops to advance immediately into
Belgium. Marshal GERARD was at the head-
quarters of the army of the north, and more
troops were to join by forced marches from
Lille, St. Omer, Cambrai, and Valenciennes,
and a quantity of artillery from Lafere.
King LOUIS PHILIPPE had held a Cabinet
Council, which was expected to have caused this
immediate decision, as Lord GRANVILLE had
had an interview with General SEBASTIAN!.

A telegraphic despatch from Cherbourg and
Brest announced the sailing of the French squa-
dron for a British port, on its way to the
Scheldt.

Nothing is stated in the Ministerial Papers
respecting the Duchess of BERRI having been
taken. Important news was hourly expected
from the seat of war. The Duke de NEmoußs
was to leave Neuilly on Monday night for the
army.

Paris continues tranquil, and M. DUPIN was
expected to arrive in the capital yesterday, when
no doubt he would accept office.

Reports have been current this morning that
the Dutch have bombarded Antwerp ; while
others assert that the Belgians commenced the
attack on the citadel. However, nothing can
be distinctly known till the arrival of the Dutch
steamer, which is hourly expected. It will
be seen by the following that a heavy cannonade
was heard all day yesterday from the Dutch coast,
at Dover, Deal, and other places:—
" DOVER, SEPT. 25, 1832.—Since about
four o'clock this morning, we have heard a very
heavy distant cannonade. From the time it com-
menced to about eleven, it was very regular and
without intermission ; but since that time it has
varied ; occasionally we have heard it distinctly,
with intervals during which no cannonade could
be distinguished. It has created much sensa-
tion here, and all sorts of conjectures. The
general opinion is that an attack has been made
on the citadel of Antwerp, or that General
Chasse has carried into effect his threat of bom-
barding the city. It certainly appears to come
from that quarter ; and the arrival of a Bou-
logne packet, bringing account that no firing
had been heard there, tends to confirm the
suspicion as to Antwerp. The garrison of
Calais marched yesterday to the Belgic frontier ;
and this morning the 7th regiment of the line,
quartered at Boulogne, proceeded in the same
direction. If the cannonade proceeds from
Antwerp, we may hourly expect important in-
telligence."

The following is from our Correspondent:—

" PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 2.5.—An Admi-
ralty messenger arrived here this morning, at
half-past 7 o'clock a.m., having left the Admi-
ralty at 1 o'clock in the morning. Orders were
immediately issued for Sir Pulteney Malcohn's
squadron to prepare for sea, and complete their
equipment for active service, and to hold them-
selves in readiness to leave hence at one hour's
notice. Accordingly, all on board was bustle,
and parties were immediately sent on shore to
raise what hands they could, as the ships are
short of men. The ships at Spithead are the
Donegal, Vernon, and Castor. Intelligence
was also received by the French Consul, M.
Vandenburgh, at this port, that 13 sail of
every minute, and all proper preparation has
been made for their reception. The French
Admiral will be saluted from each of the ships
at Spithead. Up till dark the fleet have not
appeared. Should they arrive in time for the
present post, I will drop a line, as it is of consi-
derable importance at this moment."

There is to be another meeting of the Mem-
bers of the Conference to-day, at the Foreign-
office ; but we do not expect that anything will
then be decided upon. Yesterday it was agreed
to have some conversation with Baron VON
ZUYLEN, the Dutch Ambassador, preparatory
to another meeting, for the purpose of explain-
ing to him the danger which the King of HOL-
LAND will incur by further resistance. The
result of the interview will this clay be submitted
to the Conference; It is proper to report here,
that the period during which the King of BEL-
GIUM professed his willingness to wait for the
determination of the Dutch Monarch has
nearly expired, and that M. VAN DE WEYER
will soon be bound, unless the King of HOL-
LAND should become more docile, to retract the
pledge given by LEOPOLD, and call for the exe-
cution of the treaty of the 15th of November.
Authentic accounts from Paris state, that the
French army is ready to march at a moment's
notice, and that a fleet has been ordered to hold
itself in readiness to join the ships which, it is
, will,
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Prince LIEVEN has spoken warmly against the
conduct of the King of HOLLAND. It is sus-
pected, however, that the other Russian Plenipo-
tentiary, MATUSZEWITSCII, has private instruc-
tions from his Court, which must destroy the
effect of any declaration in favour of Belgium by
Prince LIEVEN.
In this dilemma, the Ultra Tories are at work
to induce the KING to dictate to his Ministers a
perfect system of neutrality. They have not
succeeded as yet, and it is to be hoped they will
fail altogether. The true policy of our Cabinet
is a warm alliance with France in support of
liberal institutions against the despots of the
Continent. We are not, perhaps, as directly in
danger from the encroachments of the Powers
of the North as the French are ; but, indirectly,
our best interests are equally affected with those
of the French nation.

The accounts received at the Foreign-office
and at the Admiralty from the British officer who
was sent to Oporto to watch and report the
movements of the contending armies, are, we are
glad to say, very favourable to Don PEDRO.
They state that his cause has gained ground
considerably, and that his chances of success have
materially augmented. The official accounts
announce the arrival of the new Consul, Colonel
SORRELL. One his way to Oporto he had an
interview with Sir JOHN CAMPBELL and GAS-
PAR TEIXEIRA, who advised him to continue
his route by water, lest anything unpleasant
should occur to him, and the blame fall upon
the Miguelite commander. _ -

The—weather at Oporto, up to the date of the

last accounts, was favourable, but the autumnal
rains will soon set in, and render all further ope-
rations on the part of the Miguelites impossible.
These rains usually commence in September,
but sometimes in October. Do❑ PEDRO has
only to hold out until then, and his reinforce-
ments afterwards will gradually increase his
strength, whilst that of the Usurper must neces-
sarily diminish, with the increasing conviction
that the Constitutionalists are capable of main-
taining their footing.

We have been favoured with the perusal of
letters written by two respectable merchants in
Oporto to their friends in this country, which
contain some information of interest. It ap-
pears from them, that the statement of a Morn-
ing Contemporary, of considerable discontent
having been manifested towards Don PEDRO,
on account of the bombardment of Oporto, by
the inhabitants of that city, is entirely un-
founded. On the contrary, the feeling in favour
of the EMPEROR was rapidly increasing, and
the number of volunteers and National Guard
had increased to nearly 10,000 men, making the
whole disposable force for the defence of the city
upwards of 17,000. The bombardment had done
little mischief up to the departure of the
packet ; and it is remarkable, that what had been
done had fallen almost exclusively upon the pro-
perty of Miguelites. A handsome house, be-
longing to GASPAR TEIXEIRA, was the first to
suffer injury by the falling of a shell; and the
house of another distinguished Miguelite under-
went a similar fate. The accounts in the Lis-
bon Gazette are proved by these letters to be
mere inventions. In one of the attacks upon
Oporto, the Miguelites are stated in the Lisbon
Gazette to have had only one man killed ;
whereas the fact is, that in one house alone, in
Villa Nova, which they had entered for the pur-
pose of plunder, fifteen were killed by a party
of the National Guard, who attacked them.—
The reinforcement which arrived at Oporto in
the London Merchant, although not very ex-
tensive, was gladly welcomed by the inha-
bitants, as it consisted entirely of veteran
soldiers. They were conducted through the
streets to the barracks amid loud vivas.—
Provisions were still abundant, but rather
dearer than they had been. The desertions
from the enemy to the ranks of Don PEDRO
were not considerable ; but it is certain
that a great number have deserted, and retired to
their homes. The amount is said by those who
were best able to obtain information, to exceed
3,000. It is supposed that, but for these de-
sertions, the attacks upon Oporto would not have
commenced so early; but it was feared that, un-
less something could be done immediately against
the Constitutionalists, the army of Don MIGUEL
would diminish rapidly.

Some decision as to the modification of the
French Ministry may be expected in a few days.
M. DUPIN was to be in Paris on the 25th or
26th, and the question was again to be dis-
pn...d DUPIN has declared against Ge-
neral SEBASTIALNi and M. MONTALIVET--
He is willing to act with the other Ministers.
The objection to General SEBASTIAN) is on
the score of his health.

It is rumoured that the Queen of SPAIN has
been acknowledged by Don CARLOS, and that
the army has received orders to retire from the
frontiers.

Brussels Papers state, that "an estafette
which the Ministers yesterday received from
Ghent, brings word that the Dutch are
approaching our frontiers ; the number of
troops that have crossed the Scheldt, coming
from Zealand, is estimated at 10,000 men.
It is not a mere report circulated on
'Change, as a Morning Journal insinuates.
We can answer for the arrival of the estafette."
The same authorities add, that " the Duke of
SAXE WEIMAR is on the extreme frontier with
12 or 15,000 men, with the intention, it is sup-
posed, as the latter says, of pushing on to
Maestrecht."—These Papers contain no news of
so recent a date as that we have received.

It is quite delightful to witness the manifesta-
tions of the healthy political feelings which pre-
vail throughout England. In few places, in-
deed, do the electors, who have not been pre-
vented from registering themselves, either by po-
verty or fear of having their votes improperly in-
fluenced, appear to have fallen asleep upon the
duties which have devolved upon them. They
answer with alacrity when called upon by leaders
in whom they have confidence ; and even in what
has been considered the strong-hold of corrup-
tion, Cornwall, they are assembling to take mea-
sures to return none but liberal candidates. A
sketch of the proceedings of one of their
meetings will be found in another column.
It was convened by Mr. PETER, the Can-
didate for Bodmin, who so patriotically with-
drew his claims upon the county at the last
election, in order that the Reform interest might
not be endangered. His speech contains an
exceedingly fair estimate of the merits of the
respective Candidates ; but very properly begs
the electors to direct their attention to their past
conduct. Truly it is by that alone that con-
formers are to be distinguished from reformers.
The spirit displayed at the meeting was
ex-
cellent. The unanimous resolution to which it
came, of going to the poll without expense to
the Candidates, is one which, we hope, will be
universally imitated.