The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-23 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

The Swiss federal government hasjust submitted
to the new chambers a message, setting forth the
various acts which have been the consequence of
the acceptance on the part of Switzerland of the
treaty of Paris, regulating the dispute with Prussia
on the Neufchatel question. The message gives an
account of the incidents which arose at the time of
&going the treaty, and specifies certain measures
which have since been carried into execution, all
of which, however, have in a great measure lost
their interest at present.

have addressed the following petition to the Em-
peror :

Penetrated with veneration for the faith of our ances-
tors, and attached with dl our hearts to the language
which our children have spoken fr,7m their cradles, and
in which we offer up onr prayers to God ; and consider-
ing that it would be a great benefit to the country if the
generation could receive a complete education,
which t!i,y cannot do at preeent from the want of a
university in the country, we humbly supplicate your
Majesty, let, to a:l')w the re-establiAnent of the oath°.
lie churches, which are falling into ruins, and to establi,h
cures in the towns and c unary according to the wants
of the inhabitants ; 21, that your M-•jesty will or-ler
that the Polish language shall be spoken io the schools,
and that the erection of a university at Polook, or in
some other town of the province, F hail be permitted,

The nobility of Minsk, Volllynia, and other dis-
tricts have presented simil it petitions. All have
received tr>favourable replies. The following is
that seat ti the nobility of Witel:sk :
The Secretary of State, Prince Gali;zin, has corn-
municattd to me the petition of the nob lity of \Vitebsk.
I have submitted the same to his Majesty, and com-
municated at the same time the written opinion of the
military governor of \Vitebsk, who thinks that the
nobility have no reason for making euch applica,ions ;
first, because the nobility of Witebsk possess ample
mean; for properly educating their youth, since there
are two colleges and a military echo 1 ; second,
beawe, ns regards the repairs and construction of
Catledn churches, the same rege'ations exist as for those
of the orthodox faith. I have on my part considered it
my duty to call the attention of his Majesty to the evi-
dent tendency of the petition—name-ly, the preservation
of the pretended Poish nationality, a preteneion that is
the more frivolous that it is unfounded. In fact, the
country has-never had an existence of its own, and ha.
never been cons'clered as car quered, but as retaken by
Russia, to which it belonged for ages. The repreeenta•
tions of the nubility are moreover improper. The Em
peror has comequently ordered that the petition shall
be considered as s.ull and void, and the marshal of the
nobili'y will be told that he has acted with weakness,
and those who have signed the petition will be informed
that they have done wrong in bringing forward requests
which are unfounded.

G ORTCHAEOFF.3

SPAIN.

MADRID, July 21.—TI'e C tptain-General and the
Civil Governor of Seville will be brought before a
Connell of War on acenunt of the late troubleq.

The journals of the 18J1 hive arrived. Two of
the spectators of the executions at Seville who w-re
wound- d, as already stated, bad died. The execti-
tiowi had caused a profound sensation in the town,
all the shops being closed and the streets desete,t.
The number of persons killed in the recent affairs
was 98. The band which had appeared near Bay-
len had formed the design of seizing Despenaferros,
but had been diQappointed. At Badjoz, the au-
thorities were taking precautions from the fear that
the chiefs of the recent conspiracy at Li,bon mitzht
make an attempt to cre tte di,turbances there. The
Criterio of Madrid, which had long been the organ
of Marshal O'Donnell, had ceased to appear. The
steamer Pirono had sailed from Cadiz for Porto
Rico with 60,000,0 W reals, destined to replace the
local money, the int,ntion being to hive for the
future only the coins of the mother country in the
colonies. This, it is stated, is the first time that
silver has been so sent out.