Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-01-06
TROUBLE IN sw1TzERL AND.

TROUBLE IN SWITZERLAND.
The Messenger des Chambres, of Dec. 4, say
there is at this moment great agitation in Swift
erland.
A private letter from Lausanne, in the Mes
sager, states that the inhabitants of Zurich ano
its environs, determined to see the constitution
reformed, had armed, to the number of 1000
and attacked the government, who were menaced
on every side.
According to the Nouvelliste Van1oIs, and
the Avisco, the Cantons of Glaris and lessen
have risen in mass, and have taken arms. Nu-
merous popular assembIages have met at Zurich,
Ulster, and Weinselden, to demand reforms.
A private letter from Geneva Of Goth Nov.
saws that $4,000 armed peasants have entered
Borne and deposed the government.
The accounts from the cantons of Soleure, Lu-
cerne, and Arau, are Of the same description
In this letter, the two coored flags of blue and
black for the canton, and blue and red for the
Swiss Union, had been every where hOisted
At Soleurea, the government has published a
proclamation, stating that it had convoked an ex-
traordinary meeting of the Grand Council for the
e5th Nov. to deliberate upon a revision of the
Constitution. 1t appears that Revolutionary
Council Of 20 individuals had already assembled,
and were debating questions Of reform.
Letters from Zurich, of the Goth Nov. say that
the Grand Council, which met at eight in the
morning of the 18th. had acceeded to the impcri-
Gus demands made in the name OF the $4,000
people assembled on Monday last at Uster.-
Two thirds Of the Cantonal representation have
been given to the rural communes. and new cleo
tons are TO take place as soon as possible. Since
1898 Switzerland has never displayed such de-
sire to form free and heightened government.
In Savoy, also, there is agitation. Several
Pieimontese sentinels have been murdered.
The London Courier-whicn, with the change
Of Ministry has all at once become a reuotMiond.
ri paper-savs-s.i it was high time for reforma-
ton. The disposition of the Sultan is not half
so odious as the constitution of the Republic of
Switzerland-a Government which, with
mockery of liberty at home. has ever sold the
means of tyranny to any of the deposits of Eu-
rope who chose to purchase them.
PORTUGAL.
II appears that Don Miguel had narrow es-
cane from assassination on the 9Th OF October.
A we'll dressed man contrived to enter the Pal
ace of Aiuda. unobserved. ostensibly to present
petition. On being suspected by one OF the
Wallets. he was seized and examined A naked
ponard was found i'm the sleeve of his coat. He
had made no reply to the examinations, and the
fair.
A letter from Lisbon, dated Nov. 90, says that
the speech of his Britannia Majesty was received
with indignation and insulting commentaries, by
the usurper and his party. Instead OF the am
nest, it spoke of arrests continued. The family
of ne Countess of Ficalho had been Imprisoned
an,aag others. The confidence of the King OF
England had been abused.
iTALy.-Hness of the Pope.-A letter from
Rome. of the 26th November. states that the
Pope, Plus VIII is at the last extremity; that
the gout had assembled to his stomach, the lungs
we're attacked, and the symptoms were becoming
more unfavorable every hour.
Cholera Morbus in Russia. have
been received from Moscow to the 18th Nov
The deaths from the cholera morbus were rapid
" on the increase. All was perfectly healthy
at ST. Petersburg The nights were frosty, but
not severely so. The accounts from Yaristof,
and from places in that direction, relative to the
cholera morbus, were more favorable.