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the rival religionists, attended with serioHs
loss of life. The peopleoi Basic Champagne
and the more disorderly in Berne formed
ucorps with which to attack Lucerne, while
lthesCantonof Argussummonod by th&Soc-
sin, all good Protestants to arms. One ac-
count statee; Last night, March 3oth,)
fires were seen attwo or three points, which
were probably signals. Many OF the muni-
cipalitieshaVeagreec to give from four TO
six francs to those who should take part in
the invasion, and allow them each fourhaIt
= franc to two francs per day.
A force FIVE thousand strong crossed the
: frontier OF Ldcerne on the 29th March
Meanwhile the town Of Lucerne was has
tiIy fortified; the Yorort mustered seventeen
.battalions TO nterpose If necessary; the
Government OF BernepIaced seven battaI-
ions under arms, Zug and Urn sent cbntin-
gents to Lucerne. The army which Lu-
cerne mustered is varieusy estimated at
10000 to 10000.
With strong force, general De Sonnen-
burg advanced TO meet the invaders; but
having ceme.up with them,he retreated to-
wards the city, for a purpose which will
shorty appear; making, however, some
show of resistance. "On reaching Zonfn-
gen, the invading army" says an account
written by one who marched with'it, "wss
attacked by battalion posted in the forest"
Meanwhile, the main body proceeded,
q and on the 3 st took possession OF the heights
about Gutsch, without resistance, When
it reached the narrow valley Of the Keus,
through which the Basle road passes, a par
ty of the roops'of Lucerne sprang mine
and thus threw them into the utmost con-
fusion. The beseged about the same time
effected vigorous soriIe, and beat back
the volunteers WI wera overcome with
fatigue after long march.
At night the combat was suspended to be
renewed next day, when the volunteers
were repused with great loss, leaving GOO
or 1900 according tosone) dead on the field.
The troops Of Lucerne boast Of Iose OF
only three dead. though many were woun-
ded. The nyuders now found that they
were in trap the country people Of Lu-
cerne, who had suffered them to pass with
out resistance, setupon them in the retreat,
inhcting severe injury
The invaders were treated with such
ferceness in all quarters, that it is stated
that out of 1000 or 5000 men not more
than z, 900 had escaped massacre.
The Diet has again been convoked, and
the session was re-opened on the 5Lh uIt.
The first debate was irrega1ar and stormy
but il was resolved to refer the whole ques-
gon to q committee,
The Swiss journals Of the 7th uIt state
that the Government of Berne had just sent
@ commissioner 10 Lucerne with supply
of money, in order to relieve the distress OF
the prisoners Of that turbulent Canton, and
negotiate thcrrPlrase. Commlttees had also
been appointed atZurich,& Lucerne Tor the
assisting Of the defeated Lucerne refugees.
THE AFFAIRS OF SWiTZERLANp.-AR Roman
Catholic correspondent of the London @l9be
gives the following vereiOn Of the occuIren-
ces in Switzerland: "The case is simply this
.- the Helvetic conicdcracy is com posed
like the United States of America, OF nam
Der Of independent cantons OF states, each
absolutely soyereignin the interior govern
ment of It's own people, andas one hail.
nearly, of these Swiss cantons are Catholic,
and the rest CaIyinlst both parties have
OOulu tItliStlVtss HHuti Htt < 20" ""'t W
all the great Powers Of Europe, to scrupu-
IousIy abstain from interfering with each
others religious opinions. In some oil the
Protestant States were converts OF monks
and nuns, and ii was stipulated that their
rights and properties Were to he lnWolate.
About, however, two or three years ago,
the fanatics of ArgOvia hurst all bounds
and they pundered and conGscated these
convents Appeal tothe Diet was in vain
the Protestant majority approved OF the
act, and Indifferent Metlernich, Protestant
GuizOt, Protestant England and Prusfn,
and fanatic Russia, forgot their guarantee,
and wirkeda at The deed Whathas been the
consequence this wretched policy! The
canton Of Luzerne chose, as il mad The most
perfect righ 10 do, 10 engage seven learned
schooI-nasters icaIIed Jesuils) to come from
the neighborng Swiss canton of Frlbourg
where they have hada magnificent col
lege for the last fifteen years--to teach IN
the etownof Lucerne, immediately the An
grovians flew to arms again, and noculG
ted their heghh0rs, the Protestant state Of
the VaGdos, with their fury, The latter
cried, "a bas les Jesuites, and threatened
fire and sword to ,he canton of Lu2erne,
and Of course to Fribourg, for the same
cause, J aud consequently to every other
''athd l. canton. And to show their love
Of ordc, thesc Vaudois instantly overturn-
ed heir6,on Government, and Iormedanew
itCharugll constitution, in the mdrhG Piane'
The canton Of Luzerne, seeing the tender
mefclcs .hese Protestants threatened them
with, invited the assistance OF the Catholic
ronledefates, not choosing to be dictated
30, IN The education OF their Children by
these armed foreigners, In the meantime
free corps are formed in NaudGnd Argoyh
that Is to say. thousands OF yOgabonds,
who have guns, and disposod TO dip their
hands in he blood Of thetnolIendngp peo-
pie OF Luzerne, are regmonted, IN the
sn.ast OF this the Diet meets, and the Cath
e oc deputies call upon to begin by FIRST
putting down these armed bdndHj, who set
III - AaGannp aud tbpu diIcuag the other