The Swiss Diet have acted in the case of the
malecontents in Neufchatel with rigour and despatch—they occupied the refrac- tory Canton with die troops of the Confederation. The Prussian Ambassador has thought proper to protest in a diplomatic note against . this proceeding ; but it is said that the only reply which he will receive is to be one expressive of surprise at his interference in the matter. The measures of the Diet, however, have produced the desired effect. The Legislative Body of Neufchatel has returned to its senses, and despatched Deputies to the Diet as usual. The troops which were sent against them were then ordered to be dis- banded; and thus Prussian intrigue has been battled in that quarter.
The French journalists write, and their poliCcians of the Bourse and the Salons .discourse, of little else than Portuguese affairs. The King will soon return to Paris, after a tour which must have flattered his vanity at least, if it.-has not also afforded him solid grounds fir much pleasing reflection'. The inhabitants of Nor- mandy, and the other provinces through which he has been jour- neying, are represented as being prosperous, contented, and loyal. His interview, too, with Lord DU/LH AM at Cherbourg, is regarded as a good omen of the continuance of the alliance between France and this country. It is difficult to reconcile these accounts of the prosperity of the -.country, and the popularity of the Monarch, with the assertions 'which we find in the Parisian correspondence of the Daily Papers, ie the deep-rooted discontent of the great body of the nation, and the danger of sudden deposition to which LOUIS PHILIP is con- stantly exposed. The bad humours of the country, we are told, are only driven in and may reappear at any moment. The Ministry are said to possess little influence, except that which they derive from profuse expenditure and shameless corruption. CHARLES the Tenth, it should be remembered, was greeted with loud cheers from the Parisian populace a few days previous to his expulsion; and we are told to expect that a similar fate will pro- bably ere long overtake Louis PHILIP. We should not dwell so much upon statements which appear to have been prompted by so strong a prejudice against the existing dynasty, had not some of them appeared in a journal (the Times) whose Parisian informa- tion is generally extremely good, and by no means tinged with a Revolutionary hue. As it is, however, we merely give them as the talk of the day, without professing to rely upon their correct- ness.
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