28 OCTOBER 1843, Page 12

Letters from Berne, of the 21st instant, state that the

Grand Counci of Lucerne insists on the restoration of the Argovian convents, pro- bably at foreign instigation. Lucerne is a Catholic Canton, and its Government is at present the Vorort or Executive of Switzerland ; so that the other Cantons would have to begin resistance to the dictate by refusing to recognize the central Government for the time being ; which threatens the very constitution of the united states of Swit- zerland.