The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-17 00:00:00

GERMANY.

The Germanic Diet held its last sitting before the
vacation, at Frankfort, on the 12th. It passed by a
large majority a resolution, that the Constitution of
Frankfort can only be revised in conformity with the
dispositions of the supplementary Act of 1819, and
under the express reservation of all the rights of the
Diet.

A letter from Stuttgart of the 10th says :—" The
French Embassy has invited the clergy of the Ca-
tholic Church of our city to celebrate divine service
on the 15th, but as that is a Sunday, and Assumption
day, the clergy have replied that it is impossible to do
so this year on the 15th, but they have offered to
perform a service on another day."
A letter from Vienna, 9th, states that M. de Hul-
semanns, the Austrian ambassador to the United
States, will not leave for his post so soon as was at
first expected. The French Government follows
with great interest the proceedings of the Customs'
Conferences, and has charged its agents to send cir-
cumstantial accounts. Tne French ambassador at
Vienna has received orders to declare that the French
Government was disposed to enter into negotiations
for the conclusion of the treaty of commerce and
customs. _ _

The Emperor of Austria has given orders for the
re-organization of the army. The infantry of the line
is to be composed of 62 regiments, each divided into
four battalions, and also a battalion of grenadiers, and
a depot battalion. The total number of men and
officers in each regiment will be 5,964.

By a recent decree, the alloy of silver money with
copper, in the Austrian Empire, is fixed at 10 per
cent. of the weight, and the old coins, with the excep-
tion of the Marie Theresa crowns, which are used
in the trade with the east, are to be recoined.

VENTILATION AND LIGHTING THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Such of our readers as attempt—stern in the pursuit
of knowledge—to master the " Second Report from the
Select Committee on Ventilation and Lighting of the
House [of Commons]; together with the Proceedings
of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, and
Index," will find it a tough job. It fills 670 pages, the
greater part of it, as, humbly, it scemeth to us, the
merest verbiage and twaddle that ever nation had to pay
for printing. Lots of sack, and only a " ha'porth" of
bread. On ono point nearly all the witnesses, with the
exception of those that might be depended on, are
agreed, and that is the want of the first necessary and
condition for life in the new House of Commons. The
inquiry further proves, what is useful to be known, that
we are still floundering in ignorance of this subject, and
that opinions diametrically oppooite, and in some cases
dangerous to deadliness, are entertained by men who
have the confidence of large numbers of persons. The
Committee were evidently posed. They worked hard:
some of them put pertinent questions, and tried to get
at princ4:de9; but with small results, and the conse-
quence is a report which leaves the real question very
nearly where it was, excepting by negation. They are
able to say that the " Committee desire to give it as
their opinion that the failure of ventilation of the House
of Commons, at the commencement of the session, can-
not fairly be imputed to any radical defect in Dr. Reid's
system, because the House was hastily occupied, with
an infinity of arrangements incomplete; and the light-
ing, from which the greatest amount of mischief arose,
was neither contrived by Dr. Reid nor under his control."
They are of opinion that much improvement would be
effected by an enlargement of the openings, both for the
supply and discharge of air; but the only recommenda-
tion that they make, "in the present conflicting state of
opinion," is, as regards future management, that " the
entire responsibility of ventilating and lighting the
house, and its appendages, should be confided to one
competent person, under the direction and supervision
suchon complaints." Da
eornplicateumd
some cases
of the Board of Works; and with a view to secure
proper attention to any complaints that may hereafter
arise, a committee should be named, at the commence-
mupent of each session, to confer with the Board of Works
I we must say
measures that may appear necessary to remove
Of our own opinion of the costly and
about partially fight in a
go off at ozei,i
success, our
by the admission
casea against nature, and with no chance of
introduced at the new Houses to
ine-coaridear ntdo getimproving rid of tiht
readerswe have
are aware. In closing our notice,
pure no sympathy with those who talk
ie
t m vitiatedust airbe
got rid of, and • "reah• Once breathed, it must be
ascend: cool it and hi:3_
allowed to
while it is in a condition to
remain by you until it has
again been warmed.—
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, which,
by privateßuy
E STEAMERS.
It CONVEYANCEappears
that
thOerexpeme
f 8 _ y
Royal Fu-
siliers ii
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from Portsmouth
has nearly amounted to 400/Y
Admiralty take credit for the ll' considering sttielamers,
that could be got ready at a short numbernotio Government
vas
the
yards, might have been saved by a littleefat the various dole
ment having been under orders for remov°aright, the regi..
Upwards of two
montbs.—lfaval and iltzlitary Gazette.
A cat belonging to Mr. William Parkinson,
man, Great Ecclestou, near Preston, the other da yeo-
man,
its owner with a fine eel in a somewhat curious day,
presented
cat walked deliberately to a pond near the house, The
over head, and in a few seconds brought out in its mouth
large ~ snig,,, with its wiry body twirled around the uth
a
bold
fisherman's neck. The creature was immediately robbed
its booty, i'
- which was used in a way eas .y to be guessed.
of
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8 NGE. --Southern
—The--- Era notices the m •
arnage
of mr. .
Alb • John H. Strange to Miss Elizabeth Strange,
all of
eruarie county, Vag.. An event that is very strange, but
says, no d
straits,. °WA; the next event in course will be a little