The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-18 00:00:00

OERIVIAN Y.

The Germania Diet held its last sitting before the
vacation, at 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 :—.‘c 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. do Elul-
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. The French ambassador at
Vienna has received orders to declare that the French
Government was disposed to enter into negotiations
for the dianclusion 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,
with
the a t
10
per
a recent decree, the alloy of silver money with
copper, in the Austrian Empire, molpdirceo,inisa,
fixed
cent. of the weight, and di
excep-
tion of 'tile 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, AlLutes of Evidence, Appendix, and
ndex," will find it n tough jo% It fills 670 pages, the
greater part of it, es, humbly, it seemeth to us, the
merest verbiage and twaddh that ever nation had to Pay
for printing. Lots of sack., and only a " ha'porth" o
bread. Ou one point nearly WI the witnesses, with the
exception of those that might be depended on, are
agreed, and that is the wan: of the first necessary and
condition for life is tile new House of Commons. The
inquiry farther proves, what is useful to be known, that
we aro floundering in ignorance of this subject, and
that opinions dia-netricelly opposite, nod in some cases
dangerous to deadliness, are 'Entertained by men who
Imo the confidence of large numbers of persons. The
Committee were evidently posed. They worked hard:
some of theta put pertinent qnestions, and tried to get
at principles; but with small results, and the cense-
qwenae is a report which leaves the real question very
nearly where it was, excepting by negation. They are
abla 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 we of opinion that much improvement would be
efLcteti by an enlargement of the openings, both for the
auppli and discharge of air; bat the only recommenda-
tion that they make, ".in the ptes.2ut coalicting state of
opin.an,"ia, tia; rfgard3 fattu.e rnonagement, that the
entire responsibility of ventilating and lighr.ing the
tonia, nod its eikenTlt,a, saould be confided to ono
coarint-ant persoe, noder Lae direction and supervision
o the Bata -A o Works; anti wttzi to sceuro
prov,,r attention to all/ e',:np!a,into turn may heroatter
should be namel, at the comeiraice-
L!, to confer with the Board of Works
it may appear necessary to recnovo
" Of our own opinion of ;he nosily and
htoe:y iatrodoced at the seer Houses to
nature, and with no chance of

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