The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-17 00:00:00

FRANCE.
[The following appeared in our Third Edition of
last night]:—
The Committee on Instruction has resolved that the
members of the second section of national instruction
called de perfectionneinent shall be nominated by the
corps which may have an interest more or less direct
in the progress of public instruction, as, for instance,
the Institut, the College de France, the Ecole Poly-
ice technique, &c., &c. The number of these members is
to be from twenty-five to thirty, but they cannot deli-
berate without the members of the first section, twelve
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.in number. The second section is to occupy itself
with all the modifications to be made in general
instruction, in examinations of all kinds, and in the
- drawing up of the programmes. The decisions of this
7. section will not be voted without the authorisation of
the Minister of Public Instruction. This section is
- to meet at least twice a year, or more frequently,
- and always on the convocation of the Minister.
- As to the third section of, the Council of National
Instruction, which is to be called " Section of
- Private Instruction," the Committee has not yet
5% fixed its powers, but has only decided that the
- surveillance specially confided to this section and the
first shall he exercised in the name of the State, by
the intermediary of a cenTs of inspectors, charged to
inspect the establishments of all kinds, public and
private, lay and ecclesiastic. These inspectors may
ice, be selected by the Minister from official, private, or
ecclesiastical teachers.
The Corsaire says :—" There was an on dit in
the Salle des Pas Perdue on Saturday, that a
a diplomatic note from the Cabinet of Vienna had
4 announced that Austria would be disposed to disarm
.1:2 200,000 men, if it were thought that France would
4 follow the example. The point is a delicate one.
There has been a Council of Ministers on the subject.
Id. Passy, Minister of Finance, pleading for the in-
ice. terest of the Treasury, presses his colleagues to adopt
such a measure at once. It is moreover felt, both at
the Elys6e and the National Assembly, that a great
170 financial disaster can only be escaped by promptly
so making a large reduction in the army."
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AUSTRIA.
The Ost-Deutsche Post, one of the most moderate
of the Vienna papers, has been suppressed. The fol-
lowing notice was handed to the editor on the 9th
ice I instant :

" The Ost-Deutsche Post of the 7th of this month
gives an article headed, ' The Occurrence in liremsier;'
5 its contents aro no less exciting and revolutionary than
those of the foul-mouthed literature of the month of
:1 October. As such language would be inadmissible
;spa under common circumstances, it appears perfectly lin-
compatible with the state of siege.
"By inserting the article alluded to in the Ost-
Deutsche Post edited by you, you have acted contrary to
• the conditions on which the re-appearance of that paper
was accorded on the 7th of December last.
" This periodical is, therefore, at once suppressed by
the express order of the Prime Minister, and will ac-
-1 eordingly cease to appear from to-morrow.
" WELDEN, Governor.
" Vienna, Jan. 9th, 1849."

According to the latest intelligence from Krem-
sier the Chamber were about pronouncing a vote of
A' want of confidence in the Ministry. The first article
'% of the fundamental laws would most likely be
adopted, against which Count Stadion had pro-
• tested, as incompatible with the monarchical prin-
-38. ciple. The Tcheques, the Left and Centre Left,
were united against him. The fundamental laws
that the Count had drawn up, had met with so much
opposition that they had been withdrawn.
5,s It is believed the Cabinet will not give way, but
will dissolve the Diet. It will then prepare a consti-
tution, and submit it to the Austrian Diet, to meet at
Vienna on the Ist of May.
- According to the last accounts from Hungary,
Comorn still holds out against the Imperialists.
Kossuth, with his partisans, has withdrawn to
ce• Debrezin, whither also the Hungarian army, about
12,000 strong, has proceeded. On the 6th, the first
corps rf armee of the Imperial troops set out from
Pesth to the same destination.