The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-24 00:00:00

The Academic Council assembled yesterday at the Sor-
bonne,• under the Presidency of M. Barthe, Minister of
Public Instruction. The matter for consideration was the
conduct of several students, who had been cited for having
published in the journals an address calling upon the
schools to form associations prohibited by the existing
laws and ordinances. The young men refused to answer
the interrogatories put to them, and retired, leaving a
protest to the following effect, to which they had affix,d
their signatures:—
" The Students, Members of the Provisional Com-
mittee of the Assoeiation of the Schools, who signed the
answer to the Proclamatioa of M. Barthe, and now cited
t I appear before the Academic Council, recognise no other
tribunals than those instituted by the law as competent to
pronounce, in the forms ordained by law, upon the
offences provided foe. by the law.
" They know not the pretended tribunal which assumes
the name of Royal Council of Public Instruction, and
which has referred the affair to another pret, nded tribu-
nal, calling itself the Academic Council.
" Therefore, they declare that if the members of this
species of Prevotal, Court take upon themselves to act as
judges, investing an act of violence with the false charac-
ter of a judicial condemnation, they will be liable to all
the responsibility they may incur by acting under no other
law than that of force; and they rely upon obtaining
future but early redress for the iniquity of which they would
become v:ctims.
" J. SAMBUC. A. JUCIIAULD•
" J. A. PLOQUE. AUDRY.
" A. LAPEYBE. P. LANU.
" MA ÜBLANE. ROUHIEK.
" FULGENCE GIRA RD. NA EIAS.
" LOUIS AUGUSTE BLANQUI. BASTARKET."

The Academic Council will pronounce its decision on
Saturday.
The Nourdliste 'Vaudois says—" We learn by a
private letter from Paris, that General Sebastiani, Mi-
nister fur Foreign Affairs, has testified to the Swiss envoy
how well satisfied France is with the measures taken by
the Diet, and added, that she acknowladeed with pleasure
its neutrality, as, thanks to the revolutions which had
taken place in Switzerland, the French could rely on the
sympathy of the chiefs of the Cantons. The Mini'ter is
also said to have declared that France did not wish for
war ; that other powers might provoke it, with a view to
further the views of the Jacobins, and consequently create
serious troubles. However, France was prepared for
every event, and her first operation would he the occu-
pation, and a simultaneous irruption into, Italy and beyond
the Rhine."

The Sentindle Genevoise has the following :—" They
write from Berrie that the Swiss troops dismissed from
France have been armed by the Bernese Government, and
posted behind the Hotel de Ville, with orders to fire upon
the people on the least disturbance. It has been anxiously
asked, what would be the fate of these poor fellows if, as
is probable, in their present situation, the second act of
the piece, commenced in July last at the Hotel de Ville of
Paris, should be performed ?"
The 'Warsaw Gazette of the 6th states that the
Grand Duke Constantine wished todisarm and disband the
Lithuanian corps under the command of General Rosen,
upon which, it is said, a combat took place between them
and the troops of General Pahlen, sent for the purpose of
disarming them : 4,000 Lithuanians were killed, and
General Pahlen lost 8,000 men. In the end, General
Rosen and the remainder of the Lithuanian corps assumed
the Polish white cockade. The fortifications of Warsaw
and Psaga are completed.
We find the following in the Augsburgh Gazette,
dated Frontiers of Poland, Jan. 2 :—" They write from
St. Petersburgh, that the acrimonious feelings against
Poland are beginning to subside, and it is even asserted
that the Grand Duke Constantine has succeeded in allay-
ing the exasperation of the Emperor, and inducing him to
try to come to:an amicable arrangement. The Ladies of
the Court, many of whom have alliances in Poland, also
employ all their efforts to obtain a favourable result. It is
believed that if Prince Luhecki could but obtain a private
audience of his Imperial Majesty, every thing would be ar-
ranged, and the march of the troops countermanded."
The following is an extract of a letter of the 15th inst.
from Basle :—" The last sot tie of our troops was crowned
with complete success. They gained possession of the vil-
lage of Alichwyl, and after having brought the peasantry
to submission, conducted one of the most distinguished
among them into the town as a hostage. Four of the chiefs
of the insurgents have fled from Leistall, and sought re-
fuge in Argan. The small corps that approached Basle,
committed every species of excess in the country
houses belonging to the inhabitants of Basle, and
among others, at Munchenslein and Reinach, which
they plundered, and emptied the cellars. The principal
chief of the insurgents, named Blarer, formerly Grand
Judge of the ci-devant regiment of Bleuler, in the service
of France, had but just time to escape, leaving behind
him his correspondence and other papers, with his bag_
gage, all of which were seized. Everything announces
that the Communes are on the point of making their sub-
mission, and that tranquillity will be very shortly re-es-
tablished. By another letter of the 16th, we are in-
formed that the insurgent peasantry are beaten and
dispersed, and are returning to their homes. After
several successful sorties, the country, people were at-
tacked yesterday, in the village of Mitacntz, where they
mustered to the number of 1,500- The Basle troops con-
sisted of about 1,000 men, with eight pieces of artillery.
The peasants only stood two rounds of cannon, and then
they fled to the woods and mountains with 60 much preci-
pitation, that not more than 30 of them could be taken
prisoners. The troops ate to-day at Lies-all. The Pro-
visional Government disappeared yesterday. The vil-
lages are making their submission one after the other. We
are hourly expecting the arrival of the Commissioners
from the Diet, to act as mediators, but they will find the
business already done."

A noted leader of the Cholans, named Terrier, recently
made his appearance in the arrondissement of Chateau-
briand, with about 12 men wearing the white cockade.—
The police hare been sent in pursuit of them.
The Gazette des Tribunaux of the 16th and 18th in-
stant contains a very long detail of the proceedings of the
inquest held at St. Leu on the death of the Prince de
Conde. To any one whose mind has been prejudiced by
the anonymous pamphlet called An Appeal to Public
Opinion, or with whom the shadow of a suspicion yet re-
mains upon this interesting subject, we recommend a care-
ful perusal of the proceedings, and an equally careful pe-
rusal of the will, which has been so vainly disputed. The
King's fourth son, the Duke d'Aumale, who, with the
Baroness de Feucheres, is the principal inheritor and re-
siduary legatee, has assumed the title of Prince de Conde.
Galignani's lifesseng, r.
The Saxony Gazette has the following, dated Leipsic,
Jan. 10:--" The commercial intercourse between Bel-
gium, Holland, and the great mercantile houses in Ger-
many, which used to transact much business with the
Netherlands, especially Leipsic, Frankfort, and the towns
on the Rhine, has entirely ceased since the revolution.
Every one looks with horror upon the continuation of
these disturbances. The bills drawn upon that country
are returned unpaid. Several bills upon respectable
houses came hick with the following words written in the
margin Nous ne pai,erons pas. Tine la Liberte P
Cousidsrable failures will LI the inevitable consequeuce 0f