The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-03 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Diet at Kremsier has unanimously voted the fifth
chapter of the fundamental laws, guaranteeing trial by
jury in all prosecutions against the press, and providing
chat in all cases the procedure of the Courts of Justice
shall be oral and public. Thty have also passed a law
abolishing capital punishment.
The Ministers have published an official answer in
the Wiener Zeitung, stating that they have received an
address of confidence signed by about 18,000 of the
most respectable inhabitants of Vienna, which cannot
tail to produce a most salutary impression. The follow-
ing is their reply--
" A large proportion of themost respectable inhabitants of
Vienna have expressed approval of the Ministerial pro-
gramme of the 27th of November. _

" The Ministers have received this important testimony of
an honourable and encouraging confidence with grateful
thanks.

"A high goal has to be attained; that goal is the unani-
mous wish of Austria. It is the grandeur, the might, the
unity, the legitimate liberty of the entire monarchy. In full
consciousness of their sacred ald difficult task, and at the
same time firmly resolved to p?rsevere in the path on which
they have entered, the Ministers recognise in this address of
the inhabitants of Vienna a retewed pledge of the successful
result of their endeavours.

SCHWARZENBERG, KRAUS, CORDON, BACK,
KULMER, STAPION, VON BRICK, THIEN-
FELD.
" 011inutz, Jan. 12, 1849."

The Allyenzeine Zeitung of She 28th ult. says:--
" The German Catholics of Gratz have presented a warm,
energetic protest to the Austrian Cabinet against the suspen-
sion of their service, and the exile of their pastor. They de-
signate the Ministerial decree " in abortion of the Metternich
system," and refer with justice section 17 of the Constitu-
tion of Ferdinand, of the 25th of April last, which says:—
All burghers of the monarchy are granted the free exercise
of their religious faith, and full liberty of conscience ;' and
concludes by saying, 'True to oar convictions, true to our
conscience, and relying upon the imperial promises, we are
firmly resolved not to be misled in our faith. We give no
man the right of commanding us in matters of faith; for, ac-
cording to our firm conviction, faith is that sacred property of
man for which he is individually responsible to himself and
to his God."

The Wiener Zeitung of the i'th ult. contains the ad-
dresses of submission presented to Prince WINDISCII-
GRATZ since the Imperial army entered the Hungarian
territory, by the city of Pesth, by the county of Pesth,
by the county of Papa, and by the county of Pozega in
Slavonia. •

The following is the 18th official bulletin from the
Imperial army under WiNrasci4GßA.Tz, which has been
published by the Governor of Vienna :
“Field-Marshal Lieutenant voll Esorich, who, with his
second army corps, had pursued the army divison of the
rebel Gorgey in the direction of the mining towns, found
the enemy in a strong position on the plains of Schemnitz,
charged them with the brigade Wyss in front and flank,
took the village of Windschachl by storm, repulsed the
enemy on every side, and, after A short conflict with their
arriere guard, entered Schemnitz. In this engagement our
brave troops took twelve guns, tell mortars, several gun-car-
riage•, arms, and baggage, made upwards of 500 prisoners,
including one officer and 145 men of the Alexander Regiment