The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-20 00:00:00

FRANCE.

[The following appeared in our Third Edition of
last night]:—
The Evenement announces that the Committee of
the Natioaal Assembly, appointed to report on the
proposition of M. Plateau, relative to its dissolution,
had met on Wednesday, and that, after a most
animated discussion, it had unanimously resolved to
reject it. The majority of the Committee, moreover,
decided that the decree of the 15th December, which
fixed at ten the number of the organic laws to be
framed by the Assembly, should undergo no modifi-
cation.
Le National states that, notwithstanding the
greatest efforta made by the enemies of the National
Assembly to obtain signatures to a petition praying
for its dissolution, prepared in the department of the
Calvados, which contains 150,000 electors, not more
than 1,000 persons could be prevailed on to affix their
names..
M. de Cormenin (Timon) is said to be preparing a
reply to M. Guizot's work on democracy.
The British sloop Neva was wrecked on the 11th
inst., while endeavouring to enter the port of Gran-
ville, and six out of nine, of which her crew was com-
posed, unfortunately perished. The captain of the
Passe-partout, of the Republican steam navy, seeing
the danger to which the British sloop was exposed,
dispatched a boat with seven picked men to her
assistance, but unfortunately the boat was upset, and
five out of the seven were drowned.

A letter from Troyes, of the 16th instant, states,
that on the preceding day three accidents occurred on
the Montereau Railroad. In the first case no life was
lost ; in the second, a cantonnier was killed ; and in
the third, a passenger, who endeavoured to overtake
a train, was likewise killed.
It was said yesterday at the National Assembly
that M. de Champvans, supported by a great num-
ber of colleagues, intended to address interpellations
to the Ministry on the subject of the clubs. M. de
Champvans, it is said, came to that determination on
the ground that the Constitution, whilst guaranteeing
the right of meeting only, thought of accidental or occa-
sional meetings, and not permanent or periodical ones,
such as clubs undoubtedly are. Before, however, car-
rying his intention into effect, the Hon. Member in-
formed, it is said, M. 0. Barrot and M. Leon Faucher
of his design, and added that he should call on them
to suppress absolutely all the clubs, in order to give a
pledge of security to the country. It is
.positively
affirmed that both Ministers replied to him that they
intended themselves bringing in a Bill relative to the
clubs, in the sense alluded to by M. de Champvans
and his friends. _ _

The Constitutionnel says :—" In learning that their
trial was near at hand, the prisoners of the affair of
May 15 entered on the task of choosing their defen-
ders. Several lawyers of the Mountain are already
designated. MM. Ledru Rollin and Theodore Bac
are to defend, it is said, one Barb'es, and the other
Albert ; M. de Courtais is to have M. Michael (de
Bourges). As to Raspail and Blanqui they intend
speaking for themselves. It is not known if M. Louis
Blanc and M. Caussidiere will appear at the trial. On
leaving France they said they certainly would."

AUSTRIA.
Accounts from Pesth of the Bth bring the follow-
ing atrocious proclamation which has been issued by
Prince Windischgratz :
" Any inhabitant who is taken with a weapon of any
description in his hand will be immediately hanged.
" If the inhabitants of any place should, united, dare
to attack any Imperial royal military courier, any trans-
ports, any or single commanding officers, or to injure
them in any way soever, such place shall be made level
with the earth.
" The authorities of the different places shall answer
with their heads for the preservation of the public peace.
" Prince WINDISCHGRATZ, Field- Marshal.
" Head quarters, Nicola, Dec. 26th, 1848."
General Bern is gone to the Bukowina from Tran-
sylvania by way of Bistritz, with the probable inten-
tion of getting up a revolution in Poland, which
is at present naturally comparatively unprotected,
all spare troops having marched under Field-
Marshal Lieutenant Schlich into Hungary. It also
appears that Kossuth entertains the same idea,
and it is very probable that be is now on his
road to Galicia across the Carpathians. There can be
little doubt from the proceedings of Messaros, that if
he had beaten Field-Marshal Lieutenant Schlich at
Kaschan he intended to have marched into Galicia.
This is the more to be presumed, as the official
report of the defeat of Messaros makes mention of a
Polish correspondence of great consequence having
fallen into the hands of the Imperialists.
In the sitting of the Diet at Kremsier on the 13th
the second paragraph of the fundamental law came
under discussion. This paragraph as originally pro-
posed was as follows :
All subjects of the State are equal; the constitu-
tion and laws define under what conditions the rights
of an Austrian subject can be acquired, exercised,
and forfeited.

All privileges of rank are abolished ; distinctions
of nobility of all kinds are neither to be granted nor
recognised by the State.
Public offices and employments in the 'State are
open to all subjects who may possess the necessary
qualifications. Foreigners, if not naturalized, are
excluded from civil employments in the State and
from the National Guard.

Only personal merit shall give a right to public
distinctions and rewards. No distinction is hereditary:

The first part of the second paragraph—" All
subjects in thF State are equal," has passed in the
sense that—" The whole body of subjects of the
State form the people." The second part as to the
abolition of the nobility is still pending.