The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-09 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Archduke Charles and his wife (the father
and mother of the Emperor Francis Joseph) have
gone to Munich. This Princess was the head of the
reactionary party, and was the soul of the Camarillo,
which, by its dishonesty and intrigues, caused the
destruction of the Emperor Ferdinand. This lady
was the Princess Sophia of Bavaria before her union
with the Archduke. It is to be hoped that neither of
them will ever again set foot in the Austrian do-
minions.
The following are additional official documents
relating to the abdication of the Emperor Ferdinand :
PROTOCOL.
IN THE NAME OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY.

This is to certify that on the 2d day of the month of De.
camber, of the year 1848, by the order of his reigning Ma-
jesty, the Most Serene Emperor and King Ferdinand 1., in
the Coronation Hall of the Archducal residence of the Royal
capital Olmiitz, the Ministers of the Most Serene Archducal
house of Austria, then actually residing in the said Royal
capital of Olmiitz, were present, viz. :
His Imperial Highness the Archduke Francis Charles ; and
Her Imperial Highness the Archduchess the Lady Sophia;
His Imperial Highness the Archduke Francis Joseph ;
Their Imperial Highnesses the Archdukes Ferdinand
Maximilian, Charles, Charles Ferdinand, Charles William,
and Joseph ;
Her Imperial Highness the Dowager Archduchess Maria
Dorothea, her Imperial Highness the Archduchess the Lady
Elizabeth and her husband, his Royal Highness the Arch-
duke Victor, and moreover:—
His Serene Highness Field-Marshal the Prince of Win-
discbgratz, Field-Marshal Lieutenant the Baron Jellachich,
Ban of Croatia, and Major-General the Count Griinne,
Lord Chamberlain of his Imperial Highness the Archduke
Francis Joseph, and the members of the Cabinet, viz. :
The Prince of Schwarzenberg, Field-Marshal Lieutenant,
President of the Cabinet and Minister of Foreign Affairs and
of the Imperial House.
The Count Francis Stadion, Minister of Home Affairs and
of Public Instruction.

Dr. Alexander Bach, Minieter of Justice.
Major-General, the Baron Francis Cordon, Secretary al
War.

Baron Philipp Kraus, Minister of Finance.
The Chevalier Bruck, Minister of Trade and of Public
Works.

Ferdinand Thienfeid, Knight, Minister of Agriculture :
and, after his Imperi.,l Mhjesty the Most S•rene Emperor
and King Ferdinand 1., accompanied by his illustrious con-
sort, Ler Majesty the Empress, and Queen Maria Anna,
and preceded by his. Adjutant-General the Prince Joseph
Lobkowitz, and followed by the Lord Chamberlain, the
Landgrave of Fiirstenberg, and the Lady-in-Waiting the.
Landgravine of ifirstenberg, had entered the hall, the per-
sons aforesaid then and there assembled, were witnesses to a
certain act and deed, as shall appear hereafter, in the which,
by the order of the Miuister of the Imperial houses the oll:e
of Secretary was discharged by the Counsellor of Legation,
Mr. Alexander Hubner.

His Majesty, the Emperor and King, vouchsafed to inform
the Assembly, that f,..r important reasons, he had taken the
irrevocable resolution of resigning the Imperial Crown in
favour of his beloved nephew, the Most Serene Archduke
Francis Joseph, whom he declared to have come to age; his
beloved brother, the most Serene Archduke Francis Charles,
father of the aforesaid, having likewise resolved irrevocably
to resign his rights of succession in favour of his son afore-
said. His Majesty next ordered that the President of the
Cabinet should read to the Assembly the acts and deeds re-
lative to the resignation aforesaid, viz :
We, Ferdinand the First, by the Grace of God Emperor of
Austria, &c., make known and proclaim to all whom it may
concern, that having been repeatedly convinced of our be-
loved nephew the Most Serene Archduke Francis Joseph,
having arrived at full maturity of his intellect, we, acting in
our legal capacity as Sovereign and head of the family, do
declare and certify the fact of our beloved nephew aforesaid
having attained the age of majority, for which purpose we
have signed this present document with our own hand, and
ordered the signature of the Minister of our House to be
likewise affixed to it.

Dated in our royal capital of 011mutz, on the Ist of
December, 1848, in tbe 14th year of our reign.

FERDINAND.
-SC/kl WARTZENBERG.
I, Francis Charles, Imperial Prince and Archduke of Aus-
tria, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, declare—
Whereas his Majesty, our most gracious Emperor and
Lord, my beloved brother, informed me that he was moved
by important reasons to resign the crown of the empire of
Austria, and of all the crown lands belonging to the same,
that is to say, in favour of his. legitimate successor; and,
although according to the established order of succession, I
ought to succeed to the Imperial Crown of Austria, yet, after
mature deliberation, I have resolved and declare that 1
resign my legitimate rights of succession irrevocably in
favour of my first-born son and legitimate successor, the
Most Serene Archduke Francis Joseph, and his legitimate
successors and heirs; and I consent,
.in case of the resigna-
tion of his Majesty, the reigning Emperor to the crown of
the empire of Austria and of the kingdoms and crown lands
united under it, being transferred to my beloved son, afore-
said.

Given in the royal capital of 011mutz, in the year of grace
848, this day, the lst of December,

FRANCIS CHARLES.
SCH WA RZR NBERG.

We, Ferdinand the First, Emperor of Austria, &c.
Declare hereby, and proclaim that important reasons here,
after mature deliberation, moved us to this irrevocable reso-
lution of resigning the imperial crown.
And in virtue of these presents we do resign the said crown
of the empire of Austria, and of all the empires united under
it, and of all other crown lands, whatever their name or de-
nomination may be, in favour of our beloved nephew the
Most Serene Archduke Francis Joseph and his legitimate
heirs and suceessors, after the voluntary resignation of our
beloved brother the Most Serene Archduke Francis Charles,
who resigned his legitimate rights to the succession, in certi-
fication whereof he has not only signed an act of resignation,
but has also added his signature to this present document,
our own act of resignation.

In solemn certification of which we have signed this do-
cument with our own hand, in the presence of the members
of our Imperial family assembled at Court, and in the pre-
sence of the Council of our Cabinet, and we have ordered the
Minister of our House to add his counter-signature to the
same, and affix the great seal of the empire to the same.
" Given in our Royal capital of 011miitz, on this the 2d day
of the month of December, in the year 1848, and in the 14th
of our reign.

" FIRDIX AND.
"FRANCIS CHARLES.
" BERG
The aforesaid documett having beenSCHWARZEN
read his Maje.sty's
by
act of resignation was signed by his Majesty and his Im-
perial Highness the Archduke Francis Charles, and by the
Minister of the House, into whose hands the whole of the do-
cuments were deposed, for him to act according to the tenor
of the same.
His Imperial Highness the Archduke Francis Joseph re-
ceived next the solemn congratulations of his Majesty the
most Serene Emperor Ferdinand I. as his legitimate succes-
sor, whereupon he was proclaimed Emperor and King under
the name of Frederick Joseph I.
This was done in the Coronation-hall of the Archiepiscopal
Palace, in the royal capital of 011miitz, on the day and in the
year as stated above—
In the presence of Maria Anna; Francis Charles; Sophia;
Ferdinand Maximilian ; Charles ; Charles Ferdinand ; Charles
William ; Joseph ; Maria Dorothea Elizabeth ; Ferdinand
Este ; A Itred, Prince Windischgratz ; Baron Jellachich ; Felix,
Prince Schwarzenberg ; Francis, I:cunt Stadion ; Frederic,
Landgrave of Fiirstenherg ; the Landgravine Fiirstenberg ;
Joseph, Prince Lobkowitz ; Charles, Count Grunne ; Alex-
ander Bach ; Phillipp, Baron Krauss; Francis, Baron Cor-
don; Chevalier Bruck; Frederick Thienfield, Knight;
Alexander Hubner.
" We, Francis Joseph 1., by the Grace of God Emperor
of Austria; King of Hungary and Bohemia; King of
Lombardy and Venetia; of Dalmatia, Croatia, Sclavonia,
Galicia, Lodomiria, and Illyria ; King of Jerusalem. &c.;
Archduke of Austria , Grand Duke of Tuscany, Duke of
Lorraine, of Salsburg, Steyer, Karnthen, the Ukraine ; Grand
Prince of Siebenbiirgen ; Margrave of Moravia; Duke
of Upper and Lower Silesia, of Modena, Parma,
Piacenza and Guastalla, of Auschwitz and Zator, of Tee-
chen, Frioul, Ragusa, and Zara; Prince and Count of
Hapsburg, of Tyrol, of Kyburg, Gorz, and Gradiska ; Prince

,
of Trent and Brixen ; Margrave, of the Upper. And' Loiwer
Lausitz, and in Istria; Count Of Hohenembs, F'etdkirch,
Bregerz Sonnenberg; Lord of Trieste, of Catlin**, and -upon
the Wendisch:Mark
" To the Constituent Diet at Kremsier assembled ottr Im-
perial greeting. Whereas our [most Serene Unc1e44.114-
jesty the Emperor Ferdinand I. has resigned ,the throtiij,.and
our most Serene Father, his Imperialilighness the Archduke
Francis Charles, has resigned his" light of sticcis:Sitel ; 'we
have taken possession of the throne of our fathers. It is our
earnest desire to see the constitution finished with all possible
dispatch, in which we rely upon the assistance and the pa-
triotic zeal of the Diet.
" The Ministers, whom our Most Serene Uncle had ap-
pointed, have been confirmed in their offices by us, and we
have instructed them to submit to the Diet the documents
which refer to our advent to the Government, and we assure
the Diet of our Imperial grace and affection.
"Given in our royal capital of 011miitz on the 2d Dec., 1848.
" FRANcis JOSIPTI.
" SCHWA EZENIIERG."
" My Dear Prince Schwarzenberg,—l confirm the present
Ministers in their office, and trust they will do their duty
equally actively and faithfully as formerly, arid desire you to
communicate this to the Ministers.

" FRANCIS JOSEPH.
" °lint uz, Dec. 2. " SCHWA itzmirs ERG."
" My Dear Prince Schwarzenberg,—l appoint the Baron
liulmer to act as a Minister without a portfeuille, with a seat
and a vote in the Council of the Cabinet.
" FRANCIS JOSEPH.
" SCHWA RZENBERG."

" 011miltz, Dec. 2.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette of this day.)
The Colenelcy a the 55th, vacant by the death of Lieu-
tenant-General
_Wardlaw, has been, we hear, conferred on
Lieutenant-General Hamilton. This gallant officer served
i the West Indies in 1795-6, and was preent at the capture
of St. Lucia. In 1801 he served the campaign in Egypt,
commanded the Ist battalion of the 44th Regiment in Spain,
and the 2d battalion in the Netherlands and France in 1815.
At the battle of Waterloo, being then a Lieutenant-Colonal,
he received a wound.

UNATTACHED PAY.—The following officers have suc-
ceeded to the Unattached Pay of twenty-five shillings per
diem :—Major-General J. M‘Donald, Major- General G. W.
Paty, and Major-General Lord James Hay. Having so re-
cently had occasion to speak of the services of these officers,
we need do no -more in this place than congratulate them on
a well-earned addition to their respective incomes.
GOOD SERVICE PENSIONS.—DIajor-General Edward Par-
kinson and Major-General Philip Bainbridge, have respec-
tively succeeded to the pension of 100/. per annum.
The Admiralty have at length determined to complete the
steam guard frigate to be propelled by the screw.
DOCKYARD BRIGADICS. —A return is being made to the
Admiralty of all stores belonging to the Royal Dockyard
Brigades. Their Lordships are evidently "taking stock."
The Government have still further evinced their sympathy
and desire for the permanent establishment of the Republic
of Liberia on the coast of Africa by emancipated American
slaves, by ordering her Majesty's schooner Lark, at Sheer-
ness, to be fitted out to be navigated to Liberia, and
to be appropriated as a tender to Mr. Roberts, the worthy
President of the Republic. The encouragement of these Li-
beriaists in their laudable designs of regenerating Africa will
have more effect in suppressing the slave trade than the em-
ployment of half-a-dozen cruisers.
THE ASSISTANT-SURGEONS OF THZ NAVY. is re-
ported that the Admiralty have offered to compound the
grievances of the Assistant-Surgeons of the Royal Navy, by
granting them separate cabins, but denying them the privi-
leges of messing in the ward-room. We trust, however, that
the Assistant-Surgeons will reject this paltry composition,
which is neither gracious on the part of the Admiralty to
offer, and could only be accepted by the junior medical °fa-
cers at a sacrifice of their position and profession.
BUILDING MEN-OF-WAR IN INDIA. —ln the Navy List
a ship is given as the " Malacca, 26, Bombay, building."
This ship is not now to be proceeded with ; and, instead of
building at Bombay, the Surveyor of the Navy has recom-
mended the Admiralty to build a steam-vessel, Ito be called
the Malacca, at Moulmein, of teak, and their Lordships have
ordered accordingly.
THE FALKLAND 'ISLANDS.—We stated some time simte
that, for the better protection of these islands, the Admiralty
had ordered a man-of-war to visit the island occasionally.
A body of military pensioners are about to be sent there
to form the police of the island; but, in the meanwhile, it
has been deemed advisable to order a man-of-war with
some marines from Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert's squa-
dron at Monte Video, to take care of the island until
their arrival. In such remote places as the Falkland,
the absence of a British pendant is too often the excuse for
the indulgence of lawless conduct on the part of the discon-
tented and ill-disposed, as it affords also an opportunity for
reckless and insolent merchantmen of all nations to break
through the rules and regulations of the island with im-
punity. No islands of the extent of the Falkland Islands,
in any part of the British dominions, should be without a
man-of-war pendant occasionally flying in one! or other of
their ports.

Mr.. Blake, late Master-Shipwright of Portsmouth Dock-
yard, who always devoted much time and thought to the
armament of ships, has projected an improved plan for fitting
ships' ports, and the Admiralty have ordered it to be ap-
plied to one of the ports of the Excellent, gunnery ship, at
Portsmouth.