The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-30 00:00:00

A USTRIA.

The Austrian journals, just received, contain the
following report of the first sitting of the Austrian
Diet at Kremsier, on the 22d inst. :
" The first sitting of the Diet has taken place. Even
on Sunday the apprehension 'was entertained that there
would not be a sufficient number of Deputies to form a
quorum; but on the following day they continued to
arrive by every fresh train, and in the evening more than
two-thirds of the whole number were present.
"At tea o'clock this morning a solemn service was
performed in the cathedral church, by th© Bishop of
Olmiltz; the National Gusrd were out, and nearly all
the Members were present.
"At eleven o'clock the sitting commenced in the au-
ditory of the palace ; it presented the appearance of a
temporary theatre, built up in haste by a band of actors,
rather than the hall of sessions for one of the first Im-
perial assemblies.
"As nearly as possible, however, the Deputies were ar-
ranged as in Vienna—the Poles and ultra German party
occupying the left, and the Czeschs the right.
" The Minister Stadion only appeared for a few
minutes ; Kraus and Bach remained.
" M. Smolka occupied the President's chair, and
declared immediately that the time having expired it
was necessary to proceed to the election of a new Pre-
sident.

" Deputy Schmidt vainly demanded a delay of some
days. This proposition was rejected, and the election of

a President proceeded with; 248 Members then voted.
At the first scrutiny it appeared that M. Strobach had
obtained 122 votes, and M. Smolka 121. Neither of the
candidates having obtained an absolute majority, a new
scrutiny took place, when it was ascertained that of 255
votes, M. Smolka had obtained 131, and M. Strobach 124.
M. Smolka was then declared duly elected. The result
caused consi&rable surprise.
" M. Meyer was then elected first Vice-President, and
NI. Lesser, of Salzburg, second Vice-President. Thus
the Presidency of the Austrian Diet is composed of a
Pole, a Moravian, and a German. The Czechs have
been completely thrown out.
" The Deputy Sehuselka then pronounced a discourse,
in which he made a report of the last acts of the Diet at
Vienna. He affirmed that the Diet, which sat in plenum,
had protested at head• quarters in Vienna against its
transfer; but that no reply had bee❑ vouchsafed. The
Assembly,' he said, had resolved to meet on the 13th
November ; but in order not to provoke divisions, we
have decided to come here; not that by this act we recog-
nise that either the Crown or the Ministers have the right
to transfer the Diet according to their own pleasure. I
must, therefore, declare, in the face of all Europe, that the
Government has not the right to transfer the Diet where-
soever it pleases ; but, in order not to augment the
miseries of Vienna, provoked in the first instance by the
ultra-Democrats, and now by ultra-diplomatists and
military men, we have therefore decided to come hither.
The object in view may be attained anywhere. I will
not now make any proposition, but simply make this
declaration.'

" The President then proposed that the sitting should
be adjourned till Saturday, 25th, at eleven o'clock ; and
no member having offered any opposition, the House ad-
journed at half .past one.
" On the Ministerial bench were only the Ministers
Kraus, Stadion, and Bach. The other ministers took
their seats as deputies."
The Weiner Zeitung has the following:—
"The former commander of the Academic Legion,
Joseph Argino, portrait painter, who was sentenced to
death by martial law, has, in consideration of the better
sentiments which he evinced during the September dis-
turbances, and those of October, as well as because he
energetically assisted and endangered his own person
for effecting the disarmament in the suburbs of Vienna,
received full pardon from Prince Windischgratz."
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The widow of the unfortuxate ROHERT BLUM
arrived at Vienna on the 20th, to demand the body
of her husband. The Austrian authorities coolly
informed her that the body had been dissected. Such
horrors as this were not committed by the most ardent
terrorists during the worst periods of the Reign of Ter-
ror in the first French revolution. It is the Abso-
lutist alone who carries his malignity beyond the
grave, and insults even the corpse of his victim.
Dr. BECHER and Dr. JELLINICK, editors of the
Radical, were shot by orders of Prince WINDIsca-
GRATZ on the 23d. BECHER was a British subject,
having been born in Manchester, and the protest of
Lord PONSONBY against the execution was not at-
tended to by Prince WINDISCHGRATZ. BECHER was
charged with the publication of certain articles which
appeared before Vienna was declared in a state of
siege, and while full liberty of the press was guaran-
teed. We trust that the British Minister will not
confine himself to protests.
The Hungarian Minister of War, MEssAaos, has
received full powers to carry on negotiations for the
settlement of the Hungarian disturbances with the
two Generals WINDISCHGRATZ and JELLACHICH.

The peace has not been again disturbed at Gratz.
General NUGENT has entered it with a division of his
troops. Count Wiciumitato has left Gratz for 01-
mutz.

The Hungarians are adopting the plan of firing all
the places through which they pass, and carrying
away all the provisions, in order to obstruct the ad-
vance of the Imperial troops.
It was currently reported in Vienna on the 25th
that RADETzEY bad died of apoplexy.

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DENMARK.

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 23.—The Gazette de Berling
announces that the negotiations for peace between
Germany and Denmark will soon be commenced at
London. Count REVENTLOW, at present in Copen-
hagen, will return to his post at London, as Ambas-
sador from Denmark, as soon as he has received his
final instructions. On the other side, General VA-
HOLM has set out for London, in order to communi-
cate to the British Government the views of -the Da-
nish Government on what concerns the principal liti-
gated points.

ITALY.

ROME.

Intelligy,ce has been received fiom Rome to the
20th. At that date tranquillity had been completely
restored. The POPE had not quitted the Quirinal,
but had installed the new Ministry in office, and ap-
peared to have loyally accepted the new order of
things. The following is the