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      Bramah , whenever Mr . Spooner , with the true spirit of a knigbt-e »» a » t , wishes to liberate the unfortunate inmates of these dark cells . One of these rooms is intended for a brewery or bakehouse ; another , 1 fancied , might do for a laundry ; and the other , adjoining the f dad , tat the ctftfnHnodatfott of the poor people who usually freqtfent the doo *« f of teKgiotis htftteen . In conelttekm , I have only to remtait thai there fo less eellarage attached to this Vuilding tlMKi to mf ordinary house , not so- ftitidh ait one-third of the space severed by the btuldiog beiag wUared . " -

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . French , news this week presents no additional fea- > tures of interest , The debates in the jevisian commission continue with unabated vigour ; but nothing new has T > een said * There is an evident and strong feelin * displayed against the law of May 31 — M . de Tocqueville making the repeal of that law a condition ot his vote for revision . General Cavaignac has declared that the primary question , as to whether France shall be governed by a Republic or a Monarchy , ought at once to be settled . Hamburg correspondence of the 10 th instant informs us that the initiative in the quarrel between the populace and the Austrian soldiers in the suburb of St . Pauli , was taken by several non-commissioned

      officers , who , at an early stage of the dispute ., drew their swords , and attacked the people in the dancing booths . Their attack was repulsed , and they were at length induced to leave the place , but they returned with a strong reinforcement of their comrades , ¦ whom they had picked up in the streets . They were again expelled and compelled to fly from the exasperation of the people . Amidst the din and confusion of the contest a cry was suddenly raised that these soldiers had cut down a man . They were consequently hotly . pursued , and as they turned round upon their pursuers a conflict ensued . The Hanseatic soldiers on guard

      interfered , and endeavoured to arrest the leaders of the affray ; but before this measure could be executed , an Austrian patrol came up , and the officer in command summoned the people to disperse at once . This peremptory demand led to fatal results . There can be no doubt that the Hanseatic police -would have succeeded in suppressing the riot , but for the appearance of the Austrian , patrol on Hamburgh territory . The presence of the Austrians within the liberties of " the free city" was considered as unauthorised ; and the officer ' s command to his men , " prime and load , " and to advance to within twenty yards of the riotous masses , was followed by derisive cheers and yells of defiance . tTpon this the front

      rank of the Austrians fired . The volley was followed by the shrieks of the wounded ; and the populace , frantic with rage , assailed the troops with a shower of stones , and compelled them to retreat within the gates of Altona . The generate was meanwhile sounded through the streets of that city . The Austrian gaTrison assembled ; and , again leaving the town , they marched into St . Pauli . They were commanded by the Generals Legeditsch and Theimer . As the columns advanced upon the populace , volley after volle

      y was fired b y the front ranks . The people gave way . General Theimer was wounded by a stone , which disabled his right arm ; but as the Austrians pnrsued , the populace fled for safety towards the gates of Hamburgh . The Austrian troopa would have pursued them , even into the city , but for the determination of the Hanseatic Lieutenant Lorenzen , who Was in command of the Hamburgh Gate , and who opmpelled the Austrian troops to respect the authority of the Senate . No farther details have tranfipired of the killed and wounded in this affair .

      A proclamation has been published by the magistrates of Hamburg , Mating the fall ease of the riots , «« d exhorting the people to calmttefts and moderation . The following i » a translation of this document : — . " no-no * . "On the evtnittg of Whitsunday an occurrence , wnfch » greatly Ur b « deplored , tool * place . It waa caused by a qua « r « l , in whioh soldier * belonging to the Imperial Att »~ wian service joined , together with the Austrian military gartered in the town of Altoaa . In eoasequnice of this , the Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian eorps has caused ¦ ome of his troops from the neighbouring Holstein to otoupy the suburb of St . Pauli , without the consent of the Honourable

      Council of your Senate . * our honourable Council of the Senate has already ml 8 t < rpa to "ao ** a revocation of this measure , and *"' » e * ve nothing undone trhibh may serve to maintain * h «» ight 8 ofii > eoity . 4 It ia , at so serious a moment , and in order to prevent » ny further danger to our city , the taored doty of every individual subject of the State , as well as that of every Granger enjoying hospitality within the mms / to avoid *» s much as possible giving vent to any ebullition of feel-^ gs of any description ag&inst the Austrian troopti | Uart < yr « 3 < t for the time upon , and passing through , the ^« rntorj r of th « State , and In the oase of their supposing " neniseives even justified therein by any cause of provocation given on the other side , not to have recourse to any means , either in word or deed , of taking justice into their owri hands . ' Every Hamburger who lovea his- native cJty should bear in mind what ho owes to the troops of a confederate » tate temporarily residing among us , and with whom luUieito a good undorsUudiag h *» existed . Should .

      however , individual transgressors be found , regardless of this warning and admonition , guilty of allowing themselves to oner any insults to the Imperial soldiers , either individually or collectively , thereby causing to their fellow-citizens and their native city any fresh disaster , the will have the most summary punishment inflicted upon them forthwith . " Qiven in Council assembled , Hamburg , June 13 , 1851 , " The above document shows that the occupation of

      the suburb of St . Pauli is still continued by the Austrians , and the Senate are indeed making every effort to obtain redress for what the Hamburg papers call a " breach of faith" on the part of the Austrians . In their protest , a copy of which it is said has been forwarded to the Court of St . James's , the Senate protests that the conflict was not of a political character , and that the inhabitants of St . Pauli , who are the parties on whom the burden of the Austrian occupation falls , can in no way be made responsible for the Conduct of the sailors and labourers who are

      wont to visit that suburb on holydays , but especially on Whitsunday . The inhabitants , it is alleged , did all in their power to assist the Austrian troops , and to screen the vanquished from the fury of the popu-. lace . The Hamburg papers express the greatest satisfaction with the tone of the Senate ' s protest and the terms of their proclamation . The Austrians have taken possession of many of the city watchhouses , have planted cannon at the city gates , have made a great military display of loaded guns on the parade , arrested a great many unarmed citizens , and made many domiciliary visits , in ofder to discover a political design in this drunken brawl .

      The German topic at present uppermost is , the attempt of the Prussian Court to reestablish , the old provincial diets , as they existed before 1848 . This project has caused an immense agitation in Prussia , and the opposition is apparently so strong as to lead to the belief that the whole thing will turn out a failure . The " circles , " local assemblies created since 1848 , refuse to dissolve in some places ; in others the diets have met and dissolved themselves ; and in others the decree of the Minister of the Interior , reestablishing the diets , has been formally declared illegal . It is reported that the German police have discovered some terribly wide-spread conspiracy

      against the Governments . In almost every estate out of the thirty-four domiciliary visits were paid at the same period by the police to the leaders of the democratic party in each State . Bureaux were broken open , desks were ransacked , floors torn up in every direction , papers of all kinds confiscated , but evidently without the desired result . The few individuals in whose possession papers sufficiently suspicious to procure their arrest were found , were discharged within twentyfour hours afterwards . One of the numerous agents of the police has most probably concocted some story to terrify his employers , and fill his own pockets . There are no conspiracies of any kind in Germany at

      this moment , dangerous to public welfare , excepting those among the Sovereigns . Political apathy is so general everywhere , that none but the maddest of visionary enthusiasts can dream of organizing a conspiracy for a popular purpose . If there be such , their plans and purposes cannot remain long hid from the eyes of the police . The impossibility of discovering anything of the kind has produced the invented plots , in consequence of which so many private dwellings have lately been denied by the visits of the police . Under certain circumstances Spain seems determined to intervene in Portugal in the cause of

      monarchy . The Marquis of Mirafloros , the Minister for Foreign Affairs , was questioned in tha Senate , June 10 , as to the intentions of Spain with regard to intervening in the affairs of Portugal . In reply , the minister stated " that ha respected in the highest degree the independence of other nations ; that the single exception would be that of Queen Isabella ' s Government beholding Queen Donna Maria ' s throne in danger ; buc that event had not happened , and at that moment

      nothing serious need be apprehended . Up to this period the representatives of the three powers at Lisbon had limited themselves to giving to Marshal Saldanha and the Portuguese Government wise and salutary counsels touching the preservation of the throne . If , however—which God forbid—the crown of Queen Donna Maria should one day be placed in peril , and the intervention of Spain become necessary , that intervention should not take place without ft previous understanding between Spain and the other powers who were parties to the treaty of quadruple alliance . "

      Portugal continues tranquil . The semi-military Thomar—V ^ j . -vmatration atEvorahad failed . The Coniitrvator « of Florence quotes a letter from Leghorn of the i > th , giving the particulars of the domiciliary viiut which was m « do to a villa near the Condotti , inhabited by the family of the late Lord Aldborough . Notwithstanding the precautions taken , a person attempted to escape over tha garden wall , but wua arrested , and wan at once indentiued as a native of Lucca , who had formerly served in the police corps . When tho inmates of the yilla wore

      papers . The police found , a correspondence in English , a complete set of printing materials , several clandestine publications printed on the premises , and a quantity of arms . The three sons of Lord Aldborough , and the individual who had attempted to escape , were arrested and secured in the Fortezza Vecchia . The articles seized were put into two chests , and sealed up in the presence of the British Consul . Fourteen more persons connected with this affair have been since arrested .

      besides voluminous summoned to open the doors in the name of the l » w > they answered that the house was inhabited by English subjects , and consequently inviolable . A long parley ensued , after which the authorities , suspecting that advantage was taken of the delay to burn papers and other articles , ordered the doors to be broken open , and a similar question had to be repeated up stairs , where they found a door secured with iron bars ; twd persons were arrested in the act of burning a mass of

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      AUSTRIA IN LOMBARDY . The Times publishes a letter from a correspondent at Milan , in which it is asserted that " Lombardy is more a convict settlement than a colony , not to say an integral portion of a great empire , '' and the writer declares that he " would rather be located at the Ber * mudas , or in Australia , than be condemned to pass the weary hours as the Milanese are now compelled to do / ' He further adds , that " Austria is well aware of the insecurity-of her tenure , and she treats Lombardy as speculators do a mine , by extracting all the

      treasures it contains in the shortest space of time . " He * ' cannot refrain from saying that the conduct of Austria is intolerable . " Since Radetsky entered Milan in triumph , in 1848 , after the campaign of the Mincio , " Terror and proscription" have become the orders of the day . And the writer of the letter seei no other Teuiedy for this dreadful state of things than the cession of Lombard territory as far as the Mincio , to Piedmont ; He asks whether Lord Palmerston is aware that Austria is in possession of all the roads traversing the Apennines , save that from Genoa to Novi . And he says : —

      " If you draw a line from Leghorn to Anoona , with the exception of Liguria , the whole of Central and Northern Italy is commanded by her arms . All the pasBes of the Apennines are at her disposal , the two great ports of the Adriatic and Mediterranean are in her hands ; and , though we call it ' occupation , ' every great city from the line I mention , including the Grand Duchy of Tuscany , the better part of the Roman States , the Duchies of Parma and Modena , are garrisoned by her troops and subject to her influence . " He designates the French occupation of Rome as an imprudent act . " With the Austrian occupation before him , he declares that " colour it as you may , it is no less a fact , and the Foreign-office should look to it . "

      " The Foreign-office may answer , " he says , " ' What is Italy to us ? ' and what , in point of fact , is Italy to tis ? But let ua not forget that in crying with Lord Minto at Home and at Naples ' Viva la Independenza d' Italia' we were forging the chains by which Italians are to be bound , and perpetuating foreign dominion in the peninsula to an extent that , since the time of Napoleon , had not been thought of . " Though this view which we have simply expounded is Palmerstonian , and reads like an unofficial letter from " Mr . Abercrombie , " we accept it as a sign of the times .

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      SUCCESS OF ASSOCIATION IN PARIS . "We published the week before lust a letter from a friend in Paris , which showed how successful the Associationists have been , in the face of persecution and difficulties of all sorts . We add to that the following letter , which is an equally valuable testimony to tho same fact : — - Paris , June 10 , 1851 . My Dear Sir , — -I am glad to find that the principle of Association is making great way in England . Although associations of worknieft were established here in 1834 , the revolution of 1848 gave the first powerful impulse to a wide and practical application of tho cooperative principle . Then it was , by the energy of M . Louis Blanc , that those societies first obtained tho sanction and support of the State ; but tho spontaneity of the movement is now proved by its subsequent vigorous growth undeT the most adverse circumstances . Until the proclamation of theRepublic these societies were barely tolerated ; and in 1837 , an association formed for the purpose of establishing a riband manufactory at St . Kticnnc , was suppressed by the police ( that Deus et inachina of modern despotism !) and some of its chief promoters wore

      imprisoned . In tho columns of tho European and tho Atelior those questions were ably discussed , and the lutter publication only ceased to appear on tho promulgation of the new law against the freedom of the press , when a money power ot eighteen thousand francs , in the shape of Hocurifcy , became indioponMiblc . The writers possessed intelligence , energy , and devotion to their cause ;; but that amount of tho precious metals was beyond thoir means . Many of these associations have been founded by men who ponwessed no other capital than a few tools , a small Hunpl y of the n « c « MMuy materiub , and ft largo fund of energy ,

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      June 21 , 1851 . ] « $ >** & * && *?« , 577

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 21, 1851, page 577, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1888/page/5/