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      ^ FoiiEMOsr in importance is the consummation of reaction in Austria , by the Emperor ' s reassumption of Absolute power ; but the report of a great gold bed in Eastern Australia is scarcely less " exciting" to the English reader ; nor does the explosion of espionage and conspiracy in the Von B € ? k c ^ e , at Birmingham , create much less surprfre 3-.. § & £ tb «* c « JOiH * t < rf tb * mm atJSew York , 'fcn Miii ^^ f

      ^^^^ m ^ m ^^^ jwm The Emperor of Aus ' tria ' j ^^ t 'lSrth ^ r ^ i h ^^ signed by his own hand , releasing Ministers from any responsibility except to "himself . Professedly t'vi object of this movement is to enable the Emperor and his council more freely to consider how fa * the constitution of March 4 , 184 !) , can be rendered available ; but a moment ' s consideration shows that the object is the final abolition of that constitution , already abolished in practice .

      The present act is one of a series . The " state of siege , " as the Progresso of Turin observes , had already suspends the constitution in cities , provinces , and whole kingdoms ; as . soon as possible after the revolution , th « bureaux were reorganized on the old Absolutist plan , with new constitutional names ; then it was discovered that each particular article of the Constitution , on the pretence ; of trying to apply it , was " impracticable ; " then the rags of constitutional forms , adopted in a hurry , were gradually done away . In August last issued an ordinance abolishing the National Guard ; in the same month , the article of the first

      section , which seemed entire religious liberty , wan violated by prohibiting the Free Catholic Churches . And now the applicability of the whole constitution is to be " considered . " Of course , it W > 11 be found to be "impracticable . " It was n fitting nnd necessary preliminary that the Emperor should resume absolute power . It happens curiously enough , that just as the Emperor's ordinance reaches this country , the

      Ntrange organization of an Austrian branch of English police explodes to public view . The de tection of the " BaroncBH von Heck" at Birm " > Kham , not only exposed an impostor , who had ep Py to the Hungarian national ( Government , nmv probably to Austria throughout , but also exposed the foct that there ia a " foreign department » in < n , poiice , K '

      M V * .. ° " ;! ) IuV of »»« remarkable letters on the Biato ot RehgiouK l ^ dom , M . Honge avers that W " Wl 8 ci » 5 l » was hu , t to this country by insh Lathohes . It it * certain that Dr . W ^ man HI visit the Imperial palace of Sohimbriinn before J » a return to England . Nothing so facilitated hia | Town Edition . ]

      creating a tumult as the Anti-Papal Bill , passed by that Ministry which owns Lord Palmerston for its Foreign Secretary , —nay , by that particular section of the Ministry which owns Lord Palmerston ! The paper which we insert on the state of Germany , illustrated specifically by the state of Baden , is a remarkable pendant to the disclosures of Mr . Gladstone at Naples It shows a striking uniformity in the conduct of Vbsblutism . We have already seen In < v a oSy' * wmnating . postage is used to exclude objection' % c , i <^ urnals from Home , Milan , and several Roman ^ Lar ^ s . Taxes are doubled in all

      the Despotic states , to wring from the people the ja&tofi of ^^^^ ra {^ ppre ^ i on . ^ .. Bp it is in Baden . the tribunals in Italy anff '( IS&w iJBffi-i > cnt ^*» t 4 efctobfr to Frenchmen!—in France . They are pot needed " in Naples , because the judges are under the com ' mand of the Attorney-General , who threatens them with the consequences of being pedantically merciful ! Perhaps Baden possesses an unique contrivance in the " Sifting Committee , " the duty of which is to determine whether accusations shall be carried before civil or military tribunals . This is imparting to the system of Despotism the neatness of perfect finish .

      An admirable paper in Iai Pres . se , however , by M . Simler , confirms our belief , that Monarchism has been destroyed as a general tenet in Germanydestroyed by the tyranny of Absolutists , tho treachery of vacillating Prussia , and the pedantic incapacity of the Doctrinaires . There , as in France and Italy , the battle must be waged between the two extremes . In Spain , republicanism is known to be making

      way among the People , ignorant as they are : the proprietors of El Trabajador ( the Workman ) establish the first working-man's journal in Spain : it teaches the doctrine of Association ; and practical Association "has already commenced . What with the growth of "the Republic Democratic and Social" at home , and the precarious tenure of Cuba in the West , the Spanish Monarchy looks to be in danger , —although the Duchess do MontpenHier has just given birth to a child .

      Meanwhile , if the American accounts aro true , the Spanish Cubans have eflcctually drawn the great republic upon themselves : they have roused its just rage , by nhooting a great party of Americans in cold blood ; they have given the Government room to interpose , by firing on a mail-steamer , and enforcing that " right of search" which America successfully denied even to England . The America ™ have thus marked Cuba for their own with American Mood—a . signature which they seldom permit to be effaced . The fact is important in the present state of Europe and international rotations . On tho other side of the American Continent ,

      San Francisco is in a revolutionary condition . A secret tribunal , resembling those of the Middle Ages , dominates over the law . There is an air of romance and unreality about this which is both ludicrous and terrible . A secret conclave , executing " wild justice " on the authority of " No . 67 , Secretary , " is very original . Life and property afc the diggings must be protected by Lynch ; but in San Francisco the presence of that famous personage is very ugly .

      The discovery of a great gold bed in Australia has a strong political bearing , if the report is correct . That gold has been found seems to be certain : the discovery , indeed , was anticipated by geologists ; i that the field i » -extensive is also probable . There Will atv ^^ e b ( R ^ j ttt up , not 'Q ^ . a ^ ea ^ ttraction fa stfire ^ a riaw tarti to the qafes ^ jji of "»* y 2 ty ; wbieu Ministers hare promised to ipede : wilt they cede ? it , now that the value of the subterran . eata ' resourcesis known ? If they refuse it , will the colonists , already talking of " independence" be restored to affectionate allegiance ? This also is one of the colonial questions which has an important bearing on the state of political relations even in Europe .

      Before the fates of Peoples and the prospects of States , the interest of mere royal families dwindles to insignificancy ; and few will care to busy themselves with the gossip about the Prince dc Joinville and his trimming answers to the requisitionists who invite him to stand for the French Presidency : he will not decline , he will not stand , he will not refuse to Kerve if elected—such seems to be the substance of the reply given , with the acquiescenca

      of his family . The acquiescence is curious , considering that to accept the election would seem to forego the roynl claims of his family . But one conjecture , perhaps , may solve the difficulty : if elected without his own leave , and without pledges , the Prince might accept the office as a mere means of getting back to Paris , and there employing the resources of oHicial position to reopen the path to the throne for hi . s nephew , the Count of Paris .

      Although literally relating more closely to home affairs , the gossip about the Russell Reform Bill ot next session is received with little interest . Tho Globe of Thursday had an article very perplexing at the first view , as it seemed to make out that then ; could be no Reform Bill : no parties , it represents , can agree upon any definite proposition , except a few * ' enthusiasts , " who demand the admission of

      the whole body of the working-class to the franchise ; which would array against ; the bill the whole of the moneyed class . But you understand the paper at once when you read an allusion to the I ' roteetumists as exasperated by a " provoking indifference to every frosli speculation of Mr . Pimadi ' s " in the present Parliament , and an , therefore , entertaining " a savage readiness for whatever contrivance would enable either furinoru or factory operatives to put a

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      "The ono Idea which History exnibit 3 a 3 evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and bv setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood havin * one ° reat object—the free development of our sDintual nature . " -Humeoldt ' s Cosmos .

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      VOL . II . —No . 76 . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER G , 1851 . Price 6 d .

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      News of the Week- Pn ae Irish Kindness 843 reign Flour 818 in ? Ass 854 Abiolutism reestablished in Austria 838 The Earthquake in Southern Italy .. 843 Boulogne , 1840 : Lyons , 18 oi .. 849 Tua Auts—Order reigns in Germany - 838 Public Opinion 843 Railway Insurance applied to [ vail- Infant Prodigies 8 : >;> ContinentifNotes ' 830 Association in America 844 way Servants 849 The Overa in 1851 8 . "> 5 The Invasion of Cuba . ! .. ......... 340 Charles George Harding' 84 . ) "England the Test of Absolutism 840 Ofganization op the Peoplk S '> b " Baroness Von Berk ' " ' an Impostor . Personal Xews and Gossip 845 XSishops where they should not be .. fc 50 Op fix Council—Important Political Disclosures 810 Murders 845 Term * for the Sale of Cuba 8-0 The Violent Dissolution of the Free Jlore Gold Discoveries 841 Spirited Chase and Capture of The Flunkies of" Order" 800 CnnqT' -gations of Austria and the Association in Spain .. " . ' .. . 811 Burglars SHi Social Keiorm . —Association the only Fanatic *! Proceedings of the Tacts for Fanners . " . ' .... ' . 812 Police 810 resource of the Poor Tradesman .. 850 (' atholie Clergy against Protestan :-Colliery Smash at Kingswoo 1 812 Miscellaneous 846 LlTRiiATUi' . R— ism in Ireland . By Johannes :- The Lock Controversy . 813 Public Affairs— Proudhon on Reaction & Revolution 8 iV 3 Rong-e 85 !» The " Whisperer" and tli 3 Arch- 845 Austrian Challenge to the Democracy Jules Jauin in Loiiiou 853 Commf . uuial Affairs — biehops .. -. 813 o' the World " 817 Portfolio— -Markets , Gazettes , Advertisements , Organization of " Lynch" Law .... 643 Adulteration and Admixture of Fo- Trials and Troubles of a Poor Work- &c 8 " j ~ -G 0

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 6, 1851, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1899/page/1/