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RECORD OF THE WEEK. HOME AND COLONIAIi.
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enthusiastic propaganda has spread itself all over the country , and is extending even to Denmark and Sweden . The advantages of free labour , free trade , and tree settlement over tlie withering' police guardianship system are being discussed in every coffee-house and tayern . ' ' The different German Governments have always acknowledgedthe necessity of a reform , if not the abolition of the Guilds , to stem the tide of emigration to America and other countries , where men are free to employ their strength and talents when , where , and how they think fit , but the rulers have hitherto been , and seem still disposed to remain passive spectators of the unequal struggle between the millions of isolated working- men , and the organised and wealthy corporations ; the princes being half in doubt whether the conservation of the principles of the selfish
tinkers and tailors may not be , in some way or the other , the basis or safeguard of their own Grace of God prerogatives . The introduction , last May , of a sort of free labour and free settlement in Austria has not been without influence upon the rest of Germany . The heavv burthens laid upon Austria by the Italian war have forced the Government to this step , but it is now too late to be of any immediate benefit , for the people of less favoured countries are deterred from immigrating into the Imperial State by the very cause which led to the abolition of the Guilds and Police system , or rather , I should say , to their modification . Nevertheless , Austria has derived a certain benefit from the change , and this has been enough to advance the objects of the Abolitionists . In Wurtembursr the Government has declared its readiness
to remove all police restrictions and hindrances to the employment of labour and freedom of settlement , but upon the condition that every man belong to some Guild . The Wurtemburg ; trades-union has , " however , declared against all Government interference , examinations of any kind in handicrafts , and more especially against the retention of the Guilds . In Nassau ; with some trifling exceptions , perfect freedom already exists . The Hanse towns , which from their origin one would imagine to be first and foremost in the race of freedom and material progress , are the last and most tyrimnieallv exclusive of all . The City of Bremen has , indeed , lately adopted a silly half measure , which satisfies neither free labour men nor Guild tyrants . Last week the draught of a new trade law was published , iii the Duchy of Oldenburg . By the law , all persons without distinction arefree to employ their labour , commerce , manufactures .
members of the Imperial family were personally active m promoting it at Berlin . Russia demanded free play at Constantinople , for which Prussia should obtain Germany to the line of the river Maine , with a population of nearly ten millions ; the Duchies oi Schleswm- arid Holsibein , the two Meekleftburgs , Oldejiburg , fcaaxoiiy , Hanover , Thuringia , the two Hessias , Nassau , and the smaller dukedoms ; the free cities Hamburg , Lubeck , Bremen , and Frankfort . France , on the other hand , to be put m possession of the leii bank of the Rhine and Belgium . This scheme , to which , it i ; said , certain Prussian diplomatists were not averse , was mooted by Eussia alone , yet it was well understood at Berlin that the Emperor of the French aetivelv promoted it . Not the days of Badenbut that
Baden , says the Grenzboteu , were eventful for Germany , hour when the Prince Recent received this alliance proposal from his old ally and kinsman , and replied to it as became the Sovereign of Prussia and Protector of Germany . Not one village of Germany , not a foot of the territory of another German potentate , would he bar ter , and he was resolved to oppose with the sword any foreign inteiferencein the affairs of Germany . This straightforward and resolute answer had its effect . All intrigues that had been spread to further this triple alliance were rent asunder . France and Russia decided upon postponing their plans against the Turkish empire The last note of Prince Yjortsehakoff respecting the situation of the Christians in Turkey was dictated with the twofold object to calm the European cabinets ,, and to keep alive the agitation among the
Turkish Christians . We are living- in expectation of a grand national demonstration against Denmark , in the Schleswig and Holstein question . The Hamburg Journals having published- a communication from Flensburg to the effect that the Danes intended to assemble in a mass , at Flensburg , and in Angeln , for the purpose of celebrating the tenth -anniversary of the battle of Idstedt , the Germans , disputing- the Danish claim to the victory , have resolved to get up a counter celebration . An address , signed by Baron A . Von Gazern and Lieutenant-Colonel Schlump , in the name of officers and men of the Old Schleswig Holstein Army , has been issued , calling upon all German patriots who will take a part in the demonstration , to send iii their names and Contributions by the 13 th instant . The . ¦ anniversary of .. ' the battle is on the 25 th instant . For North Germany they propose Hamburg or Bremen , as the place of meeting . It " will be rather difficult to find a meeting place for Middleand South Gerinanv ^ - PossiblvTCabtiric .
arid the handicraft . There is , however , one clause which at present excludes most ~ Germans , while it opens wide the gate to natives of England , France , and the United States . —It is to the eflfict that subjects of foreign States , where subjects of Oldenburgh are not permitted freely to trade ^ must first obtain express permission from the Oldenburg police authorities . This condition will only tend to prevent the influx into Oldenburg of German labour and capital , whereas it ought to be the aim of governments to encourage both . But these German pettifogging States cannot be brought to comprehend that the sharpest retaliation upon a rival State would be to absorb all its population and wealth . All things considered , however , the results obtained this year by the exertions of Dr . Bohmert and his patriotic colleagues of the Politico-economical Association , are very satisfactory and encouraging , The National Association , the object of which is , as I have already explained , to effect the union of all the States of Germany under a central government , is flri-eatehed ^ ltlrm ^ Confederate princes . It was reported from Baden that the Central States had mooted its suppression to the Regent of Prussia , who had , however > positively declined to interfere . The Duke of Saxe Coburg has since written a letter to the King of Wurtemburg , the spokesman of the Central States , in which he declares that so long as the Association confines itself to legal agitation , all attempts at suppression would be unjustifiable . According to a Prussian memoir addressed to the different States of the Zoll Yerein , the object of the Prussian expedition to Eastern Asia is to conclude independent treaties with the Governments of Siam , China , and Japan . The forms and provisions of these treaties are to be in imitation of the treaties concluded by England , France ,
Russia , and the United States . As regards the conditions , the chief points are the privileges accorded to ambassadors and the right of appointing consuls . Not to alarm the suspicious Governments of those eastern countries by demanding separate and equal ambassadorial privileges for each of the Zoll Verein States , the negociators are instructed to represent the Zoll Verein States as whole , with respect to trade and customs , and to claim rights and privileges for the States as a single nation . With this object in y iow , in tho draughts of treaties , the ambassadorial privileges are stipulated for Prussia only ; but tho power of appointing consuls is resorved to all the States , with the limitation that at every port there shall bo but one consul to represent tho whole .
The Coast Defences Commission , which during the last month lias been engaged in inspecting the Prussian and Mceklonburjrh coast from fltemel to Stralsund , and from Rostock to Warnemundc , Doheran , Wismar , and other points where a landing is practicable , lately . nittdeJ < bP . irappoaranco on the banks of the Wosor , whence they have proceeded totheGulf oftheJadoT arid \ Vill terittinato their labours at Eiriden . Tho expenses of this tour , although undertaken in the interests of all Germany , are borne entirely oy tho Prussian Government . < The Onmshoten of this month publishes tho following communication confirmatory of a report I gavo in a former letter . The alliance of the throe great continental powers , PruHsiu , Russia , and France , secured so overwhelming a preponderance in tho counsels of-Europe , that with hold and resolute agents tho fate of Europe wo \\ ld bo in their hands . It is now no longer a secret that Russia jrmdu repeated and pressing pvoposnls to Prussia for such an nlHnnco , and
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Private Reddy , belonging to tho Military Train , stationed in the west square of tho Iioyal Artillery Barracks , Woolwich , on Tuesday , committed suicido in ono of tho stables , by placing the muzzlo of his carbine in his mouth and blowing away tho bank part of his head , On homing tuo report of tho carbine , his comrades , who were near at hand , ruBhed to the spot , and found that tho unfortunate man on the commission of the act had fallen forward , and was lying on a wheelbarrow and on his stomach , quite dead . A fearful accident took plaoo on Sunday last , at Bilston , ' at tho blast furnaces bolonging to tho Messrs . Hiokman . It appears that tho water
On Saturday the Lord . Mayor amioixnced that the munificent sum of £ 200 had been placed in his hands by-the-Moorish Ambassador , Said Mohammed Shamee , for charitable purposes . The Lord Mayor said he felt much indebted for this proof of his Excellency ' s confidence , and would take care that the money should be distributed in such a manner as to meet the benevolent intentions of the donor . At a meeting of the council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England on Monday afternoon , Mr . James Monerieff Arnott , F . R . S ., President of the College , was elected as tho representative of that institution in the Medical Council of Education and Registration in the ¦ Tamflry ~ crocastOTredHt > y- ^ chair , vice Sir Benjamin Brodie , Bart ., resigned . On Satiu'day the Isles of the South , ' a fine ship , 821 tons register , under the command of Captain George Q-ray , sailed from G-ravesencl for Hobart Town . Amongst the passengers were 10 (> young . women who had received free passages from the Tasmanian Emigration Agency . The secretary , Mr . T . B . Parker , states that they were all used to domestic work , and with good characters . The medical superintendent in charge was Dr . James Heene , the matron Mrs . Campbell . ( To the Editor of the Express )—Sir , —The following may at the present time be of some little Interest . It is from the Public Advertiser pf the 13 th May , 1766 : —• " Many well-wishers have sent us the following query—Whether a severe law against killing sow pigs , owo lambs and cow calvei would not deserve tho attention of tho legislature , as adding , by multiplication and increase , both to tho future relief of tho poor and tho interest of owners or renters of land ? On the 15 th of May I find tho present price of butter is 10 d . beyond tho reach of the poor . "—H . W .
osonpod from onoof tlio tuyoros or pipos , and ilowing among thoniolfoM mofcal , produced a rapid gonorution of stoam , which was followed by an instantaneous explosion of a terrible cliarnotor . Firo tons of metal woro . drivoa . QUt oLiha . furnace , witll lwodigjous foroo , ovor tho dam plncod at tho bottom . Two men , namedI Prttrick IncV Jamda M ^ lyni who wore at work cUho to tho d « wi , \ Vi > ro flo shockingly burnt by the explosion as to oompol tiioir instant r-nnovnl to thf hospital , whore they died tho same niglir . Ancli ? raon , tho kpopor of the lurnaeo , also suntaiiiod somo injuriod , but two other nion who woro near him cwapeil unlmrt . Tho itcoidont was ' nsnribecl to u ' dolny in "tapping" tlu * fnotiil , l ) ut tho oauso of buoIi delay ronmins unoxnlainod .
Tho divora at GhiUe have ' rtMiovorocl a muuII quantity of higgngo . ironi tho wreck of tho Malabar , among which are ens ^ a containing | hm * Majesty ' s autograph letter to the Emporor of CJhina , Lord Elgin * eroclcntialfl and ' instfiictionft , nnrl hi * ordors of tho Thistle and the Bath .
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IS 60 The Saturday Analyst and Leader . [ July 14 , 1860 .
Record Of The Week. Home And Coloniaii.
RECORD OF THE WEEK . HOME AND COLONIAL .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 14, 1860, page 660, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2356/page/12/
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