The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-22 00:00:00

DISTURBANCES IN AUSTRIA.

A letter from Vienna, dated April 16, says :
Had not the civil and military authorities dis-
played great forbearance and tact, there would pro-
bably have been a serious riot here last night. In.
the morning it was reported that the inhabitants
of some of the suburbs would come into the city
in the evening in order to perform a " charivari"
under the windows of Dr. Berger, the member of
the Diet who had behaved unhandsomely to Dr.
Schuselka, his colleague. At half-past 7 I walked
towartio the house inhabited by Berger, which is
In the " Bogner- Gasse," a narrow street at the back
of the War-office, and on my arrival found a couple
of hundred well dressed persons assembled. The,
few policemen present from time to time re-
quested the people to " move on," but did not
attempt to force them to do so. At 8 o'clock the
street was completely blocked up by the crowd,
but 140 discordant noises were heard. As the clock
struck the last-mentioned hour a small detachment
of mounted gendarmes appeared at the lower end
of the street, and as they advanced the people
slowly fell back towards the "Spangler-Gasse,"
" Graben," and " Kohlmarkt." Just as I was pass-
ing the back entrance to the War-office the gates
were shut, and an officer subsequently told me
that they were closed in order that the people
might not be irritated by the sight of the troops
which had entered the court-yard from the square
called " Hof." At half-past 8 o'clock some 8,000
or 10,000 persons were assembled in the " Bogner-
Gasse," " Kohlmarkt," " Graben," and St. Ste-
phen's-place, but very few of them 'either shouted,
groaned, whistled, or hissed. At nine o'clock
bodies of troops made their appearance, and with
some difficulty succeeded in restoring the com-
munication between the " Burg" (Imperial palace)
and the St. Stephen's-place, which for a time
had been interrupted by the dense crowd. At
the corner of the St. Stephen's-place and the
Bischofs•Gasse is the palace of the Cardinal-Arch-
bishop, and shortly after 9 o'clock a part of the
crowd moved in that direction. It must be supposed
that the police had received special orders to keep
the people from insulting his Eminence, for as soon,
as the catcalls were broughtintoplay under his win.
dows a sudden rush was made at the mob by some
men in plain clothes, and in the twinkling of an eye
18 or 20 of the principal performers were handed
over to the regular policemen. At midnight a com-
pany of soldiers was still standing in front of the
was
on an
-blue ripersatwas
Archiepiscopal palace, but tie hurloyn
of whom is an
end before 11 o'clock. Not a sin
inhabitant wounded, b
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Vienna—were s—not
arrested. There were
also a " charivari" in the b
su urb " Spittelberg,"
but it was on a small scale, and
the did
not lead to an
intervention on the part of
cer-
tain that the students of Vie police. It is
. . Vienna had nothing
.to . do
with the disturbances which occurred last night;
but as much cannot be •
said for the parties who
object to a constitutional form of government. The
Emperor is said to
bet _
annoyed
at what
has happened, and
he
has good
to be so, for
as reason.
the provincial ' • cities will not fail to imitate the
example iven b the capital. The drama per-
formed last • y ' ded me of 1848,
night strongly renun .
in which year there was a " eharivare epidemic.
To-day the
respectable part of the population against mingling
with the mob, "as it may be necessary to have
recourse to stringent measures, and it would be
a pity that the innocent should suffer with the
guilty."