The Sun.
London, England, 1830-09-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT 'OF 'nit PUBLIC; .60iiNIALS.

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The hamburg Mail, Which arrived last night with
,
papers and letters down to Saturday-morning, nas
brought intelligence of alarming disturhaneCs in se-
veral parts of the north of Germany, without having,
however, any combined plan or any definite object.
The tumults in liamburg itself seem to have been
the most senseless and disgraceful. Those- in
Leipsic appear to have originated in private pas-
sions, or angry recollections of religious interference,
and to have been checked by a timely union of the
public force with the reepectuble inhabitants and
the students of the UniVersity. The commotion in
:Brunswick alone was directed against the rolii;g
power, and has left deep traces of its violence both
physical and political. We are indebted to two
volunteer correspondents for the interesting ac-
counts of these scenes and transactions, which will
be found below, along with our extracts from the
Hamburg papers, relative to the same subject. It
would seem that' the absurd young Prince, who has
lately cantrived to make himself so notorious, rbli-
ettloris, or bated, from his quarrels with his august
guerdian, the late King of Enghind, his contu-
macy against the .German Diet, and his oppression of
his subjects, has been exercising More of his odious
freaks since his return from Paris than before he
set out upon his travels.. As his conduct had be-
come more offensive, his contempt of public opi-
nion Was more audacious. On his return from
the theatre on Monday se'nnight he was pelted
by the mob., and only escaped their fury by the
dexterity of his coachman. Having reached his
Palace', he ordered the gates to be closed, and his
.troops to fire upon his assailants. This command
was however not obeyed, and the effusion of blood
was avoided. Accoiding to the information of a
correspondent, the. General commanding the troops
in, the !Voce appeared at the gate, and requested
the besiegets to state their demands. The demands
were, that the pieces of artillery pointed against the
inhabitants should be removed ; that his Serene

Highness would acknowledge the Chambers; and
that he would not endeavour to escape to England,
to spend the treasures of his subjects among
foreigners. The General, after taking his master's
instructions, requited with an answer, that the Duke
had given his assent to these conditions of peace,.
and the crowd dispersed for the night. On Tuesday
morning (this day se'imight) the city megistracy,
alarmed, at the 'state of thiogs, assembled the
citizens, and sent a deputation to receive the Duke's
commands, in accordance with the promises which
'he had made the previous evening. His Serene
Highness had now, however, recovered his cod-
donee, and refused to remove the cannon. The
deputation, foreseeing the chance of a conflict in
the Streets between the military and the people, re-
quested arms, and promised to maintain order along
with the troops. The Duke objected to this pro-
posal, till he won told that the soldiers would not act
against their fellow-citizens. At last he was obliged
to appeal to the magistracy for assistance, when their
aid was too late for the effective defence of his palace.
The mob collected,---they disarmed the civil force,
and set fire to the eastle,—the Duke himself }wiring
only time to escape on horseback. An Aid-de camp
9f his Serene highness has come to Loudon by the
steam-boat, Ile likewilie effected his escape on
horseback. The whole of the palace has been con-
stuntd, and the Duke would most undoubtedly have
beau massacred bad he not been saved by the speed
of his horse. The town of Brunswick leas been

saved from pillage and conflagration by a Burgher
Gino!, which was immediately organized and armed
to protect public and private property. It is gene-
rally believed in his little dominions, that the reign
of this imprudent youth is at an end. lie bats out-
riled the feelings of the subjects placed at his di.-
posal by the Vienna settlement of Europe in altnost
every possible way. Ile has refused to sanction
theeonstitution given to ins states by his uncle anti
guardian, George' IV. ; ho has continued in time of
peace the oppressive tuxes which were imposed
during a sea-on of war ;be bus arrested the most
noble: of his people without cause, and punished
them without trial; he has disregarded the judg-
ments of the tribunals, and directed their deerees to
he torn in pieces and thrown in the face of the
judges; he has ordered the secrecy of correspondence
to be violated, and letters to be opened at the post.
office ; and while he discarded from his service or
banished from. his dominions the most respectable
servants of the state, he employed as; Mitiistera per-
sons whose only reCOMITICIIdaIiOII was a blind sub-
serviency to his caprices. In short, he would seem
to have keen a kind of niiniaturr-peilitio of Don
Miguel, the hopeful lord of rortug3l. It is supposed
that a fear of foreign interferenee alone will prevent
the states of :Brunswick froM sending their little
despot to joist Charles X., and proclaiming his
younger brother their legitimate sovereign.— Times.
The 'Hamburg Mail brought us bust night Papers
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to the nth September. The tyrannical paw' e&
lugs of the Duke ei Brunswick have at length roused
the patient population of his dominietos to resist.
tome, and the Ducal palace bus been set on fire and
consumed. Tito accounts are silent as to the causes
of the insurrection; but from what we have heard
of this monster, the patience, of the people must
114Ve been put to a severe trial. It would appear
that the life of the Duke is In danger from the
auxiety.manifested that he should not escape. The
proceedings at Brunswick seem &Must- afire simile
of those at Brussels. The populace commence the
disturbance, the Military refuse to act, the citizens
then form a Burgher Guard,: ,Norivate property,
however, has been injured. .fl.uw dreadful to think
that the people of a country should tin exposed
to the tyranny of a wretch like this Duke, with no
other means of relief than insurrection ? • We wish
we could Ally that the Duke is the only German
Sovereign now held indetestatien. ' We suspect the
King of Saxony will, ere long, feel the cousetptenees
of his oppressive bigotry. If the' x-Kitig of Mow
have any sense ke 'iteep where he is, for we
suspect he will find Ihe ;North of Germany, ere
long, a little too hot for. his temperament, ft
he is au little sanguinary excitement.—J thrhin
Chronicle.

At a late hour last night we received Ramberg
Papers to the 1.10 inst. It will be seen with re-
gret, 0)6'10), we believe' withoot any stir rile, that
the example set'by the French people in that
instant:it iota next by the Belgitsns, has spread to
the proverbially peaceable people of Gormley; and
its Cold bodies* when once itidatned, retain their heat
longer than those of a more cornbustible nitttire, it
is much to be feared that the revolutionary spirit;
barring Once found an etlttatieit 'IMO that tmuntry,
Will not till it has consumed every vestige of
her present institutions. The German 6ty which
has first ritipot the hpeer of revolution, if it does
not hold a sot spictiotis rank in point of population
Or wealth, it will be seen that it is inferior to none
itt the determined courage which it has displayed an
its first appearance upon the revolutionary arena,
To come to the suiticet without further preamble,
the people of Brimswick—,or, tit least, the lower
chases of the ptmple--..rose against the Govern,
meat, directing, however, all their rage against the
Peke ; and having repulsed the t.roopti, they at.
itii4ced the Demi Palace, and btirtir rt, with all
its valuables; to the groinid. The Duki himself
(leaped with great ditlitillty, and in disguise. -170
show that the infuriated assailants had previously
tioadered over the example set them by the
the attack of the latter on
the
Ihrs„ allyf
the
_lja.ii c.utsylcuous they
of the Palace
l frorit
6v.et!to h, where it was entirely
cl•atraJor tLir bear
.eiun:Lt!;tvi.; at one and 'lie same
bad given Indications, it WO:litland, They
D limp
uke, of their' hostikt-
Duke, Whose' imprudent
liro-
voted, if it did not juStify, the it'ftt,:sis:;ll"rfr
vrultxrice
with which it burst forth at hot, On'tll*
of 14. 7th they Mokotohltd its great. nur„b7:l47
fore the theatre, having filled
.Am sleeves, peaii;
arol hats with stones where they waited till th:
Dike inched into his carriage, when they tom.