The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-19 00:00:00

entering the town, and without any obstacle, this gre;

mass reached Witzenhausen, where the Town House wa3
given up to them for the night, and every thing was done
to secure them the neccsswy enmr.rt. At two o'clock in
the morning a detachment of Cuirassiers appelred on the
frontier ; but fortunately the students had been ochre-hand
with them. Even now it was attempted to defeat their oh.

ject, and the Professors were desired to go by Mundell to
Cassel. But this they refused, and on Sunday morning, at
nine o'clock, they left Gottingen. accompanied for some dis-
tance by their colleagues and friends. In the town reigned
a deep silence, all mourned, and it seemed as if the glory and
the prosperity of Gottingen were departing with them. On
their arrival, the. assembled students met them ; poems,
garlands, and the most, heartfelt good wishes, loudly ex-
pressed, gave evi(!eace of their admiration, and of their grief.
The horses were taken from the carriage, and the students
drew it quickly to the entrance of the hotel, into which
they accompanied their beloved and admired teachers.
Until then they had all remained firm ; but nose emotion
almost unmanned them. Gervinus said a few words, too
deeply agitated to say more. Dahlmann said—" At this mo-
ment I feel deeply how much of my happiness I leave be-
hind in Gottingen, yet I go not forsaken as so much love
goes with me. Nor have I given up the hope that at no
very distant period it may be acknowledged, and even by our
present opponents, that those arc not the worst servants of
a State who maintain that oaths ought to he unbroken and
faithfully maintained." Grimm said—" My dear friends !
You look forward to perfect purity in all the relations of
your future life ! Your notions of right are unperverted :
retain these attributes of youth, even in your old age, and •
you will end your lives in peace. Forget me not."
Thus parted the teachers from their pupils whom they
had guided with enthusiastic eagerness into the paths of
science, and to whom they had given an example of useful-
ness and firmness of character, which will bear fruit for future
times. Several of the remaining Professors, who felt them-
selves qualified for making their way even in a strange coun-
try, resolved to leave that fatherland which could bear such
doings. The confidence in the existing order of things was
shaken in all. Punishment had been awarded where no
crime had been committed. Even the last days of the de-
parted had been disturbed by paltry interference, and they
were persecuted beyond the kingdom of Hanover.
Dahlmann and Gervinus were ordered to leave Cassel
at, the request of the Hanoverian Government, and the
Prince had promised in a desPatch sent to Hanover that
they should not be allowed to remain even a single night.
I❑ Leipsic, on the contrary, where Dahlmann went after-
wards, and where he .applied for permission to reside, the
King sent him an anew e. through the Chancellor of the
University—" That he (the King) was much pleased with
his having sought a refuge in his dominions, and that he was
fully convinced Dahlmann would never cause or wish to
cause any disturbance." Thus they thought i❑ Saxony,
and some short time afterwards the Prussian Government
debated the question whether it might be advisable to in-
vite the seven Professors to Berlin. Thus science was
honoured, while the promises made to replace these men in
Gottingen by far more celebrated men must of necessity
remain unfulfilled, as; under present circumstances, no
German gentleman will choose to be the successor of the
lismissed Professors.

For some days great anxiety continued to prevaiLin Got-
tingen, and a few lectures were arranged with much
trouble. The teachers themselves felt neither courage nor
spirit to continue their round of duties. Several of the
superior men resolved to leave, at least at the end of the
half year, a country where events occurred which reminded
them of the worst times of foreign tyranny, in which school
many of our statesmen seem to have been successfully
taught. .Gottingen, which, during the reign of our late
Monarch, flourished to a greater degree than before; where
the most efficient men meted in happy union ; where the
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celebration of the jubilee had but just filled every body
with the most joyful hopes ; and where the nun-16er of stu-
dents had progressively increased every term—Gottingen
was now deprived of its splendour. The city was cut short
of its trade, the inhabitants of their earnings, and the
youths of the country of their alma mater ; science emi-
grated, unaccustomed to submit to oppression and tyranny.
And this was the very thing those persons wished, who
saw men arise from this school possessed of talent and know-
ledge to fit them for the great offices of the State ; while
they respected, and knew how to value nothing but a strong
will, and high sounding names. The expressed wish of tho
aristocracy which we have quoted above may be fulfilled,
though at the time it appeared to us a folly, but to which
all seems now to tend. First—the Constitution Was de-

stroycd ; now, the source of civilization and of knowledge
for the whole kingdom i 3 interrupted—wait for the things
that are to come, and we fear a future in which every step
will find an example in the last.

THEATRES.

HAYMARKET.

The Love Chace was repeated at this theatre last night for
the second time this season, and gave Misa Elphinstone another
opportunity of appearing in the part of Constance. Her per-
formance was, if possible, an improvement on that of Monday,
and for this reason that she felt more at home in the character.

Iler confidence was re-assured by the hearty applause of the
audience, and though her style of acting is different fromthat
of Mrs. Nesbitt, yet she appears to have looked more deeply into
the real character of Constance than her lovely predecessor.
When a fine actress appears in a new character and plays it sue-
c ,2ssfully, she may be said to make the part her own; it W2S thus
with Mrs. Nesbitt, whose fascination captivated all beholders
—and it is no slight praise to Miss Elphinstone to be able to
steal in upon our associations, and, without violence to our
prejudices, make herself heartily welcome. To achieve this
is confessedly the most difficult as well as most hazardous un-
dertaking. There is merit in the very daring—and none
but a lady of sterling genius, fully relying on the impulses
of her own heart, would risk all by making the attempt.
It is made—and made successfully. If we occasionally missed
the racketty joyousness of Mrs. Nesbitt, we were amply com-
pensated by the arch-vivacity and shressdness of Miss Elphin-
stone, who realised more of the poet's genuine creation than
her fair rival. Mrs. Nesbitt's acting skimmed surface of the
character with an elastic buoyancy ; but Miss Elphinstone
sounded its depths also, and thereby gave a bolder relief
by contrast. The audience seemed to have felt this, and
adpreciated it accordingly.