The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-22 00:00:00

HANOVER.

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The following, are further detaila.df the disturbances at
6ottingen :7--" The district of the Hartz has been for some
time in a state of ferment, in consequence of which a
National Guard was formed at Osterode, under the com-
mand of Doctor Koenig. Symptoms of disturbances were
at the same time manifested at Gottingen. A citizen hail
refused to pay the tas;: on slcughtered cattle, without the
authorities daring 0, enfpt-ce It, end sal libnis of iTenvering
'the tales in arrears had become quite out of the question
The animosity of the people was principally directed
against a Commissary of Police named Westphal. Under
these eircpmstanees, the Goverliment ordered the first bat-
talion of Light Infantry, rect.:tarsi for the most part from
the Hartz, then in garrison at Gottingen, to assemble at
this last.named town.. These troops were to Make their
entrance on SatMiay; thegth instant, Arid on the previous
evening a squadron of tjhlans passed through Gottingen
on their way to Osterode. On the same day an insurrec-
tion broke out at Gottingen. About noon a troop of the
armed burghers, with Drs. Eggeling and Seidinsticker, ap-
peared in the market-place, before the Town-house, and
the two rsiiiiiiianders Went into the Assembly of the Senate,
and declared that they could no longer answer for the tran •
quillity of the town, if the Commissary of Police, Westphal,
was not immediately dismissed. This demand was instantly
complied with. In the meantime the armed burghers assem-,
bled from all parts, to the cry of " Liberty for ever !"amt
wearing the tri-coloured cockade of Kalenberg--lilac, green,
and red. Registers were opened at the Town-house, and the
great room in a coffee-house, to receive the enrolments of
volunteers fur the National Guards. Before night 2,00(.)
citizens and 500 studente had iPacritsod their names. In
the mean tittie the troops, whose arrival had been an-
nounced, appeared in the town. But the gates weredipt
and guards, composed of citizens and students, were posed
at them. In the everting the town was illuminated. In
the Hatch de Ville, hands played the " Marseillaise," the
" Parisienne," and " God save the King ;" and the popu-
lace shouted " Long live King William !" The most per-
fect tranquillity reigned through the town, which was
paraded throughout the night by patroles. A perfect
harmony subsists between the burghers and the students.
No one has been interrupted in the free exercise of his
rights. On Sunday, the 9th, in the evening, a report was
spread that the troops were approaching, but it was a
false alarm, and only afforded an opportunity for a display
of the alacrity of the burghers, who hastened to the gates
and ramparts. In the course of the 9th the Senate ceased
its functions, and in its place was constituted a Communal
Council composed of twelve members, selected partly from
the burghers, and partly from the members of the Univer-
sity. The Duke of Cambridge is expected from Hanover.
The following proclamation has been published :
" Dear Fellow-Citizens,

" The National Guard having been formed yesterday, it
has been judged necessary to-day to choose from among
the burghers a Communal Council, whose duty it is to
take all the means, and make all the arrangements neces-
sary to attain our general aim. It has already assembled
provisionally. Our end is to apply immediately to our
beloved Sovereign, to lay before him the grievances of the
country, and the necessity of convoking an Assembly of
the States, the members of which are to be freely chosen
from among all classes of the people, to draw up fur the
country of Hanover a Constitution perfectly free. The
hope that this just desire will be accomplished is so much
the better founded as other countries have already obtained
it. It will he furthered, if in all the parishes of the
country of Hanover a National Guard and a Communal
Council be likewise formed, who shall confer with us for
the a, taintnent of our common aim. Dear fellow-citizens
of the Town and the Academy, let us have this noble end
in view constantly and in concert, and let us pursue it to-
gether faithfully. (Signed)
" EGGELING, SEIDINSTICKER, &c."