The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-28 00:00:00

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

PRUSSIA.

The official journal of the Government contains a
,wig account of the disturbances which took place on
the 22d, from which it appears that the houses of
some ministers were assailed, and some constables who
had gone to maintain order were grievously injured.
It was said that shots had been fired. The official
journal announces that a judicial investigation had
been set on foot, and it calls on those who can give
evidence to do so. In the Assembly the Ministers
gave explanations on the disturbances, from which it
appears that the excesses at Charlottenbourg were de-
plorable, and that one of the democrats was so ill-
treated by the people as to be in danger of death ; that
at Berlin the mob broke open, with iron bars, the
doors of the hotel of the Minister of the Interior, and
penetrated to the apartments ; that they uttered
cries at the residence of the President of the
Council, and threw stones through his win-
dows at a moment when all the foreign ambas-
sadors were assembled ; that they damaged the façade
and smashed the windows of the hotel of the Minister
of Justice, and told him in the street that he ought to
resign as he had lost the confidence of the people.
The mob also went to the Hotel-de-Ville and devas-
tated the corridor. The constables had the greatest
trouble to prevent further mischief until the arrival of
the Civic Guard. The Ministers announced that ex-
traordinary measures would be presented to the As-
sembly by the Government. The Minister of Justice
was hurt in the leg by a stone thrown through the
windows of the President of the Council. The dis-
turbances at Berlin were caused by what took place
at Charlottenbourg, and were excited by a placard
of the Democratic Club. A letter from Berlin, of
the 23d, gives the following details :
" The people, excited by speeches of two men named
Dorvint and Bauer, sent a deputation to the Ministers to
demand the abolition of constables, the release of poli-
tical prisoners, and, if possible, the retirement of
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with great moderation. As soon as the deputies
had retired terrible cries were heard, among which the
words " Vengeance ! to arms !"
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and at the same moment the visitors at the hotel
of the President of the Council were compelled to
abandon the front apartments in consequence of a
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shower of stones from the streets. The cause of
this act of violence is not exactly known : some say
that whilst the deputation was with the Minister in the
hotel, a troop of constables charged the people; others
say that the people were alarmed
,at not seeing the de-
putation return. Presently, the mob armed themselves
with iron bars, and- tore up the pavements; after which
they sent another volley of stones at the hotel, and broke
every window. The constables were obliged to retire,
though not until some of them had been wounded. ,This
scene of devastation lasted an hour, during which the
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On the evening of the 25th the Burgher Guard
and the whole constabulary force were assembled, and
on the blowing of a horn they cleared the Linden
and closed all the avenues leading to it with double
chains, and thus prevented the meeting of any riotous
assemblage.
The new law, about to be proposed to the Assem-
bly for the regulation of public meetings, enacts
that no open-air meeting shall take place without
twenty-four hours' notice being given to the police.
It also fixes certain rates of punishment for those per-
sons attending meetings, making a distinction when
they are armed or unarmed, and adds that in the
event of an assemblage not separating at the third
summons, the armed force will be called upon to dis-
tk
parse it.