King ERNEST of 'Hanover is involved in a fresh quarrel
with his subjects. The Magistracy of Hanover petitioned the Germanic Diet to protect their laws and liberties against the arbitrary pro- ceedings of the King, and to restore the constitution of 1833. To their petit ion the signature of \l. lit MANN, Chief of the Magis- tracy, was affixed. The King immediately suspended RUM ANN from his office, and ordered him to be tried Ibr his offence by the Hanoverian Privy Council. But the citizens of Hanover rose and proceeded in a body to the Palace, where they had an interview with ERNEST and his Minister Vox SCHELE. The Magistrates told ERNEST, that, according to law, Rum ANN could only be tried by a municipal tribunal, and that Second Magistrate ETERS must discharge the duties of Chief Magistrate during RUMANN'S suspen- sion. The King, having consulted VON SCHIELE, was compelled to admit that such was the law ; and he promised obedience to it. The tribunal before which RUMANN will be tried is composed of men guilty of the same offence as himself; therefore his acquittal is certain. The people, however, were much exasperated ; serious riots occurred on the 19th, which were not suppressed without bloodshed. The Government had issued a proclamation against the assembling of crowds in the streets, and ordering all private houses to be closed at ten, and houses of entertainment at nine in the evening.
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