—­[General Carry St. Cyr is not to be conFused with the Marshal Gonvion de St. Cyr; he fell into disgrace for his conduct at Hamburg at this time, and was not again employed by Napoleon.  Under the Restoration he became Governor of French Guiana.]—­

At the first news of the revolt he set about packing up his papers, and Comte de Chaban, M. Konning, the Prefect of Hamburg, and M. Daubignosc, the Director of Police, followed his example.  It was not till about four o’clock in the afternoon that a detachment of Danish hussars arrived at Hamburg, and the populace:  was then speedily dispersed.  All the respectable citizens and men of property assembled the next morning and adopted means for securing internal tranquillity, so that the Danish troops were enabled to return to Altona.  Search was then made for the ringleaders of the disturbance.  Many persons were arrested, and a military commission, ad hoc; was appointed to try them.  The commission, however, condemned only one individual, who, being convicted of being one of the most active voters, was sentenced to be shot, and the sentence was carried into execution.

On the 26th February a similar commotion took place at Lubeck.  Attempts were made to attack the French Authorities.  The respectable citizens instantly assembled, protected them against outrage, and escorted them in safety to Hamburg, where they arrived on the 27th.  The precipitate flight of these persons from Lubeck spread some alarm in Hamburg.  The danger was supposed to be greater than it was because the fugitives were accompanied by a formidable body of troops.

But these were not the only attempts to throw off the yoke of French domination, which had become insupportable.  All the left bank of the Elbe was immediately in a state of insurrection, and all the official persons took refuge in Hamburg.  During these partial insurrections everything was neglected.  Indecision, weakness, and cupidity were manifested everywhere.  Instead of endeavours to soothe the minds of the people, which had been, long exasperated by intolerable tyranny, recourse was had to rigorous measures.  The prisons were crowded with a host of persons declared to be suspected upon the mere representations of the agents of the police.  On the 3d of March a special military commission condemned six householders of Hamburg and its neighbourhood to be shot on the glacis for no other offence than having been led, either by chance or curiosity, to a part of the town which was the scene of one of the riots.  These executions excited equal horror and indignation, and General Carra St. Cyr was obliged to issue a proclamation for the dissolution of the military commission by whom the men had been sentenced.