The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-09-07 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

HIMMITOPO4. —A lecter—f-r-oi-o-13. t. Petersburg of the
17th ult. informs us that the Emperor's brothers—the
rand Dakar /Celine) and Nieinilas—are to visit liebasto-
pol and the Crimea this year. It Is said that this port
Is to be oonverted into e ammonia' station without
fortifications, and it further appears that, notwithstand-
ing reports published to the oontrary, the Russian
engineers have suocieeiled imm raising the ship of the line
Jaguilil, with the exemption of the keel. The schooner
klitualaja, of 111 guns, was likewise raised entire,. and the
steamer Tura, taken from the Turks. The latter in
such a good state of preservation that it is already re.
ping! and cluing service. The eriniulji and time Uunaj
have likewise been raised.
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The Hotel du Nerd was yesterday the theatre of a
strange rcncontre. Prince Ourtaohalter! found himself
placed side by side at table with Lord Liman ; anti the
two former adversaries amuilcaliiv illsouseed the fearful
cavelry affair at Ibilakieve, of wide% they were the nun.
tending lewlers.—Legter from Berlin, Aug. 27,
A letter from lit. Petersburg, dated 24th of August,
In the Independence Betio, says:—' Slime the doper.
tore of the Emperor a courier has arrived from Astra•
khan with disastrous news. A powder inagesine liu
exploded. It contained 911,000 kilogrammes, • imentlty
that appears to me to be eimagerated ; but, however,
that limy be, the half of the town has been destroyed by
the greet' of this fornalibible explosion, and a portion
of the other half has become the prey of the flames.
The environs of Et. Putoreburg lowe also been the scene
of n insider—the burning of the forests. Title is a great
misfortime, for forests, every where precious, ere par.
Ocularly so in Mesta, from the scarcity of wood. It was
reported yesterday that fresh disturbances had occurred
iii Eetiiommia among the pimiento, and always from the
same MIMI. The fact is quite possible. It is saki also
that in the Interior of the empire there are here and
there villages the peasants of which refuse to labour
under pretext of being true, and moldier' are obliged to
be sent to restore order. Not only is tide possible, but
it must he on sooner or litter, It cannot be expected
that • population of 110.000 can be amide to comprehend
in a tiny their new nuclei condition. Before bile depar.
tore the Emperor promulgated a fresh degree of 01111111•
cipetion. He bee restored to liberty all the peasants of
the Imperial paincon, who number about 200,000. The
Canr, in manifesting hie will touelling the enfranahlie•
moot of these peasants, asked in virtue if what law
they had fallen into servitude, and demanded that they
elimild produce it. But no documeut could be laid
before the Imperial eyes. The Emperor then asked
what were the regulations by which the eon* and the
labours of the peasants were distributed. The answer
was, that the ouly rule was the written or verbal orders
of the general at the head of that fnmeelel edininietre•
Lion, What follows is prodigious, unheard of, inerwiL
ble. The high dignitary referred to, hearing of the new
law rompeoting these peasants, wrote to the Emperor
beseeehing him, in consideration of his long servioes,
the favour of leaving thing' in *414 gee until the end
of his life. This esorbitant /101VIIii gives an idea of
the notions prevailing In kiwi& among anon of the old