The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-05-11 00:00:00

SPAIN.

M
ad
rid
journals of the 28th ult. contradict ireport,
which had gained considerable currency, that Carlist
meetings had been held preparatory to an insurrection
in Catalonia.

After repeated conference between the Ministers and
the Pope'a Nuncio, the bases of • bill to settle the ques-
tion of the sale of ecclesiastical property has been
&arc.' to.

A t___
elegram from Madrid, dated Friday, the 7th inst.,
4 p.m., announoes that the Cortes have been suddenly
and definitively prorogued. Some of the Ministers have
tendered their resignations.

AUSTRIA.

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The Prussian Chargé d'Affaires of Vienna is under-
stood to have demanded an explanation of some attacks
on his Government made by • journal supposed to be
under Count Buol's control.

PRUSSIA.
The King haa left Charlottenburg, and taken up his
residenoe at Potadam. His general health is said to
have greatly improved. Hie Majesty will probably re•
move to Sans Souci about the middle of the month.

RUSSIA.

A detailed programme has just been issued regulating
the labours of the committee, of the nobility concerning
the emancipation of the serfs. "Three successive
periods are indicated for the completion of the measure.
In the first, the principles are to be established; in the
second, they are to be applied to each property; in the
third a common code of laws is to be drawn up for the
rural population. Six months are allowed for the pre-
paration of the labours of the first period in a statistical
point of view. After that delay the peasants are to ob-
tain all the rights of other taxpaying classes. But they
will remain attached to the property until they have
purchased their freedom."
A serious outbreak amongst the peasants on the
domain of Prince Wasilzikoff, instigated by an agitator
who had misrepresented the project for the emancipa-
tion of serfs is announced. The peasants, in a body,
proceeded to Taurogalan, and refused to work until
their claims were satisfied. Three squadrons of
Hussars arrived the day afterwards, many of the
peasants were arrested, some were flogged, and order
was at length re-established.

AMERICA.
THE SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

By the arrival at Southampton of the West India mail
steamer Orinoco we have received files of the Panama
Star and Herald to the Bth of April.. . .

r Arica, March 21.
Castella ha e at last taken Arequipa by storm, on the
7th inst., not, however, without a severe loss. The nar-
rative of the battle is terrific ; an eyewitness states that
the blood ran down the barricades in streams six hours
after the fight; that the " Batallon de Ayacucho" de-
fending the barricades, and said to be 600 strong, were
all killed, with the exception of 40. The Apurimac,
Arauco, and Lambayeque sailed yesterday to Callao, to
be delivered up to the Government. Her Britannic
Majesty's steam sloop Retribution also left yesterday for
China.

Vivanco, with a few friends, has retired to Bolivia.
The loss on both sides is over 2000, killed, and the city
is filled with wounded. The general impression is
(owing to so few medical men being in Arequipa) that
the loss of life among the wounded will be large for want
of proper attendance.
It was rumoured at Callao that General Castilla in-
tended to push the war into Bolivia, probably to place
his friends Cordova or Belzu at the head of affairs in
that country. Business was very dull at Callao. There
were a great many American ships in the bay seeking
charters, but the rates were so low that they would not
accept them. Next to the excitement caused by the
news of the fall of Arequipa was the arrival of the
United Staten' frigate Merrimac, which was daily
crowded with visitor. The ship Lizzie Thompson and
the bark Georgina were still held as prizes, and would
probably be sold.