18 MARCH 1848, Page 11

The Prussian Universal Gazette makes the further announcement, that this

Congress of the German states will be opened at Dresden on the 25th of March. The peasants are 11117114r1OW 3* -

hereditary castles of the nobility are burned or razed: Prince Hohenlohe's two residences, Niederstettin and Oehringen, have fallen; also Assumstadt, Schwaiggern, and the celebrated Jaxthausen.

Before the Duke of Hesse Cassel capitulated to his people, they had bar- ricaded his streets; piling up large trees, waggons, and stones, with a frieze of plough-shares, which they scoured the country to collect.

The Duke of Saxe-Meiningen has "pronounced " in the most Liberal manner.

A violent tumult arose at Pesth on the 6th, from a rumour that the State bank-notes would be refused payment. It was allayed by the authorities' affording more than usual facilities for payment, and the notes are now restored to credit.

The Oberlander Bole, a German journal, contains this announcement- " Hungary has declared itself independent of Austria, and has proclaimed a Republic."