The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-04-03
Foreign News,
BY THE STEAMSHIP EUROPA.



AUsrRiA-A letter from Vienna. dated March
Sd says that lord Darby viii hardly tud 1t he.
'tse"rS 10 resto'e protective duties On com the
present Year. irsSmuch As the Austrian /. s>es-
sl"hs VIII rather import corn than send Il aUraad
The letter continues
troubles aud bad government seem T. have
deprived humble men ct all heart and energy
They have LEFT their fields unculu,atei f.r miles.
lest the rude hand Of some hateful ,o,driv should
seize ani destroy the fruits If their labor The
consequence Is something very like famine IN
many parts Of Europe. Tie accounts from 20
land are most dlsheartenlns, in the Capl,hilus
the inhabitants are literally starving. There is
~ KIND OF food al all. The nhtbltants are said
u De hVlng on soup OF some kind. Nhich they
cal! 'r'GNdWHAd, n compound Of fat aud milk .
or they cook sort of thick oaten pap something
IN appearance Ike the Italian potairntv-.LI>
they cad 'bIlanscha" and eat it in place Of bread
As N all times Of great want crime aud dis~ipa.
ton OF all kinds, come to swell the lis, Of horrors.
70 IL not surprising to learn that something very
Ike anarchy is raging IN the districts mos, effect.
ed by the famine. The mon Gallons and Lespe.
rate gctat the fiery hrlRhrslt Of The cuontrv. and
murders and robbere> Of the weak and defense
les naturally succeed. The government, vente
pompon'ly reformed have ma le the most sire.
nuouS Efforts Ia discover some means ot alcviut
my the terrible plague, and mo- doubt can be EN-.
tefiained that they have done 50. But il is their
perpHtul pt'crHal meddliug which has m,mly
helped Ia bring 1t about. They will not leave
people alone Not content with cumprlIn,, the
corn grower 10 receive doubtful pspcr for the
produce Of his fields, they will not even allow
prices to have their natural and healthy level.
and th" result Is that the country IS plunged into
poverty and despair
\ telegruphlc dispatch dated Verona. March
lSt at midnight speaks Of the arrival e the
Emperor, at that fortress He WIS received NJ
Verona BY Marshal RadetrSy who had left Y,
nice SIX hours before hs Muster fpr that purpose.
The dispatch states that hi Majesty vs. lr.
ce,ved with occlama'iou- Of welcome at Nero
na as well ut Nicenza and P.dua, bv which he
passed
NiE>NA March 3-Thincs are not going on so
hvorahy here ms Austin would wish The
Hungarlsn' aud Italians lema II true to their pas.
siVe resistance system. aud every row aud then
we Lear OF political offenders havn. been G uvcy-
ed privately To the prisons If Vienna Eight per
sons Of distinction, who ARE SAID ~ BE- deeply
cOmpr -fs,oi were brought here from Galria two
or three nights ago bot the circumstance Is
known only To- the few The state oi the furn
ces i still * remedy unsatisfactory. and is likely
to continue 80 until radical cure J. undertaken
Tie Austrian papers amu-c their readers with
the most contradictory report, respecting the
representative u' thr United states According
20 one paper. Mr. M.Cud, la, received h.s
pI~,uur's; according to another The CHARGE
q A.tyrs from the United States la- mot been
requested {" leave Vienna. The truth is ,ha,
the gentleman in question IS Quietly awaiting
the result Of he Chiyairr Huisymanu's violent
flare up at Washington.
The military Con,cr'p'iun has now been ex'en
drt 70 the free ports Of Trieste and Fiume. To- the
great CONSERVATION Of the inhabitants
N,-sW-The followin. appeal By he Ouch.
cs' of Nassau. on the -uhnrt Of the famine ap
pears in the Miestadeu journals Of the 5,h Of
March:
Moved by the extreme distress which now af
iicts 80 many parts Of our ilchy. appeal to all
nnhIr hearts, aud particularly to the women If
our land To cooperate with me in taking meas
urrs Tor the pnrpo.e ofrlrI,rus help to the star.
wing people. Every effort every gift. however
small, viii further our object expect to re.
crIye a degree Of support which vii prove a
blessing 20 the sufferers and doubt not tia.
the benevolent disposition Of ih, inhabitants.
which ha, 80 Jf.cn manifested itself will TN.
derstand and adopt every wish
ADELAIDE, DuCnEss OF NASSAU
Wiesladen, March, 1867
UE,sT DAS.-r,Dr In cote. Iteration Of the
high price Of pnuturs concurrent with the gene.
raj Gcar,b of provisions, the Government Of the
Grand Duchy uf Iie-se has forbidden the con.
sumption Of potatoes IN .uu dt,,iatou Of spirits.