The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-04-03
Food Riots in Germany.

me inUEp gazette under date Ct kuuiugS
berg, 2S.h u,t, says The dcarue.- Of provisions
and the total failure OF potatoes have oc,asio C
the most dcploraU,e eXcessos IN l.tLuua IN the
districts Of Herdokrong and RanteboErg. band, Of
from thirty to forty persons went through the vii.
lagos compelling the inhabitants To give them
food The Nemel diligence from Mcneil was at
tackled, but the irmnes. Of the passengers pre-
vented their Geisg robbed. Is thcrurul gen ar
merry were too weak to reprcss these disorders.
a detachment Il Dragons wa sent from Tl.it,
who have arrested about 90 OF The rioters AMI loi
god hem in prison. We learn by accounts from
Der liz, Of the 2ith inst that the duties Of entry
on importation Of corn flour and vegetables are
suspended for all the States Of the Zollycrein TIL
tho 3l,t OF August,
BELGluM-lu the sitting of the Belgian cham
Der OF the 5th Of March, the Deputy Pierre who
had Just arrived from Luxembourg. asked permis.
sion to state what he had observed ON his Jour
nev. Pauperi-m and desola ion had there attai
ned to degree unknown, even in Flanders at the
worst epuchs The totallos~ Of the potato crops
the high price Of grain, and want of employment
were concurring TO produce this desperate state
Of things VI Pierre then asked what measures
the government had taken or proposed to take to
amelOrl,e the situation Of the province. NJ Ro.
ger the Minister Of the Interior said that he well
knew the depth Of the distress prevailing in Lux
embOurg, aud had sent thlther "A superior eSpi0Ve
Of the administration To collect facts Already
he could see that the budget Of public works
would not suffice to give employment to the wor.
king classes, He should probably ask a supple.
mcntary credit for this purpose. At the close Of
this discussion, the treaty ofnavigltI0n concluded
with England. was adopted unanimously.
PRussIA.-Deriin, March 2-1he Minister Of
4 Al, a.
corn, flour and pulse dre suspended for all the
States Of ZollSerein till the 3lst Of August next
The arrangement has been made with all the 20.
vernmcnts. The motives for 1t are the official
report. from the different provincial districts Of
the quantity of corn in the country from the pro.
duce OF last harvest, which was less than an ave.
rage one, and the indications Of positive distress
that have appeared in several localities, and more
particularly IN Silesia. The Minister stated that
there were on the frontiers Of the ZOllveren,
large stores Of grain being held back till the price
Of rye reached the quota ton at which free i'm.
port is permitted
LONDON, March ..
The Government ofiLe United States OF Anne.
RIGA has resolved to accredit, Tor the first time,
permanent charge d'atfaires to the Swiss confed
GRAFTON, In Switzerland this act Of a powerful
government Of decided non intervention principles
gives the liveiest satisfaction. The Federal
Council has resolved to send to America n
piece nj granite from the valley Of Hablern, near
lntcrhcken to form a part Of the intended
monument to Washington / Daily Ntus
Russia The works on the railway from ST.
Pcter.burgh to Warsaw are carried oa with ex
ramdnary activity The number of working
men at present exceed 10000, aud they work
during part Of he night. All the rails necessary
1r the immense line are to be delivered By the
end It july. and the contracts fdr the supply Of
locomotives have Just been signed,
lr,Lr- Rome. Feb. 2o--Yes,erday morning
the Roman sbiri made grand discovery, no less
than whole shop full Of daggers crackers, small
shells, ana other Internal machines, with which 1t
is supposed the Corso would have been strcwed
by the Red Republicans. II is said that list of
some forty persons especially destined for attack.
has been discovered. Yesterday and last night
numerous attacks were made. The police does
not scrupe to pu, hands IN whomevcr falls under
the suspicion Of the authorities, Its said that
upwards of50 were taken from their homes.