Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1847-12-08
ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH
STEAMER NEW YORK

! ne rench steam packet New orr
arrived at Newport on Friday Morning
the 18th inst, bound to New York shor
of coal not having more than one ton whel
she came to anchor in tina, harbor.
She sailed the same day from Iavre tha
the Washington did from Southampton
and brings later dates from France.
We do not find much Of interest be-
You'd what relates TO Italy and Swi,zer.
land. '>
The pressure upon the market in Par
is, exhibited nothing like the severity
that existed in London, aud everything
was having more favorable aspect.
The Governor had seized Lie National
newspaper, at Paris, though on wha.
ground is not apparent.
The firm os Venein and A. Giells, of
Courtray, has suspended payment; their
Liabilities amount to two millions of francs.
The French Government is abou, to
send to Senegal, artillery and munitions
OF wal Tor the forts which are to be rcc,cd
there in defence Of the factories.
lTALY.--Pope Plus TX has promulgated
a decree establishing council Of State,
agreeable tot the dcsig expressed by the
Pope in his famous circular Of April !9.h
RE declares such a council to have been,
in former times, the glory of the States
of the Holy See, and that when the pom
tlficla! government is enriched by such an
institution, and has the aid Of those hon
ored with the suH'agcs Of the provinces,
the public administration will be more
vigorously executed, and give to the gov
eminent the practical character which
his holiness desires it should have.
-Four suspension bridges were about to
be erected in Rome by French compa-
ny. Hitherto such privileges were not
granted to foreigners.
In Tuscany the punishment Of death
had been abolished by proclamation of the
Grand Duke. -
The accounts respecting the negotia-
tons with Austria do not appear so ia
vorable as by former advices.. It is said
that by addressing himself directly to
the Emperor Of Austria, the Pope has re-
tnrded rather than advanced negotiation
SwITzERLAND.-The Swiss Diet me, at
Berne, on the 18th Of October to discuss
the means Of carrying into execution the
vote of the Diet on the Goth Of july. A
concllatory spirit was shown by ali par
ties.
Supplies Of cannon, muske,s, and am
munI'ion, furnished by the French gov
crnment, are pouring into the cantons of
the Jesuit League, or "Sonder bond."-
The Protestant cantons are all flviop Ia
arms. and late accounts say hostiIities
had commenced between the two armies.
Observation-Disclosures of the cholc-
RI were entertained, and it was said, on
the authority Of a letter from Stockholm,
that two schooners, and four barques,
with medical men on board, had been sent
out to superintend the quarantine On the
frontier; on account Of its appea rance.
GLEANlNGs FROM LATE EUROPEAN Pa
PERs.-The Christian Record contradicts
the report that the house Of Constable a.
Co., has given 10000 for the MSS. Of
Tho late DR.. Chamera. The house d.
vides the profits Of the publication with
The family. .
From Normandy and Picardy, the great
apple districts Of France, the diligence
IS, that the crops Of apples arc cxtraor-
1'na'y great 50 much so, indeed, that
here are not enough people to gather
hem, whilst in great number OF cases
he trees have broken down beneatl, their
weight.