Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-08
THE FOREIGN NEWS.
81 the steamship Canada. a, Halifax

OF October. at 3 p. m, and arrived at Halifax on
Thursday morning.
THE ZURICH CONFERENCE
The London Morning Herald gives promi-
nenCe to the following paragraph:
1--WE have reason TO believe that definitive
treaty Of peace -rll soon be concluded at Zurich.
1t WILL however. bear the signatures OF only two
Powers-France and Austria The preliminarirs
of afranca will I've strictly maintained rs to the
relations of Austria and Sardinia We learn from
Vienna that the prcliminaries of NjllafranCa will |
serve &c a guide for the conduct OF Austria -
4 Berne telegram says courier from Vienna |
had reached Zurich. with instructions 10 draw up
trea., of peace and document for the CeSsion of
I.ombardy 10 sardinia. No alhISon is made to |
the Duchi-s IT i hoped that treaty will lie |
S gned in a few days
The Paris correspondent Of the London Sppcta- !
tor who. on several occasions has communicated |
early authentic news. asserts that Napoleon ac-
CeptS the plan of the Ming of the Brlgidns. which
gives the fortfeSses Of PeSChiera, Mautua and the
States of Parma and Modend to Sardinia REIN
states the house of Lorraine in Tuscany, and re-
| stores the Legations To the Pope. After intro
| ducing variety of reforms. Nenitia Is to have
! governmental institutions and IN army Of its own
| under the NJ, hdukr Ferd Inland Macmillan under
| the title Of the Grand Duke of Ntnitia These
| stipulationS have the concurrence Of Austria \
CONGRESS is also 20 br held NJ Brussels 10 b- pre-
sided by the King. The Paris PItrie part ally
| confirms the above.
| The FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S ExPEprTror
! The screw steamer Fox, Capt McCIintork sent
b" LADY Franklin to the Arctic regions in search
| Of the traces Uf Sir john frdnkilnS eNpptirOu
| had returned tn England. having been connie te-
| " successful. At Point w William, on the y W.
| coast Of King Williams Island, a record WAS
| found. dated April 18th, I-4S, gned by Captains
CrOZier and Fitzjamcs. The record SAYS that the
| ErebuS and Terror Were abandoned three DAYS
previously in the ice five leagues to the y. y w
| and that the survivors. in al amounting to IU5
Were proceeding To Great Fish river. Sir John
| Franklin had died June nth. ISL. and the total
deaths To date had been nine officers and fifteen
men.
A.. Ia.
were found on the western shore Of King Will
| liams Island. and others were obtained from the
| Esquimax, who stated that after the abandonment
one ship was crushed in the ice and sunk. and the
| other forced on shore
The Fox was unable TO penetrate beyond BellOt
| Straits, and wintcred in BrenfOrd Bay
| Several skeletons of Franklin's men. large guam
| titles of clothing. &c. and duplicate record mp
| to the abandOnmt mt of the shi ps overed.
Minute and interesting details Of the expedition
| are published.
| THE PRESS on THE SAN JUAN QUESTION.
| The American occupation of the island of San
nan attracts considerable attention in the jour
! mails
The Times cditoralv states the facts OF the
c'>c, and saws, fortunately there can he no reason
to doubt that the Governments of the two Coun-
tries will proceed to Il decision in the same spirit
| of moderation and equity by which their views of
the question have hitherto been characterized.
| Th" article concludes follows: =, II is not
question of convenience. but Of Justice The de-
CisiOn should depend upon the terms of the treaty
fairiyinterprctcd and it was evidently not doubted
by either Government. short time ago that this
Interpretation could be discovered. If. however
It should prove that the existing convention can
not be so applied as To satisfy the contracting
parties, there can surely be no reason why two
states which have now adj justnd their respective
limits across an entire continent from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, should not complete the work in
| the narrow waters of Nancouver's Island. The
| Americans may assure themselves that in sue h
| negotiations they Will meet with no feelings hut
those OF fairness and amty on the part of this
| country. 1t would be hard indeed if children of
| The same stock. who can feel the sympathies OF
| blood and cage As they Were felt and expressed
in the waters of the PeihO, should find much diff
| Guilty in adjusting a petty boundary question on
| the coast of the Pacific -
The London Post also again refers to the subject.
ana says, II the importance of San Juan to the
two countries be considered. there can be doubt
| that its possession by England may he said to be
absolutely necessary to the security of British
Columbia II thinks the government of Wash
lngtoH can have nothing to gain by the adoption
OF The violent and unjnstfable proceedings of
| Harvey.
MISCELLANEOUS
Thirty OF the crew of the Great Eastern had
been arrested and tried, at Waymouth, for mutt
nous conduct in refusing to wash the decks when
ordered. The two ringleadcrs were sentenced for
three weeks and months Imprisonment. re-
speetlvely at hard labor. and the remainder for a
fortnight each The evidence showed that the
ships crew was far from complete.
incomplete and hurried mafifReHlX denGup,6See sthf
was sent to sea vague rumor has been current
|
next year, and that in the interim she would be
exhibited at the principal ports in the Kingdom
rms, however, is adthorititivcly contradcted
and she is still advertised To leave HoIyhrad for
Portland on the 10Th of October
1t is announced that the Queen. on her way I,ac K
| from scotland, Will visit the Great Eastern at
| HOlyhedd on the Eth. and stay at Peuuhvu CaStI.
as the guest of Col. Pennaut
| At the agricultural show at IeweS steam chat,
| cutter exploded, killing four persons
Upwards OF a thousand marines strong detach-
| . a1, Ii,rI.t
lnents etc were 10 leave England for China by
the overland route
The first of the squadron for service against
emma had already sailed. The Government in
and other vessels
iaris rumor was in circulation to the effect
thdt There would be no Chinese expedition That
| The head "f the Peiho Mandarin was prutfered in
atonement coupled with promises Of all the salts
iacuon requirfd and that the ambassadors will
| be Immediately received at Paris
| Sir Cusack Rooney writes - the Dublin Journals
| poSiuVeIy asserting that the Government intends
Seuing aside the Galway mail contract at the next
| ridicule the idea if'
IN. me propositions Of the King of Belgium for the
eaelllent Oh the Italian question said to have
pceh accepted by the Emperor Napoleon. Tie
| propositions include European Congress to be
h"Id at Brussels Various other conhrtn~ state
menus regarding the provisions in circula-
| me sandman government has issued a crcu-
| iat denying the reported ccssion of Savoy to
| ridh'e. The Sandman government, it is also
SAID las protested to- the Great Powers agains,
IN" secret aid offered by Austria in recrutin NJ SOL
| dlers for the Pope.
The King of Sardinia was enthusiastically re-
| ceIHed on his visit to Pava, Lodi, &c
| ne rope Is said to be in a very alarming state
| odfdlhai AntOneli had declared him to be unfit
to attend to public affairs
go, SWITZERLAND.
ne Minister of the United states had presented
II IohS memorial To the Federal Council. PRAYING
II 10 intervene with the cantons which preserved
III !heif laws restrictive or intoleralt me- Sures
aSdins' The United States, in order to obtain a
modification of the same
,., SPAIN.
me report that General ScrranO has been an
POINTED Captain General of Cuba is fully con
IL was reported that England offered To mediate
IN the case of Morocco
TURKEY.
Am1cable relations have been establis al ed no |
tween Turkey and Persia
THE LATEST
rAk,s, saturday The King of Belgium was 10 |
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