The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-10-10
DETAILS or THE CANADA'S NEWS.
RumOred Settlement of the Italian
Question.
MUTlNY ON THE GREAT EASTERN.
AFFAIRS IN FRANCE AND ITALY.
REPORTED SETTLEMENT OF THE ITALIAN
QUESTION

REPORTED SETTLEMENT OF THE ITALIAN
QUESTION
1t was asserted that the result of the King of the
Belgians' visit to BiarritZ was fully successful
Various rumors afioat. The Paris cOrrespon
dent of the Times SAYS the great report of the day
was, that the question of the Duchies had been ar
ranged, that Tuscany is to be regned over by thu
King of the Belgians' second son, and Parma anC
Modena by Maximilian. Another report says that
the Count de Flanders is to have the three Italian
Duchies, and the Archduke Maximilian Venetia
with separate constitutions. These reports must bt
taken for what they are worth.
1t was expected that the King Of the Belgians
Prince Richard Metternich and Count Walewski
would remain at BiarritZ till the departure of the
Emperor at the end of September.
Prince Poniatowski had quilted Italy for Biar
ritz
Lord Cowley had not gone to Biarritz, as was ex
pected, and it was thought he would not go.
The Paris correspondent of the London Herald
regards the scheme of placing Belgian prince on
the Tuscan throne as a ridiculous canard
THE LATEST.
The American occupation of the island of Sar
Juan attracts considerable attention in the journals
The Times editorially states the facts of the case
and says: fortunately the affair is in good hands
and we trust there can be to doubt that
the governments of the two countries will proceed
to a decision in the same spirit of moderation
and equity by which their views of the question
have hitherto been characterized" The article
concludes as follows:
"lt is not question OF convenience, but Justice
The decision should depend upon the terms of the
treaty, fairly interpreted, and it evidently not
doubted by either government, a short time ago
that this interpretion could be discovered If
however, it should prove that the existing conven.
tion cannot be applied to satisfy the contract
ing parties, there surely be no reason why two
States, which have adjusted their respective
limits across entire continent from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, should not complete the work in the
narrow waters of Vancouver's Island. The Ameri.
oan9 fhnno, L.,
tions they will meet with no feelings but those OF
fairness and amity the part of this country. II
would be hard indeed if children of the stock
they felt and expressed in the waters of the
Peiho, should find much difficulty in adjusting a
petty boundary question the coast OF the Pacific.
The London Post, also, again, refers to the sub
ject and says if the Importance of San Juan to the
two countries be considered, there can be no doubt
that its possession by England may be said to be
absolutely necessary to the security of British
Columbia 1t thinks the government of Washing.
ton can have nothing to gain by the violent and
uniustiiable proceedings of Harvey.
Thirty of the crew of the Great Eastern had beer
arrested and tried at Weymouth for mutinous con.
duct in refusing to wash the decks when ordered
The two ringleaderswere sentenced for three weeks
and month Imprisonment, respectively, at hard
labor, and the remainder for fortnight each The
evidence showed that the ships crew was far from
complete.
The English journals strongly denounce the in
complete and hurried manner in which the ship was
sent to sea. vague rumor has been current that
her first voyage would be postponed until next
year, and that in the interim she would be exhibited