Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-10-09

tention to the great activity in the French
dockyards, and states that he has been as
sured that there are now building or under
orders to be built, twenty ships Of the line,
ten OF the very largest SIZE and the others
Of inferior calibre, bnt all strictly fighting
ships, steel plated, anu provided with iron
beaks or prows.
Numerous exilee had arrived At Mar
selles the amnesty included Blanc and
Berclat-
The Consul General of the Nellie has re-
quested permission to cultivate and manu-
fscture tobacco there.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The screw steamship Fox. Capt. Nee in
took, sent by Lady Franklin to the Arctic
regions in search Of Sir John Franklin's ex
peditiOn, had returned te England. having
been completely successful. At Point Will
liam. on the northwest coast Of King Will
liam's Island. a record was found, dated
April 25th, 1913. and signed BY Captains
Crosier and Fitz James. The record eays
the Erebus and Terror were abandoned
three days previously in the ice i've leagues
to the north west, and that the survivors, in
all amounting 10 one hundred and FIVE, were
proceeding to Great Fish River
Sir John Franklin had died on June lth,
l847. The total deaths to date had been
nine officers and fifteen men.
Many interesting relics of the expedition
on the western shore Of King Williams Isl
and and others were obtained from the Es-
quimsux, who stated that. after their aban-
dOnment, one ship was crushed in the ice
and the other forced ON shore, where che
remained
The Fox was unable to penetrate beyond
Bellot Straits, and wintered in Br.ntford
Bay.
Minute and interesting details of the ex-
pedition are published.
Several sketches of Frankln's men, large
quantities of clothing, DC, and duplicate
record up to the abandonment of the ships,
was discovered.
LArEsr-The Paris correspondent of the
London Spectator. who has on several occs
sions communicated early and authentic
news, asserts that Napoleon accepts the
plan Of the King Of the Belgians, which il
to give the fortresses Of Pescheira and Man
tua and the States Of Parma and Modena to
Sardinia. to reinstate the House Of Lorraine
in Tuscany and to restore the Legations to
the Pope. After the introduction Of a va
riety of reforms. Venetia is to have govern
mental institutions and an army Of its own
under the Archduke Ferdinand Maximjllian
with the title Of Grand Duke 0: Veneta.
This stipulation has the concurrence o.
Austria. A conference is also to be held Al
Brussels, presided over by the King. Thi
letter is dated on the eve OF the z2d
I The Paris Palrie has an article which
partially confirms this statement.
uALY.
! The Sandman Government has addressed
a circular to the great Powers, denying the
cession of Savoy to France. and declaring
such rumors entirely void Of foundation
The Sardinisn Government lie also said L
have protested to the great Powers agains
the secret offered by Austria in recruiting
soldiers for the Pope.
Evidence has been published to prov,
that Parma, under the 0oyefnment OF ths
Duchies, ala mot maintain a neutral attitud.
during the late war;
The King Of Sardinia was most enthusias :
tically received on his visit TO Pavia, Lodi
etc.
The Pope remained in a very alarming
state, and Cardinal Antoneli announced him
unfit to attend to public affairs
swIIzEeLA>p.
The Mansune Uazette Gays that the Minis
ter of the United States, Mr. Fay, had pre-
| sented large memorial to the federal coun
Gil, praying 1t to intervene with the can
tons which have pr served in their laws
restrictive or intolerant measures against
the United States, in order to obtain q
modification of the same.
sPAIN.
The report that Gen, Sarraune had been
appointed to the Captain Generally Of
! Cuba ia fully confirmed.
Relations were established between Tur-
key and Persia. Matters in Gambia were
assuming a serious aspect. And numerous
| troops had been sent there.
THE VERY Latest
PARIS. Saturdsv.-The King of Belgium
was to leave Biarritz last night for Genoa
via Marseilles, where, it lie said he will con-
fer with several important persoDages. II
| is supposed the journey Is connected with
the Congress at Brussels.
The report If the foundation of the king
dom of Central Italy under Count Flanders
has been positively denied.
LONDON, Saturday +. M.-AccOrding to the
last accounts from Paris, the treaty between
EThuCc uuu OOCuIu SulD0 was eAptCbcu ~
| be signed on the lst Of August The French
| Admiral had obtained four important con
cessions, namely: Tne exercise Of the
Christian religion: treaty OF commerce
| the first ever obtained from Cochin China
the cession to France Of the fine town oi
Syam and its territory, and recognizing the
rigqt Of the French to the Bay Of Saron-
The official journal Of Berlin says that
| the King Of Prussia has again became
worse.
The Economi" Belg says that the harvest
Of Belgium is far from being 40 satisfactory
| as expected. The wheat yield will be only
twoathirds the average.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Tsmes says that Cherburgh is about TO be
armed completely on Q war footing. and
that rifed eanr IN are being provided fol
I'll it, batteries.