The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-14 00:00:00

A ROYAL PROGRESS IN ITALY.

TURIN, April 13.
It is officially settled that King Victor Emniannel
during his tour in Central slthly, will repair from ,:
Florence to Bologna, and will visit the Legations•

FRENCH PRESS ON SWITZERLAND.
The Paris papers are anxious to represent
public opinion in Switzerland as favourable to all .
arrangement with France. They report that the
two commissioners named by the Chambers have
expressed themselves against the warlike policy
of the Federal Council, though not unanimously. •
A letter from Bei'ne.says the Federal Council .
has ordered all the troops convoked fOr exercise
on the 25th ult., to return to their homes.
The story of a proposal by France to deelare a
neutral zone all round the lake of Geneva, is
said to be an-invention of the Belgium journals.

ANNIVERSARY OF THE POPE'S RETURN
IN 1850.
- - RoME, April 13.
A great manifestation took place yesterday in
commemoration of the anniversary of the return
of the Pope in 1850. In the morning the Pope,
aocompanied by a crowd of persons, went to the
Church of St. Agnes, beyond the walls of Rome,
where his Holiness celebrated mass and gave the,
communion to 500 persons. On the return .of his -
Holiness to the Vatican he was received with
applause. In the evening the city was illumi-
nated.

FRENCH FUNDS.
PARIS, April 13....
3.25 P.M.—The Bourse has been dull, but price
have not varied. Rentes 'closed at 70f. 200., or
about the same as yesterday. , •

"INDIA AND -CHINA.
The Calcutta and China overland mails havef-%
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arrived. • •
INDIA.
The advices .from Calcutta are to March Still
and are not so late by several days as the news,
from Bombay, received on Thursday week.'
Mr. Wilson's currency was still the great triple,
of the day. It was to bp brought into gradual
but rapid..operation. The whole of India is to be
divided into currency circles. In each circle will
be a commissioner, charged with the. duty of
receiving money and. issuing notes for his circle.
One result anticipated is the release of two-
.thirds of the silver in circylntion, which is sup-
posed: to amount to £2,000,000 sterling. Ac-
cording to Mr. Wilson's views, there will be
general cheapening of silver, followed by a rise
in all prices, till checked by an export of specie,
which thus, for the first time in history, va
begin to be exported to Europe from India.
Commercial end other intelligence anticipated-

CHINA.
The news frOm Hong Kong by the present
mail is to February, .28th. • .
The London mail, of January 10th, arrived'ouv
Feb. 26th. The news is not very important. • "
Preparations for the expedition to the
were going on steadily. •The Chinese were
making defensive preparations around Pekin:
Four of her Majesty's war steamers left Shangh4l
on the 16th of February, with sealed orders. The
current report was they had gone to intercept
fleet of junks which lately sailed for the north,
principally grain laden, but also carrying moni-
tions of war for Tientsin.
From Japan, accounts are unsatisfactory l'
native interpreter, . employed by the Britisit,
Minister, has been murdered, and the Gtoir-evi:
ment were pursuing a course of action likely
,t"
lead to complications.
At Shanghai the, green 'tea men had- shoot
some anxiety to quit their remaining stock oo
account of the approaching warlike operations'-
At Foo Chow the tea men had delayed
departure longer than usual, and evinced anx..ll.‘.
respecting political events. Several kinds of •tel.,'
had advanced.