Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-30 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTTIAMPTON, Wednesday.—The Atrato, with the West
India and Pacific mails, has arrived with 178 passengers,
and nearly one and a quarter million dollars in specie. She
left St. Thomas on the 16th. The islands are generally
healthy ' • trade dull, except, at Jamaica, where it wl
unusually active. The Atrato brings the Consuls of EngliMut
France, and Spain, who have broken off political relations
with the government of St. Domingo. The cause of the
rupture was owing to the Dominican government calling ld
the paper money issued by the previous administration, an f
fixing upon it a Mere nominal value.. The Consuls
Holland; Denmark,:and Saidinia have also suspended thea
relations. The American Consul still remains at 6t.
Domingo.

SECOND EDITIOX

NORTHERN TINES OFFICE, THURSDAY, 9 A.)l°

THE FRENCH EXPEDITION
TO THE ADRIATIC.

The Times has received the following despatch
" VIENNA, Wednesday, Noon.—On the 28th file
following French ships were at Autivari :—Fice
ships of the line, eight frigates, six war steamellt
thirteen floating batteries, nine guuboats, nine brig*
and twenty three-masters. The fleet has wall
troops, and enormous supplies of provisions and
ammunition on board, so that it can act indepeu"
dmily of the mother country, should any other
Powerattempt to interfere. Admiral Bouet is about
to open sealed orders."

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS•

The arrival of the Calcutta and China mails, al?
at _Marseilles at the end of last week, has not ye'
taken.place. The steamer reached, Aden on the 10ta
inst., and a brief summary- of news was sent ou-t°
Suez by the Red Sea telegraph. It is conjectured
that the steamer sustained damage to her machinerl
after leaving Aden.
The Brazil and River Plate mails, by the Tyne'
are expected to be distributed in London ou g°ll-
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COMMERCIAL.
The Funds to-day.sh.ow renewed firmness. Consols rose
so
in sympathy with the Paris Bourse. There was also
idea that the minimum rate of discount at the Bank may b,
reduced to-morrow t6-22t-per cent., although the estabusof
meat is now getting alair share of the current business /4
the market at three -per cent.--:Daily .ffeces City _efilie
Wednesday Evening.
The 'English Funds have been steady to-day. Ttee,/
opened at yesterday's prices, and have closed at an imPrl3
_tba
ment of k per cent. The applications for discount atao
Bank have again increased ; and in the ,open raarkOto
rate is little below' 3 per cent. The Russian GoVertnra,
have re-opened.their account with the Bank of Eligh`ll4
which was closed at the commencement of the Crimean ‘it„
and' an arrival of'. £160,000 in half-imperiali finni,rhe
Petersburg has been taken to that- establishment.
failure has been announced of Messrs. Stephens.
.6TcPe.,
meichants, of East India,: agents' of Liverpool shiPlutfilo
chiefly to Bombay, with liabilities stated to amoOkeo
£140,000. About £32,000 in Australian:-goldwas tai;ei,
to- the Bank to-day. Railways At the close of the VI pf
'niost of 'the leading Englisli.Stock-s, were ted t 9 P-
cent. higher.--Tinos City Article, Wednesday Evening.
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TRAFFIC RETCRNS.—The increase in traffic is this we
-- as follows :.I,.ondon.aad' North Western, £5,128 Oro,
Northern, £1,888; Great Western, £2,422 ; 'and Lon.-
and South Western £2,528. ,

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STATE BALL.—The Queen gave, last evening, a state ball'
-te a party of 2,000. O
4. J'
MR. HOWAREeS STEAMERS.—The News canal- et
a report that steamers belonging to Mr.• Howard have be
offered either to the French or Austrian governments. t
THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL CONTRACT.—It i.) .said tll9to,
New York association will send in a tender for the AUS
Tian mail contract via Panama. if
THE CHAIRMAN OF WAYS AND MEANS.-- e
News believes it is not the intention of the Conserv..a.fati
to oppose the election of Mr. Massey as chairman of I'
and Means. der
TILE NEW JUDGE: —The Morning Post says it is
yq
stood that Mr. Colin. 131ackburne, the new judge, liis
recommended to the Lord Chancellor on the ground of
iJ
learning and acquirements of an accomplished. comma
lawyer.
NEW MODE OF NAVAL WARFARE.—The Times it
a long descriPtion, of. the new iron steam ram, whied
obe
says, .will be afloat next June. Her total length wl
380 feet, 58 feet breadth ; total weight at sea, about "'220
tons ; full spread, sixteen miles an hour. Abeutteakr
feet of the broadside of the vessel will be 13'e bl
twenty-four inches thick ; this will be covered
armour plates 44 inches thick on the deck. The rani 100
be armed with .36 Armstrong's guns, each throviil4,,, liclov(11
lb. shot over a range of six miles. • The ram will ru 019
ships by driving straight at them at full speed. If Sm." her,
does one half of what may fairly be anticipated freolof tbe
she will be cheaper to the nation than a dozen oil . the
line. The cost of the hull will be about £200,000 'bout
engines about 475,000 ; and her fitting fur sea
£45,000 more—or £320,000 in all.

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Milan will long be a word of pleasant inemori.„-- that
soldiers of France. " Never yet," says a letter fr°l the
city, " were men made so much of—l speak net cntioel,
officers only, but of the rank and file. The private Sec—cedili
finds himself the hero of the hour, welcomed and cerr; he
society into which, but for this campaign of liberat'eliag'
would have gone down to his grave without penetra
The Zonave is particularly in demand. One see9iadieg'
driving about in elegant carriages with aristocratic got
and attended by. liveried domestics. With °°e 006
in a sling, he gives the other, clothed in the C_.,elol
uniform sleeve, to delicate silk-clad dames and daet74o,
who gladly accept his escort, walk with him in the Boitcle
and sit with him in cafes. Many of those ladies hayed VI
his acquaintance in the hospital, and, having nurse,,
into convalescence, desire to complete his cure, that Lid, •
again go‘forth and do battle in Italy's cause. Althc'ea for
rough customer in the field, and .by no raeans renolf?,, tsci
refinement and polish, he appears to show considerate tedif
and discretion in the society into which he has unexPtops
and suddenly been introduced, Bashfulness is by orti, bi
a Zouave weakness, and, belpg fr•ke_fratqmaiqetoA!t:
is rarely awkward," ra M
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