Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-07 00:00:00

THE lATEST NEWS.

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FRANCE.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

PARIS, Dec. 5.

12.30 P.M.--Funds continue firm, Rentes open-
ing at 71f. 40c.
3.20 P.M. -- The Bourse has been very ani-
mated, but prices have no further alteration.
Rentes close the same as yesterday, at 71f. 35c.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Dec. 5.

The Monitore de Foseana- announces
.that M.
Buoneompagni will take the title of Governor-
General of the League of the provinces of Central

Italy.
Baron Racolli has returned to Florence.

ROME, Dec. 4.

The concordat with Baden has been pub-
lished, and is similar to that concluded with
Austria and Wurtemberg.

CALCUTTA &CHINA MAILS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office in anticipation of the mail
due in London on the 14th December.

CHINA.

SHANGHAI, Oct. 28.

No political news. Large sales of black tea,
green in limited request. Silk Market well
supplied. Tonnage plentiful. Exchange on Lon-
don at six months, 6s. Bd.

CANTON, Oct. 27.

The new customs ruleS do not work well.
Markets quiet. Teas flat. Freight to London £3.
KONG KONG, Oct. 29.

A destructive fire took place on the 20th.
Property of the value of 100,000 dollars burnt.
The Yates Hartley steamer was lost on the rocks
eighty miles .from this place. The, crew and
treasure were saved. The ship Inkerman, of
London, has also been lost. The exchange on
London 'at six months has advanced to 45.. 10d.

JAPAN-

NAGASKI, OCt. 21.

The Japanese embassy will leave for Washing-
ton by the Powhat on the 22nd February°. Trade
is progressing-

MANILLA, OCt. 22.

Markets dull. Sugar and Hemp unaltered.
Exchange on London at six months, 4s. 3d.
Freights to England, £1 10s. to £2.
`SINGAPORE, OCt. 5.

The steamer Ottowa with the English mail
of the 26th September, is to-day a week overdue.
Market for European goods quiet. Produce in
good demand. Exchange at six months, 4s. 9d.
Tonnage plentiful; freight declined.

INDIA SERVICE.
ADEN, Nov. 28.

The Candia Ms arrived with the Calcutta
mails, due in London, via Marseilles, on Dec. 14.
MADRAS,'NOT 14.

Exchange on London, Bank Rills. ls. 4d. lower ;
Documents, 2s. OQd. ; Government Securities,
per cent. to 41 discount. Imports: Mule Twist
in good. demand; Shirtings, inactive ; Beer and
Porter,large stocks, and small demand ; Wines
and Spirits, limited enquiry. Exports : Cotton,
only small transactions; Indigo, large purchases ;
Jurpas at 44 to 56 rupees ; Sugar, active demand,
24 to 26 rupees per candy; Rice, nothing doing.
Freights, 255. to 30s.

THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.

MARSEILLES, Dec. 6.
The Valetta has .arrived with the Australian
mail.
MELBOURNE, Oct. 17th. Parliament was
opened on the 13th, and Mr. Murphy has been
elected speaker without opposition. The want
of confidence debate was to commence on the
18th of October, and a majority against the
ministers appears certain. Trade dull. Imports
in excess of consumption. Money tight. Ex-
change premium for sixty days. Government
debentum firm at 17 ; increase for the year,
£300,000.. The production of gold is 100,000
ounces less than last year. Gold ships sailed for
London : Lew Chew, Sept., 20th, 28,000 oz,;
Norfolk, Sept. 30th, 68,000 oz ; Anglesea,
70,000 oz. Flour fallen 30 per cent. IVool,
increased demand, 1s I.od to 2s per. lb. Tallow
declined. Hides lower. The labour. market is
overstocked. •
SYDNEY, Oct. 15.

The quarter's revenue has increased £90,000.
Exchange at par for 60 days. The capital of the
Bank of New South Wales has been increased
50 per. cent. Government Debentures easy. A
resolution against the Moreton Bay separation
has been carried in Council. Three Englishmen
have been shot in New--Caledonia in arms against
Government.

MAILS FRO:4I FRANCE TO AMERICA,
VIA- QUEENSTOWN.

The ..I'rench Government haS arranged for
taking advantage of the despatch of mails . to
America from Queenstown. Closed mails from
France will be sent under an agreement with the
English Post-office in time for each Queenstown
steamer: Belgium, Russia, and Northern Ger-
many, but especially Hamburg and Bremen, are
also likely to avail themselves of the Queenstown
despatch.