Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-17 00:00:00

THE FRENCH FUNDS

PARIS, Thursday, June 16th, 12.17 p.m.—The
Bourse opens firm. Rentes 62.45.
2.30.—A rise of t per cent. has taken place in
Itentes, which are now 62.95.

3.3B.—Rentes closed at 62.80 for money, and 62.60
Tendency, very flat.

tol' account.

FRANCE.

Nuts, Wednesday.—lt is.pretty certain that all Italians
are not overjoyed at the off-hand manner in which the
king of Sardinia is proceeding on his work of liberation,
and accepting gifts of territory from the hands of his
Suzerain,
There are many patriots who have not co-
°Perated in this work of Italian independence merely for
the territorial aggrandizement of Victor Emmanuel What
they desire is independence not only of the Austrian or of
the French, but equally so of the Piedmontese. They cry
out against the sleight-of-hand-7th° escamotage, as they
term it--by which Victor Emmanuel is cooly taking
Possession of Lombardy ; and I know of several Italians
who leave Paris with the avowed object of resisting this
invasion on the part of their Piedmontese liberators. Their
'Otto is confederation, and not Fusion. The Lombards will
Ilet be Pielniontese any more than Tuscans, or-Modenese, or
Parmesans, or .Neapolitans, and it would not be surprising if
civil war follewed any attempt to force them into submission.
It is said here, in certain quarters known to be in relation
With the Palais Royal, that the Prince Regent of Prussia
uas caused it to be intimated, that if the French army cross
the Mincio the• act will be considered by Prussia as menacing
,L° the 'German Confederation by invading the natural
defences of 'Germany, and as calling for the direct interven-
tion of the said Confederation. It is further stated, that
thei, Generals under the .command •of Marshal Pelissier are
forthwith to repair to their respective stations. It is not•
considered improbable that the army now called the Army
Zthe East may soon be denominated the Army of the Rhine.
The person who gives this information says that, in-his
°Pinion, the real object of the war is Constantinople for
Itussia, and the Rhine for' France. He thinks that much
of the blame rests with the English Government for not
having proposed to settle the Italian question, which
every one saw must soon become a serious embarrassment,
111 unison with the Emperor of the French, and thus pre-
,i,vented him from throwing himself into the arms of Russia.
41e announcement in the Prussian Gazette of yesterday that
the Prinee of Prussia has ordered that the six corps d' artnie
shall beset in motion, is regarded in Paris as the answer of
the German Cenfederation to the note of Prince Gortschakoff.
Marshal Bosquet's complete recovery, or, at all events, his
fitness to assume his command at Toulouse, being so long
delayed, renders it necessary to provide a substitute. "He
will accordingly be succeeded by General de l'Etang. It
being also considered that Marshal Baraguey d'Hilliers'
Presence with. the army in Italy is incompatible with the
exercise of his duties at Tours, General Canrobert will be
appointed to that post. The Moniteur will soon publish
4 decree conferring promotions, honours, crosses; or military
medals 'on nearly 1,000 persons, comprising every rank, for
the late military actions in Italy. Twenty-two Austrian
4ficers, prisoners of war, arrived at Tours yesterday. Among
them are one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, •one captain,
three lieutenants, five ensigns, and eleven non-commissioned
°lficers. Accounts from Toulon .of the 12th haat , announce
that Admiral Count Bouet-Willaumez has sailed with, the
first division of the besiegihg fleet, composed of the steam-
frigates Mogador, Gomer, Descartes, and Vauban, towing
t I,lrec floating batteries,' the Tonnante, Devastation, and
1 ave. Admiral Bouet has hoisted his flag on the Magador,
Iv •
Inch 'tows the Tormante and leads the squadron. The
Z!,°fld division composed of gunboats has no doubt
bl'ed by this time ender the command of Admiral
Itetlf°4Bes, who is to tow them with his ships of •war.
_la pleasing to find that the present Minister of the
Interior is of the same opinion as the public--hamely, that
the Itvf -
0 popularly known ai the Lai des Suspects was of -so
us a character, that for a journal to speak of any
dlnister having executed it as General Espinasse did, is
Ll'ePlY prejudicial to his memory ; for, in point of fact; this
What the Duke .of Padua now officially declares. The
Ittike of Padua quite right in thus, by implication,
o..tg ,atidng that. law; but we must suppose a more than
alnary confusion of ideas in a well meaning zerson, as he
is'
4aid to .be, punishing a journal for contrasting the
tsconduct of Marshal M‘Mehon with that oi General
Pinasse.. • We have a right to suppose that, had M`Mahon
been Minister of the Interior when the law, the execution
°t
: hielv when Spoken of is considered so hurtful to a anan's
ta
3,lo,slll°rY. was made be would hare resigned (Aloe same'.
execute it 'himself.