Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-11 00:00:00

NAPLES

NAPLES, June 9th.—At a Cabinet Council this morning,
Filangieri, Serra-Capriolo, and. Cassaro were nominated
Councillors of State. The modification of the new Ministry
consists in the appointment of Casela, Mandaincci, and
Galotti. The other ministers remain. The English fleet,
consisting of the Marlborough: Euryalns, Brunswick,
Princess Royal, Renown, Victor Emmanuel, and Lapwing,
has just arrived. Naples is tranquil, The Hon. Henry
Elliott, the English minister-extraordinary, has arrived from
Marseilles in the steam gunboat Coquette.

NAPLES, June 2.—Yesterday the body of King Ferdi-
nand the Second was carried from the Royal Palace to the
tomb in the church of S. Chiaro. I watched the spectacle
from one of the most crowded spots in Naples ; and I
listened in vain for a word of regret. Not the slightest
sign of emotion -was betrayed by any one member of the
populace. The official journal, which is never published
on birthdays or saints' days, came out as usual. When
the clergy passed, with the cross at their head, people
lifted their hats; but when the body of Ferdinand IT.
passed no similar mark of respect was offered, and no one
said God bless him." I do not give you the results of
my own observations only, but those of almost every one
with whom I have conversed on the subject. The pro_

cession, which was advertised to leave at three o'clock,
did not do so until an hour after. The order of march
was thus :—Three squadrons of infantry, a battery
of horse artillery, three squadrons of hussars, the
Royal Guard, the carriage of respect covered with
mourning, drawn by eight horses ; then came ushers,
gentlemen of the bedchamber, and a body of clergy
large enough to have supplied a kingdom ; other officers
of the court preceded the funeral car, which was open
all round, and was drawn by eight horses. Immediately
after followed twenty-four battalions of infantry, ten
squadrons of cavalry, and two batteries of artillery ; the
whole procession was closed, by about twenty court car-
riages, drawn by six horses each. Great order was pre-
, served during the day, and nothing occurred but some
slight confusion, which was probably promoted by a body
of thieves in the Largo, della Carita. So sensitive, how-
ever, is the public mind at the present moment, and so
apprehensive is it of disturbances, that for the moment
there was a considerable panic amongst the crowd, wire
fled in all directions at the particular spot of which I
speak. Judging from the appearance, and the expression
of sentiment, I should have been disposed to have said
that the spectacle at which I assisted on Tuesday had
been some theatrical exhibition, certainly not the funera
of a man who had been adored and loved.

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VALTA

MARSEILLES, Friday.—The cable between Alexandria an,
Candia has parted at 210 miles from Egypt. The Elba i
laying the other piece from Canea to Syra. The Englis
fleet left Malta, it is supposed, for Naples, on the. sth.

GREECE.

According to a report of the sitting of the Greek Cham-
bers of Duputies, published by the Esperance, the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question, put to him by the
deputy for Sparta, made the following statement :
England and Russia have in the same terms recommended
us to observe strict neutrality, and to maintain public order.
France, more explicit, has not hesitated to signify that if the
least disturbance should break out, she would be obliged,
considering the present state of affairs, to intervene, in con-.
cart with EnglWl; t 4 quppress any lnovemcut.