The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-04 00:00:00

NAPLES AND SICILY.

The semi-official journal of Naples, the Tempe of
the 22d September, says—" The mediation does not
advance, because Admirals PARKER and BAUDIN,
who have taken upon themselves to offer their good
offices to the Neapolitan Government, have not yet
received orders which render them competent to act.
The mediation has not been, and cannot be accepted,"
continues the Tempo, "because no Government can
admit the right of direct intervention of other powers
in the affairs of its states.

The Piedmontese Gazette of the 28th quotes letters
from Sicily, of the 19th, which announce the expira-
tion of the armistice and the resumption of hostilities.
It would also appear that the Messinians, reinforced
by many thousand Palermitans and others who had
hastened in mass to the scene of war from the adjoin-
ing countries, had surprised Messina, and occupied it
once more, taking ample vengeance upon the royal
troops, who had been forced to take refuge again in
the citadel. Another letter states that Melaaeo had
also been taken again by the Sicilians, the royal troops
having fled after a great loss.

THE ARIEL STEAMER.—The steam ship Pacha,
arrived at Southampton from Leghorn, has brought 46
packages, containing looking-glasses, blankets, linen,
earthenware, and various other articles of furniture
saved from the steamer Ariel, British ship, the pro-
perty of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company, recently wrecked near Leghorn. The steam-
ship Madrid, arrived at the port of Southampton from
Leghorn, has also brought a large quantity of stores
belonging to, and saved from, the same vessel, comprising
641 boiler tubes and several packages of stores, consist-
ing of linen and furniture of various kinds, and other
necessaries, which formed part of the equipment of the
Ariel, an having been saved Are now returned to this
country for the befit of the 07,-,ilers.

and COMMERCIAL NE WS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was lower.
Sales, 3,500 to 4,000 bales. American realised Bid. to
6d. per lb. In Railway Shares a fair business was done,
but without any improvement in prices.
The following shows the decrease of the trade of
Montreal :
Vessels arrived from the opening of the naviga-
tion to the 6th September, 1847 ...
Do. do. to 6th September, 1848

... 170
... 92

Decrease
The amount of Government Debentures in circulation
in Canada was 54,5251. out of 73,4421. issued, the differ-
ence having been returned upon the Treasury in pay-
ment for duties.
Very satisfactory accounts reach us from Chili, stict
the United Sates. A short time since we were apprised
of the efforts making by the Government of that
flourishing Republic for the facilitation of foreign trade,
and some recite r particulars now reach us. The ware-
housing of inerchandize will be permitted for six
months, under liberal arrangements, for the assortment
of the goo.is ;luting that period. Certain excessive
duties are lo be lowered, while home manufactures will
be relieved of imposts. The most friendly relations
existed with Peru.
At Bogota, on the 13th July, there had been
some indications of a revolutionary spirit, but it was
shortly suppressed. An important law had been passed
by the Congress of New Grenada which enacts that no
foreigner can claim indemnity for property destroyed
during political convulsions, provided the damage arises
from no act of the Government; but at the same time
the right of recovering from third parties is not
abolished.
A treaty of commerce and navigation had been made
with Peru, on mutually advantageous terms, and was
to be submitted to the legislative bodies of both countries.
The Senate of Chili had agreed to a bill, which origi-
nated with the Executive, by which, in future, that
clause in their navigation laws, requiring every one com-
manding a Chilian vessel to be also a Chilian citizen, is
repealed.
The law authorising the conatiuctiun of a rail-road
between Santiago and Valparaiso, was under discussion
in the House of Representatives.
In the Ecuador, it is said that the people are getting
tired of the continued fulminations of the Government
against General Flores. It is now thought he has no
project against the Republic, but merely wishes to re-
turn and re-assume his position as President. The Faro
industrial thinks, that altogether too much fuss has
been made about Flores and his plans, and that if the
Ecuadorians would just let him come back, as any other
citizen would, that no more trouble would be had with
him, but this continual outcry against him makes him
altogether too important.
In Peru difficulties are arising in the southern pro-
vinces; the vacillating nature of the Government policy
toward these distant provinces seems to be fast alienating
them from the home Government, and it is to be
feared that ere long they will separate themselves
entirely.
Corn is steady to-day in Mark-lane.
The English Stock Market has been rather firmer,
with a moderate business doing. Consols have been
quoted 86 to 86k i for Transfer, and 86k to 86k for the
17th October. The premium on Exehequer bills has
been 30s. to 33e. The payment of the Dividends on
Friday at the Bank of England is expected to give
support to the market, but the revenue return will be
looked to with some interest, and it sometimes happens
that upon the re-opening of the transfer books, parties
who invested chiefly for the Dividend, make sales.
The value of Mexican Stock is not quite so good to-
day, but this is a natural reaction upon a previous de-
cided advance, and the inducement thereby existing to
realise profits. The prices are called 181 j, and have
been 19i. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 24i to 25.
Spanish Three per Cents. have been 23 to I. Bread
Stock, ex. div., is 72 to 74.
Shares are much the same.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols Anns B6 %IA
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726..... ...... 844
South Sea Stock 94
Bank Stock for Account 192
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 21,0. 2d.
March. June.
1,000/.
500/ 33 p 29 p
Small
i•RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Grenada, 1 per Cent. .
Mexican Beals, 1846, 5 per Cent l9 18%
Ditto for the Account
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 3 per Cent 23
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 24X
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o ... 11%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 214 per Cent.,l2 Guild 45,E

BUSINESS IJON.r, IN RAILWAY SIIAItEi AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pis SHARE.
Iberdeen
kinber., Notting., Boston, &c 414 — to
Ayrshire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 17% .. ..
Birmingham & Oxford June... 20 . —
Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 10 ... .
Birraing., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.145....
Birk.nhead, Lancashire, and
CkeshirQ Junction l9
D--•,...C•..-4 , T. nilatAllig 0 -
uribtui and Exeter
25
Do., Thirds
Buckinghamshire... l4/. 4.s — ...... to
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, New 10/. Preference 2% 1%...... to
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead... 47%...,. • to
Ditto, Preference
Clarence. ....
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Goy. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 514 — -
Dublin and Belfast Juneticn.. 30
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20
East Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
Lad L. & D ... 25
Ditto, W., E. & H lg .. •• ••• to
Ditto, 31. 105.,E. & H 3% _
...... to
Eastern Counties ....
Do. New Guarant. 6per Ct. 7% lrit to
Do. Perpot.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... ...• to
Do., d 0....... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... ....•• . to
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Do., Quarter 12%... .. ...... to
Do., New
Eastern Union, Class A (late
E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1
Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20
Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 17% — -
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 . — to --
Ditto, ditto ...... ..........
1290
..
... .
..
.. i
......" to
o i
Ditto (C. &E. ), 5 per ct. 2% ......
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Do., New Quarters
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares 44 ...... ...... to
East Lincolnshire 23 ...... ...... to
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Half Shares •is .....
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%,., -_ Edinburgh and Northern
••• 25
Ditto, New..... . ....... ...... 614 - ..... to
...
Ditto, New port l3
-' ••• to --
Ditto, ditto, New ......... ... 33/4
Exeter, Yeovl, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to
Glasg.,,Puinfries, & Carlisle-8/. 6s.Bd — ..... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Do. Preference Consolidated 15 ._ ..
Great
Northern ... 17
Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ..... to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% 21%... ..to 21
Great North of England 100
Ditto, New 401
Ditto, ditto •
Ditto, N ew 30/ •
... 30 .
Ditto, New 151.-- ... ...... 14 ...... ~ ._ to
Great Western 9O
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 171
Huddersfield and Manchester 28 .. ..~
Ditto, Thirds
dull and Selby 5O
Ditto, Halt Shares .. ...... 25 .....,
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
Do., Thirds.
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares .... 43 ...... 29 ...... to
Ditto Quarters 17% — to
Ditto Fifth,
Ditto Sixteenths ........... 614-- .... to
Ditto Thiids (Reg.)
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 5
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43
Do. (Rudders. and Shell.) 43
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract.
and Goole
Do., West Riding Union-. 6 ...,
...... to
......
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 •
34%,.,••. to
do.,_
Do., Half Shares (A) 9%
...... to —.
Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... ..... to
Leeds,Dewsbury,& Manches 5O
......
...... to ..... Do., Half Shares
Ditto, Blue (scrip) •• 2%...... ...... to
...... to Leeds and Thirsk ...-. ........ 50
...... 20%.... o
. t
Ditto, New
Do. , do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3% ...... to
~,..
......
to --
Liverpool, Crosby, and Sout-
.

to --

Livort.
.... .. .. to
perpool, Manchester, and 314 ..
Newcastle Junction .......
•••
......
London & Blackwall .....131.65. 8d.... 4! •
to
...
Do. Extension ....... ..
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 ... .. ... to
...... 26%3A... to
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9
...... _
to De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... —.. to Ditto, ditto 1852 50
•• ••• De., New, guar. 6 per cent. 4 ...... 4% ...
..
Ditto Preference ....... 18/ 17s 2d. to
London &North Western.....loo llO •to
Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22
Dl. New ... .................. 7
Do. 401. Shares.......
. & M 25
......
to
to
Do. 10/.... M. and B. . 9 ""
Do. 101. .. M. and 13. ( (AB.)) 9
Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1
London and S. Western......, 50
Ditto, New 50/........ - ..... 42% ...„ —
Ditto, New 404 ..... .. .. 34
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40
Ditto, Thirds ... . ....... 11/. 13s. 4d ... SIL dis. to
Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref.
7 per Ct. on Deposit and
5 per Ct. on Ca115......11. 13s. 4d.... % dis. to