The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-29 00:00:00

NAPLES.

Letters from Naples of the 17th state that on the
previous Sunday an English Foreign-office messenger
arrived from London, with the ultimatum of the great
Powers for the decision of the Sicilian question,
which had been approved by the French, Russian,
and Neapolitan Ministers in London. The contents
of this important document have not transpired. In
the meantime the KING continues his military prepa-
rations. The forts of Naples fronting the sea have
been doubly fortified, and the army has been aug-
mented to do effective force of 90,000 men. Great
pains have been taken to form a corps of cavalry
capable of acting efficiently in the mountains.
The Sicilians are greatly exasperated against
the KING, and declare they will accept of
no conditions from him. Calabria also is in
a very disturbed state, and troops have been dis-
patched to that province from Naples. The city of
Naples itself is exceedingly ill guarded, and street
robberies and assassinations are of so frequent occur-
rence that it is not safe for persons to venture out at
night. The police are exclusively employed in
watching secret societies, and arresting political
offenders, so that the thieves and assassins are left in
undisputed possession of the streets. All the returns
that have been to the Chambers from the pro-
vinces up to the 17th are anti-Ministerial. In the
last Chamber the anti-Ministerial majority was thirty-
five. It will be" largely augmented in the present
Chamber.

Intelligence of the death of IBRAHIM PACIJA
had been received at Naples.

DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. CHARLES
BULLER, M.P.

The Right Hon. Charles Buller, M.P. for Lis-
keard, and President of the Poor-law Board, died
between five and six o'clock this morning, at his resi •
dente, 2, Chester-place, Pimlico, aged 42.

It is rumoured that Jacob Omnium, Esq., a gen.
tleman well known in the City, has been appointed to
the governorship of Sierra Leone and its dependencies.
Mr. (Thulium is, we understand, extensively connected
with the colonies, and during the last session rendered
important services to the Government, by correcting
various errors of fact into which they had inadvertently
been betrayed. Whatever credit is due for making so
just and judicious a selection belongs to Lord Grey.
There was no family connexion in the case—not even,
we are informed, personal acquaintance. The appoint-
ment was wholly unsolicited, and was made solely on
public grounds. It cannot be attributed to political
favouritism.—Ministerial paper.
THE LATE LORD PROP:MT.—We believe we are
betraying no secret when we state that within the last
few days a baronetcy has been officially offered to
Mr. Mack' the late respected provost of the city, but
that it has been respectfully declined.—Edinburgh
Evening Pont.
The Count de Grammont was married on Monday
last to Mademoiselle de Praslin. The happy couple are
to be established in the apartment of the late Duchess
de Praslin, the bride's mother, which has laaen newly
cleansed and decorated for the occasion. _

The rate of exchange at Rio on London was
Quoted 24d., at which figure some considerable transac-
tions had taken place; Paris was marked 400, and Ham-
burgh 720. Freight to London was , 45s •
• and to the
Channel 40s. to 455. Local stock continued at 87k- to
88. The profit of the Del Rey mines for September was
3,366!., and their working is described as extremely
satisfactory.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEN"
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE'
There was an tect.ve demand for Cotton at Liverpol 6
yesterday, but the supply was not good. Prices of ,
kinds are extreme. American at and under 43• is t;
higher since Friday. The transactions include 5,0001
6,000 bales of American at 344. to 6d.; 500 Peruse' ,
&c., at 40. to 5d.; 100 Egyptian, at 50. to W.; z,u
Surat, at 2fd. to 3P.; and 40 Sea Island, at Bd. to tae
—The Railway Share Market was better, and at rats
higher prices.
In the London Colonial and Foreign Produce market'
as far as the present week has progressed, there is Ye
.
little animation, and sugar, coffee, rice, tallow, and t
are flat. Cotton and wool have an upward tendeae
In metals business is rather dull.
The letters and papers received by the Continenr
mails state business was not brisk, and money.weso
luctantly parted with, both in Austria and Prussia. ,
1"
temporary triumph of the ruling powers is predicted,
apprehensions are expressed of a return to the old regime'
which case, as experienced and cool men of busiso
observe, there can be no security, and renewed trolls'
may at any time occur. The address of Louis NaVie'
is looked upon as a very moderate production ; b
few giVe the Prince credit for having himself drS
it up, nor are the assurances of pacific 'le
sufficient to inspire confidence, or to secure a P
ferential feeling to him while there are such men es
martine or Cavaignac. The reported interference ° f
French in the affair of the Pope affords much satin
tion here, and very little doubt is entertained of thee
currence of Lord Palmerston.
The prosperity of Provident Institutions calin°t
_,,d
be a matter of interest in such times as these, 1"
may be useful to give the result of recent O.'
rience at Birmingham. Upon a recent occsey
it was resolved that the St. Bartholomew's eh'
be united to the General Institution, and ,t;.
stated that this is the third of the smaller see'
v.hich have recently joined, and others are likely to
so. That small friendly societies cannot be secure
point as fully established as the necessity of grad {t'
tables and good management. The Select COI%
of the Lords, in the important report and 04
dence which they laid before the House,
it as their " opinion that there are advset
connected with the larger provident associations e',l
smaller bodies can hardly expect to attain, except is
ticular cases of extraordinary local support and fiUe
vison. While the slightest deviation from the SC"
contributions and benefits deranges irretrievably
finances of small associations, larger and no°. ;
fluential bodies may be able, by exertion, to extra
themselves from even serious difficulties." And 11;
" When societies are small or isolated bodies, r`l;
members are too few in number to be influenced bl;
sense of mutual support, and whose funds, notwito2
ing their tables are certified, are insufficient to '1
any accidental pressure in an unhealthy seas°l3,,V
make them bankrupt." So Mr. Neison, the ernine'o,
tuary, in speaking of clubs containing 70 members'
" However well graduated the tables or rates of cort,
Lion might be, there would still be no security in a ,
of so small a number;" and elsewhere urges the
dieney of having at least ten times this number
society. But in a large, widely-spread town like,
mingham there are other advantages in union, ti
cannot be enjoyed by any society of wheii,
size, existing only in connexion with a
school. However near together the members may
at the time of entering, a few years scatter°
through every quarter of the town, and subjects
to great inconvenience. Of the members of !,
if,
tholomew's Institutioe, for instance, upwards
are now living in different districts. They 17,
have the privilege of joining offices close
own homes, enjoy, medical attendance near It
and never be called on to visit at a distance"
Benevolent Fund also, which can only exist in
with a large institution, offers peceliar benefite'r'-'
a member has, through long illness, been :c=''
quarter pay, however provident he may WO'
voured to be, there remains no resource but 001
It was stated by Mr. Simons at the meeting,
had that morning signed a note for parssa.
for a member of a provident society.
did not possess such a fund. In the General Ins;
during the last two years it had been. worked, 0.0.
ber has applied for parish relief, as this fund lase ,/
cases " helped those who had endeavoured to big
selves." Several widows receive from it wee
op
and fifteen orphans are educated in the various .°0;
while many cases of severe distress from old
other causes are constantly relieved.
4t
In these times practical and pecuniary support,'
'
poorer classes must be the best curative of the '"
tent and poverty so widely spreading.
0'
The English Funds left off heavily
and at the commencement of business thi 1
s no
Consols were not higher than 874 The zestof
of profits after the late advance is the chief ca
o.
doubt, for the speculative sales have exceeded t'„;,'
money, while the idea that the interfere Pt
France in the affairs of Italy may
~11°,33s
with the restoration of the Papal authority,
s aP
pretext with the "Bears." There may be the d
ante of cause for uneasiness, but we think there,
nothing snore. Consols now are only e7i to 873'f,
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. realise.,
and the Three per Cents. 86 to Bank Stock Ih'.
1871 to 189 k, and India Stock 237. Exchequer "
39s_ to 42e. premium.
The Foreign Stock market has Fenn steady. ,SQ
Five per Cents. have been quoted and 0"
per Cents. are 25i to Portuguese Four Per, ;
, brought 242. Brazil small Bonds are 74. Dart
and-a half per Cents. have been firm, at 4* 4-
Stock is quiet at 214 to
In Railway Shares the transactions have ne/'
large, and the quotations have rather given we
yesterday. North-Western, Midland, South,'
Great Western, and Eastern Counties, are in is,
buyers.

ONE )
PItICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced Anna B6 86%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.-- 871,E IA
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726
•
New 3% per Cent. Anna...... 86t,2 41,! ,
Long Anne. to expire J an. 1860 -16 54
Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... -16
India Stock 237
India Bonds, 1,000/. .
Ditto under 1,000/. ... .....
Consols for Account B7AI/214
exchequer Bills. 21,id. & 2d.
1,0001. March
1,000/. June 42 39 p
500/. Match. 45 p
5001. June
Small, March .. 45 p CI
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE 1
O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds

Ditto, Small 74%
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.....
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bona% 1 per Cent. l2
...

Ditto, Deferred - 2
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2IIA % •
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents —
Ditto. Account ..... ... ......
Portuguese 5 per Cents. 701% i
Ditto, 4 per Cent 24%
Ditto, Small 25%
Russian Bonds ...
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Venezuela Bonds, 21.,,i per Cent l4
Ditto Deferred ... 4
Diiidends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 4% per Cent ...... 70
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 473/4
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 721 A 73
c.
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DDONEV
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCIL
Aberdeen 5O ""•• .. ............ •
amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 41A ...... ......... ••••"
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7
...........
Belfast & County Down 19
...............
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junct., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20
Do, withoutguarantee 20 .
..... . ....
Birming, Wolverlf ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10 ..
Do. without guarantee 10 - ..... .• ........ :
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 145... .. ......... .0'
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Juno 10 ...... ........ ...."'
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ...... - .............
Bristol and Exeter 9O ...... ..............
Ditto, Thirds 27% — ..... - ........
t uckinghamshire... 141. 4s.
.‘,...... • ••• .
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
Do. New 101. Pref 5 ..... 4%3/4 . .........
Ditto,Clydesdale June 50
Chester and Holyhead... 50
......... ......
Ditto, Preference
.•
Clare
Do.n ce
.
Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
..
4 per Cent.
..
.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast Junc. 35 — ...............
Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 — .. ..........
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 — ... ........ '.
Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 — ............ '•
D0., 31.105.
Eastern Counties 2O ...... 11% NIA ,i•••'"
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent.
Ditto, Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d.... % p........ •:
Ditto ditto, No. 2.-61. 13s. 4d... ......... •••• '
........ •••". Do. North. & Eastern 50
Do., 5 per cent,.
Do. Quarters ... 12%
Do. New
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1
Ditto, Class B (I. &
and B.)
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . ............
Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10
Ditto, ditto
Ditto (C. & E.) guar.
5 per cent............ 2% •
East Lancashire
..
.... •
Ditto, New
....
Ditto, New Quarters 61,A — .........
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference ........
Quarters ... 61 — ••• ...
East Lincolnshire ...... 25 . —
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 -
Edinburgh and Northern 25
Ditto, Newport
..... •••
......
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% —.•-• .
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
.... •••
Carlisle ....... ... .81.65. 8d — -• ..... ,••••
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 60 ....
Do.Prefereuce CosQL -- -. .... "'

............ •,

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