NAPLES.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 54, 3 February 1843, Page 3

NAPLES.

Vesuvius has lately been exhibiting greater activity, which leads us to suppose it probable that there will be an eruption, if not immediately, at least within a few months : this is the more likely, from its being now nearly four years since the last eruption. The railroad between Naples and Castellamare is now finished, and may be truly said to pass over the most beautiful circuit in Europe. It is conducted all the w r ay on the sea-shore, and the views of Naples. Resins, Torre del Greco, and Del’Annunziata and Castellamare are most enchanting. We have few English families here this season. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield and family are at Castellamare; his Lordship has suffered severely from gout, and was for a short time so ill as to cause some uneasiness to his family, but he is now nearly recovered. The English fleet have been long expected here, but they seem very slow in showing themselves either for war or for peace. It is now two years since an English man-of-war has shown itself in the bay. The fleet of the King of Naples is preparing to escort his sister to Lisbon, where they are to meet the squadron of the Emperor of Brazil to conduct the Princess to her future husband. The English church here is in a very low state'/ as the residents are obliged to pay not only a high rent for the church, but also nearly 300/. per annum for the consular residence ;

and, as the Government at-home refuse to allow the difference to be .paid out of the receipts of the cemetery, which amount to a large surplus, and have also withdrawn their Usual allowance, the managers have been compelled to give notice to their clergyman that they can no longer make any addition,, to the Stipend allowed him by the Foreign Office. This step has been taken only after great efforts, have been made, by raising the pew rents, &c;, and with very great regret.

It is stated that many noble families contemplate visiting Naples in the ensuing season, and it is said -that there will be a brilliant assemblage in the winter.