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A comfortable Support.

--The ex-King of Naples is by no means a pauper, notwithstanding the loss of his dominions. His treasure has been conveyed to Paris. According to the reports it is wholly in silver--nine millions of silver ducats — which have been sleeping in peace, some of them since the days of Massaniello. They are arriving by the railway, consigned to Serre, to be changed into paltry gold Napoleons and trumpery five franc pieces — solid, thick ducats of such perfect workmanship that they might serve as specimens of the numismatic art in many museums. The rate of silver is so high that the changer expects to realize a sum of five and twenty thousand pounds by the exchange.

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