The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-01 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Rny Al Court of Florence continued the exa-
mination of R.ornanelli in its sitting of the 21,t..
To
the imputntion of having signed tbe decree of the
221 of FebruArv, by which a Committee of War
was nams.ct to judge perturbators of the public peace
by malti,l law, Rominelli replied that this measure
was iorced upon him by the deplorable state of society

at thet pe ricd,wlie a rapine and murder were perpetratea
under colour oi overthrowing the Government, and re-
storing the Prince, but in reality, from very different
motives. He gave a similar explanation respecting the
decree of the 23d March, ordering a moveable column
of troops to proceed to Arezzo, to suppress the re-
actionary movement which had broken out there. Ile
stated that the only political motive which conld be
attributed to that movement was, not an intention of
recalling the Sovereign, but a general hatred of
litseret institutions manifested by the country-popu-
lation, a hatred which bad been still heightened by
certai❑ priests preaching against the Government. A
pretext was thus given to miscreants of every descrip-
tion for committing crimes which no Government
could tolerate, and the only way to put them down
was martial law. Romanelli fiarther contended that
his own mission to Arezzo was one of pacification,
and that he was particularly anxious to p►event arbi-
trary acts by the military commission. He showed
that when he marched against Montepulciano, and
was met by a deputation of the inhabitants, who ex-
pressed the most peaceable intentions, he did the
same, and made his troops observe the strictest order.
In the bloody collisions at Lsterina, be had only four
persons arrested. The military commission showed
such qv:dn.-0.1ot) in the exercise of its functions, that
the Grand Duke afterwards amnestied it. Roinanelli
denied ever having cried Viva la Republica ! an
concluded with some observations on his arrest at
Guhbio. The documents adduced in his defence
were then read, and the court adjourned to the 23i.
The King of Naples, who left his capital on the
27th ult., hes been visiting the provinces of Basili-
cata, Calabria, and other parts of his dominions. lie
is expected to proceed to Messina in the course of his
tour•

--
The Official Journal of the Two Sieilies of the
40th, contains lists of pardons and commutations of
punishment, granted by the King of Naples, to a
large number of political offenders. seven persons
condemned to death have had their punishment com-
muted into various periods of hard labour. One sen-
tence of 26 years' hard labour, is commuted into exile.
Forty sentences of hard labour for various periods
have been considerably reduced; four of the persons
in this category have been pardoned. Proceedings
against 720 persons, four of whom are in prison, to
be judged by the tribunal of Cosenza, are stopped.
Other proceedings against 878 political prisoners, 40
of whom are in prison, to be tried by the tribunal of
Catanzaro, are stopped, as also those against 292
Communists, one of whom is in prison. Among the
names of the prisoners, we find those of Antonio
Scalloja, Silvio Spavento, Don Domenico Savri, Don
Raphael Arnedos, Doa Francesco de Rose Ninno,
&c. &o.

In its sitting of the 19th, the Royal Court of Flo-
rence, having heard all the documents for the de-
fence of Guerrazzi, commenced the
e-iexamination(et of
w
the second defendant Ronelli, the ex
-deputy to the Tuscan Chamber of deputies, and after
of
r•
wards Minister of Grace and Justice under the Pro-
visional Government. The Chief of the Executive,
Guerrazzi, afterwards confirmed him in his post, and
at a later period sent him to Arezzo to quell the dis-
turbances which had broken out there. RomarteDi,
in answer to the questions addressed to him, declared
that he had always belonged to the liberal party, but
derac: having had any relations with Pigli, the ex•
governor of Leghorn. He then related what he knew
about the events of the Bth of February, 1849, and
stated that he was among the deputies who remained
in the Chamber on that day, when it was invaded by
the mob. He at first refused the portfolio which was
offered him, but eventually accepted it in the hope
that he might be useful in introducing elements of mo-
deration into the Government. He stated that all the
ml nisterialmeasures which emanated from him bear the
formula : On the proposition of the Minister, 6^c.,
and that the others were prescribed to him. He
denied having signed the decree which prescribed that
the name of the Provisional Government should be
substituted to that of Leopold IL in all public acts ;
and complained that this accusation was brought too
late against him, thus making it impossible for him
to call witness on that point. He bed signed the
decree, naming Guerrazzi Commissary Extraordinary
with full powers, because ho considered him a man
of moderate opinions and great prudence, from the
manner in which be had defeated Mazzini's plans.
He thought the expedition against Laugier would
lead to a restoration, and, therefore, countenanced it.
He defended his circular of March, 5, 1849, in which
he declared all the curates to be held responsible for
the absence of voters at the election, on the ground
that by forcing the peasants to vote, he hoped to
obtain a monarchical assembly. The court adjourned
to the 21st.
The Grand Duke of Tuscany and the Hereditary
Prince, his son, arrived at Porto Ferraio on the 22d.

MALTA.
Accounts from Malta, via Marseilles, announce
that a tremendous hurricane took place there on the
20th. The Neapolitan vessel the Giacomina was lost
on Point St. Elul* and the captain and five men were
drowned. The Austrian brig Angelo foundered off
Fort nisoli, and ten out of her crew of twelve were
lost. Another Nnpolit an vessel, the S. Francisco,
was lost, but the crew were saved. S(.veral other
vessels sustained severe damage. Almost all the moles
of the Port of Malta have been destroyed, and a part
of the battery of Saint Angelo has been dismantled.

THE PROPOSED R.OYAL PARK ECM Tri B
Fiqsnur.T.--On Friday a. numerous endlf °ltQucll °E.
wly
able meeting of the inhabits to cif Islington respect-
able
large room at the ilighbury Bar, Tas held in
of. securing thegruoupn
Tavern, to
sider what measures should. be adopted to urge'con-
the Government the necessity
Esq., r R.S.,pat ofnore
already surveyed for the promised R,,oyai
filled the chair.
Finsbury. Charles Woodward,
of the magistrates for the county,
.
It wax I.tstad that the late 6roverr.iment had ex-
pended upwards of 2,0001. in surveying the ground
and preper:ng the plans ; and at a recent intlr-
view with Lord John Manners, his Lordship expressed
his concurrence in the mattpr, but stated that the power
was in the Elands of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Savotal resolutions were nnwimously passed urging
uf:n the Govsrnruent to proceod to the formation of the
perk, Finsbury being the only metropolitan borough
without one, and as a wall of houses had extended to
the very verge of the proposed park, that unless the
ground is prtracdiatcly secured, there is no hope of a
pfirtc for Filthbury on this side of Highgate. A dePtlia-
tiort was appointed to wait upon the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and a borough meeting will be bold upon
the return of the momlYrs of Parliament to town.