The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-23 00:00:00

I7ALIAN AFFAIRS.

TURIN, DEC. 19.
People heard yesterday with pleasure, but without sur-
prise, of the acquittal of the naval commanders Giraud and
Avogadro, of the frigates Duca di Genova and Vittorio
Emanuele, charged with allowing Garibaldi, in August
last, to leave Catania and land in Calabria. After the re-
velations made by Gen. Cugia in the Chamber during the
discussion which overthrew Rattazzi, and the publication
of numerous ministerial orders and despatches, the public
was prepared to hear that the two commanders would be
acquitted. It was impossible, in fact, to pretend that they
could have divined the wishes of the Ministers; the utmost
they could have divined was that the Cabinet wished to
throw upon them a responsibility it did not not like to
assume itself. The acquittal is thus a posthumous censure
of the Rattazzi Ministry. It must not be supposed, how-
ever, that the sentence was dictated by sympathy for
Garibaldi and his expedition. No such sympathy in-
fluenced the naval council of war. It was the evident
confusion of the orders given and the ambiguous tone
of the despatches, together with the significance of
previous occurrences, which produced the sentence. It was
not very difficult for the defendant's counsel to show how
indefinite and ridiculous were such instructions given
to the commanders when they asked how they were to act •
" Act solely in the interests of the King and the constitu-
tion."

The Chamber of Deputies is closed, and the next session
is to open at the commencement of February. The new
ministry, it is obvious, has a large majority, and accord-
ingly it will not be necessary to dissolve the house and
peal to the country, as was reported. The Senate, too, is
fiuibhhig its wulk, so that a sort of thuwisy- calm is suc,Ted-
ing the storm of the last few weeks. The Sardinian Rail-
way Bill was carried by 63 to 30. At the head of its oppo-
nents was the engineer and ex-minister, Sig. Paleocepa.
There is no doubt the state is going to a great expense in
order to save the island from our "magnanimous ally."
No clue has yet been obtained to the robbery of 25,000 f.
belonging to the Rothschilds on board the Naples steamer.
It is thought that the captain and chief mate will be ar-
rested, for it does not seem that the money was taken by
any of the passengers.

BARD 7IMES FOR 711 E AMERICAN
PRESS.

A letter from New York says a local calamity has hap-
pened that affects us more than all the bad war news. It
is the advance of paper. Every newspaper is on the brink
of ruin. Yesterday all of our daily journals (save one) ad-
vanced the price from two to three cents. It is said that
all must fail, even at these prices, unless paper falls. Even
Bennett, of the Herald, who has accumulated a fortune,
has no idea that he can serve it, except in one way. It is
announced that" James Gordon Bennett goes out of the
Herald on the Ist of January next, and is succeeded by his
son, who takes the whole business. The son is Jas. Gordon
Bennett, jun." By taking this course, if matters do not
take a favourable turn, the old Bennett may save a portion
of his property, and have something to live upon in his
declining years. Every paper that his son sells will be
so much loss—meanwhile it becomes evident that his
early rival (from 1835), the Sun, will take away all the ad-
vertising that the Herald has had for some years. It an-
nounced to-day, " The other New York City morning papers
have raised their prices to 3c,, but the New York Sun will
continue to be sold, as it has been for nearly 30 years past,
at 21c." That is not all. Unless paper can be kept at its
present rate all the journals in the city must fail ; they can-
not even issue single sheets. They have all united to make
paper. Here is what they announce :
" To CAPITALISTS AND PAPER-MAKERS.—The under-
signed, a committee appointed by, and acting for, the Asso-
siated Press in the city of New York, will receive proposals
for the supply of the whole or any part of 300,0001 b, of
paper per week, for five years, from the let of January next
(or as soon thereafter as the necessary arrangements can be
perfected).—M. S. Beach, Sun Office, corner of Nassau and
Fulton-streets; Samuel Sinclair, Tribune Office, corner of
Nassau and Spruce-streets."

All of the weekly papers have raised their price from four
to six cents. The Albion (British) has been raised to ten
cents. The bookmakers and publishers are holding meet-
ings. They have resolved not to publish a book for six
months "unless the price of parer fans below the present
rate,"

SENTIENCE ON 7HRIE MURDERERS.

Some time ago a frightful murder was committed atßen-
field, near Strasburg, on the person of Mdlle. Reibel, an old
maiden lady of fortune (a relative of General Reibel, for-
merly commandant of the Strasburg garrison). The as-
sassins were speedily arrested, and were tried at Strasburg
on Saturday last. Their names are Philip Gigax, George
Ruff, and Xavier Wolff—all Alsaciens, whose habitual
language is German, though they also speak French.
They are all very young men. Gigax and Ruff are jour-
neymen bakers, and Wolff is a working mason. More
horrible ruffians were never heard of. Gigax, the ring-
leader, was a discharged convict. He had heard that
Mdlle. Reibel lived in a lonely house, and kept there a great
deal of money which she had saved. They made three
days' march with the deliberate purpose of murdering her
and sacking the house. They arrived at Benfield at night,
slept in a poultry loft, got up early in the morning, and
murdered Mdlle. Reibel and her maid-servant by strangu-
lation, all three men laying huld of their throats together.
They found a great deal of money, all in gold, in lucifer
match boxes, but did not come upon the most considerable
hoard. They are supposed to have carried away B,ooof. or
9,000 f., of which Gigax kept the largest share. His com-
rades went to Strasburg, and spent most of their plunder in
a house of ill fame, where they were arrested. Gigax
escaped to Paris, and afterwards faysured London with his
company, but having spent all his money he came back to
his own country, and was arrested at Saverne while he was
plotting the murder and robbery of a rich Jew in Germany.
They are all three found guilty, and sentenced to death.