The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-01 00:00:00

HANOVER.

A letter from Frankfort, of the 27th Sept., gives
the following analysis of a despatch which has been
recently addressed to the representatives of Hano-
ver at the German Courts :—"lt states, in the
first place, that the Budget of 1848 contained not
only a series of provisions contrary to the federal
laws and unjust towards the King's civil list, but
that it was combined in such a manner as to im-
pede the progress of tbe•Government, unless the
latter would expose itself to the alternative of
either submitting to the chambers or having its
action completely paralysed. The budget which
has been submitted to the chambers, the despatch
declares, is drawn up in the most moderate spirit,
and only asks for what is absolutely necessary to
secure the King and the Government a position
compatible with their dignity. Unfortunately,
all attempts at conciliation have failed before the
obstinacy of the second chamber. The opposi-
tion has been principally dineted by the old
ministers, who have considered the rejection of
the proposition of the Government, and the
maintenance of the work of 1848, as a means of
getting them back ;to their old functions. The
first chamber alone has shown that it has un-
derstood the proposition of the Government. The
ordinance of the 7th Sept., adds the despatch, is
imprinted with the same spirit of moderation a 3
haracterifsea the budget, and, the document con.:

eludes by expressing the hope that the Govern-
ment of - will render justice to the feeling
which has animated the Hanoverian Government
in this affair."

ITALY.
NAPLES, Sept. 25.—A report has been circu-
lating through the city for several days that things
had been arranged here, and that the King had
only requested "time." Up to Tuesday nothing
had been conceded. There is evidently great bar
existing on the part of Government, which affects
much bustle and preparation. Thus every morning
one sees cannon taken through the streets, and
powder waggons going from the arsenal to some
outlying fort ; and two vessels, one called the
Ercolano, laden with arms, left for Sicily on Tuesday
night. The arms, too, which were deposited in
the Castello Nuovo, are being taken into the in-
terior to Capua. To use, however, an old English
proverb, it is nothing but a " great cry and little
wool." Not a shot will be fired ; and if the French
and English Governments will only show them-
selves in thorough earnest every concession will
be made.

THE POLITICAL TRIALS.
The examination of Captain Acuti, formerly Co-
mandante of the Bagni of Procida, came on unex-
pectedly on Tuesday morning. It was a very simple
and brief affair and disappointed those who expected
a scene. On his being called before the court, the
President expressed a desire that he would repeat
his evidence, adding that documents in their posses-
sion were in opposition to what he had formerly
stated. To this Captain Acuti in substance replied,
that either hehad been misunderstood by the court
or had himself misunderstood it, but that it had
been his desire to say exactly what the court had
suggested—that is to say, that he had inflicted the
lashes not by virtue of a direct order from his Ma-
jesty, but in obedience to a royal rescript. Most
people, however, think that this is only throwing
the difficulty on remove further back, for the re-
script is either lgal or illegal ; if legal, it throws
the entire responsibility upon his Majesty ; if
illegal, the Minister ought to be impeached. But
whether it be either one or the other is of little
consequence in a country where power does what
it wills, because it wills. On the examination being
concluded, the President requested to know whe-
ther the Attorney-General would continue his re-
quisitions, when the great man declared his ina-
bility to do so, or to fix a time. Later in the after-
noon, however, the next morning was appointed.
On Wednesday morning, therefore, at 10 o'clock,
the Attorney-General began hisrequisitions, which,
after continuing for four hours, he put off until the
morrow. His address consisted of a recapitulation
of the general facts of the case, and of the evidence
given by each witness examined. A work written
by Massimo Azeglio, entitled, " I Lamenti dei
Lombardi," was lu ded to three times during
the proceedings. It was spoken of as a work of
revolutionary character and tendencies. Another
feature, too, was the use which was made of thee
term " liberals." It was frequently used, and evi-
dently in a had sense, as though it were equivalent
to demagogues. It may also be noted that instead
of confining his remarks strictly to the details of
the case he introduced charges of violence against
the Padre Superiore of the Teresiani Scalzi who
was present. The tone, however, of the speech
was altogether more moderate than had been ex-
pected. There was a " narsezza di evidenza "
against several of the prisoners, said the Attorney-
General ; and these, it is presumed, will be par-
doned ; perhaps exile will be the punishment of
the others.

A letter from Pesaro (Roman States), of 19th
Sept., gives the following account of the manifesta-
tion which took place there on that day, and which
we have already summarily mentioned :—" This
town has been to-day in a state of great agitation.
Since 1851 the government had laid a tax upon
trades, which, however, it has hitherto been im-
possible to levy regularly. Yesterday the govern-
ment sent a fresh intimation to various tradesmen,
summoning them to pay the arrears of the tax.
This morning all the shops were closed, including
those of the bakers, and various seditious notices
were posted up. At length, about 11 a.m., the
President issued a notification announcing that
the tax was suspended for the present, and imme-
diately all the merchants and tradesmen re-opened
their establishments, and public tranquillity was
restored."