The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-02 00:00:00

GERMAN Y.

The Anzeiger Zeitung publishes a letter from Mu-
nich of the 26th ult., which states that in the sitting
of the Bavarian Chambers, that morning, Deputy
Komi made the following interpellations of the Mi-
nistry :-1. Has the Ministry :Adopted any measures,
and what, to relieve the distress occasioned by the
dearth ? 2. Will not the Ministry take steps for
abolishing the import duty on provision., especially
upon flour, corn, potatoes, rice, sago, &c., during the
time of the dearth? 3. Will not the Ministry give
orders that the corn, Scc., purchased by the communes
and charitable institutions shall be forwarded by rail-
way at a reduced rate ?

The Minister PFORDTEN replied, that the accounts
which the Government had received from all parts
of the country, and especially from the Palatinate,
relative to the dearth and the consequent distress,
were by no means of a nature to call for urgent
measures ; and that the failure of the potato crop, for
instance, of which the interpellator spoke, was so
very partial that up to this day large qatantities were
expected, which evidently proved that there could
be no such great dearth of this kind of food ; that, in
the event of its being required, Government would
adopt energetic measures, but that it was useless to
discuss contingencies; that, in regard to the second
question, Government heel made an agreement with
the neighbouring kingdoms, that the rye and the
barley imported from Austria should be imported at
a lower duty, and that a similar reduction would be
made on the frontier traffic of the Government dis-
tricts of Upper Franconia ; that, finally, the treaty
with the Zollverein would involve a very sensible re-
duction on many articles of food, such as sago, rice,
&c., but that the total abolition of the import duty on
corn was a matter of impossibility unless a similar
step were taken by the whole of Germany.
The funeral of the late KING of HANOVER took
place on the 26th ult. On the previous evening, a
solemn service was celebrated, amidst the tolling of
the church bells, in the chapel of the palace. At
midnight the coffin, accompanied by that containing
the remains of the late QUEEN, who died in 1841, was
conveyed to the palace of Herrenhausen, escorted by
the first dignitaries of the kingdom, and by detach-
ments of the Royal Guard. The inhabitants of
Herrenhausen were assembled in the avenue leading
to the palace, bearing torches. The public were nut
admitted to the ceremony of interment.
The Germanic Diet has ordered that the war foot-
ing of the garrison of Mentz shall be 7,000 Austrians,
7,000 Prussians, 2,010 men of the Grand Duchy of
Saxe Wiemar, 982 of Saxe Altenburg, 1,366 of Saxe
Coburg Gotha, 1,110 of Saxe-Meiningen, 529 of
Anhalt-Dessau, 370 of Anhalt-Bernburg, 325 of
Anhalt-Coethen, and 200 of Hesse Homburg.
The King of PRUssIA returned to Berlin on the
27th, from Hanover. The Prince of Paussta went
from Hanover to Frankfurt, from whence he was to
proceed to Baden and Coblentz.
The members of the two Chambers of Prussia
dined with the KING at the palace on Friday. His
MAJESTY proposed their health in terms so touching
that all were moved. Count RITTBERG, President of
the First Chamber, with the KING'S permission, gave
a toast to his MAJESTY and the QUEEN. It was re-
ceived with great enthusiasm On leaving, the
guests gave three " hurrahs in honour of their
MAJESTIES.
The Chamber of the principality of Reuss has
abolished the fundamental rights ; and the Diet of
Bernburg has adopted a similar resolution.
The Chambers of Baden are convoked for the 9th.

The state of siege in the Grand Duchy of thden
has, by decree of the 27th ult., again been prolonged

ITALY.

The Court of Turin has gone into mourning, for
four months, on account of the death of Princess
MARIE CHRISTINE ALBERTINE CAROLINE Of SlXOBy,
mother of the late King CHARLES ALBERT.
The sitting of the 27th ult. of the Piedmontese
Chamber of Deputies was taken up with the general
discussion on the Budget. Signor PescAToriE op-
posed the Government system, and was answered by
the Minister of Finance, Count CAVOUR, who, in the
course of his speech, adverted to the million of francs
which weighs upon the public Treasury for public
worship, observing that, if it was to be suppressed, a
new distribution of church property must be made
among the dioceses ; in other words, that the circum-
scriptions of the dioceses must be changed, which
could not be done without the consent of Rome.
The Constitutionale of Florence announces that the
Municipal elections, which took place there on the 23d,
have again been annulled for want of a sufficient
number of electors.