New-York tribune., 1875-09-25
this have anything to do with lthe remarkable cir
mat racor1ed

this have anything to do with 1.-THE remarkable cir
| cumstance just recorded
The case Of the cOm!nunes thus terribly over
burdcned with debt il rendered far worse by the ro-
cent legislation Of the Italian Parliament Not only
they about to lose the FIVE centimcs ont OF the
house tax, which they received up TO the end OF
1874, but tho "OctrOD will be taken into the hands
Of the Government in the case Of all these CON-
munes which tas for example. Naples) the municipal
councils have not accepted the proposals Of tho
Minister, which, in fact, bring the matters to tho
same thing Up to the present time, ont OF the pro-
cceds of the Octro all over the kingdom which
mag bo valued at $l5.OOO.OO0, the State received
Sl2. .OOO. 900, leaving $4,000, 900 to the communal
administrations. Now this sum. which it is calcu-
lated that strict and rigid enforcement of legal
tariffs will increase to 81, 900 900 that il, the
XlG 900 OOO or the entire produce Of the OctrO il
to pass into the hands of the State to the serious
detrInent of the communes. writer in the Ger
man press who seems to be perfectly well informed
AZ to the facts of the case, says that the ltaian
communcs must look alive if they to make their
accounts right for the year 1876. fear that 10
would be more to the purpose to say that there IL
MOI the most remote chance possibility that they
should do
Italy is determined perhaps with the exception OF
her determination to bccoIse united, she has never
been so WhOle-hcdrtcuiy uelfflhineu ou dny'H"S
no longer to appear before the world in the char
acter of nation with annual deficit She is
minded to pay her way, and as regards the National
exchcauer have no doubt that she will attain her
object. But with the frightful state of communal
indebtedness which have been speaking Of, such
balancing of the State accounts would give Italy
but an IllusOry title to be considered a solvent
nation. Under the circumstances have just men
toned it il Impossible to avoid remarkng that tho
absence of State deficit will be attained at the cost
of plungng the communes more deeply into debt.
Italy however rs | began this letter by stating,
has not shrunk from looking this state of things
IN the face Signor Morfurgo, General Secretary
at the Ministry of Public Works has recently pub
lshed general view of the Indebtedness of all the
communes together with mass of interesting and
valuable comments and illustrations, some Of tho
more striking Of which may perhaps lind an oDpor-
tunity of laying before your readers On a fusure
occasion.
The extraordinary trial Of sundry persons for tho
murder of SgnOr SonzognO the proprietor and editor
of the radical paper. La Cdpitob of which wrote
to you some little time since, has been put of, a.
told you was likely till September, and should not
be surprised if it Yet further deferred. But
meanwhile the publication of details respecting tho
case in certain foreign papers has gwen
rise to vast amount of trouble and angry Discus
sion in Italy, Many Italian papers published such
details, taking them from the more less correct
accounts giyeg IN foreign journals. These Italian
prints have been in very many instances called 20
account and punished for printing details Of
" adhuc sub udice." But the practice of the " Pro-
curatori" in the different provinces ha, not been uni
form in this respect In parts OF the kingdom
journals have been prosecuted; ia others not So
And it would thus appear that Italian lawyers arc
not agreed upon the question whc,hcr to reproduce
matter from foreign Journal be in some pun
ishablc OF not. OF il asserted that the ac-
counts given in forcign papers are inaccurate For
my part and for your part | can only say that the
story as wrote il 10 you came Ia ne from the lips
of the magistrate charged with the prt paration Of
the case-Lo being at that time the only man ia
Rome who was cogrizant oi every circumstance.
7. AvOLPHt IROILOPE.