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L )N 110 N, MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1856,

The French Government disapproves of the
liberty of the Press in England ! It- has sent
forth, as we have already stated, a cautious feeler,
a significant hint, as to the necessity for repres-
sive measures—the gagging of the Press in th«
United Kingdom—in order to prevent the possi-
bility of any comment that may be displeasing t(
the sensitive feelings, not merely of the EMPEROR.
hut of those who may be striving to advance thei
individual interests at the expense of the ben
interests of the nation. The official organ speak-
of " calumnies, which are the more odious as the)
are concealed under an anonymous mask." Bu
we earnestly repudiate, on behalf of our brethrm
of the Fourth Estate, the unfounded accusation
It is easy to put forward charges couched i)
general terms, to talk of " calumnies" which have
no existence save in the fertile imaginatiot
of the writer. But we demand that there shal
be greater precision—that the bill of indictmen
shall specify the overt acts which justify an accu
cation so stringent.

It must comply with this reasonable requisition
before it can speak of tho " deviations" of Englisl
j iurnals, or " the dangers of a system which, by
destroying the confidence between the two Govern-
ments, would tend to disunite two nations whose
alliance is the best guarantee of the peace of the
world." We deny, in the most positive terms
consistent with courtesy, the accusation, and art
ready to join issue with the Moniteur, and thost
fcom whom it derives its inspiration, on the ques-
tion of fact. But even were there greater foundatioi
for its assertion, we should still require to kno•
the meaning of its assertion that these " calumnies'
as they are so politely termed, are " conceale4
under an anonymous mask, and can only be at
swered by contempt."

Can it for a moment suppose that anythini
deliberately adopted by any of the leading organ:
of public opinion, such as the Times or any of its
daily coadjutors, can be truly designated as

" anonymous?" We tell the Moniteur that
it knows little of England, and still less of
English journalism, if it is not well awart
that an atticle or paragraph in any one.
even the least of these so-called "anonymous "
sources, do not carry with them far greater weigh
than the published opinions of very infiuentia
persons. When the Times admits a leading
article into its columns, it confers on it the fal:
extent of its prestige. It is no longer merely tht,
view of the writer—but of the Times. It 113.3
adopted and made it its own, and thus affixed to
it an authority which few Cabinet Ministers could
confer. Shauld there be any qualification it is at
once ascertained. The writer gives his name and
address to the public, or privately to the Editor.
In either case the matter is closely sifted before
it obtains admission. Unless there is prima facie
evidence in its favour it will be unhesitatingly re-
jected, however exciting the topic or excellent the