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rnE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1860.

through him, sheuld be illegal, and to affix dis-
graceful penalties. The grand point is to legislate
straightforwardly and efficiently against the crime
of bribery. No one doubts that the House of Com-
mons can do this. Sir FITZROY KELLY has the
merit of proposing a bill fairly aiming at this ob-
ject. Previous bills have been but hypocritical im-
postures. The intention of them has always been
to leave a loophole for any wealthy lord or com-
moner who might wish to buy a seat in Parlia-
ment.

If the bill be pressed we strongly, however, re-
commend an additional clause—one which should
abolish all penalties for receiving a bribe, or which
should at least grant immunity from penal con-
sequences to the man who confessed to having re-
ceived one. The business to be done is to make
convicton of the bribers easy, and their punishment
disgraceful. The venal elector is a comparatively
innocent man. The wealthier man who tempts
him is,by every rule of morality and common sense,
the worse man. Indeed his class are the fountain
of all the bribery in the kingdom. His class
knows the infamy, too, of the whole thing. No
punishment is too severe for educated and wealthy
men who employ their money in depraving the
political and the social morals, too, of their fellow-
countrymen. They deserve penal servitude, and
equally deserve to be at the mercy of those whom
they have corrupted with their money.
We would ask Sir FITZROY, however, why, if as
sincere as we take him to be, he does not demand
the Ballot as well as his own plan We do not
scout legislation against bribery in addition to the
only means known which renders the thing diffi-
cult in itself; why should our anti-bribery re-
former overlook the device which, without
penalties, would puzzle his guilty candidates and
agents more, we believe, than all his penalties
would terrify them ? When his friend of the bar,
then Sir FREDERICK THESIGER, had his cele-
brated" field-day" at St. Alban's, with the celebrated
COPPOCK, the latter told the commissioners that
nothing would put down bribery but the Ballot.
Sir FITZROY well knows that a more competent
witness cound not be found all the kingdom over.
He did not care a straw for acts against corruption
—he could very likely, if living, easily have shown
many ways of evading Sir FITZROY KELLY'S plan
—but he aknowledged the Ballot would beat him.
Worst of all, Sir FITZROY KELLY'S bill does not
deal with the worst corruption. There is a more
cruel, a baser, a shabbier because cheaper, corrup-
tion, than that of Gloucester, of Wakefield, and
Norwich—the corruption which of course the hon.
member for East Suffolk deplores more than any
other. He is glad, doubtless, to be in the House of
Commons, but we are sure his heart often aches to
think of the numberless Liberal tenants who had to
give him Conservative votes because they dreaded
the steward and the landlord; He well knows that
this bribery debases all the yeomanry of Eng-
land to political serfdom—he cannot, as a county
member, care so much about borough corruption
by money, as about the pocket-saving corruption
of the landlords, who have sent him to Parliament.
We believe him to be sincere in this cruise against
borough corruption, but we shall be quite sure of
it, if he demand the Ballot to put down that infi-
nitely worse bribery to which nearly every county
member owes his seat.

THE NEWSPAPER PRESS DIRECTORY
FOR 1860.

True to his vocation, Mr. Mitchell has issued his
revised Newspaper Directory, corrected and en-
larged for the year ending 1859. We have had, on
many occasions, opportunities of doing ample justice
to the merits of this work for its strict impartia-
lity, and, on the whole, for a very fair appreciation of
the distinctive character of the various journals
throughout the United Kingdom. The present edi-
tion is accompanied by an excellent Map, on which
is explained in various signs the towns with one
or more papers, and the towns with daily and
weekly papers. Also the several districts through-
out England—in coloured divisions, indicating
Manufacturing, Mining, Agricultural, Manufac-
turing and Agricultural as well as Mining com-
bined. Metropolitan districts, with London in-
tersected by its various railways, with the ter-
mini of the great railways in Loudon. The
railway lines throughout the Empire are also
clearly defined. In short, the Map is a skeleton
illustration of the Empire, and, as a novel idea,
well deserving all success.

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, JAN. 30.

The Univers publishes an encyclical letter from
the Pope, setting forth the reasons why he cannot
accept the Emperor's advice to give up the Romagnas.
He says—" We cannot abdicate the said provinces
without breaking solemn oaths; without exciting
complaints and insurrection in the remainder of our
states; without weakening the rights of Italian
princes unjustly despoiled of their dominions, and of
all princes throughout the Christian world, who could
not behold with indifference the introduction of
certain very pernicious principles. His Majesty is
well aware by what men, what money, and what
help revolt at Ravenna and Bologna has been ac-
complished. Moved with that paternal charity
which commands us to watch over the eternal wel-
fare of all, we have reminded him that all must
one day be called to strict account before Christ's
tribunal, and that all, therefore, must place their
reliance more upon mercy than justice."
The lioniteur of ti-day contains a decree of the
Emperor suppressing the Univers, and stating as his
reason for the measure the irritating controversies
of this journal, by which religious opinion was
disconcerted, the country agitated, and the funda-
mental bases on which the relations between, the
church and civil society are established, under-
mined this journal having further published
doctrines tending to resuscitate pretensions which
the ancient French monarchs had always struggled

against.
In the Ministerial report which precedes the
decree in the Ifoniteur, it is said the Emperor will
show himself no less careful than his predecessors
to make national traditions respected.

PARIS, MONDAY.

The Moniteur of to-day announces that the
Grand Duchess Stephanie de Baden died yester-
day.

The following is the report of the Minister of the
Interior which precedes the deoree suppressing the
Univers :

" The Univers was the organ of a religious party
whose pretensions were every day becoming iu more
direct opposition to the privileges of the State. The
incessant efforts of this party tend to dominate the
French clergy, to confound religious opinions,
to agitate the country, and to undermine the
fundamental bases on which the relations be-
tween the Church and civil society are
founded. This war, made against our most
ancient national traditions, is most dangerous
to religion, which it compromises, because
the French clergy have never separated their re-
spectful submission to the Holy See in spiritual
matters from their duties of patriotism. The con-
troversy of the Univers was the subject of profound
grief to the clergy as well as to all good citizens."
The report then says :—" The doctrines which
the Univers would have resuscitated among us are
not new. The former French monarchy continually
and energetically contended against them, being
sometimes supported in the struggle by the higher
rank of Bishops. The Emperor will not show
himself less anxious than his predecessors to cause
the principles which are consecrated by our
national traditions to be respected."

The Constitutionnel publishes an article signed
by its chief editor, M. Grandguillot, expressing re-
gret that the Romish Court is still bent under the
influence of Austria as before the war. The Pope
having refused to follow the advice given by Napo-
leon 111., the duty of France is fulfilled. The coun-
sel of France will never be changed into menaces
or compulsion. The injustice towards her is great,
but it will never cause her to depart from her cha-
racter of moderation and protection. France, would,
if necessary, still defend the Pope against anarchy
in Rome; but should the political authority of the
Holy Father be everywhere else doomed to experi-
ence another crisis, the responsibility would not
fall on the generous nation who has done every-
thing for -warding it off, and who will always be
ready to grant to the Pope that support and assist-
ance which is misapprehended to-day.

CHAMBERY, JAN. 29.

The Governor has declared that the Sardinian
Government never had the intention of ceding
Savoy to Fiance.

TURIN, JAN; 29.

On the 27th of January the Minister for Foreign
Affairs forwarded a circular to the Sardinian
Ambassadors abroad on the question of Central
Italy.
In this circular Count Cavour observes that the
inhabitants of Central Italy had accepted the Con-
gress with confidenca, but important events followed
which caused its-adjournment.

The pamphlet " Le Pape et la Congres" (of which,
without seeking its authorship, no one can contest
-the importance), the letter of Napoleon 111, to the
Pope, the speech of the Queen of England, and the
speech of Lord Palmerston in the House of Com-
mons, are facts which show the impossibility of the
restoration of the former rule in Central Italy. It
is certain that the Congress will not be assembled
for the present.
The Government, of Central Italy have, under
these circumstances, the important duty of giving
satisfaction to the legitimate requirements of the
people whose dignity and conduct have so much
astonished Europe.
The Governments of Central Italy being satisfied
on their part, wished also to satisfy those provinces
by proclaiming the law of Sardinia for political
elections.

For the present only announcing those facts,
Count Cavour eoncludes by repeating that he will
never fail in his responsibility for the tranquillity
of Europe and the pacification of Italy.

SAN. 27.
The Marquis Massimo d'Azeglio has been. ap-
pointed Governor of Milan.
M. Ratazzi has left for Nice.

VENICE, JAN. 28.

Agitation continually prevails is Venetia. In
the course of one day seven officers were attacked
and wounded at Verona, and cavalry were ordered
to clear the streets.

Attempts haye been made to hoist the tri-coloured
flag at Chioggia, Portosecco, and Palestrina.
Thirty-six persons hive been arrested at Venice
for insulting persons promenading in the Piazza di
San Marco while military music was being per-
formed.

PARIS, JAN. 28.

The Moniteur of to-day says :—" The Emperor
presided yesterday at the Council of Ministers and
the Privy Council. The Empress was also pre-
sent."

The Univers publiebes an encyclical letter of the
Pope to the archbishops and bishops, statioff the

motives of his refusal to accapt the advice of the
Emperor to give up the Romagna.

MADRID, JAN. 26.

The redoubt before Aduana has been completed,
and the construction of two other redoubts is pro-
ceeding actively. Large quantities of provisions
and ammunition have been disembarked, and pre-
parations are being made for landing the siege
artillery.

JANUARY 27.

Nothing new from the seat of war.

Letters from Naples of the 24th inst. explain the
apparent contradiction in the late statements of the
Ministerial crisis. General Filangieri had defini-
tively tendered his resignation, but leave for six
weeks only was granted to him.
The Marquis de Villamarina had been received
by the King, who promised to maintain friendly re-
lations with Piedmont provided that neutrality was
mutually observed.

LISBON, JAN. 26.

The Cortes have opened to-day. In his speech
the King mentions the friendly relations of Portugal
with all nations.

QUEENSTOVVN, SUNDAY.

The Royal mail steamship Canada arrived here
at 3.30 p.m., embarked mails, and proceeded for
Halifax and Boston at 5.50 p.m. All well.