One of the unique phenomena of the imperial regime in
France— a tentative pamphlet, suspected of official origin, has appeared this week. The production is anonymous, and is devoted to demon- strating the necessity of an immediate evacuation of Rome by the French troops, and the restoration to the Italian kingdom of its his- torical capital. A few sentences on the fate of Venetia, throwing out the suggestion that some victory north of the Alps might restore Venetia to the Italians without any further shedding of Italian blood, and hinting that Belgium belongs to France by the same title by which Venetia belongs to Italy, is the only disquieting element in the pamphlet for English politicians. The Monileur yesterday repu- diated, or affected to repudiate, the official character of this work, after that mysterious fashion which confirms public credulity. " Se- veral foreign journals," it says, " make comments upon the pamphlet The Emperor, Rome, and the King of Italy, which are void of all foundation, and to which the Government opposes a formal denial." As some of these comments have implied an unbelieving, and some a believing attitude towards the oracle, it is scarcely clear whether it be our scepticism or our faith which the Government thus awfully confronts and rebukes.
