POSTSCRIPT.
SATURDAY.
The Moniteur of yesterday published the following general attack upon the English press-
" For some time past different organs of the English press have endea- voured to spread calumnies respecting the French Government, which are the more odious as they are concealed under an anonymous mask, and can only be answered by contempt. We are aware of the respect which is paid to the liberty of the press in England and in thus pointing out its devia- tions we confine ourselves to an appeal to the common sense and good faith of the English people, to warn them against the dangers of a system which, by destroying the confidence between the two Governments, would tend to disunite two nations whose alliance is the best guarantee of the peace of the world."
A telegraphic despatch from Paris, in the Morning Post, states that the prices of the Routes gave way yesterday—the closing price was 66.20— and adds a statement, that the calumnious articles in the English journals, of which the Moniteur speaks this morning, have produced a sinister effect among the speculators, who had not previously been ac- quainted with them." The Daily News points out that the warning ap- pears in the absence of the Emperor at Compiegne.
The Austrian Correspondence, in reply to the French journals, en- deavours to prove that the prolongation of the occupation of the Danu- bian Principalities is legitimate, as the difficulties relative to the frontier settlement have not yet been overcome. It says that England, the Otto- man Porte, and Austria agree in the adjournment of the evacuation.
A telegraphic despatch from Stockholm announces that the Diet was opened on Thursday, and that the speech from the Throne has produced great satisfaction—
"It states that the situation of the finances, and that of the country, are flourishing. It announces the reestablishment of the ancient relations of friendship with France, by means of the treaty of November, and that the union with Norway is consolidated. The liberty of worship and the free- dom of commerce are assured."
An Italian journal publishes an " Edict of the Holy Office," which bears the signature of " F. R. Thomas Vincent Airaldi, Inquisitor- General," and the countersign of " Joseph Birarelli, Priest, Chancellor of the Sacred Office." The Inquisitor-General commands all persons to inform within a month against all persons who are heretical, or who harbour heretics ; all Jews, Mahomedans, Pagans, and apostates ; all who practise necromancy, and from whose acts proof may be deduced to show that " they are in open or secret league with the Devil, performing acts of sorcery, of magic, or necromancy, offering to the abovenamed (sic) perfumes, incense, or prayers for the discovery of treasures or other un- holy purposes, by invocations or promises of obedience, or by other prac- tices in which his name or others are invoked"; all who blaspheme ; all bigamists or attempted bigamists; all who impede the Holy Office, who satirize the Pope or the Cardinals, who possess irreligious books, .who eat animal food on prohibited days ; and who commit a variety of other acts. All " publishers, libraries, customs, hotel-keepers, shop- keepers, &c." are to post copies of this edict in their establishments, to the end that it may be obeyed.
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