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Mr. Roebuck's asseveration that a contract existed between Italy and

France for the cession of Sardinia, has not only been officially denied in the Moniieur, but it has been roundly asserted that even the thought of such a negotiation had never entered into the mind of the French Government. When diplomacy assumes to search the secret thoughts of that complex entity—a Cabinet—and such a Cabinet as the French—belief galls. But we can easily admit that there was quite as little foundation for Mr. Roebuck's knowledge as for M. Thouvenel's ignorance.

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