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Rh been told; of the rest they still talk, but nobody believes that any thing will be done. The public voice cannot demand them, because it has no organ, either in the Council or in the Senate—the members of which are nominated by the Pope or Press. Thought is under a diving-bell, as well in Rome as in Naples. The only journal of Rome is pontifical; and the introduction of foreign books is under strict surveillance. I have not been able by any means to receive