Star.
London, England, 1814-10-08 00:00:00

BRUSSELS, OCTOBER 1.

covered.

Whilst the important negociations at Vienna are
c-mmencing which are so fix the fate of Europe and
give it a durable peace, the military mraswres taken
in our country are ecintinned with ardour. On the
French frontiers, the garrisons from Poltiim to Dun.
iirk are considerably strengthened, and more troops
arc expected from the interior• On marinade, nothing
is neglected to form a strong line en the Belgian
frontiers. Almost all the foreign troops in this pro.,
wince take positions on the frontier. It is still af.
Limed, that a camp will be formed near Courtray.

The English garrison of Antwerp has orders to go to
that side, and their place will be supplied by Dutch
troops. There Are stationed between Namur and Nieu-
port, exclusive of the garrisons of the cities of the in-
terior, about 60,000 men.
Between the Maese and the Moselle the Prussians
have the same position. Besides the Lancers, a fourth
regimekt of Belgian cavalry is to be formed, viz. one
of Carabineerse The Officers are already appointed.
The correspondence between London, Ghent, Brus-
sels, and Germany, has been for some days past
more active than ever, State Messengers and-couriers
cross each other daily. It is certain that most im-
portant interests are on the point of being decided,
and it is helieved here that the country with wok!)
.me .•re to be united, will obtain besides a farther ac-
cessi of territory.
The l'rince Sovereign gave audience this morning
to the constituted Authorities previous to his depar-
ture for Holland, which is expected to take place
to-morrow.

" Brussels, September 23, 1814.
44 We, WILTJANt, by the Grace of Goo, &C.

64 Considering that by the laws and regulations

now in force, relative to Printing and Book-selling,
the Liberty of the Press has been subjugated to an
inspection (smrveillance) frequently arbitrary :
" Desiring, besides, to determine and to guarantee
the rights which Authors may exercise over their
corks :

" On the report of our Commissioners-General of
the Interior, ant with the advice of our Privy Coun-

cil, have decreed and decree :
" Arrict.t I. All laws and regi.lations published under the
French Government, relative to Printing and Book-selling, In-
cluding every thing relative to the Joarnals, are abrogated
throughout the %shish: Government of Belgium, trona the date of

the publication of this Decree.
" 2. Every one it respontible for what he writes and pub-
lishes, for what ht.: prints, vends, and distributes : the Printer

&1c...a is tesionsible if the Author is unknown, or cannot be dis-

" 3. Every publicnion which appears without the name of
,he auth. ol (not and) the priattr, and without melitiooing

the year and place of its puldlcstion, shall be coat:tiered as a
hbel—the editor or distributor shall be pro,tcuted as if be

'as the author.
" 4. All expostng to sale or di,:ribution of writing, Azores,

or 11113:..4, tending to degrade religion or corrupt murals, shaU
be punished according iv Att. 5157 of the Penal Code.
" 5. Every author of an nek,i..al work has the exclusive right
of printinz and selling it in the Government of Belgium during
his life; his widow and his heirs retain the same right during
theirs.

" 8. In rase of the publication of a posthumous work, the
property of u bcfoop to the widow and heirs of the author,
who enjoy It during them- lives.
" 7. If an author's Mb. should be in the hands of a person not
belonging to his family, it cannot be pubh►hed during his life,
nor that of his helps, without their consent, and the right recog-
nized by the sth Article is to be respected.
" S. After the extinction of the first generation of the heirs
of the author, all right of property ceases, ant tile work sitters
into the class of those which will be mentioned in the 13th
Article.

" 9. It is expressly prohibited to reprint, expose to sale, and

in case of being rein-tote., in a foreign country, to import, distri
bute, and v.:nd, to the Government of Belgium, every orgtnal
work over which the anthem can eserci►e the right of property
try virtue of the .sth Article, under penahy of the coniscatioo of
all the copies of the pirated edition not disposed, ar.d also of a
tine, amounting to the value of 300 copies of the work, to be
Used by the sale price; the said confiscation and line fog :he be-
nefit of the person puss sling the right of pr.yer:y. :Neverthe-
less he who shall have introduced into Atlg:ulli a Si: gte Copy
only for his own u•e, shall nut be liable to the fine, but only to
cue confiscatico M the copy.
" 10. The property of every original work published ante-
cedently to the publicgtion of the present Decree, U guaranteed
to the Author, conformably to the fifth Article.
" 11. The translation of a W..ak gives nu right to the Author

it beyond the wuich he publishes: in this e.sse, the
r glit of proper: y can be exercised only upon the notes or tom-
mentaics to the tratildinivn.

" VI It is forbd,teu, undtr the ven:ades fixed its the ninth
Art'cle, to publi ill the tmnslation of a Work over ss hich the au-
,ltor ter his ileirs eidi ex •rcise toe risht of property; unless they
dive their per•rti:,ion 1.. *tiling, or unit ss the Work translated
nas reached a ‘et-tiii stii ion.
" 13. Front ilie present regulationi are excepted•the
hard' or School Doo•kr, the t.lassic Authors, Scientific Works,
or Foreign Literature, Almanacs, wit', In a word, all Books over
velicit no Inhabit:int of the biovertintedi of Btlgium can obtain a
right or propeity, ittit.:r because they belong to all Nations, or
because the period filed in the h article is expired. 'l•he pre-
sent ex teioion esttnds only to the Fur ; and the right of pro-
perty may always be exercised over the Notes or Auzmentations
which the k.ditur may add to it.
" 14. All Editors of Journals, Advertisers, (Ireuilles d'An.
nonce.) Periodical Works, under whatever denomination, are
bound either to he entitled to establish the new ones, or to con-
thine the public.isitin of thcre already in circulation, to provide
themselves with our aphoriztition, w hick will not be given them,
unless they prove satisfactorily that they have at least sou sub-
scribers. Thos.: who shall not have conformed to this before the
10th of Octobt.r, era to cease publication entirely. The present
ryilation concerning the number of subscribers does not include
papers that west etitir,:ly on subjects relative to Literature, or, to
the Arts and Sciences.
" IS. There sh:.ll be sent to the Office of the Commissioner
of the lriterthr, previous to their distribution, three copies of every
printed Work whatever; they must be bound, if they contain
above one hundred leaves. We merve to ourselves to deter.
mine hereafter the use to which they shall be *Wed. This In-
cludes all Jo•:rnals and Periodical Works, Maps and Prints.
" 16. Our Commisiloners General of the loterior and of Justice
are charged each In his department with the execution-of this De-
tree, which shall be inserted in the Official Journal.
"By Royal Highnesss, (Signed) " WILLIAM.
" The St cretary of Stith, (Signed) " Baron de CArstimi."

The PnINCE R MEW'. honoured Covent Garden The-
atre with his presence, last night, to see Miss O'NeiLL
p:•rfurin the char.•cter of Juliet; and the new melo-
dc of The it, rt! of Bondi.
Yesterday the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earl BATHURST,
and Count Nucav r, ha audiences of the Pawn Re-
nera at C Arlton liotsse.