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FRENCH PRESS.
ISEASURRS RELATIVE TO SUPPRISIED PRINTERS.

An Imperial Decree of the 2d of February, 1811,
contain.; the following RIZGULATIONS :
The Printers retained in Paris are bound to purchase the
Presses of the suppressed Printers; they shall pay for them ac.
cording to the •aluation which shall be •ot upop them, within
the period of one year, and by four instalments.

Each of the retained Printers shell pay ono sixtieth of the total
pries of this purchase.
Immediately after the publication drills Decree, seals shall be
affixed on the types belonging to the suppressed Printers.

They may seU them, if they please, provided they are sold only
to licensed Printers and Type.foanders.
An indemnification shill be paid to the suppressed Printers by
those who are retained.
This indernnificatien is fixed at the rate of 4000 francs to every
suppressed Printer.
It shall form one general fund, which shall be divided among
the suppressed Printers, in proportion to the extent and busit.ess
of their printing establishment duly ascertained.
For this purpose, the suppressed Printers shall be divided into
slants. •
This division into classes shall be made, and the indemnifies.
dos Axed by a eonunission.
Each of the 60 retained Printers *all pay &eluded' of the sum
total Axed for the indemnification due to the suppressed Printers.

Every ereditor of the suppressed Printers may object te the
amount of the purchase-money, for the preservation of his tights. tl
The Commission shall consist of the Inspector of the Imperial
Press, who shall preside—of an Auditor of the Council of State,
et two Inspectors of Books, and two Licensed Printers.
Another Decree of the same date orders, that Prin.
ten' Licences shall be delivered to them or; parchment
by the Director General of the Press. The price of
issuing these Licences is fixed at SO francs for Paris,
and '25 hem for the other cities of the Empire,
PARIS, FEBRUARY 4.
Yesterday, his Majesty issued several Decrees rela-
tive to the Conscription. The first pf these Decrees
orders, that out of the 120,000 Conscripts of 1811,
(the calling ont of which is authorized by the Senatus
Consultum of the 13th December, 1810,) EO,OOO
*hall be put in motion, while the remainder form a
reserve ; these 80,000 men shall be distributed over
the 113 departments formed of Old France—Belgium,
the countries on the left bank of the Rhine, Piedmont,
and Liguria.
The second Decree orders the calling out of 2365
Conscripts in the three departments of Tuscany, of
the class of 1810, which comprises the young men
born between the Ist of January and the 31st of Dew
comber, 1790.
The third Decree orders the calling out of 1000
Conscripts of the class of 1810, in the two departments
of Rome.
DIRXCTION-OENERAL OF THE POLICE IN HOLLAND.

Many soi-disant dramatic societies have been shut,
In consequence of superior orders by his Serene High-
ness the Prince Governor-General. It has been ac.
knowledged, that, under any aspect, these societies
could not be considered as a union of friends, or ora
family, and that they were directed but by motives of
speculation.—Such speculations are contrary to the
principles of public order ; they essentially hurt the
revenues of the town of Amsterdam, the interest of
the National Theatres, and the advaneernent of the
arts, Good taste, as well as good manners, cotkdemn
them ; they, besides, by their multiplicity, render the
snperintendance of the authorities very difficult.—
I-lis Highness has decreed that all those societies
should become the object of particular attention, and
that the Police shut those, the institution or appear-
ance of which give reason for just complaints.
r REMTUAZ or THE DEPARTMENT or TILE MOUTHS OP
THE MEM..
The Prefect of the department of the Months of
the Meuse, announces, in consequence of orders re-
ceived from his Serene Highness the Prince Governor ,
of the Departments of Holland on the subject, to the I
inhabitants of these departments—
That a Commissary-General of Police has not the
power to inflict a fine ;
That it is his duty to *watch over and maintain
public order, to correct the crimes which attack it,
discover their authors, and deliver them up to justice;
That a fine even in matters of police is not arbi.
trary, it Is determined by law, and must be pro-
nounced by a competent judge.
That the receivers of contribution must receive hut
the sums fixed for contributions, or those which may
be consigned to them by a competent authority.
That a sum placed in a public chest, cannot be
taken out but by the orders of the public functionary,
whose duty it is to direct its movements.
The most respectable employ cannot legitimate an
unction made in defiance of law.
(Signed) C. G. HUTTSIAR.
RAGUSA, JANUARY s.
The levy of the marines destined to serve on board
the Mediterranean fleet, A few days ago, presented a
spectacle as gratifying to every heart as it was ho-
nourable to our country, Few circumstances have
better male known the excellent spirit nhich net
mates the Itagusians, than their unbounded devotion
to the orders of his Majesty the Emperor and King.
.....Scarcely was the decree of his Excellency the Go-
vernor-General, which made known the intentions of
/ is Majesty, published, when the greater part of the
sailors demanded by the levy offered themselves vo-
luntarily. The honour of having merited the regards
of his Majesty, of being called upon to partake in the
lahours and glory of the French marine, inspired them
• with the most lively enthusiasm. Fifty who were
drawn by lot, demanded permission to pass a few days
with their families. Upon the day fixed upon for
their return, not one was wanting ; they departed,
accompanied by the benedictions and wishes of their
country. So noble au enthusiasm, an exactitude so
seinarkable, ma,, by us, be considered as a pledge for
the fidelity and courage with which our brave cog:l-
-ump will serve the greatest of Sovereigns.
SCHAFFHAUSEN, JANUARY go.
Tlie public safety has been endangered in many
cantons by bands of robbers, who commit numerous;
rckheries and other disorders. These circumstances
Lave induced several cantons of Northern Switzerland
to take measures of precaution and safety, Similar
Proceedings have also taken place in the cantons of
Argovla, Basle, Zurich, eitc.
It Is now derided, that. the Swiss Diet shall open
vs formerly on the Ist of June next, and that previly-
to that epoch there shall be nofassenabling fror
-hiesfe, 04 cantons isi an entmordipary pica.

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BEIVILTIO. JANUARY a.
The mast recent intelligence from Turkey h of a
peaceable nature, and the principal houses of Con-
stantinople, Salonica, and Smyrna, hops that the
routes direct for the Austrian Empire will immedi-
ately be opened, and free as before the war. Last
week Czerni Georges went with his Secretaries from
his estate of Topolo to Belgrade, upon very important
business.

CONSTANTINOPLE, DECEMBER ST.
The capital enjoys the greatest tranquillity, and
every Berme of insubordination and discontent, on the
part of the Janissaries, appears,to be stifled. We do
not doubt, that the firm measures of the Sovereign,
who caused the most seditious to be seized, will for a
long time ensure the subordination of that body.
It has been forbidden by the Grand Seignior, in
consequence of the advanced state of pregnancy of
one of the Sultanas, for ships ct war and others to
salute the seraglio and the batteries of Tcphano as
usual. The Captain of a corvette, who lately went
out for the purpose of cruizing in the Archipelago,
having, notwithstanding this command, saluted as
formerly the seraglio with 21 pieces of cannon, was
immediately arrested, as well as the Commandant of
the artillery, by a felucca sent in pursuit of him.—
He was brought back to the arsenal and put under

arrest.
According to intelligence from Adrianople, there
have been formed at Ends, a town in Romania, at
the mouth of the Mariza and the Archipelago, very '
considerable magazines for the wants of the army.
Osman Effendi of the corps of the army of Nyssa,
will replace Kiausch Basch', who died at Constanti-
nople. He is specially charged to use every endea-
vour in his journey by Philippolis, to terminate in a
friendly manner, the quarrel which took place some
time ago between two Ayans in consequence of a
rivalship for power.
STOCKHOLM, JANUARY C 2.
Three Superior Officers who accompanied his Royal
Highness the Hereditary Prince here, have already
set out for France, and it is thought the others will
quickly follow.
BERLIN.•JANUARY Q.
Within these last few days they have commenced
selling the merchandize deposited at the custom-house,
the proprietors of which have not paid the duties of
the tariff,
VIENNA, JANUARY 19.
Two couriers have successively arrived here from
Constantinople, and brought intelligence down to the
middle of December which is very interesting. They
were also charged with many letters to the principal
houses in the 'l'urkish ports, and above all, from
Smyrna and Aleppo all agree in saying, that the
Wechabites have lost two powerful protectors in the
Pachas of Damas and Bagdad. Their progress is
very dismaying to the Porte. We are assured that
they have a numerous party in the provinces of Asia-
atic Turkey, and that their forces daily increase.—
The Divan is alarmed, and cannot dissemble that
net only all the reinforcements assembled in Asia,
destined to join the army of the Grand Vizier, hare
received orders to instantly march to Palestine and
Syria ; but that also a part of the Asiatic troops,
which were in the camp at Schumla, are to march
and join the Ottoman troops destined to fight the re-
bels. The Governor of Egypt is also to send all the
troops he possibly can. The situation of the Porte is
extremely embarrassing; nevertheless, the dangers
which threaten her from the part of the Wechabites
appear the most urgent, and in order 'to employ all
the forces against so formidable an enemy, it is
thought that a treaty with Russia is less distant than
ever. It is said that the Divan has at length come
to the resolution of treating for peace ; that the Porte
' is ready to cede, should it be necessary, Moldavia,
Bessarabia, and Wallachia, sacrifices indispensable,as
the Russians are in possession of them, and have
put all the places in such a condition that it would
be very difficult to reconquer them. There is nothing
mentioned concerning the fate of Servia.
It is added that instructions have been sent to the
Grand Vizier to hasten the negociations.

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