The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-20 00:00:00

LIBERTY or THE PRESS EH FIt4NCR.
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A 1. tter from lihrlelit•tise Ole of. September, Is
of the fotlowthg import
"There has been established a commission, cons:
posed of seven nators, to .secure.the Liberty of
£4. Press in France.
" There has been also established a General
Board (Direction) of the Printing and [Swivelling
business, composed of a General-Direetur, six
Assistants, four Censors, four t,nsptctors, a Secre.
Lary-General, and three heed Clerks under him.
" Mien all those preliminaries had been settled,
there appeared a law of Bonaparte, of the 1 tth of
January, 1809, %/Nth declared that whatever be.
longs to that department (Printing and ttookselling),
being established by a general taw ; it rest; with the
Director, along with the Senatorial Commiesion, to
establish regulations far the execution of that law.
" That few, so eery unintelligihie that vain ;t.
tempts hale been made to explain it, beats now in
fact on all the points in which it was intended to
bed., and that by means of regulations which are
laws in themselves, and which, without excititigAßY
FU'IIOUrS, or any expostulations, will he carried into'
effect with as much strictness as severity,
' There are to be no Printers in Paris but Im-
perial Printers; their number ia to be fixed imme.
(hate!) by a new regulation. Each Imperial trin.
ter shall be bound to depusit in Bonaparte's tree.
sure, a sum of 60,000 francs (iboiat 25,0001. leer.
ling), and to furniin besides seritrities for a like sum,
to answer the fines incurred for infraction of the
regulations. lie shall be buuod to base lodgingsi
prepared, in the neighbourhood of hid
h use, for the trusty c.vficer (U.(ficier de Cottfiance)
ieoployed by the Director-Geueigt of rrinting and
0 tokselling.
66 No writinc whatever shall be allowed to be
printed, udess signed by one of the Censor; of the
General Direction, who, from that moment, be.
comes answerable for the contents of the 1)00 he
allows to he published, without lAN away frooi
the responsibility of the author, who is always gn.
swerable for his work ; the Censor being appoluceil
only for the Printer's security.
" book. w hatever, in whatever language it
may have heels written, caw be re-printed, unless it
has the approbation of the Censor, and of the Di-
rectnr.Q entre! of Printing Bookselling.
" The Diroctor-General's trusty officer May at
any hour, and in every circumstance, get the print.
lug-houses opened, inspect the works which may be
inliands, or sent to the press, require the ntanuf
scripts, take them away, and stop the printing of
works, although approved by the Censor, and he
shall be accountable for bis conduct only to 144-
rector-General.
44. As it is evident that the result of such reglllaT
lions is to ruin all Printers, Bonaparte authorises
the Director-General to declare, thet he is deter.
mined t 9 give to the Paris Printers the printing of
an Ihiperi 11 library, the funds fur which shall he
made by Government. It is to coesist of for theu.
sand volumes, in Svo. It will be composed of a
selection made by a commission (ruin all classical
euthore, bdth ancient and modern, historians, mu.
ralists, poets, politicians, and theOlegians, &c.
4e. &c. Ti ewe works are to be re-printed, either
wholly pr by. e.e(racli This collection may reel fee
all other libreries, and supersede the use of them.
Lyceums, Colleges 4Facni4s) of every desGrfptlun,
!f
shall be bonnd to procure that collection, in 4 Go.
vernment will receive in exchange the lkoulce which
compose their preseut libraries. There is to be one
of those Libraries in each Departuieut, nisteed of
the present public libraries.
6‘ It is already known that Voltaic .'s walks are
reduced to the Wlcle de Lintis XIV. and ten tra-
gedies. Montesquieu to a 'single volume! None of
the works of J. J. Rousseau are to be admitted.
Before the Ist cif January, ISII, the list of all the
authors included in the colfectiou is to be published.
Such are the regulations on the Liberty of the
Press, transmitted by the General 'Direction of
Printing to the Senatorial Commission of the Li-
berty of the Press. That Commission, er Inch i 4
busy about petting the last hand to the vvork, is to
make its report to Bonaparte.
66 ft cannot be expected that any expostulation
will he made against the measure, or that it will be
softened. What stops its publication is, that the
work, as far as it .concern printing in the depart-
ments, is mit yet completed. But it is kdown, that
in some deeartmen is eiiere will be only one prietieg.
011 ice, and in none more than three."

spoRTLVG INTELLthprgE,

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER 111EETING,1810.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19.
Major Wheatlei7's Bramble, B,t. Nit. tre;it Mr. Andrews's
Thorn, fist. 91b. it. M. 1000.—Y to lon Bramble.
Ld Dandy, 81.t.Zilb. beat Mr. Lartie's c. by Go-
haiiiitt, out of Chester's sister, ist. Iflb. Ab. si. 2OUp. b. fi.
—7 to 4 on Dimly.
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The Thir4 Clara of the Oatlands Stakes r.,f 30gs. tick. O. M.
Ld Jersey s Robin, 4 Nrs old, 9st. 614. • - . - . 1
Ld Lowther's 4glies, ! yrs old, 9st. - . .. 2
Gen. GoWer names Harpocrates, aged, 9st. 1011 s. - 3
And 2 others, paid..—ito 7 on Robin.

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Sweepstakes of 203xs. each. Across the Flat.
D. of Gratton's / Pope' Bst. ilb. - - .
Ld Foley's Sitaiiiard,Bst.42lb. - - . -
Mr. Lake's liritaannu ist. 131 h. :. - - 3
sto I agst P.tpe; o 1 on Spaniard; 50 1 agst Britanuia.
Sweepstakes of 10gs. each, far 3-yr olds, ist. 71b. 4-yr olds.
• 1111. itb: 5-yr Dias, Vst. :31b. 6-yr olds and axed, 9st. Sib.
The wnn hater to be sold for ,::)Ogs. if demonic& &c.
Ld Foley's c. by }.:agle, 3) rs old '. - - - 1
Gen. Gower's Gcliterie, 3 y rs old - - - 2
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IA Lowther'. l'erberu., axed . - - - 3
Mr. Blake's (Wen df Sheba, Ly Alexander the Great, •
3 yrs old - - . - - - 4
Id ißucliingbroke's Emily, 3 yrs old - 1 - 5
• ' And 1 paid.—'2. to 1 agst U Foley's c.
D. of Itulland's.S.tivator, Sst. 71b. heat Nil.. Shakespear's
Knxyc of CliiDs, ect. 11b. Ab. M. 50xs.--3 too apt Solvator.
14 I'. Bentiock's Fair Star, 9,t. 510. icc. Ns. trein Ld Fo-
ley's Chester, Sst. Mb. Firsultalf of Ab: M. atlgs.
IA Sack. dle's Pan, 73t. rcc. 60gs. from Mr. haltf.spear's
ilarpuerattes, est- 71b. ,""Vit he alai. 100,;.. •

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The following CAPITAL werp sold by
Blin; in fti Shake, iu the Lottery that buisheti Qh
Friblay last
Nu. .. . Class .. . 410000
•IJ. . . Chi . '20,434
3,3b8 •. . liars .. • •Y,JUO
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The fortunate Share.holklers may rtteire their
mangy Ott 4eaitiodi at 4, f;oFohili. and Oa Charing
Oaf.