Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-03-13


figured the Journal des Debas The Government forbade
the publication Of any psper and reserved to itse
the right TO suppress at moment those which still re
manned This state Of things remained for long time
Article sxtyfour OF the Senatorial decree of 1904 en-
trusted to committee Of members, named by and
chosen from the Senate watch the liberty of the
press but all journals and magazines were formally
cepted from this protection.
On the 9th of February 1870 decree re-established
the censorship for all productions of the press The
decree provided that printers should be licensed and
and that from the lst Of January following the number of
printers should be limited The number for Paris was
fixed at 60; shortly after it increased to go new
decree of the 3D. of August the year. decided that
there should be but journal for each department Of
France and that should be placed under the surveillance
of the project Another decree, of the 29th April 1871
imposed stamp duty of centme (about two mils)
per sheet every kind of printed work destined for SALE
On the restoration of the Bourbons the 9th article of
Charter again proclaimed the liberty Of the press but
the 2lst October, 1914, censorship reestabshed
for all printed works of twenty sheets and less News
papers and other periodicals not authorized by the King
prohibited and the Government reclaimed the right
to take his patent from any printer who should be
demned in single instance for contravening the rules
The oath of March, 1885, Napoleon, his return from
Elba suppressed the censorshp and the 22d Of April
following law passed, supplemental to the Consu
tons of the EMPIRE referring all offences against the law
of the press to trial by jury This state of things was of
short duration. On the Goth Of july 1915, Louis XVIII
reappei all their rgor the principal enactments of the
law of 18th October 1874 Soon after the law Of No
and provocatons to revolt which presently followed
by the laws of 1877 to the effect that newspapers
other periodicals should appear without the authorization
Of the King. On the 9th October 1877 ordinance
passed subectng photographers to the
ship printers In June, 1810 the journals ceased to
be subject to pre-examnaton but substitute for that
CURED law of the 31st March ofhaty and which
re-enaced the Goth July, 1921 reestablished the
sorshp Very ALSO the provisions Of the law of june
1919 were abrogated and all journals were subjected to
on11 Me-
vested with the right suspend and in Of offence
suppress, any Journal the SPIRIT of which Of nature
either to weaken the respect for religion to initiate
against the authority OF the King The year following
there another change, which deprived the press
the privilege Of trial by jury and put it under the urs
dction of the correctional police An ordinance of the
10th August 1924 re-established temporarily the CEN
sorship It suppressed again the Goth September
following by Charles X and reestabshed again the Oath
june 1927. law of the 9th November, 1927 abrogated
that of the Oath June; and the 18th July, 1929
decree suppressed the authorization and placed the
press under the conditions of the law of june
1879 This the last measure adopted under the
storation."
Since then the press has been alternately crippled
AM free, and under Louis Philippe it certainly en-
joyed much more liberty than it has at any moment
under Louis Napoleon.
A letter addressed by the late King, LOUIS
PHILIPPE, to Cassimir Perier, on ascending the
throne, touching the subject of confscaton and the
loiCCu VI HAS just Dccu IcpuDHSncu III
the English journals and will be read with interest
at this moment, when all France if not the whole
civilized world is indignant at the confscation of the
Orleans property 1t is as follows:
have to inform the President Of the Council of Min
listers that my conscience and my oath not permitting
sanction any contrary to the charter regard
as synonymous with confscationwhch the charter alb
souely nterdictsa sequesraton obligation to sell
property in France whatever might be the de-
lay allowed for eecng the sale; for in my conscience
consider that every obligation 70 sell is confscation
LOUIS Philippe"
The partsans of Louis Philippe may circulate
this letter freely they please, and make much
Of it as they can 1t can be but of little service in
presence of the DEGREES signed by him, the text of
which has been recently published, banishing the
members of the elder branch of the Bourbon family
and compelling them to dispose of their property in
France within limited time. 1t will avail them
nothing toargue that those DEGREES rigidly
enforced. They clearly recognise the principle of
forced sale, which in the above letter his late Majesty
pretends consider synonymous with conscation In
fact there perhaps high of State which
only excuse, but positively justify if they do not dictate
DEGREES by established power for the prompt alienation
by hostile Prince pretenders Of property held by them III
the country whose government they dispute. This pro-
perty when of large amount will bestow social and po-
tca influence Of menacing character to the es-
mperialst royalist republican, may rightuy and is
duty bound to destroy But the property embraced in
the late DEGREES of the Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON and
iscaed for the Of the State protected from
iscaonr if not from forced SALE for of State
regularly executed legal Deeds that would be
gad by any honest judiciary in christendom The seizure
If this property is clear robbery any that feon
vas hanged for. really think that the heirs of
LOUIS PHILIPPE ought to have been compelled to SELL
They hostile Princes and prcenders the throne
,opng intending practising to restore their dynasty
Their immense property in France greatly increased
heir means of efficient action and their influence upon
he populations. In many of our States i believe
oreigners not allowed to hold real property. Why
Because it is presumed against them that they would
aert uncongenial influences in opposition the establish
d institutions ortor should VIGOROUSLY hostile pre-
enders to the throne be excluded Reports have been
life Of laebu the wish has been father to the thought
hat the DEGREES in question would be reacted or notably
modified in conformity with the plain direction Of public
opinion But the indications at present are that the de-
rees will receive their rigorous execution
EXPLOSIONS DEToSATrSG PowDER Late English
apers give accounts of two explosions of decorating
'owder used for charging percussion caps One Of these
explosions took place at Cheapsde birmingham the noise
II which distinctly heard mile from the scene of
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