French Censorship.
The Arihives Cencroles de AMedecine for August, whicth we have jUSt received, contains at additional instance of the encroachments on the liberty of the press, instituted by the Bourbons. Not content with establishing a censorship over tihose journals which are purcly literary in their objects, they liave extendled it to those of a scientific nature, and have expungel a whole page of letter-press in the pe- riodical above reierrel to-one oftlie best on medical literature which issues from the Parisian press. This oage consisted of the follow- ing letter fromn the Prefect of the Poficc, with the answer of the Editor :_ LETTER FROM TliE PREFECT OF POlICE TO T'ItE ElTOR- INs-CHssts OF TseE " ARCHtIVES." " Sir,-An orlinance of the King, of tile 15th of this month, in- serted in the Bulletin of the Laws, pots in force the laws of thc 31st of March, If'20, anl of the 2(ith of Julv 1821, relative to the censorship on journals ant periodical wvorks.' T'le journal which you conduct comes under this ordinanee; and I theretore request of you to send a proof' of each number to the Ilotel for the general di- rection of the police, in order that it may be examined, and appr ed of if necessary." The following is the ob.jectionable comment on the above letter:- " WVe know not what thie censors can expect to tind in a medical journal, unless there be amongst tlhem some physician who is de- sirous of reviving the decree of Parliament wllich prolhibited the ad- ministration of emetic tartar. But, hiowvever it may have been, the happy idea of placing the sanctuary of tlle sciences under thle Eewis of the police could only have originated from a strong hlead. Let us hope that, sooner or later, the Academiiy of Sciences will knowv how to appreciate so brilliant a conception.." FRENCH CENrSORSUfIP.