BERTIN, a family of distinction in the history of French journalism. LOUIS FRANc0IS BERTIN (1766-1841), known as Bertin aine, was born in Paris on Dec. 14, 1766, and practised journalism during the Revolution. After the i8th Brumaire he founded the Journal des Debats. He was suspected of royalist tendencies by the consulate and was exiled in 18o I . He returned to Paris in 1804 and resumed the management of the paper, the title of which had been changed by order of Napoleon to that of Journal de l'Empire. After the Restoration he supported the monarchy until 1823, when the Journal des Debats became the recognized organ of the constitutional opposition. Bertin's sup port was, however, given to the July monarchy after 183o. He died Sept. 13, 1841. Louis FRANc0IS BERTIN DE VAUX (1771 1842), the younger brother of Bertin aine, took a leading part in the conduct of the Journal des Debats, to the success of which his powers of writing greatly contributed. He entered the cham ber of deputies in 1815, was made councillor of state in 18 2 7, and a peer of France in 183o. The two sons of Bertin sine,