BERTINORO, a t. of Italy, in the province of Forli, formerly belonging to the Papal states, six m. s.c. front Forli, pleasantly situated on a hill, the slopes of which arc famous for their wines. At the foot of the hill, to the w., fiows the Ronco. B. is the seat of a bishop, and has a cathedral; three other churches, and five convents. It was one of the ancient fiefs of the 3lalatcsta, by whom it was given to the church. Pop. of commune 6388.
=TIN, Louts Ftwicois, called Bertin l'Aine, an eminent French journalist, was h, in Paris, 1766. He began writing for the press in 1793. and in 1799 set on foot the Journal des Mats (q.v.). B.'s royalist principles offended the government of Napoleon, and cost him imprisonment and banishment to Elba; whence, however, he escaped to Rome, where he formed a friendship with Chilteaubriand. In 1804, he returned to Paris. and resumed the editorship of the Debats but was much hampered by Napoleon,
who imposed on the paper the title of Journal de l'Empire, and by subjecting it to police revision, gave it almost an official character. 'When B., in 1814, became free to follow his own bent, the journal reverted to its royalist principles. During the Hundred Days, it fell into other hands, till the return of the Bourbons restored it once more to 13., who, in the meanthite. had taken part in the JI'oniteur de Gond. Throughout the restoration, B. gave almost constant support to the ministerial party. Though he did not join in the protest of the liberal journals against the ordonnances, he gave his adhesion to the July monarchy. and continued faithfully to support it. He continued to edit the Debars till his death, 13th Sept.. 1841.