The National Register.
London, England, 1818-02-01 00:00:00

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" matter which it has received by extraction from the
" malted grain, but which also renders it more nourish-
" ing."—We need scarcely observe how widely different
is this description of genuine malt liquor, from the arti-
cle which we in general obtain from the public-house,
and which at different times is found to possess all
manner of flavours, all manner of consistencies.

The result of the meeting before' adverted. to.
will, there is no doubt, bo a petition to Parliament
on the subject, and we trust that the legislature
in the enactment of any measure which may be
found necessary to meet the evil complained of by
the meeting,' will not lose sigla of a matter of such
vast importance to society at large, as the one on which
from its peculiarly interesting nature, we have been led
to indulge in the foregoing remarks.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

I PARIA, JAN. 2:5 Scheffer has been sentenced by the
Correctional Police, for his work, entitled •`•The state of
Litierts in France," to three months' imprisonment, h fine
200 franc , ayear °ram% eillance under the Hi ii Police, and
1,030 trailer' bail tur his good condom. The tv..rk to be sup.
pre sed. The printer, Dille, if having been proved to base
exammed the work, was acquitted.
A ;!rent number of young men of the department of the
Lando presented Memorises to their re affective Mayors to be
married, as soon a• they heard of the ro:kref Mug law. The
Mayors, astonished at the sudden affluence of fi.. Trying men,
cOusulted the Prefect, who reminded V:eiff. that there existed
no exemption lint in the case where marriages nod lmem em.
tracted in the ten days that followed the presentation ol• the
"vsnivet, and that the M.frots might to warn lasnilies that
ofseey precipitate step wotdd deceive the hopes of the future
husbands. _ _

The Paris jonrnats of the lefith instant, announce the final
faiiare of the law on the Press. This measure had passed the
toacr Chamber with some amendments favourable to the
cause ot tltedoni, after a sharp struggb., and by a small ma-
jority. In the Peers, a series of routeste aro'e on several
articles and pirovisi 3111$ of the law, and ou amendments or mo.
ditielltiQnS Which were suggested du: Mg the progress of the
disenssions: but this ptelitoinary trouble proved altogethei
fruitless; inasmuch to, when the final deliberation took place,
and tLii ipiestinii was put that the law (as a whole) should he
ad )pted, or, as wesay in England, " that this bill do pass,' it
was decidctl iu ttac negative by Ita toter to Sr.

The religious ceremonies that took place at St. Demi%
on the in memory of Louis XVI. are described at
some length, in all the French papers. The Bishop
of Soissops officiated, assisted by the Chapter of St.
Dsinis. Another Bishop read the testament of the King.
Madame, the daughter of the unfhrtunate Monarch, at-
tended, and attracted particular attention by her reli.
pious
devoutness and her tears. In reading Ow testa-
ment, tin; voice of the Bishop was sometimes stifled by
his sorrow. The King, accompanied by the Duchess
of Berry, andiwoceeded by the Ministers, assisted at the
mass of requiem which was celebrated in the Royal
Chapel. The reformed church of Paris celebrated in the
• two churches the expiatory service of the 21st inst.

GIBRALTAR, JAN. 3.—An official despatch has been
received from Oran, dated the :26th of last month, by
1 which it appears that the pho,e continues to desolate.
Bona and Constantine, and thatli it still rages at Algiers,
where the number of deaths amounts to 30 a day. We
are particularly sorry to add, that this dreadful discus::
has spread to the towns of Blida, Media, and Mina, all
of them situated to the westward of Algiers, aid the
last within 25 leagues only of Oran, no fewer than 10
individuals being daily carried off in each of those
places. In consequence of this unpleasant intelligence
measures of precaution. will be enforced with increased
rigour in this port.
The expedition to the Arctic regions is to be corn.
pletely ready by the Ist of March. The officers and
men are w be allowed double pay in the execution of
this service. wish every requisite for encountering the
climate of those inhospitable regions. Lieut. Franklin,
and Lieut. Beechy, son of Sir W. Beechy. are among
those already appointed.
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brought out Bath,
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derstand the fvfinipts of Covent Garden Theatre,
anxious to fulfil their duty to the Public, arc prepar-
ing the play for rt•piesentation, in the belief that the
interesting part of Bianca can elcne be rs.•alized by the
soul-rending rowe::, of Miss O'Neill.

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