The National Register.
London, England, 1822-02-18 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18.
Three o'clock, p.m.
The Paris Papers of Thursday have arrived, but
their contents are not important. The discussions

in the Chamber of Deputies, relating to the law for
contracting the liberty of the press, are still conti-
n;:cd with vehemence and warmth, An amendment
to the first article, proposing that the Government
should not have the power to refuse permission to

tAtablish a Journal, if the application was supported
br fifteen Deputies, was rejected, after a vehement
and animated debate. The minority had decidedly

the hat of the argument, and the conduct of Mi-
nisters cannot be justified, as it resists the principle
of competition, so necessary to improvement, and
Lonsistent with sound policy. The second article
way amended by the Committee, so as to require
t1:::t the first sheet or number of any periodical
writing or journal shall, at the very first instance it
i• laiated, be delivered and deposited at the office of
Attorney General. A sweeping amendment
added by the Committee to the third article,
re.lidering a periodical publication or journal liable
to be suspended for a period not exceeding one month
ter the first time, three months for the second, and
vtal suspension for the third, in case its spirit, re-
stiting from a succession of articles, should be of a
ttl.ture to injure the public peace, the respect due to
the religion of the nation, or other religions autho-
rized in France, to the authority of the King, to the
Litiiity of constitutional institutions, and to the in-
uf the national property, and its tranquil

possogiiou.
According to accounts received from Madrid, the
Cortes have rejected the project of the law presented
to theta by order of the King, relating to the liberty
of the press, and respecting patriotic societies. Spain
and Portugal are likely to enjoy what will not be
sutkred to exist in Gcrmany or France, without
which it is idle to suppose that any notion c,:u be
tree. . _

There is but little news in the French papers,
that can Le relied upon, touching the real situation
t f Gicece and Turkey.—The last intelligence from
St. Peter burgh is said to be warlike ; but whether
it was fabricated in Paris or nut, is a matter of
doubt. The Janizaric•s, according to letters from
Constantinople, having persisted in their refusal to
repair to the army, the Porte had been obliged to
continue them in Constantinople, am: to march off
a portion cf the Asiatic trocps, to reinforce Churschid
who has called for support to enable him to
make head against the Greeks, who arc successful
in Thessaly. The Ottoman fl:et, destined to co-
operate in the expedition against the Morea, is arm-
ing with great activity. The peace between Turkey
and Persia does not appear to be definitively con-
el uled, for the eldest son of the Scholl still continths
l.ls incursions on the side of Bagdad. Napoli di
Romania has fallen into the hands of the Greeks,
tot the Turks still hold possession of the citadel ot•
Athens. The l'aeha of Egypt has conquered the
kity,;doin of Kortasan, so well known for its gold and
iron mines. The Sovereign of that country fell on
the field of battle.

Dispatches have been rceelkd from Admiral Sir
H. Blackwood, in the East Indies, which announce
the death of Captain Lumley, of the Topaze frigate,
in July lust.
The Thames outward-bw.md East Indiamaa, on
shore in the Bay of Eastbourne, it is stated, will not
be Et for sea again, her back being broken. Iler
valuable cargo, shipped for China, has been saved.
She was a remarkably Mac ship, mounted 1:0 guns,
and burthen 1,400 tens. About two years :Igo she
uas launched from Barnett'a yard, at Deptford, and
when completely fitted, the cost was estimated at
52,G001. .I,le captain is Raid to have on board her,
property amounting to 30,0001. The Eastbourne
Whertnen are entitled to the greatest praise, for the
active and humane exertions in rescuing the ship-
wrecked crew from their perilous situations, at the
risk of their own lives. Mr. Smith, the midshipman
of tile Blockade Station, whose sad catastrophe is
universally deplored, was the sjll cf Mr. F. Smith,
cf Vincent's Firm, near MaFga.e.