The National Register.
London, England, 1814-08-07 00:00:00

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it/was soon teamed that it had actually canght fire by mime accident
in the inanigenictrt-of the machinery.. The fire increased rapidly.
Sevt.aal engion.s wereprocared, and played upon it ; but it continued
bliroiog till,•iii a snot time, the five upper towers were. destroyed
or fell over the•eastern. side of the bridge ; the lower ones were in a
Arnie little -better.- and some part of the substrneture v much
deterloratetL ' There was a kind of awful magnificence during the
progress of. the 'tames, that exceeded the former appearance of the
edifice ; but at last it presented only the melancholy remains of
temperas', splendour. The rate of, this erection was much nig t ettell,
as it.was the tavouri to object, and displayed more taste than any thing
else c.minceted with the exhibition. We regret to state that serious
accidents were occasioned by this conflagration. In the very
commencement of the fire, a woi knout who was employed at the top
of die aversipting to throw ithuself into the water, tell
on the bridge and was killed ; another 111:111 Was taken to the hospital
‘volinut rite slightest hope of recovery ; and four men woe moo
aernni•ly brni,ed. We were rather surprised to find so little in the
muie it may provided for the public. We heard nothing but a band
now io.il then at the (?!teen's house and something, me believe,
cera.:ionally near the Royal booth ; but it was much Missed in the
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'fife chief fault of We onwisement, however, as w•e have.already
Raid, striS it• 61,1414.14 We kne.ll, in consegne.nee of the wearisome
of the gain• firework,. Whatsoever is not the object of
re:►+on, and aantioneti by its Iligh ordinances, cannot bear to be teen
often.
/1' he Fnir, in Hyde P4rk, is intended to last until the 12111
The ground tor the boobs and other attactui es is let tor that time.

THE lIEBDOMADARY.

AUG UST.
Faint, underneath; the household fowls convene ;
And, in a corner of the litzzink shade,
The hutie-tlog, with the vacant greyhound, lies
Outstretcled and sleepy•—THOSl3..N.

7. Math Cunday after Trinity.—Mowing of Jesus. Tl'ere appears
to be good ground fin supposing that this festival was in%th teed iss ode
bration of the connuaill gis en to Joseph, Matthew by which
he was directed to call the chid, whereof his wife 141:ity was tlitai preg-
nant, Jr-sus, sa he accoldil.gly d:tl.
111orning Lt's-one 're lions Ist .7.i.114rs 18, turd Acts 5 : the Evening
are lions Ist King% 19, and Hebrews 10. _ _

8. Monday —Last Quarter of the Moon, this di.y, at 10 o'clock at
Tockay.---illereory sets at 5: mintees past six in the Afternorm.
10. ••Wtthicday.—St. Lawrence. !laving" beets considered as parti-
.,..ularly, otutoxious by his adherence to dis hie truth, under Vilerian.
.this eminent was literally roasted to (leads upon o gridiron !.
The church of St. Lawvtuee Jess ...y, dose to the Goildliall, London,
which is doilicated to him, has, therelcre, a gridiron on the steeple fur
a vane. Philip 11. of Spin Ituvint,heen favoured with vietiiry nn the
10th of August, o.e festival of this martyred saint, tuilt the Escurial,
the largest palace 111 F.,tropf,, to his luiliour. It is cen....t:tiord in the
Shupe of a gridiron, the'royal still occupying the liantile of it.
Gridirons are met wiili in every part of the edifice ; fe that never MIS
an instrument martyrdom thus holoured and celebrated. .
.11. Thu;•so',,.t.-7-1:..g Days cud. Sun rues at 05 initiates after 4;
sets at ;Cr past 7.

.14! nidau.....lipio..day of Ole Prince Regent. This Must:ions per-
, ,sgitge.was.h.•;. ti in the year,l76::!, at !it. Jan is and, 181. course, will
tUis his fifty-081rd year. lluliday at all the Public
~.11.41.;1;;17-es• •
IS SerluYea.l.—Olt-1 Lammas D ly. Venus will be in conjunctilm
at t.) o'ela,ck this Nbaning.

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N ATURALIarS C. LE NDA R.

AUG. 7,

• • Atiriculaa, polyanthuses, •aneminues, and rariencu'uses, may be
sowss.iti beds, or within borders, or its large pots, so as .either to be
moved into shade in• the slimmer, or be sheltered during the winter.--
Plant atnictila OirtAlS.—Btlibollllolll% OIL( of bloom, may be taken up,
wherever the stalks aredeessying, and the offset* at the, lime time se-
parated.--Conspleie the laying of carnations.—Weeding reqeires to he
strictly •attended to, as weeds will greatly adisutce iu growth towards
A ut utun.

PRICE OF SIOCKS YESTERDAY.

3 per Cent: Cons
Exchequer Bills 3fi p Cons for Acc 671

C.',4 (70mmilineation came too late rm. insertion this week.

TUE N&TIONA L REGISTER.

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SU LYDA 1% AUGUST 7, 181 4.

French papers were received last night to the. Sd
They are, as usual, barren of interesting intelligence.
They contain a long- report on the Liberty of the Press,
Mich is a mere blind for the people in a country where
no real Liberty of the Press is allowed to exist. One of
'the articles in these jouittals states that Austria is seuding
troops into tiallicia. If this be correct, one of the sup-
pos-ed.objeas of th© Congress, the restoration of Poland,
will not be achieved without Wood. Indeed, it is cvident
that much difference prevails among the Continental
Courts, and that unless the influence of Britain triumphs
over the interested views of certain Powers, the hopes of
a general and lasting peace in Europe will once more int
defeated.

A Dutch Mail arrived yestereay with some interesting
details of the assumption of the Government of Belgium
by the Prince of Orange. His Highness is to govern pro-
visionally until the &Unitive arrangement to be made by
the Congress at Vienna ; but it is announced that Ml-
giam is certainly to be united permanently to Holland.
The boundaries of the Sovereign of the Netherlands in
this quarter are not yet settled ; at prevent they cxfc=iid
only to the hoer, but it is expected the Congress will ex-
tend them to the Rhine.

The Emperor of Russia leaves Petersburg the 15th of
next month, and will anii-e' at 'Vratnia on the 27th.
his appearaince there is very necessary-,
.to put dovi.n the
sinister reports in circulation, arid restore the'publio con-
fidence anti tranquillity.