The National Register.
London, England, 1821-10-28 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER

His Excellency the Minister V. Arnswaldt will
set out on the 2 Ist for Gottingen, to prepare for the
arrival of the-King, which, if his Majesty's health
will permit, is to be on the 25th.
SrocanoLm, OCT. 12.—A letter from Finland
says—" On the 12th of August, a dreadful lire
broke out at Fredericksham, which in the space of
six hours reduced the whole town to ashes. Two
churches, 110 houses, two town-houses, and several
public buildings were destroyed. Only 10 houses
were saved. The unfortunate inhabitants have
saved nothing but their lives from the conflagra-
tion."

In the month of August nearly 40,000 ship lbs,
()f bur and other iron were exported from Stock-
holm, and 1,300 ship lbs, of copper,

IRELAND.

The intolerant party has obtained another recruit
in Dublin in the person of ex-Sheriff Brady, a man
knighted by the King himself, as one of the sup-
porters of his system of conciliation, and who we
did not expect to find a deserter from the regiment
so soon after he had received the bounty. At the
breaking up of the Quarter Assembly, Sheriff Smith
invited the whole of the Corporation to dine with
him at Morrison's, where lie had ordered dinner,
and as the candidates for Aldermen were there to
declare themselves, a more than usually numerous
attendance took place, consisting of between ninety
and one hundred members, when Messrs. Foot,
Archer, Whitford, and Brady, declared themselves
aspirants fur the aldermanic gown. On the health
of the worthy sheriff being drank, he availed him-
self of the opportunity of stating, that when last
he had the honour of presiding in the chair, he ap-
peared, by the line of conduct he had adopted, to
have given offence to some members of the corpo-
ration, by not giving a particular toast; but he
must assure the gentlemen that the line of conduct
he had then pursued he would still fearlessly fol-
low, and not be biassed by any one; he could not
be in that chair as a puppet, by pulling this string
or that; he was not to dance or sing, or make a
speech at any man's pleasure. He did conceive
from his heart that in obeying the mandate of his
Sovereign, he was best supporting the interest and
independence of the corporation of Dublin, and he
did therefore, hope no one would dictate to him
what line of conduct he was to pursue. Things
were going on so far so well, when a gentleman
got up and said he wash/ drink the " Glorious Me-
mory," in spite of the Sheriff; on which Smith most
manfully stood up, and declared that he world
either be supported in the chair or leave it, which,
we regret to find was the case. Sheriff Brady was
voted to the chair, and the toast was accordingly
given by those who were opposed to Sheriff Smith.
At the Quarter Assembly on Friday the vote of
thanks to Sir A. B. King and the Mansion-house
Cemmittee, for their conduct on the occasion of the
King's visit, was carried only by a majority of 10,
the numbers being—Ayes 50—. Noes, 40. The
member of the corporation who brought fOrward the
motion said he was induced to propose it, in hope's
that it would be negatived, a rumour having gone
abroad that within the last two months the politics
of the city had completely changed.

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