The National Register.
London, England, 1811-08-18 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REG

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Me. Join HARE Pown.t., the American Secretary
bf Legatior, has lift town to embark for America,
with dispatt hes
• A private letter from a Gentleman resident on
the coast of France states, that the French are
making the greatest preparations for naval exertions
for the v, inter season. They are getting their pri-
vateers in readiness, and the small craft are refitting
for speculation during the long nights.
Accounts from Berlin state, that the education
of hi, Highness the Prince Royal being completed,
this Prince is about to travel with Mr. Dellrue, who
was his preceptor.
Accounts from. Frankfort, dated Aug. 4, state,
that since the intelligence has been received from
Vienna, officially, of the great fire at Smyrna, and
of the destruction of a vast number of cotton stores
there, the price of that article has risen considerably.
The accounts from Inspruck sta:e, that the heat
has been for some weeks past insupportable in the
tallies of the Tyrol, and that the drought, which is
the consequence, has the most unfavourable effect
Upon the productions of the earth. A forest within
three leagues of I cspruck has been for four days on
fire, without a possibility 'f extinguishing the
flames. Every precaution has been taken to pre-
vent the spreading of the conflagration.
A letter from Konigsbergh, dated July 21, says,
that on•the.l7th, at.nine.at night, a fire bloke out in
a street of the Old Town, and the consternation
was general. By god-fortune the wind was lulled
and .no one had retired to rest. Assistance was
'Very soon afforded, though that was not easily done
• because the streets are in this part of the city very
confined : but the buildings were solid and composed
of stone. Only three houses were burned. No ac-
count has been given of the manner in which the
fire originated.
The conflagration which recently took place at
Archangel, was not so disastrous as lately repre-
'Seined. Several houses and warehouses were de-

strayed ; but, the weather being calm, the flames
did hot reach the shipping.

GENERAL ELECTION.

Several Gentlemen Lave begun to canvass different qmns and
korougbs, on the supposition that a general election will shortly
thke place. It is a little curious to remark the sort of opposition
klready manifested, and the disposition to induce the electors to
reject their o d Members.—At Wine! es er the electors are re-
quested by Sir T. BARING to ding away their Garirm•irl they have
So long relished. At Grantham, a woe thy Baronet canvasses, tut
the electors say they do not think he is a candidate of good 111an-
tiers. Ai S._ aford, t:.e Leech still continues to cling to them. At
Great Grims!)y, a respectable Member of the learned profession
tulicits that the electors will return him, and consequer.tly
Grant his request. At Wexford, should the electors prove re-
fractory to the present Member, he means to aid his cause by a
Lattering Ram / At Bodmin they declare that to listen to any
other candidate tvey must be considered as Giddy indeed. At
Buckingham they still mean to worship at the Temple. At
Canittriqe, the notes of the Finch, though seldom heard, tire
pleasing. At Castle Rising they declare that they like a Sharp
represaitative. At Christ-church the R se it still delightful to
them; At Corfe Castle the', trust the Banks will not give way.
At Covewry they say it woo d be very unkind to kelp a faithful
Moons, and therefore they will send him from thence, and
the same time keep the Mills a-going. In Devonshire they are
detttniined to c'•erisii and protect the Bastard. In Dorsetshire,
In gra ;tilde to the memory of the Immortal Statesman, they
keep the mouth of the Pitt open. In B,sex the Bullock is to be:
te:Nud up; while at Woucester they will not suffer oue of the
fiagidiciates to Morris off.

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