The National Register.
London, England, 1814-09-04 00:00:00

SEPT 4.

the itiflueree of liquor, her breath. smelled ut i
stitching tier lip ; she had no finals of violence o). ai y pat t of her
body, except a slight mark of no con,cquEnee on lits- ,!.:odder;
she hail no fracture, but was in 8 hiutt fever ; she .is put to heel,
and °Meted to be kept as quiet po,,ni,e. and not to lit- alloAe4
to speak to any bod,, on :,ecoin.t of het tip, xeept to her husband,
awl to be kept en a 10%v mi:k diet. Witne..s was Winne d that 'he
tOI the nurse that she met the accident oy 'leder a heavy
loatl of nyst. rs, on which uo particular examination took pace, in
two or thri..t. day.: her fever hie' eased ; her linsbantl app?ared very
attentive 10 her. On Monday, when 'tress called to see her, he
lent Pied that her husbaud had tat.eti her aay.wiAtont his khow.
tching the uurses that she v..olid be happier to die at home
with It, r children. He had since ixatrincd the body, and found no
other Ina; ks hot %vh..t proceeded !rem ply refaction.
The Jury, after :+ long investir,atiou, it:Willett a verdict—Died by
the Visitation of God.

An inquest was Mir.Mint:too, on Thorsday, An the body
of George Best, who was 1011fili hanging on a tree --Ve•r;list,
Lnt►aey. We understand t!►e decea..ed was one (if tie deluded din.
ciples of Joanna Soutl►cott, and had just been attending one of her
conven t ides.

DRLADTUL FIRE.—On Sunday evening, about seven o'clock, a
mast extensive and .lreadful tire broke otit at the mustard and oil mills
of Messrs. Wardle, situate at Bankside, Southwark. It is v:ell
known that those istemises formed a part of a range f what t and
buildings, extending front the end of Bankside to Londen ariy,a
They were principally appropriated to trade and merchandise, and the
property they coatained was immense. The flames -extended wit!t
almost inconceivable rapidity, and unlortunatelv , at the time the acci-
dent occurred, the tide was gouts! down. A pile of flame soon spread
over the building, which was seen ten nr more miles trom
By nine o'clock five wharfs fronting the Thames forancd one tremen-
ch us fire. The tide being down, it was impossible 'o •cmove t•veral
coal barges filled with coals. and the cons:quence was, thev so n wok
fiie, and added to the flames' which appeared, when at the hig!a:st
extent, awfully grand. Nothing has been seen in Loreical since die
destruction of Diury-lane Theatre, equal ro this fire. Tla!re was a
long range of rapid flame, which threatered destruction to the whole
Fne of building up to the bridge. 'rho oil in the mustard inaaufac.
tory blazed with great force, and vast quantities ran into the water,
spreading on the top to a considerable distance. By the return ot the
tide, :he owners and proprietors of craft or the hank were ea.abled to
tow the barges further out, and aad it not hoc:. ter that circumstance
!limy more would have been destroyed. The t. at engines got up
to the fire as soon as possible, and played with y: eat etiect. Nearly
all the engines in London wete also playieg oa shore, and by eleven
o'alack the devouring element was effia.auaily checked, but not tuel
the range of whails, so late the scene of industry and cenimerce,
lead
been reduced to one wide extended iMn. The conflagratitei orieneetea
as before stated, in the mustard nod oil-mills of Messrs. Wardle, Lea
Lingard. It is supposed to have kindled from the iron-work of the
mach7nery being over-heated by friction, and cominutocating to the
adjoining wood-wcik, which suddenly caught the and burst haalt whir
an irresistible force and rapi !ity. The premises, which have been
more or less injun:(l, and the greater part burnt to the eh:tied, are tee
oil-roilk of Messrs. Wardle, whit all the property they colitained
the extensive corn-tlietory cf Messrs Ilammoek and Co. Pad thoseof
Messrs. Hair and Wiegs, where the loss is supposed to be most con-
sideravale in that of ostensive granaries and flour warehouses ;
.lottes's
iron foundry, and C; wading itild Co.'s logweod mil', It dycieg ma-
nufactory, and the watehowes of Messrs. Evans, malt aid hop-
merchants ; Hill's cc-rd wharf; four barges ,viiieh were mooted re the
river, containing npw.,nds of sixty eleild; on of Leak, with aeven or
eight old wooden hauses, all inhaboaat bt poor familica. fortonately
'no lives were lost ; but may persons vs' re so much hurt as to he :eat
to the hospital. Me horse in a private stable avms burnt, and very
little of an immense property has been saved. The loss falls heavy
on the Fire Offices.
A fire hroke out at eleven o'clock on Tnes&;a' night, at the
Veneer Manufactory, Batter...ea, which raged with tineatieguishable
they for three hours and a halt, consuming the whole stuck and pre.
mists.

MURDER IN CORNWALL.— John Shim and Richard Rogers were
on Monday last committed to Budniin Gaol, for the tutmler of
Joseph Burnett and Walter Davies. The prisoners and other men,
all privates in tin' :18th rel.Timent, (nr its march from Petidennis
Castle, to embark for America, lagr,ed behind at Lostwithiel ; the
two not named got drunk, aid Le prisoners nut being able tti pr
cure a cart to carry them, became enra!Ted at the disappeintment,
loaded their aims, and proceeded' to act ontraeTowly, whelk 641
were met by Burnett, who was town serjeant, Iyho saki be "ffiii"
take them into custody. On this, one of the pri,oners tired at him;
the hall passed through his body and broke the back of Davies, %%ho
stood behind him.

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