The National Register. — 1815-09-17 (London, England)

ALARMING FIRE ON EPPING FORIST.—EatIy on Saturday morning the inhabitants of Woodford were alarmed by an immense body of smoke issuing from the Forest, which was instantly succeeded by flames. On arriving at the spot, (about SOU yards north of the Wells), it appeared that some persons on their way to Holly Bush Fair had kindled a fire for the purpose of enjoying a rural breakfast, and had imprudently left the live embers, which communicated to the trees, and threatened destruction to the whole Forest. Mr. W. Rounding, who first discovered it, collected the neighbouring villagers, and having procured several water carts and garden engines, after several hours exertion. succeeded in extinguishing the fire. Elizabeth Carroll, a young woman of interesting appearance and amiable character, 24 years of age, who was assistant to Miss Reilly, fancy-dress-maker, Mortlake' was missed from home on Monday se'n night, in the evening, and on Saturday she was found in the Thames near Fulham. A mutual attachment existed between the unhappy girl and a young tradesman in the neighbourhood, but every endeavour to induce tier friends who are respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood of Tower Hill, to consent to their union, was ineffectual, and the melancholy catastrophe above recited was the consequence.— On Monday an inquest was held on the body, before Hodgson, Esq. Coroner for M iddlesex, at the Sivan;lnn, Fulham, when a verdict was given of Lunacy. A melancholy accident happened on Sunday afternoon, in Hem nail Wood, Norfolk :—Henry, the youngest son of Mr. Thirkettle' of that village, with two other boys, in passing through the wood, deviated from the broad path in search of nuts, when unfortunately the youth touched the wire of a spring gun, which went off, and lodged its contents in the upper part of his thigh, and some of the shot en'ering his body, little or no hope is entertained of his recovery. 'this is the second serious accident that has happened in this wood by the explo. sion of a spring gun. Friday evening, a fine youth about ten years of age, was run over in Fleet•street, by a hackney chariat, when both his legs were Broken. He was con'veyed in great agony, to the house of an adjoining apothecary, and fro ii thence to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Tuesday afternoon, a bricklayer, mending the roof of a house in Tottenhatn-courtsro,-:d, to shew his activity, jumpted up tolsetch a Irite by the tail, which some boys were flying, and which happ.ned to pass over the house, when he unfortunately over-balanced himself, fell off, and was killed on the spot. A child of Mr. Newman's, of Kennington-Cross, died on Thursday, and the death of an at her is hourly expected, owing to being poisoned, through arsenic being mixed in same gruel given them for supper.— The servant girl losing part of the money given her to purchase the grits, had not sufficient, and some arsenic being missed from a cupboard, it is supposed she mistook the arsenic for flour, and put it in ta thicken the gruel.—The servant is in custody. A oarbarous and atrocious murder was last week perpetrated at Leominster, Herefordshire, by a blacksmith of the name of Cadwallader. who, after a series of ill-treatment, st tangled his witi, by holding iii throat till life was extinct ; he then threw the b')dy rat the unfortunate victim on a holge Adjoining his gaialea. An snqu:-.st was held, and he stands fully cvnunitted tor the Murder.