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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



tain ; he spoke but twice, merely 

 calling for his sister, and expired 

 in three minutes. 



12. This morning at two o'clock 

 a destructive fire happened at the 

 house of Mrs. Morgan, fishmonger, 

 nearVauxhall turnpike. It appears 

 that the family had been ironing, 

 and the fire, which was made on 

 the hearth, there being no stove, 

 caught the wood-work, and the 

 premises were soon inflames. Mrs. 

 Morgan had only time to make 

 her escape by the roof of the house 

 to the Royal Oak tavern. Another 

 female on the first floor escaped, 

 with a child in her arms, by get- 

 ting on the leads. The fire ex- 

 tended with great rapidity to the 

 cheesemonger's adjoining, which 

 also is quite consumed. Vauxhall 

 chapel, which stood at the back of 

 both, was also included in the con- 

 flagration. The proprietor of the 

 Royal Oak tavern was compelled 

 to remove all his furniture, the fire 

 having caught the corner of his pre- 

 mises,butfortunatelythearrivaIofthe 

 engines prevented their destruction. 



This morning about three o'clock, 

 the neighbourhood of Grosve- 

 nor-square was thrown into 

 the utmost alarm by the large 

 cabinet manufactory of Messrs. 

 Gillows, George-street, Oxford- 

 street, having caught fire ; and so 

 sudden and rapid was the progress 

 of the flames, that in less than an 

 hour the whole was laid in ashes. 

 The fire, for some time, threaten- 

 ed the whole of the west side of 

 George-street, but was prevented 

 from spreading, by prompt and 

 active exertions. Messrs. Gillows 

 were insured; but the journey- 

 men have almost to a man lost 

 'their chest of tools, and many of 

 Ihe adjoining inhabitants had their 



furniture broken in pieces in the 

 hurry to remove it. The carman 

 of the Westminster engine was 

 killed in Swallow-street, by the 

 engine driving over him when at 

 full speed. This was one of the . 

 greatest fires the metropolis has wit- 

 nessed since the burning of Drury- 

 lane Theatre. 



13. An inquest was taken yes- 

 terday at theSwan-with-two-necks, ' 

 Finchley, on the body of Joseph ' 

 Lemon, a youth seventeen years of 

 age, who was shot by Thomas ' 

 Moon, a private in the 9th light 

 dragoons, whilst harrowing in a 

 field, on Wednesday evening. It 

 appeared in evidence, that a Ser- 

 jeant and four privates were es- 

 corting a deserter from the Savoy 

 to Northampton ; and on their 

 arrival near the eight-mile stone 

 from London, Moon and one of 

 his comrades had occasion to stop 

 a little, whilst the party went on. 

 Moon, who was fresh with liquor, 

 seemed to be taking a level into a 

 field, and he discharged his carbine, 

 when the ball went through the 

 body of the deceased. The party 

 went on, but Mr. Collins, the 

 master of the boy, overtook them 

 at Whetstone, and secured Moon, 

 whose piece was unloaded. He 

 was taken before N. Conant, esq. 

 at Finchley, and committed. The 

 jury returned a verdict of wilful 

 murder against Moon. 



16. At the Wiltshire assizes, an 

 action was brought by a Mr. 

 Gooden, against the proprietors of 

 a mail-coach, to recover damages 

 for a serious injury sustained by 

 the plaintiff from its being over- 

 turned. It appeared in evidence, 

 that the plaintiff" was an outside 

 passenger, that the coach was over- 

 turned immediately on quitting the- 



