FIRES.—About five o'clock on Thursday afternoon, a fire broke out
in the large premises of Mr. Webb, a tanner and leather-dresser, in Ber- mondsey Street, Southwark. The premises and stock of Mr. Webb were nearly all consumed. The premises of Mr. Easton, also a tanner and currier, were at one time in great danger ; but the activity of the firemen, with a good supply of water, preserved them from material damage. A fire broke out at Writtle, near Chelmsford, on Tuesday afternoon, under very suspicious circumstances. A man was seen running from the barn of Mumpillar's farm, where it commenced, a few minutes before the fire was perceived. It was got Under with comparatively little difficulty. HUNTING ACCIDENT.—Lieutenant Wakefield, of the 15th Hussars, stationed at Nottingham, broke his leg by a fall from his horse the other day. He was attempting a leap, which his horse, from the heavi- ness of the ground, missed.
DROWNING FOR LovE.—A young lady, Miss Lucy Bayliss, drowned herself in the New River on Thursday last week. A letter was found in the'pocket-of the unhappy girl, written in an incoherent style, about a Mr. Wheeler, whom if she had never seen, she would have been happy. She was only twenty-one years of age.
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