The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-05-26 00:00:00

F.ITAL hCCIDENT.

Some gen•lemen walking in the fields, on Sunday
night, aSou: halt pa* eight, near the City Condu4.
Bayswater, hear 1 at a di tince a very confused'
noise, and could distingnish the words " Help I
drowned:" They invnedirely ran to the Waude,
Bridge, on the Paddington Canal, near the brad.
where there were a great many people, an I found
that the ljabridge Patket-boat had run against a
pleasure boat. in which were four yoolg shot
three were go! nut, and the other St'.l in the
water. Two boats immediately went out wits a
hay-rack, a lauding net, and boat hooks, and in
about three' minutes a drag was broncthi; one of
the young men could swim, and dived several
times after him, and another young man dorm off
hie coat and waistcoat, and wen: in, but it was
not till about twenty miantes after that he was g. t
out, quite dead ; he was immediately taken to a
house in the neighbourhood. Hr paves to be
William Thompsua, of eland c'.urt, North Gros-
venor-square, about le years of age. Clerk to
Notary Pwil:c in the City ; two of the others were,
Mr. ChM:CS Ilia/411h a cowkeeper, of Park-street.
Groevener-square, and Wm. ltlugg, son to one of
the Park-ke -pets of Hyde-park, living at Gra;venor•
gate, and clerk in the same ofif..e as lhomoson ;
the name tat the ether we have itlt heard. A Me-
dical Gentleman was on the spot, and anemic&
but all the means u.ed faded of effe.9 s the viral
spark was extio:m-bed. 'they had but just set out
to take a row in the cool of the ereniog, and the
accident happened not mire than 150 yards front
where they set out.

We are authorised to 34y. that Editions in IraHatt
and English will appear within the pr.•;ent week, of
the late Romantic Travois and Escape of the Mar.
quis DO SAL•O from Brenta to r...g; ind, by way of
Poland and Rut sia.

Ihe Second Mate of the Mile, (.in American),
from I. iadon, for New-York, arrived at Liverpool,
about the 13th instant, in the lirathcre, from
Char!emit, and reported that the Wear. was cap-
tured, about ten days after sailing, by a Fr• sett
priv..teer. A vessel arrived at Liverpool, from
Charleston, spoke the Brothers, at sea, and was in-
formed that she had part of the crews of tors
American vessels which had bees captured by
French privateers, on board.
The firing on the French coast, heard on Thursday
and Friday, It Dover, we stated yesterday to hay.t
proceeded from the batteries firing at the Clwde
tri-
Sate. General PA VIII. it appears, who commands
in 01 Kent Disttia. expressed a wish to sail doe..
the French coast, and be was accordingly invited to
take a trip with Commodore ()west. The General
went 04 board the Clyde, in the I)owns. aad that
frigate, accompanied by the life.riae, Captain
JACIIsuPI. ►ailed immediately front their ar..:horape
for gala's, arid continued their cnarbe to the went.
ward, so close in with the French shore. that the
whole coast WAS in a perfeet blase from 6.'e ,•f
the range of batteries that line the e.Sore. The
Clyde and birsptite, however. oatmeal their Mtn.
without even condescending to fire a gut lv return.
The nonierous shells that were clrown from the
meta, batteries, were isicnd with such I.trle r-e.
cus.no, that eh,- seater part WS wea:iy a +tartee
of a mile ontst.:e t! e trigsze. while the sh:-ni
from the other batteries fall as mush tea short. No
sliatiined either cf the vessels. and the
G.:nerai f. a; probably gainci much toformation of
our enemy's situation hens his nawical tour.

LAW INTBLLIGENCE.

C;11fIRI OF KING'S BENCH, GUMCIIIILL, MAT 25.
Sattlags at IViii Prirx, Won Lord Oil Jasiire

ELLIO:1103.0CGII.

CLARICE o. WIS,TI4OIti.

This was an adion upon a Policy of Insurance
against fire, on the ship Hero, for one calendar
month. _

The ship, in question, was a vessel taken from the
French, and brought into the Harbour of Ports-
mouth. The insurance was made on behalf of the
captors, and the policy under-written upon the terms,
that the ship should be safe rumored in the harbour of
Portsmouth,during the period for which the insurance
was mach. It appeared that the ship was acci-
dentally burnt within that tione, and the thion was
brought tor an average loss. Upon the evidence it
came out, that the ship in question was first moored
off the beach, in order to clear her bottom ; she was
then removed to Hardway ; and, lastly, was moored
at March's wharf, in order the more conveniently
to take its her cargo; but she had never been
taken out of the harbour.

From this the AT TOklltv-Gew RAI, on the part
of the Underwriters, contended, that it was a ma-
terial question, whether the removing the vessel
from her muotings at one place to the other, was
not a discontinuance of the risk ? and witether the
laying her Jon on the beach to clear her bottom,
was such a risk as, by this policy, made the Under-
writers liable?

Lord ELLErrsoaouati thought, that where a ves-
sel was only removed from one pact of the harbour
m the other, for the more conrenient purpose of
repairs, or of taking in her cargo, provided she did
not go beyond the bounds of the harbou-, speci-
fied, and appeared to be safely moused at
the different parts of the hat-blur, whence
she had been so removed, according to the policy,
it was not such an aa as could void the policy.
The Jury accordingly four.d a verdia of 331.
Ss. lid. for the Plaintiff.