The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-09-14 00:00:00

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Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the
E4st India noose, when the following ships were
taken up, in part of the slumber .0 be employed ill
the eaming season, riz.—
Cirrac,iler
.Arnistin. .....
Earl catnaps •.. tom IL R. Samson.
Wexford .......... ..... lono ..-... Barnard
Flphinstorm
David Seult ".. IMO .1.-... Locke, Jun.
Exeter .. .... lOW ....- Minton.
%V Utilities
Alnsit k Ca5t1e......... 3,260 -.-..- Preacutt.
Alfred
Woodford l,lts• ..... Mamie.
Surat Garde
Content •••••• 1,195 Lorkuvr.
tqlon --
Phoenix
Piestun ..............• 671 -- St wrack.
Thorium Gresorille sag ----- Patterson.
N. S. Prince of Wales sou It. limy.
Heigh ill ha 9lll fairfax.
William Pitt..
Earl St. Viacent SI. J. S. Sermon.
Ann - Masson.
Diana 6on ....... Marshall.
517 ..--... Macduogall.
Alexander
Euphrates - Herbert.
Sir William !ark/ . . • ' 547 -- Hooper.
Sovereign
Nartbmeberlead .. 6OO --- trinicklto.
lades
Model .. 349 --- I.iich.
Iludolast . -547 ---- Nesbitt.
Lord Eldon • ~.. -ass Yunisr.
Carmarthen ....... ..... • 510 ----• Ruts.
Sir Stepbee Lesbiegtau. 6111 ...e.--. J. Hay.
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An inquest was held, at two o'clock yesterday
afternoon, by ArthouT GELL, Esti. et the Angel
Ism Coffee-house, St. Clement's, Strand, on the
body of Mr. Clarks Abbott, who shot himself, on
Monday, about one o'clock, in the privy of the
above inn.

%Villiers Crafty, one of the ostlers of the Angel
Inn, acid, on Monday, about one o'clock, he was
standing neer the hack pert of the privy, and heard
the discharge of two pistols. Having also perceived
smoke to mew from the wiudow of the privy, he
went to the front port of the house, and told %Vila
hum Wild, the hair-dresser befogging to the Angel
Inn, what he lied heard. They both went to the
privy; and, ou opening the door, discovered a Gen-
tleman bitting on the seat, with his dress in exactly
the same state in which is was when he entered the
place; his head was reclining against the well, and
appeared covered with blood; purl •.f the deceased's
brains lay on his shoulder, cud a quantity of blood
1111b00 the ground. Two-isms!! French pocket pistols.
with the Peril/ mark, were found unloaded on the
ground, mid in his pocket were some powder and
and some extra flints.
William Wild corroborated the evidence of the
Last witness in every point, end added, that he sin-
mt:diately sent for nietlicul oruchstuisce. tieing sucked
if lie had creel the gentlemen come to the house? he
said not ; but a gentleman who was in the Coffee-
roma when the alarm was given, had told him, that
he noticed the deemed walk into this rocas sod go
to the glass, sued come and luok at him steadiahtly ;
ski much so, that the gentleman was going to :IA
bun if he wished for the newspaper that he nits read-
ing ? but he suddenly turned away and walked out
at the back noon

A Medical iwntleinan, living at No. 299, in the
Strand, said, that on Monday last, about one
o'clock in the afternoon, he was sent for to the
Angel lan, and first saw the deceased in the privy;
found his scull fractured, mid part of his brains
lying on hie shoulder. It appeared to hint that one
of the balls had passed through the right temple,
and the other through the left cheek, and had
lodged iii the brain; the deceased lived about twelve
hours afterwards in his pocket witness found a
Utter sealed with black wax, and directed to his bro.
r, 11r. Henry Abbott, which was immediately
sent to him in Clement's-Inn.

Mr. John White, of Mile-end, • carpenter,
said he had known the deceased for upwards of two
years and a half; be was a collecting clerk to
Messrs. Charrington, ale brewers, at Mile-end ;
the deceased had lost his wife in child-bed, last
May two years, and bad lodged in witness's house
about two years. From that time he had been in
a very low state of mind; so much so, that he would
somettines sit up crying all night ; he had three
children ; the eldest was about nine years old ;
and he would often fret shout his rhi dress, and
the loss of his wire. Witness had not the least
donbt that the lowness of spirits proceeded
from the causes already mentioned ; and he knew
that, for some tint r past, the deceased was uneasy
about his again', as he had kept a teveni, end
things were not yet settled. The deceased had
been to Margate about a week, and retarned to
town on Sunday evening last, and left his lodgings
en Monday morning, about inns or tel o'clock,
leaving his room deer nsslocked, and had taken
very little hreettfast. Witness did not see him on
Sunday night, nor Monday morning : and only
knew on Tuesday that he had shot himself. He
was 29 years of age.
A brother-in-law of the deceased, who did not
mention Ins name, said, that he had married his
sister. and that he had known him about two
years, bat was not in the habit of intimacy with
bin until some tiros back. when he invited deceas-
ed to dine with him ; he appeared in a very un-
settled state of mind, had been under some era-
baenunnsents, and frequently received assistance
from his brother. The last time he saw him vas
shout three weeks ego, when hr cense to dine with
him. Whitens wished him to sleep iu the house,
•but he left it without sneaking.
Another Gentlemen came forward, who said,
that the letter found in his pocket, and directed to
Mr. Henry Abbe t, was the deceits..l's own hand-
writing. and Merely complainimr of pecuniary em-
barrassments, from which he had always been re-
lieved by hirbrother, on making application.
There being no more witnrw's, the Jury con-
sulted shunt their verd:zt, and not agreeing in their
opinion, whether it should iw lunacy or self-mur-
der, sifter one hour and • half consultation, they
agreed to decide by is majority of votes:. there
hying 1G Juryman swans, tunes were for the verdict
of lunacy 7, and for that of self-murder 9; when
they accordingly returned a verdict of Sefkilitr.lcr,
and las. ou the two pistols.