The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-08-06 00:00:00

DUKMAM .ISSIZES.

The question betwc .n his Grace the Archbishop
of this Province and the Corporation of York,
touching the right of the former to the possession of
the Gates, Bars, and Posterns of the said City,
during his Grace's Fair, Commonly called Lammas
Fair, held yearly in that city and the suburbs
thereof, came on to be tried at the Assizes at Dun-
ham (pursuant to an order of the Loan CH•mcaL-
Lo a) on Friday last, before the Hon. Baron WOOD
and a Special of that County, when a verdict
was given for his Grace, whereby is confirmed and
established the right so claimed by him, and which
had been infringed upon by the Defendants, in
their having lately palled down one of the said
Posterns, in defiance of notice given to them on
behalf of his Grace to desist from such proceeding.
It was not for the recovering of any special da-
mages that his Grace was induced to institute this
suit, but for the purpose of supporting and handing
down to his successor the rights of the See unim-
paired, agreeably to the trust reposed in him.
By this verdict, and under the certificate of the
Learned Judge, his Grace is entitled to costs.

An anion was brought at the late Hereford As-
aires, by the Committee appointed to superintend
the construßion of Lord Plit.son's Column, en the
Castle Green, Hereford, against the Assignees of
the Archited who was employed to build the co-
lumn, and who became insolvent berme the work
was emnpleted. The ,Rion was brought to recover
the value of a quantity of materials deposited for the
use of the Committee, on the Castle Green, and
which was forcibly taken away by the Assignees,
under a pretence that they belonged to the archited.
After an examination of two or three witnesses, it
fully appeared, that the materials were tiJt only the
propetty.of the Committee, but had adually f.een
paid for prior to the insolvency. The Defei.d.iitts
called no witnesses, aed their Counsel threw up their
brief. Verdi& for the Plaintiffs, 1081. 10s. besides
costs. being the full value of the stone taken away.
Monday se'nnight an all of suicide, attended with
circumstances of a very aff:Cling nature, was com-
mitted on board the Thames smack. Capt. Batr.sa-
oat.t, at sea, while on her voyage from Leith to
London. This vessel had a great many passengers,
and among the rest one Gentleman, of very respect-
able appearance, whose behaviour, and unfortu-
nate state of mind, attraded the notice of every one
on board. He appeared extremely dejeted, and
paid little or no attention to any one around him.
The passengers were, however, under no apple-
hinsion of the dreadful catastrophe which was about
to take place. On Monday, all the people were on
deck, except one person, who remained in the cabin
with the Gentleman in questien. The latter pulled
out his watch, and 21. in money, and without any
preface, addressed the other person in these words—
" Young man, have you not some small debts you
would wish to pay 1" The other replied in the ne.
gative ; on which he was again urged to accept of
the money, the Gentleman saying—" Yon may as
well take it : it will be better in your possession than
at the bottom of the sea." The young man imme-
diately went on deck to communicate his suspicions
of the unfortunate Gentleman's intention ; but
before any precautions could be taken, be had
thrown himself from the cabin window into the sea.
The boat was immediately hoisted out ; but, as if
aware that such would be the case, he had previous-
ly cut his throat ; and when the boat reached him,
and had taken him on board, the people saw that
their efforts were too late. The body bled very
profusely when in the boat. A dog, unobserved,
lapped a considerable quantity of the blood, and two
days after exhibited evident symptoms of approach-
ing hydretbodia. He was immediately thrown
overboard. 're return to the unfortunate subjed of
this paragraph, the shack occasioned by his dread-
ful exit, on the sailors as well as the passengers, it
is hardly possible to describe. The Captain, from
his wish to afford his friends, who reside in London,
the opportunity of interring the body in a way con-
solatory to their own feelings, kept it on board till
the unexpeded tediousness of the voyage, and the
extreme heat of the weather, obliged hint to cause
it to be thrown into the sea. This was also dose
partly to satisfy the piejudices of the sailers, who
declared that, while the body remained ea bolted.
they could not cheerfully do their duty.

DEATHS.
Oa Friday eee.ll.lg, at M. honor in Orchard-place, Sorrell-
et on, Major St. Clair, Ilarrack %faster at Fling.
I.a.t wick, at Haildinbane, in toe I.le of Ely, laser, the
WO of Thema Bootale, a promising youth about 19. Ho
had walked Non Milton, a distaac of about fight alloy when
being much betted, his death was eseatismed by ineerralig
and washing hit feat sod legs lo cote, eater.

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