The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1821-12-20 (London, England)

STRANGE SUICIDE. DOUGLAS, ISLE OF NAN, NOV. 2?. On Saturday afternoon, a petting, calling himself 'me* . Baines, who bed been lodging at the Plough lot, to this tows, kept by Mr. Blake, fur nearly six moniKs last past, precipitated himself from a ruck into the sea, at a plan; called Port Soderick, about Iwo miles on the south side of tkis town. Bailees was indebted 301. to the innkeeper, fur board sod lodgiug, and being pressed to settle his account, be made various reneges, and at length meditated to leave the island without a. tiling his bill; for which purpose he übtairied • yeas, es Saturday, the 10111 instant, and occasionally train thence to Friday lest, left the ion, under the pretence of dining from borne. On the morning following, a pursuit took place, sisal Mr. beatnr, the chit f constsble of Douglas, accompanied by some of Mr iitake's family, and tither assist. auce, discovered him amongst the cliff's at Pu,t Suder ek, about twelve o'clock at soon; from thence to the.. ll* kept moving from one fiiglitful cliff to another, when at length, getting on a rock round which die flood t ide was rising, he sat down with mach apparent composure. The chief mutable, on observing his situation, arm fur a boat, on the appearance of which Baines descended from the rommit of the rock, and walked into the sea until it reached oboist his brae/; at this crisis, Mr. Clealor, who wa• on the cliff above, called to bim to return, and not s isk Iris life; &tines returned to his former station, hut on Sliding the host was fast sp. prilacliltig, lie rose up, waved his bat three time. to the persons on lbe eh 6, and immediately pluiscril into the sea. The boat was heavy, had but two n•re, and those manned by plosighoseo, it ass therefore nearly twenty minutes before they gilt •p with the unfortunate win, from whom the vital spark had than fled. The swell being great, the mem iuesperiencid, sod Baines a very weighty man, the persons in the boat were enable to get h;m ou hoard, but towed liim front the place where be was to the laud, a disliinee of 200 yards. What is remarkable, Batumi never amok, nor was he noticed to make any other esertion after he gut iota the water, but that of ,Rutting his bat does, over his eyes.  John Fish, a eow.keeper, 'molding in Thornton-place, Quebec-street, New-read, applied a few days •gu at the l'elice often Hellen-garden, for a search warrant, under the fol. hewing circuseistitlices:.--He slated that he had been euldoll of MU. is bask-notes, which were deposited in a salt cellar in the cupboard, together with 40s. sti ►ilver, but that the latter was left, and Ite sariwcted they must have been tatters by some lodgers. The warrant was granted, and two otneers dispatched in put it is execution, but previous to making the search, they went to see where the money and notes were deposited, when it struck then, that it was strange the mosey shosold be left, and after Imam( sloven some of the sirsiurcut, and stripping up some of the flouring, jit she MIMSe red of the ►upw in a mouse's uest, the, found oar 101. rote much eaten, and the rest reduced to fragments to line the west, as that neither name, da.r, nor isuanbco could be traced.  There was a crowded market at Norwich on Saturday, but no cheering prospects to those who resorted to it ; boils new ‘Vlicat and Barley were something below the quotations of last Sstuidny,— There was the usual good supply of lean Scots, homehreds, &c. sold snore beasts fur the butcher ; but she market was dull, and much stock was driven off unsold. The sheep-pens were well filled, and !nices still declining. On Monday se'nnight Thomas Rule. of Tomosled, was committed to Colchester Castle, charged with having broken open a stable on Finley night the 7th instant, and stolen a saddle Rod oilier antis cies, the pooportv of Mr. Santlin, of Breewoods bah, Hurkesley, Essex. The Prisoner was smite• bristled upon the premises of Mr. LuNciLei, of West Bergh°lt, on Saturday evening the B,ls ins!. One of Mr. Lys+ GLEY'S usen on going Into the stable with a lantern, to litter his borers damn Inc the night, discovered that true of the horse's tails had beets cut ; he immediately called his fellow servants, mud stationed one at the door to prsvent any person front running out ; and after searchisig the stable twice over, discovered the Prisoner betoren some hay, with u pair of *heron under him. lie Is an old -olfesider, and it is supposed that he was not astlie manes of ten horses, and the teas of two, bud lately been tut.  ex and Thorley/ fox bonsai will meet this at Crouch Fase-gese. t tarealtrrow 1114 ot ,t sod orrfloiorielh- %ill% at og pool tee. • •••11 l 'as igbf, Nlr. R. lionimol .4$ .e a large Reid of sport "It,'" tr is Shirty mitre, during *hi- 411' rl what Is molt rainier pear& of eighty years of are, t was lilt the rpm wises taken, neor.4ll y Mr. R. Haatood's hoes& rao • bolt Goa If wiled a loon excellent chase mantis the  araIkIIIIIIIIII4,ACIAIIIIIi4 *Ave L. et, ,-, , A run , „,. fix,ta..d *. tan 15..,.. . 4 aadessitaod MA vas ; Yesterday ma lleaairily bares their frees g R M.if,...1, ..... . wien. I.' , *sin abuses li r ill bad mistress, sr! st ipmetwAny. -1116ialeamostaiikuhavesibostibali those „„„tane otiose in May last, „se destitute eireasasialsras , lea-nut for pl al bee to appeal sis tie -al clarity of tile plane. lao pesos there, platement was then fatty ioaltalitrairda and found i wood is his base,