The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1818-11-05 (London, England)

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE THROUGH DISTRESS. teeterday James Heap, • resemble looking 'man about 110 years of age, whose appesrauce bespoke hie haviag tees better days, was brought before Mr. LEACH the sitting Magistrate, is the custody of Smith, a towable, who stated to the Magistrate, that shoat lea Mewed before eight &clock that noraisur, as a boy was walkinc aloof the front if the house, No. id, Speldlniret-etreet, Burtms.eneceat, the house being in the shell and uninhabited, he beard a Mac Jo Heads sad en lookieg slows be saw Keep, who bad ost tenet; kirks/elf et, mopeleded by • rope from onto, the iron bare id the area gratin; the boy me an instant slam bled Walled Grilithe, • bricklayer, who was at work at the opposite Wier, ran to the spot, and inowedhitely cat she rope, when Hie wan dropped to the grimed apparently Weird, but .aflerwarde with proper care he 14100•11rtd. Gailths corroborated the statedell. The pone may who was new lobeepaaled by bit am, • bog oboist twelve years of age, stated that he was a earps.tsr by trade, butter want of work wee obliged to port with his tools to sapped himself sail hie child ; that he was well *mom is Sowed Town, where he lined; that being driven to dietreer, he applied to the sweaters of St. Pancras perish, to Old& be foliaged, several time, fur relief, but being refined, with the additional reproach of idling hid to " p mad it work, or starve," he, sot kaowiag what to do, was driven to the desperate act which was so happily prevested. A poslentan, who was premed is Ake odes, ma who had serried the oaks of Constable in St. Palmas Parish, Wormed IlieMagiotrale that more thus essO,issoleace of poor diagnosed peewee her jug driven to coasidlt suicide came to his knovsl, from she culpable =Oradea-I of the Overseers of lbe la refusing theft relief. Mr. Leach expressed his indlgnatiose at their conduct, sad ordered the poor me to be takes proper care of until be was takes into the weetbouee.  A letter received front the second ONlcer of the ship Width:lo. arrived elf Falmouth in the, ship Hastings, states, that a considerable part a, the cargo of the Caitnive wiN be saved if the weather proves moderate. The crew were all saved, except those mentioned in a former account.  It is believed that the Sorereigne ashl Antal, leave Aix•lstaCltapelle about the 10th of:Nyrember. It is added, that Prince Marcsamica will then go to Paris. on Friday last, *bent eleven o'clock of the tore. nano, a Most striating and destructive Are broke nut in the beet kitehen of Mr. COOTS, farmer, of Fordliam, in ambAdgeshire, which by. running along the thatch upon the adjoining buildings, im trediately communitatrd with. the barns upoii the premises, in which Were upwards of Sot cuombe of barley, wheat, peas, Ike. which Were all in a blaze In less than Ave minutes. Mr. CbOTE was unfortunately from home; but lils wife, much to her credit, hod the presence of Mind to order it large sailcloth to be drawn throigh a pond, and thrown over the roof of the dwelling-horiae, which was consequently saved; thong, from the coutiision, the furniture therein was snitch injured. The estimated, damage to the buildings and coin ii about 2,0001. all or which were insured in the Essex Equi. table Fire °See though Clot to the amount or the loss sustained. 'the lire was occasioned by the burning or fusee in the back kitchen, which the sets vial bid left only a few minutes.