The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1807-08-06 (London, England)

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 Dunham (pursuant to an order of the Loan CH•mcaLLo 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 damages 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 unimpaired, 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 Asaires, 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 column, 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 committed on board the Thames smack. Capt. Batr.saoat.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 respectable appearance, whose behaviour, and unfortunate 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 applehinsion 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 immediately 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 previously 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 approaching hydretbodia. He was immediately thrown overboard. 're return to the unfortunate subjed of this paragraph, the shack occasioned by his dreadful 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 consolatory 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.