The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-14 00:00:00

RAORDINART SUICIDE OP A FRENCH
GESTLEMAY.

raulin, the son of a man who made a fortune
fitsera,on (the French Bluer4ted New*, of which
the founder), committed suicide on Thursday, at
lioue, No. 3, Rue Grange Batehi•re. After starting
wan an income of upwards of 3,000!. a year, he
lautalf by gambling at the Bourse and the German
tub:i s At Homburg and Baden-Baden he fre-
p eyed the maximum and broke the bank. He
ft a heard to *ay that when he was thoroughly
e 4 out he would kill himself. He fulfilled the
etveiopiog his head in linen soaked in enormous
ties of chloroform.

Rev. J. E. Bennett, of Fronw, writes to
that he did not authorise any person to defend him
way at the late inquiry at London-house.
: RECILNT COLLISION AT TILE NORE.—The
int,uity into the circumstances connected with this
-bee was reeumed yesterday at the Greenwich Po-
:rt. The witnesses examined included John Finley,
:in on board the North Star ; Christian Christian-
Notweif an pilot, and seaman on board the same
and William Glew, the chief engineer. Two
statement', were handed into the court. The first

,gthy document from Captain M•Gill Wallace,
N orth Star. The second was from Mr. Hendry. the
• barge, in which he stated :—" Captain Wallace took
.mself to .teady the helm before it was propert and
td been left on a starboard tack half a minute

we should have cleared the Leifchardt." The court
:or tome time, and on its return it was as.
.1 that the inquiry would stand adjourned.
I'AORDINART AFFAIR.—At the Westminster
curt y aterday, Leonie Fourier, 17, and Charles
17. peeping as man and wife, natives of Mar.
were charged with administering a noxious drug
trine Martin, with intent to do her grievous bodily
The facts of the case are very extraordinary. Tho
• s rented a room in Paris of Auguste Martin, hue-
of the prosecutrix. and left Paris in the latter part of
reek. Martin is in Paris, and his wife lime in Little
ton-street, Westminster, and there, at 3 o'clock on
_relay afternoon. the prisoners appeared with Mrs. Mar-
who had met their in the street. They had Ash for sap-
id Mrs. Marin, attar drinking her beer, was shown
ipi urn in &bottle by the male prisoner, who afterwards
airs. Martin's sister to fetch some prussic acid.
\Latin suddenly became al y, and after stating her
:Las. she had been dragged, e perfectly uncon-
..-TA remained to till the morning. !the is now pro-
d favourably. When taken, a liottle, containing a
.1 pin. was found on the man, and on both of them
jewellery., in which Martin deals, taken from a
0i di awers in the room. The male prisoner put
I ~tiestions through X. Albert, the interpreter, and
make a statement, bit on the magistrate de-
• ,s !mar it. be requested that the woman might be
• . 1. as she could not be guilty. Mr. belle said he
e hail, but as they had no friends in England,
:44 speak the language, they were remanded to
• Monday, to enable the husband of the injured
• r.st from Paris, and to see bow she ingresses.
...TIN V. MACKONOCIIIE.''—TIIR ST.
CibE.—This ease, which wan specially
•• to be heard the first thing at the Judicial Com-
the Privy Council on Monday next, has been
iced on the list, and the appeal, "The Rev.
• gv. the Bishop of Winchester," will be taken
• •' ng of the court.
iis • litAilsALF.,” THE NOTORIOUS PRLVT•
Yesterday after noon Dr. Lankester presided over
tleikenwell House of Correction, roldbath-
;..quire into the circumstances attending the
Dugdale, aged GO, who died while a
*, the above gaol. The deceased was the notori-
Ass, wl.o for many years past carried on a nefa-
• ss ra of dealing in and circulating obscene
Ile was that received as a prisoner in the above
ty-eia years ago. and atter Lord Campbell's
as frequently sentenced to prison. lie was
hound guilty of misdemeanour at the Mid-
c sessions, when Sir W. Bodkin sentenced
to eighteen calendar months with hazel labour.
mints and lithographic stomas seized at the time
.r.slale's last apprehension were worth several thou-
,,f pounds, and if of a moral character would have
s sp-iderably greater value. From their obscenity
w. le destroyed. The deceased, on receiving his seri-
-4 the 7.md of Jane last, said, " I am an old man,
never again come out of prison alive." This, it
Nee his usual reedy. A daughter of the deceased
s vidence that her father did not complain of the
t and added, " I believe that if lie had had
• history and geography his life would have been
bad only a Bible, prayer-book and tracts to
Le knew all by heart." Dugdale died on
..; last from paralysis, and the jury atter hearing
.ce found that death resulted from natural

•11*MION_ OF TEE BLoon.—StEori...na RE-

r. We hnd it stated in the Arnim aki Pepsis of
em.. that Dr. Enrico Albanese • kw days ago per-
utts ti... operation of tramdmion of the blood with
at the Hospital della Concedione of that city.
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17, named Giuseppe UIBAZZO, of Cimm,
rt....red at that establishment on the 29th of
?MKT last with a bad humour on his leg, which
Mt: end rendered amputation necessary, the
.ht being very much emaciated, and labouring
:men The operation reduced hint to a worm state
ere. r, and it became apparent that he wee fast Riwk.
the pulse being imperceptible, the eyes dull and the
Albanese cold. In this emergency Dr. Albane had recourse
transfusion of blood as the only remedy that had
been tried. Two assistants of the hospital offered
1.0: their veins opened for the purpose, and thus, at
(tercet interrala, 220 gms. of blood were introduced
ht• patient's yystem. After the Bret time he re-
t-tt the faculty of speech, and stated that, before, he
Luther see nor hear, but felt as if he were dying in
,r• Ile is now in a fair state of recovery.