The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-08 00:00:00

The return of M. Henon, the Opposition candidate
en the democratic interest, though officially an-
nounced, has not really taken place. He was said to
have been elected for the second electoral district of
tie Rhone (Lyons). He has not had, however, the
required majority, as on the definitive counting of
the votes there was found a deficiency of ninety-
eight. At Brest and Nantes also the majority was
only relative. The result is, that, on the 14th inst.,
second elections will be held in the fourth electoral
district of Paris, at Lyons, Lille, Arras, Nantes,
Brest, Rennes, Chateau-Gouthier (doyenne), and
Dinan (Cotes-du-Nord). Intelligence has been
received of the nomination of M. Bodin at Trevoux
(Ain), and of M. Delamarre at Gueret (Creuse)—
both Government candidates. In the Saone-et-Loire,
which previously sent 12 representatives of the
Mountain to the National Assembly—six of whom
were condemned at the High Court of Versailles, and
eight driven into exile after the coup (Fetal of the
2d December—the Government has succeeded in 6e-
curing the return of its four proteges, who obtained
80,000 votes against 3,000 given to their adversaries.
The Council of State, presided over by the Presi-
dent of the Republic, 7.'11 meet some days before the
opening of the Chambers on the 29th, to examine
the projects of law previous to their coming before the
Deputies.

EXTRAORDINARY AND DETERMINED
SUICIDE.—" THE GAMBLER'S FATE."
On Saturday night an inquest was held by Mr. W.
Payne, at the Barley Mow, Upper Thames-street, on the
body of William Mimmack, aged 59, who committed
suicide on Saturday morning last, under rathcr extra-
ordinary circumstances, at a coffee-house in Upper
Thames-street, at which place he engaged a lodging on
Friday night.
The jury having been sworn proceeded to view the
body, and it appeared that the deceased had effected
strangulation by partly suspending himself by a cord
from the post of a French bedstead that was little more
than three feet from the floor. On their return the fol-
lowing evidence was taken:—
Mr. Henry Griffiths said that he was a coffee-house-
keeper, and lived at 209, Upper Thames-street. About
seven o'clock on the evening of Friday, a man whom
he had never seen before came into the house, and
inquired if he could be accommodated with a bed
for the night? He was answered in the affirmative,
and at about a quarter-past seven he was at his re-
quest shown to his room, and nothing was heard of
him until ten o'clock on Saturday morning, when a
lodger in the adjoining room had looked through a
pane of glass in the door of the room occupied by the
deceased, and then saw him lying on the side of the bed.
He came down stairs to the shop, and told witness that
he thought there was something wrong up-stairs, and
they went back to the room together. They then found
the deceased hanging by a rope round his neck tied to
the post of the bestead. He was lying flat on his belly,
and his head was not suspended more than from seven
to eight inches from the ground. Witness went up to
him and put his hand on his chest, which he fancied
was still warm. He cat the cord and let him down, and
sent for a doctor, who, on his arrival, declared that life
was extinct, and had been so for some time. When he
engaged the bed he observed nothing peculiar in his
manner. The bed appeared to have been lain on, bat
not inside. At about three o'clock on Friday afternoon
a person called at the house, and inquired if any person,
having the appearance of a butcher, had been there
writing a letter, as a letter, posted at Knight Rider-
street, had been received by his wife, in which it was
said that when it came to hand he should be no more.
Before the deceased went to bed witness's wife suggested
to him as to whether he (the deceased) was the butcher.
Ho accordingly went and looked at him while he was
reading the paper, and then remarked to his wife that he
thought he looked more like an engineer than a butcher,
and took no further notice of him.
By a juror—He must have brought the cord into the
house with him, as he did not see it till he saw it round
his neck. He did not appear in liquor. He had tied up
his coat, shoes, &c., in a bundle, and had described the
exact amount of money that would be found about him.
The letter being posted in Knight Rider-street, his
friends, when they got it, concluded he must be some-
where near to that place.
Mr. W. Gardener, who occupied the next room, cor-
roborated this evidence, and added that, although fre-
quently awake during the night, he never heard any
groan or struggle in the adjoining room. The door was
kept shut by a chair being placed against it.
William Joshua Mimmack said that he lived at No.
12, Derby-street, Gray's Inn-road. The deceased was
his father. Ho left home at six o'clock on Friday morn-
ing, to 20 to his occupation in Newgate-market, and
heard no more of him until about halt-past two o'clock
in the afternoon, when a letter was received from him,
which stated that in consequence of his great misfortune
through investing his money in horse-racing, he had
come to the determination of making away with him-
self. This letter was posted in Knight Rider-street, and
although every inquiry had been made nothing had been
ascertained until Saturday, when they were made ac-
quainted with his end through the means of a book that
had been found in his possession. He had lately been
much depressed in spirits through misfortunes in losing
largo sums of money in his business, as he understood.
A juryman remarked that the deceased's mind might
have been affected thereby.
The CORONER said he had no doubt of it, from certain
remarks that were written in different leaves of the
book that had been found in his possession. The first
was :•—•

" Thames-street, Six o'clock.
" I now fly in the face of my friend and Maker. Horse
racing has killed me. It would be a good thing if i
was made felony to bet on any of them."
Another was dated—

" March 5, 1852.
yours has been the
same. "Another
G o
d, s miserableo
ndea.y , aanm d a
poor wretch. This
punishment I deserve."
The last was a ecrap of paper, on which was written the
following:—
" My poor brothers appear so happy, and I am so mi-
serable, that I must join them. The little money is left
in my bureau at home, if I have any. The Lord have
mercy on me. It is a rash act. Everything is against
me—even the elements."
After hearing these statements, he (the Coroner)
thought the jury would have no doubt that the mind of
the deceased was affected.

It was incidentally mentioned that two brothers of
the deceased had committed suicide.
The jury, after a short consultation, returned a ver-
dict of " Temporary Insanity."

REMARKS ON THE PROPOSED INCREASE
OF ATTORNEYS' FEES IN THE COUNTY
COURTS.

TO LORD BROUGHAM AND VAUX.