The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-17 00:00:00

SUICIDE OF .4 FOREIGN MERCANTILE AGENT.

Mr. G. S. Brent, the deputy-coroner for Middlesex,
held a lengthened inquiry last evening, at the Middlesex
Hospital, touching the death of Van Brecob Frieswicke,
aged 31 years, a native of Holland, who died in the above
institution on Sunday last, from the effects of having
swallowed a quantity of nitric acid (aqua-fortis), on the
2d ult.
The details of the case are as follows :—On the
morning of the 2d of last month the deceased was
lodging at No. 7, Clipstone-street, Fitzroy-square hav-
ing only taken the apartments the day previously,
although he had lodged there before, and he called out
from the window of his room to the policeman in the
street, that he had taken poison, and wanted help, at the
same time throwing down the latch-key. Two constables
went in and removed him to the hospital, where he was
at once attended by Mr. Corfe, the resident medical offi-
cer. He seemed after some days to rally, but fatal symp-
toms ultimately supervened, and he lingered, as stated
above, until his death. After taking the poison, a letter
was found written by him, addressed to the " Magistrate
of Marylebone," wherein he stated that his body would
be found and taken away by his friends, that all neces-
sary expenses would be paid, and he hoped that his
name might not be allowed to appear in the newspapers.
Mr. Palmer, the landlord of the home, stated that
the deceased had first come to him last December, under
the name of Charles Lewis Vincent, fresh from the Con-
tinent, and as a foreign agent. He also told witness
that he had travelled a great deal, having been to the
Californian gold diggings, New Orleans, and other parts
towards South Ame'-ica. That he was now a mercan-
tile agent in a large way ; and witness believed him,
seeing him with plenty of money, and paying a cabman
12s. a day to go to the docks, the Custom-house, &c.
When he left to go the first time it was to the Conti-
nent, in great haste. His proper name was only ascer-
tained thr3ugh the agent of foreign firms in Birchin-
lane, City.
Mr. Corfe said that the deceased was most respectably
connected, but had, unfortunately, got in with some
brothel-keeper in a street off the Strand, who had since
sent in a bill to the agent of 12 guineas for lodging. A
Swiss girl of the same house also visited him in the hos-
pital. A gentleman from the Foreign-office, to whom
he had applied for 25L, also called some time since, and
stated him to be of the highest respectability. The de-
ceased, when pressed as to the commission of the act,
would only reply, " family matters."
It was stated that he had a wife and two children in
his own country. The post-mortem examination clearly
showed the poison to be the cause of death.
The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the
medical evidence, leaving the state of his mind at the
time an open question.

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company present,
who partook of it, and declared it was
perfection,and
yt4hihp elatead vices from the Australian
colonies we learn that 12,000 emigrants and 152 ships
hadE aduringthe month of Decem-
ber.