The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-10 00:00:00

THE LATE MR. BRETTELL.

PARIS, Saturday.—We mentioned two or three
days since that some friends of the late Mr. Alfred
C. Brettell entertaining suspicions that the eaP.
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of his death had not been truly stated, hau,l
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plied to the Procureur imperial for a
examination. The funeral took place
beforepostnof
Y.
order on the subject was made. But the result „,: a judicial inquiry has so far confirmed the grounds
for suspicion that the authorities have thought 1'
right to have the body exhumed. A post mortal
examination was made this day by Dr. Tardialt
the eminent surgeon usually employed in such
cases, and the contents of the stomach, the bear"
liver, and lungs, enclosed in two sealed jars, WT.
been taken away to be examined. The subject
causes so much excitement among the English resi-
dents of the Faubourg St. Honore, and is so gene"
rally talked of, that I no longer fear to pre.i?"h'eaa
any one by giving an outline of the case as it
been represented to me. Mr. Brettell was e
gentleman of large fortune, amounting, as a°1127.
say, to 60,0001., and as others say, to 1.00,0 k
The whole of this fortune is understood to be left
to an English lady, now in Paris, who was no re;
lation to the deceased. He was in a bad state el
body, owing to intemperate habits, and d
appear-,that he was shaken and injured a go-ol
deal by the fall from the box of his carriage, whll,
occurred, not at Chantilly, as stated by re,l3;
take, but on the Lamarche race-course. le;
that accident he was taken home and placed under,
the care of his ordinary medical attendant, DZ'
M'Carthy, an English subject, but a licensed main;
ber of the French Faculty of Medicine. no g9„-s
considerably better, and Dr. M'Carthy did not
consider him in any immediate danger. However'
whether by his own wish or not I have not heard'
a Dr. Jones, who it seems had attended hire. °n
previous occasions, was sent for by telegraph frti
London, and it is alleged that Dr. Jones proceeli
to treat him without putting himself in cominll.4"-:
cation with Dr. M'Carthy, which it is said, scene
ing to the medical etiquette usually observed, 'd
ought to have done. This Dr. Jones administered
to the patient a white powder which he took from
his waistcoat pocket, and two hours after takilt
thispowder Mr. Brettledied. !cow the circumstanuv.,
which which aae considered to call for explanatini
on the part of Dr. Jones are that he at first sign'
a certificate that deceased had died from epilepsy
that he subsequently stated that he and PP'
M'Carthy were both prepared to certify that ef!,:vt
cession' of the brain was the cause of death (tile
being that Dr. M'Carthy declines to concur in. sae
such certificate), that be has on several occasions
admitted that the medicine he administered to -n;
Brettle was a most potent one, and that when
pressed to say what it was, his only answer iti"
" That is my secret." On being interrogated I'll
the commissary of police, and asked to produeest
specimen of the powder, he said he had none le' '
but he finally wrote a prescription for making it 11Pt.
Although the circumstances certainly call for tlaax
thorough ,investigation which they will receive, t
cannot help thinking that it will turn out tolin
there has been no wilful poisoning in the case. t.„
the meantime Dr. Jones has been ordered not 1"
leave Paris, and is under surveillance.

The Independanee Beige states that the Diet Of
Frankfort, in its sitting t f Tliursdey last, declare'
it 9 adhesion to the protocol of London, relative
the principality of Neufchatel, and decided that It
would adhere to the Prussian demands as to the
enlargement of the political prisoners.
Mr. Richardson, the accomplished flautist, while et.
tending a rehearsal, a few days since, at the Surrey Gl!'
,
dens, was seized with paralysis, and it is feared 141
never be able to play again.
SinzußE.-:-On Friday Mr. Vanstone, one of the 511 i
pervisors of the Excise, and Mr. Bullen, an officer of
the same establishment, seized a rather extensive atilt is
Baron-street, Clerkenweil, in full operation.
M ---
E ROYAL NAVAL SGHOOL.SonIe of the former
pupils have f6rmed themselves into an association 'o;
the purpose-Of erecting in the chapel of this scboe to
marble monument to the memory of their fellow etude°
who lost their lives during the late war.
,
Sin COLIN CAMPBELL.-=This popular general a.— r
at Fort-George on Wednesday night. A great teonl
of people had assembled at the station at Nairn to I.
look at the decorations prepared to celebrate tae
versary of the opening of the line to Inverness, and gtr
Colin having been recognised, they gathered round t't
door of the carriage in which he bad taken his Place'
and with great enhusiasm gave three cheers in bdrisir
of the gallaet leader of the Highland Brigaie.
Colin very courteously acknowledged the complinieljeci
eowing repeatedly to the people. The general apPert.
to be in excellent health. Sir Colin is visiting -03,c.,„
George, we understand, in pursuance of his duty 0,1;4
spectoi-General, of Infantry. He was accompanied
two aides-de-camp.—lnverness Courier- ce
A LONG StrSPENSE.—We reported some wee.' n
the trial by courlentartial of Lieut. Henry Allan Murl
—",
Deane, of the 22d Regiment, on the charge of /welit,
ing to fulfil an agreement entered into by him for
liquidation of a debt contracted by his fatherin laN
t 'wards the mess account of tbat regiment. Oh t, .t
charge Mr. Deane has been under arrest since the era%
week in May last, but up to the present time no CO,,
firmation of the finding 'of the court-martial has bei'to
Made public. Without referring at all to the mere
of-this case, we may be allowed to say that this long',
coed period of arrest is in itself a severe punishnon
:id almost sufficient to meet the requirements 014
crime of a more serious character than that ambit;
against Mr. Deane. Lord Ernest Vane Tempest t
terly complained of the suspense in which he was ker-
at the time of his eicapade at Brighton, but that et M
pense was only for as many deem as
_Mr. Deane hs
suffered for months.—Hampshire Telegraph.