The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-02
From the London Times.

Suicides in France.--A French gentleman.
(M. de S) belonging to noble family, lost
a Young wife whom he tenderly loved about
two years ago; he had very recently been
led to form second union the conduct of
the second lady seems to have been so dit
ferent from that of the first, and the compar-
ison with the former wife, so much to her
disadvantage, that NJ de S. became extreme
ly unhappy. He told several of his friends
that she would be the cause of his death.
| They advised a separation, but this he would
not agree to. On Thursday last he left his
home at ten in the morning, and proceeded
to the cemetry Pere la Chase. He was OBJ
served by one Of the sections, who rcmarke ed
the extraordinary grief evnced BY him up
on entering the church yard. M. de S.
walked up to the top of hill, and falling on
his knees before a small marble monument
erected to the memory of his beloved wife,
lie wept most bitterly. The sexton follow
ed him at a distance, and hearing the report
OF pistol, he fastened to the spot whence
the report came; here he found the unfortu-
nate gentleman stretched upon the tomb,
weltering in blood, and life extinct.
i A young man, named Frederick Formen-
tine, aged %, lately put period to his ex-
istence at Bordeaux. under circumstances OF
time paid his addresses to the daughter Of a
Matchmaker, and had essayed every meth
cd to obtain return of love, but his efforts
were unavailing; she evinced the sameindif-
ference towards him as she did to her other
admirers. The passions Of the young man
wound up to dreadful pitch, and despair
getting the possession of his mind, he re-
solved to end his sufferings by death Or
leaving the young lady on the afternoon oi
the 11th of November. he retired to his
\ chamber, and wrote letter to her, express
ing his love, lis despair, and his fatal deter
minaton. In few minutes the LITTER was
delivered and read. The Young lady terri
I fed at the strong and incoherent language
Of the epistle, Immediately few to the
4 chamber of Frederick. The door was moi
closed. she hastily opened it, and observing
Frederick holding pistol to his head, She
exclaimed Frederick stop, I will be
yours :" bu. whilst uttering these few words
the fatal weapon done its deet--FrSderic
! fell at her feet a corpse
Greeka and Turks Extract from a pr
vate letter received and published at Wen
ma, Dec. 90, from Constantinople le,-Tht
most interesting news they contain is, tha
pretty warm diapUtes have lately taker
place between the Refs Ffcndi and the
British Charge Il \ fairs relative to the af
fairs ofthe Peloponesus. On the other hand
the Porte has received information that
\ the Captain Pacha, as soon as he learnt thai
the Greek fleet under Miaulis had appearot
near Missolonghi, hastelad 10 leave the
coast to avoid the battle which seemed to be
imminent. This news las greatlv displeas.
ed the Sultan, and it was generally believed
that the Captain Pacha would be disgraced
A letter from Guayaquil. of 31st Of Oct.
! received at Boston, says, ",The steam boat
which lately arrived here from England
started hence about month since for Lima
but when at sea three days, was obliged t.
put in for fuel. In her passage from here tc
| Guarmey, she likewise put in 3 or 4 times
tor the same reason. The owner of the
boat who had invested his whole fortune tc
the amount Of S90,000in her, was SO much
d scouraged, that while the passengers were
at dinner, with exception of five on shore
cunning, he went below and fired pistol in
to the magazine. The whole quarter deck
of the vessel was blown into the air, passen
gers were killed, and several wounded. Mr.
Sweet of Boston, who was on shore, lost al
his baggage and many valuable papers. j
is supposed the owner, who was an Italian
was insane at the time he fired the pistol, al
though five minutes before he was sitting a
dinner and conversng as usual. The pas
) sengers killed belonged to this place, ant
were very respectable people"
From the New-Yorlz Statesman
Female Patriotism.-.In the speech of Mr.