The Sun. — 1825-01-29 (London, England)

SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE.  Thursday evening an Inquest was holden at the Three Cups public-house, Oxford-road, on view of the body of Christina Marie Briscolie, aged 19 years, who put a period to her existence by poison, on Tuesday last.—Louisa Morcani, of No. 7, Drew's-place, stated that the deceased was. niece to her husband, Carlo Morcani, a manufacturer of artificial flowers. The deceased was much noticed by the various persons for whom Morcani did business, and finally was offered an eligible situation in a very eminent florist's house in New Bond-street, which she accepted, and where she had the misfortune to attract the regards of a gentleman ranking high in life, who ultimately effected her ruin, and took her with him into the country, where she remained until the birth of an infant, which dying soon after, the deceased was abandoned by her seducer, and in the month of last October she returned to London, her spirits quite broken. During this interval, she had occasionally assisted witness in the management of the business, Morcani being in Italy ; but her constant wish was to return home to her native country. On this subject she had repeatedly written to the person by whom she was seduced, entreating such percuniary assistance as would enable her to quit England, but only in two instances were her letters answered ; the one was a little before Christmas, conveying a direct refusal ; and the latter was about ten or twelve days ago, when deceased received a letter from him, enclosing a 101. note, with a few words of unkind import; one expression was to this effect:—" You say that the death of your child has tended to impair your health, and to incapacitate you from pursuing. your business as hitherto. This is of a piece with the artifice of your sex. Who ever dreamt of meeting with such sublime feelings in the bosom of an Italian flower-girl ? I only regret that you did not accompany your heart (which I never believed to be mine), and then I should have been freed from both incumbrances at once. The enclosed will be the last assistance you can expect from me, and is more than I have any right to give you." Witness stated, that since the receipt of this letter deceased wept both by night and day. and talked in so wild a manner, that she began to apprehend her reason was fled. On Sunday she appeared more composed than usual, and intimated a wish to attend the service of the Mass at the Spanish Ambassador's Chapel. Witness could not accompany her, bUt she went with a young Italian girl, who knew her when she lived at the house in 131:rd-street ; from that time until Tuesday morning she was quite calm, though melancholy. On Tuesday she went out under a pretext of visiting an acquaintance in Manchester-street, and did not return until near seven o'clock in the evening, and when questioned as to the cause of her staying so long, she replied, " I hare settled every thing this day, but it has cost me many tears." Witness thought that she alluded to her departure for Italy, and observed-----'Christina, you must not think of going; there is no occasion for it, particularly as Morcani is away." Deceased said, " Yes, yes, but I must. Oh, God forgive him that forces me to such an act !" She then said that she had some matters to arrange, and went up stairs to her room ; in some short time witness followed her, and found her sitting at table ; witness pressed her to come down, but she declined, and begged them not to disturb her. Witness did not see her until the servant girl informed her that Mademoiselle was in a fainting fit ; and upon going up to the room, she found her lying on the floor to all appearance dead. Witness used various means to restore her, but without effect, and she went fOr a surgeon, who declared that it was all over, the deceased having swallowed poison. Mr. Dubois, surgeon, was called to assist the deceased on Tuesday evening, but perceived his assistance was likely to prove ineffectual, as all pulsation had ceased for some time. He adopted the ordinary modes of treatment, such as administering emetics, &c., but without effect. The stomach pump was introduced, and a great quantity of Clack matter extracted ; yet every attempt to restore animation proved abortive. The contents of the stomach proved to be laudanum, in a quantity of greater magnitude than he had ever witnessed In any similar case. Verdict— " That deceased committed suicide by poison, whilst in a state of temporary derangement."  An ELOPEMENT took place from Sloane-square On Wednesday morning. The parties are a Mr. a gay young clerk of five and twenty, and a Miss F-, who resided in the next house to the young swain, aged twenty, and as it is reported will become possessed of an independency when of age, in addition to personal charms. The parties were traced to Sun-street, Brampton, where a hackney-coach sat them down at a pastry cook's, and it was ascertained they had taken a post-chaise to Hounslow, and thence to Windsor, where they hired a single horse chaise, and were overtaken refreshing themselves at an inn at Egham by the lady's brother, and she reluctantly returned to Charlon's at Hounslow, the George Inn, the same evening, with her brother.