Glasgow Courier. — 1853-03-22 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

DEATH OF M. ORFILA.  M. Orfila, the eminent physician, died the 12th instant, after a severe illness, ag was by birth a Spaniard, but was nat  Paris on I 70. He Wised ii _ _  Orfila  may tire said to have commenced with his ' Treatise on Poisons, or General Toxicology.' The next works published by him, which acquired European reputation, were the Elements of Legal Medicine' and • Lessons on Legal Medicine,' which went through several editions, but he was also the author of many other works of almost equal celebrity. During the whole of the reign of Louis Philippe M. Orfila remained at the head of the Faculty of Medicine, but after the revolution of February the provisional government revoked his functions. In the course of his researches 'into the action of poisons M. Orfila performed numerous experiments with animals, some of which, from the great suffering that they occasioned, induced a belief among persons who were not personally acquainted with him that his nature was cruel. This, however, was very far from being the case. He was humane and benevolent, and it was with great pain to himself that he was compelled, in order to make science useful to his fellow creatures, to perform some of these experiments. In the celebrated Lafarge ease M. Respell, who was opposed to him, disputed with great energy most of his statements, but without effect, and subsequently the opinion expressed by M. Orfila in opposition to that of M. Raspail, as to the absorption of poisons by the human body after interment by contact with the earth, to such an extent as to reveal the presence of a quantity which would lead to a supposition that it had -been administered during life, has been confirmed by most of the eminent men who have been examined on such questions before Courts of Assize. M. Orfila suffered physically for some time before his death, and had been long a severe mental sufferer from affliction, caused by the illness of his son, who had become epileptic, and no affected in mind that it was found necessary to place him in a Maison de Saute.—Ga/ignani.  • SUICIDE AT PAEI Mlle. Marthe, the actress (who committed suicide). was interred on Saturday. Although she had committed suicide, the clergy made no objection to the body being received in the church and performing the religious ceremony. It appears now that the suicide of Count Camarrata was not caused by any act of infidelity on the part of Mlle. Marthe, but by his losses at the Bourse. Mlle. Marthe was in London when she heard of this event. She left Loudon immediately, without her servant, and arrived in Paris. Here she received a small box which had been sent to her by the Count, and whichcontained /letter, a family watch, and some other objects. The le tterfrom the Count told her that he was utterly ruined, and not being able to obtain assistance, it only remained for ' him to die. This box was deposited by Mlle. Muth, with her notary. Mlle. Marthe was much affected, and became seriously ill. On the day preceding her death, a commissary of police demanded the bon which had been sent to her by the Count, and which he said contained family papers of importance. She refused to give it up, and a rigid search was made by the police, but nothing belonging to the Count was found. This visit shook the nerves of Mlle. Marthe, but she had promised to sup with some friends, and she contrived to appear gay during the evening. On her return she told the porterees who ' attended on her, not to come into her rooms until late the next morning, as she felt fatigued. At the same time she asked the porteress to hand her a charcoal brazier to warm some coffee. She had given an appointment for the next morning at , nine o'clock to a gentleman with whom she had formerly been on terms of peculiar intimacy, but whom she had been in the habit lately of consulting as a friend in money matters and family affairs. This gentleman arrived at nine o'clock, and rang the bell of Mlle. Marthe's apartments without receiving any answer. His fear was excited, and he went to the boudoir, the door of which he found was fastened on the inside. He sent for a locksmith, and, the door being forced open, the room was found filled with the fumes of charcoal, and Mlle. Marthe was lying dead on the floor, and near her three charcoal braziers...4w° of her own, and one she had borrowed from the per. terms. Mlle. Marthe was rich, independently of what she was receiving from her profession. She has, it is said, left property to the amount of newly wee francs a-year.