The Express. — 1864-05-19 (London, England)

FUNERAL OF BACON SALOMON DE ROTIISCHILD.— Tlie funeral of Baron Salomon de Rothschild, at Buis. on Tuesday, was attended by an immense concourse of persons, including the principal celebrities in science, arta, and literature. Baron James de Rothschild, the father, and Barons Alphonse and Gustave, brothers of the deceased, were oresent as chief mourners. There were also to be ems M. Fonld, Minister of Finance ; Marshal Megalith, the Duke de Moray, the Duke de Persigsy, Count Walewski IL Vaitry. governor of the Bank, M. Forth& de 1.; Roquette, Y, Thins, M. Berry'''. General Cheapener, he. All the persons belonging to the firm of MM. de Rothschild and to the Northern and Strasburg Railways, and the pupils of the Jewish schools, followed in the cortige. At 10 o'clock the body wee placed on • beans, draw' by two horses, which proceeded along the Boulevard to Phe la Chaise, followed by • number of mourning cameos. is which numerous friends of the family were seated. After the usual prayers by the Grand Rabbi of the Gemmel Goosister, and the Rabbi of Paris, the mortal remains of the deceased were deposited is the family vault, SUICIDE IN dntore.—A highly interesting paper was received a few days ago by the AoarNmis de Medecine from M. Legoyt, Director of the Office of Statistics of France, on the number of suicides in Europe. From this laborious work it appears that suicides increase is a more rapid ratio than the population and mortality is general in Bavaria, Denmark, France, Hanover, Mecklenburg, Prussia, the kingdom of Saxony, and Sweden. Suicides are most frequent is Northern Germany and in the various parts of Denmark. Sweden and Norway, though belonging to the same race, are proportionally inferior to Denmark in that respect. Oontrary to a generally adopted opinion, England stands Dearly at the bottom of the scale ; and so do Belgium, Austria, and Spain. Fumes holds an intermediate position ; she would reek with the three last-named oceetries„ were it possible to eliminate the suicides of Paris, which are one-seventh of the total number in France. Generally, for every 100 suicides or men there are from 29 to 10 of women. The number of suicides increases with the age of individuals, at least until the age of 60. The number of suicides is generally lowest in Jensen. and highest in July. As to the causes, iosanity and physical suffering are about as active in producing suicide among men as among women ; as to the rest, the latter yield more to grief moat sicced by moral causes than men, who are chisdy affected by material afilictioo, such as loss of property. bankruptcy. he. Drunkenness and debauchery only form an insigoificoot item among the causes impelling women to suicide. In Denmark, Spain. and Saxony, the only countries when it has bees possible to obtain reliable information on the subject, married people are least subject to commit suicide, sod widowers on the contrary are most liable to it; but suicides occur most frequently among married people that have been divorced or separated. In Prime' in the course of two years, there were 153 suicide' of protestants per million, 51 of lerosilitee, and only 47 of catholic., per minims of each, Suicides are much more numerous in capital cities than is the country. The general result of all these investigations shows a universal sod rapid increase of suicides. The author is of opinion that the is attributable to unlimited competition, to the immoderate thirst after wealth, to the progress of public instruction which excites ambition, to political agitation, and to speculation. SALE OP THE EARL OF ELOIN't4