The Sun. — 1847-11-13 (London, England)

ADDITIONAL PA RTIC ULARS.) We copy the following details of the suicide of Count Bresson from ditierent Paris papers. The Debuts says— " We have received very few details on the fright. ful event which has deprived France of one of her most noble children, the King's Government of one of its most distinguished agents, and a family, honourable in every respect, of a brother, of a husband, who justly formed its glory and its happiness. It is, however, certain that M. Bresson has destroyed himself. What can have been the cause of this fatal resolution ? Those who have known M. Bresson, those who have been able to appreciate the affection so true and so tender that he bore to his worthy father, to his wife, so distinguished in every respect, to his brothers—those who know how much he was the slave of his duties, are obliged to evoke their souvenirs, and to call to mind that some years ago he nearly died of a brain fever, and that after this terrible malady he remained subject to intermittent attacks which caused at times violent paroxysms of the brain. Everything, however, caused it to be hoped that the end of these crises would shortly be seen, every one appearing to lose in intensity. On 31st October M. Bresson was received in solemn audience by the King of Naples, who treated him with peculiar grace and distinction. The next day, after having occupied himself in his study in drawing up the dispatch which gave an account of his reception, he went to pass the evening at the theatre of San Carlo, returned to his hotel about midnight, and went to bed. It appears that about the end of the night he was seized with an attack of brain fever, that he rose, took a razor, and cut his throat before the chimney-glass. The noise of the fall of his body on the floor awoke the Countess Bresson, who ran to the spot, where she found her husband bathed in his blood. Our readers may judge of the dreadful grief of Madame Bresson. All assistance was useless—M. Bresson was dead." The Conservateur says— " A telegraphic dispatch, addressed to the President of the Council by the Charge d'Affaires of France at Naples, leaves no doubt as to the cause of the melancholy death of Count Bresson. This dispatch is thus worded :  " 'Naples, Nov. 2. " Count Bresson died last evening in a fit of brain fever. The Countess will embark, in three or four days, on board the Magellan, with the mortal remains of the King's Ambassador.' "It results, besides, from the folk wing extracts of letters from Count Bresson, that he felt himself for several days attacked with the malady of which he was so unfortunately the victim. Count Bresson wrote from Naples, on October 25, to the President of the Council :---` I arrived here the day before yesterday. I cannot say whether it is the effect of the fatigue or of the Pontine Marshes, but I have experienced some symptoms of fever, and I have not yet been able to recover my sleep. Fortunately my wife and my son are well.' On the 28th, after having written a letter, in which he treated of a number of subjects with great clearness of intellect, he added, I have been constantly suffering since I entered southern Italy. From the time I left Florence I have had neither appetite nor sleep. It is a nervous over-excitement, which will be necessarily followed by a great loss of strength. I see now how wrong I was to complain of the climate of Madrid ; it did not treat me so ill.' The letter written to the President of the Council by M. de Montessny, our Charge d'Affaires, informs us that from the time of the arrival of the ambassador at Naples he was really ill, but that he always refused to pay attention to his health." The Constitutionnel says— " We have sought with the greatest care for details calculated to throw some light on the tragic end of Count Bresson. We can guarantee the exactitude of the following :—Count Bresson, after having accomplished the Spanish marriages and returned to Paris, made known to M. Guizot that he could not return to Spain as ambassador; and that he considered the influences which surrounded the young Queen as powerful and lasting. Count Bresson did not the less insist with the Minister of Foreign Affairs on his claims to an eminent political position, He demanded the embassy to England, but this was refused him from political motives easy to understand. M. Bresson then went to London, and saw Lord Palmerston, who gave him an excellent reception. M. Bresson on his return again claimed the embassy at London, and dwelt on the favour which the English Minister had shown him. The pretensions of N. Bresson were again rejected, and he was obliged, notwithstanding his very great reluctance, to accept the embassy to Naples. M. Bresson had no fortune. On arriving at Rome he learned the revolution which had been accomplished in the circle of the Queen of Spain. He then greatly regretted having considered his return to Madrid impossible. He even wrote immediately to M. Guizot, asking him to be allowed to return to Spain as ambassador. He at the same time wrote to several of his friends at Madrid to announce his early return. Vain hope ! M. Bresson received a formal order to proceed to Naples. All the letters written by M. Bresson since his departure from Paris display great excitement. The persons who have seen Count Bresson in private, and who have had long relations with him, concur in saying that he was of a violent passionate character, and easily discouraged. It is certain that at Madrid he was attacked by a somewhat intense brain fever. Still his suicide has not the less profoundly surprised and afflicted all those who have had the opportunity of becoming acquainted with his rare qualities and his great intelligence. M. Bresson leaves a father of an advanced age, for whom he entertained the most tender affection. M. Bresson leaves a widow and a young son, who, after the celebration of the Spanish marriages, was created a grandee of Spain. The brother of Count Bresson is Advocate General at the Cour Royale of Paris."