The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1824-10-20 (London, England)

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.  There is now In the workhouse of St. Hartin's-in-the.Fields, a young man. who has more than once lately attempted the dreadful act of self-destruction, anti who is now lying in a precarious state in con•quence of the last attempt of this kind, which took place on Saturday. His story is a peculiarly distressing one. He is now about 3d years of age, and was bred to the wine trade, in which he some few years ago commenced business on his own account, with good prospect of success. He married, and fur some time {sited happily, and his business was prosperous, but he met with loans, become a bankrupt, and was driven upon the world without a shilling. lie, however, procured a situation as a clerk to a wine merchant, where he remained a considerable time, but for the last few months he has been without employment, and SlitliJitt destitute of the means of subsistence. To add to his misery his wife deserted him, and went to live with a man in Jermyu-street, St. James's, where she still resides. A short time ago the unforturttte husband made an attempt upon his own life, which was frustrated, and on Saturday last he went to the Black-horse pt.blic.liouste in Osendon-street, Haymarket, where he wrote a letter to his wife, informing her that his miseries could no longer he borne, and that no earthly power should then prevent him from inga putting refi in, ge from executionrsthfoenduesniegnin v.thl:eicgrli ahveehadilioenadit added, char fheseheaki procured that which would very speedily end his sufferings; in short, hcforr she gut the letter he should, in all probability, be no more, and if she chose she might have an oppottunity of seeing the corpse of her husband, if she came to the house front whence he wrote. The wife, upon receiving this note, went to the Black Mcrae, where she found her husband extremely ill, the drug which he had taker. having betrun to operate rattier powerfully. listing, with great eistlneve, ir.formed the people of the house of the con. term el the letter, with a gratuitous remark of her own, that she I knew he had no real intention of destroying himself, she went away, leaving them to do the best they could with the unfortunate man. lifedical assistance was procured, and lie was conveyed to the tworklinusc of St. Martin's, where he confessed that he had pnrchased small quiistities of opium at different shops, until he had procnred what he thought would be sufficient to destroy life, anti he had taken the whole of it. Powerful emetics, and other remedies usual in stash cases were administered. and during the whole of Saturday sight the medical attendants remained with him, the greatest difficulty being experienced in preventing hhn from falling into a sleep, which must have been the sleep of death. The skill and •ttensioo of these gentlemen succeeded finally in 1 saving his life for the protest, but lie is, as we before stated, still i extremely ill. His affltetionate wife has carefully abstaiaed from 1 obtreding herself into his presence.  The Ohl Raney Sessions commence on Thursday week. ACClllENT.—Vestertlay afternoon, as Mrs. Smith wu .nursing her infant in Palace-row, 110 i-street, Mary-labonne, the child spiting from lyr arms, . and fell in the court underneath. It was dr,•adfully bruised, and the right arm and leg fractured ; the skull was much injured,- and hide hopes are entertained Gf its recovery.