The Sun. — 1863-08-01 (London, England)

LAMENTABLE SUICIDE.—Last night Dr. Lankester held an inquest at the King's Head, Swintonstreet, on the body of James Twohig, a corrector of the press, aged 68. The deceased had formerly been a hard drinker of spirits, and had what the coroner said was called a gin liver. One of the witnesses attributed all the mischie, to dram drinking. He lived at 30, Swinton-street, Gray'sinn-lane. He had suffered for some time in the kidneys. He could not rest at night. On Thursday morning about 4 o'clock he got out of bed from the room on the groundfloor, ran up stairs, and threw himself out of the secondfloor window. His wife was horrified to find that it was the body of her husband that passed her bed-room window. He was dead. The coroner said that persons who drank upset the nervous system. It was much better to remain in bed when sleepless than to get out, and so increase the restlessness. Verdict--Temporary insanity.  The Court of Assizes of the Seine yesterday trie two commission agents, named Krieg and Verel, the former residing at Marseilles and the latter at Parie, both representatives of the firm of Nadiroff and Co., silkmer chants at Tiflis (Georgia), for forging and despatching two telegrams to Tiflis, on the 18th April last, with intent to injure the brothers Stepham and Martiros Termykertitchiang. silkmerchants at Tiflis and Paris. It appeared refrom the evidence that on the 27th of April, Stepan ceived at Tiflis two telegrams from Paris, apparently from his brother Martiros. One of theme following sent off at 10 am. on the 18th, and contained lower ; silk words :—" Wool and cotton, much higher, , receiving two bales wool; bus "This morniness very bad at present." The other was couched as followe :-ing's Cespatch annulled; await letter." On May 14, Martiros received a letter from his brot Martiros at once her stating that these two despatches had greatly embarrassed him. endeavoured to discover the authors of them, and traced them to the prisoners, who forwarded them to promote the interests of the into ofdei principals, Nadiroff and Co., by keeping Terms time. out of the market for a time. Krieg at once confessed that he had forwarded the first, despatch to -Veva in Paris by letter, requesting him to send it to Tiflis, and had been enabled to give it an appearance of reality by seeing the two bales of wool inscribed in a ato he same had practised, ship's manifest. Verel confirmed this statement, and added that having, after reflection, repented oefs p the despatch fraud h he sent off the second d day to prevent its doing any mischief. The me prisoners both declared that they were not at first aware of the gravity of the act they hadcommitted, seemed very penitent. The counsel for the defence and argued that their clients had not been guilty of forgery in the legal sense of the word, and denied that the brothers Termy_ kertitchiang had any claim for dam that view of the case, broughtinaavgeersd The jury, taking verdict of not guilty, and the Coart, in pronouncing their must be decidedby a Civil Tribunal. acquittal, said that the question o damages A pleasure yacht built for the Empress by MM Mazeline of Havre was launcheu the day before yesterday in the Vauban Basin, Its dimensions are—length, 18 metres, and breadth, 3m,75 c. It has two screws, both aft, worked by engines with tubular boilers constructed after designs by M. Cody, an engineer attached to MM. Mazelines's establishment the internal fittings are mahogany. 1 he hull is made of sheet steel, and any. This yacht is intended for the use of the Empress between Paris and St. Cloud. Its draught of water is about 24 inches, and its speed nine knots an hour.  The French Minister of the Interior has awarded one first cicss gold medal, three first class and 70 second class silver, for acts of courage and devotedness performed during the month of April last. The Minister of Marine has also given two first class and nine second class gold medals, 16 first class and 44 second class silver, and 66 official certificates of satisfaction, for similar acts in saving vessels from sh Lr_d clLtivikt.