The Sun. — 1862-02-01 (London, England)

AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.— The village of ROMUZat (Dro.m. P) was last week the scene of a murder and attempted suicide under the following circumstances :—A young man named Arthaud, of a rather dissipated character, had repeatedly made offers of marriage to a young woman of the same place, Eugenie Richaud, but sho had always repulsed his advances on account of his idle habits. Last week, however, he paid her another visit, and meeting with a refusal as before, he took advantage of her mother's momentary absence to stab the poor girl several times in the neck, and inflicted wounds, which caused her death on the spot. He then cut his own throat, but did not succeed in killing himself, though for some days recovery was doubtful. He is now is the infirmary of the prison at Nyone, awaiting his trial,  - ;NE WSPAPER, ft§sts 4/417 liAet MANCHESTER, Jan, 31.—There ha- '-f.t*- cam.'' general business in cloth to-day, but thotiarkfl is s still very quiet. Previously, this Week, the business done was chiefly for the India trade, but yesterday and to-day the inquiry has extended to descriptions of cloth suited to other markets. There is no change in prices, all departments showing great firmness. There is no other feature of improVement, and the tone of the market is dui :s Ia the yarn market there has been rather more activity than on Tuesday. though there was an improvement. then as compared with last week. Prices are a shade higher. The German and home trade houses have been the principal buyers. The Germans have shown a disposition to do a great deal of bosiness • where they unlit] meet, with yarns at moderate' prices, but the complaint has been-' Very general amen!! them Of their inability to meet, with h'anYlthingi at the rates of Tuesday. ,They have shown a good deal of anxiety to lay hold Of lots where-they could be had at a fraction under this. day's quotations, and would pay the rates quoted on Tuesday, having ' apparently acquired mote confidence in the stability of the high terms recently ruling, which it is generally believed now will be maintained for some time to come. So many mills have closed, however, that yarns are difficult to meet with ut lower prices than the improved quotations to-day. There is more confidence in the yarn market generally than for some weeks past. Mr. John Platt, the eminent machine maker at Oldham, stated at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday that he did not believe there was as much distress in this part of the country us there had been in previous years of our history.; and thisS statement is in accordance 'with the opinions of most well-informed people here, and that expressed by the leading, journals. It may be interesting to notice that, notwithstanding the opinion recently expressed by Mr. Roebuck, that the working men of thi4.country did not avail themselves of the savings bank, the returns froni..-thoS6 establish. meats in this part of England sl6w very-favourably in this respect; In a classification of depositors . issued by the Manchester Savings Bank it is stated that the number of cotton spinners, weavers, and their assistants who have accounts with the bank is 13,997 whose deposits average £26; silk spinners, weavers, Sze., 2,315, average deposits £3O ; mechanics and handy craftsmen, 14,624, average deposits £2B; other classes of working people, such as warehousemen and porters, shoemakers, tailors, dyers, bleachers, packers, bricklayers, and labourers, printers, cabinet makers, joiners, railway guards and porters, gardeners, their labourers, &c., 18,191, wtth average deposits varying from £25 to £39; milliners, dressmakers, &c,,4,719, average deposits £23; domestic servants, 2,538 males and 22,159 females, average deposits, £24 ; friendly societies (mostly of working men), 751, with average deposits of £224; total 49,127, exclusive of domestic servants, and 23,326 minors not classified; gross total of all these classes 97,159 out of 172,390 persons having accounts with the savings bank. The total deposits amount to £1,306,329, of which the working classes hold a fair proportion, the highest average of any class being 139.  7'liß