Suicide Prevented.
On lWlednesday morning, a young gentleman-iamed Roper, who for some months past bas occupied apartments in a boarding.house at Camrden-town, attempted to put a period to his existence by poison, which rash design was bapily frustrated by timely discoverv on the part of a female servant, wh'o lived in the house. Mlr. Roper is, it appears, very respectably connected in Nottinghamshire, but, from some misunderstanding with his friends, was induced to remove to the metropolis, where he unfortunately indulged in a love of gaming, vhich very quickly re(ltced hinm to the necessity of seeking assistance from home, whic'h, for a time, was granted ; but repeated demtns of thiat nature are seldom long complied with even by MiA uuunultess taauio,rc -, anxt to a presming solicllation for pecuniaryhelp, made about a fortnight since, a peremptory denial was.returt,ed. Tihis disappointment produced an Immediate and vi- sible change in the character and spirts of the deluded young man from being a pleasing and fltlimated companion, he became sullen, norose, and peev,ish; the repeated deinands made by the tradespeo- ple with whom he had incurred debLs, seemed to aUgmellt the irrita- tion, and serious fears were entertainedl of his meditating some in. Jury to himself, however, during the past week, his temper assumed a more placid character, and all suspicion gave way. On Tuesday evening, he accompanied a party to Covent-gardern Theatre, where he seemed in high spirits; on that night he did not return to his lodgings, saying he should take a bed at itie house of a friend. B een 11 and 12 o'clock the following day, he went home, and lo.ked extremely exhausted, and tn the m lost painful dejection of' spirits. He soon after retired to his bed-chanimber, where lie swrote two letters for the night's post, both addressed to members of his family; those letters he handed to the servant, and in great trepidation begged her not to neglect despatch- ing them in time; he also remarked that he had not slept anx the previous night, and would get into bed, and desired, ehotd any person call on him, to say he was from home. In the afternoon the girl went up to his roein with some refreshment, and founti him lying on the bed in his clothes, to all appearance life- less, his eyes fixed and glaring, aned every feature fright. fully distorted. 'I'he terrified Young woman immediately in- formed the family of the circumstance, and surgical assistance was directly procured. The ordinary means resorted to in such cises were tor a considerable tine tned, without producing the desired effect, the functions of the stomach being mucb impaired by the rapid action of the poison. Repeated emetics, administered under the most discouraging prospects, at length succeeded in extracting the drug, which, on analyzation, proved to be a compound of arsenic and opium. Tb'he unhappy young man has since continued In a muse melanchojly state of mind, and but indifferent hopes are enter- tained for his perfect restoration, either to health of mind or body SUlICIDE PREVENTED.