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TUE BURNING OF THE PASSENGER

STEAMSHIP AUSTRIA.

y the Persia, which arrived at Liverpool yes-
teraay morning, we receive full details of the burn-
ing 't#f the steamship Austria, of the Hamburg line
of packets. As already stated, 67 persons were
rescued by the French barque Maurice. Twelve of
these were transferred to the barque Lotus, which
arrived at Halifax on the 26th ult. Among'', these
twelve were Mr. Chartres Brew, the recently ap-
pointed inspector of Police in British Columbia.
The following narrative furnished by Mr. Brew,
was telegraphed to the New York Press :
" I took passage at Southampton on the 4th inst.
in the steamship Austria, Capt. Heydtmann, which
left Hamburg on the 2d. We sailed at five p.m.
the evening being a little misty ; we in conse-
quence anchored between the Isle of Wight and the
main land ; sailed again at four o'clock on the fol-
lowing morning. In weighing anchor an unfortu-
nate accident occurred, by which one of the crew
lost his life. Owing to some mismanagement the
anchor ran out, whirling the capstan round and
hurling the men in all directions. Two were
severely injured, and one thrown overboard. He
is supposed to have been instantly killed, as he
never rose to the surface.
" From the time the ship was laid on her course
we experienced strong westerly winds. On the 12th
the weather was more favourable, and on the 13th

a speed of eleven knots had been attained, and al
were in high hopes of reaching New York by the
18th. At a little after 2 o'clock p.m., I was on the
quarter-deck. 41 saw a dense volume of smoke
burst from the after entrance of the steerage. Some
women ran aft, exclaiming, The ship is on fire !
What will become of us ?' The ship was instantly
put at half speed, at which she continued until the
magazine exploded, from which I infer the en-
gineers were instantly suffocated. I only walked
from where I was on the quarter-deck to the waist
of the ship, when I saw the flames breaking through
the lights amidships. As the ship was head to the
wind the fire travelled with fearful rapidity.
"I then went to the man at the wheel, and told him
to put the vessel with her side to the wind. He
hesitated—probably did not understand me, as he
was a native of Hambur. I then got a German gen-
tleman to speak to him. At this time I saw some
persons letting down the boat on the port side of the
quarter-deck. What became of the boat I don't
know, but think she was crushed under the screw.
I then went to let a boat over from the starboard
side of the deck, but the moment we laid our hands
on the ropes there were so many people who
crowded into it that we could not lift it off the
blocks. We therefore left it for a few minutes until
the people got out, when we returned and launched
it over the side of the ship, when, the people all
rushing into it again, it descended with great vio-
lence into the water, and was instantly swamped,
all the people being washed out excepting three,
who held on to the sides. We then let down a
rope and pulled up one person, who proved to be
the steward. Another, in the act of being hauled
up, was strangled by the rope.
" The fire now came on too fiercely to attempt
to-get up any more from the swamped boat. All
the first cabin passengers were on the poop,
with the exception of a few 'gentlemen, who
must have been smothered in the smoking-room.
Many of the second cabin passengers were also
on the poop, but a number of them got shut
into their cabin by the fire. Some of them were
pulled, up through the ventilator, but the greater
number could not be extricated. The last woman
who was drawn up said there were six already suf-
focated. We now perceived that the ship had got
her head to the wind again, so that the flames came
over the quarter-deck.
" In consequence of the crowd, I could net get to
the wheelhouse to ascertain the reason. but I was
informed that the helmsman had deserted his post,
and that the vessel, being left to herself, headed to
the wind of her own accord. At this time the scene
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relatives looking after
seeking
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on the quarter-deck was indescribable and truly
heartrending.to
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Passengers
relatives, mothers lamenting the loss of their chil-
dren, some wholly paralysed by fear, others madly
crying to be saved ; but a few perfectly calm and
collected. The flames pressed so closely upon them
that many jumped into the sea ; relatives, clasped
in each other's arms, leaped over and met a watery
grave ; two girls, supposed to be sisters, jumped
over and sank kissing each other. A missionary and
wife leaped into the sea together, and the stew-
ardess and assistant steward, arm in arm, followed.
One Hungarian gentleman, with seven fine chil-
dren, four of them girls, made his wife jump in,
then blessed his six eldest children, made them jump
in one after the other, and followed them with an
infant in his own arms.
"I, at this time, was standing outside the bul-
warks, holding on by the davits, leaning out to
avoid the flames. which were leaping towards me.

I saw a swamped boat under me, spinning by a rope
still attached to the ship ; as the oars were tied in
her, I thought if I could get to her I would be enabled
to save myself and others. I let myself down by a
rope, passing over a man who was clinging to it,
but who refused to come with me. I took out a pen-
knife to cut the tackle ; the large blade broke, and:
I then severed it with the small blade. The ship
passed ahead. As the screw approached I found
the boat drawn towards it. I tried to keep the boat
off, but the screw caught and capsized her over me.
I dived away from the ship and came to the surface
near a boat which was keel upwards ; I got on
her, and by pressing on one side, with the assist-
ance of a wave she righted, but was still
swamped. The oars had been knocked out by the
screw ; the only thing I could find in her to paddle
with was some laths nailed together as a sheathing
for the sides. _ .

was a quarter
" When I looked around, the ship
of a mile away from me. I could see the ladies and
gentlemen jumping off the poop into the water in
twos and threes, some of the ladies in flames. Se-
veral hesitated to leap from the burning ship until
the last moment, as the height was 22 feet, and
were only at length compelled to throw themselves
off to avoid a more painful death. In half an hour
not a soul was to be seen on the poop. I pulled
after the ship and picked up a German -who was
swimming strongly ; I got him beside me on the
boat, and we paddled after the ship with the laths.
I now saw a vessel under sail approaching ; she
reached the steamer about 5 p.m. We continued
pulling towards them, and about half-past seven
o'clock, after being five hours in the water, got
within hail of the sailing vessel, which put off a
boat and took us on board. She proved to be the
French bark Maurice, Captain Ernest Renaud, of
Nantes, bound from Newfoundland for Isle of
Bourbon, with fishy She had, up to that time, res-
cued 40 passengers of the burning steamer, chiefly
taken on the bowsprit, though a few were picked
up floating around. At about eight o'clock one of
the metallic boats came up, with about 23 persons
including the first and third officers ; afterward.;
three or four men were picked up, floating on a
piece of the broken boat. The second 'officer was
taken up, having been swimming, with nothing
to float him, for six hours. The second and third
officers were severely burned ; one male passenger
was burned frightfully, and some other male pas-
sengers slightly. There were but six women saved,
three of whom were burned in a shocking manner.
" Capt. Renaud acted with the greatest kindness.
He gave clothes as far as he could fiirnish them t,)
the suffering passengers, and acted as nurse, doctor,
and surgeon to the burned people, dressing the
wounds of the females with a delicacy and tendmi-
ness that evinced a benevolent and amiable dispe-
. .
sthon.
"I did not see an officer of the ship during' the
fire, and am certain there was not one of them or the
crew on the poop, except a man at the wheel for a
short time. I understood that when the captain
heard of the fire, he rushed on deck without a cap,
and when he saw the flames exclaimed, ' We are
all lost.' He tried to get out a boat, which when let
down, was swamped, and he fell into the sea, and
was soon left far behind. The. fourth officer was
in this boat. He cut her loose from the davits • she
was carried under the screw and smashed, and se-
veral in her drowned. Three or four men escaped
on a fragment, and were picked up. by the Mauricir,
as before stated. About the same time one metallic
lifeboat was let down from the port bow and
swamped, but got cleared away with about 33 par-
sons in her, including first and third officers and
several women. The men in this boat capsized her
two or three times, in trying to clear her of water.
Ten persons were thus drowned, including soiie
women. They afterwards bailed her out with life
preservers cut in two, and pulled. to the I'vlaurige,
having picked up two or three passengers before
reaching the barque. Altogether there were p 7
souls taken into the. Maurice during, the night.
" A Norwegian barque came up with the steamer
the next morning, and a boat was observed goin g
around the burning ship. They mayhave picked yip
a few persons, but only a very few. The Maurce
had no communication with the Norwegian. At
about 7 o'clock the Maurice sailed for Fayal. to de-
posit the rescued passengers. At about 2 o'clock
the same afternoon she fell in with the barque
Lotus, Captain Trefy, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia,
from Liverpool for Halifax. As I was anxious Ito
get on British territory, Captain Trefy kindly gave
me a passage. He was also anxious to take all the
American citizens, but there was such a rush lof
foreigners into the boats that only one load of 11
could be got off, and even several of these were
breigners.
" The fire is known to have arisen from very cut-

pable negligence of some of the crew. The captain
and surgeon considered it expedient to fumigate
the steerage with burning tar. The operation was
to be performed by the boatswain, under the
superintendence of the fourth officer. The boat-
swain heated the end of a chain to dip in tar to
produce smoke. The end became too hot to hold,
and he let it drop upon the deck, to which it set
fire. The tar upset and immediately all about was
in flames. A feeble attempt was made to extinguish
it, but without effect. There was nothing at hand
to meet such an emergency.
" The rescued passengers saved nothing but the
clothes on their backs, and even the greater part
of these were torn off and otherwise lost.
" Six hundred souls were supposed to be on
board, including many women and children. Mr.
Brews is the only British subject saved."
Professor Glaubensklee (one of the rescued) had
likewise furnished a narrative, coafirmatory of Mr.
Brews' statements. He adds, lowever,—" Our only
hope now being in two vessels in the distance,
one of which—afterwards proved to be the Maurice
—approached us slowly; the other, further off, steer-
ing west, took no notice of us, although she was sig-
nalled to do so by the captain of the Maurice."
The freight of the Austria was exceedingly
valuable, and consisted for the most part of costly
silks, satins, and velvets, which were intended to
supply, the winter trade. The insurance on the
vessel is about X'70,000, and will nearly cover her
loss. She was insured in Europe, chiefly in Ham-
burg and London. The insurance on the cargo is
uncertain. The total value was 'supposed to have
been not less than 400,000 dols., and may have been
450,000 dols. or 500,000 dole.
The New York, Herald say, s :—" It is thought
that the captain of the Austria was accidentally
pushed overboard by the terror-stricken passengers
while in the act of lowering one of the lifeboats,
and that he was endeavouring at the time to pre-
vent their crowding into it. He has always, it is
said, borne a high reputation for coolness and pre-
sence of mind in the midst of danger."
A few of the passengers of the Austria were
being conveyed to New York by the steamer Prince
Albert, which vessel was been by the Persia enter-
ing her port of destination on the 28th ult.
The following are the names of the survivors
on board the Maurice :
Crew —L. Kuhn, first officer •, B. Heitman,
hcond officer; G. Bernett, third officer; C. Mehae-
lis, boatswain's mate; C. Place, quartermaster ; N.
Surgeuzen, sailor; H. Richter, boy; S. Freibold,
fireman ; E. Avindolph, steward; C. Poll, engineer's
assistant.

Passengers—Maria Friedrich, Prag ; Rosalia
St. Big, Lobsenz ' • Betty Ergau, Lemberg ; Cathe-
rine Tinkel, New York ; B. Rovendamon, Scharrn-
beck ; Trina Hoschel, Bremerforde ; Stanz Mesmer,
New York ; B. V. Dudek, Dresyen ; D. Cohn,
Cologne ; F. Reinlanmer, Cologne ; Jacob Rill,
Balerk ; Franz Fritz, Mainz ; Emil Taz, Engau ;
Dr. Scheek, Cologne ; W. Becker, Soling ; T. Urpfer,
Elnville ; C. Leink, Chicago ; L. Shiner, Pochlo-
witz ; C. Lukma, Cincinnati ; T. Hoentoe, Leu-
zen ; Benbow Wildness ; Leuzen ; F. P. Retke,
Leuzen ; C. Vollersen, Cappelu; Fredrich Stabner,
Barinford ; Ferdinand Stabner, Barinford ; H.
Osbar, Bremerbeck ; C. Becker, Blomberg; A.
Lars, Cappelu ; N. Bicks, Holzen ; H. Werde,
Holzen ; C. Bucholz, Holzen • H. Haas, Berlin ;
Peate Soagner, Worms ; Willf Milslow, Worms ;
Levy Bock, Tudorf ; S. Pollock, Rutzden • Philip
Muller, Aarau ; Ernst Witte, Weden ; A. lionstiel.
Mannheim; E. Wunschman, Liggen ; Lyon Wolf,
New York •, Frichel Wagner, Cassel ; James Smith
Murray, Alexandria, Va.
The following are the passengers transferred to
the Lotus, arrived at Halifax :—Charles Brews,
England ; Tram Polikeruska, New York ; Philip
Berry, Hackensack ; H. Randers, Sweden ; C.
Hoggnist, Sweden; C. V. S. Rosin, Richmond, Va.;
Henry Augustus Smith, Chelsea, Mass. ; John F.
Cox, Boston ; Alfred Vezin, Philadelphia; Theo-
! dore G. Glaubensklee, New York.

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THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.

It will be remembered that in a Trinity Bay
telegram, which we published on Friday, it having
been brought to England by the steam ship North
American, it was said that the Atlantic Cable was
again in complete working order, and that it could
be stated with accuracy that the signalS received
front Valentia were as perfect as ever. The follow-
ing communications, exchanged between the New
York directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company
and the manager at Trinity Bay explain the origin
of that statement, and also, unfortunately, show
that it was without foundation.

New York, Sept. 24, evening.
To the Associated Press,—Accompanying this, I
beg to hand you copies of recent communications
from the honorary directors of the Atlantic Tele-
graph Company and myself to Mr. De Sauty, the
chief electrician at the Trinity Bay office. Mr. De
Sauty's answer will be furnished for publication
without unnecessary delay. •
I deem it proper to state as the result of my
inquiries concerning the despatch of Thursday from
Trinity Bay, announcing the resumption of perfect
signals through the cable from Valentia, that the
announcement was made through a despatch from
the superintendent of the land lines in Newfound-
land to the agent of the Associated Press, and was
unquestionably reported in good faith ; but as the
information has not yet been confirmed by Mr. De
Sauty, who alone has full knowledge of all the
facts, I regard the statement as possibly premature.
It is conjectured that the-shore end of the cable at
Valentia must be taken up for a distance of several
miles, which, by reason of bad weather or other
unavoidable difficulties, may occupy three or four
weeks. The depth of water within 200 miles of
the Irish coast ranges from about 50 to 400 fathoms,
and it is not doubted that even 250 miles.of the
cable could be raised if deemed necessarE—ltespect-
fully, &c., CYRUS W. FIELD.
The call of the directors for definite information
was transmitted in the following words :
New York, Sept. 24, 10 a.m.
C. V. De Sauty, Trinity Bay :
Great dissatisfaction exists in this country with
the reserve maintained at Trinity Bay, in contrast
with the frank communications from Valentia to

the British public. Give us daily information of
the state of the telegraph under your charge.—
PETER COOPER, CYRUS W. FIELD, WILSON G.
HUNT, E. M. ARCHIBALD, WATTS SHERMAN.
New York, Sept. 24-12 M.

To De Sauty, Trinity Bay, N. F. :
Despatches from you and from Mackay are con-
tradictory. Now, please give me explicit answers
to the following inquiries :-
1. Are you now, or have you been within three
days, receiving, distinct signals from Valentia ?
2. Can you send a message, long or short, to the
directors at London ?
3. If you answer " no" to the above, please tell
me if the electrical manifestations have varied essen-
tially since the Ist of Sept. CYRUS W. FIELD.
The reply of Mr. De Sauty.
Trinity Bay, N. F., Sept. 24, 1858.
C. W. Field, New York :
We have received•nothing intelligble from Valen-
tia since the Ist of Sept., excepting feeling a few
signals yesterday. I cannot send anything to
Valentia. There has been very little variation in
the electrical manifestations.

DE SAUTY.
Mr. de Sauty to the Directors in New York.
Trinity Bay, N. C. F., Sept. 25, 1858.
Peter Cooper, C. W. Field, W. G. Hunt, and E. M.
Archibald, New York : .

I have not the least wish to withhold particulars
as to the working of the cable, and until I have
communicated with headquarters and ascertained
the directions of the manager of the company, I
will send a daily report of the proceedings. We
were not working to -day, but receiving occasionally
from Valentia some weak reversals of the current,
which when received are unintellkible.
C. V. DE SAUTY.,

Mr. de Sauty to Mr, Field. -
Trinity Bay, N. C. F., Sept. 25, 1858.
C. W. Field, New' York :

Your message received. The day before yester-
day commenced receiving current from Valentia
and was in hopes thaf.l shouldbe'atwork soon after,
So I informed Mr. Mackay. Then the current
failed. This will explain the discrepancy between
his and my messages.

C. V. DE SAUTY;
The following despatch was received by Mr.
Field on the 27th e

Halifax, N.S., Sept. 27, 1858.

Cyrus W. Field, New York—
I have arrived here on my way to Bay of Bull's
Arm, with instruments and regulations to test the
cable in concert with Valentia. Good and regular
currents from Newfoundland were received up to
the day I left Valentia (the 12th inst.), but no
words had been received since the 2d inst. The
testing show a loss of insulation three miles from
Valentia, but I hope to work through it. I leave
here as soon as possible. The' steamer for St.
John's does not start until the 7th of October, but
I shall try to get there by gunboat or otherwise
immediately.

LUNDY, from Valentia office.

SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT FRAMFIED,

FRAMFIELD (SussEx), SATURDAY.
Considerable excitement prevails in this place in
consequence of the death of Elizabeth Randall, who,
as alleged, was killed by her husband, Cornelius
Randall, the keeper of the Barley Mow publiC-
house, where the inquest was held. Several wit-
nesses having deposed to a quarrel and a scuffle
between the accused and her husband.

Mr. George Holman, surgeon, of Uckfield, said
—I was told I was wanted to go to Mr. Randall's,
at the Barley Mow; that Mrs. Randall was very
ill. I went directly. I found Mrs. Randall lying
in bed, quite dead. I should think she might have
been dead about half an hour. I then took but a
slight view of the body. I discovered on the left
side of the face a large bruise, extending to the
ear ; also some bruises of a similar kind on the
upper parts of the arms. The large bruise appeared
to be recent—about two or three days. I dis-
covered no fracture. The bruise did not appear to
be sufficient to cause death. It might have been
caused by a blow from a fist. It was not such as
would have been caused by a fall. I afterwards
made a post-mortem examination of the body. I
made a more minute external examination of the
body than I had done before. I noticed first that
the body was well-formed, and very corpulent.
There was considerable distension of the abdomen,
and slight oedema of the legs. On the left side of
the face there was a bruise, extending from the
left of the chin to the ear, and partly behind the
neck. This appeared to me to be of recent date,
namely, from one to three days. I also found similar
smaller bruises on each arm. I also discovered in
different parts of the body several bruises, of longer
standing, particularly a large one on the left breast.
On removing the scalp, I discovered a large bruise
extending about three inches towards the back of
the head with considerable extravasation of blood.
On removing the scalp-cap, the dura mater or cover-
ing of the brain was more vascular than usual,
particularly on the left tide. On removing the
dura mater, I found a clot of blood of considerable
size nearly correspondng with the bruise discovered
on the scalp. The brain, on both sides, was more
congested than natural, particularly on the leftside ;
but the appearance of the substance of the brain
was healthy ;. I next examined the chest. I found
the lungs and heart quite healthy. There was a
little fluid in the pericardium. I found a fracture
of the fourth rib of the left side, corresponding in
situation with an external bruise. I next examined
the abdomen. The liver was larger and of a paler
colour than usual, the gall bladder quite full • the
stomach nearly empty, not containing more than a
tablespoonful of fluid ; the coat of the stomach
rather more red than usual ; the intestines contain-
ing little in them, and healthy in appearance, as
well as the kidneys and other organs in the region.
The contents of the pelvis appeared natural. I
attribute the immediate cause of death to the extra-
vasation of blood on the brain, probably caused by
a blow or a fall ; I cannot say which.
Other witnesses having been examined,
Randall volunteered this statement : " lam cer-
tain that if I ever did my wife any injury, I did
not intend doing so."
The jury then returned a yerdict of Manslpghter
against Randall, who was committed•for

AN AFFAIR OF HONOUR..—A duel took place on
Wednesday morning between M. Jules Noriac, editor of
the _Figaro .Progranime, and M. Raymond Signouret, editor
of the Gatilois. The cause is said to have been a sharp paper
war which has been going on between the two Journals.
The meeting took place on the hoights of Chatillon, the wea-
pons chosen being swords. MM. Breilh and Warner acted
as the seconds of M. Signouret, and MM. Lucas and de
Mervin°, of M. Noriac. Five passes took plaQe without re-
suit; at the fifth the point of M. Signouret's weapon broke
against the hilt of his adversary's, when M. Noriac s pon-
tamously offered his hand to M. Signouret, and the matter
terminated,