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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1858.

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' 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.
" When I looked around, the, ship was a quarter
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 Ave hours in the water, got
within hail of the sailing- vessel, which put off a
boat and took us on bon'rut.. She proved to be the
French bark Maurice, Captain. =Ernest Renaud, of •
Nantes, bound froin IN-ewfoundland for Isle of
Bourbon, with fish. 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 ; afterwards
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 furnish them to
the suffering passengers, and acted as nurse, doctor,
and surgeon to the burned people, 'dressing the
wounds of the females with a delicacy and tender-
ness that el-liked a benevolent and amiable dispo-
sition.
" 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,.cxcept 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 feurth officer was
in this beat. lie 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 Maurice,
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 per-
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 persfins were thus drowned, including some
women. They afterwards bailed•her out with life
preservers• cut in two, and pulled to the Maurice,
having picked up two' or three pasSengers before
reaching the barque. Altogether :there were 67
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 may have picked up
a few persons; but only a very few. The Maurice
bad 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 to
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 of
foreigners into the bOats that only one load of 11
could be got off, and' even several of these were
foreigners.

THE ATLANTIC TELI?GRAPIL

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
from 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 Atlantie Tele-
graph Company and myself to Mr. De Sauty, flat
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 front
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. Th 3
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 sever
miles, which, by reason of bad weather or ot' aer
unavoidable difficulties, may occupy three or f our
weeks. The depth of water within 200 mile of
the Irish coast ranges from about 50 to 400 fatly .oms,
and it is not doubted that even 250 miles or the
cable could be raised if deemed nceessa rv.-- :11 .Isp et -
fully, &c., . CYRUS W. FIELD.
The call of the directors for definite infc,rmation
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 Va len-
tia since the Ist of Sept., excepting feeling a. few
signals yesterday. I cannot send - anythin.g to
Valentia. "There has been very little variation in
the electrical manifestations.

DE SAITTY.
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 unintelligible.
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 that:l should be'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 SALITY-
The following despatch was received by Air.
Field on the 27th :

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 shows 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.

" The fire is known to have arisen from very cul-
pable negligence of some of the crew. The captain
and surgeon considered it expedient to fumigate
the steerage with burnin,„,, 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, confirmatory of Mr.
Brews' statements. He adds, however,---" Our only
hope now being in two vessels iu 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 £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 dols.
The New York Herald says :—" 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 endeavourino• 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 seen 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 :

LUNDY, from Valentia office.

SHOCKLYG TRAGEDY AT FRA.MFIELD,

FRAMPIELD (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 h'eld. 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, exten ding 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 side. 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 left side ;
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 Manslaughter
against Randall, who was committed for trial.

Crew —L. Kuhn, first officer ; B. Heitman,
second officer; G. Bernett, third officer; C. Mehae-
lis, boatswain's mate; C. Place, quartermaster ; N.
Surgeuzen, sailor; 11. Richter, boy; S. Freibold,
fireman ; E. Ayindolph, 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. Durfelt, Dresyen ; D. Cohn,
Cologne ; F. Reinianmer, Cologne ; Jacob Rill,
Balerk ; Franz Fritz, Mainz ; Emil Taz, Engau ;
Dr. Scheek, Cologne ; W. Becker, Soling; T. Urpfer,
Elnville ; C. Len*, Chicago; L. Shiller, 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. Bionstiel.
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 Venn, Philadelphia; Theo-
dore G. Glaubensklee, New York.

SADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's rins.—when we con-
si er how uncertain are life and. health, and their-value is
appreciated by all human beings, it is strange to observe
how often men neglect the means of preserving these bless-
ings at even the most trifling cost. They pay heavily to
insure their premises from fire or their goods from acci-
dent on flood and field; but they often put off until it is too
late the expenditure of a few shillings on a box of Hollo-
way's Pills, which they might keep by thenas an unfail-
ing safeguard, as a charm which will protect the possessor
against all diseases. They must certainly do good if used
according to instructions given with each box,

AN AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—A duel took place on
Wednesday morning between M. Jules Noriac, editor of
the _Figaro .I;yurozanie, and M. Raymond Signouret, editor
of the Gaulois. The cause is said to have 1.10011 afliarp paper
war. which has been going on between the two journals.
The meeting took place on the heights of Chatillon, the wea-
pons chosen being swords. MM. Breilh and Warner acted
as the seconds of M. Signouret, and MM. Lucas and de
Norville, of M. Noriac.- Five passes took place without re-
sult; at the fifth the point of M. Signouret's weapon broke
against the hilt of his adversary's, when M. Noriac spon-
taneously offered his hand to M. Signouret, and the matter
terminatecl.

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FATAL COLLISION 0 7-7---.7."-----"""------ATHERAsTRITN
CO UNTIES RAILIVAE

NEWMARKET, SUNDAY NIGHT.
Shortly before twelve o'clock last night a collision
of a somewhat singular though painful nature, took
place on the Newmarket branch of the Eastern
Counties Railway, by which one of the company's
guards was killed on the spot, and another received
most severe injuries, placing his life, as we are
given to understand, in imminent danger.
From certain circumstances our reporter found
some difficulty in obtaining a full account of the
. details of the melancholy affair; but the subjoined
particulars, gathered on the spot, will give the
principal facts of the case. Owing to the ap-
proaching races at Newmarket, the company
have been called upon to convey a large number
of horses to that place to meet their engage-
ments, and consequently as each train discharged
its freight the empty horse boxes were sent back
to the Shoreditch terminus, for the purpose
of taking a fresh batch down. These empty
trains, which have been run as often as the ordinary
arrangements of the line would permit, have been
kept running for the greater part of last week, and
even up to so late as near midnight yesterday, and
it was to one of these trains that the mishap oc-
curred. It would appear that the train, consisting
of a large number of carriages, arrived at Newmar-
ket last evening, and having discharged its cargo,
started back for the purpose of proceeding to Shore.
ditch at a few minutes after 11 o'clock. The train
passed through Dallingham without anything par-
ticular taking place; but on nearing the Six-mile
Ifettom station the officials in charge heard some-
thing approaching it from behind, and every means
were brought into requisition to give some notifi-
cation to the driver of what proved itself to be a
train, but to no avail, for when within a short dis-
tance of 13c.thm the empty train vas run
int.) by the other, which turned out to be a goods
train which had come up from Newmarket.
Happily the first train was empty, there being
no persons in the train but those officials who werQ
necessary to work it up to town. These consisted
of the engine-driver and his fireman and two guards
named Charlei Titmarsh and Dickerson. The
other train, too, was fortunately a goods one, and,
therefore, as in the case of the other train, very few
persons were in it. Had it been otherwise the con-
sequences must have been most fearful • in fact, we
should in all probability have had to chronicle an-
other of those fearful calamities the inquiry into
which has just been brought to a termination. An.
other fortunate circumstance was that the
goods train was only partially loaded, it
being made up for the greater part with empty coal
trucks ; therefore the force with which it ran into
the other train must have been considerably
lessened. As it was, one of the guards of the first
train lost his life, and the other sustained grievous
bodily injuries. As soon as possible after the colli-
sion the drivers of the respective trains made an
examination into the state of affairs, and it was
found that the engine of the goods train had run
into the break van of the horse-box train, in which
were Titmarsh and Dickerson, both of whom were
much disfigured. Titmarsh was found to be quite
dead, but Dickerson, although severely injured, was
yet alive. The body of the unfortunate man was
conveyed to the inn nearest the Six-mile Bottom
Station, and Dickerson was placed under the
attendance of several medical gentlemen residing
in the neighbourhood, and who hearing of the catas-
trophe at once hastened to the spot to render what
aid they could.
Information was sent to town, and the superin-
tendent of the line, accompanied by other officials of
the company, repaired to the scene of the catas-
trophe for the purpose of making an investigation
into its case. The coroner for the district has also
been informed of the occurrence, and this evening
has issued his warrant for a jury to be empannelled
to inquire into the circumstances which led to the
death of the guard ; and on the assembling of the
jury no doubt the whole matter will be fully sifted.
`Pending this inquiry we forbear giving any opinion
as to the cause of the accident ; but we might say
that it is currently reported that the usual tail
lights were not attached to the rear of the first
train, and therefore the engine-driver of the second
was not aware that he was so close on the other
train until the moment of collision. This, how
ever, and the question as to why the goods train
was allowed to leave at so short a period after the
other, will be matters for the consideration of the
jury. Another rumour is thot the driver of the
second train disregarded the signals, and it is even
stated that they were pointed out to him by his
fireman. Both the unfortunate guards were mar-
ried, but Titmarsh had only been so a few days,
while the other has a large family.

THE FRAUDS IN THE WHISKY TRADE.

Edward Thurgood, described as a surgeon, and
John Riley, an agent, were brought up for final
examination, before Alderman Sidney, at tie
Guildhall, on Saturday, charged with conspiring to
defraud Mr. Christie, a spirit-broker, of Liverpool,
of 19 hogsheads and one puncheon of whisky--
value about £3OO.

Mr. Wontner appeared for the prosecution, Mr.
Sleigh attended for Thurgood, and Mr. Robinson
for Riley.
The evidence taken at the last examination hav-
ing been read over by the chief clerk, Leonard, a
detective officer, was called, and said—Since the
last hearing of this case I have been to Thurgood's
lodgings, and found there five one-gallon jars of
whisky and one two-gallon jar.
Mr. Wontner—That is the case for the prosecu-
tion ; and I hare therefore to ask you to send these
parties for trial for conspiracy.
Mr. Sleigh said if he had the slightest intima-
tion of the magistrate's opinion of the case, as to
his intention with regard to the prisoners, he would
not occupy the time of the court unnecessarily if
any observations of his would have no effect upon
the worthy alderman's view of the case.
Alderman Sidney he had come to the conclusion,
upon the evidence before him, that this was a case
that should be sent to a jury to determine.
Mr. Sleigh said in that case he would adopt the
course that he always pursued under the circum-
stances, but at the same time he might remark that
much irrelevant matter had been imported into the
case, which, on being inquired into elsewhere,
would throw a very different aspect upon the whole
matter.

Mr. Robinson said he could hardly think the
magistrate had quite made up his mind upon such
a serious matter, and he therefore drew attention
to the bona fide character of all Riley's proceed-
ings, which he contended were inconsistent with a
guilty participation in the offence charged.
Mr. Wontner said as this was a charge of con-
spiring to obtain goods by false pretences, the
magistrate might, in his discretion, refuse to accept
bail. The prosecution had been pestered with daily
notices of bail, and the officer had been constantly
employed inquiring into the stability of persons
who were found to be not qualified, and he there-.
fore hoped that for the ends of justice the prisoners
might be kept in custody until ti trial.
Mr. Robinson said Riley had not offered bail, and
he contended that the original charge of obtaining
goods under false pretences had been abandoned on
the charge of conspiracy being preferred, and lie
therefore trusted the alderman would not deprive
him of his right to bail under the present charge.
Mr. Sleigh—Though a very unfair proceeding on
the part of the prosecution, to seek to deprive
Thurgood of his liberty at a time when lie was pre-
pared with good and substantial bail,l by reviving
the original charge, which would t then leave. the
question of bail entirely at the magistrate's discre-
tion, at a future time he should prove that Thur-
good's character was very different to what it had
been represented.
Alderman Sidney then said, in his judgment he
had but one course open to him to pursue, from the
evidence adduced against them. He had i.ven
great attention to this case, and he thought it his
bounden duty to commit the prisoners for trial.
The prisoners reserved their defence.
Alderman*
with
Alderman Sidney said, regard to bail, the
practice of this court had hitherto been, in such
cases, not to accept bail, and he could not depart•
from that rule.
The prisoners were then fully committed for trial.

DETERMINED SUICIDE IN THE CITY.—On Satur-
day morning, at half-past 6 o'clock, a most determined
suicide was committed by Maria Drew, aged 28 years, re-
siding in Giltspur-street, Smithfield. It appears that the
deceased, who was in the employment of Mr. Jeffery s,
dentist, in the before-mentioned locality, had formed an at-
tachment to a young man holding a situation in a mercantile
hons,‘ in the Dui ink th 6. past week the deceased had
been in a low and desponding state of mind, through her in-
tended having discarded her for the sake of another, leaving
her enceinte ; and on her sister going downstairs she found
the poor girl in the water-butt, with her heels uppermost.
An alarm "was instantly raised, when police-constable Kett,
N 291, was immediately on the spot, and took the deceased
out in her night clothes. A medical man was called and
promptly attended ; he used every means to restore anima-
tion, but without effect.