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PRICE 4D• STAMPED, s°.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT TO ,A YOUNG
LADY AT CLIFTON.'

It appears that Miss Mary Richmon4,-the young
lady who was killed by falling from the cliff called
. St. Vincent's Rocks, Clifton, was the daughter of
the Rev.' Mr. Richmtmd, a Church of England
clergyman, residing at Wick, Gloucestershire, and,
as already stated, grand-daughter of Leigh Rich-
mond, the author of " The Dairyman's Daughter,"
B:.e. The unfortunate young lady was on a visit to
Clifton, and was staying at Arlington-villas with
her aunt, Mrs. Marshall. On Saturday afternoon
Miss Richniond went out for a ramble on the

Downs, in compani--"Witi Miss Marshall, one of
her cousins. The two young ladies walked about.
for a considerable time,' and-shortly after 4 o'clock
Miss Manshall returned _home, leaving her cousin,
who wished to stay a little longer, on the Downs.
After this Miss Richmond is said to have made a
small purchase from one of the stone-fellers, who
polish small specimens
of stones found in the dis-
trict, which they dispose of to.visitors, and two of
these men saw her approach the edge of the cliff '
opposite the Observatory. The summit of the rocks
at this point must be something near 300 fact from
the Hotwell-road, which runs . along the bottom.
On this dizzy height it is supposed the poor girl,
not having: he slightest apprehension of danger,
commenced gathering some small plants, several of
which Were afterwards found in her pocket ; and
while thus en gaged she unconsciously approached too
near the edge of the cliff, and, falling over, she was
precipitated to the bottom of the rooks,and was almost
dashed to pieces. Any person who has visited the
huge rocks of St. Vincent will remember the high
peak above the Giant's Cave ; the face of the rocks
is almost perpendicular, and the height, as already
stated, must be near 300 feet. About half-way
down there is a small plateau or projecting part,
and anything falling from the top would first strike
this projection. It was from this high peak Miss
Richmond fell, and, rebounding from the plateau
we have alluded to, she was dashed to the bottom
of the abyss into a small shrubbery on the Hotwell-
road. Two or three young men immediately rushed
to the, place where the unfortunate young lady had
fallen, but from the terrible nature of the injuries
it may be imagined that death was almost instan-
taneous. A police-constable, who was on duty in
the neighbourhood, was quickly on the spot, and
the body was lifted into a light cart that was pass-
ing at the time, and conveyed ,to the General
Draper public house, where it was seen by Dr.
Creighton, who pronounced life to be extinct. The
scene of the catastrophe was visited on Sunday by
thousands of persons, and a general opinion seemed
to prevail that a barrier should be run along the
top of these dangerous cliffs for the protection of
the public.
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Yesterday afternoon the coroner for the district,
J. Baker Grindon, Esq., held an inquest on the
body, at the Queen's Hotel, Clifton.

It 'appeared from the evidence of Miss Henrietta
Marshall, daughter of the late Rev. James Mar-
shall, that Miss Richmond, who was 17 years and
8 months old, had been on a visit at Arlington-
place for about six weeks. She was fond of botany,
and used to betanise during her walks whenever an
opportunity offered. On Saturday afternoon wit-
ness and the deceased went to walk on the Downs,
and they parted soon after four o'clock, Miss
Richmond staying behind for the purpose of gather-
ing some flower.
Mr. Henry John Houlton, a booking clerk in the
Great Western Railway Company's offices, deposed
that he was on the Downs at the time of acci-
dent, and saw theoung lady walking on the edge
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of the precipice. She leant over the cliff, and then
stooped forward, and appeared to be picking some-
thing. She then slipped. She extended her hands
as if trying to grasp at something to save herself,
but the effort was vain, and she fell over the cliff.
Witness went and gave information to a policeman,
and then went down to her, but she was dead. Her
death was purely accidental.
Mr. Bryant, a dealer in minerals and fossils, also
described the accident. On the Wednesday pre-
vious he saw the young lady on the Suspension-
bridge Pier. She had got outside of the railings
placed for the protection of the public, and was in
so dangerous a positions that he spoke to her, and
warned her of her peril. She merely smiled, and
went to a place more dangerous still. On Saturday
she was in a very dangerous place when she fell.
She must have pulled off her shoes to have got to
it, the grass was so slippery. She fell from a height
of about 310 feet. Witness lost sight of her when
she slipped until he saw her bounding out from the
rock, about 200 feet down.

Elias Burston, a mineral and fossil dealer, gave
similar evidence.

Edwin Castle deposed that he was walking under
St. Vincent's Rocks at near :5 o'clock on Saturday.
Hearing a sound as of loose stones falling from the
cliff near the Giant's Cave, he looked up, and saw
what appeared to him to be a bundle of clothes
falling down the rocks. In a moment he perceived
a woman's petticoat, and he was running to call
back some men who were on before him with a cart,
when he heard the fall of deceased into a shrubbery
at the foot of the rock. Witness at once went back,
and found the body lying on its right side, the
head being covered over with the clothes. He
observed blood about the legs and person of the
deceased.

Police-constable Barry, No. 279, of the Clifton
division of police, deposed to having been informed
of the accident by the witness Houlton. Ile at
once went and found the body quite dead amongst
a tuft of trees at the bottom of the rocks. Dr.
Crichton was sent for, who pronounced life ex-
tinct. The witness produced the bonnet of deceased,
which had been found half-way down the cliff.
One of her boots was found on the top of the rock ;
the other had been picked up there, but was gone.
The Coroner, in summing up, referred to a matter
mentioned by one of the jurors as to the possibility
of providing some more sufficient protection. He
said it seemed difficult to guard against persons
throwing away their own lives, as had been the
case in two or three instances. _ . _

The jury returned a verdict of " Accidenta
Death."

A MAIDEN LADY BURNT TO DEATH

A melancholy circumstance occurred in the pretty, 1:
quiet town of Cosham, on Tuesday, the 19th inst.,
which has caused a considerable sensation, and
resulted in the death of the unfortunate lady who
was' the subject of accident. It appears that
two elderly maiden ladies named Farley, have been
living together for sometime at East Cosham. They
were in comfortable circumstances, but live very
retired, keeping no servant. They were of some-
what eccentric habits, their neighbours knew little
about them, and they were in a great measure iso-
lated from society. About six weeks back the un-
fortunate deceased exhibited most unequivocal
signs of aberration of mind. She called upon some
of the inhabitants at Cosham, • expressing her fears
for the safety of certain persons' lives, and behaved
so wildly that Mr. Baker, druggist, thought it to be
his duty to inform Sir Lucius Curtis, a country ma-
gistrate residing on the spot, of the state of mind
of deceased. Sir Lucius sent word to the parish
officers, who unfortunately did not see the necessity
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for their interference. On the morning o
above-named day a next-door neighbour saw f
snioke
arising from the back of the house .of the deceased.
She went immediately to ascertaim.
from whences
Farley lying
the smoke proceeded ; she found Miss
on her back upon the stones, enveloped
A bucket of water was immediately thrown over
the sufferer, while the friendly neighbourrushed,
into the house, from which volumes of smoke were
issuing. She found a Bible and Prayer-Booker-Book on
the carpet smoulderin.;..eshe extinguished the fire.
By this time Air. 11 ild y, surgeon, had arrived.
it found
Upon examination, was that Miss
Farley was
muchburnt about the body,
but not sufficiently, so to cause death. Her.,
wounds were dressed, but the deceased tore off the
bandages, saying she was not in pain ; they were
again replaced, and she was put to bed. All
seemed going on well until Wednesday evening,when violent pains came on, which drew the most
fearful shrieks from the unhappy sufferer until ,
half-past 10 o'clock, when she expired. About
one hour before she died the pain subsided, and she
informed the medical man that on Tuesday " a
spirit came to her, and told her that if she burned
a certain passage in the New Testament she would
see a miracle. She did as commanded, but the
spirit then said she had not read it sufficiently,
and set fire to her." On Thursday afternoon an
inquest was held on the body at the George Hotel,
before Mr. Longcroft, coroner for the county, when
the jury, a very respectable one, brought in a ver-
dict to the effect " that the deceased was of un-
sound mind, and that death was occasioned by the
conjoint effects of the burning and the shock given
to the system."—Hampshire Independent.

THE PRICE OF GRALN.—We are informed that
the principal Burton brewers have fixed the price of grains
ut id. pertuhel for to enoulus seabou.--.D04 /avorur•