Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1882-06-30 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

TIM SAD SUICIDE NEAR VIENNA.  EXTRAORDINARY LETTER. A distriesing statement penned by Marie DamainDa4noot, one of the two young women who committed i suicide near Vienna recently, s publiihed by the permission of her executor. It will be retni-mbered that at _ _ . . _ _ _ _ _  an early ;VidaTidal- inr;F. tie—e.a.lei.4,;";Kam-ir; of Count Henry Coudenhov. n, then s'aying at his father's \ chide tu of Ottenaheim, near Linz, carne upon the dead bodies of two hand roma and well-dreseed young women in the castle garden. The corpora were identified shortly after their discovery as therm of M trio Damaia-Dalmont and Alline de Renneville, French. women by birth, who had arrived in Linz from Vienna the previous moraine, and surgical examination of their remains showed that they had shot therndelves with revolverr. In the cue of Melte. de Renneville death probably ensued Instantaneously; but Marie Damain's dress showed signs of a long deeth agony. A packet of letters, sealed with blade wax and ad iredesd to the Chancellor of the French Embetray, his been found at the Vienna !oh ings of the d• ceased girls, containing a will signed by Marie Domain, letters to her mother, her sot, and two of her friends, end a written narrative of the circumstances prompting her to the tragical resolve, which she carried out within hearing if her betrayer. To this narrative e at appended the following touceine dec'arationt signed by Aline de R roneville:— ' Neither my friend Marie nor any one else has urged me to do this deed. I am abon't to die by my own free will, imply because I cannot live without my friend Merle." In a long doeu• went, dated June 10th, written by Mary Domain. Delmont, she says:—" Since April dart Tem. I have been Intimately conn-ctart with Count Henry Coudenhoven. Etrly in July I felt I was a mother. That was the ruin of my existence. lam far from cemplaining of the wellearned punishment for my weakness. . ." . What I have to reproach C' is euut Henry with is h subsequent conduct to me, whi rh has driven me to take this desperate stere . . . . Ii wse cruel of him to prevent me from returning to France, where I wished to go through the heavy tremble awaiting ma. This is what he said to me. 'Yo. have no right to leave the father of your child. I will never abandon you. This link binds me to you for ever. We will never part, and I will make you my wife as omen as cirenmetances will p emit me to do so.' Upon that I deemed it my duty to remain. I believed that hi would de his duty to the mother of the child, but I have since (cued out that all he wanted was to keen me for him for his o van gratification. Is-tar that thie is th I truth. Then he wrote to sue—'! pledge myself beferaband toile everything that means will compass to serve your future. I swear thie to you upon my word of honour as a gentleman. Keep Vile letter as documentary evidence of my promise.' It will be found amongst my papers, with merry others of a similar character. Towards the end of September lie left me to return to hit father. I remained behind at Dobliug, where we had been living together. I was obliged to sell everything I pommel, even to my bonnets. But for the help of two friends, who stood by me in my utmoet need, I must have died of star.vation. Hie father had me summoned before the Dobling Comanager, of Police, who insulted me so cru ,Ily that I was compelled to ante al to a lawyer for rrotection ; and subsequently in Viatica, before the Prefect of Police, who was nolit-r to nee in matters of form, but more cruel to me in fact and deed. He offered me 4,000 fining in exchange for a writt,n declaration that Count Henry Coudenhoven was rot the father of my child. This proposal I indienently rejected. Throughout the whole affair neither father nor am ehere to understand that • womanmay fall without eeading hobo hen*. My companion Aline, whose attachment to toe knows no tonnes, will not part from me even in death, I have done all I could to combat her sea lee; but she loves me better than aught epee earth, ant tt erefore will dio with me." In the will are the following pass iges :—"I leave nothing behind me in th's world nnt re y fon ile-lreloved child. Quitting It , a.! now do, my only c .re is for him. I wish him to remain in my deer natiee land unt I his fifth or sixth year --that he shall learn Frenele German. English. and, if neo3Ralle7. Italian theranghly well. He to only to be taught music if he shall nianifeet conspicuous musical talent. I esrnestly implore that, later on, no compulsion shall be exercised upon him with reap et to the choice of • career. I am a believing Catholic. but I will not have my son lemeght up by the Jadeite. He shall be confirmed, however, for I would not have him believe lii nothing like so many of my cantemporaries. In bis education special toren shall he laid upon be lily exercises —gymnastiee, riding, and fencing. Tease exercleas, equally useful to body and mind, are nowadays too Irequently neglected in favour o' intall ctual ettideee. With remoct to my boy's nationality. France is undeniably the fatherland of my heart (fa France ea sans doute la patrie demon coeur), but he In .y adopt that of his father if moved thereto by peedilection or conviction. I beseech Count Henry to fulfil tho e last willies of mine. If, be his whole) future life and by his behaviour to our chili, he will prove himself willing to make the boy happy, I forgiae him with all my hdart. If my OM should by any Aimee cnrao to know tie manner of my death make him be ieve Garet incurable dieeise prempted me to commit auicide. It would be hard upon the child that he should 1 no forced to bate his father,"  Tux RANTER MONDAY Velment% Rev!Ew.—General Princa E lewd of S xrt-We mar, in prwentins the reports of c fllmandins officers on the Volnot r Review at Portainonth on E niter Monday temarlte that not single oemolslat of the eonduct et the volunteers in Portsmouth had been htonaht to his notice. The General Weiss of the militaty appearance and conduct of the volutteen In terms of high praise.