An inquest was held on Saturday, at the Half-way-house on
the Kensington Road, on the body of Lucy Brown, a remarkably fine- looking woman, who had committed suicide by leaping off the bridge into the Serpentine River. The evidence disclosed that she had lived servant with Mr. Ingall, wine-merchant, Thames Street ; who, under promise of marriage, seduced and deserted her in the most unfeeling manner. He kept up a correspondence with the young woman under the name of James Johnson, after she left his service; and the follow- ing letter, read in court, was that which appears to have driven her to despair- " Saturday, 14t1t September 18:-.9. " My dear Lucy—I am extremely hurt at your letter that I got yesterday. You ask me what my intentions are towards you. Good Gml you must know them as well as Id°. All 1 can say is, that if unfortunately, you have a child, 1 must of' course support it to the best of toy means; but it, on the control"-, you are mistaken, I. think it best for both of' us to separate ; for my irther told me this morning, that, rather than let me be connected with you in ally way, she would prefer following me to the grave. I only wish I was there. I am at present m such a state of mind that I have been ping to make away with myself; for I have got enough poison in my desk to kill a dozen people, and. V I do make the attempt, I shall do it effectually. "I remain, yours ever, "Jim ---. " Why did you not tell me of it last night, when I saw you?"
A letter found upon the corpse of the deceased, and addressed to j, J. It. I., ran thus-
4vidy dear James—Do not expect to see me any more ; for my life has been a misery to me since last Saturday, that I received your letter. I have been in the utmost distracted state, and a lonely wanderer over the face of nature ; sad whatever tny fate [here occur some words which cannot be clearly de- ciphered] and that is fixed on yourself, for I never can cease to love, but with lire itself: Give toy kind love to all that asks after me. Good by, God bless
you. North Street." " Lucy BROWN."
Some of the Jury wished this Mr. Ingall to be brought before them ; but the Coroner said there was no use in examining a man who could write such a letter as they had heard read. lle ought to have been the protector, not the destroyer of the young woman. Verdict, " Tempo- rary Insanity."
Early on Saturday morning, a fire broke out in the lower part of the Albemarle Hotel, and spread with frightful rapidity. The damage done amounts to several thousands of pounds.
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