The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-08 00:00:00

OFFICIAL REPORT OJT THE CHOLERA IN TILE BLACK SEA FLEET. We give today the continuation and conclusion of Sir W. Burnett's Report, the first portion of which ap peared in The Sun of Thursday. Albion.—About the 11th of July, when at Baljick, diarrhoea began to prevail amongst the crew of the Albion. From that date to the end of the month 147 cases were placed on the sick list ; they were, however, not severe, of a bilious character, and readily yielded to treatment. During the early part of August the number of diarrlaceal attacks increased, and gradually assumed a more severe form. On the 9th a case presenting all the characteristics of cholera occurred, and soon afterwards it was followed by others differing widely in their degrees of severity. On the 12 or 13th the ship went to sea, with the other vessels of the fleet, and for three days subsequently the diseaseraged with great virulence. During that period the number of attacks amoun t e d t o 57 , and the deaths to 36. On the 16th the number of attacks fell to 5, and on the following day, when she again anchored at Bal. jick, to 4 ; so that the violence of the malady had greatly abated two days before she returned to the anchorage. The disease reached its maximum of severity on the nights of the 14th and 15th : out of 25 cases which oc curred at the latter date, 22 proved fatal. There is no means of accounting for the great fatality on that day,- unless by supposing that the emanations from these previously affected had accumulated, and acquired a much more deadly influence from imperfect ventilation in consequence of the state of the weather. The attacks in many instances were so sudden, that many men fell as if they had drunk the concentrated poison of the upas tree. The surgeon remarks that the attacks were neither more general amongst one class of men than another, nor were they more numerous among the weak than the strong, for Many of the healthiest and most robust of the ships' company suffered. There was, however, only one case amongst the boys, and one amongst the officers ; but as to why, there is no means o f explaining. It may have been the result of mere chance as regards the former ; but as regards the latter, they were perhaps less exposed in the badly ventilated parts of the ship, and possibly their mode of living may in some degree have rendered them less susceptible of the exciting poison. Whether the men had been much employed on shore, or had com munication with the shore through boats, is not stated. Trafalgar.—ln the nosological return from the Tra .falgar, the surgeon remarks that " on the 6th of August we were congratulating ourselves on the healthy state of the crew, there being only 23 men on the sick list, while the land forces on shore at Baijick were suffering most severely. From the Ist to the Bth of August the ther mometer averaged 75 degrees on board, the barometer 29.37 degrees. The weather was close and sultry, und the wind blew from the southward, partly off the land, until the Bth. On that evening it shifted, and blew a very hot blast from the shore over the encamp ment lately occupied by the French. On the morning of the 9th two cases occurred ; the man first attacked had been on shore during the preceding day, and had eaten freely of plains. Two other cases occurred the same evening, and during the night there were about six." At daylight on the 10th the ship sailed, in com pany with the Vengeance and London, and though attacks both of cholera and diarrhceas continued to occur for a few days, still the force of the disease ap pears to have been checked by the sea atr, and the ship returned to the anchorage on the 17th comparatively free from it. Altogether there occurred 164 cases of diarrhoea, and 116 of cholera ; 33 of the latter termi nating in death. The progress and decline of the dis ease will be best shown by giving the daily number of deaths : On the 9th (the day on which it broke out) there were 2 deaths; 10th, 7; 11th, 7; 12th, 3; 13th, 4 ; 14th, 4; 15th 4 • 16th, 2. Of those attacked on the 9th, 7 died ; 10th, 12 died ; 11th, 7 died ; 12th, 2 died ; 13th, 5 died ; 14th, none. In fact, the attacks subsequently, though numerous, were principally of a diarrhceal nature. After the ship returned to Baijick, there were four additional deaths ; two of the patients were attacked on the 21st, one on the 22d, and the fourth on the 24th ; and three occurred between the 9th and 29th September, when the ship was off the coast of tao Crimea, though these cases appear to have been contracted at Baijick also, viz:, one on the 3d, one on the 6th, and one on the 7th September; at all events the disease was developed on these days. Thus the total loss from cholera in this vessel during the months of August aud September amounted to 39 men. Furious—The crew of the Furious were likewise at tacked with the epidemic on the 9th of August at Bal jick. Previously, however, she had visited Constan tinople, where she lay from the 17th to the 20th of June, Some of the crew were allowed one and others two days' leave, and, as was to be expected after three or four months' cruising ire the Black Sea, they committed the usual kinds of excess peculiar to seamen. " Boats from the shore were at the same time permitted to lie alongside, in which were -sold several kinds of fruit, bread, and the poor hard cheese of the country." Yet though the weather was intensely hot, it does not appear that their health suffered in the slightest degree. On leaving Constantinople, she ran along the coasts of Asia Minor and Circassia, calling at several places by the way ; and having skirted the coast of the Crimea, she reached and anchored at Baljick on the 4th of August. The ship's company were subse quently employed in clearing out the hold, watering, and in other duties of a laborious nature. "For some days previously to the sth, the wind blew from the westward over an immense tract of level, unculti vated land, covered with a wild vegetation; the sky was obscured with heavy lead-coloured clouds ; the atmo sphere, though not very hot, was sickening and ex tremely oppressive." At 4 a.m. on the 9th of August the first case of eholera . occurred, and iu the evening the disease began to spread with fearful violence ; conse quently th vessel went to sea with the fleet, and Conti nued cruising for several days successively. The re freshing breezes of the open sea soon arrested the pro gress of the malady, while those already attacked began to show symptoms of amendment. Altogether tare were 7:e cases of diarrhoea and 29 of cholera, 19 of which proved fatal within a few days from the date of its erup tion. Though this vessel could not have been anchored at any great distance Irons others of the same class, yet she su ff ere d much inure severely. This can only be explained by sup posing that her crew were more exposed to the exciting cause, either on shore while watering, or subsequently in their own vessel, after the cases became so numerous as to produce an infectious atmosphere between decks. Th e effect produced by her running to sea was, however, widely different from that whiclioc curred in the Britannia ; in the one the disease bega n to declin e i mme di ately after she left the ancho ra ge 1)7 iu the othe r , i n consequence of imperfectventilatio;n, became greatly aggrava.ted. it Tribune —Tile only other vessel in which the epidemic made its appe arance on the 9th was the Tribun. She arrived at Baljick from liaffa on the 3uth of July ; her crew appear to have been attacked with diarrhoea about the same time as the crews of the other vessels present and on the 9th of August there was one death from cho lera, and another on the 11th. She went to sea on the 12th, but returned again on the 17th, being then nearly clear of both forms of disease. - Rodney—On the following day, the 10th, cholera made its appearance amongst the crew of the Rodney, though, as in most of the other vessels, it had been pre ceded by diarrhomal attacks. She went to sea on the 12th, and again returned to Baljick on the 20th, having in the interim lost 7 men by the disease, which appears to have abated soon after she left the anchorage. She 'also lost one man by cholera in September ; it was sup. posed that he contracted the disease on shore, while assisting to remove the wounded from the battle-field of the Alma. Ireeuvius—One day later than in the preceding vessel, the disease declared itself in the Vesuvius. She had been employed during the greater part of the month of July blockading the Sulina mouth 6f the Danube • and tip to the sth of A ugust, when she arrived at 'Baljick, there • had been no appearance of cholera or any. other sickness amongst her crew, While at Baljicle the boats' crews bad communicated with the shore, where both the disease and, it is to be presumed, its exciting cause existed at the time ; conse quently, on the evening of the 11th, 6 days after her arrival, diarrhoea broke out on board, and on the fol lowing, day, when she again sailed for Sulina, the first cas e of d ec id ed cholera occurred. Fresh cases made their the appearan ce occasionally afterwards until the 20th, tv n , a few scattered diarrh cce l attacks until the 22d, l the poison appears to have b een exhausted.diarrhoea,total numb er o f c4ses amounted to 12 of diarrhoea, Tits and . 6of cholera, of which 3 terminated in death. The sur geon has mentioned that boats' crews, nrely, the men who had been exposed on shore at Bef.l?•aakt:asuifered more the marines than the rest of the ship's company! - less than the seamen and stokers ; cers had cholera, but some of them attacked Is' al M ae l rhoee. He did not observe any atmospheric pecayl* at Baljick, except that the vicissitudes of peculiarity were occasionally rather sodden ; al O ne or wre occasions a difference of 10 or 12 degrees was observed within the twenty-four hour,. In this, as in tIH latter vessels, the p rogress of the disease appears to bare been arrested by going to sea. It is remarkable that while the surgeon of the Furious, while anchored one day betore the Vesuvius, describes the weather as sickening and oppressive, the surgeon of the latter did ziot observe any peculiarity with the exception of the slight changes in the temperature aboveeneetioned. In this and in similar cases it might not be an unsafe rule to strike the mean as regards the state of the weather, but to ignore altogether its influence as a primary agent in the p.oduction of cholera. Vengeance—The epidemic broke out in the Vengeance on the Bth of A ugus t, ,but whether at Varna or Baljick, has been . . lam unable to stat e, as the quarterly return for July, August, and September, ie 11 victims received. Eighteen of her men , however,not ' to the disease between the 9th an d 29th of August. Retrib ut i on and Siciy--11 n 'The next vessels attacked were the Retribu ththeefo3romther July l to anchor with fleet f r om a ß n 3 d lji S ck id°: the 12th Au g,,ust ; she went to sea, probably cons w e . - Oa the following day quence of the prevalence of diarrhoea amongst her cre degene rated into c h o l era, and the man died ; what influence • the sea air h a d on the health of the crew is not stated, one of these latter cases but it is to be inferred that it checked the progress of the disease ; for although the vessel returned to BitTe lc ) a , 7la afterwards visited Odessa, V arna, and ConstantinoPle, no other case occurred until the Bth aSe tember, the .71 Ts IN day after she left Baljick for the Orimsa. p On the same day, the 13th of August, the crew of the Sidon were at 'esct eked, and between that date and the 21st eight men __.„.4,ArYftre carried off. The clothes and bedding left Is the an Y cl the sis `edend were buried—that is, thrown overboard— the : e_seseTtleat-:. bl - cks were plentifully sprinkled with the solution of a-i.fai-asOloride of zinc.-ITerrible.---Tsough this vessel appears to have h ' a„,,, a a . expesed d ur i ng the first two weeks in August to precie:n altavaaf-..4 Fzr,N- the same epid em i c influences as the other vessels s on ee THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENIN(3, I JANUARY 8, 18h5, LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 6. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. IN THE MATTER OF JOHN CALDWELL. A good deal of interest was excited in this insolvent, a prisoner in Whitecross-street prison, appearing before the Court in regimentals, and applying to be discharged on bail. Tie was described as a sergeant in the First Royal Dragoons, and had been taken in execution by the steward of the Duchess of Cambridge for money ad vanced. Mr. Commissioner Phillips expressed some surprise at seeing a soldier in his position, and asked bins how he got into prison. The insolvent said he got into difficulties before lie was in the regiment. He had been a cadet qualifying for riding, and he got into debt. Mr. Commissioner Phillips asked him what was his pay from the army ? The insolvent said his pay was 2s. 3d. a day. In answer to the Court he said ho was a single man. Mr. Commissioner Phillips doubted whether he should grant bail. The debts were 3401. and a good many for money advanced—one was for a ring, 31. The insolvent stated that he did not enter the regi ment until last May, and the'clebte were incurred before that time. Mr. Commissioner Phillips had a difficulty in granting the application. He never remembered such a case. It would seem that the insolvent had been living at about 2001. a year. He thought the application might be granted if the bail was substantial. The proposed sureties answered satisfactorily, and the discharge was ordered until the day appointed for the hearing. IN THE MATTER OF HENRY JARRETT. The insolvent, the late musical director at Drury-lane Theatre, applied for his final order. Mr. Sargood appeared for Messrs. Shoolbeed, of Tote tenham-court-road, but the matter was settled, and the opposition was withdrawn. Mr. Macrae appeared for Mr. George Wood, music seller, at Edinburgh. • Mr. Dowse supported the application. On the present occasion an examination took place with respect to the connection of Mr. Wood with the in solvent in Drury-lane Theatre. From what had occurred it was alleged that Mr. Wood was a partner, but that gentleman protested against such an inference. Mr. Macrae said Mr. Wood was a creditor to upwards of 1,100/., and that he held two acceptances. He was not a partner. The insolvent remarked that he had not put down Mr. Wood as a partner. Mr. Commissioner Phillips asked him whether he considered him a partner ? The insolvent said—Of course. Mr. Commissioner Phillipsasked him what he meant ? The insolvent said ho did not consider him as a part ner. He was told by that court that he was a partner. Mr. Commissioner Phillips declared that he never told him anytYing of the kind, and this Court could not de cide the question. He wished to know whether the in solvent considered Mr. Wood was a partner when he drew out his schedule ? Intolvent--LNo, your honour. The insolvent was further examined on the same sub ject. There had been an altercation between them as to the terms both orally and in writing. When an agree ment was made with Mr. Sims Reeves there was an agreement about profit and loss. He could not tell the date of the conversation. No one was present. The agreement in writing was on the same subject, and when .they were losing. The paper was with Mr. Wood. Mr. Macrae said the insolvent had admitted that he was not a partner, and he should dismiss the subject. Mr. Commissioner Phillips advised the learned coun sel not to lull himself into such a belief, as the insolvent had both said he did and he did not consider himself a partner. His Honour (addressing the insolvent)—Did you consider him a partner ,when you made up the schedule ? Insolvent—No. Mr. Commissioner Phillips—Did you ever consider him a partner ? The insolvent said, when ho heard that the letter was of no service, he did not consider him a partner. Mr. Macrae claimed to be inserted as a creditor for I,IEO/. 13s. 6d. His Honour ordered the claim to be inserted with a qualification by the insolvent. It was a case for the final order, and there was no reason why it should not be granted. The final order was accordingly granted, and the case was concluded. ANOTHER DOUBLE MURDER IN MARY- LEBOI%TE. A MAN AND HIS WIFE SHOT.—ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER. Befor the public mind can have well recovered from the shock occasioned by the-horrible tragedy in Warren street, it is our duty to record the occurrence of a second catastrophe very similar in its results, and in some of the main features marking its perpetration. The victims in the present case are a man and his wife, named Lambert, residing at No. 5, Foley-place, Portland-road; and the assassin is an Italian named Luigi Buranelli, formerly valet in the service of Thomas Stewart Drumtnond, Esq., a gentleman of fortune resid ing in Scotland. The circumstances under which -the murder took place may be briefly narrated as follows :—About a quarterpast 9 o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning, Police-constable 36 E, who was on duty at the corner of Foley place and Portland-road was called by a woman in a state of great alarm to the house No. 5, Foley place. The wo man having stated that her master had been shot, the officer instantly accompanied her to the house, and, upon entering the back parlour on the ground floor, he disco vered a remarkably fine Man lying in bed quite dead, and by his sidea woman, who, in a half erect posture, described herself to have been shot by an Italian, who, having first murdered her husband while asleep, had subsequently discharged a second pistol at herself, and then rushed . up stairs. The officer at this moment was joined by Sergeant Hayes, 14 E, and rightly considering the apprehension of the assassin the most important business to be accom plished, they together hastened up stairs in the direction indicated. As they ascended the staircase they heard the noise of some person knocking :at one of the attic doors and calling out, but before they could reach the third floor it had ceased, and the sudden closing of an other door on the same flight led to a presumption that the man of whom they were in pursuit had shut himself within this apartment. Before the door could be forced the report of a pistol, succeeded by a heavy' fall, was heard by the officers, and on breaking open the door they discovered the body of a young man, of foreign aspect, extended at length on the floor, the blood flowing rapidly from a bullet wound on the right side of the cheek, and a pistol, with the barrel still warm, lying by his side. Sergeant Hayes at once despatched the constable for medical aid, and for such other assistance as the terrible nature of the circumstances seemed to require. Within a very short period several medical gentlemen arrived, among whom were Mr. E. W. Than and' Mr. Bddges, of Laugbam-place, Mr. Norman, of Duchess-street, Mr. Thompson and Mr. Allen (surgeon to the police force of the B division), of Dean-street, Oxford-street. The at tention of these gentlemen was first directed to Mr. and Mrs. Lambert. Mr. Lambert was found to be quite dead, from the effects of a bullet wound at the base of the skull, immediately under the right ear. He did not appear to have raised himself or even moved after receiving the shot, and he lay dead, with his head reclining a little to the left, as undisturbed as if in a calm sleep. The pillow upon which his head rested was saturated with blood, and a portion of its linen case had been burnt by the explosion from the discharge. Mrs. Lambert was found to be suffering from a dangerous bullet wound in the chest. She had been awoke by the discharge of the pistol which bad killed her husband, and terrified at obserVing Buranelli , with a second pistol in his hand levelled at herself, she hastily sprang up in bed, and raised her right arm is the hope of shielding herself from his attack. In this she was not successful, and the assassin discharging the pistol, the bullet passed through the thick part of the right forearm, struck the collar bone, and then took a direction downwards, - lodging in the unfortunate woman's chest. The assassin was next examined, and a very cursory glance at his wound sufficed to show that he had inflicted upon himself a wound of a most dangerous character. The bullet had entered the back part of the right cheek a little in front of and below the lobe of the right ear, from whence it had passed upwards and forwards through the deep structures of the face and lodged in the floor of the right orbit, which was closed by its compression. The wretched man was not even stunned by this tremen dous injury, and although the floor of the room fur the space of throe or four feet was covered with his blood, he retained perfect sensibility. Mr. Daffin and the other medical gentleman in attendance, thought it better that Buranelli should be removed to the hospital at once, mid a stretcher having been procured, he was conveyed, under charge of a body of police officers, to the Middle sex Hospital. As soon as possible after the removal of the assassin from the house a consultation was held on the case of Mrs. Lambert, who was brought carefully out of the room in which her husband was lying dead and placed upon an easy couch in an adjoining parlour. The wound in the chest was probed and an unsuccessful attempt made to extract the bullet, which the medical gentlemen in attendance agree in believing mist have found its way into the chest. This of course renders her case ex tremely dangerous, and small hope is entertained of her life beitos saved, In consequence of her perilous condi tion the Rev. Charles Baring, M.A., rector of All Souls Foxall, en) °lmmix, attended the unfortunate woman immediately the motives svtlis after u • turning service yesterday, and administered such spiritual con s 1 • tra gedy. The invests While the medicale attoi as m e h n er w e e a r s e e e r n e g q a u g i e r d ed. • ful and anxiou s d t in their pain P ,.. 0 4 2 , i, the police, under Mr. Superintendent geant Smith and S i es a ge l°n was themselves in endeavouring to ascer tainch the E division, the hitater4r had led to so deplorable a tra chiefly entrusted to Ser. end from eelarere of course the Hayes, two clever officers of had been one of the first to o a f r N si s hcim disaster.. The inmates of the arrive at the scene of the , as alreadyutei,de rat,discover a s a n e a d r fi n i r: d t w p e o r m s o a n n s o q f ue t s h t e te i t il l, e of Jmn, spart from her husband, enough Was ,l ' ll ' residin g the existence of very bad feeling bat f 'w e e a en tl and the m ur d ere d man L am b ert and his wife. le assassin Truth obliges us to say that if the house in which this tragedy has taken place was not of a questionable cha racter, its occupants are most cruelly maligned in the neighbourhood. From information given to the officers, it appears th a t L am b er t an d h i s wife entered on the tonantcy of the house about three weeks before Christmas last, removing into it from 85, Newman street, Oxford- street, where they had formerly lived. Associated with Mrs. Lambert in the tenantcy of the house was Jane Williamson ; the two ladies intending, it is said, to carry on business as Milliners and dregsmakers. They had lodged together in Newman-street, and while there had formed an intimacy with Luigi Buranelli. By advice, it is said, of Lambert, Buranelli came to lodge with them \Olen the house in Foley-place was taken, and while here, as well as previously, the wretched man seemed to, have conceived a sort of wild passion for Mrs. Williamson, pursuing her with his attentions in a very unmistakeable manner, and carrying matters to such lengths on a recent occasion that Mrs. William son felt compelled to appeal to Mr. Lambert to protect her from his importunities. The course Lambert took was to speak to Buranelli on the first oppor tunity, and to tell him that in consequence of his offen sive conduct to Mrs. Williamson he could not be allowed to reside with them any louder, and that he must leave the house. This happened on Thursday se'nnight. Buranelli sbemed much hurt at the intimation, and re plied to Lambert that he was sure that Mrs. Williamson did not wish that he should be turned out. Upon this Lambert called Mrs. Williamson into his room, and his wife appealed to her as to whether she had not requested to be protected from Buranelli's annoyance by his dis missal from the house. Mrs. Williamson at once stated that she bad expressed such a wish, and Buranelli now consented to leave, bidding both Lambert and his wife, as well as Mrs. Williamson, a friendly farewell. A very few days later, Bnrauelli, writing from a lodging in Newman-street, addressed Jane Williamson in terms of affection, and implored hor to receive him again. Mrs. Williamson, perplexed, and not knowing what to do, showed the letter to Mr. Lambert, who strongly advised her to have nothing more to say to him, and to burn his letter, advice which she seems to have followed. Nothing more is known to have been heard of Buranelli until Saturday last, on the evening of which day he met Harriet Miller, a domestic servant in the employ of the Lamberts, in Foley-place, and told her to present his compliments to Mr. arid Mrs. Lambert, and to say that he was going to Paris on the following morning. At ten minutes after nine o'clock yesterday morning, Buranelli presented himself at the door of No. 5, Foley place, and rang the area bell. Ho was admitted by a charwoman named Sophia de Veaux, who bad herself been let into the house by Mrs. Lambert only an hour previously.... De Veaux knew that he had lodged in the home; and therefore was not surprised on being requested to take downstairs a great coat, of which the assassin divested himself as he entered the house, and to receive for Mrs. Williamson two small parcels which he placed in her hands at the same time. She was, however, surprised as she descended the kitchen stairs to hear the door of the back parlour where the Lamberts were in bed opened by Buranelli ; and while in the act of ascending to satisfy herself what could be meant by this intrusion, she was horror-struck at hearing the report of p, pistol and the next moment a loud shriek from her mistress. She in stautly ran to the front door, and seeing a policeman on the opposite side of the road obtained his assistrince as above described. From Mrs. Williamson it was ascer tained that she was in bed in one of the attics together with Harriet Miller, the maid-servant, when she was aroused from a sound sleep by a loud knocking at and trying the handle of her door. At the same time she beard the voice of Buranelli, calling out to her to admit him. She was in the act of jumping out of bed to do so, when Harriet Miller implored her not to let him in, as she feared something might happen. Mrs. Williamson checked herself for a moment, and called out " Where is Lambert ?" Buranelli immediately replied in broken English, " Lambert is dead, and lam his assassin." Mrs. Williamson was of course greatly terrified, but the sound of approaching foot steps up the stairs relieved her, and at the same in stant Buranelli retired from her door and shut himself into an adjoining attic, where the next moment the dis charge of a pistol and a heavy fall were heard. This was all that could be personally ascertained of the assas sin's visit to the, house yesterday morning. But upon opening the parcels addressed to Mrs. Williarns,pn and placed in the charwoman's hands by Buranelli, some ex tracrdinary facts were disclosed. One of these parcels contained a small daguerreotype likeness of Buranelli in morocco case, within. which were enclosed two papers, upon one of which was written as follows : " To Mrs. J. Williamson. " Remember this miserable man." An unintelligible word follows here, apparently sig nifying— ." (The victim) of love ! "5, 1, 55. " Adieu, my dear! "Adieu, my love ! "Adieu, for ever 1" The other paper inclosed was a note written in a patois, something between Italian and Spanish, but which the efforts of the reporter failed to decipher completely. It commenced—`lAmico Cavissimo," and concluded " Ii tug infelice amico." The following is a translation of the letter, as far as it was possible to decipher it : " The night of the 6th of January, 1855. "My Dearest Love,--I have been to the residence of Lambert, and have had words with him. He called me a thief and an assassin. He did so several times. I did nothing to offend him. • I leave you my portrait, my dearest wife I I ern sorry to lose your friendship, and more sorry to give you so much trouble. " Adieu for ever, "Your unfortunate friend, LUIGI I3u RAN E LLI Thais much of what could be ascertained in reference to the tragedy at the scene of its occurrence. It has been already stated that the assassin was removed to Middlesex Hospital. Sergeant Hayes undertook the charge, and the wretched man was received at the in stitution by Mr. Chamber R. C. Vigurs, house surgeon, who immediately.oaused him to be placed upon a bed in the accident ward. On entering, Buranelli recognised Mr. Vigurs, and actually addressed him in familiar terms, remarking that he knew him very Well, and upon Mr. Vigurs expressing a doubt upon the subject, the as sassin replied, " Oh, yes, I do know you ; you are the house surgeon, and I was a patient in this hospital a very short while since." Mr. Shaw, one of the surgeons to the hospital, saw Buranelli very shortly after his ad mission. The course the ball (or slug, for it is uncertain which) has taken has been already described, and upon Mr. Shaw's arrival an attempt was made to extract it. Up to this time, however, all surgical efforts have failed to reach it, and it is supposed to be lodged somewhere in the roof of the mouth. After the proper surgical at tention had been paid to his case, Burandli, who still retained complete sensibility, was asked if he desired to say anything in reference to his condition, upon which he dictated the following statement, which was taken down in writing by Sergeant Hayes : "My name is Luigi Buranelli. lam a valet, and lately lived with Mr, Thomas Stewart Drummond, of Perth, in Scotland. I was in this hospital some time ag© as a patient for fistula ; and, being known to Mr. Lambert, he and his wife wished me to live with 'them, as they said I should be more comfortable than if I re sided alone. I consented to live with them in New man-street, and while there I became intimate with Jane Williamson. In consequence of a difference I had with her Mr. and Mrs. Lambert wished me to leave their house, which I did. Mrs. Williamson was with child by me, and during an interview I had with Mr. Lain- Ilea on Thursday week last he threatened to strike me. In consequence of this I became desperate, and this morning I went to the house, No. 5, Foley-place, and when the door was opened I forced my way into Lam bert's bedroom, and, placing a pistol at the back of his head, shot him, and then I shot Mrs. Lambert. I then ran upstairs, and, reloadingone o f m ypi s tols, shot myself, and I hope shall soon die. I repeat that Mrs. Williamson is in the family way by me, and I had written her seve ral.letters, to which no answers had been returned. I bought the pistols in Tottenham-dourt-road, and the balls and caps in Oxford-street?' "From LUIGI BURANELLI. Three cartridges and some percussion caps were found upon the assassin. In answer to inquiries at a late hour last night the wretched man was described to be in a very precarious state, with but little hope of rtcovery, though still retaining his sensibility in a re markable degree. He positively refuses to receive spiritual consolation from a Roman Catholic priest, though professing that faith, but to the Protestant chaplain of the Hospital, as well as to Mr. Vigurs, he has expressed his great sorrow fer the deed he has committed. - Baranclli is a widower, and has one daughter—a child of three years old, living at Pz,nsiturst, in Kent. He He is himself only 31 years of age. It has been ascer tained by inquiry at his lodgings in Newman-street that he was engaged writing until a very late hour on Saturday Light. He has suffered much from illness of late, but is a good-looking man, with a pensive cast of countenance, and wears a handsome moustache. In conversation with Mrs. Williamson lately, in re ference to some remark made by her, Buranelii said, " Are you afraid that I am a murderer ?" Lamtierf, is a remarkably fine man, of nearly 6 feet 3 inches high, and of very muscular frame. Had the assassin not surprised him asleep his attack would in all probability have proved a failure. Like the assassin, Lambert wore a moustache, and had a foreign cast of countenance. • Information of the dreadful occurrence has been for warded to Mr. Wakley, and an inquest will be em panelled at the earliest possible moment. SINGULAR APPREHENSION OP ALLEGED MURDERER& LIVERPOOL, Jan. s.—This forenoon, three men, named respectively Jas. Coughlin, J. Toopar, and Martin Toopar (the two latter cousins), were brought before the police magistrate, charged with the murder of Patrick Hector, aged 22 years, at a place called. Carduff, in Tipperary. A man named James Corrigan, a cooper, residing it Chisenhalcstreet, Liverpool, was also brought up, charged with being an accessory after the fact. The murder, it appears, was committed two or three weeks ago, and warrants were issued by the Tipperary magi strates for the apprehension of the first-named pri-, Boners, and these warrants were placed in the bands of Head-eonstat;le g . Tale, of the Liverpool department of the Irish constabulary. From information he received, M`Hale suspected that the prisoners were concealed about the house or'premises of Corrigan, in Chisenbale street, and he went to search for them. After consider able difficulty ihroWn in his way by Corrigan, who denied all kno w l e d ge o f them, M'Hale succeeded in ap prehending Coughlin , concealed in Corrigan's.cellar, and also found - Corrigan had secured a passage for one man on board the ship Universe, bound for New York, .iut for which passage ticket be had paid 3/. On search ing the vessel the prisoner, John Toopar, was found among the passengers, and taken into custody. The ocher prisoner, Martin Toopar, was found packed up in a lar ge b ox, for which no owner could be found, and the back of which was extensively perforated with holes, to admit of his obtaining air. Corrigan admitted that he had got 101. from parties in Ireland for the purpose of getting the men sent out of the country, but denied that be knew of any crime being charged against them. The magistrate, after hearing the case, raid be had no evidence before him that any murder had been committed, and he must discharge Corrigan, which ho accordingly did. however, not to be baffled, said he would take them on his own responsibility ;. he accordingly secured all four, and they will be immediately trans mitted to Ireland. TRANSPORT OF PACKAGES AND PAR- GELS TO THE CRIMEA. INVESTIGATIGN AT THE T . :TANSION-HOUSE. Mr. R. W. Aldridge, of the firm of Aldridge and Co., of No. 24, Rood-lane, appeared on Saturday before Al derman Wilson, who sat at the Mansion-house as locum, tenons for the Lord Mayor, under the following remark able, circumstances connected with the condition and future benefit of our troops in the Crimea. Sir R. W. Carden, who had, by a singular coincidence, stepped into the justice-room to make a similar represen tation to that with which the applicant was prepared, in consequence of letters received upon the subject, was present during the investigation. Mr. Aldridge said—lt must be understood that I do not bring any charge against any individual. lam in duced to come forward in consequence of what I con ceive to be the strong obligation upon every man to pre vent the possible misapplication of property of various kinds intended for the service and relief of those who are fighting for the country. In the Times newspaper of Christmas-day last I read the following letter. " TO THE EDITOP. OF THE TIMES. " Sir,—l ani sure, from the very able and zealous manner in which you have advozated.the system of voluntary contri butions to our in the Crimea, and the exertions made by yourjourual in pointing out their wants, and inspiring a generous sympathy for their condition, I need offer no apology for addressing you to call attention to my adver tisements in your paper headed as above. I am persuaded, from the generous desire experienced by all to add their mites in alleviating the privations and adding to the wel fare and comfort of our gallant troops, that any 'oppor tunity offered - to the public to facilitate forwarding con tributions to the seat of war will be readily embraced. have on this account chartered a vessel, which I shall ac company to the Crimea, where I shall be enabled to see all contributions, and to deliver any commissions with which I may be favoured. All goods, parcels, or packages to be forwarded, with list of contents, addressed, " W. Ward roper, -Esq , Export-wharf, St. Katharine Docks." Letters and communications received at the office, 4, Railway place, Fenchurch-street, City, w h ere a l so a list of articles must be forwarded two days prior to the goods being sent to the docks.---" I am, sir, your very obedient servant, " W. WARDROPER. "4, Railway-place, Ferchurch-stmet, Dec. 20." Being desirmie of availing myself of such apparently fa vourable opportunity to - make a. small shipment, I called the next morning at the house, No. 4, Railway-place, for the purpose of obtaining the requisite information. Observing on the door-post a piece of paper wafered, with "Mr. W. Wardroper, second-floor," written there on, I ascended, and found the door fast, but the open ing of the letter-box was sufficienily spacious to allow me to observe that the room was destitute of all busi ness appurtenances. Passing two days afterwards I again paid a visit, and found the room on the second floor occupied by three persons. The replies from the spokesman, seated at a small table, were so inconsistent, such as representing the vessel (a sailing one) would, make the voyage in about twenty-five days, when all persons acquainted with shipping well know that fifty days at the present season would not be considered a long, passage s —the objection to give me the vessel's name, and the still greater difficulty of explaining the nature of the security to insure a return of the proceeds of any shipment—altogether there appeared such a want of business knowledge about the matter that I left the place, determining to have nothing whatever to do with the concern. Here the nffair would have probably ended as far as I was concerned, had not my firm, two days afterwards, received a lithographic circular, of which the following is a copy : - • . " 4, Railway-place, Fenchurch-street, Dee., 1854. " Gentlemen—Being shortly about to proceed to the Crimea with a cargo of miscellaneous goods, I shall be happy to take out some of your grosere, which would meet with a ready sale at remunerative prices. I shall Lave great facilities of disposing of any quantity with which you may favour me, having made all the necessary arrange ments to enable me to remain, with a safe storage for the goods, any time I think necessary. As my object in visit ing the seat of war is for pleasure and amusement, as well as profit, I shall be content with a very small commission on what I sell. " Should you accept my offer, I shall be happy to wait on you personally to complete the arrangements. " I am, yours very obediently, " W. WARDROPER. " Messrs. Aldridge and Co., 24, Rood:lane." Of this no notice was taken. On the Ist of the present month a gentleman seeking an appointment, and known to me, called at my office, and directed my attention to the following advertisement :—" Clerk or storekeeper wanted in a vessel about to proceed to the Crimea. Salary 1501. per annum. To a young' man of good education who can command immediately 3001. or 4001. this will prove a most advantageous opening. Direct with real name and address, W. 8., Mr. Foster's, stationer, 114, Fenchurch-street." At my suggestion the g6-itleman replied to the advertisement, and here is the answer, which, you will observe, is also from Mr. W. Ward roper, of No. 4, Railway-place : •• 4, itailway-placo, Fenchurch-street, Jan, 3, 1555. "Mr. Wardroper has received a letter from Mr. --. in answer to an advertisement in the Times paper of yester day for a clerk or storekeeper in a vessel going to - the Crimea. If Mr, will call at the office to-morrow, at one o'clock, it is probable that an arrangement will be. made. As Mr. Wardroper intends sailing about the 16th, no time can be lost." My surprise had scarcely subsided when I was waited upon by another party, with the following advertisement cut fresh from the Times : "The Crimea.— To Capitalists.--2,0001. or 3,000/. A most favourable opportunity is offered to capitalists for an investment of the above sums in a safe and very remu nerative undertaking, connected with the expert' of goods., to the Crimea. 30 per cent. guaranteed. One wishing to visit the Crimea, and who would add personal services, preferred. Direct, with real name and address, to F.8.W., 77, - Leadenhall-street, City." With this was the information that F. B. W., of 77, Leadenhall-street, City, was the actual Mr. W. Ward roper, of 4, Railway-place, that the informant had had an interview with that gentleman, and that the security offered for an advance of 3,0001. was a mortgage upon the ship and freight ; that the money was wanted for four months only, and that 15 per cent. would be given. I have since seen Mr. Wardroper upon the subject of the appointment of 1501. per annum on the advance of 3001. or 4001., and wss informed by his " man of business„" or "secretary," as he termed him, that my friend was only one of 30 applicants, but as. the question of security for the money advanced was much too difficult to be got over, the negotiation was not completed. Although Mr. Vardroper assured me that he was going out in his own ship the Sparrowhawk (a schooner of 90 tons), with several thousand pounds worth of his own goods on board, I have been since informed that he has not chartered any vessel. How eminently his specula tion is succeeding will be better understood after perusal of the following letter addressed by him to the edi tor of the Daily NMI, and published in that paper : "THE CRIMEA.—GOODS, PACKAGES, AND PARCELS. " TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. " Sir,—l feel that I ought not to allow any time to elapse without tendering to you my sincere thanks for your courtesy in granting an insertion to my letter of the 27th December, relative to the transport of packages and par cels to the Crimea. "Through the wide circulation of your journal I am happy to say that a great number have seen and availed themselves of the offer contained in my last letter to you, and have forwarded large quantities of goods and articles of comfort for our deserving troops. This is another in stance, if OW were required, of the beneficial influence of the press, and I would beg permission to observe that never has that influence been more liberally and patriotically exerted than in pointing out the requirements and keeping alive an earnest sympathy for the sufferings and privations of our much-enduring army. "I have chartered a vessel more for the purpose of being able to carry out provisions and other necessaries to the soldiers at just and reasonable prices than with a view to realising an exorbitant profit myself. I therefore ear nestly entreat merchants, manufacturers, and all who wish to forward goods to the Crimea for sale to supply them at cost price, and I will undertake to dispose of them there on a moderate counnissiene. "In this way - a fair market will be opened for. tlio sol diers (though it be at first on a limited scale), and they will not longer have added to their other trials the painful knowledge tlrat their wants are made a market of, and that they are compelled to submit to gross imposition. " It also offers an advantage to persons in business who have the desire, but not the time or means, of sending out goods for sale, as they have now offered them an opportu nity of having them conveyed on a low commission, with out risk, and ate moderate charge. All who wish to avail themselves of this offeashould seed their goods by the MI at the West. "Apologising for so long a letter, I am air, your most obliged servant, - " Wer. WARDROPER. " 4, Railway-place, Fenchtirch-street, City, Jan. 1, 1855. " P.S.—The advertisements in your paper contain full particulars as to forwarding all goods with directions for addressing them, &c." , As I have just retur ne d ( cont i nued Mr. A ld r id ge ) f rom the seat of war, after an absence of four menthe, my whole time spent on board a schooner of 113 tons, I can very positively speak of the pri va ti ons an d su fferings in many uuirnagined ways that must.of necessity' be encountered in such an enterprise. Mr. Wardroper is far advanced in life. He is, by his own aecount, an invalid, and has been so many years, a stick and the arm of an attendant appearing necessary for his safe loconiotion ; and I do fnd a very great difficulty in reconciling a highly re sponsible and extremely arduous undertaking - with plea- . • sure and amusement. Aker:nen Wilson said that in such a case as had been represented to him, he considered it to be his duty to send a messenger to Mr. Wardroper, to express the desire of sitting magistrate to see him upon the subject. Soon afterwards Mr. Wardroper made has appearance. His bodily health seemed to be very indifferent, and in answer to Alderman Wilson he stated that he was a great sufferer, and was paralysed in both hands. The Alderman having mentioned the particulars of Mr. Aldridge's statement, • Mr. Wardroper acknowledged that the advertisements alluded to were all published by him, and lie at the same time said that his object was unexceptionable with respect to each of them, although there was an apparent mystery about the variety of the addresses and the pro posals of the advance of the sums ofenoney, Alderman Wilson—Pray, are you acquainted with the shipping of goods ?—Mr. Wardroper—No, I can't say that I ale. Alderman Wilson—Are you acquainted with com mercial business ?-I‘.lr. Wardroper : Yee. Alderman Wilson—Where have you carried on busi ness I It is necessary that the public should know some thing about-a person who sends circulars about to trades .people and appears so prominently in the press as an advocate for our troops in the Crimea.—Mr. Wardroper —I have retired from business these 7 yours hi conse• quence of the state of my health, which I expect to be benefited by going to the Crimea. Alderman Wilson—What buSiness ?—lr. Wardoper —I have been in the medical profession in Welbeck street, Hanover-square. Alderman Wilson—You have stated in your adver tisements and other commnnications that you bad char tered a vessel fur the Crimea. Is that the case ?—Mr. Wardroper—lt is not yet chartered, but I am about to do co. lam in treaty for a vessel, and the 'negotiation is almost completed. Alderman Nilson—l caution you not to answer any question the answer to which may in your opinion in volve you in ally difficulty. You have positively as certed to the public - that you have chartered a vessel, and now you admit that such is not the ease. Mr. Wardroper—lt is all the same. It will be char teied.. It is most likely that I shall charter two or more vessels. AldermanWilson—Do you mean that such quantities of goods have been consigned to you to take to the Crimea that it will be necessary for you to charter• more than one vessel to that destination ?—Mr. Wardroper —I do. Mr. Aldridge—Ho mentioued to mo that he would perhaps charter a line of ships. Mr. Wardroper said be believed the result Would jus tify the speculation, which he assured the alderman was a bona fide one . Alderman Wilson said there was a peculiarity in the advertisement for the clerk which required some ex planation. The recommendation to that office was that the candidate-should have 3001. or 4001. What did that meat I Mr. Wardroper said that such sum - might be laid Out advantageously for the benefit of the owner in goods, and would be a warrant for his good conduct. Alderman Wilson said the bona fides of the engage. ments was not established by the explanation given of the advertisement to capitalists for the 2,0001. or 3,0001. The repayment of the amount as,' it appeared, to be secured upon the property to be shipped on board a vessel which was not chartered. How was that to be answered ?—Mr. Wardropar : I assure you that the -vessel is all the same as chartered, and that there is no hazard. Ido not know that there will be occasion for the sum mentioned in the advertisement. In fact, I do not - think it would be advisable to embark more in the. business. I am taking out a great deal of property Alderman Wilson—And do you seriously consider yourself qualified to go to the i trimea on such an enter prise, prostrated as you say y ou arc i n h ea l t h, an d paralysed in your hands ?—Mr. Wardroper : Ido. I in tend to go out as supercargo, and to take a secretary with me. I determined to do so as I thought the trip would do my health good, and would turn out profit able. Here a professional gentleman, employed by Mr. Wardroper, entered the justice-room, and upon being informed of the peculiar circumstances under which Mr. Wardroper was before the alderman, expressed himself decidedly of opinion that the speculation of his client was not at all likely to be successful, but that there was nothing wrong in the intention. Alderman Wilson enumerated the strange features of the case, and said that, whatever impression the state ments of Mr. Wardroper might make as to the condi tion of that gentleman's understanding, there was some ingenuity displayed in the advertisements and in the published letters which had been read, and he should consider it to be his duty to leave the case to the care of the Commissioner of Police, who he knew would send some of his officers to make the necessary incluiries at St. Katherine Docks and elsewhere on the subject of the consigned goods, and to give notice to the public that he should resume the investigation into the Crimean speculation .on Wednesday next. • Mr. Wardroper said he would most willingly give the police every.assistance he was capable of affording. chored at Baljick, her crew suffered but little from the prevailing scourge. Diarrhceal complaints were of fre -1 euent occurrence amongst them during the month of July, while passing to and fro between the Sulina mouth of the Danube and Sebastopol, and between the latter and Odessa ; but they were of a bilious character—the diarrhma, in fact, already noticed as being peculiar to these regions during the summer months. In August, however, no sooner had she anchored at Baljick than diarrhceal attacks of a truly choleraic nature became prevalent, and one case terminated fatally on the 14th. Subsequently, in September, there were two other deaths, but both persons seem to have contracted the disease, on shore at Varna, where they had been employed for seve ral days assisting to embark the troops, horses, and military stores destined for the Crimea. In like manner the crow of the Firebrand suffered but little, in consequence of her having been kept constantly moving about from one port to another ; a few cases of diarrhoea and one of cholera occurred in August, but where contracted is not stated. On the 7th of Septem ber there was a second case of cholera which terminated in death. The man belonged to the gig's crew, and, being frequently on shore, he had eaten' largely of un wholesome fruit and other indigestible matters. On the night previous to the attack, though suffering from diarrhoea at the time, he ate voraciously of raw (miens and vinegar. The Triton forms another instance of immunity from the more fatal form of the disease, in consequence of her being almost constantly employed at sea, although in the immediate vicinity of Baljick and Varna when it was at its worst. She even remained four days at anchor off Baljick ; but between the 4th and the 21st of August she was running frequently between these places, passing alternately into the infected atinosphere which was supposed to be present in each, yet with the exception of about twenty cases of diarrhoea, her crew entirely escaped. TheHighilyer is another case in point ; she had been employed off the Sulina mouth of the Danube,, some fifty er sixty miles to the northward of Baljick, from the Ist to the Eth of August. She anchored at thi last named port on the 9th, and on the 11th sailed for the Bosphorus. A number of cases of diarrhoea afterwards made their appearance, but there was not one of them deserving the name of cholera. It is worthy to be re marked that, when at Sulina, the men were sent on shore in a most unhealthy locality to procure wood for the squadron, yet they did not suffer in consequence—not even from fever. Quinine wine was given to them while thus employed, and may have had some effect in coun teracting the febrific poison. TABLE showing the total number of cases of diarrhoea and cholera, and the total number of deaths from each, in the following vessels, between the Ist of July and the 30th of September. No. Deaths. Ships. of Cases of Remarks. Men. Diar. Chol. Diar Chol. Britannia lO4O 396 229 ... 139 Albion Furious Trafalgar London ... 9 Vengeance 749 406 39 ... 18 Agamemnon 848 149 17 ... 15 g Bellerophon 649 131 15 7 from Aug Bollerophon 649 131 15 7 . 12 to Sept. 30. from Aug Caradoc ...... 61 5 1 ... ••• j 9 to Sept. 30. Diamond ... 240 39 3 ... . • Firebrand Highflyer Inflexible Leander 491 161 12 ... Megmra Niger Queen 942 144 5 1 5 Retribution 302 87 2 ... 2 Rodney 2lhear water 56 8 ... Spitfire Terrible ... Triton 63 26 ... Tribune 2 Wasp . . . Sansparcil CO2 230 10 1 Sidon Vesuvius From the preceding table it appears that as the crew nc Tz..4.--• . . . . _ 1 From the preceding table it appears that as the crow of the Britannia amounted to 1,040 men when the dis ease broke out, the mortality was in the ratio of 13 per cent_; in the Albion it was 9 ; in the Furious 8 ; in the Trafalgar 4 ; but much less in the other vessels. These losses, on a cursory glance, do not appear to be large ; but when it is considered that they occurred prin cipally within the short space of ten or twelve days, it must be acknowledged that they are very great ; and were it possible to add the subsequent loss by death and invaliding from the effects of the disease, they would appear, at least as regards the Britannia, Albion, and Furious, to be excessive. From all that has been stated respecting thb eruption of the disease in the respective vessels of the fleet, it is sufficiently evident that it was contracted only at Bal jick and Varna. There is, in fact, no proo f i n any of the medical return s o f its having prevailed in an epidemic form at any other anchorage or seaport in the Black Sea. As to why one ship suffered more than another, it would be difficult to explai n , were we to adopt the theory almost universally entertained, that it originated from purely atmospheric or meteoric agencieS. There were a number of vessels, for instance, the Britannia, Albion, Trafalgar, Rodney, and others, which anchored off Baljick on the same day, with their crews in a per fectly healthy condition. There is no evidence to show, nor is there any reason to believe, that the men of one ship were more frequently on shore than the men of an other ; they were all, in fact, nearly equally exposed to the influence of atmospheric and to any meteoric changes which might be supposed to be taken place ' • conse quently, they ou g ht t o h ave su ff ere d somew h a t nearly in the same ratio ; yet the crows of the Britannia and Albion were, at least ten times more severely attacked than were those of the London and Rodney, though they lay side by side with them at Baljick, and afterwards sailed with them during the short but eventful cruise between the 12th and 19th of August. _. If, however, it be admitted tha — t the disease has a re productive power in itself—that it can, through the in strumentality of a specific personal virus, be communi cated from one person to another, in the same manner as small-pox and measles, there is no difficulty in under standing why it proved more destructive in one ship than another. It the ventilation were bad, the virus or in fection would accumulate, and increase in proportion to the number and severity of the cases ; there is not, therefore, I apprehend, any way -of accounting for the destructive virulence of the disease in the Britannia, Albion, and Furious, unless it b e s upp ose d th a t it arose from th e greater abundance, and consequently the greater force, of the exciting cause—namely, an infectious ema nation from the bodies of the sick. Variou s modes of treatment were adopted, but I re grtt to say with no very satisfactory results, especially in the more advanced stages of the disease, or in those cases in which collapse suddenly supervened. Calomel, in large and small doses, appears to have had no influ ence wh atever on the system ; it did net alleviate the suffering,__ or br ea k th e c h a i n of morbid action, which s w u e l s ph l u •a r p i c id l a y e i h d , h urwry Which had ing the victim gained a t enpay p Ia c t o hisl temporary Diluteeon the list of empirical remedies, was also tried, but with no better effect ; and the same' may be said with respect to the exhibition of opium, either alone or in combination . ' with other medicines Brandy, ether, ammonia, turpen tine, and even champagne were oiven to rouse the flag ging energies of life, but t l't It' generally thrown from the t o 1 t e and draughts containing csronisoateel: as chloroform, isooni I) a r p o 8 e i ;shaeny and swallowed, cam phor,were were, lost the power of fate. i iis t e The rm g stomach tothe wahnatds, of shared the samc system. as it Warm baths were used to restore heat rate the forc e o f muscular spasm ; andao , tt a l nd to mod e ; es filled with hot water were applied to the back and feet to nqualise the circulation ; but the means were • inadequate to the ends. Sinapisms, turpentine, and strong liniments were ap plied to the surface, b u t it may fa i rly bedoubted whether they did not add to the patient's suffering. In the vessels which lost many men, the mode of treatment adopted appears to have been as judicious as it was in those that lost but few; the rate of mortality being influenced, 'apparently, much more by the virulence or concentration lit tho exciting poison than by any other cause. It is satisfactory to thoserve that no reme d:es of an heroic, of a dangerous, or of a purely empiri cal nature were employed, with the exception of such of the latter as had been sanctioned by previous use. The results on the whole, as regards the medical treat ment, were not satisfactory, but they were not more di.: astrous than generally happens from similar visitation. In the less severe forms, however, and in the diarrbceal affections which arise from the true choleraic cause, medical treatment was of essential service. The purg -1 in 2, in most cases, reedily yielded to mixtures contain ing Prepared chalk, opium and carminatives. Astring \ ents, such a thourYht failed. s ki n o , cat tz , bteh useful f edit], and acetate of lead, were also when the more simple mixtures by oonr • Y' ..te6e means, by suitable diet, warmth, and 'fang , alf3 m e little doubtt - that u oto their hammocks, there can be more malignant fo'arxtireY p a tients were rescued from the were taken t o d etect w o hothe disease. The means that under diarrhoea other rvere unconsciously labouring , or o chokra, or who, though conspjemonitory symptoms of affection, yet affected to despi l sr i s t of the nature of the effects ;as the mere early the rem 11?- d. also their good in practice the more likely were ehal means were put ere they to suc (Signed) W. ButiNrr, Direct "ed. Admiralty, Somerset -house Nov. 30, 1805rpeneral. NEWSPAPERS SENT ABROAD.—A. very large number of newspapers for places abroad, upon whicn a postage ought to have bcen pre -paid, being continually posted without such pre -payment, the Post -office authorities have iAnued a notice, recominending persona who are in the habit of transmitting newspapers to foreign coun tries, or to any of the colonies, to satisfy themselves, by inquiry at the Post-office, whether or not any postage is payable upon thein in this country, before they deposit their newspapers in the letter-box. News papers for foreign pacts, which have been improperly posted unpaid, are detained and sent to th e D ead L etter office. CORPORAL PUNISIDIZNTS IN THE Navy.—From a re turn printed on Saturday; procured by Mr. Hume, it appears that in 18 months ended June,•lBs3, there were 1,122 flogging e s in the Royal Navy, and the numbe r o f lashes inflicted was 34,8d0. The highest number in flicted was 48, and the lowest one. The offences ranged from drunkenness, theft, disobedience, desertion, inde cency, &c. In 1853 there were 792 floggings and 24,807 lashes given. In the half-year of 1854, from January to June, there were 330 purrishments and 10,053 lashes inflizted. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. PROPOSED BARNET AND WILLESDEN. A bill Las just been printed having far its object to construct a railway from the Great Northern Railway, at Barnet, to the West London Railway, near Wlilea den,' to be called the Barnet and Willesden Railway. It is proposed to construct a main line of Railway, com mencing by a junction in the parish of Hadley, in the county of Middlesex, with the Great Northern Railway at a point about two and a half chains south of the bridge by which the public road on the southern side of Hadley-common crosses the last mentioned railway, and terminating by a junction with the West London Rail way, at a point in the parish of Hammersmith, in the county of Middlesex, about two chains north of the place where the last mentioned railway crosses the Grand Junction Canal. It also proposes to make a branch railway commencing at the Great Northern Rail way at a point also in the parish of Hadley, about 31 chains south of the aforesaid public road bridge, and terminating by a junction with the said intended main line at a point about 214 chains from its commencement, and also in the parish of Hadley; also a branch railway commencing at Willesden, about nine miles and three furlongs from the commencement of the intended main line, and terminating by a junction with the London and North Western Railway at a point in the parish of Hammersmith about six chains west of the bridge by which Scrubb's-lane crosses the North Western Rail way, with a branch connecting with the North and South Western Junction Railway and the North Wes tern Railway. Such railway and branches to pass through the following parishes, viz. Hadley, Hendon, Kingsbury, Willesden, Neasdon, Harlesden, and Ham mersmith in the county of Middlesex, and Chipping Barnet and Totteridge in the county of Herts. • THE METROPOLITAN (UNDERGROUND). An important supplementary act of Parliament is about to be applied for, and a bill has been prepared, for effecting an alteration and a deviation of the for merly proposed line of the Metropolitan Underground Railway between Paddington and the General Post otlice. The new, bill declares it expedient in its pre amble, and proposes to make a deviation in the line of railway to the east of Red Lion-alley, in the parish of St. Sepulchre, and also to alter the levels of the rail way situate between Baker's row, in the parish of St. James, Clerkenwell, and the commencement of such deviation, and to alter the deviation line between Red Lion-alley and the authorised termination of the rail way at or near the General Past-office in St. Martin's le-Grand. The bill also, by the tenth section, states, " That whereas - it will be advantageous to the company and the public that the interchange of engines, car riages, and trucks should take place between the Metro politan and Great Northern Railways, it is enacted by this act that such communication should be effected by a continuous line of rails, and without the use of hoists or turn-tables. That the Metropolitan Company shall at their own expense execute the necessary works for. effecting a convenient junction between the said rail. ways for the purposes aforesaid, and for ever after maintain the same." Powers are also taken to divide the original capital of 300,0001., which, by the origi n al act, was divid e d i n t o 15,000 shares of 201. each, into 30,000 shares of 101. each, deposits for future bills not being paid out of the company's capital not being gua. ranteed. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, JAN. 6. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Fern, from St. Michael's ; Kate, St. MiChael's ; Jchannes Tonder, Miramiehi ; Char lotte, Terceira; Sophia Margaret, Terceira; Sarah, Jersey; Aiffied, St. Michael's ; Robert Stephenson, St. John's, N. 8.; Foland, Lacon ; Eliza Jenkins, River Irraguay ; Lion, Gravelines •' British Isles, D emerara ; J. Walls, jun., Guayaquil; Only Son, Rio Grande; Gulnare, ; Progress, Calcutta; Catherine Jamieson, Sydney ; Paragon, Belize; Simon Magnus, Lagos; Leonidas, Se ville ; Tune and Trutle, M a d ras an .l P on di c herry ; Queen, Singapore; Marian Zagury, St. Mi c h ae l' s; Fi rs t F ru i t St. Michael's Stately, Valparaiso. , ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Eagle, for Boulogne; Ce leritas, Monte Video and Buenos Ayres ; Levant, Constan tinople; Fungal°, Adelaide; Fray, Constantinople; Meander, Madras; Eliza, Coostantinoplo and Varna; Dale Park, Sierra Leone ; Amazon, New York ; Catharine, Genoa ; Caledonia, Fram'ourg ' • Why , Not, Salonic a and Smyrna,; Darnley, Trinidad ; White Falcon, Constanti nople ; Epammondas, Geelong; St. Salvador, Oporto ; Ida, Rio Janeiro ; .1 4 ioneer, - Cdnsta . T . 4inoplo. _ CLEARED OUT WITH CARGO.—ThO Thesperus, for Con stantinople ; Anna, Amsterdam ; Maria Agnathe, Copen• hagen ; Oseean, Naples ; Martha, Dunkirk ; Mary Miller, Demerara-; Persia, Calcutta. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Re n, ( lo o n hound boundsott south, uDtiele;lsl4th, 15th, Ist. 5. 8 N . N, lone. The Ora , The Onyx, bound south, lat. 40 N., long. 22 W. The Mary, from Calloa to Liverpool, Nov. 18, let. 40 S., long. 32 W. The Lotus (ship), steoring south, same day. The - Rubie, of Loudon, Sept. 17, lat. 3 N., long. 88 W. The Salamander (whaler), Dec. 8, off thelsle of Brava (Cape de Verds). The Mary, bound to Bayonne, 12th. The Witchcraft (ship), from Calcutta, 15th, let. 25 S., long. 62 E. The Julian do Unzueta (Spanish ship), from Manilla, Nov. 20, let. 13 S., long. 8 W. rho Henrietta Elizabeth Susanna, from CalCutta, Dec. 4, let. 3 S., long. 17 W. The Ida Wilhelmina, 29th, let 46 N. long. 17 W. The Alfred, of Guernsey, for St. ' Michael's, Dee. 30, about eight miles S.W. of the Lizard. The John Bright (American ship), Dec. 21, lat. 41 N. The Adam Carr, from Glasgow, Jan. 1, lat. 48 N., long. 10 W. The Foam, from Brinn to Bristol, Dec. 21, let. 41 N. long. 23 W. •The Consul, from Liverpool for Callao, Nov. 26, let. 7 N. long. 26 W. A barque (understood to be the Emily), from London for New Zealand. The Barbadian, from Glasgow for Callao, Nov. 30, lat. 9 N. long. 26 W. The Ida, from Shields fox Matanzas, Dec. 9, let. 19 N., long. 34 W. The Glenelg, for the westward, Dec. 11, let. 21 N., long. 36;V. Tho Lady 141.`Donald (s'tip), standing to the westward, Dec. 29, lat. 49 N. long. 16 W. The Asia, of Borheaux Nov. 7, lat. 32 S., long. 30 E. Tho Mari e Mathildo;from Mitrseilles for Bombay, Dec. Iklat. 25 N. Tne Glorieles, of St. JoLu'F., N. 8., from Plymouth (out 14 dus), lat-. 48N. long. 21 W. The Thomas' Fielding, from Liverpool for Sydney, N0r. , 11, lat. 17 N., long. 31 W. TEM METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT.—On Saturday a Parliamentary document, obtained by Mr. Alcock, M.P., was issued, containing an account under the Metropolitan Buildings Afit with respect to noxious and dangerous trades, and also with respect to cellars under ground. A notice has been ordered that certain places under ground are Lot to be used after a specified period. COUNTRY MA.RIC_ETS: UADDINGTON CORN MARKET—AI' ViWEAT. BATILZY I OATS. First B ls Cd 36 3 Gki 31s al Second Third 603 Octl 30s Oil l 253 Oi Total quantity of wheat in market, 410 qr 3 '' .1/ p, barley 11, 55l go" oats PP 481 (VS , ~ 1, beans 11 , 87 Ciro.l - - AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTIZa., Wheat, 3/. 12 1 8-12 t h s B ar l ey, l/. 14 ,1 Oats , •-• 1 /. 9 0 1-12ths I B3atis, 2/ DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET- 41 ' 7S ' ) 1 Qra. Best. Current. 393 Wheat 80s Od -00 s Od .... .. .... 11)02 Oats - ' , 03 8,1 ooa Od • ...•••••• 9)5 Barley 355 Gd oos Od ..... .0. 95 Peas & beans 47a Gd.. 6os Od ..... ...' ABERDEEN—JAN. 5. The prices - of grain today are—Oats, 00s 0a t 44 40 lbs per 'bushel; new oats, 25s 01 to 25s A, bushel ; bere, 31s Od to 328 6d, 531bs per bush i e 31s Od to 32s Od, 531bs per bu s het ; w heat, re,u' t i 658 Od, 621b 3 p er b us h e l ; w h eat, wh i te, 70s 0 ", 6 621133 per bush e l ; oa t mea l , 1 9 5 te 208 0 ," id, ficur, 50s 01 t o 58 s Od per sac k . P rov i s i ons —P e ;,l fid to 81; mutton, ditto, 6d to 8d ; veal, dittos, pork, per lb, Os 5d to Os 61; salmon, per lh, 1 0 ri t to „ rabbits, each, Od t o 01 ; t a ll ow, per stone, 55 'll,ll potatoes, per peck, 81 to Os 91 • butter, per II" eggs, per doz, Os 101 t o O s 11A ; hens, per Pa l lyi :38 61 ; chickens, ditto, 2s 01 to 2s 6d ; ducks,,w to 2s 61 ; ducklings, ditto, 2s 6d to 45 Oct„,;1; 3s 61 to 4s ; geese, ditto, 2s 6d to 3% v " for exportition (pre . ,',ent care), per cwt, B£s, , `+ ditto (summer cured), 008 to 00s Od • eggs, W ll°. .mli per dozen, Oct to 7d ; 41b loaf, 7d; 21b loaf , •',7 t ,, line small, Os 01 to Os Od ; pork, large, Os °" 3 l lamb, per q r ., O s t o 03 01; cheese, per iraP e '" Os 6d to 7s. DUBLIN, JAN. 5. We had rather a dull market at our corn es! tray. Wheat barely supported the currencies (1 and oats and barley were 3d to 6d cheaper th, day.. Little doing in Indian corn, but higher been obtained. White wheat, 41s 61 to 44s flu ; red ditto, SS', barley, les 3d to 20s 9d ; oa t s , 14s Pd. to lug 27s ltd to 28s 6(1 per brl ; oatmeal, 153 Od to 173 flour, 23s Od to 253 Od per eNt ; Inaiau eon), 4 2 i per 4801bs. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the Mani are sent from the Ge'' 411• ',ly the night—anti U by the morning--despateh.) 00111S - TRIEI. Day rvhvn ma le in General Post- Onice, London.* ?row 13 1 Tort Dis:),:tc22; GiverPo°l .imerica(byllrit.pack)NiEvery Friday k by United Sts. packet) ..........N .-Linefica (by U. States packet) Australia (via South ampton) Jan. 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Jan. 9 Ditto (via Cape of Cosill Hopo) ........., ~N Dee. 4 ....... Africa ( Vest Coast) .. N of the month .. N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. Alexandria...... Bahamas 17th of the moral: Beigi um , . N I , i 1 ! 1 .1' • . Brazil „... „M ttit of the month.. Buenos Ayres.. M,9th of the month .. Cape of uooti !lope N Cape of Good Uopo N Cape de Verde 9th of the mo r al, Ceylon (see Inlia) Channel Ishii ft 17tii of monti. ChM:. (2e3 Constantinople 3,13, 18,23,&28 °fn. Csnstantinoplc „ „ Hith ti 20th of moo. Coat. of Europe M& N ?vice daily ••• • • EiTypt (sea India) " I France „ & N Twice dally.. Gibraltar ..... Al :4, 7, I t, 20, 27 of n i . cllreece (see ..'„roy to - xi; „ „ M 2ttd & I ittt of mon. „„ „ „ „ „N, Tuesday & Friday [Dv/aim:lh 2nd of the mantl4 Loll and „ 3I 1 „vi 1711 i of the mot - ill,. (vlaSouti - tainpt.) Al 4th & 20th of tow .1 in.lla (vi. l•larseilles)Lt 91 11&25th of moilthi lonian isles (seo In.lia) 7, 17, & 27 of mon ircland & N Twice daily Lishon 9, 17, & 27 of iiith of the month Madeira .•: ~.23d of Mouth ..... Malta (seo India) Malta 8, 18, & 28 of mon. Mauritius (see Ind I ia) Mauritius Nll4th of the month 2nd of the month.. 'sth 1.5 th2.sthofmor... New Granada llf 1 2d & 17th of month. By private ship .. Papal States 4 thl s th2 s thofmon. ptainsma, , hi 7thl7th27thofition. Pet .. 27th of moo., Port Natal N private ship Sicily ll,sthiSih2sthutinon, Tuscany .. „Ni s thlsth2iithefinond Venezuela 27th of niontw Van Dieinert's Land (see Austral ia) ..... West Indies .. 2d fa 17th o t month Southilt nto:' h ;.) • Southael tch Dover rirnoun Dover . • ,SoutiLL:nP, o ol, 3 , ut ti, m 7 'Dover • • iouthainp,,, Southaini t 0 1 War! sue Pu . Sou th anlPl°l I s Ao s l u itta s n al l p ;' ' ' t f, o..wer = 3 , ; I fioat.haf27 t I,Dover Dover .. , : r iJuL:IaPIP AoutbamP t°, l, London • Sottt.!.laxP • , t),)ver ••• •;;,: I verr 4.l " 1 Li 1 Dover ..•01 isontbarnP ° :.' '' .poyer ,Soutb a lort y a riost , ! Do ver : , ,; to n lg o ntham: tOn cr ts Valo is Dotter • - s. ipoy; , Tia;optopi I soutlo vt" TYLVD AND WEATIIK - i i? pOfi --... , SATTIWn"' et.., , Stations. C ourse o f Wi nd. st a te of il e Greenwich ... S.W Overcast. Lothbury Bristol W. Unsettled. Plymouth Taunton • W Rain. Bath Gloucester N. W Cloudy. Cardiff N.W ......... Fine. Torquay W.5.W..... Cloudy. Swansea W Cloudy. Haverfordwest ... W Rain. Brighton S.W ... Fine. Boston ' S.W Cloudy. Groat _Grimsby ... W Fine. Ba i a , Dublin ........ ...... SS. W Foggy' ip, Liverpool Leeds . W. S. W. Manchester Wakefield • • W. Sheffield Whitehaven Maryport . Lancastet ... ...... 5.W... Carlisle Bradford 5.5.W........ Fine. Stoke-on-Trent Ipswich Hague . W Fla°. Whitby Lowestoft E. Leamington E. Derby N.W Cloudy. Normantou W Fine. Stamford W Cloudy. Masborough Barton-on-Trout 5.W.......... Fine. Chesterfield. ... N.W Cloudy. Leicester S. Nottingham Bangor - . S.W Rain. Holyhead Southampton ...... N.W Fine. Portsmouth ...... W... Fine. Poole .......... .... S.W. Fine. Dorchester ......... W. Darlington ......... S.W ... Very fine. Forfar ............... E. York ............... S.W ' Fine. Glasgow S.W Cl ou dy. Edinburgh W Unsealed , S'unflorland Perth Dundee Bridlington - Fine. Stirling Greenhill W. Fine. Newcastle Cupar Hull N.N.W. ... Fine. Kirkcaldy N. Fine. Scarborough Aberdeon W Very fine. ~ , e [ADVERTISE MENT.j — IroIIoway's Pills foliar 5 ,4,'„; Remedy for Giddi ness in the Head . ---"'-;P":1 druggist, Hull, states in a letter to P r ofess () ; ho''' that Mr. John Ware, residing. in Stabb s :3,l o West-stre?t, Hull, had been affl ic t e d with the head o ff an d on for the last twenty he tried many things durikg that long P er m found little or no relief from them ; at las t g dated to t r y H o ll oway ' s P i lls from livar.,„`w-‘;ils encomiums passed on thdi r • v i rtues, and, A'"oo4 it may a pp ear , h e i s perfectly cured, 80`1" het , er health than ever he did before, than% 1 1 ' way's Pills.—S o ld b y a ll ven d ors of medielt-ref Professor H o ll oway ' s esta bli s h ments, 2 44, d don ; and 80, Maiden-lane, New York. of the Roy. J. Tweed, rec t or of Ova an -a Suffolk. On the 4th inst., at St. George's Catholi e lo , Southwark, Henry W e ll er L adbrook Clarke, tol Maje ty's Hon. Corps of Gent'amen at Arms , vg Mary Agnes, eldest daughter of James Morris , 2> DIED, jg!, On the 4th inst., at the residence of her ee n ,: ) , : k street, Wcstinins!er, Sophia, widow of Sir lif*` Brunel, aged 80. ob On the .1.01,11 nit., in the camp before Sebs a t , t , Richard L e i g h L ye, of Um 20th Regim e nt of ro of Dr. Bleck Lye, of Hereford. On the 3d inst., Miss Philpott, aged 71. oli e On the 3d inst., John Alex. Berrey, Record and Writ Clerks. On the 7th inst., at 505, Lawnmarket, b fur daughter of Mr. David Lyon. O fl LONDON: Printed and Published by 311102 0 of No. 112, St ra nd , P r i nter, at The Sun o '7 l , - ;4 0 Strand, in the P rec i nc t o f t h e Savoy, in Alon:lay, January $, 1855. BIRTIIS. OP A SON. P °. On the'3,l inst., at Monntjoy, Phenix.park, wife of Captain Leach, Royal Engineers. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 3d i ns t., a t B roa dl an d s, Isle of ~ vv . ; of G. E. Estwick, Esq., Twickenham. 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