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

We give today the continuation and conclusion of Sir W. Barnett's Report, the first portion of which ap peared in The Sun of Thursday. Albion.—About the 11th of July, when at Baljick, diarrliceabegan 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 diarrhGeal 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 amounted to 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, h o wever, only one case amongst the boys, an d one amongst the officers ; but as to why, there is no means of 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 iu some degree have rendered them less susceptible of the exciting poison. Whether themen 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 Baljick were suffering most severely. From the let to the Bth of August the ther mometer averaged 75 degrees on board, the barometer 29.87 degrees. The weather was close and sultry, and •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 pl ums. T wo other cases occurred the Mme 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 diarrhoea' 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 diarrhcea, 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. ►FFICIAL REPORT Olf THE CHOLERA IN THE BLACK SEA FLEET. In fact, the attacks subsequently, though numerous, were principally of a diarrhmal 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 the Crimea, though these cases appear to have been contracted at Baljick 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 durirg the months of August and September amounted to 39 mem. Furious—The crew of the Pinions 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 in 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 cholera occurred, and in the evening the disease began to spread with fearful violence ; conse quently the vessel went to sca 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 there were 73 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 from others of the same class, yet she suffered much more severely. This can only be explained by supposing 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. The effect produced by her running to sea was , how ever, widely different from that which oc cto urred i n the Britannia ; is th e one the disease began decline immediatelyafter she left the anchorage ' • but in the oth er , in consequence of imperfect ventilation, it became greatly aggravated. Tribune —The only o th er vessel in which the epidemic madeits appearance on the 9th was the Tribune. She arrived at Baljick from Kaffa on the 30th of July • her crew appear to h ave b een attacked with diarrhoea about ' the same time as the crews of the other vesselspresent ; and on the 9th o f A ugust there was one death'from'cho lera, and another on the 11th. She went to sea on the clear 12th, of bu beth forms of disease.t returned again on the 17th, b e i ng then nearly Rodney—On the following lay, the 10th, cholera made its appearance amongst the crew of the Rodney, thougb, as i n mos t o f th e ot h er vessels, it had been pre ceded by diarrhoical attacks. She went to sea on the 12th, arid again returned to Baljick on the 20th, having in the interim lost 7 men by the disease, which :Appears to have abat e d soon a f ter she left the anchorage. he also lost on e man b y c h o l era i n September ;it was sup posed that he contracted the disease on shore, well, assisting to remove the wounded from the battle -field of the Alma. Vesuvius —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 of the Danube ; and up to the sth of August, when she arrived at Baljick, there had been no appearance of cholera or any other sickness amongst her crew. While at Baljick the boats' crews had 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 Salina, the first cas e of decided cholera occurred. Fresh cases made their appearance occasionally afterwards until the 20th, I then a few scattered diarrheeal attacks until the 22d, when the poison appears to have been exhausted. The total number of cases amounted to 12 of diarrhoea, and 6of cholera, of which 3 terminated in death. The sur geon has mentioned that boats' crews, namely, the men who had been exposed on shore at Baljick, suffered more 1 than the rest of the ship's company, and the marines less tha n th e seamen and stokers ; none of the offi cers ' had cholera, but some of them a.ttacked by diar rhoea,. He did not observe any atmospheric peculiarity at Daijick, except that the vicissitude s of temperature were occasionally rather sudden ; in one or two occasions a difference of 10 or 12 degrees was observed within the twenty-four hours. In this, as in the latter vessels, the progress of the disease appears to have been arrested by going to sea. It is remarkable that while the surgeon of the Furious, while anchored one day before the Vesuvius, describes the weather as sickening and oppressive, the surgeon of the latter did not observe any peculiarity with the exception of the slight changes in t . ,:e temperature abovelneritioned. lii this and in similar cases it might not be an unsafe rule to strike the mean as regards the state or 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 V engeance on the Bth of Au gust, but whether at Varna or B a lji c k , I am usable to state, as hw n the quarterly beer. received. return for E igJh Eighteen August, and September, of her men, however, fell victims to the disease between the oth and 29th of sAugust. Retribution and Sidon. — The next vessels attacked were the ltetributionand..Sielon : the former lay at ancho r w i th the f l eet at BaTck from the 20.. h July to a ru the 12th August ; she went to quence of th e prevalence of diarrshecea On the fallowing d ay one o f these latter cases pamongbably in conse it her crew. degene rated into cholera, and the man died ; what influence • the sea a i r h ad on the health of the crew is not stated, but it is t o b e i nferred that it checked the progress of the , disease ; for alth ough the vessel returned to Baljick, and afterwards visited Odessa, Varna, and Constantinople, no other case occurred until the Bth of September, the ,e left Baljick for the Crimea. On the same .h of August, the crew of the Sidon were at between that (late and the 21st eight men r o fr, The clothes and bedding left by the iuried—that is, thrown overboard —and the A lentifullyI entifully sprinkled w ith the solution of the : inc. r — Though this vcrsel appears to have been ing the first two weeks in August to precisely idecnie infiuencps as the other vessels an- day after she S t iNty, the 13a 4,, ~, f. . , - tacked,,'l.4!w. -..".* -;'!,.-►rr • ,z-- .1- § t eg. ied i . v ,-* . proilbre ly Te, 1 k ePr?, p' -,. ~ ,x,,,, , j , -T . , el ?I z, , - -G• -, '''. jr le.— . dun ; t, . :m e epi THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1865 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 6 INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. IN THE MATTEEt OF JOHN OALDWF,LL. 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. He 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 him how he got into prison. The insolvent said he got into difficulties before he was in the regiment. Ile 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 Paid his pay was 2s. 3d. a day. In answer to the Court he said he was a single man. Mr. Commissioner Phillips doubted whether he shguld grant bail. The debts were 3401. And a good many for money advanced—one was for a ring, 31. The insolvent stat e d th a t h e did not enter the regi ment until last May, and the debts 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 HATTER OF HENRY JARRETT. The insolvent, the late musical director at Drury-lane Theatre, applied for his final order. Mr. Sargood appeared for Messrs. Shoolbred, of Tut tenhatn-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 1,1001., 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 ho considered him a partner ? The insolvent said—Of course. Mr. Commissioner Phillipsasked him what he meant ? The insolvent said he did not consider him as a part ner. lie was told by that court that he was a partner. .Mr.Counissioner Phillips declared that he never told him anything 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 ? Insolvent—No, your honour. The insolvent sv:is 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 ho 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 he 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 1,160/. 13s. 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- LEBONE. A MAN AND HIS WIFE SHOT.-ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER. Eder the pitiblic 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 The-las Stewart Drummond, Esq., a gentleman of fortune resid ing in Scotland. The circumstances under which the murder took place may bebriefly 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 entei ing 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 medic d 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. Duffin and Mr. Bridges, of Laugham-place, Mr. Norman, of Duchess-street, Mr. Thompson and Mr. Allen (surgeon to the police f , rce of the E 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 bead 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 I3uranelli with a second pistol in his hand levelled at herself, she hastily sprang up in • bed, and raised her right arm in 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 womau's chest. The assassin 'was next examined, and a very cursory glance at his wound sufficed to shoeethat he had inflicted upon himself a wound of a most dangerous character. Tile 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 flour of the room for the space of three or four feet was covered with his blood, pp he retained perfect sensibility. Mr. Duffin and the other medical gentleman in attendance, thought it better that Buranelli should be removed to the hospital at once, and a stretcher having been procured, be 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 mr.st have found its way into the chest. This of course renders her case ex tremely dangerous, and small hope is entertained of her life being saved. In consequence of her perilous condi. tion the Rev. Charles raring, MA., rector of All Souls Church, attended the unfortunate woman immediately after morning service yesterday, and administered such spiritual consolation as her case required. While the medical men were engaged in their painful a l ,!' c d x 1 a , 1 ,' xi 0 u s day, the police, under Mr. Superintendent gedy. motivesh tain tuheemPleled i 0 swts t ile.l l ,, i i es c s , ?l e themselves in chieflye n e avou r i entrustedng deplorable to t oa a s st c er e ra r .: the E division, the la led to so east Smith and had been one of tho first rp,,t,eta,rit Hayes, two clever officers of rs te t r t of whom, as already stated, disaster. The inmates of tohaerhriov were aen o e f d course discover o in f c the tl,l te. r fi i i e .s d t p w e o r r s n o a n n s of t he questioned , nanie the.n, a mar apart from her husband, enough was I.ams.n, residing the existence of very bad feeling hatgw and the murdered man Lambert and his wife. Truth assa'sin dt most f ro Janem c u l B l ;a e rlirt l l ei l y t.l'h.the maligned scene Truth obliges us to say that if the house in . which b cha racter, its occupants are an° tragedy has taken place was not of a questionalil t h is neighbourhood. From information given to the office rs , it app ears that Lam b ert and his wife e n t ere d on the tenantcy of the house about three weeks before Christmas last, removing into it from 35, Newma n street, Oxford street, where they bad formerly lived. Associated with Mrs. Lambert in the tenantcy of the house was Jane Williamson ; the two ladies intend:lie, it is said, to carry on business as milliners and dressmakers. 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 when 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 compellel 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 longer, and that he must leave the house. This happened on Thursday se'nnight. Buranelii seemed much hurt at the intimation, and re plied to Lambert that he was su re th a t 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 Buranelii's annoyance by his dis missal from the house. Mrs. Williamson at once stated that she had 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, Buranelli, writing from a lodging in Newman-street, addressed Jane Williamson in terms of affection, and implored her 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. and 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. He was admitted by a charwoman named Sophia de Veaux, who bad herself been let into the house by Mrs. Lambert only an hour previously. Do Veaux knew that he had lodged in the house, and therefore w as no t s urprised 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 be placed in her hands at the same time. She was, however, surprised as she descended the kitchen stairs tLbear the door o f th e back parlour where the Lamberts were in bed opened by Buranelli ' • and while in the act of ascending to sati s fy herself what could be meant by this intrusion, she was horror-struck at hearing the report of a pistol and the next moment a loud shriek from her mistress. She- in stantly ran to the front door, and seeing a policeman on the opposite side of the road obtained his assistance 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 s h e beard the voice of Buranelli, calling cut 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 ehe 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 saute in stant Buranelli retired from her door and shut himself into au 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. Eat upon opening the parcels addressed to Mrs. Williamson and placed in time charwoman's hands by Buranelli, some ex traerdinary feels were disclosed, One of these parcels contained a small daguerreotype likeness of Buranelli in a 3 morocco case, within which were enclosed two papers, upon one of which was written as follews : "'To Mrs. J. Williamson. " Remember this miserable man." An unintelligible word follows here, apparently sig nifying— " (The victim) of love ! " 5,1, 55. "From LUIGI BURANELLI, " Adieu, my dear ! " Adieu, my love ! " Adieu, for ever !" 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—" Amico Cavissirno," and concluded " Ii too infelice atnico." 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 ! lam sorry to lose your friendship, and more sorry to give you so much trouble. "Adieu for ever, "Your unfortunate friend, " LUIGI BunaNELLI." Thus much of what could be ascertained in reference to the tragedy at the scene of its occurrence. It has boen 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 caused 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, a nd I was a p a ti en t in tis 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, Buranelli, 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 ago 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 con,entecl to live with them in New nan-street, and while there I became' ntimate 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. Willi:in:son was with child by me, and during an interview I had with Mr. Lam bert 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, Foky-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, reloading one of inypistols, shot myself, and I hope I 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-court-road, and the balls and caps in Oxford-street." Three cartridges and some percussion caps were found upon the assassin. In answer to inquiries at a lab hour last night the wretched man was described to he in a very precarious state, with but little hope of recovery, though still retaining his sensibility in a re markable deg ca. He positively refuses to receive spiritual consolation from a Roman Catholic priest, though professirg; that faith, but to the Protestant chaplain of the Hospital, as well as to Mr. Vigurs, he' has expressed his great sorrow fQr the deed he has committed. Buranelli is a widower, and has one daughter —a chill of three years old, living at Penshurst, in Kent. Ho is himself only - 31 years of age. It has been ascer tztined by inquiry at his lodgings in Newman-street that he mris engaged writing until a very late hour on Saturday Light. lie 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, Baranelli said, " Are you afraid that I am a murderer r LamLert is a remarkably fine man, of nearly 6 feet 3 inches high, and of very murcular 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 ho em panelled at the earliest possible moment. SINGUL,4R, APPREHENSION OF . ALLEGED iIIUI?D_EREKS. 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 T i pp erary. A man named James Corrigan, a cooper, residing in Chisenhale-street, 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 three first-named pri soners, and these warrants were placed in the hands of Head-constable li'PHale, 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 Gf Corrigan, in Chisenhale street, and he went to search for them. After consider able difficulty thrown in his way by Corrigan, who denied a!1 knowledge of them, APllale succeeded in ap prehending Coughlin concealed in Corrigan's cellar, and also found that Corrigan had secured a pass4Te for one man on board the ship Universe, bound for New York, and fur which passage ticket paid 3/. On search ing the vessel the prisoner, John Toopar, was found among the passengerß, and taken into custody. The other prisoner, Martin Toopar, was found packed up in a large box, far which no owner could be found, and the back of which was extensively perforated with holei, to admit of his obtaining air. " Corrigan ,admitted that hC had got 101. from parties iu Ireland for the purpose of getting the men sent out of the country, but denied that he knew of any crime being charir•(l against them, Tile magistrate, after hearing the cash, said he had evidence before him that any murder had been committed, and he must discharge Corrigan, which he accordingly IVignale, however, not to be baffled, said ha would take them on his own responsibility ; he accordingly secured ail four, and th e y will he immediately trans mitted to Ireland. TRANSPORT OF PACKAGES AND PAR CELS TO THE CRIMEA. INVESTIGATIGN AT THE MANSION-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 loeum tenens 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, bye. 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 EDITOR OF THE TIMES. " Sir,—l am sure, from the very able and zealous manner in which you haveadvocated the system of voluntary contri butions to our soldiers in the Crimea, and the exertions made by your journal 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 itisements 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 addin g to the wel fare and comfort of our ga ll an t t roo p s , that any oppor tunity offered' to the public to facilitate forwarding con tributions to the seat of war will be readily embraced. I 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 package's to be forwarded, with list of contents, addressed, " W. Ward roper, Ecq., Export-wharf, St. Kathatine Docks." Letters and communications received at the office, 4, Railway place, Fonchurch-street, City, where also a list of articles must be forwarded two days prior to the goods being sent to the clocks.---" I am, sir, your very obedient servant, " W. WARDROPER. "4, Railway-place, Fetchurch-street, Dec. 20." Being desirous of availing myself of such apparently fa-, vourable opportunity to make a small shipment, I called the next morning, at the house, No. 4, R a il wa y-pl ace , for the purpose obtaining the requisite inlormation. 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—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, deteimining to have nothing whatever to do with the concern. Here the affair 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, Railwa: ..'enchurclastreeb, Dec., 1854. `QGentlemen —Being s'hortly about to proceed to the Crimea with a cargo of miscellaneous goods, I shall 'be happy to take out some of your groeery, which would meet with a ready sale et remunerative prices. I shall have 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 gen tleman 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, ltailway-place, Fenchurch-street, Jan, 3, 1855. " 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 arrangemen t w ill be made. As Mr. Wardropor 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.B.W• • 77, Leadonhall-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 bad 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 was informed by his " man of buSiness„" or ‘f 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. Wardroper assured me that he was going out in his own ship the Sparrowliawk (a schooner of 90 tone), 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 a perusal of the following letter addressed by him to the edi• for of the Daily News, and published in that paper :-- "THE CRIMEA.—GOODS, PACKAGES, A1,.7D 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 au 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 one 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 rust and reasonable price's than with a view to realising' au 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 di s p ose o f th em there on a moderate commission. " In this way a fair market will bo opened for the sol diers (though it be at first on a limited heals), and they will not longer have added to their other ti his the painful knowledge that 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 at a moderate charge. All who wish to avail themselves of this offer should soud their goods by the 14th at the latest. "Apologising for so long a letter, I am, sir, your most obliged servant, " War. WARDROPER. "4, Railway-place, Fenchurclastreet, 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 returned (continued Mr. Aldridge) from the seat of war, after an absence of four months, my whole time spent on board a schooner of 113 tons, I can very positively apeele of the privations and sufferings in many unimagined ways that must of necessity be encountered in such an enterprise, Mr. Wardroper is far advanced in life. He is, by his own =cunt, an invalid, and has been so many years, a stick and the arm of an attendant appearing necessary for his safe locomotion ; and I-do find a very great difficulty in reconciling a highly rt. , sponsible and e x t reme l y arduous undertaking with plea sure and amusement. Alderman Wiieon said that in such a case as had been represented to him, he considered it to be his duty to scud a messenger to Mr. Wardroper, to express thedesire of sitting magistrate to see him upon the subject. Soon afterwards Mr. Ward roper made his appearance. His,bodily health .seerned• to he 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 he 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 of money. • Alderman Wilson—Fray, are you acquainted with - the stripping of goods?—Mr, Wardroper—No, I can't say that I amp. Alderman Wilson—Are you acquainted with com mercial business ?—Mr. Wardroper Yes. Alderman Wilson—Where have you carried on busi ness ? It is necessary that the public should know some- thing about a person who sends circulars about to trades peopte and appears so prominently in the press as an advocate for cur troops in the Crimea.—M - r. 'Wardroper —I hare retlied from business these 7 yo 2.•: in c:,nse. quence of the state of my health, which I expect to be benefited by going to the Crimea. Alderman Wilson—What business ?—Mr. Wardoper —I have been in. the medical profession in Welbeek. street, Hanover. square. Alderman Wilson—You have stated in your adver tisements and other commonications that you had char tered a vessel for the Crimea. Is that the case ?—Mr. Wardroper—lt is ❑dt yet chartered, but I am about to do so. lam in treaty for a vessel, and the negotiation is almost completed. Alderman Wilson—l caution you cot to answer any question the answer to - which may i❑ your opinion in volve you in any difficulty. You have positively as serted to the public that you have chartered a vessel, and now you admit that such is not the case. Mr. Wardroper—lt is all the same. It will be char tered. It is most likely that I shall charter two or more vessels. Alderman Wilson —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—He mentioned to me that he would perhaps charter a line of ships. Mr. Wardroper said he believed the result would jus tify the speculation, which he assured the alderman was a bon 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 mean Mr. Wardroper said that such sum might be laid out advantageously fur 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 Ras, it appeared, to be secured upon the property to be shipped on beard_ a vessel which was not chartered. How was that to be answered ?—Mr. Wardroper : I assure you that the vessel is all the same as chartered, and that there is no hazard. I do - not know that there will be occasion for the sum mentioned in the advertisement. In fact, I do not think it would he advisable to embark more in the business. I am taking out a great deal of property iny.:•elf. Alderman Wilson—And do, you seriously consider yourielt qualified to go to the Crimea on such an enter prise, .prostrated as you say you are in health, and paralysed in your hands ?—Mr. Wardroper: Ido. I in tend to go out as supercargo, and to take a secretary with me. I deter.nined 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_ betore the alder Man, expressed himself decidedly of opinion that the speculation of his client was not at all likely to be successful, but that thero'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. Wardropor might make as. to the . condi tion of ti,at•gecftlentaii'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 inquiries 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 po;ice every assistance he was capable of affording. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. PROPOSED BARNET AND WILLESDEN: A bill haz just been printed havi•ig fur its object to construct a railway from the Great Northern Railway, at BA-net, to the West London Railway, near Willes. 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 ruminating by a junction with the West London Rail way, at a point in the pari,h 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 commenceniient, 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 cligins west of the bridge by which Scrubb's-lane crosses the North Western way, , with a branch connecting with the North and South Western Junctibn Railway and the North Wes tern Railway. Such railway and branches to pass through the following parishe3, 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. THWMETROPOLITAN (UNDERGROUND). An important supplementary act of Parliament is about to be applied for, and a bill lips 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 office. 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, iu 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 'Post-office in St. Martin's le-Grand. The bill also, by the tenth section, states, 44 That whereas it will he 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 original act, was divided into 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. chored at Baljick, her crew suffered but little from the prevailing scourge. Diarrhceal complaints were of fre quent 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 billions character—the diarrhcea, 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 Septensber, 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 crew 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 diarrhcea at the time, be ate voraciously of raw onions 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 atmosphere which was supposed to be present in each, yet with the exception of about twenty cases of diarrhoaa, her crew entirely escaped. TheHighfiyer is another case in point ; she bad been employed off the Sulina mouth of the Danube, some fifty •r sixty miles to the northward of Baljick, from the Ist to the Eth of August. She anchored at the 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 is 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 ter2.cting 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 Men. Diar. Chol. Diar Chol. - -- Britannia ... 1040 396 229 - ...-- 139 Albion Fat lolls Trafalgar ... 35 London Vengeance ... 18 Agamemnon 848 149 17 ... 15 m Aug .{ fro Bellerophon 649 131 15 ... 7 12 to Sept. 30. from Aug Caradoc ... ... 9 to Sept. 30. Diamond ... 240 39 3 ... • • Firebrand ... 207 13 2 . • . 1 .. Highflyer ... 234 47 . • ••• . Inflexible ... 161 30 ...1 Leander 491 161 12 .. ... 5 Megmra Niger Queen 912 144 5 • 1 5 Retribution 302 87 2 ... 2 Rodney 3hcarwater 56 8 Spitfire ... ... ... ... • • • Terrible ... Triton Tribune •• • Wasp Sidon .... Vesuvius From the preceding table it appears that as the crew 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 the 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, n o p roo f i n any of the medical r e t urns 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 explain, 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 cress in a per fectly healthy condition. There is no evidence to show, nor i 3 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 ought to have suffered somewhat nearly in the same ratio ; yet the crews 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 that 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. If 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 be supposed that it arose from the greater abundance, and consequently the greater force, of the exciting cause—namely, an infectious ema nation from the bodies of the sick. Various modes of treatment were adopted, but I re gret 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 whatever on the system ; it did not alleviate the suffering, or break the chain of morbid action, which was rapidly hurrying the victim to his end. Dilute sulphuric acid, which had gained a temporary place on 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 t g i i n n e g , er with oth er me d icines. Brandy, ether, ammonia, turpen tine, egvieesn of life, were given to r ouse th e flag but to little purpose ; they were generally thrown from the stomach as soon as swallowed, and dra ug ht s containing creosote, chloroform, and cam phvve e o r r, shar e d th e same fate. The stomach had, as it Y, lost th e power of ministering to the wants of the Y Warm baths were used to restore heat, and to mode rate the f orce of muscular spasm ; and bottles filled with hot wat er were applied to the back and feet to equalise the circulation ; but the means were inadequate to the ends. trufraiL7htiunte,itamncla ystfraoirnig bed d we h re hap p S e n to aP i t sni he u fi y eri e ng. ou e w et whether they did not a dd t o t h e patient's su In the vessels w hi c h 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 mere by the virulence or concentration of the exciting poison than by any other cause. It is satisfactory to observe 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 previcus use. The results on the whole, as regards the medical treat ment, were not satisfactory, but they were not, more di-estrous thin generally happens from similar visitation. In the less severe forms, however, and in the diarrliceal affections which arise from the true choleraic cause, medical treatment was of essential service. The purg ing, in most cases, reedily yielded to mixtures contain ing Ptepared chalk, opium, and carminatives. Astring eats, such as kino, catechu, and acetate of lead, were also thought to be useful when the more simple mixtures f i . a iled. By these means, by suitable diet, warmth, and y confining the men to their hammocks, there can be little doubt that many patients were rescued from the more malignant form of the disease. The means that were taken to detect who • under diarrhoea, or were unconsciously labouring cholera, or who, thoughother premonitory symptoms of affection, yet affected to consciou sde of the nature of the effects ; as the wore early s)ise it, had also their good in practice the snore the remedial means were put (Signed) likely were they to succeed. W. Bertra m Admiralty, Somerset-house, Nov. 30 Dir , e ItBosriGeneral. NE WSPAPERS SENT AB ROAD.— . .A. ve large number of newsp apers f or places abroad, uponry which a p os t age ought to have been pre -paid, being continually posted without such pre -payment, the Post office authorities have issued a notice, recommending persons who are in the habit of transmitting newspapers to foreign coun tries, or to au of the colonies, to sath.fy themselves, by inquiry at the Post-office, whether or not any postage is payable upon them in this country, before they deposit their newspapers in the letter-box. NC-NE:- papers for foreign pacts, which have been improperly posted unpaid, are detained and sent to the Dead Letter office. CORPORAL PUNISHMENTS IN THR NAVY. F rom re turn printed on Saturday, procured by Mr. Ilumae,it appears that in 18 months ended June, 1853, th ere were 1,122 floggings in the Royal Navy,land the number of lashes inflicted was 34,860. The highest number in. flied 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 t o June, there were 330 punishments and 10,053 lashes SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, JAN. 6. ENTERED INWARDS.—The. Fern , from St. Michael's ; Kate, St. Micha e l' s • Johannes Tondor, Miramichi ; Char lotte, Terceira; Sophia Margaret; Terceira; Sarah, Jersey; Alfred, St. Michael's; Robert Stephenson, St. John's, N.B. ; Folend, Lacon ; Eliza Jenkins, River Uragulty ; Lion, Gravelines • ' British Isles, D emerar a ; J. Walls, jun., ; Only Son, Rio Grande; Camaro,n Cal lao; Progress, Calcutta; C a th er i ne J amieson , Syd ne y ; Paragon, Belize; Simon Magnus, Lagos; Leonidas, Se ville; Tuna and Trutle, Madras.an , l Pondicherry; Queen, Singapore; Marian Zagury, St. Michael's; First Fruit, St. Michael's,- Stately, Valparaiso. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Eagle, for Boulogne; Co leritas, Monte Video and Buenos Ayres; Levant, Constan tinople; Pungale, Adelaide; Fray, Constantinople; Meancler,•Madras ; Eliza, Constantinople and Varna; Dale Park, Sierra Leone ; Amazon, New York ; Catharine, Genoa : CaLdoFda, Hamburg; Why N u t, Salonica and Smyrna; Darnley, Trinidad ; White Falcon .Constauti nople ; Epamin on d as , G ee l ong; S t. Salvador, Oporto; Ida, Rio Janeiro;. Pionear, Constantinople. - . CLEARED OUT WITH CAIZGO.—Tho TnoEperus, for Con stantinople ; Anna, Amsterdam ; Maris, Aguntlio, Copen hagen ; OSCCIII, Naples ; .I\ls:rtha, Dunkirk ; Mary Miller, Demerara; Persia, Jaica ta. • VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. - - The Ben, bound south, Dec. 14, lat 5 N., long. 25 W. .• The GratidiO, bound south, 15th, lat. 8 N., long. 23 W. Tho Onyx, bound south, lat. 40 long. 22 W. Tho Mary, from Callon to Liverpool, Nov. 18, let. 40 S. long. 32 W. . . The Lotus (ship), stearin!! south, same day. Tie Rubis, of London, Sept. 17, lat. 3 N., long. 88 W. The Salatnander (whaler), Dec. 8, o ff the Isle of Brava (Caps - de . Verds). The Mary,.bound to Bayonne, 12th. The Witchcraft (ship), from Calcutta, 15th, lat. 25 S., long. 62 E. The Julian do Unzucta (Spanish ship), from Manilla, Nov. 20, lat. 13 S., long. 8 W. . The Henrietta Elizabeth Susanna, from Calcutta, Dec. 4, let. 3-5.,-long. 17 W. , Tho Ida Williehuina, 29th, lat 46 N., long. 17 W. • The Alfred, of Guernsey, for St. Michael's, Dec. 30 , about eight miles S.W. o f th e Li zard. Tho John Bright (American ship), Dec. 21, lat. 41 N. The Adam Carr, from Glasgow, Jan. 1, lat. 43 N., long. 10 W. The -Foam, from Brinn to Bristol, Dec. 21, lat. 41 N. long. 28 W. The. Consul, from Liverpool for Callao, Nov. 26, lat. 7 N. long. 26 W. A barque (understood to Ira the Easily), from London for New Zealand. The Basbadian, from Glasgow for Callao, Nov. 30, lat. 9 N. long. 26 . W. The from Shields fos Matanzas, Dec. 9, let. 19 N., long. 31 W. The Glenolg, for the westward Dec. 11, lat. 21 N., long. 36 vi r . The lady M'Donald (ship), standing to. the westward, Dec. 29, let. 49 N., long. 16 W. The Asio, of Bordeaux, Nov. 7, lat. 32 S., long. 30 E. The Mario Mathilde, from Marseilles for Bombay, Dec. 12, lat. 25N. Tne Olorieles, of St. John's, N. 8., from Plymouth (out 11 dayg), lat. 48N., long. 21. W. The Thomas Fieldin g , from Liverpool for Sydney, Nov. 11, lat. 17 N., long. 31 W. THE METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT.—On Saturday a Parliamentary document, ,obtained by Mr. Aleock, M.P., was issued, containing an account under the Metropolitan Buildings Act '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 not to be used after a ppeciffed period. %merles.. key United Sts. packet) America (by U. States, packet) Australia (via South-! ampton) Jan. 4 . • .. . Ditto (via Marseilles) N Jan 9 ..... Ditto (via Cape of Goodl Hope) Dec. - 4 . Attica ( West Coast) ..N 't 3d of the mo n th ~ Alexandria.. N 9, 24, &30 of In. Alexandria.. 4th & 20th of mon. Bahamas 17th of the mouth: Belgium. .......... Brazil _l%l ,9th ()film mouth.. Buenos-Ayres N,9th of the month.. Cape of Goed Dope .. Cape of Good Ilope • ..N Caps de Verde 9th of. the mo n th Ceylon (see India) Ceylon.... .• ......N, Channel [thee N; Mon &I% 11. .11.1 1 ,2 d & 17th of mono Chinr."(see India) • i Cou . Stantinopie 28 ofo; Conetsntinople ~......!4th S. - , 20th of mo:i. Cont. of Europe M & tviee daily • E ;ypt (see India) B'rance ..... M & ,Twice eai1y...... Gufti tar 'Greece (zee India) Greytown M•2nd & 17th of mon. liamhurgh N Tuesday & Friday EL:vat - mall .... liolland ............ Dai1y............ Eldodurai 1%1,17 th of the mouth. India (vlaSouthampt.)lM 4th & 20th of /non. India (via Marseilles).ll 91 . 1 1&21ith of month lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon Ireland & N.Twice daily Lisbon 9 , 17, & 27 of in , Madeira of the month Madeira .. ........ N 123 d of month .... Malta (see India) Kalta ..............N 3,18, &28 of mon. Mauritius (see India) 1 Mauritius .. • ....... N i 14th of the month Mealco ............M 2nd of the month. Naples .... • , • ....... s;l s thl s th2othofinor.. New Granada 2d io 17th of month New Z011an1............?y.P r ivate skip • • Papal States .; N 5 thls th2s thoflno n . Peninsula ..AI. Ithl7ol.27theuton. Peru..Al& 27th of mon. Port Natal By private ship... Sicily N:5 thith.2s tholinon, Ire - many ........ Nl5 thl s th2sthotinon. Venezuela 25 & 171 h otmonth Van Diemen's Lane (ice , ' Australia) . .. . Westl7th o ; month' 1 Liverpool - • kouthaxaPt ° !Southsu+p'• po !Dover Plymouth Dover SouttamlO n l SzuttlauPto"' Dover ziouthAmPt°", gout.tiarnPL °r : 15*uthantpw1i I Dover .• • • Dover .• • • ''i " tO .ll s p j .) :L V th e r aw . • AontharaP t "; London el Soutl;arnP"l, Dover ..•••• il l Southall - T. O 111 1 SDS L I IPll° l ll v u:'l e m;:tetch rP 0 o ir:aa °EI.• :;▪ ;:: Dover .•••'‘i i. . r iSoutbsua o ,Dover ..!:,;,, ‘ i 'SoatharriPS, or V ar i o us P , : . Doveruts .ri . 3 PtZ . I Southwa t r ollr Various Po D o ver • • ''' l , 1 Dover • " We •O P ' , sou stiamP I 1500tti5!t....,....1.-----nfl‘n. LVI.i.V D AND WEAT. -- Rl' >spo O' Statiors. Course of W SATu RP ind. state of " re ' Greenwich .. S.W Overcast. Lothbury Bris:;o1 W. .......... Unsettled Plymouth ....... Fine. Taunton W Rain. Bath Gloucester N.W........ Cloudy. Cardiff N.W ......... Fine. Torquay W'S•W• •••• Cloudy. Swansea ••• W............ Cloudy. Haverfordwest ... W ............ Rain. . Brighton S.W ...... ... Fine. Boston S. W... ... ..... Cloudy. Great Grimsby ... . Dublin ........ - Foggy — i tft ?' Liverpool .......... N. W ' Foggy-----v. 6to. Leeds Manchester Wakefield Sheffield N.E.... ...... Fine. Whitehaven Maryport. . Lancaster .... ..... S W... Carlisle Bradford S. ....... Fine. Stoke-on-Trent Ipswich Hague W Whitby - S.W Cloudy. Lowestoft E. Leamington E. Derby N.W - Cloudy. Normanton W Fine. Stamford W Cloudy. Masborough Burton-on-Trent 5.W.......... Fine. Chesterfield N.W ......... Cloudy. Leicester Nottingham Bangor S.W Rain. Holyhead Southampton...... N.W Fine. Portsmouth ...... *W... Fine. Poole ............... S.W. Fine. Dorchester ..... .... W. Darlington ......... S.W Very line. Forfar ............... E. York .. ............. S.W . Fine. Glaso•ow ...... : ..... S.W Cloudy. Edinburg h ......... W Unsettled. Sunderlaud Perth Dundee Bridlington Stirling .... Greenhill W. Fine. Newcastle . Cu par Hull N.N.W. .., Fine. Kirkcaldy N. Fine. Scarborough Aberdeen W Very fine. [ADVERTISESIENT.]-11olloway's Pill 3 an 9 9y Remedy for Oiddinea in the Bead.-311)lL druggist, Hull, states in a letter to Profess°, toi that Mr. John Wa- ,l'ros, tieF;tilees„ , laiE s taste etas Patent lAZtledy fo r If? k , `uail In tl "fie ep ea aU ti tt rreat c Or -,s anarni % 11{ 4' 4 1 or all ~4 118 4,lit their ZD t hr, t l : tin ca . • kt..2,oseß, ' l l , I; ' I I. 1 13' q 4 e o are P 4 ist . s a tlipnik e rlrc n t )1‘ . 4.1 tht, °, t 4 , 4411 n4r Y f,atioz k tlo 1,..te' 111 11: ( t i t N % 4 t,h ' krl tt Irvl th ' 1 11 " "e' Dr .C . l? .41 t'' 0 1t LL CQ LQ 41,3,) pn r e , 44 i, Doh, 1 11 , eto qua ete t r h e get 11 , 1 c 003: 14 0 f ! Rep th e e et kOn fre etic tiaT r Dajil); r i ,11)114151441Z3 k i b i Tr qe eet 11 44 ' Pftnior ittia tioasness teracdiati :° l l sec of Beni E . L'l ti 4 o and eapeci .4 1 4 2 d a e n ra d t XLA: bera Tgli EN • 1 11 Ad 4, 38.; To-N 1 Are Dik e n _ e r ti, 4ll = au r , i COUNTRY MARKETS. ONT • Gentle] 5, strrle, HADDINGTON CORN MARKET—JO' 4 , before th, WHEAT. BARLEY I OATs. 1;91, 11 ' in at ."ei First Bls Od 363 6d I 31 3 O' l 44 , , ' Qit 4 ' , E ttuis ' t t t a h at a Second 72s ld 3,4 s 1d / 29s o ,l _, 4 ;1 5 3- 'lt Third COs Od 30s Od 1 253 Od 1 7: p , Total quantity of wheat in market, 400 qrs" r's 3 ` I TA-N PP PP barley Pt 531 qrs., ` ) .1 .1, o il PP Jr, oats. Pf 481 qv" '', , trys e IS 87 qrs., " Ik e , t 'n tli ( ~ „ - beans - „ kri PaYrne• AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTO. fel, Of 114 , ' urn s . Wheat, •31. 12 1 8-12ths 1 Barley, ...1/. 14 . 1. 6 ,r Oats, ... 11. 9 0 1-12ths 1 Beans, 2/. - 4 11 .4 , I.b ' DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—jO' f 4 " 1 15 tR1 ID. Qrs. Best. Current. • 0 . of. :393 Wheat ..... . ... 80s 01 1602 Oats . 30s 8d 995 Barley 355 6d ° O ° O s s 0 0 d d ..: .......... 1 1 1 Q l th' s ee t l ' I ' ' ' th,er a e i l l 00s Od ........ • „ 66 44 ,,,,0f p, k 95 Peas & beans 47s al th j , ,„ J anuary, 1 ABERDEEN—JAN. 5. Od 00, The prices of gr a i n to-day are—Oats, 00s O ATION, .:A. 40 lbs per L us h e l ; new oats, 25s Od to 25s Oa , ' bushel ; here, 31s Ocl to 32s 6d, 531bs per bushel 0 31s Ocl to 323 Oil, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, red, v v. t . p., r et Is 1 65s Od, 62%3 per bushel; wheat, white, 703 Od i 4,, , I, e ,',',r on th e 621b3 per bushel ; oatmeal, 193 Od to 20s Od P;o• l41;:011:e'1;e.tri, flcier, 56s Od to 58s Od per sack. Provisions—B% it f) rtce o '' 6d to 8d ; mutton, :littr), 6d to 8d ; veal, ditto, ' i d pork, per lb, Os sci to Os 6.1 ; salmon, per lb, Is_ , 0(1 ,,,, (I; i„ 4, oti c ,,, i i rabbits, each, Od to Od ; tallow, per stone, 5s va ' d o' L I w ill el% potatoes, per peck, 8d to Os 9d • butter, per lb, 11 pi' eggs, per doz, Os 101 to Os 11:1; hens, per pat * 3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, 2s 01 to 2s 6d ; ducks, w ".h... . ,-, to 2s 61 ; ducklings, ditto, 2s 611 to 4s Od) , 1 , ' l 3' wi,7,a , ( 1 3s 6 1 to 4s Od ; geese, ditto, 2s 6d to 33 " o ,s for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 82s Op vii L i ditto (summer cured), 00s to 00s Od • eggs, whella ; 1 per dozen, 6d to 7d ; 41b loaf, 7d; 2113 loafd'ito Of,- tikltt 0 ~' ,E, , t „..,______ line small, Os Od to Os Oil •, pork, large, Os Od .4 0 1 , 11 ' I lamb, per qr., Os to "Os Oil ; cheese, per imPer l " i t FeleB .. 63 6d, to 7s. 111 1 ,„,--ecti "litio,,Tlis T he p;:'brita 10 1 , taiur,, DUBLIN, JAN. 5. 1, 5 5' 'f4llq r , t ban ' We had rather a dull market at our corn exc - To ''4 tp r ' b eeti day. Wheat barely supported the currencies of 0 . 1 , , ,, 11 ,,,the a and oats and barley were :3d to 6d cheaper 0°1 . ' 04, ly• ile Y St a , day. Little doing in Indian corn, but higher?' ' : d e :Deet tz , -- D' A " t been obtained. I. • °r ef 411 White wheat, 41s Gi to. 44s 6d ; red ditto, 384 to o barley, 16s 3d to 20s : 9d ; oats, 14s Cd to 16s ed /," 27s Od to 28s Gel per brl ; ()Amos], 15s (Id to 170 6 1 ; t0 (lour, 23s Od to 28s Od per amt.; Indian corn, 420 0 " CA ){ T A per 4801bs. L 0 SEABORNE MAILS. . 1 / 21 (N signifies that the malls are sent from vie Generalr rn (1,,, by the eight—and It b y the moin3 - ---despatch hitt .) ~.........,/ 1 Ertl Day when made u; F ro in w; St g t , COUNTRIE. in General Post- Port P,' lt P r E ~., °Mee, London. 4 in s ,,,,tehe , ~,' or i 4 lti n ''''' li -...........-: ,t r ,, o true4 , ucericts(by - iirit.pack)N Every Friday .. . Liverpool I , . , ~,,r1,......‘, rr.,;.„,, a._ - i.iiai, .a.i.r. ooan Ware, residing. in Stabh 3 l4‘ 14 10 ' West-street; Hull, had been afflicted with 1 , ( 0 1 1 , rw ° 4 t the head off and on for the last twenty yearst,!; o ó 1,1°,th,,, „ he tried many things during that long Pelie \\ll-44thSorce: found little or no relief from. them ;at last ", 0 4 l'ive` ll4 3' be duced to try Holloway's Pills from hearirV ' 414 in 1 encomiums passed on their virtues, and, w° ,91 1 ; 'ti lt it may appear, he is perfectly cured, and I ' to . trus t S P.Olt better health than ever he did before, tliani' ls e t' lami lshc way's Pills..—Sold by all vendors of medicin ;pi, N , Professor Holloway's establishments, 244, S t ...- t''"' it' don ; and 80, Maiden -lane, New York. y I ',Pet:4 l, ,, , zt a ''3'st,"it4 ' ur' ----- di sti , h, t , 1. 1 • e ver 4 Nal l' • t BIRTHS. y 111, P o lee smet'l it , OP A SON. O f . 1 , 1 1 tW el;t 4l DO etro u S' On the 33 inst., at Mountjoy, Phenix-park, Aro aci ,' h e wife of Captain Leach, Royal Engineers. Zeji oo l, l _ ! C la ti ' 1 44 tr, 1 •OF A DAUGHTER. ; ea _, te m On the 3d inst., at Brcadlands, Isle of Nirig bt ' ito rt of G. E. Estwick, Esq., Twickenham. ....„.." 1) ,, ,,, a 1, 1 , of IV 141 4 1 11 01 MARRIED. _,, oll' ' sc ll 'e ct, Z te „ F:" On the 28th ult., at Capel Church, Hume I ' o° ,o . 0,;,1"1ce. e ;.',1 7th Dragoon Guards, to Frances Mary, youngfli his,,,i 4 h a ,,; of the Rev. J. Tweed, rector of Cepel and °l h4 4 , 4 c 1 a, Suffolk. i t Pa t ies' 0 On the 4th inst., at St. George's Catholic,. g . t ' t l ,'ir D ZlY' Southwark, Henry Weiler Ladbrook Clarke, T t ' l .hett . d °le ' te e r, tb, t Maje ty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, 4 . It i s•• Mary Agnes, oldest daughter of James Morris, :' ea m i 11 e ' te 4) , —.-- . 11 4 . e11 e t ria„ r °l ' . 9 'et 114 Y' ' .DIED, t4t ) 3 ' be a:7 ti 010,.eit On the 4th inst., at the residence of her sn% d 4 t t he ' r thE street, Westminster & Sophia, widow of Sir Mar - , il, ' l ll 44 Rel el ' Brunel, aged 80! ,nlo q ' Or Elk 4(111 t i e eti t t l e a lor On the 10th ult in thecamp before sebas t 01 " ~ 4 °l lll 14 Richard Leigh Lye, of the 20th Regiment of P ° ' I ,,,Dtri c keeel of Dr. Bleek Lye, of Hereford. ci "th 1,, vit. On the 3d lust Miss Philpott, aged 71. 0 0° t, l'ci. , '' ttlei l'ire t ,;itl'o - , Oa the 3d inst., John Alex. Berrey, E 3 41" 110 - `"rg, - Record and Writ Clerks. ..ellt thi;ei 1!), 4 1 On the 7th inst., at 505, Lawnmarket, VIA' b il ''' tout ' daughter of Mr. David on. itiz t en ,hotai e ' ''7 - --- -- - -------- - ---- fi fi t ' , ,_ ,,, w `i ig LONDON : Painted and Published by MUrtn - ,,, J'l of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun OV;" or Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in i' li. ' Middlesex, Moulay, January ii, 1855. ~ t -...--_,- . --- -. 1 7. - ---- _,,_ „ WI