The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-09 00:00:00

THE FOLEY-PLACE TRAGEDY.

FURTHER STATEMENT OF THE MURDERER.
There in every reason to fear that the wretched
author of this tragedy has failed to inflict upon himself a
wound of sufficient gravity to occasion fatal results to him-
self. After a night of some personal suffering, Buranelli
woke yesterday morning in a more comfortable state, and
his condition last night was such u to lead to a strong pre-
sumption that he will ultimately recover. No further
attempt has been made to extract the ball, which it is now
believed must have passed from under the bridge of the
nese into the gullet, and thence, in all probability,
into the stomach. A police.constable is constantly on duty
at his bedside, and to him as well as to the nurses in at-
tendance the miserable man has been freely communicative
on the subject of his crime. He still expresses a hope that
he may not recover; but, in reply to inquiries, states that
he feels himself • " little better." In conversation, he has
explained the motive of his murderous attack to have
arisen from an allegation communicated to him by
Jane Williamson, to the effect that Mrs. Lambert
bad said she would provide her with something to
drink, which should have the effect of destroying
the infant with which the former was pregnant by him-
eelf. He adds that he loved Jane; Williamson sincerely,
and that she had often told him his affection was returned'
That he had promised her marriage on receipt of his annual
pension of 201., and that upon hearing what Mrs. Lambert
bad suggested, he told Jane Williamson that such a pro-
seeding would be highly improper, and equivalent to mur-
der, and that if Mrs. Lambert persisted in her intention he
would himself murder her as well as her husband. After
baying been ordered to quit the house by Lambert
he says he heard that Jane Williamson was con-
fined to her bed ill, that he then believed she
was suffering from the effect of drugs administered to her
by Mrs. Lambert for the purpose before described. On the
night of Saturday lest he says he went to Foley-place, and
I walked to and fro in the vicinity of Lambert's house for
IMO time, until he met Harriet Miller, their servant, of
whom he inquired how Mrs. Williamson was. Miller is
him that she had been ill and confined to her bed,
but was now better. He says on hearing this he went into
• coffee-house and wrote a letter to Mrs. Williamson, en-

treating her to see him once again; that he sent the letter
by a lad who; after being detained in the house a
quarter of an hour, cams back and told him that
Mrs. Williamson was ill in bed, and could not
see him. He says that his previous impressions
as to Mrs. Lambert's unfair practices upon his inamorata
were now revived, and he determined upon murdering both
herself and her husband, as well as committing suicide him-
self. He describes himself to have gone home to his
lodgings in Newman-street, where he sat up the greater
part of the night writing; that at daybreak on Sunday
morning he threw himself upon his couch without undress-
ing, and struggled hare: to combat the intention he bad
formed, but that ultimately his werset feelings prevailed,
and that he left home on the bloody errand he subse-
quently too euccessfully accomplished. He is perfectly
conscious of the presence of the officer at his
bedside, end has made special inquiries as to the safety of
what be describes to be a packet of "important lettere
which he delivered to the charwoman who admitted him
into Lsmbert's house on Sunday morning.
Mrs. Lambert is going on favourably. She was in a very
low condition yesterday, but her medical attendants are
fall of hope that her life will be spared.
Mr. E. W. Dania and other medial gentlemen acting
under the coroner's warrant made a post morfem examina-
tion of the head of Lambert last night, in order to give
evidence u to the cause of death at the inquest, which will
be opened this day.