The Sun.
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tions of the land forces, is highly appreciated by her
Majesty ; and I am further commanded to express the
gratification with which her Majesty has received the
intelligence communicated by you of the able and gallant
assistance afforded by the sailors from the fleet, under
the command of Captain Lushington and Captain Peel, in
the land batteries.

"Her Majesty deeply sympathises with those who,
during the progress of the operations which form the
subject of your present despatches, have been wounded
in the service of their country, and has received with sin-
cere sorrow your report of the loss of those of her gallant
soldiers and sailors who have been killed. It is impos-
Bible that operations of such great magnitude and diffi-
culty, more especially when the vast resources of the
enemy, and his powerful means of resistance, are taken
into consideration, should be unattended by loss ; and
her Majesty cannot but rejoice that, under the continued
exposure to the incessant fire of an enemy vastly superior
in numbers, to which her forces, both naval and military,
have been subjected, that loss, during the period included
in the returns of casualties en&osed in your despatches,
is not so great as might have been anticipated.—l have
the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's most obedient
humble servant, "NEWCASTLE.
" Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.13., &c., &e."

The foregoing despatch, although dated later than the
Duke of Newcastle's despatch which we published on
Christmas-day, relates, as will have been observed, to
operations in the Crimea anterior to those there grace.
fully commended.

The following have also been published in Genera:
Orders :

Extract from a letter of the Duke of Newcastle to Lord
Raglan, dated November 21, 1854.

"I take the present opportunity to assure your lordship
of the satisfaction with which I have received the testi-
mony borne by Major-General Sir Colin Campbell in his
report enclosed in your despatch of the 28th of October,
to the assistance rendered by the Royal Marine Artillery
and Royal Marines, in opposing the advance of the
enemy's cavalry in the action before Balaklava of the
25th of that month."

. " War Department, Nov. 23, 1854.
"My Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your lordship's despatch, No. 94, of the 31st
of October, which reached me on the 17th inst.
" I have lost no time in submitting to the Queen the
names of those officers whom Lieutenant-General the
Earl of Lucan considers as entitled to be specially men-
tioned for their service in the action of the 25th of Octo-
ber in front of Balaklava, and whom your lordship
commends to my notice ; and I have received her Ma-
jesty's commands to desire that your lordship will con-
vey to each of the officers in question the high approba-
tion with which her Majesty has viewed their valour
and excellent conduct in that action.—l have the ho-
nour to be, suy lord, your lordship's most obedient and
humble servant,

'' NEWCASTLH.
" Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., &c."

THE ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL.
GENERAL ORDERS.

By the following general order it was announced that
fuel and lights were to be issued to the army in the
East :
" General Order.

"Head-Quarters, before Sebastopol, Dec. 4, 1854.

"No. 2.—The Commissary• General will issue at the
stores at Balaklava certain quantities of patent fuel and
charcoal, as also lights, for the use of the troops."
When, however, the fuel was sent for, none was
issued, because the scale at which it was to be issued
had not been determined upon. After the lapse of nearly
a fortnight this weighty matter has been considered, and
the following is to be the proportion in which it is au-
thorised to be distributed :
"General Order.

" Head Quarters, before Sebastopol, Dec. 16, 1845.

"No. I—At the recommendation of aboard of officers
assembled to consider the subject, the commander of
the forces directs that fuel shall be issued to the troops
in the Crimea. on the following scale :

RATION ?I Dint. ---run.

General officers
Colonel on the Staff 2B
Adjutant General and
Quarter Master Goner. 40
Deputy Adjt. General
and Deputy Quarter
Master General
Dep. Ass. Adjt. Gen. and
Deputy Ass. Quarter
bias. General
Military Secretary l6
Aide-de-Camp
Brigade Major
Chaplain to the Forces l6
Deputy Judge Advocate 16
Provost Marshal 8

Staff Surgeea, First Class 16
Staff Surgeon, Second
Class
Staff Assistant Surgeon 8
Purveyor to the Hospi-
tals
Medical Clerk 6
Dispenser of Medicines 6
Commis. Storekeepers,
Assist. Storekeepers,
Issuers, Artificers,
Printers, and Messen-
gers
Commis. Muleteers and
Labourers
Servants not Soldiers

Commissary General 4O
Deputy Commissary Ge-
n oral l6
Assist. Commissary Ge-
neral lO
Deputy Ass. Commissary
General
Inspector General of Hos-
pitals
Deputy Inspector Gener l6

Field Officers
All other ranks
Staff Sergeant
N. C. Officers, rank and
file 1

DEATHS AT SOUTARI.

Since my last letter the burials have been—on
the 25th, 33 ; on the 26th, 27 ; on the 27th, 43,
inaliing a total of 103 in three days. The following
is the official return of names, ships bringing down
sick, &c., from the 25th to the 27th December :

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN.
Private William Stagg, 7bh Regt. diarrhoea, Dec. 23:
Private William Lindfield, let Battalion Rifle Brigade,
diarrhoea, Dec. 24.
Private Gilbert Johnson, Royal Artillery, dysentery,
Dec. 24.
Private Arthur Pdga, Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade, dysen-
tery, Dec. 24.
Private James Sims, 38th Regt., dysentery, Dec. 24.
Private John Reilly, 23d Regt. dysentery, Dec. 24.
Corporal Henry Williams, 7th Regt. diarrhoea, Dec. 24.
Private Thomas Lawrence, GSth Regt., febris, Dec. 24.
Private Neal McGary, Royal Artillery, dysentery,

Dec. 24.
Corporal John Clark, Royal Artillery, dysentery,

Dec. 24.
Private Thomas Keelchen, 63d Regt., Dec. 25.
Private William Tatton, 28th Regt., scorbuta, Dec. 25.
Private Geo. Baker, Coldstream Gas., diarrhcea, Dec. 25.
Private Lewis Dudley, 42d Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 24.
Private Patrick Healy, 20th Regt., diarrhcea, Dec. 24.
Private Henry Chamberlain, Gr. Gs., diarrhcea, Dec. 24.
Private William Andrews, Gr. Gds., diarrhcea, Dec. 24.
Private William Callertt, 23d Regt., diarrhcea, Dec. 24.
Private Thos. Bowe, 11th Hussars, morbis cord, Dec. 25.
Private Joseph Breedon, Royal Artillery, chronic diar-
rhcea, Dec. 26.
Private Thomas Boyde, 63d Regt., dysentery, Dec. 25.
Private George Robinson, Ist Royal Dragoons, dysen-
tery, Dec. 26.
Private Thomas Reilly, 7th Foot, dysentery, Dec. 26.
Sergeant-Major Thos. Smith, Royal Artillery, dysentery,

Dec. 26.
Private James Pepper, Grenadier Guards, diarrho3a,

Dec. 26.
Private William Davison, Coldstream Guards, Dec. 26.
Private Patrick Daley, 88th Regt., dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Henry Barrett, Coldstream Guards, febris

typhus, Dec. 26.
Private William Walters, ith Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 26.
Private Henry Pollard, 95th Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 26.
Private James Cameron, Ist Regt., dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private J. Kollasher, 49th Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 26.
Private James Brown, 49th Regt., dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private H. Marshall, Royal Artillery, dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Stephen Shelton, 68th Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 26.
Private James Leary, Ist Royals, diarrhea, Dec. 26.
Private J. Baily, Royal Artillery, dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Jas. Gordon, Royal Artillery, dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private William Gibbs, Coldstream Guardo, diarrhoea,

Dec. 2G. t 4
Private John Smith, 47th Reot Dec 16

Private Goo. Lawrence, 33d Regt., dysentery, Dec. 2G.
Private Bern. 0' Leary, 63d Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 26.
Private Mich. Sullivan, 41st Regt., dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Mich. O'Leary, 21st Regt., dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Francis Salter, 62d Regt., dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Michael Healy, 63d Regt., dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Ben. Midgley, 33d Regt., diarrhoea, Dec. 26.
Pri vats William Vaughan, 3Sth egt., diarrhoea, Dec. 26.
Private William Wear, Royal Artillery, febris, Dec. 2G.
Private Enoch Dawson, Royal Artillery, contusion,

Dec. 26.
Private David Smith, Ist Royals, diarrhcen, Dec. 27.
Private James Mitchell, Scots Fusilier Guards, diarrhces,

Dec. 27.
Corporal John Sewell, Bth Hussars, yulnus, Dec. 26.
Private 0 wen McLaughlin,2Bth Reg t. , dysentery, Dec. 26.
Private Robert Williams, Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade,
fracture, Dec. 26.
Private William Freeman, 7th Regt., dysentery, Dec. 27.
Private George Kettle, Royal Artillery, diarrhoea,
Dec. 27.
Private John Killing, 77th Regt., wounds, Dec. 27.
Private Henry Cooper, Coldstream Guards, scorbutus,
Dec. 27.
Private Samuel French, Coldstream Guards, diarrhma,
Dec. 27.
Private George Perry, Grenadier Guards, diarrlicea,
Dec. 27.
Corporal Patrick Riordan, 47th Regt., dysentery,
Dec. 26.
DIED ON BOARD THE VICTORIA.

Lance-Corporal Francis O'Connor, 57th Rcgt., diarrhoea,
Dec. 19.
Slurs ARRIVED WITH SICK PROM THE ARMY.
Sick Died on
Embarked. Passapoe.
Doc. 25 ... Brandon 119 ••• •• • 1
Dec. 2,i . Tamar 142 .• • ... :3
SICK IN HOSPITALS AND CONVALESCENT SHIPS ON THE
27TH DEC., AS PER HOSPITAL REYDRN.
Officers ... ••• •-• ••• 79
Nen-commissioned officers and men 3,680

Total .•• ••• ••• 3759
A large number of sick on board the ships in the har-
bour hare not yet landed.

Hospital.

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.-A letter from an officer on
board the fleet at Hong Kong states that the long un-
heard-of discovery ship Enterprise arrived there on the
19th November. The three lieutenants and master had
been for upwards of fifteen months, and were still, under
arrest. No officer had been out of this paradise of a
ship during that period. The first lieutenant bad been
under arrest for upward of two years ; some of the offi-
cers have even been under close arrest, confined to their
cabins. Sir James Stirling has ordered that all shall
have liberty to go ashore, but declines to interfere fur-
ther.

TIIE FOLEY-PLACE TRAGEDY.

CORONER'S F.L'.TQUEST.-(THIS DAY.)

This morning, at ten o'clock, Mr. Wakley, the coroner
for the western division of Middlesex, opened an inquest
at the Devonshire Arms Tavern, Foley-place, Regent
street, respecting the death of Mr. Joseph Latham, aged
44, who was murdered on Sunday last, in Foley-place—
particulars of which appeared in The Sun of yesterday.
Mr. Henry John Latham, of Erith, said that he had
been a clerk in the Stock-office of the Bank of England.
The deceased was his brother. He had not been in any
employ for some years past. He had held a situation in
the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, but at present lived in-
dependently. He had seen the body at No. 5, Foley-
place, and could identify it as that of his brother.
By the Jury—I know nothing of the death of my
brother except what I have seen in the public papers.
By the Coroner—He bad been married 20 years, but
was separated from his wife.

By the Foreman—He had been separated from his
wife eight or ten years.

The Coroner—My brother passed by the name of
Lambert, and had done so for some years past.
A Juror—By what name did the female pass ?
Witness —By the name of Lambert.
A Juror—Are you aware whether or not his wife
troubled him ?
Witness—l think not. I believe they lived apart by
mutual arrangement.
The Coroner—And you are ono of the trustees
Witness—Yes, I am.
A Juror—Did his wife ever ask him for money ?
Witness—l think not, as she had some property
settled on her.

The Foreman—Did you ever hear the husband com-
plain of the conduct of his wife, or the wife complain of
the husband !
Witness—l never heard of any complaint on either
side.

A Juror—Are you aware that he passed by the same
name when he went to live in Dean street ?
Witness—l am not, sir.

Mr. Alexander Bridges said that he was a member of
the Royal College of Surgeons, and was in practice at
No. 19, Langham-place, Regent-street. He had not
seen the deceased before Sunday last. He was
called that evening at 25 minutes after nine. He
proceeded to No. i, Foley-place. He saw a police-
officer there, and found the deceased is bed, on the
ground back room ; the door, when opened, led him to
see the deceased at the back of it.
By the Coroner—When I went into the room I saw
not the slightest indications of life, and I found that the
deceased's shirt was covered with blood.

The Coroner—How was he then lying I
Witness—He was lying on his right side, and his
chest was completely covered with blood.
The Coroner—Had he at that time any pulse that
you are awai e of ?

Witness—l felt and found he had not the least pulse,
and a female was lying at his side in bed.
The Coroner—Was she at all injured
Witness—l saw that she had blood on her arm, and I
handed her out of bed. She is at the present time under
the care of Mr. Norman, a surgeon. I made a post
mortem, examination of the body. I examined closely
the neck, and found in the wound the bullet I now pro-
duce. The cause of death was this bullet passing through
the first and second vertebrae of the neck, passing com-
pletely through the spinal marrow, leaving the bullet
there, and lodged against the process of one of bones,
perfectly flattening the bullet on one side. Death must
have been instantaneous. I did not examine any other
part, but the brain was uninjured. I have no doubt
that the division of the spinal marrow by the bullet was
the cause of death. The shoulder of the shirt and the
neck were very much singed.

By a Juryman—Did the female say anything to you!
Witness—No, sir, she was very confused.
The Coroner—Who is the next witness ?
The Beadle—Sophia DeVeaux, who let.the man in on
;he Sunday morning.
Coroner—You are not attending the female, Mr.
Bridges l
CAVALRY, ROYAL ARTIL- Witness—No, sir.
LERT, AND INFANTRY.

Sophia De Veaux was then sworn and examined as fol-
lows :—I live at 13, Cumberland-market. I was at
No. 5, Foley-place, on Sunday last. I was there en-
gaged as a servant for a few days by the deceased gen-
tleman. I was there on Sunday morning about half-
past nine. I was in the kitchen. I heard a knock,
and upon going up to open the door I found a foreigner
there. I had known him for six months before as visit-
ing Mr. Lambert. lie said, "Where is Mr. Lambert ?"
I said, " lie is not up yet." " Where is Mrs. Lambert ?"
he next asked, and I replied, "Not up." " Whpr. is
Mrs. Williamson ?" he asked next, and I sail " Not
up." He then gave me a great coat and small parcel,
and told me to take it down stairs into the kitchen. Be-
fore I could get to the bottom of the stairs I heard the
report of a pistol, and I ran up stairs just as the fo-
reigner was running out of the door. He said ho had
killed Mr. Lambert, but be did not say so to me. I heard
hunrun upstairs and say so. I ran out into the street and
cane,' in policeman 14 E. Tho policeman came in, and soon
afterwards I saw the man whom I had admitted in his
custody. I had never heard the foreigner threaten Mr.
or Mrs. Lambert in any way. I saw no weapon in his
hand when I let him in, hut I heard that a pistol was
found in the parlour. He used to live with the Lam-
berts' when they lived in Newman-street, and he went
with them to Foley-place. It was shortly before Christ-
mas that the Lamberts went to Foley-place, but I do
not know when the foreigner left. I had never heard
any quarrelling amongst them at any time.
By the Jury—l was uninformed of any quarrelling,
and I admitted him, as any other friend of Mr. Lambert.
He walked into the hall with the coat on his arm. He
knew the bed-room from having lived there. I did net
see him go into the bed-room, nor do I know what was
in the parcel. Ido not know the number in Newman-
street that the Lamberts lived at, but Smith is on the
door. I heard a second report almost directly after the
first. Ido not know that the foreigner had dined there
a few days before. I should know him again if I saw
him.

Sergeant Hayes, E 14, sworn and examined—My
name is Francis Hayes, sergeant of police, living at 44,
Hastings-street, Burton-crescent. I was called to No.
5, Foley-place, about half-past nine last Sunday morning,
by Sophia De Vaux. She said a man had shot her master.
I immediately went to the house, the door of which I
found open ; and on entering the back parlour I saw a
man lying in bed on his left side, and bleeding from the
back of the head. The room was full of smoke, and
smelt very strong of gunpowder. Sitting on the other
side of the bed was a woman in her night clothes, with
her dress covered with blood, and having her right arm
bleeding. She told me the man who had shot her hus-
band had run upstairs. I went up to the drawing-room
floor, where I was joined by two other officers, and while
I was trying the drawing-room door I heard a noise up-
stairs. While going up I heard a voice call out
"Open it—open it," and as I turned the bend
of the stairs I saw a man's legs 'pass along the
top of the landing. I still went up and then I heard a
door slam. By this time I had arrived on the land-
ing, and heard some female voices crying out, " Oh,
what is it ?" I tried to open their bed-room door, and
while doing sorj heard the report of a pistol in the ad-
joining room. I tried to enter the latter room door,
but as I did so my fellow constable struck it with his
foot. It immediately opened, and I then saw a man
lying upon the floor bleeding profusely from his nose,
and crying out, " I shall die, I shall die." By his side
I found the pistol which I now produce. (It was a
small common percussion pistol.) The other
pistol was found by the side of the bed in
the room down stairs. There was no third pistol,
nor was there any double-barrelled pistol ; but

there was time to re-load a pistol between my getting in
and going up stairs. The man spoke to me. He said
he had frequently been in Middlesex Hospital for disease,
and that he loaded the pistol on going up stairs.
The Coroner—lt would be very desirable at this point
that the jury should go with the witness to Middlesex
Hospital and see him identify the man. There would be
no danger to the man in that, ,a ould there, Mr. Bridges ?
Mr. Bridges—No, sir. I have seen him this morning
and felt his pulse.
The Coroner—l have also seen him, and he has no
fever. Would it injure him, Mr. Bridges, if the jury
were to go and see him ?

Mr. Bridges—No, it would not. Yesterday he wrote
a letter.

The inquest was then adjourned to the Middlesex

The jury then proceeded to Middlesex ILlspital, ac-
companied by 1,11.. Walley, the police constable, and
the woman De Veaux, for the purpose of identifying
Luigi Euranelli, the man accused of murder. The
miserable man was lying in one of the ordinary beds in
the lower ward of the hospital, and on the first en-
trance of the jury appeared to be perfectly calm and
collected, and not in any material bodily pain. Over the
wound, on the left side of his face was laid a damp
napkin, upon which there was no signs of blood. Upon
the woman and the policeman being brought to the foot
of the bed for the purpose of identification, the sister
CPI the ward removed the mapkih, and the wound