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London, England, 1855-09-19 00:00:00

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DESPATCH FROM THE

CRIMEA.

( From a Supplement to Tuesday's Gazette.)
WAR DEPARTMENT, SEPT. 19.
Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch, of
which the following are extracts, and the subjoined
returns of casualties from the 31st ult. to the 2d inst.,
addressed to his lordship by General Simpson :
Extract of a despatch from General Simpson to Lord
Panmure, dated, before Sebastopol, Sept. 4, 180.
" From the heavy fire maintained by the enemy on
the head of our sap, the progress made has been slow,
and accompanied, as must be expected, by several ca-
sualties amongst the sappers and working parties ; and
it is with great regret that I have to report the death,
last night, of Captain Pechell, 77th Regiment, whose
conduct I had occasion to bring before your lordship's
notice in my despatch of the Ist inst.
"Within the last few days a second bridge has been
commenced from the north shore to Karabelnnia, the
object being evidently to expedite the removal of stores
from the dockyard.

" The continued reports we receive induce General
Pelissier and myself to believe that the enemy still me-
ditate an attack in force on our positions on the Tcher-
nays, to meet which the troops are kept in a continued
state of readiness.

" The 82d Regiment have arrived from Corfu, and
have disembarked this day. I intend them to relieve
the 13th Regiment at Balaklava, which has joined the
Ist Division under Lord Rokeby.
"The health of the troops is excellent.
"I enclose the list of casualties."

Camp before Sebastopol, Sept. 3, 1855.
NUMERICAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM
THE 31sT AUG. TO THE 2D SEPT.' INCLUSIVE.
Royal Artillery-2 officers, 4 rank and file, wounded.
Royal Sappers and Miners—,-2 rank and file killed; 1
rank and file wounded. _ _

3d Battalion Grenadier Guards-1 rank and file
wounded.
Ist Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards-1 serjeant, 2 rank
and file, wounded.
2d Battalion Ist Regiment of Foot-1 serjeant, 2 rank
and file, wounded.
3d Foot-1 officer, 10 rank and file, wounded ; 1 officer
missing.
7th Foot-1 serjeant, 3 rank and file, wounded.
9th Foot-3 rank and file wounded.
17th Foot-1 sergeant, 2 rank and file, wounded.
18th Foot-4 rank and file wounded
19th Foot-2 rank and file wounded.
20th Foot-2 rank and file killed.
21st Foot-1 rank and file wounded.
23d Foot-3 rank and file killed ; 1 serjeant, 1 rank and
file wounded.
30th Foot-3 rank and file killed ; 1 officer, 7 rank
and file, wounded.
31st Foot-3 rank and filo wounded.
33d Foot-2 rank and file wounded.
34th Foot-1 serjeant, 5 rank and file, wounded.
41st Foot-2 rank and file killed ; 3 rank and file
wounded.
46th Foot-2 rank and file wounded.
47th Foot-8 rank and file wounded.
48th Foot-2 rank and file wounded.
50th Foot-1 rank and file killed.'
55th Foot-1 rank and file killed ; 5 rank and file
wounded. _ _

56th Foot-1 rank and filo killed ; 1 rank and file
wounded.
57th Foot-1 rank and file killed ; 1 rank and file
wounded.
62(1 Foot-2 rank and file wounded.
77th Foot-1 rank and file killed; 1 rank and file
wounded ; 1 rank and file missing.
90th Foot-1 officer, 2 rank and file wounded.'
95th Foot-1 officer killed ; 5 rank and file wounded.
97th Foot-1 sergeant, 4 rank and file killed; 7 raid;
rank and filo wounded.
Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade-1 rank and file wounded.
2d Battalion Rifle Brigade-1 rank and file killed ; 1
officer ; 1 serjeant, 13 rank and file wounded.
Total-1 officer, 1 serjeant, 22 rank and file killed;
officers, 7 serjeants, 106 rank and file, wounded ; 1 officer,
1 rank and file missing.

W. L. PAICENHAM,
Adjutant• General:

NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE
BEEN KILLED FROM AUG. 31 TO SEPT. 2.
KILLED.
AUG. 31.
05th Foot—Captain L. Fraser.'
W. L. PAKENHAM,
Adjutant• General.

NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE
BEEN WOUNDED FROM AUG. 31 TO SEPT. 2.
WOUNDED.
AUG. 31.
33 Foot—Lieutenant H. G. C. Burningham, slightly.
30th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant J. Forbes, dan-
gerously (since dead).

SEPT. 1.
Royal Artillery—Lieut. J. A. Price, slightly.
2d Battalion Rifle Brigade—Lieut. L. S. T. M. Cary,
severely.

Ist Battalion Scots Fusilier Gnards—Serjeant Colin
Gilchrist, slightly.
3d Foot—Private Peter Monahan, slightly.
9th Foot—Private John Elyne, slightly.
17th Foot—Serjeaut William Hunt and Privates Fran-
cis Townsend and Michael 0' ilrieu,
18th Foot—Privates Patrick Ryan and John Butkr,
dangerously ; Privates John Sullivan and Thomas Lini-
ban, slightly.
19th Foot—Corporal Samuel Reed, slightly.
2; Foot—Private Frelin Williams, slightly.
30th Foot—Privates Michael Connolly, dangerously;
James Brown, severely ; Michael Brown, Daniel Cunning-
ham, Jeremiah Shannon, Pottick Sheehan, Robert
Startup, slightly.
31st Foot.— Privates Thomas Purcell, slightly ), James
Fee, severely ; Thomas Cuthbert, dangerously.
47th Foot—Privates John Grimsham and James Mac-
Guire, severely ; Thomas Hales, dangerously; Thomas
Fords and William Lawler, slightly.
48th Foot—Frivate John O'Neil, slightly.
55th Foot—Privates Robert Bell, slightly ; Thomas
MThail, Alex. Wright, severely; Robert Anderson,
James Payne, slightly.
57th Foot—Private William Gray, severely.
62d Foot—Privates Jas. King and John Maher, slightly.
95th Foot—Private Nathaniel Harris, slightly.
97th Foot—Lance-Corporal William Flowers, severely ;
Private John Taylor, slightly.
W. L. PAKENHAM,
Adj ut ant-G en eral.

NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES MISSING FROM
31st AUGUST TO 2D SEPTEMBER.
MISSING.
AUG. 31.
iith Foot—Private David MeCrinitn.
W. L. PAKENHAM, Adjutant-General.

A LIST OF CASUALTIES IN THE ROYAL NAVAL
BRIGADE, BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, FOR THE
WEEK ENDING SEPT. 1.
•

WOUNDED.
August 26.
Frederick Granger, Ord., Leander, severely.
Samuel Pryn, Ord., Wasp, severely,
AUG. 27.
John Mulchay, A.B. London, dangerously.
James Dominey, Albion, slightly.
CONTUSED.
Charles Oatling, Ord., Albion, slightly.
AUG. 28.
James Ward, Ord., London, severely.
WOUNDED.
AUG. 30.
Jeremiah Murphy. A. 8., Leander, severely.
CONTUSED.
William Buddin, Ord., Leander, severely.
John Leigh, Ord., Queen, slightly.
KILLED.
AUG. 31.
George Meldon, A. 8., Rodney.
Total-1 killed, 5 wounded, 4 contused.
HENRY K EPPEL,
Captain Commanding Royal Naval Brigade.

THE MURDER IN ARTILLERY-LANE.

INQUEST ON THE BODY.

This morning an inquest was held by W. Baker, jun.,
Esq., deputy-coroner for the eastern division of Middle.
sex, at the Old Artillery-ground Court House, Fort-
street, Spitalfields, on the body of Catherine Lordon,
aged 45, who was so cruelly murdered yesterday morn-
ing by her husband, Daniel Lordon, at their residence
15, Parliament-court, Artillery -passage, Artillery-lane,
Bishopsgate-street.
The jury having been sworn viewed the body. On
their return the first witness called was
John Davis, residing at 15, Artillery-passage, la-
bourer. He deposed that he occupied an adjoining
room in the same house with the deceased and her hus-
band, who was a velvet weaver. Yesterday morning
about seven o'clock, as he was lying awake in bed
he heard screams of " Murder" uttered seven or
eight times by the deceased, and proceeding from her
room, and her husband calling her opprobrious epithets.
He heard the deceased open the door and run down
stairs. Witness did not get up, because it was a frequent
practice for the deceased to cry murder when having a
row with her husband. About five minutes after he
heard a person leave deceased's room and go down stairs,
treading heavily like the footsteps of a man, when he
heard deceased scream " Murder " three times, and the
person immediately return to the room. Witness dressed
himself and went down stairs about six or seven minutes
after he heard the cries of murder, and saw the deceased
sitting on the landing in a crouching posture. He ob-
served blood on the upper landing against de
ceased's door. When he came out of his room,
deceased when he saw her appeared quite dead.
There was a great quantity of blood about the
landing, bannisters, and stairs, and also on her clothes.
Witness went and informed his follow-servant (Ellen
Leary, residing at 7, Artillery-lane) what he had seen,
and on his return to No. 15, in about ten minutes, he
saw a doctor, a policeman, and the husband with the
deceased. Lordon said to him, " Holloa, John."
Witness said to him, "What do you call this 1" He re-
plied, "I don't know ; it's a bad job." Witness said,
" Yes it is." The husband appeared as if he had been
drinking. He did not observe deceased was wounded
until Mr. Shaw, the surgeon, moved her head on one
side. He had never heard the husband threaten his
wife's life. They both drank very much, and he had
interfered on more than one occasion to separate them
when quarrelling and fighting.
By the Tury—There were persons living on the floor
where he found the deceased, but he did not alarm them.
Sarah Elias, wife of a general dealer, resided in the
same house as the deceased. She occupied the first floor
back, and did not hear any noise yesterday morning.
Had she heard any she should have taken no
notice of it, it being such a frequent occurrence
for the deceased and her husband to quarrel. About
half-past seven o'clock, or 20 minutes to eight, witness
came out of her room and found deceased sitting on the
top stair of the first flight of stairs, with her elbow on
her lap, supporting her face with her hands. She saw
blood about half a yard from where deceased was sitting.
Witness passed her, went downstairs, and returned
without speaking to her. About five minutes after her
attention was called to the arrival cf a policeman, and
Mr. Shaw, surgeon, and then it was she knew de-
ceased was dead. She heard no screams of murder that
morning. Witness was much disturbed about 2 o'clock
in the morning by the deceased and her husband quar-
relling in the street. Deceased was apparently tipsy
at the time. Witness did not speak to deceased on the
lauding, considering she was in liquor. The husband
was generally of quiet habits, and rarely tipsy ; but the
deceased was scarcely sober one day in a month, and
quarrelled with everybody. She used vile language.
Witness never heard him call her other than " You dirty
blackguard, you have been drinking again."
Police sergeant, 13 H, Police constable, 59 B, and
Inspector Marsh gave similar testimony to that before
Mr. D'Eyecourt, at Worship-street, yesterday after-
noon, and reported in The Sun.
Margaret Lordon, one of the daughters of the dc.
ceased, 18 years of age, deposed that, in accordance
with her mother's directions, she slept on the stairs.
She went at 10 o'clock on Monday night with her mo-
ther to a raffle, at the Green Dragon, Half Moon-street,
Bishopsgate-street. Her father was there, rather in-
toxicated, but not so much so but that he knew what he
was about. Two of her mother's brothers were also
there, and they quarrelled with her father, and one of
them, Daniel Crease, threatened to throw him down
stairs. Daniel Crease pushed her father, and he fell over
the stairs. A man named John Kingstone was at the
Green Dragon, but no quarrel took place between him
and her father. About one o'clock in the morning, just
as she and her mother got home, they were met at the
door by Kingstone. Her father returned home about
half an hour later, and saw her mother standing with
Kingstone at the step of the door. On coming up to
them he pushed Kingstone and went up stairs, leaving
her mother and Kingstone at the door. Her father
threw something out of the window, which she believed
struck Kingstone on the face, after which he came down
with a poker and struck Kingstone. A struggle took
place bet seen them. He then went up stairs, and she
saw no more of her father that night. Witness and her
mother slept that night on the stairs, being afraid
to go to her father's room. Her two brothers, aged 12
and 14, slept with her father. They were called by her
mother, who knocked at the door, one at half-past 5,
and the other at 6 o'clock, and left to go to their work.
After the boys had left, witness and her mother left the
house about a quarter to 7 in the morning, followed by
her father to Sandy's row, Bishopsgate-street, but she
did not hear him speak to either of them. She and her
mother walked up Bishopsgate-street until the clock
struck seven, when she parted with her mother at
Whitegate-street, which was the last timely she saw
her mother alive. Her father had preous gone in
the direction towards home. When she parted with her
mother she turned to go home to wash herself. She
said she felt wretched and miserable. Mother was per-
fectly sober yesterday morning, although she had had
a little drink over night. Witness believed her father
was jealous of Kingstone,
but he made no remark to him
when he pushed him aside at the door step on Monday
night. Witness on her return home about 10 o'clock
with her mother, was sent by Kingstone for a pot of
porter, which they drank at the door.
By the Jury—When her father struck Kingstone with
the poker he threw him down, but Was unable to take
the poker from him. Her father got up and went up
stairs directly. Kingstone left five minutes after, at the
request of deceased, to get a policeman to take her father
into custody. She did not think her father heard what
her mother said.
The knife produced by the policeman was identified by
the girl as belonging to her father, who used to keep it