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

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 stated that he 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opposition was withdrawn.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
al,!'cdx
1a,1,' xi 0 u s day, the police, under Mr. Superintendent
gedy. motivesh
tain tuheemPleled
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swtstile.ll,,iiescs,
?le themselves in
chieflye n e avou r i
entrustedng deplorable
tot
oaa sstcererar.:
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
rstetrt of whom, as already stated,
disaster. The inmates of tohaerhriov were
aenoefd course
discover
o inf c thetl,l
te.
rfiiie.sdt pweorrsnoanns
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
mostf ro
Janem
culBl;aerlirtl lei lyt.l'h.the
maligned scene
Truth obliges us to say that if the house in. which b
cha-
racter, its occupants arean°
tragedy has taken place was not of a questionalil this
neighbourhood. From information given to the officers,
it appears that Lambert and his wife entered on the tenantcy of the house about three weeks before Christmas
last, removing into it from 35, Newman 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 sure that Mrs. Williamson
did not wish that he should be turned out. Upon this
Lambert called Mrs. Williamson into his room, and his
wife appealed to her as to whether she had not requested
to be protected from 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 was not surprised on being requested
to take downstairs a great coat, of which the assassin
divested himself as he entered the house, and to receive for
Mrs. Williamson two small parcels which be placed in her
hands at the same time. She was, however, surprised as
she descended the kitchen stairs tLbear the door of the
back parlour where the Lamberts were in bed opened by
Buranelli ' • and while in the act of ascending to satisfy
herself what could be meant by this intrusion, she was
horror-struck at hearing the report of 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 she
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, and I was a patient 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 Tipperary.
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 they 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 adding to the wel-
fare and comfort of our gallant troops, that any oppor-
tunity offered' to the public to facilitate forwarding con-
tributions to the seat of war will be readily embraced. 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, Railway-place,
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 gentleman
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 arrangement will 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 dispose of them
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 extremely 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,
44That 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.