The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-04 00:00:00

LYSTER.

Colonel Lyster addressed the following account
of the murderous attack made upon him in the
streets of Brussels to the English Ambassador
there :

"TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIR ROBERT ADAIR.
" BRUSSELS, SEPT. 27.

" Sin,—l take leave to lay before your Excellency the
particulars of an outrage of a most diabolical kind which
I experienced on the morning of Friday last, and to re-
quest you will cause such inquiry to be made as may
bring the assassins to immediate justice.
"Returning home about half- past one o'clock in the morn-
ing, it then raining very hard, I crossed the road from that
corner of the park which faces your Excellency's hotel to the
door of Mr. Weston's house, intending to keep the footpath
on that side of the street. Approaching the door of Mr.
Weston, I was accosted by a cavalry soldier with ' Don-
nez moi votre parapluie." Je ne puis pas ; j'en ai
besoin moi-meme,'was my reply. Looking in the direction
of the dead wall opposite to the hotel of the Prince (le Ligne
I perceived three other soldiers. The soldier who first ad-
dressed me then drew his sabre, and made a cut at me, which
1 parried, and received a violent wound on my right arm,
penetrating to the bone. Becoming seriously alarmed, I
hastened to the bell of Mr. Weston's house, and rang it
violently. My assassin followed me, and made a second
thrust. This I succeeded in warding off with my umbrella,
but a third blow hid my wrist open in a most ghastly
manner. I now closed with my antagonist, and, grasping
his sword, I broke it in two, and retained it in my ro '-
session. It can be produced, covered with blood. The
miscreant continued his mission, and with the remainder
of his sword he gave me several cuts over the head, cleaving
my hat asunder, and laying my skull open from the ear to
the forehead. The particulars of the wounds your Excel-
lency will find more generally specified in the accompany.
ing certificate from my medical attendant. In this perilous
situation I, however, threw the villain, when a second sol-
dier immediately made his appearance, with his drawn
sabre, and, with a violent thrust, he penetrated the flesh,
about half-way up my right thigh. At this time, per-
ceiving lights at the windows of Mr. Weston's house,
I called out i❑ English, Open the doors, for God's
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sake; I shall be assassinated!' A third soldier, who had
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rushed into the court-yard, and my assassins fled.
" The darkness of the night and the heavy tall of rain
prevented my distinguishing the regiment to which the
men belong; but I can positively state they wore white
epaulettes, had horse-hair hanging from high caps, which
were fastened to their dresses with white curd. The
broken sword will, however, put beyond all conjecture the
corps to which they are attached.
" I attribute the preservation of my life to the kind
attentions of the Messieurs. Weston, and the immediate
presence of Dr. Tobin.
" I have the honour to be, &c.,
(Signed) " WILLIAM LYSTER."

Yesterday a decided case of spasmodic cholera
was admitted into our Hospital, and though the utmost
attention was paid to the patient, he died in a few hours
after admission. He was a young man who had just come
from Newry, had walked the whole way, without any
other nourishment than a bit of bread and some blackber-
ries, and was greatly exhausted when admitted. There is
not the slightest cause for public anxiety on this account ;
the unfortunate young man, being a stranger, did not con-
tract the disease in Belfast ; and we are told by medical
men that there never was less disease of any kind among
the poor of the town than at present...-Belfast Chronicle,
Sept. 30.