The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-15 00:00:00

THE LATE SEWER ACCIDENT IN PIMLICO.

The inquiry into the late lamen'able /ewer sceideot
in Pimlico wee preceeded with at 10 o'clock thie thy, by Mr.
Buford, at the Clarendon Anne, Pimlico. The jery Livia;
been sworn they adjourned for a few moments to view the
body, and on their return evidence of idsnufication was pro
carded
Richard Wells wu the first tritons examined, and
identified the body of his brother. as see was 33 cm the
14 of September. He was a auras. The body shown to
me is the body of my brother.
The next witness essmined was Wr. Jenne Bassett, super-
intendent of the B div non of police. Identified the body
of John Walsh, late 149 of B diviiioe. Hisses wu about 21.
J. H. Bstarbury was railed to identify the body of Gee.
Witness is an inspector of floating.
The Coroner interrupted the examination of this witness,
and required that a rehrive of the deceased ahoula identify.
Jane Wiilet was tht n called. Lives at Liughton, io Baths.
This wither became so much moved on her appearance at
the table as to be wholly tumble to pretend with h. 'evidence.
The Coroner kindly slowed her to retire, and called
Frll,llte Morton, of 4, Tnasatrow, Heeningtoe, clerk to
the works for the commis hnen of sewers. This witness was
also withdrawn, the coroner a-king to have at least • fellow
linkman of deceased to identify the body.
When. Kelleher. a tabus sr, was a fellow labourer of the
dummied, and identiied the bidy as thtt of Themes Gai
Daniel Pun, father of the &ceased Daniel Peart, identi-
fleh his body; the deceased wee tweitty•tne years of age.
Ororge Attwood, father of John Attwood, identified the
lest body as that of nil eon. The ago of the lutes; was
Weil-nine years.
D. Hellehn wu then recalled, and stated that the three
deceased men descended into the sewer a& at hadtput five
on Friday
ymworamilin:a.
aTowitsnaswiwtherobedut
any
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kdomedTheint Tot:sera-
il situated in Warwick rust. Witness was standing on the
to. k when the men west down. Witness had been watch-
ing, had when the day watchman can. intone went home.
Tr e deceased were sober and in their perfect health when
they descended into the sewer. They had th-ir own lan-
thorns w th them, and took them with them into the sewer.
Edward Jordaa war. then called. Lives at Ns. 2, Silver-
rreet, Bloomsbury market. Is a li.lahrer is the sewer,.
Wu usplojed io opening the Warwick-stmt sewer on
Thursday last. Ova. d the sewer at six o'clock in the
morning, ana smelt nivhl-g elten. Was not affeend by any
s potion et si, kee a Did hot eo dowse. Saw into the sewer.
Tore w oaf • t in the sewer.
tr. e • • , r . prem]

THE MURDER AT
This morning Mr. Hitir, the Goner for the Duchy
of Lancaster, held an inquest, at the Two Weems* Ins, nese
Ctephims.commen, on the bodies of Maria West in, and
Soria Elia *both Westeo, her daughter, a little girl 'bent
two yearn old, who were murdered on Saturday morning
►ut by James Weston, a jobbing gardener, and the bullhead
and father respectively of the deceased, under the cinema.
stances previously detailed.
The juiy, atter being sworn, proceeded to view the bodice,
and in doing so they eould not tail to be struck with the ap-
pearance of comfort rah hoed in the cottage, which had bees
inhabited by the murderer and his family. There wee
no. hiog at all about the place to suggest the commission of
such • deed. The cortege in question was one of a clean-
looking row of a very superior order for the walk of life M
which the parties moved.
John Parrot, jun., examined.—Was a surgeon at Clap-
ham. Was called ab rut half-peat seven on Saturday morn-
ing last to attend at Cupeute.'s-buildings, Hielbstreet,
Clapham. Accompanied the police, and on arriving, imme-
diately proceeded up Stain in..) the front bed-room, and there
sew the ►ody of a woman 'sing on the floor in an extended
position ou her Welt. Took hold of the wrist and Lund no
pulsation. Saw that the throat had bees frightfully
cut, and on proceeding to examine the wound, found
that the incision extended from one side of the neck to
the other about the centre of the throat; it had completely
divided tee trachia, penete-ting through it and both branches
at the carotid arteries, and had reached the spinal canal.
The wound was tour inist,ta long. From the skin to the
spinal column it extended rather more thin an inch and a
halt. Witness then p,rceiv,d the body of • child lying on
tee bed, which flowered abut two years old ; it was lying
In • pool of blood, and quite warm and naked. On
turning it round found that the throat was cut
a very similar way to that of the mother, excepting
that the incision in the ease of the child had completely di
tiled the spinal column. It war evident at once that the
child was quite dead. The wound was five inches long, and
more than en inch deep The child bad probably been deed
about an hour ; the a coin r longer. The mother was fully
dressed, with tee exception 01 her stockings, shoes, and cap.
There were no other marks of violence on either of the
bodies. There were two s r thee- large pools of blood about
the room, and there was oleos good deal of blood on one of
the bed-poets. The wounds were very clean incised wounds,
as if done with a sheep instrument. Knew the deceased
slightly, having attended her once two or three years ago in
consequence of a needle having penetrated into her thumb.
Ste did not then appear to be • woman of weak intellect.
Did not knuw her husband

By a Juryman—Tuuught the murder date two deceased
was a continuous act. Tee child being in the bed might
account fur the body bring warm, r than that of the mother.
By the Coroner— C fold form no opinion u to the length
of the interval between the death of the two parties. The
instrument w-s shown to him by a police-constable whilst he
w,m in the roam ; the same party also pointed out two
bloody footmarks.
By a Jurymen—Though the neck was not broken' it pro-
moted a very ltheouve and jagged appearance. Did not
think it possible that the woman had inflicted the wound on
herself.
kly the Coroner.—One incision would net have been
enough to 0,111140 such a wound. Her hands and legs were
both bloody ; her bead was resting un her husband's jacket,
aid his shoes were close to her lace; end the left foot was
lust outside the door. ... -- .. . . _..

William Coleman, inspector of the V division of the me-
tropolitan police, clop aid that at about a quarter-past?
o't lock on Baturiay mond, g he was at the policcstation,
News n et, when a man, a stranger to him, came in in a hur-
tled manner, and a. dr. seed himself to him. He said, " I
have come to give myself up." Witness said, " What for ?"
and he replier, "For murder." Whiten asked him whom his
nod murdered, and he •oswered " My wife," handing to
him at the same teat t I. n.arri ge certificate (producing it);
It was a cestift...e or this marriage of James Weldon;
bachelor, with Maria 0 jeer, widow, solemnised at the
pariah church of Bt. M-ry, Lambeth, on the 11th of April,
1817. Ooserved that the hen s of the men had blood upon
them, and saw blood also on on the front of his shirt. He
had all his clothes on. His coat was soaked with blood.
Cautioned him, tellieg him that anything which he said
might be whinnied against him. He was sobbing
very much dining the whole time. There was no
appearaLoe of drunkenntss. On witness's inking him,
what ho committed the n.urder with, he took from his left
hand waistcoat pocket a rartr which he (witness) now pro-
duced. [The illllMllll.,iit thus exhibited, was a short-
bladed, bidet band eu instrument, of an ordinary make.]
Directed Serjenit Ling on, who was present, to see what
else the man had got shout him. Without waiting for that
to be d me, be to k from his pockets three clasp knives, two
of w • ich wore such as are used by gardentre, and the other
a penknife. He mist tia k trim his pocket the kee of his
dwelling, and give his name aid address " James Weston,
of No. 1, Carpenter's Puddings, HialLetreet, Clapham."
Sect the serjeant immedisttly to see what state the place was
In, anti after he was gone the man spoke of his child in very
affectionate terms, and wept bitterly, ssylsg that he had
murdered tie child too. Asked him the sex and ego of the
child, to which be replied, that it was a girl, a year and nine
months old. Ho then told him that there was another child
in the house, and begged that he (witness) would send alter
the serjeant to have Der taken Keay. He stated that the
child was not his own, but his wife's before he married her.
He then paused, and afterwards burst out into Incoherent
expressions, exclaiming that he wee to have been disgraced
that day. He words were to the effect that they were to
have been disgraced that day. He had, he said,
been " foreadto tete drugs," they were "to he disgraced that
day," sad "he could not bear it." Ho added that he knew
that he had offent!ed somebody, but could not tell whom.
This was not said in reply to any questions from witness. He
then became calm. After a pause of a minute or two, asked
him if he had bad any quarrel with hie wife. He said, "No,
no particular quarrel ; we have had trifling quarrels,
but never anything serious. We went to bed
very comfortably the overnight, and it was only alter
the clock struck fur this morning that I was tempted
to do this. On his whi,ist him if he heard the clock strike
four, he replied that he did, and that he than got out of bed,
emelt a light, went down (he did not say stairs), and,
got the razor, and that when he returned his courage tailed
him, he mould not do it ; but the temper came again. he
edded, and, being prompted, he killed his wife. When
he attacked her, be said, one was dressing herself in the bed,
and he afterwards killed the child.
By a Jaryman.—Asked him why he did the act. He said
he eoula 130 t account, for it; his poor dear wife was a good
wife, and his child a be.utiful baby. At that stage he burst
into grief, and witness did not oft bins any MOM quantum,
being rather overtonee himself at the time.
By the Connor.—D d Lot leave the man. He asked for
some breakfast, and some coffee and bread and butter were
given to him. He ask d fur a second portion of breakfast,
[The inquest was proeuding when our report Lek]

Tun Toes.—Tne challenge lately made by the
Nabs of gsypt is likely to he accepted, on the adoption of
certain stlpulstions proposed by the Turf Club. who it would
appear are Britons of making the stases 15,0001. aside in-
stead of 10.0001. A noble lord and one of the leading mem-
b. ts of the ring " have, it is said, agreed to advance half of
the stakes in the mstrb.

'T.
SATVIDAT Eyesore.
The money market is in a very easy state. end has
presented no variation during the week. The steady
improvement in the price of Exchequer Bills, whion
were done to-day at 425. and 455. pm., yielding, at
455. pm. only 2/.45. 7.1 d. per cent., may be regarded
as an unequivocal indication of the abundance of
'lady money and the difficulty there exists in finding
for it more adventegeOUS employment. Money can
be placed on call at 2 per cent. lirsoonnt of first class
dime months' bills and under is readily afforded
at Si to 21 per cent. The payment of the half-yearly
dividends, width coninn nee to-day, and which in the
oggregate am uut t i about six millions sterling, will
give some addition to the supply of money for bank-
ing and oomme,cial purpos s, and for a tuntwill no
doubt bare its influence in k.eping money at its pre-
sent low mein the market.
The funds Dave been remarkably steady during
the week, and the ex tame fluctuations in *mole
have not exceeded per cent. Their tentleng GP'
-wards, however, is kept in check by the conatetinS
accounts which iirculate es regards the memos
which Ruda may think proper to adopt toward'
Turkey. If the apprelenei ins on this score hays act
~!doge her 4:sated, they have at least greatly mtb-
sided.

MO! Y

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The fallowing are the extras prise at which
meek were argotiated ask day dariag the week :
Mats* lastst Mao,
Vika Prior. she.
19owlay—Ooasolo for wow 9ll 94 lo l
Yoe Twat (OIL 17)— ..... —l9 IR
Toosloy—Ccessis kw SOW
Tor assort-- ..... .... llll lo I
Wobsolsg—Ooossi Ifir mai ---- its
nil):
set *
gingi.osiga=—•..---....
• ' . The faihintliis siliSinni lies Anal ones*
• Ast gds sussidilf tie fisaills metal, ats& fbefir
- Lift duke, 111, week eagle, the Irbiblitwo,
Mar esker Nt• Balgien. 96.000 es I la Ihnibllt&i
11,627 as. 103413 bares To Humbert, tkag_mb I
to Heights, sun N.; to Dukirk, woo is.
Geld bare : T. Hasbers, 1,638 os Oefd win tin
• fig. 6.0 at OW dot t To Belgian, 6001 P.
Makin a hanger wan, 665 is ; of geld in ham,
IAIO es.; el dose, MN ea.; of film sols, 1
• UMIPI se.; a t agree ho Sam 61,838 al. . I
The railway share market i.as peened through
Issrabar week of ons Obed dernatia, and there is
essreely a Has is the the tibial has sot mere or lee,
&thud in vales. The rreater put et the Ilea I fide
burisees whit& hes been dose is theta seseined prin-
. eipally la pledged stock. Tbe real bolder* of shares
have appeued say to a sated rasa as seders in tine
market ; bit a good deal has bees d• lte in them es
speculation for recent The Besoletwin of this wom-
bs boa slow apposite murk* es this salient
lawn gains wallas* to tlen•p, but wombats bedews
has bees dose its them dean the wick. But while the
walls aims show a dull*, is soomporod to last year, sad
thus li shill a west of sosidowoo is tau awaspaust, tom
119wo 11osusittats a lavaligahoe lyiag safer the impute.
dee ef Jobb:lag, we sass to sermlood that dm okapi
siorkst olwalet Soollat. Who. we rt Let for a =mum or
*abloom ISM of Wadi lb elrsotors laws tlio sostrol,
as th• whist their distension's, login mid re-
eases the , the loirieessi the pelkinsesay, party,
sot satissal straggies whiait eadesany inks else, sad
athet al dose. soffit lald et she pasieurge el the tree-
. .wory, b soil seissati wirtlit=eantere 11bIli 1,1111 mast
k
.Ps 46111111919991 011•11111 &brig slangit the dins-
tors efealless. Ifigilest lespessisa sea saki es-
• w . ars the rely asiesetime at sidlishaa at di.
-„Mrsordstow that the shoosheifiere twee to Indelv
le e oases of their duty as this psis. we say ix-
.
..01111 will in this la sandlot. Theme, heenver, will
i le seek skarn that the promo el the nowt
The following is oar lin if the extreme pekes at
which bonuses was done in shares during the week
Tsii. Igtm Last
Prise.
• is Swim —........ is
SO Coledselow
_... .... Iti
30 Lairs 0533335 7
ID Omit 11551357% 7
' IN Omit Hard cellastsast II
In Oren Wolin ..... ....... ....—.. St
SO 11211 Ned
SI losaasfaca=3sl3 41
JO lowa wed broilbaL.,.---- 97 ..... ......—. 119
11 Liao airl Illmekvei _ ...,.. .— 3 l 3l ........ -- ri
15 tosne, Drietese.eriesenceon 7
15 Looks sof Norm wears 1154 tee
• sad Isla Widen ..... ......
114 2
Is Looks
is Ifsrth 11a55.16------ --- "" 11 ... ....
Iri mos
IS IlseellabOntral
1
331 On& trim ll4l as. she 1
45 WS% 111•73.51. sal Wpm& lO
25 Tokalwassailsoodlleneli.. 151 -1.3
I. Tub Ng Seth Mid
In the sham tithe various Joint Stock Banks few
transactions lave taken place this we- k, the only
: ttairezded bolas the following :—British North
. Bank, EV. paid (dividend 3 per cont per
ermas). it 40; Commercial Beek of Landow, 201.
• pill (div. 6 per asst per anon.), at 20} ; Landes
• and Westminster Joint Stock Bank, 201. paid (div.
'• 6 per oent per anntun), at 241; Union Bank of
Australia, 21. 10.. paid (div. 6 per cent.
paw annum), at 21; Union Bank of London,
• 101. paid (div. 6 per cent per annum), at lob
The following caloolationa show the rate per orst
per annum yielded by the various securities cited at
the average el the pylon which ruled this day.
When the asterisk (*) is place'', it is to be understood
• that the share rata of dividend is less the inecene-tax.
It will he perceived that we adopt the rate of dividend
' declared far the last half-year as the bans of onr sa-
nded's :

Thes per Oat Omeeds—alenne prim Of *Wm ment.ii 4 11(
Wee per get Belead 9l a 1 it
pm 0014. ...
S 10 41
jlut Wokativ. 7 per met. per empo) 151 Of
COL 114 Or Me) We. p. 4 71
lei Tartmetroo•
e 111.11•1 wr emu) —.-.-- s, • 6IC
NW. O. perdue at
IN.. lend le 1 per sari's, ane.} . 11
Sue Wiernie (Mv. at lee rele el 6
pet ma. pw nom)
Ludo ONO (dtv. at
Os Me ei %Fn. per sea.) II 11 1 41
. Loin rot (Wm Me to
1641. Osek year. meal le
iatraiserityreserltia,..ita
no et T or emit pm sae) 143
UMW OW. et Ile nee el per ewe,
per see)
Om& lbstme. m, (pm Or
Test sad Nslt MI Or. so.
Ihrb, llemumede. mat IMMO (ter.
emmtin) •
• able Moth /MIMS flak (111.
pit, tiv. 5 per mnt. per ones) 40
Omommudel that MLIMISM (fM. pad.
. die 6 per emu per annem)
Lind. sot eestaisteer Mat Stork
Bonk cm obi. de. 6 per mat. per
Valligi et Innis (141. odd Mr.
•pe met. per sorin) 10) 10 4
Amara. ta advice. from Messina to the begin-
ning of the math, the prim of olive oil had nave
P—withia An previous six weeks one taxi per milieu,
P wed mold than scarcely be Waked. at 211
" to. 21/ tad. For Etteard and the north
• al Gisentany cosiderable demand existed, which,
esenbised with the news f out Naples of the
• my limb; base materially injured by the sense
had tended to keep up the prim, and give a
gar to the market. At Palermo the prise
~ i oil was five ounces per cant; equal
-to hem 13 t. 16 gr. to 23 t. 17 gr per cameo free cm
lenell. The or" of almonds did not come up to
• that oldie pennons year. The amount. from Apulia
and the tenth of France were also unpromisiog, and
. Vim time esnsequently expected to rule high. Pal-
. • Mod Illegentt wen taken on speculation at 6 m
161, and 6a.16 t. At Palermo 9u. were paid es
adlva7. A panel of 100 cent of Muesli and Av&s
Mas taken on Odessa menet at 8 23.1 goal to 9 u.
,* Of raw st4ber the dimmable Mocha were
still very seml4 in sonseqeenee of the check which
had been given
_to the working of the mines daring
the Isla riftlifiomiry troubles, which bad not yet
meld is affect this 'Much of industry) nor was
sandi impeovement merited in this respect before
• sat 'fierisg. Prime ea the mast wane fir first
nit, 191 t. to Wt. ; mooed quality, ISt. Sr. to
;17third quality, 17t. lOgr.
axonsmece ornort One. W. Ammonium. Oar. IL—lo DIM me NC see • num a
: Lobo 71. W I tea media =c
illitrakwo
331, Ilinda. 11122 I le Vadr. 1111111.-11.01,
eau
twas.apia .4.1•• i pm tre at a =2,
" Lear; tem Mon helm ems 0W04117. I

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I Ti® DAT.
Two ;Mom
• Piled la the laid& desk market have feepten
dad the onasieseeseatot of Wider Ode lagnioug•
Omsk ve•Ol at 112 i both hi sew and
testit Wodnendiff, and an soI w aeon d 92.1 to I; the
betteemedives were dose at I. TM Three fee Cent. '
of ileilleli have beet dealt it w. In sod le; Ilie
Ifn 1111611011-s-Qeertee pee Ovate.. et 92j awl Bailk
.14-1111•8104 len aid. 1914. Zang/am We have
it *Ow stkaaasi, maim tide woman 4.7 e. and
irb poi..
sl -GM
MIN Soule et;ak =fiat iliO Added; hoe been
V' eibilianort a Ilaskoa. wire* were Awe so high
.. a. so ,to alageommes. of the sows hem the other
pi. ale the Add& 1. thin admen however, las ad
1,3 •b beet iiiimisa, the moat qastatioes Wei 261 to I.
to - Paavariss us alas Near, sad tooolisd U. DatUnis
tot' hair plus ia Brasilia,. Sty, it Bs. . Mince,.
Li ' nt, I, 27, sad Nib. Peravisa Maw. at dai end d.
- ' Posteresee Oandeted, A Sneed 33. await Tree
0 1 Ossti .
- I • 11, Issue ot
tmeatesse die tifelletillOind Si.
KM toe the Tine per Ceste., 2114 .0.10 tell tbs
st thainer. r . 1,. i.... A.,, .
-,: • a
3 t,t lig srillialL'asso.o/
:7511 .MO4l
1101.11101
am ..r 01: 5y...„, 11PA •
,' • fplirsit i • ,d,
1 > Ars, atom a• , ods . ; yam,
••• ift . • 110.
ire.. IMMO • EMI. det . r
e.
txt.b.:lll ra1114..r. Tao
o:lloparailnlia. Al% '
MP*
irgtx nusai illi 4 bar et IlsemistiltaS 414
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