The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-16 00:00:00

got court.

WINDSOR, OCT. 15.—His Serene ilighneac Prince
Edward of Sass Weimar k expected to join the royal dinner
circle at the Castle, this evening. Her Majesty's rivets
bead will attend this evening in the Castle. The Hon. Miss
Cavendish arrived on Saturday to take her duty as Maid
of Honour in Waiting. Led Cantor (Lord in Waiting).
and Sir Edward Bowater (Oroom in Waiting), also arrived
at the Castle.

THEE

Her Majesty the Quen Dowager matinue very
PecgiY•
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent, attended
by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, west yesterday to Rich-
mond, and visited Her Royal Rightism the Duchess of
Glowester.
The American minister had an ieerview with
Lord John Rowell yesterday, at his official residence, in
Downispatrest.
The Mayor of Liverpool and Mr. Cardwell, M.P.,
had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell.
Despatches from the Lord High Commimioner of
the balsa Islands were received yesterday at the Coloalel-
°Mee.
Decoizatehes were sent off Jut evening from the
Mass, for the Governor of Malta.

F,EHISITION OF THE WORTS OP INDUSTRY OF
ALL Narlows.—We understand that the Lord Mayor has
invited some of the most influential vnerehanta, beckon, and
trauls of London, to meet at the Manson house, tomorrow
(Madamlay), for the purpose of receiving a deputation of
members of the Society of Arts, who have been charged by
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the president, to explain
the outlines of his Royal Higbee's% proposal for estaUish-
ing • great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations
V Len&n la 1861.

BANQUET TO THE PROVOST, MAGISTRATES,
AND TOWN-COUNCIL OF EDINBURGH, AT THE
MANSION-HOUSE.
Yesterday the Lord Mayor gave a grain entertain-
ment to the Provost, mean:atm mad Tows-Coned of
Ediabargh. Conn were laid fee 160.
Gram before dinner was said by the Rev. T. R. Catley,
the Lordritifor's ehaplaia ; and alter the nap keel
wed
defis,
jra. gram afterr diner was chanted by Kim
Enee Headmen, Mr. Jolley, Ni. Lawler, sad
The LORD MAYOR thea Panned the anal 10Yal
Keen whin were reopened to he a very feellagmanter by
the smeenied
" Tho Xll:l=7llAralf." and "Her Majesty's Mah-
on." were teen immediately eameeding, sad a fall
merelen Oen, IMO dose to We.
The health el Allermaa Farsoosab, the Len Mayor den
Kong home drink.
Ifs WILD MAYOR proposed the health er the tows
settee sf Idiabergh sad Biz James Fermat, who had tra-
velled 400 miles to do him the hearer of bang numbered
assent hie gun. He had may to regret the Masan of
lb.
▪ La Proven whose prisons would have bees a meat
lehle logglasel, mod Is =prise a hope that the
pedersemme ef hie /Ws. is skin magirrato of Leans had
gives eatidasens to hie sereatrymea. (Chen.)
Mr. B. /IILTILLI relaran Wake is a very eloquent
manes, an die the Len 113raisalple Ostia is speaking
of Me amelleas sonar the sad high obirastss
Ike Cllr et Lenin by Wy ea/ inspenhat ends*,
eatitgaoeseeten pen andeolled hoefatalil7-
v s PAEKOOME proven Tim Health of the
LOP' 311191.." 11d111er flatairka, although he despaired of
bang alis se Mew ia Ism negate, would roses him to
vseibegreat menses he snare.
LORD MAYOR proposed " The Health of the
Mel/Irlitaa
. sopeßßOUtriro.llB.N Maned Kean.
The tons whin illown were " Mr. Ifeetermaa, M.P.,"
" Mr. fierjent Adams, the Ohairmaa of the Mildness
fleseion," " Kr. Charles Pere" MP., sad the Hesse of
Colman" " Mr. Minhsa, the Coosel-Geserel at St.
Peterenn."
" The Reside of the 'Ad, Marren" a tout whisk was
draak is the nun nehminie .manner followed, after
whin several other to were gives, sad the party balks
up st a very late hoar
ad alighted with the maenad
eatertaiament, ad the d IneidtalEY 01 de
welcome whin distin the pneeedialla Cl the
main.

ACCIDENT IN PIMLICO,
INQUEST.
After our report cd this moo man dispatched
y, Edward Jordan went on to my that Gee,
Mat end Attwood woo missed is the work.
sad as examinisg_the smar they determined es not, goleg
Men that du. Wilms. saw as mare uatil the next mom-
ing at to saiwetm post six, wham the last witness told him
that the dimmed lam had gone down late the sewer. At
hrealtAMtime mama hallooed Aiwa to them, but received
so sewer. Witt it emeave patio', mil not- musk ma
emia without sesswee...?a,,,, banasei armed, Mgave
same to Obilatmu, the ',Weyer. Mentioned it aka to a
fellow labourer, &deism " It is *nage, being payday."
Aloe mentioned it to Mir. Carter, the due.- keeper. Thki was
ottt b o'clock p.n. Cluittum and Tuner west down into
th• Starer, and, as their return, witams said to thus " I'm
afraid your labour's in vain, for they ham bees dews elms
three Weleek." They skid, is wpm " Mean, give so
darm, we pat ear heads es their dead bodies."
They were awn is bum balms they baud the bodies.
It was Moat six Aka& is the maim whoa they
come tap. They got more omistasoe, and went dews
alpha. They art got sat all the bodies until about four
seteeeh is des fellawlog maiabag. They were taken up Ott
of • Mk eitnatod about Me yards from the plus at which
the mem meat down. Whams saw tie three—Gee. Pee *
and Amessi—taken up. Tlmiy were mite &es. 84
their deem takes off, sad the bubo washed, Wad haaaelt
into the Clareadon. Clarletsus is a bricklayer is the *mpg/.
meat of the asatneleee. Winne told hie the tuft had
bees a Mutt OE. dam •
Christine. amminod—Lien at No. it, Portland-
street, Wasdnroeth.road. Is • bricklayer in the employ-
meat of Eampluise and Think, the untractors. Hu had
sonaideralle emerisam in opening lowers. Ras opened
many with ormiderable deposits. Never had any alarm
about him whoa *maim the.. The duessed commented
optang the sewer.-
es l'haredey. There were no man Wee,
eel they duff a hole nearly op/Naito the Marquis ot Wm.
=tutor poMeAsues. At hart they firsad mass stele.
wed so ad dom. that evening. but the others thought
it better M llaieh in Wlitandll• /Vitas. called "1112 lot
9 the followiag morning, ass.: heat:. froill..ad Jordan, the lest
whom; that the uses had gone Aura an.: " not rtharaid
Witness fah no alarm as they hod said they wow. not mot
lop .*dl they had finished the job. Did not feel any :.tom
until late in the afternoon. Went then to the hole which
Jordan thought of Mai up, wader the impreseloo that the
men had oome up by mother hole. Whims told him Rot
to do to, and having procured his sower boots he desesadm
himself t with Tamer, inks the sewer. Witness and his
companies trammed the sewers for nearly an hour. Could
trace the passage of the is.. by chalk narks on the wall.
Parts of the sewer had no soil at all la them. At
last they alum upon one of the men, lying it his
face in the soil. Witness pushed him with his band and
returned to the bole. Had sun two men ia the sewer.
Witneu then went for help; saw a sees named Woodby,
who, on being told of what had happened, went for more
help. Returned thus into the hole, and saw the third body.
Witness then got a line, and measured from the bodies to
the entrance and back on the swims, for the porpoise of

Jigging.
C•roner—Why did not you try to get them oat when you
saw them first Were you sure they were dead ?
Witness—l hallooed to them, and touched them. lam
mire they were dead. I was afraid if we dragged them out
through the sewer the bodies would be mutilated. Dr.
Welk bed came then, and a boy pointed out the head of the
sewer. We commeeed then knocking the head wall down.
Mr. Wells then went in ; a man names Aleop followed next,
and I next. When we got in &knit 100 feet, Mr. Wells
complained, and said he felt faint. Ile turned to come out.
but before we got to the entrance Alsop called out that the
doctor had fallen down. Alsop next-came out complaining,
and I fell down. I hams no recollection of what happened
after. I think I recollect seeing the chalk marks of the de-
mused men on the walls. Before I became insensible I lick
a strong sewer smell, bat nothing more than usual; nab/ail
to gin me any alarm.
To a Juror—The bodies were lying with their heads to-
wards Warwick-street. They had evidently been retreating.
and had arrived within 60 feet of the opening. We have
found one lamp, but net the measuring chain. Aleop got
out safe. When I was taken ill it came all in a minute. I
had no previous disagreeable sensations. I did not find this
sewer worse than common. I have been in a great many
which had much more soil in them.
Nicholas Lipstein examined—l lire at Brewer-street, Pim-
lico. Am a butcher. On Friday afternoon I was passing
down Warwick-street, and I heard some boys say that some
men had been down in the sewer since five o'clock in the
morning, and they were digging for them then. I went
down, and some men came out of the sewer and said, " We
have found the men, but cannot get them out." I said,
" Why not get then oat ?" and they said, "Wean so ex-
hausted." Then a little boy said he knew where the bead
of the drain was, as he had seen it built. All present then
went to the head of the drain and made an opening, when
the smell was ms gnat as to almost kneel me down. Dr.
Wells went in, rung " If there's a spark of life in them
men I'll bring them out and restore nem." Dr. Wells
then went in, and I waited with some ansierg kr
R his return. e did not some, however, and the
first I beard of him was • low maiming and
a splash. I then went I. myself, and brsugbt out one man
(the last witness). I saw poor Doctor Wells lying on his
lace, bat was too weak to assist him. I went in about the
length of this table again, when I was overpowered by the
stench. The man I brought out appeared to be quite dead,
but on being laid upon a bank he vomited • good deal of
mud end then rallied. I have myself been ill ever shim
Thomas Tunstall, sergeant of the B division e 1 pike, de.
posed ti seeing the dead body of Welsh, the pediments,
brought out. Everything possible was done to restore
but without avail.
William Ord nantined—l live at No. 9, Warwick-Wm&
lem a doctor of medicine. I was called from my own hems
about ten minutes before eight on Friday morning. I Mod
the deceased Mr. Wells in the tap-room of this house, He
was thee quite dead, having been seen by a medical am,
Mr. Jennings, previously. By his orders he wee net to the
hospital.
A conversation of some duration here took place between
the coroner and the witness, as to the natation under which
sulpha:sited hydrogen would become se concentrated in a
sewer, as to be instantaneously fatal to life.
Examination continued—l am satisfied that if the sewers
were traversed by • current of air, there would be no danger
to health.
Thos. Lorick examined—l live at 17, Priem-street, Bed
Lionsquare. I am one of the assistant-surveyon to
the Cummitsionen of Sewers. All I know about
this matter is connected with the flushing department. On
the 6th October I received • note from one of my colleagues,
siting that the sewer in Warwick-street required cleansing.
I gave directions to Mr. Bidterbary to have it examined an
the seine day. He did so ; and his report stated the lezgth
of the sewer, and the amount of deposit in it. lie said that
the collateral sewers also required dousing.
Coroner—Do you ever take any steps to ascertain whether
or ne there is poisonous gas in • sewer before you send in
your labouren
Mr. Lovick—Yes ; we send in our men to examine. In
this case Mr. Betterbury was sent to inspect. lie made no
report, except as to the length and width of the sewer, and
that in one part it wee rather foul. Upon getting his report
I directed him to examine the collateral lines, when they
Wald be examined with misty.
Canner—Would they include the sewer in question ?
Mr. Lovick—l did not knew of its existence. I have
meshed no report respectkg it. The deceased men were
employed in examining it. The men are always cautioned.
I have frequently received reports of the existence of dele-
terious pa In sewers. I consider that the inspection of the
Werwick-etreat sewer was goirg on at the time of the
ealamity. This examination took place at the requisition of
some of the inhabitants, who complained of the state of
their drains. It wee on the complaint. of James Botch that
this examination took place.
Oetressr—Do you usually send men down without any
poises leafing to examine sewers ?
Mr. Levies—lt this cos we sent to Mr. Batterbury, who
sent down his three mot cautious man. They ought to
have been able to mum* the existence of gee for a long
time before they came to it. He might have bad chemical
tests, but we have always fund in practice that the
labourers mild detest the presence of gas.
The Coroner—Have you had reports to that effect ?
Mr. Lovlck—l have an impression that we have resolved
en* reports, but we always have found the men capable of
lorating an opinion.
The Cher—According to the present system, what has
occurred ma yr offer every day.
Mr. Levin—We never send the men down if we appre-
hend gee.
The Coroner—But you have no means of ascertaining,
except by Edina down men.
Mr. Loviek—We generally fiad them
have no chemical
testa. I have traversed many sewers myself, and I always
found the lantern to burn blues loos time before there was
any danger.
Comer—And do you think these poor labourers were
aware of the fact ?
Mr. Umiak—They must have been aware of it, having
traversed many miles of sowers. We sometimes had the
Davy lump.
Coroner—What is the principle of the Davy lamp?
Mr. Lonek—The principle II to surround the flame with
a fine wire gauze, which would not admit combustible
vapwar.
The Cormer—Then, would it not be a bad means of test-
ing the memo of this sae ? If it could not get through the
gauss, it could not dmsolour the dams ?
Mr. Lovick—l gemendly prefer the dam bump.
Conner—Does it not strike you, in • serious question like
this, ens le feet of life and death, that some scientific means
might be found of anertalning the state of the sewers, before
the lives of the men were put ia danger
Kr. Isinek—Every possible preentiou is taken, and these
were most careful men I attribute ne blame to any party.
A Jura—On of the parties who was need was only a
bov (Cluistmes).
341,1 mpg Banso examined—l am an inspector of
flushing to the Moitala Comminsionen of Sewers. I
had made an inspection ol Warwick-street area cm Monday
:netl went in with Go and Port, and went through
s heath. I went about ten or twelve feet into the
sewer in which the men were hided. Gee mat a little fro-
ths% He said he saw a curious light, but I could not see it.
I thought the sewer very ekes, and called him bask_ I
went into the Sher sewer. Goo said, "What an odd smell ;
like rotten amen" I asked him if he knew what it wee,
and he mid he did not. I mid, " Well, it is gas," Putt said
he had melt a similar odour at Paddington, when then was
an explosion of gee. I told Gee then not to go into the
sewer. He said, "Yap welt." 1 rid if it wastinemary to go
into the sewer and them was so sperm% we wmild have one
dos.