The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-25 00:00:00

THE SHROMMLI MURDER.

The inquest on the unfortunate young man
Edward Edwards, who was so brutally murdered at
Daddlewick-mill on Sunday.week, was rammed yesterday
before Mr. Trow, the district coroner, at the Uock Ina,
Stottesden. All sorts of rumours as to the perpetrator og
the foul crime have been rife, but we forbear giving cur.
rency to them.
Mr. Backbones, of Bridgnorth, attended to watch the
evidence on the part of the family of Mr. Meredith, the
uncle of the deesased,with whom he lived.
Mare taking soy fresh evidenu, the coroner reousanised
all the witnesses who had given evidence on the first in.
quiry. These were Elizabeth Harris and Samuel Hanes,
servants to Mr. Meredith, Mr. Meredith, and Wm. Dowell.
The additional testimony given by them added very
little to their first depositions. The servants in their re.
examination stated that on the Sunday morning of the
murder, Mr. Meredith, the uncle of the deceased, was is
the hones an hour after Harris bad seen the deceased go to
the mill ; he then went out of the house. Harris was attend-
ing to the cows in the yard, and Mr. Meredith ordered him
away. Mr. Meredith went to the mill before church. He
did not say anything about the deceased's accounts when
he returned from the mill.
Timothy Fletcher worked for Mr. Meredith, and slept in
the house. Deceased always helped him to feed the mare
and pigs. The deceased usually kept the key of the mill,
and when he was away and witness wanted it witness had
to wait until he came home. Deceased kept an amount-
book, in which he kept an account of thongs sold out of
Wm.
mill.
Wm. Barker, another of Mr. Meredith's men, deposed to
bearing the deceased and Mr. Meredith quarrelling is the
mill on the Saturday before the murder. The deceased
afterwards told nitrides that Mr. Meredith had been "on
with him" about Mr. Hyde's grista. Had seen the punch
produced (a piece of iron about 10 inches long) in the mill.
Sew deceased using it a few days before his death.
Police-covetable Bromweil deposed that about 7 o'clock
on the Sunday night he was called in by Mr. Meredith, who
informed him of what bad happened. Asked him if belied
any suspicion who bad done it, and he said he had not.
Went with him to the mill, and found on the middle floor
an account book (produced). It wee lying on the floor open.
There was blood on it, and in one place two large spots of
blood, which had been smeared, am if with the intention of
wiping it off. There wee a good deal of blood on the floor.
The book appeared to have been struck with something
hard, the blow penetrating through several pages. They
thee went to the lower floor of the mill, and there was also
a good deal of blood. There were three pools of blood, and
blood had " spirted" against the wall; reaching from
the floor about a yard high. Here they picked up a walk-
big stick and the iron punch (both produced). They were
near a pool of blood, where Mr. Meredith said the deceased's
bud lay. Finger marks of blood were also found.
Sergeant Christie, of Wellington, proved that he examined
the clothes of all the people at Mr. Meredith's on Sunday.
He found 20 or 30 spot, of blood ou the leg of a pair of
trousers of Mr. Meredith, in the inner part of the leg. He
bad sent the trousers to London for an analysis. Mr.
Meredith's jacket appeared to hue been washed.
The inquiry was adjourned.

TRAFFIC RETIIRMI.
Miles Pas- M. 'nag. rota%
RAILWAYS. open. gengere. cliandise. 1866. 1414.
Week ending Nov. U. L a s a
Madras-B.W. Lisa 492 - - 7.406 6,736
Do. N. W. Line - 1.627 468
Week ending Nov. 26.
Great Indian Penh:oda ay 8,143 29,745 35,889 16,613
Week ending Dec. 16.
Bahia and Ban Francisco. 76f 224 793 1,017 706
*vet ending Dee. SO.
Northern of Canada
Week ending Jaa. IL 1866. lea.
Soottish North ifastern .. 188 •-•- 6,611 6,061
Week ending Jan. 19.
Belfast and N. Counties 694 860 869 1.722 1,648
Limerick and Beals 116) 86 72 159 118
Limerick and Tomes 241 60 43 103 92
Londonderry £ Coleraine 361 147 13 230 307
Waterford and Kilkenny. 61 146 162 308 801
Waterford and Limerick . 77 622 798 1,32: 1,045
Week ending Jan. 20.
Pembroke and Tenby -
*fiea ending Jan. IL
Cornwall
Great Northern 6ll 12,171 23,802 26,373 34,04
Great Western IMO 2.0,482 36.44 66,896 *BM
Lancashire & Yorkshire
London, Chat., and Dover
& Met. Es. * Branches 1344 6,691 1,441 7,140 6,828
Metro. Be. of L.C. &D. It 1,730 294 1,950 1,676
°Kent Coast Branch-. 27 480 80 660 620
London a North Weeternl273e 41,103 60.003 101,106 96.679
London 4eouth Wasters - 13,798 7.018 20,616 -114nchester. Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire
itanckeetsr, Booth Juno
Mon. ,t 665 637 1,602 1.360
Midland
North Staffordshire - 9,173 7,764
South Devon
Ulster lO6l 1,207 1,240 3.607 son
• Of the receipts for both weeks the London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway Company are entitled to retain ISO per cent. for
working the traffic.

86 88

LANCASHIRE ♦ND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—At •
meeting of directors of this company, bald yesterday, it
was decided to recommend to the proprietors IA their next
meeting to declare a dividend for the half-year out of the
net revenue at the rate of 61 per cent. per annum, late in-
came tar.

DEATH IN THI Boum' OF COILRECTION.—Yes.
terday Dr. Lankester held an inquest at the House of Oat.
notion, Coldbath.fields, touching the death of an Italian
named Carlos Giardini, who had been a prroasr in that esta-
blishment. The deceased was committed on the Bth of April
for a period of two years' imprisonment, having been con-
victed of felony. On the 3rd lost. he was put in the iofir.
mart in consequene of a +rough, and be had been three days
previously in the sick ward owing to his weak stets of
health. Be died on Sunday. Some of the jury stated that
there was ao trace of muscle in the body of the deceased,
and as he did not to have been nourished, they
wishorl for se lion from some of the prison
officials. Dr. WM. Smile, surgeon to the House of
Correction, deposed that the deceased had been exempted
from the ordinary prime labour, as he was suffering
from the effects of a rupture. The deceased had bees a
thin man, and since his admimion to the infirmary he had
become perfectly ematristed—a feet which was noisurpris.
iog, inasmuch as death had resulted from galloping eon-
gumption. He received the infirmary dietary, witlah oesr.
Noted of mutton, port wine, rum, milk, and other
askedthings.
A juror if the deceased had been well nourished
before his removal to the infirmary. Dr. Smile replied in
the affirmative. The Causer remarked that it would be
well if attention were paid to the plan adopted in the
government prisons in regard to dietary, namely, reduction
of quantity and homers of variety. It was sot gold for
health to have the mime deseription of dietary deg otter
day. Dr. genie mid they eleervel the esesseity of variety
in the prime dietary. and the health of the prisesers
was never better thee at present, no death having osourred
sine Noniqber. The jury returned a verdant el " Death
from nuess."