The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-13 00:00:00

LINCOLNSHIRE.

The harvest continues to make steady progress. At Spald-
ing the new wheats are reported to vary very much in
quality, and to be much below last year's growth in quan-
tity as well as quality. On the whole, however, it appears
probable that there will be a tolerable yield. Oats are short.
In the neighbourhood of Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire,
wheat cutting is now being vigorously prosecuted. The
wheat crops vary very much in respect to yield ; straw is
abundant, and the deficiency in the kernels is ascribed to
the long absence of rain, while the ripening process was
rapid. Barley promises pretty well and peas are a fair crop,
but beans are almost a failure. In the Holbeach district
wheat cutting is at its height. The wheat crops are here
reported to be good, and promise an abundant yield of good
quality. Beans and peas are also generally good, but the
same cannot be said of the oats. Round Lincoln a great
breadth of corn hae been cut, and the yield, although no
equal to that of last year, will be fair, and the quality of the
grain will be excellent. At Crowland the wheats are of
good quality and an average yield is anticipated; oats are
rather short in the straw. At Epworth the long-continued
drought has operated injuriously on the growing crops, but
there are still some nice fields of wheat not heavy, but
good : on some of the low leads, where severe frosts in May
injured the corn, the yield will be deficient. At Kirten
Lindsey the yield of wheat will be quite an average, while
the quality will be good. An absence of Irish labourers has
been remarked here this year, and reaping machines have
come greatly in vogue.

Lord Palmerston's Visit to Saltaire.

Lord Pslmerston's stay in the neighbourhood of Bradford
was brought to a close on Wednesday by a visit to the
famous works of Messrs. Titus Salt, Sons, and Co., at Sal-
taire. The noble lord proceeded from Lightcliffe in Mr
Ripley's carriage, accompanied by Mr Ripley. Mr Edward
Ripley, jan„ and Mr Ashley, private secretary to his lord-
ship, and, passing through Bradford on the way, reached
Saltaire about half-past one. The machinery had com-
menced running a little before his arrival, at the usual
hour after dinner, but a large number of the workpeople
speedily assembled outside the mill, and, with others who
had gathered from the adjacent village of Shipley and the
neighbourhood, gave his lordship a most enthusiastic wel-
come. Lord Palmerston was received by Mr T. Salt, and
in company with him and other gentlemen first visited the
Congregational Church, then the school-room, and after•.
wards went into several portions of the extensive mill, and
was shown most of the wonderful processes of manufacture
carried on. His lordship was much interested in what he
saw, and appeared anxious for information in matters of de-
tail. In his progress from one room to another the noble
lord frequently made use of the hoist, Mr Salt attending
him in these brief journeys. When he had arrived at the
centre of the immense weaving shed the engines were
stopped for five minutes, and the hands in the adjacent
portions of the mill took advantage of the opportunity to
crowd into the room and unite in cheering his lordship.
There could not have been fewer than 2,000 people present.
His lordship completed his tour through the establishment
by inspecting the engines and the large iron bridge
which spans the Aire close to the works. He was then
entertained at luncheon in •the private dining room, and
at a quarter past four departed for London by the Scotch
express train, which was stopped at Saltaire for the pur-
pose. The noble lord dispinyed one of his characteristic
peculiarities by declining an offer to procure the two
tickets required, and went to the window of the booking-
office to obtain them himself. The Midland Company had
supplied a special carriage for his lordship's accommodation,
and we may add that the Great Northern Company showed
a similar mark of attention on his journey down on Monday
by placing a splendid saloon carriage at his service. After
the nobie lord had entered the carriage he was again enthu-
siastically cheered, which was continued till the train
moved away,LordPalmerston bowing his acknowledgments.
The train arrived at the Wellington station, Leeds, at 4 40.
The fact that his lordship was to visit this town on his way
to London was not generally known, and those who were
on the platform were merely the ordinary passengers by the
trains arriving and departing about that time. It was not
long, however, before Lord Palmerston was recognised, and
the welcome which he had hitherto universally received in
his visit to Yorkshire was equalled at Leeds, if not in extent
at least in cordiality. Ills lordship alighted from the car-
riage in which he was seated and shook hands with many
of those who speedily surrounded him. The kindly manner
in which he received the greeting of the crowd culminated
in his recognition of the enthusiasm of a boy, whose evi-
dent desire to be noticed by the Premier was not mare-
warded. With a pleasant smile his lordship held out his
hand to his youthful admirer, and said, "Here, young one;
give us your paw." It need not ba added that this farther
proof of geniality was received with the utmost favour by
the spectators, amid whose farewell cheers the train moved
at ten minutes to 5,

The Railway Accident at Margate.

MARGATE, Friday Evening.

The adjourned inquest on the body of Susannah Lock,
killed at the Margate Station of the South-Eastern Rail-
way, was resumed this afternoon, at the Town-hall. Mr
Towne, Margate, was in attendance on the part of the rail-
way company; Mr Boys, Margate, for Darby, the station-
inspector, and Mr Fox, Dover, for Marshall, the guard. On
Thursday, the 4th inst., the jury returned a verdict pub-
lished in The Sun of the following day, in which they ex-
pressed their " opinion that neglect of duty by the guard
and the inspector was the primary cause of the collision,
and the consequent death of Mrs Lock." This verdict, the
coroner stated, was one of manslaughter against the two
men named, and, without asking the jury to sign it, fur-
ther adjourned the inquest till Monday, when it was
arranged that the inquiry should be closed. On that day,
however, the coroner (Mr Payne, Dover) did not come, but
sent an intimation to the effect t,1i.0 ch. lulutlei Ultlbt
ue
armThrnaa, which intimation was conveyed to the
jurors. At the appointed time, however, some of the jury
attended. Mr Sleigh, the barrister, was also present pre-
pared to offer some evidence in behalf of the inspector, Wtn.
Darby. Mr Sleigh stated the object for which he had
attended, and animadverted in strong terms on the course
pursued by the coroner in not being present at the time for
which the adjourned inquest was fixed, and net having
stated any reason to account for his absence.

The names of the jury having been called over, and all
being present,

The Coroner addressed them at some length. He said
that the jury having returned a verdict of manslaughter, it
was necessary that it should be submitted to counsel in
ordor that the inquisition might be drawn up in the proper
and legal form. He accordingly sent up the paper on
Saturday night, hut unfortunately the counsel was at
Staplehnrst, and it was therefore impossible to get the in-
quisition down by the required time. He knew it would
be useless for him to come to Margate empty handed, and
he therefore wrote to the summoning officer stating that
the inquest must be further adjourned for a day or
two. Under the circumstances, he considered this
a reasonable courso to pursue. Having received the inqui-
sition from counsel, he at once issued the notices for the
jury to attend that day. Ile then proceeded to read the
inquisition which contained the particulars of the accident,
and concluded thus;—" That the jurors aforesaid, upon
their oaths, do say that the said Susannah Lock, in manner
and by means aforesaid, and by culpable neglect of duty of
the said Henry Marshall and William Darby, came to her
death, and that the said Henry 'Marshall and William Darby
maliciously and feloniously did kill and slay the said Su-
sannah Lock,"
A lengthened discussion ensued upon the wording of the
inquisition, and the jury ultimately refused to sign it, on
the ground that it did not properly set forth their opinions.
They objected to the words "culpable," "maliciously," and
"slay," and after a long private deliberation the coroner
consented to strike those words out. The last paragraph of
the inquisition was therefore to the effect that the accident
was caused through the neglect of duty of Marshall and
Darby, and that they feloniously did kill the deceased.
The inquisition having been altered, the Coroner and jury
signed it.
The Coroner then committed William Darby and Henry
Marshall to the assizes to answer any indictment that may

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be preferred against them, but said that he la teen
to understand that they were both men lfr:ampeetablel
character, and ho was willing therefore to scqpt. bail fOr
their appearance, themselves is £lOO each, an e two BUM..
ties of £5O each.
On behalf of Darby the names of Mr Levy, of Lotlion, a
and Mr Watson, of Ramsgate, were tendered by Mr toys ;
and for Marshall Mr Fox tendered the names of Messrs.
Rogers and Spencer, of Ashford. These sureties having
been accepted, the proceedings of the inquest terminated.
Naval and Military Intelligence,

Tine Duke of Somerset and other Lords of the Ad-
miralty commenced the annual inspection of the
naval departments at Devonport by a visit to the
dockyard. The five building Flips which have prc*
duced so large a number of ships during the l'sat
half century are now almost deserted. Nos. 2 and
5 are unoccupied. No. I has a keel Mid and a steam
partly up; in No. 3, the Robust, 81, is partly planked
about the bonds ; arid in No. 4 there is the frame of
the Ister, 36, but occasional y not a single artisan
is occupied on any of them. The ironcused screw
steam frigate Caledonia, 35, in No. 1 dock, appearer't
to excite the special observation of their lordshipe.
Her sides are being prepared, somewhat like thew .e
of the Zealous at Keyham, to resist the galvanic
action of the copper sheathing. The upper tier of
sheathing has been removed, and vertical bare of
iron,3 inches broad by 4 inch thick, have been bolted
about 3 feet apart on the iron plating. On these
bars a easing of teak 3 inches thick has been
fixed, having grooves to receive the bars. The
casing begins two feet above the load line, and runs
down seven feet, which is five inches below the iron
plates. The new tier of oopper sheathing runs up
just high enough to overlap the teak three inch es,
so that there is a space of about four inches between
the upper edge of the copper and the iron plating,
and a distcnce of 4ft 9in from the copper to the load
line. For this depth in the sea the sides of the
Caledonia present only the teak casing already de.
scribed. The Lords of the Admiralty have, how,.
ever, given orders that there shall be applied on
a portion of the casing a new sheathing by Mr Bet..teley, which he terms "union metal." Unlikeyeller ,Or
metal, which is a mixture of copper and zinc, Bea.,
teley's consists of copper on one side and of a vebi to
metal like pewter on the other. The inventor eon.
tends that his sheets are so well adapted for iron-
cased ships that if they were fitted directly on the
plates no injury through galvanic action could arise.
The results of this experiment will be looked for
with considerable interest. It is understood that
the Caledonia will be fitted for a fiag ship, and that
she will have a poop and topgallant forecastle. Since
the last visit of the Lords of the Admiralty to Da-
venport dockyard three jetties, 4Ott broad, have
been constructed, facing Islamoaze, so that ships of
greater draught can lie alongside at low springs
when the depth is 27ft. An annihilate,: for service
in case of fire has also been erected. It stands on
three hollow legs ; one is fed from the inner mast
pond, one is used as a waste pipe, and the third is for
the supply of water in case of fire. The cister a
stands at a height of 100 ft, and the water will ri
with considerable force GO or 70 feet; it is driven
up by the engine of thesaw mill adjacent. It is pro-
bable that two of the docks in the yard will be
lengthened. At 2 o'clock the Duke entered. the
Admiral's barge and went on board the ironcased
screw steamship Ocean, 35, in Hanaoaze. Their
lordships then paid a short visit to Key barn, and
subsequently embarked on board the steam tender
Pzineess Alice, which conveyed them to Drake's
Island, where, in company with Earl de Grey end
Ripon and Cols. Jervoise and Shuttleworth (who
during the day had visited the north-eastern forti-
fications), they inspected the new bombproof half
moon battery on the eastern facing of the island.
Afterwards they made a course in the steam
tender round the breakwater, and then landed on
the works of the Shovel Rock Fort, which are close
to and just inside that structure. Their Lordships
were received by Mr. Hutton, resident engineer,
and Mr Ormiston, agent for the contractors. Ltist
year the surface of the works was 30ft. below h:
ht
water ; now it ie above that mark, being of a hei h
from the bottom of above GOft. The fort up to
water mark, is constructed of large blocks of 1' on.
land cement concrete, and faced with granite; the
powder magazines, tanks, stores, &c., are of brick.
work, and are now in progress. The first stone
was laid on the 11th March, last year, and the lest
on the Gth of this month, less than 17 months eg:o.
From the sound the Duke of Somerset returned to
Osborne, in Harnoaza, where his Grace end his col-
leagues entertained the chiefs of the various depart.
meats, the officers in command of ships and others.
Capt. J. Seacombe, and the officers of Her Ma-
jesty's ship Duke of Wellington, at Portsmouth,
gave a ball on board their ship on Thursday even.
ing, at which upwards of 900 guests were received.
The supper tables occupied the entire length of the
main deck. The ship was moored alongside the
jetty of the dockyard, and the jetty itself was con•
verted for the occasion into a vast reception tent
and promenade. The police arrangements in the
dockyard were most excellent.

Major Gen. Warde, C. 8., attended by Brigade
Major Hay, Captain Naugle, Deputy Assist Quarter
Master General, Captain Williams, A.D.C., Captain
Lardner Clarke, Superintendent of Gymnasia, and
other officers, yesterday inspected the classes of
non.commissioned officers and men of the 13th
brigade, R.A., and the Royal Mariner, who have
passed through a course of gymnastic exercises. The
whole of the men went through the exerciese (no m
a material portion of their ordinary drill) and ac-
quitted themselves most satisfactorily.

Her Majesty's steam vessel Monkey, employed
in dockyard purposes at Woolwich, Mr Smithers,
master in command, yesterday embarked Major D.
Sarsfield Greene and 150 non-commissioned officers
and men belonging to the C battery C Brigade
Royal Horse Artillery, to undergo a course of gun.
nery instruction at Shoeburyness. The Monkey
returned to Woolwich by the evening tide, bringing
back to headquarters Major Dickson and No. 2 bat-
tery of the 13th Brigade Royal Artillery, having
terminated their gunnery practice for the season.

DEATH OF MR C. W, DILKE.—Mr Charles W.
liilke, well known as the proprietor of the Attie.
necum newspaper, died on Wednesday last at his estate,
Alice Holt, near Farnham, in Surrey. Mr Dilke, who was
74 years of age, was father of Sir Charles Dilke, who was
recently created a baronet for his exertions in connection
with horticulture, art, and the Prince Consort. Mr Dunce
purchased the ..Athenccum when it had been reduced to a
low ebb in its literary as wen as its nnanciat oonauton,
under the auspices of Mr James Silk Buckingham. He and
the brilliant staff of writers whom he introduced to the paper
raised it to the position which it now occupies. Mr DUE,
himself did not of late write much, though to the last he
continued to take a deep interest in the journal which, by
his ability and ',tact, he had made a flourishing property.
He was himself chiefly known in the literary world for his
intimate acquaintance with the times of Queen Anne.
THE SANITARY STATE OF METROPOLITAN
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been brought to an end; the main drainage of this great
city is approaching completion ; and in other directions pro-
gress has been made; but as regards the dwellings in which
vast multitudes are at present forced to reside, the state of
things remains most unsatisfactory, and serves to injure
life and health to an extent which has not been sufficiently
estimated. During a comparatively recent period, the re-
moval of dilapidated and unwholesome dwellings through-
out the London district has been enormous in extent ; and
up to the present time the houses provided in lieu have
been quite insufficient, and the result has been, as we years
ago stated would be the ease necessarily, that great masses
of people aro driven into houses which wag never intended
for the use of numerous families. In cue way the demoli-
tion of the dwellings which have given plats to the cc,ri •
struet ion of railways and other modern changes, is scarcely
to b' regretted, for it was not e4.sy f a overestimate the evil
condition of many of them ; but the mischief is, that no
sufficient pi °visions of suitable dwAlings for the industrious
classes, and others of Ltuiteil alecanc had been made in
their
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