The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-25 00:00:00

ADJOURNED INQUEST.

By the Jury—We halted on a common near
Ripley, where there was some very impure water,
and it was very difficult to keep the men from it.
It is very injurious to drink water when on the
march. The men generally have water bottles, but
I do not think they had them on the day in ques-
tion. The deceased put on two pair of trousers, by
his own choice, to prevent them being put in his
knapsack. A man is not allowed to wear two pair
of trousers. The weight of the kit in the knapsack
is about 171bs. I consider 701bs. to be an extrava-
gant weight. Several sick men were carried in the
waggons, some of whom were footsore, and others
ill from drinking water. The post-mortem examina-
tion bears out my opinion. The deceased died from
sun-stroke. It might have happened in Hyde-park
or anywhere else.
Colour-sergeant John Sinclair deposed that the
deceased's kit consisted of knapsack and straps,
mess tin and cover, shirt, one pair of socks, seven
brushes, two towels, two hold-ails, containing seve-
ral small articles. He also had a greatcoat, a long
Enfield rifle, and 20 rounds of ball cartridge, weigh-
ing altogether about 491bs. The usual kit for a
march, including everything, is 481bs. 6oz. We do
not consider 18 miles too long a march.
By the Jury—The weight of a bear-skin cap is
about 270 z. I find a bear-skin very oppressive on
a hot day. I should prefer a forage cap.
Lieut.-Col. John Hamilton Dalrymple—The 2d
battalion of Fusilier Guards started from Kingston
at 6.10 in the morning, arriving at Cobham at 9,
and Gaildford at 2 o'clock. The day was very hot,
one of the hottest days he had seen in the service.
Everything deceased carried, including the clothes
he stood in, weighed 491bs. 12oz. A bear-skin is
about the best cap a soldier can wear in hot weather,
as it protects the head from the sun. All the men
were allowed to take off their stocks if they liked.
The general length of march is 15 miles per day,
but there was no halting-place between Kingston
and Guildford. The men did not seem more dis-
tressed than usual on a long march. An officer was
with us who had marched a great deal in India, and
he said that it was as bad as an Indian march. The
men were cautioned about drinking water. The
men were not obliged to wear the bear-skin; many
of them took them off, but many men prefer march-
ing in them. It is against the rule for a man to
wear two pair of trousers.
After other evidence,
The Jury deliberated for some time, and then re-
turned the following verdict, " Death from natural
causes, the result of sunstroke received on the march
between Kingston and Guildford."

TILE CROPS ON THE CONTINENT.

The general state of trade in France has not i

proved during the past week, nor does it appear to
be in a more unfavourable condition, beyond what
must inevitably result from continued stagnation.
The fine weather contributes to maintain prices, but
there is a growing uneasiness at the enormous
expenditure which is undertaken by the State and
private companies on works that cannot be remune-
rative for a long time to come.
The weather during the week has been unusually
favourable for the crops—heavy rains during the
night, and warm sunshine during the day. From all
quarters the reports are most encouraging. A dis-
tinguished agriculturist of the Charente Inferieure
has just made an excursion through the whole of
the centre, west, and south, and he states that on all
parts of France the vineyards, with some very few
exceptions, present the most favourable appearance.
This fact, however, does not prevent certain persons
in the Bordelais from spreading the most sinister re-
ports for purposes of speculation. The Gironde and
the two Charantes have here and there suffered
from the frosts, but the damage taken altogether
cannot be considerable. For the last 10 years the
French vineyards have not looked finer.
A letter from Nuit (Cotes d'Or) says the vine-
yards are most promising, as they had not suffered
from the frosts, and the weather is now most favour-
able for the flowering. There is every reason to
expect an abundant crop of the best wines.
The Belgian journals state that the appearance
of the crops is very satisfactory in all parts of the
kingdom. Wheat and rye in particular are in a
good condition, and potatoes promise an abundant
yield. There will, however, this year be but little
stone fruit, owing to the frosts and changes in tem-
perature in the spring.
The harvest will probably begin some weeks
earlier than usual. In the South they have already
commenced cutting the wheat. Flour fell from 75e.
to lf. the sack, and in the provincial markets a
reduction of price has been pretty general, as will
be perceived by the following telegrams :
Asnieres.—Market very feeble. Prices of corn and bar-
ley firm, oats at last week's prices.
Arras.—Market tolerable, sales heavy, and a fall in corn
of 50c. the hectolitre.
Chartres.—Supply equal to lasi week's, sales slow, with a
fall of 50c, the hectolitre and a half. Oats unchanged.
Dijon.—Abundant offers at a reduction of If. the 100
kilogrammes, without finding buyers; great lack of pur-
chasers.
Etampes.—Weak market, with tendency to fall.
Marseilles.—Business dull. Marioupol, 35f. 50c. ; to be
delivered, 35f. Danube, 27f. ; and African, 35f.
Melun.—Tolerably well supplied ; average fall in corn
lf. 27c. the hectolitre ; oats risen by 13c. the hectolitre.
Orleans.—Weak market; fall in corn of if. the hec-
tolitre and and a half.

In the Paris corn-market the quotations were for
corn from 36f. to 41f. 50c. the hectolitre and a half,
weighing 120 kilo-grammes ; rye, 22f. the 115 kilo-
grammes; barley, 20f. to 21f. 50c. the hectolitre
and a half ; oats, from 32f. 50c. to 38f. 50c. the
three hectolitres. The factors declared 459 sacks of
flour at an average price for first quality of 71f. 64c.
the 157 kilogrammes.

AINGSWOOD MURDER.—The German ap-
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a lodging-house in Wentworth-street, under the name of
M'Donald. Some articles of clothing belonging to him tend
strongly to strengthen the suspicion against him. He will
be brought before the magistrates for examination in a day
or two, the city detectives being still engaged in inquiries
concerning him.
FATAL ACCIDENT BY LIGHTNING.—A fatal ac-
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out doing them any serious injury. On the same evening
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the bell, and then descending to the laundry, passed between
the women working there, but did not injure any of them.
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THE FATAL MARCH OF THE GUARDA':

GUILDFORD, •Monday Evening.
The adjourned inquest on the body of Edward
Norton, of the Fusilier Guards, who died at Guild-
ford, on Wednesday last, from the consequences of
the heavy march between Kingston and Guildford,
was opened at the Bear Inn, Guildford this evening,
before Mr. J. R. Capron, borough coroner, and a
jury. _ _

Assistant-surteon Turner was first examined, and
after narrating the details as to deceased's falling
out on the line of march, and subsequent death, said
—The day in question was very hot, and the road
from Ripley to Guildford (the last 6 miles) was very
dusty. I think the bear-skin is the best head-dress
for a soldier, as it protects the head more than
shacos. I believe that the deceased died from sun-
stroke. He had his bear-skin on when he fell. I
think that a man would be less likely to be affected
by sun in a bear-skin than if he wore a forage-cap.
Most of the men had their stocks of during the
march. They were not prevented from taking them
off.