The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-02 00:00:00

ALLEGED PARRICIDE.
SINGULAR CASE.

At the Shrewsbury Assizes, on Saturday, a lad, named
Charles Wilson, aged 19, the son of a physician, residing
at Wem, in Shropshire, was charged with shooting with
intent to murder his father. The case was of a

peculiar description, It was proved that on the evening
of April 13 Dr. Wilson was lying on the sofa in
the dining room asleep. He was awakened by a
severe blow on his eye, as he at the time
thought, and before he could recover himself he felt him-
self wounded in the head. He had, in fact, been shot with
two bullets from a revolver, one had entered the eye,
the other had lodged upon the skull. He saw no one,
but the first thing he heard was his son, the prisoner,
calling loudly for assistance. Another important witness
was Miss Martha Wilson, the prisoner's sister. She
proved that she and her brother were sitting upstairs
when, some ten minutes before the shots were fired, he
left the room, and went into the surgery, which is on the
ground floor near the dining room. Her attention was
attracted by the first pistol shot. She listened, and then
hearing annother, she hastened to the head of the stairs,
when she heard her brother calling, " Patty, Patty, papa,
has shot himself." These were the principal facts of the
case, but further evidence was gone into to shew that the
wounds were inflicted by a pistol which belonged to Dr.
Wilson, and to which a stranger would not have access,
and also that the prisoner in driving to Shrewsbury for
a medical man had purposely driven more slowly
than was necessary. For the prisoner it was proved
that he had been an affectionate son and brother, that
there was no motive whatever for the commis-
sion
of the crime, and that it was possible for a
stranger to have entered the house, and, finding the
pistol, to have shot Dr. Wilson, to avoid detection. Mr.
James, in an exhaustive speech of nearly two hours' dura-
tion, strongly urged these views, and after hearing the
summing up of the judge, the jury at a late hour returned
a verdict of not guily, a result which was received with
loud applause.

On Saturday morning the Bishop of Manchester
consecrated a new church, dedicated to St. Paul, at Low
Moor, Clitheroe.

General Sheridan is to be sent to Europ.e.by the
President to watch the operations of the contending
armies. We do not think he is the most suitable man for
the service. He is hardly scientific enough. Besides
he will find himself bothered to look on and observe opera-
tions of this sort without taking a hand himself. And
then we need him on the Plains, where he will have .the
the privilege of fighting with the rest if there is any fight-
ingto be done.

INDIAN ITEM-S.—The Madras Times says the
Finance Departments of the several presidencies are to
be placed under the local governments, subject to the con-
trol of the Government of India."—There has been a heavy
flood at Indore (in the Central Provinces) causing great
loss of life and property. It is conjectured that upwards
of four hundred human beings have perished.—
A writer in the Jubbulpoor Chroncicle says that there is at
Chunar a veteran, a German by birth, who was present
at the burning of Moscow, and the disastrous retreat of
Napoleon from thence in 1812. There has been a
serious grain riot at Busheer, (at the head of the Persian
Gulf.) •