The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-22 00:00:00

The Late Bishop of Lichfield.

Dr. John Lonsdale, Bishop of Lichfield, whose
death was announced in The Sun of yesterday, was
the eldest son of the Rev. John Lonsdale, M.A.,
vicar of Darfield, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, and
was born on the 17th Jan., 1788, so that he was
within three months of the completion of his 80th
year. He was educated at the grammar school of
Heath, near Halifax, whence he proceeded to Eton,
and in due course became a Fellow. From Eton he
went to King's College, Cambridge, and in 1807
gained Sir William Browne's medal for the best Latin
ode (Ode Latina in Obitum Gulielmi Pitt.) In 1809
again he was Browne's medallist (Ode Latina Lusi-
tania Liberata). In the same year he obtained Battle's
prize for classics. He took his B.A. degree in 1811,
but his name does pot appear in the mathematical
tripos, as it was not the custom for King's men to
go up for honours at that time, and the classical
tripos was not instituted until 13 years afterwards.
lie became a Fellow of King's, and was ordained
shortly after taking his degree. In 1821 he was
elected Christian Advocate, and in the same year
was appointed assistant preacher at the Temple
Church. His discourses preached before the Uni-
versity at Cambridge while holding the former office
were, " Some Popular Objections against Chris-
tianity Considered, and the General Character
of Unbelief Represented," and " The Testimo-
nies of Nature, Reason, and Revelation respecting
Future Judgments." In 1822 he was selected by
the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Manners
Sutton) to be one of his grace's domestic chaplains,
and for a time he held a similar office under his
successor, Archbishop Howley. He resigned the
chaplaincy on being collated by the Archbishop
to the rectory of Mersham, near Ashford. In
1828 Lord Lyndhurst, then Lord Chancellor, pre-
sented him to the metropolitan rectory of St.
George's, Bloomsbury, which he held until 1835,
when he was elected Preacher of Lincoln's-inn.
Meanwhile he had become Precentor and Canon Re-
sidentiary of Lichfield Cathedral and Principal of
King's College, London, a post which (during the
time with the Archdeaconry of Middlesex) he held
until 1813, when, on the death of Dr. Bowstead, ho
was nominated by Sir Robert Peel, then Prime
Minister, to the bishopric of Lichfield. During his
24 years' episcopate Bishop Lonsdale has won the
respect of all parties in the Church, and been a most
active and conscientious administrator of his enor-
mous diocese. The see is worth 14,500 a year, and
includes the counties of Derby and Stafford, with a
population of about 1,450,000, 49 rural deaneries,
and 630 benefices.

EXTRAORDINARY STREET ACCIDENT.--YeSterday

aiternoon au accident of an extraordinary character hap-
pened in liennington Park-road, opposite the Metropoli-
tan Tabernacle, and which fortunately terminated in
nothing more than a ducking to a horse and a severe
shaking to a cab-driver, minus the two forewhoels of the
cab. It appears that the vestry of Newington has for
some time past been over assiduous in their parochial
duties, as on the very spot that the accident took place it
was only within the last few days that the road-way was
opened for the purpose of laying down now gas-piping.

It was noticed that early in the afternoon a dense mass of
water covered the whole of tho street for fully 50 yards,
and as it was speedily increasing a messenger was
despatched to the turncock, but before assistance could be
obtained tho cabman above mentioned plunged headlong
into the abyss. After a short elapse man and horse were
extracted from their perilous position, but the cab was loft
in the ditch. The ace:dont was attributed to the bursting
of the main-pipe.