The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-15 00:00:00

WM. DYON AND HIS SON AGAIN IN CUSTODY,

(From the Leeds Intelligelteer of Thursday.)
DONCASTER, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1828.—1 n
consequence of information received in this place,
Edmund Beckett Denison, Esq., left here early on
Friday morning, for the neighbourhood of Gains-
borough. On 'his return on Saturday night, two
constables were despatched" to the house of Wm.
Dyon, to again- take him and his son to Bawtry,
where they are in custody at the Crown Inn, each
attended by a constable in separate rooms. Nothing
however is made public respecting this last informa-
tion. The prisoners will be examined on Wednes-
day. These proceedings have once more changed
the opinion of most persons here, and now strong
suspicion falls on the Dyons; as it is not supposed
they would be again taken, without sufficient rea-
son. We cannot imagine•how this can be, as the
shoes of the murderers were not imagined to be ca-
pable of going on to the feet of either of the Dyons.
Doncaster, March 12, 1828.
Although few particulars have come to our know-
ledge, respecting the cause of Dyon and his son
being again taken into custody, you will shudder
with horror at what I have to inform you. William
Dyon, after being acquitted in the opinion of his
examiners, went last week to Gainsborough, where
he got drunk, and said he had humbugged the Ma-
gistrates, and many similar things which, most
likely, with much more information that is not made
public yet, was the cause of their being sent for to
Bawtry. The deceased, Mr. Dyon, had a farm at
Partridge-hill, about a mile from his residence; he
had a farmer, who lives in the house at Partridge-,
hill, and who was recommend there by William
Dyon • he is a native of Lincolnshire. I cannot say
whether this man was itspected-oi; not; but lam
informed, on Etches, the constable, going to hi;
house, he observed great confusion in the man, and
immediately put on handcuffs, using such language
as was proper to a person who showed =rich symp-
toms of a guilty knowledge. The man, in conse-
quence, confessed, that Wm. Dyon and his son had
been there the evening of the murder, and had obtained
a gun from him, and left it on their return. Bawtry
was like a fair yesterday. This day the Magistrates
meet to examine the prisoners. There seems to be
little doubt but they will pays through here in irons,
on their way to York. This is likely to prove the
most cruel, as well as unnatural murder, ever com-
mitted, I may say, in this nation. It was none at a
time when it was hoped others would have borne
the blame, and seems to have been long intended,
from the precautions used. It appears that many
observations were made at the funeral. Some who
had heard the brother named as likely to be the per-
son, marked his conduct, and in their own minds
acquitted him. Others were of a different opinion;
so that it appears his manner did not wear the ap-
pearance of innocence through the day, but only put
it on to those he thought proper. It was also
thought strange that the brother did not come to
Mr. Dyon's till the -time of the funeral, though he
was sent for on Sunday morning ; as he should have
been one of the first to assist in discovering the
murderer of his brother.
COMMITMENT OF DYON AND HIS SON.
(From the Doncaster Gazette of Friday.)

The examination was resumed yesterday morning,
and about five o'clock in the afternoon the whole
of the witnesses were examined. William Dyon and
his son were, upon strong and connected evidence,
committed to York Castle, to take their trials at the
Assizes, for the murder of their unfortunate relative.
We expect that the prisoners will pass through Don-
caster in the course of this forenoon.

THE WATER COMMISSION.

The labours of the Commissioners appointed by
his Majesty to inquire into the state of the supply
of water to the metropolis are, we understand, draw-
ing to a close. The Commissioners are Dr. Roget,
the Secretary to the Royal Society, an able phy-
sician ; Mr. Telford, an eminent engineer ; and Mr.
Brande, the distinguished professor of chymistry.
The Commission was issued in July last. From
sundry unexpected causes, and especially from the
illness of one of those gentlemen, it did not com-
mence its sittings till December; but since that,
time they have devoted themselves to the inquiry,
like men impressed with the conviction that the
health of the metropolis was, in a measure, com-
mitted to their charge, and involved in their decision.
The subject is one which grows in importance
as it proceeds. .1 he copious extracts which e, -e
thought it our duty to make from the Memoir ad-
dressed by Mr. Wright to the Commissioners, have,
by eliciting much useful information, added, we be-
lieve, in no inconsiderable degree to their labours.
It is gratifying to see the promptness with which
several of our distinguished physicians have s:-epped
forward to throw their shield over a non-professional
individual whose attention has accidentally been
turned to the necessity as well as the possibility of
procuring a more wholesome supply of an element
of life to the largest city on the face of the globe.
In the last edition of his valuable Dictionary of
Chynnstry, Dr. Ure, of Glasgow, has devoted seve-
ral pages to the subject "It cannot," he says,
" but be an interesting object to ascertain the com-
ponent parts and qualities of the water daily con-
sumed by the inhabitants of large cities. A very
minute portion of unwholesome matter daily taken,
may constitute the principal cause of the differences
in salubrity which are observable in different places."
And Dr. Paris, in the new edition .of his Treatise cm
Diet, published yesterday, has this striking passage :
" Water, in the neighbourhood of a city, holds dis-
solved, as well as suspended, a considerable por-
tion of animal and vegetable matter. This is
unquestionably the case in the water supplied
from the Thames by the Grand J-..inetion Com-
pany. The discovery of the polluted source from
whence this water flows into our houses has lately
filled the inhabitants with just alarm. I have already
publicly stated my opinion upon the subject, and I
shall here only repeat, that unless the authorities of
the land interpose to crush the monopoly,the ravages
of some fatal epidemic may be fairly anticipated.—
The author of the pamphlet entitled The Dolphin,
proving that 7,000 families, in 'Westminster and its
suburbs, are supplied with water in a state offensive
to the sight, disgusting to the imagination, and de-
structive to health, has displayed his case in forcible
language ; but I will do him the Justice to assert, that
there is no exaggeration in the statement."

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On Sunday evening last, at Cleethorps, about
three miles from Grimsby, while the principal part of the
inhabitants were attending divine worship, the throat of a
mare,in foal, the property of JOHN 06BORNE, Esq. was
cut, with such determined ferocity, that the poor anitnal's
head was nearly separated from her body ! The mare was
valued at 40/. In addition to this horrible act of cruelty,
six beasts, the property of the same gentleman, were ham-
strung at the same time ! No clue has hitherto offered,
we understand, to lead to the detection of the savage mis-
creants concerned in these new acts of wanton outrage.—
Hull Packet. _ _ _

ACCIDENT BY GUNPOIVDER.-011 Monday
afternoon, a shocking accident occurred at the house of
JOHN LIoLT, a cotton weaver residing at a place called
Guide, near this town. PETER, the oldest son, had obtained,
by some means, a quantity of gunpowder from a colliery
the
child
in the neighbourhood, kept there by the miners for the
purpose of blasting the works. At the.
consisting of the
lather, period above men-
(two others being
out of the way), were occupied near the fire-place, when
tioneedr:
itnhoethpeir., ainciiipdaslixpaorft
theirof
PETER, was amusing himself with the gunpowder, allowing
one of his sisters to play with it by occasionally throwing
small quantities into the fire. The result was that a spark
communicated to the vessel which lie held in his hand, con-
taining about a tea-cup full of the powder, which instantly
exploded, scorching the inmates in a shocking manner,
several of them having the skin burnt from their arm.,
and faces, and the hair singed from their heads.....B/ach..
burn Mail,