The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-20 00:00:00

TRINITY COLLEGE.

CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 17.—The Rev. Richard Parry
Jones, 8.A., of Trinity Colter, has been appointed to
the head mastership of Denbigh Grammar School.

THE CHURCH.

The following appointments have taken place:—
The Rev. George Beckvvorth Yard, M.A., of Tri-
nity College, to the rectories of Wrag,by and Panton.
l'he Rev. A. S. Thelwall, M.A. of Trinity College,
to the ministry of Bedford Chapel, 13loomsbury.

ORDTSATIONS TO BE HOLDEN.

Sunday, Sept. 25, Bishop of Down and Connor, at
Limerick.
Sunday, Sept. 25, Bishop of Carlisle, at Carlisle.
Sunday, Sept. 25, Bishop of Salisbury, at Salisbury,
Sunday, Sept.2s, Bishop of Peterborough, at Peter-
boroug►h.

FATAL ACCIDENT TO J. B. WILSON, ESQUIRE,
BANKER, or YonK.—lt is with the most painful feel-
ings that we have to record the premature death of one
of our most respectable citizens, which took place on
Thursday morning last, under very distressing circum-
stances. Mr. Wilson was on a visit at the country-
house of his brother, Thomas Wilson. Esq., at Fulford,
and o n the fa•al morning he took breakfast with his
friends, and appeared as usual. After breakfast he
went out, about eleven o'clo,tk. and, being a fine morn
ing, walked down to a retirrd situation on the banks of
the Ouse, with an intention to bathe. He threw his
clothes off, laid them on the bank, placed his gold watch
uponr the bank, and then incautiously plunged into the
Ovate r. Unfortunately, the deceased had mistaken the
place„ there being a shallow part of the water near, to
svlue n bathers often resorted, but the place he entered
was of very great depth. He could not swim ; and it
is s! iPPosed that ho met with a watery graw.,, almost km-
met liately. About, twelve his clothes were found lying
on the bank and search was immediately made for the
body. Itwas soon found ; and a Coroner's inquest
was held the same evening, when the casewas Si)so clear
that the Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of
F mind drowned." Various rumours
(as usual) were
soon afloat, but the above are the facts ; and there is
no doubt Ivhatever but that the dreadful event was
purely.accidental.. Mr. Wilson was a gentleman of un-
assuming manners, and of a kind disposition. He "s
highly respected in life, and his melancholy fate is deeply
lamented by every inhabitant of the city.— York Herald.

INQUEST ON THE BODY OF A RIOTER.
This afternoon, at five o'clock, a respectable Jury,
consisting of gentlemen from the townships of Salford,
Pendleton, and Broughton, was summoned by Mr.
W. S. Rutter, Coroner for the Hundred of Salford, to
inquire into the circumstances of the death of Joshua
Lyons, who died from the effect of wounds inflicted
on him at the mill of Messrs. Morris, in Oldfield-road,
Salford, on Thursday morning last. The Jury, to
the number of 18, assembled at the King's Head Inn,
in Salford, and, having been sworn and briefly charged
by the Coroner, proceeded to the Manchester Infir-
mary to view the body. After having done so, the
following witnesses were examined :
Mr. Edward Tomlinson, house -surgeon to the Infir-
mary, being sworn, said, the deceased, Joshua Lyons,
was admitted into the Infirmary on Thursday last,
the 15th inst., at three o'clock in the afternoon. He
was then in a state of insensibility, and labouring
under symptoms of compressure of the brain. Wit-
ness examined him, and tbund a scalp wound on the
left side of the head, with protrusion and discoloura-
tion of the left eye-ball. lie remained in a state of
insensibility up to the time of his death, which-oc-
vurred on the folio oving morning at ten o'clock. This
day (Saturday) witness had made a post mortem exa-
mination of the body. On opening the head, he
found a quantity of extravasated blood under the
scalp, and also covering the left temple. There was
also a f:•acture of the skull in that situation, and rup-
ture of the vessels internally, causing the infusion of a
large quantity of blood into the skull. This was
quite sufficient to account for death. There was more
blood infused into the orbit, which had caused the
protrusion of flit, eye- ball. The external injuries might
have been caused by a blow from a bludgeon or a
brickbat.
Rachel Wroe was next called, and she said she
lives at No. 22, Hulme-street, Oldfield-road, Salford.
IViness did not know the deceased. On Thursday
last her little boy was out in the crowd about Messrs.
Morris's factory about half-past eight o'clock in the
morning. On tearing a noise in the street witness
ran to fetch him in. When she reached near the gate
of Messrs. Morris's factory there was a large crowd
about the gate. Three men went up to the deceased
and knocked him down. They struck him with their
sticks or bludgeons. They also struck him after he
fell. The deceased then got up and ran across into a
field thirty or forty yards off. None of the parties
who struck him followed him into the field. They
all three struck him at once. A woman, who is at the
door, followed him into the field to take care of him.
They struck the deceased once before he fell, and all
of them struck him once after he fell. The deceased did
not go to kick at the gates—he was standing at some
distance very quiet.
In answer to questions from several Jurors, the
witness said the three persons appeared to strike him
about the same part of the body. At the time they
struck him he was doing nothing more than witness
was then. He had nothing in his hand, and was
standing quietly on a heap of cinders. Witness did
not know any of the three men who attacked the de-

ceased.
Elizabeth Hughes stated that she was a widow, re-
siding near Messrs. Morris's factory. Witness heard
the noise of the mob on the morning in question, and
heard some children say the mob were coming. She
went to the bottom of her yard, and saw the hands
in Messrs. Morris's employ beating the mob. Soon
after the deceased (Lyons) came round the corner of
the factory, between the stable and an old boiler.
He was followed by a man, who struck him with a
piece of wood over the left ear. Witness believed
they called the pieces of wood "picking sticks."
When the deceased was down, the man was about to
strike him again, when witness asked him how lie
could for shame strike a man in that way ? on which
he left him. 'Witness then took the deceased to her
house. Ile was bleeding from a wound behind the
ear, and the blood was running on his jacket. She
gave him some water, and he washed himself; after
which lie went into the yard, and was very sick.
After that he fainted, and witness bathed his temples
with vinegar. When witness first saw the deceased,
he was walking towards a field, and appeared quite
insensible. 'Witness only saw him struck once. The
people called out that Wrigley had murdered him.
The deceased had a cap on at the time.
The CORONER here observed that the inquiry was
likely to last a considerable time, and therefore, if the
Jury wished, he would adjourn it.
It was then agreed that the inquest should be ad-
journed till Wednesday next.
A great mass of evidence is about to be brought
Forward by the power-loom weavers, with a view of
implicating the parties who attacked the deceased in
the crime of wilful murder. On Monday nex
(to-day), they intend to apply to the Magistrates for
warrants for their apprehension.

THE GOVERNMENT POLICE AND THE

MANCHESTER MAGISTRATES.

Captain Sleigh's name (the Assistant-Commis-
sioner of Police) having been brought into question
in connexion with the conduct of the Manchester
Justices during the disturbances of the last few days,
that gentleman has addressed a letter, of which the
following is a copy, to Sir Charles Shaw :
" Sir,—My duty to the public, the importance of
carrying out your order, and a consideration for my
official character, urge upon me the necessity of
being released from the serious responsibility of act-
ing in conjunction with, or following instructions
emanating fro in, either an erroneous judgment or sug-
gested by biassed impressions. This request and
these observations are founded on the following cir-
cumstances :—On the 13th inst., about 5 o'clock in
the afternoon, I received information that a concourse
of people were assembling at Brown-street, in and
around a Chartist meeting-house, and I immediately
proceeded to that neighbourhood with a body of 100
police, and, finding the report correct, and that the as-
semblage that crowded the surrounding ground and
streets were addressed by a man from the window of the
Chartist meeting-house, who bade them stand fast, and
finding they would not be removed without force, the
police immediately dispersed them, and succeeded in
arresting 45. The prisoners were accordingly es-
corted by two strong detachments of police ; however,
on the line of march to the Town- hall, when they ar-
rived at Portland-street, I observed Mr. Walker, Ma-
gistrate, speaking to an inspector of police, who was
on duty with the escort detachment, and on inquiring