The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-06-19
Death of Judge William H. Lyons.

II Is with feelings Of the deepest regret
and pain, that we record the unhme'y
death of Judge WILLIAM ii. Lyons, Which
occurred at his residence in this city yes
terday evening at six minutes before
o'clock, after severe illness OF typhoid
fever. This event occasions In this city
universal sorrow, and it involves a public
loss of no ordinary magnitude.
Judre LYONS was the son Of the Hon.
JAMES LYONS of this city. He was born m
Nav. 1881, and had therefore just entered
upon his thirty-seventh year when he died.
He went through collegiate course at
William and Mary College, and afterwards
graduated at the University. He chose
tho profession Of the law, and studied uu-
der his father. He went to the bar at an
carly age, and married in 1855 daughter
of JOIN c. HoBSoN, Esq, of this city. In
1850, Notwithstanding his youth and the
great ability Of the Richmond bar, he was
elected Judge of the Court Of Hastings of
the city of Richmond. He filed the office
until its suspension at the close of the war.
Upon the restoration Of the court he was
reelected its Judge in July 1865, without
opposition, and continued in the Office to
the time of his death.
In abiding to the uncommon merits Of
this lamented gentleman we can truly say
that in O life of long duration we have
rarely met with one in whose character
were blended in such fair proportions the
noblest virtues Of mankind. Even in his
youth that remarkable gentlcness, kind
ness, and urbanity which distinguished him
through life were so strikingly exhibited
in his demeanor as to command the admi-
ration and love of all who knew him. As he
advanced to manhood there appeared blend
edwith these gentle graces manly firmness
and steadiness Of purpose that admirably
harmonized with a Just disposition and an
upright and clear Judgment. To the latest
he preserved that gentleness' and sincere
atIabilitv and kindness of manner, so ia
yorably set of by his fine personal
appearance. With the sweetness and
almost the modesty Of woman,
he combined a frmness in his con-
victions that nothing could swervc, and a
courage and fortitude in their support that
nothing could intimdate.
Upon the bench Judge LYONs's decisions
were remarkable for their clearneSS and
sounduess. He was endowed with admi-
rabc qualifications for the high office. He
faithfully preserved the dignity and the
amenities of the court-all that decorum
due in the temple Of Justice. lie admin
istered his duties without fear and with
out reproach, and leaves the judicial er-
mine unsullied by single stain.
But it was not in respect to his office of
Judge alone that he was useful to the
State and this community, and that his
death may be regarded as a public calami-
". Judge LYONS, although not brilliant
orator, was clear, cogent, and persuasive
in what he had to say. He took the deep
est interest in local and State works, had
practical views OF them, and was an ear
nest advocate of the most liberal and en-
ergetic System public improvement. In
the midst of the fitiguing and intricate du-
ties of his office, he always found time to
give his aid and influence to whatever
tended to advance the welfare and pros
perity Of this city. His general populari-
iy-a popularity due to his high integrity,
good sense, and gentle manners-gaye him
great power in the community, and he
always exerted it for the good Of that com.
munity. The death of such man is, in
deed, public calamity, as is attested by
the public grief.
In all the relations of private life his
fidelity was alike remarkable for its devo-
ton and its tenderness. Both in his public
and private relations he maintained
throughout that pure integrity, that sim
Ccrity, that proper good sense, and that
mbanity and kindness which made him
one of the most useful and most beloved
men that ever lived in this community.
Pure as the mantle which, Ger him who
stood
BY Jordan's stream, descended from the
sky,
l. that remembrance which the WISE and
GOOD
Leave in the hearts that love them when
they die"
1t will be seen that the funeral of Judge
LYONS will take place tomorrow alter"
noon.
A meeting of the Bar is called for to-
day at 5 o'clock, at the Hastings court
room, to pay the proper tribute Of respect
10 the memory Of Judge LYONS.