SUDDEN DEATH OF THE REV. J. PARK

We regret to announce the sudden death of the Rev. John Park, vicar of the Isle of Walney, which occurred on Tuesday evening, in Wolverhampton. For some time past Miss Park, an unmarried lady, and sister of the late vicar of Walney, has been lodging at the house of Mrs. Adams, Queen-street, Wolverhampton. About a fortnight ago Miss Park was taken ill. She was attended by Messrs. Collins and Wells, of Queen-street, but on Monday her illness assumed a more serious form, and she died early on Tuesday morning. Information of her death was conveyed by telegraph to the Rev. John Park, who replied that he would come to Wolverhampton by the next train, and he arrived there about six o’clock on Tuesday evening. He at once proceeded to Mrs. Adam’s house, and within a few minutes of his arrival there he suddenly expired. A messenger was at once despatched to Messrs. Collins and Wells for assistance; Mr. Collins attended immediately, but his services were unavailing, life being then extinct. It is believed the rev. gentleman suffered from heart disease, and that his death was due to this cause, coupled with the grief and excitement he was under at the time, after the long railway journey. Information of the sad event was at once telegraphed to the Rev. R. P. Manclarke, vicar of St. James’s, Barrow, who made known the sad news to the widow. It has been arranged that the funeral of both Mr. and Miss Park shall take place at Walney. The Rev. J. Park was appointed to the incumbency of Walney in 1846 and has therefore held this office for 29 years. The living, which is worth upwards of £85 a year, is in the gift of the Rev. J. M. Morgan, vicar of Dalton and rural dean of Aldingham.