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3rd August 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At Wallace-Grove, Glasgow, on the 2d instant, Mrs King, a daughter.
At 64 South Wellington Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs William Steel, a daughter.
At 64 Bucclauch Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs James Hutcheson, a daughter.
At 138 Hospital Street, on the 1st instant, Mrs D McFarlane, a son.
At Clydebank, Renfrew, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs George Roadman(?) a son.
At Partick Hill, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs John Kirkwood, a son.
At 26(?) Cook Street, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs John Logan, a son.
At St George's Road, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs William Nelson, a son.
At 1 Fitzroy Place, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Robert V Reid, a daughter.
At Liverpool, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs William McInnes, a daughter.
At 18 Lloyd Square, London, on the 25th ultimo, Mrs Samuel Begg, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Easterhill, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Henry C##l#f#e of Balfol(?) Cottage, Oxford, Francis Richard Sandford Esq., oldest son the the late Sir Daniel Keate Sandford, to Margaret, daughter of Robert Findlay Esq., of Easterhill.
At 107 Crown Street, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. AS Paterson, Mr Hamilton Patton, to Marion, third daughter of the late Mr Robert Muirhead, merchant, Glasgow.
At 33 West Campbell Street, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. Dr. McFarlane of Erskine Chruch, Mr John Kirkwood, draper, to Helen, youngest daughter of the late Mr James Ker, ironminger, Glasgow.
At Milton of Campsie, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. Thomas Munro, Mr Colin Faulds, baker, to Ann, second daughter of Mr John Ferguson, Milton.
At Allan-Park, Stirling, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. James Walker, Muthill, Mr John Stirling, Glasgow, to Annie, second daughter of James Kinross Esq.
At Preston, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. John O. Parr, James Church jun., Esq., merchant, Calcutta, to Ursula, eldest daughter of Peter catterall, Esq.
At Millbank, Johnstone, on the 24th ultimo, by the Rev. JM Austin(?), Mr RL Paterson, Glasgow, to Eliza, eldest daughter of William Stevenson Esq.
At 22 Bishop Street, on the 20th ultimo, by the Rev. dr. McGilvray, Mr Alex McFarlane, spirit dealer, to Margaret, youngest daughter of the late Mr Archibald McAlpine, gardener, Stobcross.
DEATHS [02]
At Sandbank, Holy Loch, on the 29th ultimo, Lieut. Daniel McKenzie. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 42 Great Clyde Street, Glasgow, on the 1st instant, Malcolm McLaren Esq., aged 67 years.
At Partick Hill, on the 2d instant, the infant son of Mr John Kirkwood.
At 80 John Street, Bridgeton, on the 2d instant, Margaret Wardrop, aged four months, daughter of Mr John McIntyre, surgeon.
At 2 Duke Street, on the 1st instant, Janet Millar, wife of Mr Robert Galloway, and eldest daughter of the late Mr John Millar, teacher(?), Paisley.
At 88 Cambridge Street, on the 31st ultimo, Christian Stewart, in her seventy-fifty year, wife of Mr William McGown.
At Graham's Road, Falkirk, on the 31st ultimo, from hooping cough, John, aged 22 months, youngest son of John Wilson, surgeon, R.N.
At Birkenhead on the 31st ultimo, Mr Gilbert Smith, millwright, late of Muirkirk.
At 6 Clyde Terrace, on the 29th ultimo, Sarah Rankin, wife of Mr James Denny.
At 19 Gallowgate Street, on the 29th ultimo, Isabella, eldest daughter of the late Mr Nichol Wright, Glasgow.
At 7 Eglinton Street, Glasgow, on the 28th ultimo, Jannetta, youngest surviving daughter of Mr John Daniel, formerly of Peterhead.
At Square, Old Cumnock, on the 28th ultimo, Dr. Ebenezer Robertson, R.N.
At Birkenhead, on the 22d ultimo, Mr James Lohoar, aged 74 years.
At Falkirk, on the 21st ultimo, Mr William Booth, a##eryman.
At Ballikinrain, on the 19th ultimo, Mr John N Harvie, aged 54 years.
FISHERMAN DROWNED IN IRVINE BAY - On Friday evening last, while three fisherman were engaged at the herring fishing in Irvine Bay, one of them, named John Kerr, in leaning over the gubwale of the boat, accidentally over-balanced himself, fell into the water, and was unfortunately drowned. His companions could not render any available assistance. Having been out fishing the whole of the previous night, and being fatigued, it is considered contributed to the accident. The deceased belonged to Lochranza, Arran, and has left a wife and family. His body is not yet got. He had on his person, when the sad event occurred, a goodly sum-of-money, the produce of his late arduous toil. His father, about thirty years ago, similarly lost his life by falling out of a boat at Irvine bar, when going from Irvine to Saltcoats. - Ayr Observer.
6th August 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 2 Woodside Crescent, on the 5th instant, Mrs William Auld, a daughter.
At Eastfield, Polmadie, on the 5th instant, Mrs Donald Ross, a son.
At 56 King Street, on the 5th instant, Mrs Joseph Campbell, a daughter.
At 11 Barclay Street, Paisley, on the 5th instant, Mrs Robert Edmonstone, a daughter.
At 44 Garnet Dale, on the 4th instant, Mrs Robert Forsyth, a son.
At 40 Great Clyde Street, on the 4th instant, Mrs McEwan of Sunderland, Islay, a son.
At Kilsyth, on the 4th instant, Mrs Dr. Waddell, a son.
At 56 Milton Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs Charles McQuarrie, a son.
At Partick, on the 1st instant, Mrs David Haddow, a son.
At Lochtower, Roxburghshire, on the 1st instant, Mrs George Shirra(?) Gibb, a daughter.
At 66 Cheapside Street, on the 27th ultimo, Mrs Archibald Haddow, a son.
At Holstein, on the 17th ultimo, Mrs A Pagan, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Ardrachan Church, on the 1st instant, by the Very Rev. The Dean of Limerick, William Wallace
Hozier, Scots Greys, eldest son of James Hozier Esq, of Newlands and Barrowfield, Lanarkshire, to
Frances Anne, eldest daughter of the late John O’Hara Esq., of Raheen, County Galway, and Lady
O’Donel.
At 102 Castlemilk Place, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Dr. Buchanan, Mr John Walker, Glasgow, to
Mary Douglas, daughter of the late Captain John Mackenzie, Greenock, and relict of WA Paterson
Esq., Inspector of Taxes, Glasgow.
At Melbourne, on the 23d March last, by the Rev. Mr Hetherington, William Taylor Esq.,
Longeremong, Wimmera River, to Helen, youngest daughter of A Fisken Esq., Ingleston, Upper
Werriby.
DEATHS [02]
At Dalziel House, Lanarkshire, on the 3d instant, Ann Gillespie, daughter of Andrew Mitchell Esq.
– Friends will please accept of this notice.
At 144 Hope Place, New City Road, on the 3d instant, Mr Andrew Selanders, sen., in the 70th year
of his age.
At 108 Douglas Street, on the 5th instant, after a short illness, Eliza Primrose, wife of Mr WC
Shaw, goldsmith.
At her son’s house, 103 Eglinton Street, on the 4th instant, after a short illness, Christian McGregor,
relict of Mr John Lennox, Auchentulloch, Luss.
At 29 Mews Lane, Milton Street, Glasgow, on the 4th instant, Thomas, second son of Mr Thomas
Rankine, Muter, civil and mechanical engineer.
At 53 Commercial Road, Hutchesontown, sudden;y, on the 3d instant, Helen, aged twenty-five
years, eldest daughter of Mr John Dalziel.
At Moulmein(?) on the 30th April last Captain Alexander Dempster, of the ship John Campbell, of
Greenock.
SUDDEN DEATH [02] – About ten o’clock on Saturday evening, it was reported, at the Central Police Office,
that a woman, named Jane Stewart, a delph hawker, had been found dead in the house of a Widow McBay, in
the New Wynd, Widow McBay states that about twelve noon she met the deceased in company with her mother,
in the Wynd, and after they had had some drink, they all went to the widow’s house where, lying down upon the
floor, they fell asleep. McBay was awakened by her daughter who returned from her work about 5pm when
Stewart was found quite dead in the arms of her mother. The deceased was a very delicate person. While we
believe there is no doubt that death was the result of natural causes, the case has been reported to the Fiscal by
whom it will be investigated.
10th August 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At Freeland Bank, Partick, on the 9th instant, Mrs David Macdonald, a son.
At 14 York Street, on the 9th instant, Mrs William Teacher, a son.
At Woodend, partick, on the 8th instant, Mrs Notman, a son.
At 150 Holland Street, Sauchiehall Road, on the 7th instant, Mrs James Allan, a daughter.
At Shawlands Manse, Pollokshaws, on the 7th instant, Mrs Maclancin(?), a son.
At 23 Ronald Street, Glasgow, on the 7th instant, Mrs William Pride, a daughter.
At 47 Sauchiehall Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs William Watt, a son.
At Dunoon, on the 4th instant, Mrs John nelson, a son.
At Glenhead, Lochwinnoch, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs Robert Richmond, twins, son and daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 15 South St Mungo Street, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Mr Stewart, John Mitchell Esq., tobacco
manufacturer, Glasgow, to Jeanie, second daughter of the late Daniel Cameron Esq.
At Renton, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. Mr Dempster, Free Church, Renton, Mr John Nicholson,
farmer, Kilmahew, Cardross, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr Robert Meikleham.
At Glasgow, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Paterson, Mr James Hope, to Jane, second daughter of
Mr John Ryburn, Campbeltown.
DEATHS [02]
At 10 Abbostford Place, on the 9th instant, Hugh, infant son of the late Mr Hugh Fulton, merchant,
Glasgow.
At Townend, Dumbarton, on the 8th instant, Mr Gilbert Turner, rector of the Dumbarton Academy.
At Ardrishaig, Lochgilphead, on the 7th instant, Janet, youngest daughter of Mr John Finlay.
At 4 Eglinton Lane, Lauriston, on the 6th instant, Margaret Drysdale, wife of Mr William Thomson, in
the forty-ninth year of his age.
At Oban, on the 6th instant, Mr John McKenzie, divinity student, and late missionary in the West Port,
Edinburgh.
At her son’s house, 105 Graeme Street, Glasgow, on the 5th instant, Mrs D McDonald, late of Cardross,
aged 80 years.
At 10 College Street, on the 1st instant, Jane Cullen, aged two years and three months, youngest
daughter of Mr George Dowie.
At Kenneil, Bo’ness, on the 1st instant, Mrs Crawford, aged 69 years.
At Bayou Sara, Louisiana, on the 5th ultimo, Mr James Harper, eldest son of Mr William Harper,
Glasgow.
DROWNING – On Sabbath morning, between six and seven o’clock, two men were observed going into the
water at the building yard of Messrs John Scott & Sons, where the wreck of the Fingall lies, for the purpose of
bathing. They both swam out into the stream, when suddenly one of them, a baker, named Matthew Mcneil, was
discovered to be sinking, and immediately went down. Assistance was promptly rendered, but without avail, as
before the spot could be reached, he had sank to rise no more. The body had not been found up till Monday
night. – Greenock Advertiser.
PAINFUL OCCURRENCE – BOY KILLED [abbreviated][02] – On Monday afternoon, between four and five
o’clock, an interesting little boy, about five or six years of age, named William Hutcheson, son of Mr Henry
Hutcheson, residing in Buchanan Street here, was run over by an omnibus in that street and killed on the spot. It
appears that the little fellow had just run from his father’s side turning his hoop at the moment that the fine city
omnibus of Messrs. Mitchell & Menzies, drawn by three horses abreast, which runs between Cowcaddens and
Bridgeton, was proceeding down the steep part of that street... no blame is attached to the driver...
FATAL ACCIDENT – BOY DROWNED [02] – On Monday evening a boy about thirteen of fourteen years of
age, named John Wallace, who resided in Tobago Street, Calton, was accidentally drowned in the Clyde while
bathing at a place called Sandband, near the upper and of the Green. The little fellow had got beyond his depth,
and not being able to swim, sank to the bottom. The body was got out shortly after and conveyed to the Humane
Society House, where we regret to state, every effort to restore animation proved unavailing.
17th August 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At Campbeltown, on the 14th instant, Mrs David Colville jun., a daughter.
At 123 Hospital Street, on the 13th instant, Mrs John Paton, a son.
At Motherwell, on the 13th instant, Mrs William Elliott Brandon(?), a son.
At Ardrossan, on the 12th instant, Mrs James Sinclair, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Elgin, Kane County, Illinois, North America, on the 17th ultimo, by the Rev. Mr Jaslyn of the Baptist
Church there, Mr John Millie of Udesa(?) in said county, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr Alexander
Menzies, dairyman, Glasgow.
At Clintonville, Massachussets, United States, Mr James Wrigley, late of Kelvinhaugh Bleach Works,
near Glasgow, to Jeanett Sutherland, late of Lasswade Street, Edinburgh.
At Arequipa, Peru, on the 22d April last by Thomas Crompton, Esq., Her Britanic Majesty’s Vice-
Consul, Patrick Gibson Esq., merchant, to Jessie(?), eldest daughter of Thomas Bissett Baillie Esq,
MD.
DEATHS [02]
At 18 Abbotsford Place, on the 13th instant, after a long illness, Mr Peter Fraser, late of Paisley. –
Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 36 Port Dundas Road, on the 16th instant, the infant son of Mr JS Dewar.
At Monk Castle House, Ayrshire, on the 14th instant, Hugh Smith Esq., late merchant in Glasgow.
At 68 George Street, Edinburgh, suddenly, on the 14th instant, James Sym, Esq., accountant.
At 24 York Street, on the 13th instant, Mary Connell, relict of Mr Andrew Stark, wright, Old Kilpatrick.
At 3 College Street, on the 12th instant, Margaret French, relict of Mr Robert Dunlop, wright, Glasgow.
At 7 St Bernard Row, Edinburgh, on the 12th instant, John Stirling Esq., late accountant of the Royal
Bank of Scotland.
At Hillside Place, Gourock, on the 11th instant, aged four years and ten months, Christina Smellie,
daughter of WC Steele, advocate, Sheriff-Substitute of Dumbartonshire.
At Woodhousees, Old Monkland, on the 10th instant, Alexander, eldest son of Mr James McGibbon.
At Boulogne, on the 10th instant, after twelve hours’ illness, Ellen, wife of Allan A Maconochie Esq.,
younger of Meadowbank, and Professor of Law in the University of Glasgow.
At Albany, United States of America, on the 30th ultimo, Mr Robert Cochran, a native of Kirkcudbright,
Scotland, and for many years a resident of the city of New York.
At Quebec, on the 25th ultimo, John Frew, Esq., aged 33 years, eldest son of the late Alexander Frew
Esq., Port Dundas, Glasgow.
20th August 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 12 South Portland Street, on the 18th instant, the wife of Mr William Strang, surgeon, a daughter.
At 11 Kinning Place, on the 18th instant, Mrs A Kerr, a daughter.
At 19 Renfrew Street, on the 18th instant, Mrs Robert Cook, a son.
At Ibroxholm, on the 18th instant, Mrs William N Macdonald, a daughter.
At Eaglesham, on the 18th instant, Mrs Dr. Kay, a daughter.
At 154 Hope Street, on the 17th instant, Mrs Peter McLellan, a daughter.
At Milton of Campsie, on the 15th instant, Mrs John Ferguson, a son.
At 92 Crown Street, on the 14th instant, Mrs JA Ferguson, a daughter.
At Mari## Bank, on the 13th instant, Mrs Robert Sword, a son.
At 50 South Wellington Street, on the 12th instant, Mrs James Baker, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Templesowerby, Westmoreland, on the 16th instant, Robert Balloch Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to
Isabella, youngest daughter of the late John Brownrigg Esq.
DEATHS [02]
At Havannah, on the 14th ultimo, James McNair, third son of John Black Esq., merchant, Manchester,
late of Glasgow. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 34 Dundas Street, on the 19th instant, Harriett, youngest daughter of Mr WB Hilliard.
Suddenly, at Mrs Russell’s, 136 High Street, on the 19th instant, Mr James White, of Messrs. Elliot,
Ferguson & White, 11 Stirling Street.
At 6 Croy Place, on the 18th instant, Susannah, sixth daughter of Mr Samuel Blaikley.
At 59 Renfield Street, Glasgow, on the 17th instant, Mr William Stewart.
At Rothesay, on the 17th instant, Henry, youngest son of the late Mr John Pollock, Glasgow.
At Elderslie, on the 17th instant, Helen Thomson, wife of William Malloch, jun., Esq.
Suddenly, at Oldhall, on the 16th instant, Mr David Cochran, eldest son of Robert Cochran Esq., of
Oldhall, Dunlop.
At Thornley, County of Durham, on the 16th instant, William Scott, Esq.
Suddenly, at 16 Cleland Street, Hutchesontown, on the 14th instant, Mr James Goldie, brickbuilder.
At 2 Portugal Street, Mr Alexander Johnston, late manager of Adelphi Spinning Factory.
At Cree Bridge, Newton-Stewart, on the 8th current, Mrs Boyd Mackenzie, relict of William McCan of
Barnahalloch, aged 81 years.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT AYR HARBOUR – About six o’clock on Saturday evening, a young boy about eight
years of age, named John Lucas, son of John Lucas, labourer, New Bridge Street, lost his life in the harbour, a
little below the Commercial Hotel. The tide was about full, and there being a heavy “spate” in the river,
considerable quantities of sticks and branches of trees were floating down. The deceased, along with three boys,
one of them his elder brother, aged about eleven, were catching the sticks that came within their reach, when a
piece of wood fell from the top of the wall and knocked him into the water, where he at once disappeared; and
although immediate search was made for the body, an hour and twenty minutes elapsed ere it was recovered. –
Ayr Observer.
24th August 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 1 St George’s Road, on the 22d instant, Mrs James Allan, a son.
At 30 Charlotte Street, on the 21st instant, the wife of Mr Peter Ralston, pattern designer, a son.
At 96 Abercromby Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs John Darragh, a son.
At Ibroxholm, on the 18th instant, Mrs William H Macdonald, a daughter.
At 185 St Vincent Street, on the 17th instant, Mrs Andrew Nisbet, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Eglinton Street, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. Dr. McFarlane of Erskine Church, Mr James Smith,
to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr John Dott, manufacturer, Glasgow.
At West Shandon, Dumbartonshire, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Napier, William Rigim(?) Esq.,
of Portsmouth, to Jane, second daughter of Robert Napier Esq., of Shandon, engineer, Glasgow.
At Gourock, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. Donald McDonald, Captain William Corphey, to Elizabeth,
daughter of Mr Cross.
At 8 Maxwellton Place, Glasgow, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. Robert Bremner, Mr George Fairbairn,
Camelon Park, Falkirk, to Mary, daughter of the late Lauchlan McKinnon Esq., of the Falkirk Iron
Works.
At the Episcopal Church, Stirling, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. R Henderson, AM., George Douglas
Dods, Esq., MD., eldest son of Colonel Dods, to Anne Susan, eldest daughter of William Peddie Esq.,
late of the 21st Scotch Fusiliers, Staff-Officer of Pensioners, Stirling.
On the 21st instant, by the Rev. Dr. McFarlane of Erskine Church, Mr Thomas Gebbie, to Jeanie,
youngest daughter of Mr James Leitch, Norfolk Street.
At Thistle Street, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. Robert Houston, James Glass(?), cabinet-maker, to
Janet, only daughter of Mr William Blackwood, cabinet-maker.
At 5 George Street, Mile-end, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. Dr. McFarlane, Erskine Church, Mr James
Stark, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr James Miller.
At Ashton, Gourock, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. Duncan Weir, Mr John McDonald, to Mary, second
daughter of the late James Nimmo, Esq., MD., RN.
At Coleraine, on the 16th instant, Mr Peter Taylor Rodger, Armagh, to Margaret, only daughter of Mr
Charles Daly, Coleraine.
At Main Street, Newton, Ayr, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. Alexander Cuthill, Mr Findlay Fergusson
Knight, bookbinder, Ayr, to Janet, youngest daughter of Bailie Reid, Newton, Ayr.
DEATHS [02]
At 23 Orr Street, Calton, on the 23d instant, Robert, aged 24 years, third son of Mr Robert Forrester,
baker. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Calderbank, near Airdrie, on the 19th instant, Jessie Corbett, aged four years and eight months, third
child of Mr Robert Torrance. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
Drowned, in Lake Ontario, on the 2d instant, Mr Walter Macnee jun., merchant, Kingston, youngest
son of the late Walter Macnee Esq., St George’s Road. – Friends are requested to accept of this
intimation.
At Easterhouse, on the 23d instant, Margaret Ann, aged nine months, youngest daughter of Mr Thomas
Maclarkin.
At Brougham Street, Greenock, on the 23d instant, Margaret, second daughter of Captain A Russell.
At 60 Dale Street, on the 20th instant, Janet Campbell, wife of Mr John McIntyre.
At the Elephant Hotel, Dumbarton, on the 20th instant, Bridget Lennon, aged 47 years.
At 8 India Street, Edinburgh, on the 20th instant, Hellen Arbuthnott, second daughter of the late Hugh
James Rolls, Esq., Writer to the Signet.
At 156 Hospital Street, on the 19th instant, William, aged five years, second son of Mr William Spence,
ironmonger.
At 21 Deanside Lane, George Street, on the 19th instant, Ann Martin, relict of Mr James Banks,
innkeeper, Irvine.
At Home Lodge, Viewforth, on the 19th instant, Mrs Christian Home(?), wife of Mr William Tullin.
At 59 Renfrew Street, on the 17th instant, Mr William Stewart, perfumer, Arcade.
At Highfield, Highgate, London, on the 17th instant, Mr Andrew Miller, of Messrs. Thomas Miller &
Co., 13 Cammomile Street.
At Ochilton, Dollar, on the 13th instant, Mrs Haig, widow of the late William Haid Esq., of Dollarfield.
At 19 Stockwell Street, on the 13th instant, Thomas Douglas, aged six years and seven months,
youngest son of the late Dr. Dobbie, Mearns.
At Mauchline, on the 11th instant, Mr James Armour, eldest brother of Mrs Burns, widow of the bard, in
the eighty-fourth year of his age.
At Thornley, County of Durham, Elizabeth Banes(?), wife of William Scott Esq.
At Chicago, United States of America, on the 21st ultimo, of cholera, Thomas H Wilson, son of the late
Mr Thomas Wilson, Barskimming, Ayrshire.
At Montreal, on the 16th ultimo, Robert Sheddon Esq.
MAN DROWNED AT AYR HARBOUR [abbreviated] – A slater named Samuel Marshall, residing in
Wallacetown, went into the river at the point of the South Pier, apparently for the purpose of bathing, on the
evening of Tuesday last. From the prevailing rains and high wind, there were both a heavy fresh and swell at the
breakwater... he plunged into the tide and being an excellent swimmer, he made his way for the breakwater at
the North side, but returned due to the surge... while several onlookers ran for a boat, he was seen by others
borne towards the bouy at the Nicholas Rock, and finally disappeared amid its fatal surge. The body of the ill-
fates man, who has left a widow but no family, was found next day between the Blackrock, and the Powburn in
the direction of Troon. – Ayr Observer.
MELANCHOLY LOSS OF LIFE – We copy the following heart-rendering recital from the Ballina Chronicle of
Wednesday last:-“ Charles Atkinson Esq., coroner, held an inquest on Monday last, at Coolcronan, on the bodies
of six individuals, named James healy, Thady Hoban, James O’Hara, Francis Kean, Winny Monnelly and Biddy
Dempsey. From the evidence adduced it appeared that on last Sunday evening, they were in the act of crossing
the Moy, near Benafinglass, in a small flat-bottomed boat, used as a ferry boat, with merely a short pole and a
piece of board to propel it. On launching out, the water was pouring in at the one end of the boat, and the party
ran to the opposite end, which immediately caused the boat to sink. The entire party, consisting of the
individuals already named, were precipitated into the water, which was about 14 feet deep, and perished in a
group, within a few yards of the bank. The Moy is not more than about 25 yards wide at the place where the
accident occurred”.
FATAL ACCIDENT – A WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH [abbreviated] – On Monday evening about five
o’clock, an alarm of fire was raised in Little York Street, Belfast, and, shortly after, one of the town engines
arrived at a house in that locality, where it was said the flames had broken out... the alarm originated in the fact
of an old woman having accidentally allowed her clothes to catch fire... she died in the course of an hour... Her
name was Isabella Carr, she was upwards of seventy years of age, and had been for some time doting... – Belfast
News letter.
FATAL ACCIDENT [02] – On Wednesday afternoon, shortly before five o’clock, a casualty of a very simple
nature occurred in a lane off High Street, by which, we regret to say, a man named James Bradie, who resided in
Anderston, unfortunately lost his life. The deceased was employed as a labourer with Mr Brown, builder, and at
one time mentioned, was engaged in assisting one of his master’s carters up the said lane, which is very steep,
with a cart of stones. The back-board of the cart having been taken out at the foot of the lane and some stones to
ease the horse, and while deceased was pushing behind with his head downward, a stone fell on him and
fractured his skull, killing him on the spot. The unfortunate man has left a widow to deplore his loss, but we
have not learned if he had any family.
BODY FOUND [02] – On Saturday morning, a man, named Edward McNeil, was found lying dead in a stable
in Rutherglen Road. There were no marks of violence on the body, and as he was subject to fits, it is conjectured
that he had been seized, and there being no help at hand, had been suffocated. Deceased was in the habit of
sleeping in the stables, for he was in such a destitute condition that he was unable to get better accommodation.
27th August 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 94 Montrose Street, on the 25th instant, Mrs JS Muir, a daughter.
At Laurel Bank, Partick, on the 25th instant, Mrs Robert Stiven, a son.
At Hill-Head, 62 Union Street, Greenock, on the 24th instant, Mrs Charles S Fergus, a son.
At Partick Hill, on the 23d instant, Mrs William Fulton, a daughter.
At Banknock Cottage, Haggs, on the 23d instant, Mrs George Marshall, a son.
At Rothesay, on the 21st instant, Mrs David Willet, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At the Cathedral, Manchester, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. WW Johnston, MA., Neil Macnish, Esq.,
merchant, to Eliza, third daughter of Thomas Crear(?) Esq., and grand-daughter of the late William
Leece Esq., of Ballamona, Isle of Man.
At 121 Hospital Street, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. JS Taylor, Mr Joseph Affleck, to Jessie(?)
Barclay, eldest daughter of Mr James Dunlop, wine and spirit merchant, 28 Dunlop Street.
At Sauchiehall Street, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. Alexander Duncan, Mr Benjamin Burrell, to
Caroline, youngest daughter of the late Mr James Hilton, Glasgow.
DEATHS [02]
At 87 High Street, Paisley, on the 26th instant, Isabella Marshall, aged 80 years, relict of Mr Robert
Henderson, Collector of Assessed taxes.
At Clifton Grove Crescent, Glasgow, on the 25th instant, William Crawford Esq., MD., aged 64 years,
late of Port Glasgow.
At 1 Morris Place, Glasgow, on the 25th instant, James McEwan, Esq.
At Falwood, on the 25th instant, Eliza Anne Fleming.
At 11 Barclay Street, Paisley, on the 25th instant, Rachael, aged fourteen months, infant twin daughter
of Mr Thomas W Macalpine.
At 33 Rutherglen Loan, on the 24th instant, Mr Thomas Young, for upwards of twenty-six years doorkeeper
of Hutchesontown United Presbyterian Church, in the seventy-third year of his age.
At Liverpool, on the 24th instant, henry Downing Esq., 133 St Vincent Street, Glasgow.
At 183 Eglinton Street, on the 24th instant, Isabella McColl, eldest daughter of the late Mr John McColl,
grocer, Glasgow.
At Mr John Torrance’s, sen., Cumnock, on the 24th instant, John, infant son of Mr Alexander Patterson,
merchant, Glasgow.
At 347 Gallowgate Street, on the 23d instant, Mr John Wright, contractor.
At Westfield, Mearns, on the 23d instant, Arthur Alison Esq.
At Dunoon, on the 22d instant, James, infant son of Mr Jacob Lawson, 77 Montrose Street.
At Belville, Thornton Heath Croydon, on the 22d instant, Mr William Charles Smith, merchant, of
102(?) Leadenhall Street, London, late of Glasgow, aged 42 years.
At Airdrie, on the 22d instant, Margaret Melville, only daughter of Mr James Crockett.
At Staley Bridge, Cheshire, on the 18th instant, Mr William McAlister, aged 42 years, third son of the
late Mr Robert McAlister, manufacturer, Glasgow.
Suddenly, at Jersey City, New York, on the 4th instant, Christina Walker, wife of Mr Thomas Logan, jun.
FATAL ACCIDENT – On Sunday afternoon, a boy, named James Tasker, while walking along the outer path of
the Arbroath Railway, fell into the river and was drowned. – Perth Courier.
DEATH OF THE EARL OF AIRLIE [abbreviated] – It is with regret that we announce the death of this
universally esteemed nobleman, at his residence in London on the afternoon of Monday. His Lordship was in the
64th year, having been born on the 16th December 1785(?)... The deceased Peer succeeded his father, Walter, in
1819, and in 1826 was confirmed by Act of Parliament in the titles (which had been attained in 1716, and 1746,
but under circumstances which left doubt as to the validity of the attainder) of earl of Airlie and Lord Ogilvy of
Airlie, Alyth, and Lintrathen. The baronage of the family (which traces its descent from the old Celtic Earls of
Angus, and is the chief of the name of Ogilvy) dated from the end of the fifteenth century, the Earldom was
bestowed by King Charles I... The late Earl married in 1812 Miss Clementina Drummond, daughter of the late
Gavin Drummond Esq., and by this lady his Lordship had issue David Graham Drummond, Lord Ogilvy (now
Earl of Airlie), born in 1826, and four daughters. Her Ladyship died in 1835, and in 1843 Lord Airlie married
Miss Bruce of Cowden, who died in 1845. His Lordship was one of the sixteen representative Peers of Scotland.
– Courant.
31st August 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 150 canning Street, Calton, on the 28th instant, Mrs Alexander Reid, a daughter.
At 5 Main Street, Bridgeton, on the 28th instant, Mrs Auchinvole, a son.
At 97 High Street, on the 28th instant, Mrs James Wilson, a daughter.
At 6 Titchfield Terrace, Regent’s Park, London, the wife of JA Russell Esq., twin sons.
At 15 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh, on the 27th instant, Mrs James Moncrieff, a son.
At Cross-Arthurlie Inn, on the 26th instant, Mrs James Gillies, a son.
At John stone, on the 25th instant, Mrs Archibald Fleming, a daughter.
At Quebec, on the 9th instant, Mrs AH Young, a son and daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 88 North Hanover Street, on the 30th instant, by the Rev. Dr. McFarlane, Mr James Benny, to marion
Nicol, eldest daughter of the late Mr John Waddell, Parkhead.
At 34 Garnet Dale, on the 30th instant, by the Rev. Mr Corr, Mr Francis F Geisner, to Margaret, eldest
daughter of the late Mr Robert Dickie, Glasgow.
At 7 Fitzroy Place, on the 29th instant, by the Rev. John Macfarlane of Arrochar, Thomas Robertson
Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to Elizabeth Gairdner, daughter of the late Alexander Bowie Esq., Paisley,
and grand-daughter of the late Dr. Seruton, Glasgow.
At All-Soul’s Church, Langham Place, London, on the 28th instant, John Balfour Esq., Assistant-
Surgeon, HEICS, to Josephine Marianne, eldest daughter of Adam Freer Smith Esq., of Duchess Street,
Portland Place.
At Gleaston, parish of Kirkmichael, on the 27th instant, by the Rev. Mr McEwan, Mr Thomas Cross,
Glasgow, to Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr John McIlraith.
DEATHS [02]
At Queen’s Terrace, Dublin, on the 28th instant, suddenly, Jane Brown Mair, wife of Mr Robert Hagarty,
and third daughter of the late Hugh Mair Esq., 96th Foot. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Saltcoats, on the 25th instant, suddenly, while on a visit, Miss Lowden of Glasgow. – Friends will
please accept of this intimation.
At Byres of Kilwinning, on the 30th instant, Mr William Smith, aged 85 years.
At 43 Buccleuch Street, on the 29th instant, Janet, wife of Robert Dickson Esq., late of Annan,
Dumfries-shire.
On the 29th instant, Miss McLean, 53 Oswald Street.
At the residence of Mr George Cooke, 99(?) South Portland Street, on the 28th instant, Mr Henry R
Smith, late of Pentonville, London
At Largs, on the 28th instant, Mr John McGee.
At Portobello, on the 28th instant, Mary Murray, wife of John Baird Esq.
Suddenly, at 435 Argyll Street, Mr Alexander Norris, wine merchant, 419 Argyll Street.
At Ardrossan, on the 27th instant, James Alexander jun., Esq., wine merchant, Glasgow.
At 7 Graeme Street, Glasgow, on the 27th instant, Mr Alexander Phimister, dyer.
At 184 Buchanan Street, on the 27th instant, Mr Andrew Young, aged 68 years.
At York Place, on the 27th instant, Mrs William Reid, aged 79 years.
At 11 Barclay Street, Paisley, on the 25th instant, Rachel, on the 27th, Eliza Watson, aged 14 months,
twin daughters of Mr Thomas W Macalpine.
On the 22d instant, Charles Forsyth Esq., advocate, Sheriff-Substitute of Caithness-shire.
At Colinton, near Edinburgh, on the 21st instant, Mr Mungo Burton, in the eighty-fifth year of his age.
At St John’s, Newfoundland, on the 4th ultimo, James Fergus, Esq., in his seventy-second year, a native
of Glasgow, and for upwards of 40 years resident in that colony.
At Lahore, on the 20th June, Daniel Augustus Sandford, Ensign in the Second Europeans, third son of
the Rev. John Sandford, Vicar of Dunchurch, author of “Leaves from the Journal of a Subaltern during
the Campaign in the Punjaub.”
FATAL OCCURRENCE – DEATH OF THE SHERIFF-SUBSTITUTE OF CAITHNESS – We regret to learn
(through a communication from the office of the John O’Groat’s Journal,) the sudden and accidental death of
Charles Forsyth Esq., Sheriff-Substitute of Caithness-shire, which took place in the neighbourhood of Wick, on
Wednesday week. Mr Forsyth, along with his servant, was out in a boat on the loch of Watten, about eight miles
from Wick, when the boat was upset by a sudden squall, and instantly sunk. The hat and cap of the parties had
been found, and active search was being made for the bodies. Mr Forsyth had only held the office of Sheriff-
Substitute for the County of Caithness for about a year and a half.
SUICIDE [02] – On Monday morning, a man named James Riddle committed suicide by hanging himself in a
house in Gallowgate. It appears that he was a blacksmith by trade, and so much addicted to habits of
intemperance, that for some time, his wife and family having been obliged to live separate from him. During this
period he has been living with an old man, by whom he was found suspended from the wall of the room in
which they resided. The body was conveyed to the Calton Police Office, from which it was afterwards removed
by the deceased’s relatives.
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