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1st October 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 1 Main Street, Anderston, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs E Aitken, a son.
At 5 Morris Place, Monteith Row, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs RG McKirdy, a daughter.
At 1 Woodside Place, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs James Lyon Geaves, a son.
At Helensburgh, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs Jackson Walton, a daughter.
At Stonefield, Blantyre, on the 16th ultimo, Mrs Alexander Cameron, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 43 Buccleuch Street, on the 28th ultimo, by the Rev. James Stirling, Kirriemuir, Mr Richard T Miller,
merchant, Glasgow., to Eliza, daughter of the late Mr Robert Frame, timber merchant, Glasgow.
At 11 Coburg Street, on the 27th ultimo, by the Rev. A Macleod, Mr John Kerr, printer and ship
chandler, Campbelton, to Christina, sixth daughter of Mr Daniel Graham, late teacher, there.
At 156 Gallowgate Street, on the 25th ultimo, by the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, Mr Andrew Watson, baker,
Argyll Street, to Susan, youngest daughter of the late William Wilson Esq., merchant, Glasgow.
DEATHS [02]
At her brother’s house, Paisley, on the 28th ultimo, Miss Susan Rankin, late of Charlotte Street,
Glasgow. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 76 High John Street, on the 28th ultimo, Jean Corse, wife of the late Mr Samuel McFarlane. –
Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 130 Bath Street, on the 29th uiltimo, Margaret Finlay, wife of William Ross Esq., and daughter of the
late William Forlong, Esq, of Wellshot.
At 56 Broomielaw, on the 29th ultimo, Mr Duncan Wright sen., feuar in Greenock and formerly of the
excise.
At Townhead House, Renfrew, on the 29th ultimo, Archibald Arthur Esq.
At 6 Royal Terrace, Linlithgow, on the 29th ultimo, Alexander Steward Cleland Esq.
At Hamilton, on the 29th ultimo, Mr George Robertson, perfumer.
At Rothesay, suddenly, on the 28th ultimo, Anne McCord, wife of Mr George Cooke, commission-
agent, Glasgow.
At Strathaven, on the 28th ultimo, Margaret Vallance, aged 39 years, wife of Mr Robert Vallance,
brewer.
At Cross Street, Ayr, suddenly, on the 28th ultimo, Mr George Campbell, compositor.
At 19 Graeme Street, on the 25th ultimo, Mr James Carswell, aged 86 years.
At St Margaret’s, on the 25th ultimo, Mary, fifth daughter of the late Robert Graham Esq., MD.,
Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh.
At 4 Dalhousie Place, suddenly, on the 23d ultimo, of disease of the heart, Mr John Kennedy, cabinetmaker.
At Letterkenny, County Donegal, on the 23d ultimo, Mrs Jane Laird.
At Quebec, suddenly, on the 1st ultimo, the Rev. James Drummond, pastor of the Congregational
Church there.
MAN DROWNED [02] – Yesterday the dead body of a man was found in the Forth and Clyde Canal. In the
course of the evening the deceased was identified as James Urquhart, and engineer, residing as 15 Cranston
Street, Anderston. The last time he was seen alive was on Thursday evening, when he set out to visit his brother
in Parliamentary Road. It is presumed the unfortunate man had wandered, and accidentally fell into the canal.
FATAL ACCIDENT FROM BLASTING – On Saturday morning, Kenneth Munro, one of the quarries engaged
at the Railway works at Nigg, lost his life under the most distressing circumstances. It appears that the deceased
had charge of a department of the blasting operations, and with the other men engaged at this work, he retired to
what was considered a safe distance, the shot went off and one of the stones which had been blown to a great
altitude, took an angular direction, and falling on Munro’s head, killed him on the spot. – Aberdeen Journal.
5th October 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 84 North Hanover Street, on the 4th instant, the wife of the Rev. Walter Duncan, a son.
At Cliff Cottage, Inverkip, on the 3d instant, Mrs Walter Bannerman, a son.
At 16 Cumberland Place, on the 3d instant, Mrs Nathaniel Stewart, a daughter.
At 7 Canning Place, on the 2d instant, Mrs James Anderson, a daughter.
At Biggar, on the 2d instant, Mrs John Jackson, a daughter, still-born.
At 5 Ayton Place, 52 Old Vennel, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Alexander Whitson, a son.
At Lennox Mill Cottage, Lennoxtown, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs Gordon Wilson, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Hope Lodge, Garngad Hill, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw, Mr John Scott Macnair,
merchant, Glasgow, to Jessie Catherine, youngest daughter of Mr George Roadman, sen., Glasgow.
At Garnet Hill, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Black, John Frew Esq., Birton, Gloucestershire, to
Mary, youngest daughter of the late William Gourlie Esq. merchant, Glasgow.
At Arngomery, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. James Macfarlan of Muiravonside, Archibald Robertson
Esq, Glasgow, to Christian, eldest daughter of William Leckie Ewing Esq., of Arngomery.
At Edwin Place, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. AS Paterson, Mr William Raeburn, merchant, Glasgow,
to Grace, daughter of the late Mr Anthony Hanny.
At Glasgow, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Ronson, Mr William Wilson, agent, to Mary Young,
relict of Mr John Wilson, merchant, Glasgow.
At St Mary’s Episcopal Chapel, Hamilton, on the 2d instant, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Glasgow,
Joseph John Henley, Esq., eldest son of Joseph Warner Henley Esq of Waterperry, Oxfordshire, MP,
for that county, to Agnes Walwyn, eldest daughter of Theodore Walrood Esq., of Calder Park,
Lanarkshire.
At Millpark Cottage, Airdrie, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. John Graham, Ayr, the Rev. MG Easton,
AM., Girvan, to Anne, eldest daughter of Lockhart Dobbie Esq., Airdrie.
At 72 Argyll Street, on the 1st Instant, by the Rev. Dr. Paton of St David’s, Mr Henry Monteath,
Glasgow, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Mr Alexander Buchanan, Stirling.
At 1 St Marnock’s Street, Kilmarnock, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. John Symington, John Alexander
Esq., baker, to Jane, third daughter of Mr William Wilson, agent.
At Kildalton Manse, Islay, on the 27th ultimo, by the Rev. James Dewar of Killehoman, Walter Graham
Esq., to Elizabeth Jane, youngest daughter of the Rev. Archibald McTavish.
At St John’s, Newfoundland, on the 23d August, by the Rev. John Stewart of Pictou, NS., Mr David
Baird, formerly of Saltcoats, merchant, to Margaret, youngest daughter of John Boyd, Esq.
DEATHS [02]
At 36(?) Rose Street, Garnet Hill, on the 4th instant, Janet Thomson, relict of Mr John Hepburn,
manufacturer, Glasgow. 0 Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Port Dundas, on the evening of the 3d instant, of scarlet fever, Margaret Dawson, eldest daughter of
Thomas H Herbertson Esq., Collector of Canal Dues. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 12 Monteith Row, suddenly, on the 2d instant, Robert, aged three years and four months, son of
David Collville jun., Esq., Campbelton. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Tobago, West Indies, on the 16th August, Elizabeth Keene, wife of Angus Melvill Esq. – Friends will
please accept of this intimation.
At Lochgoilhead, on the 4th instant, Mary Jane, eldest daughter of Mr John Lamont, writer, Glasgow.
At 59 North Montrose Street, on the 4th instant, Agnes, youngest daughter of the late John Mannons(?)
Esq., Glasgow.
At the Asylum for the Blind, on the 4th instant, William, aged 10 years, son of Mr Matthew Semple.
At Port Glasgow, suddenly, on the 3d instant, Mrs Margaret Williamson, aged 72 years, relict of the
Rev. Archibald Williamson of Glasgow.
At 1 West Milton Street, on the 3d instant, Mary Orr, wife of Mr George Stirling.
At 36 Saltmarket Street, on the 3d instant, Mr Edwin Owen Baxter, aged 37 years.
At 9 Scott Street, Garnet Hill, on the 2d instant, Elisa McKay, aged 15 years, second daughter of Mr
Andrew Solanders, jun.
At Carron Inn, near Falkirk, on the 2d instant, William, aged 21 years, second youngest son of the late
Mr Alexander McKenzie.
At 166 Hope Street, on the 1st instant, of scarlet fever, Robert, youngest son of Mr James Hunter.
At Arthurlie farm, Barrhead, on the 1st instant, Mr William Craig, late of Howcraigs, in the 87th(?) year
of his age.
At 4 Fitzroy Place, on the 1st instant, Archibald Blair, aged three and a half years, son of Archibald
Campbell Esq., writer.
At the Commercial Inn, Hamilton, on the 1st instant, Margaret Reid, wife of Mr Thomas Henderson.
At Gourock, on the 30th ultimo, Charlotte Ramage, aged two and a half years, daughter of Mr Hugh
Fletcher, No. 9 Calton Entry, Gallowgate, Glasgow.
At 17 Hill Street, off Gallowgate, on the 30th ultimo, John aged four years and eight months, only son
of Mr John Turnbull.
At 445 Argyll Street, on the 30th ultimo, Anne, aged nine years, daughter of the late Rev. William
Tannahill, Kirkintilloch.
At Motherwell, on the 30th ultimo, Mr William Steele jun., aged 21 years.
At Lennoxtown, on the 29th ultimo, Robert Duff, aged 24 years.
At Beith, on the 26th ultimo, John Crawford Esq, merchant.
At Brighton, on the 26th ultimo, Lieut.-General Sir William Paterson, KCH, and Captain of Carisbrooke
Castle.
MAN FOUND DEAD ON THE HIGHWAY – On Friday morning, a labourer, named Bernard McQuade,
residing in Saltcoats, was found dead on the roadside near Munock Toll-bar, which divided the parishes of Dalry
and Ardrossan. It appears that the deceased had been intoxicated in the Toll-house the previous day, and that
being on his way home, he had been overcome with exhaustion, lain down, and perished of cold. – Ayr
Observer.
SUDDEN DEATH [02] -On Monday morning, a person named William Gardner, a brucsmaker, dropped down
in the New Vennel, and suddenly expired. The body being identified, was removed to his residence in Barrack
Street. Death is supposed to have been caused by the bursting of a blood vessel.
8th October 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 60 Dale Street, on the 7th instant, Mrs Andrew Shaw, a son.
At 192 Argyll Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs George Shearer, a son.
At 4 Washington Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs George S Miller, a daughter.
At 18 William Street, Mile-End, on the 6th instant, Mrs Peter Jack, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Clarendon Place, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Smyth, James S Flaken(?) Esq., London, to
Elizabeth, second daughter of James Wallace Esq.
At Craighead, Cumnock, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Hugh Baird, Cumbernauld, Mr James Halliday,
High Mills, Emsay(?), Yorkshire, to Janet, youngest daughter of John Baird Esq., of Craighead.
At 141 Stirling’s Road, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. Mr. Currie, Mr James Cowan jun., eldest son of
James Cowan sen., Esq., banker, Glasgow, to Anne, eldest daughter of Alexander Dow Esq., spirit
merchant, Glasgow.
At Townhead, Kirkintilloch, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. George Little, Mr John Martin, merchant,
Kirkintilloch, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr Alexander Stewart, manufacturer there.
At Harwich, Upper Canada, on the 30th July, by the Rev. Cormick McDarmid, Mr William Arrol, eldest
son of William Arrol Esq., of Butts, Renfrewshire, Scotland, to Susannah Jane, eldest daughter of the
late Darius Burt Esq., Harwich.
DEATHS [02]
At Govan, on the 6th instant, Francis Wood Esq., of Comodie, late merchant in Glasgow, aged 79 years.
– Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 12 Bedford Street, Laurieston, on the 6th instant, after a protracted and painful illness, Isabella, third
daughter of the late Rev. John Reston. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 123 Stobeross Street, Anderston, on the 6th instant, Elizabeth, aged 22 years, eldest daughter of Mr
Robert Millar. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 194 Main Street, Gorbals, on the 5th instant, Mrs John Hay. – Friends are requested to accept of this
intimation.
At 56 Howard Street, on the 7th instant, after a short illness, Mr John Agnew, aged 77 years.
At Burnside, Garscube Road, on the 7th instant, Elizabeth, aged three years, youngest daughter of Mr
Matthew Walker.
At Braehead, on the 6th instant, Robert Pinkerton Esq.,
At 7 Killermont Street, on the 6th instant, of hooping-cough, Hanah Fulton, infant daughter of Mr
Andrew Cunningham.
At 66(?) George Street, on the 5th instant, Christina Anderson, infant daughter of Mr William Kyle.
At 5 Morris Place, Monteith Row, on the 5th instant, Mrs RG McKirdy.
At 84 Paterson Street, Glasgow, on the 5th instant, Elizabeth Duncan, relict of Mr George Smellie,
merchant, Glasgow.
At Townend, Dumbarton, on the 3d instant, Agnes, relict of Mr Gilbert Turner, Restor of the
Dumbarton Academy.
At Rutherglen, on the 29th ultimo, Mr John Park sen., aged 57 years.
At the residence of her sister, London, on the 29th ultimo, after a few day’s illness, Elizabeth, youngest
daughter of the late Alexander Murray Esq., of Inglestone, Dumfries-shire.
At Funtington, near Chichester, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs Haldane Gordon, widow of JF Gordon Esq.,
and only daughter of the late Robert Haldane Esq., of Auchingray, in the county of Lanark.
At the residence of her son-in-law, WH Maitland Esq., on the 25th ultimo, Mary Anne, relict of Richard
Roberts Esq., Ardmore, county of Cork, and daughter of the late Hercott(?) D’Esterre Esq., Kilearn,
Limerick.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE – We deeply regret to announce the death, by accident, of Mr John
Mackenzie, eldest son of the late GF Mackenzie Esq., of Allangrange, Ross-shire. On Tuesday the 2d instant,
the young gentleman was out shooting, and in the act of re-loading one of the barrels of his gun, when the
contents of the other barrel accidentally went off, and lodged in his face. Part of the lower jaw was shot away,
and his face much disfigured. He lingered till 3 o’clock this morning (Wednesday), when he expired. It is
impossible to describe the affliction caused by this melancholy event. The deceased was an amicable and
intelligent youth, in the eighteenth year of his age. – Inverness Courier.
12th October 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At Bellfield, on the 11th instant, Mrs Hugh Baird, a daughter.
At 14 Brandon Place, on the 10th instant, Mrs Adam Paterson, a son.
At 4 Nicholson Street, on the 10th instant, Mrs James Jack, a daughter.
At 46 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow, on the 10th instant, Mrs M McEwan, twins.
At 466 Gallowgate, on the 10th instant, Mrs James Wilson, a son.
At 4 St James Street, Greenlaw Place, on the 10th instant, Mrs Crawford Thomson, a son.
At 62 George Street, on the 9th instant, Mrs John Moir, a son.
At Plantation Cottage, Paisley Road, on the 8th instant, Mrs Cooper, a son.
At 70 Charlotte Street, on the 8th instant, Mrs Nisbet, a daughter.
At Dilton’s Marsh, Wilts., on the 8th instant, the wife of the Rev. Williams Stow, a son.
At the Manse, Partick, on the 7th instant, Mrs Calder, a daughter.
At Pleasance Gardens, Falkirk, on the 6th instant, Mrs James Duncan, a son.
At King’s College, Fredericton, New Brunswick, on the 4th instant, Mrs Dr. Robb, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At No. 1 Great Kelvin Terrace, on the 10th instant, by the Reverend CP Miles, Incumbent of St Jude’s
English Episcopal Church, John Elder Esq., Writer to the Signet, to Jane Gibbs, only daughter of the
late William Campbell Esq., merchant, Oporto.
At 132 West Regent Street, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Barr, Andrew Maclure Esq., London, to
Margaret, eldest daughter of Daniel Macnee Esq., RSA.
At 90 Hope Street, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Craik, Alexander Young Esq., merchant,
Richmond, Yorkshire, to Isabella, eldest daughter of the late Mr Daniel Munro.
At 4 Steele Street, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. JS Taylor, Mr George Thomson, spirit merchant, to
Ann Money, relict of Mr William McCurtain.
At 44 Trongate Street, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. Dr. King, Mr Thomas Ronald, to Mary, eldest
daughter of the late Mr John Alexander, cabinet maker.
[The announcement, inserted in our last, of the marriage of Mr James Cowan, junr., to Miss Dew, is
incorrect. The communication was transmitted to us in a letter, purporting to be signed by the
bridegroom, but which signature we now ascertain to be a forgery. We will do our best to aid the
friends of the parties named in detecting and exposing the contemptible perpetrator of this silly hoax.]
DEATHS [02]
At Green, Shettleston, on the 11th instant, Annabella Gibson, wife of John Pettigrew Wilson Esq. –
Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Morristown, Henry County, State of Illinois, America, of cholera, on the 4th ultimo, after a few hours
illness, Agnes, youngest daughter of Mr David Graham, formerly of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. – Friends
will please accept of this intimation.
At 24 Blythswood Square, on the 11th instant, Jessie Middleton, aged three years and three months, only
daughter of Colin Campbell jun., Esq.
At 4 St. James Street, Greenlaw Place, on the 11th instant, the infant son of Mrs Crawford Thomson.
At 67 West Regent Street, on the 10th instant, Catherine Wylie, infant daughter of James Paterson, MD.,
Lecturer on Midwifery, Andersonian University.
At 79 North Frederick Street, on the 10th instant, Ellen, aged twelve and a half years, eldest daughter of
Mr JA Mackenzie.
At Lancefield Place, on the 16th(?) instant, Mr John Yuille.
At Greenock, on the 9th instant, the Rev. William Auld, aged 75 years.
At 25 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, on the 9th instant, John Mill Esq.
At 1 Albert Place, Kingston, Glasgow, on the 7th instant, Janet Templeton, relict of Mr Daniel
McCallum, Glasgow.
At 25 Canning Street, Calton, John, second son of Mr David Scott, saddler there.
At Orr Street, Paisley, on the 7th instant, Mr William McFarlane, manufacturer.
At Biggar, on the 7th instant, Elizabeth Lawson, wife of Mr Robert Gibson.
At London, suddenly, on the 3d instant, Mr Andrew Davidson, eldest son of the late Captain Andrew
Davidson, Leith.
15th October 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 145 Sauchiehall Street, on the 12th instant, Mrs John Dunbar, a daughter.
At 299 Parliamentary Road, on the 14th instant, Mrs Adam McGregor, a son.
At 35 Monteith Row, on the 14th instant, Mrs John Tainsh, a daughter.
At West Bank, Renfrew Road, on the 14th instant, Mrs Henry Smeaton, a son.
At Rosebank, Airdrie, on the 13th instant, Mrs Hart, a son.
At Meadowside House, Partick, on the 12th instant, Mrs John McGregor, a son.
At Langside, on the 12th instant, Mrs McEwan, a son.
At Park of Drumquhassie, Stirlingshire, on the 10th instant, Mrs David Stewart, a son.
At Ibroxholm, on the 10th instant, Mrs TRGardner, a daughter.
At Sonning, Berkshire, on the 10th instant, the lady of John Murray Esq., Albemarle Street, a
daughter.
At Ingalba, New England, NSW, on the 27th March, Mrs David C Baird, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Sweethope, Bothwell, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. Thomas Struthers, Hamilton, Mr James
Hunter, Bothwell, to Grace, daughter of Mr John Craig, Sweethope.
At 16 Adelphi Street, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. John Bonnar, William Aitken Esq., to Jane
Danskine, eldest daughter of Mr David Rattray, merchant, Glasgow.
At Braehead House, Saltcoats, Ayrshire, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. James McKinlay, Mr Mark
Johnson, accountant, Glasgow, formerly Lieutenant and Paymaster, 3d or the King’s own Regiment of
Dragoons, to Anne Dickie, widow of Mr John Lauder, Kilmarnock.
At Adelaide, South Australia, on the 29th April, by the Rev. Mr Haining, Mr Robert Thomson, farmer,
Dunnikler, Mount Barker District, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr John Thomson, tobacconist, Glasgow,
formerly of Paisley.
At Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land, on the 29th of March, by the Rev. J Lillie, DD, James Blackwood
Esq., Union Bank of Australia, to Eliza Hunter, eldest daughter of Robert Officer, Esq.
DEATHS [02]
At 70 Robertson Street, on the 14th instant, Mr William Eglin, aged 76 years. – Friends will please
accept of this intimation.
At 17 Hill Street, on the 13th instant, of scarlet fever, Janet Scott, eldest daughter of Mr James
Meiklejohn, baker.
At Helensburgh, on the 13th instant, Janet, daughter of the late Walter Hart Esq., merchant, Glasgow.
At Springhill, Gourock, on the 13th instant, Alexander Thomson Esq., 6 Maxwellton Place, Glasgow.
At 1 West Milton Street, on the 13th instant, Mary, infant daughter of Mr George Stirling.
At Wigtown, on the 12th instant, of scarlatina, Wilhelmina, aged four years, daughter of the Rev.
William D Henderson of Laurieston, Glasgow, late assistant minister, Wigtown.
Suddenly, at Dumbarton, on the 12th instant, Mr Daniel McAusland, aged sixty-three years.
At 25 George Street, Glasgow, suddenly, in the sixty-eighth year of her age, Agnes McFarlane, wife of
Mr John Urie, bookseller, late of Paisley.
At Greenside, Hamilton, on the 11th instant, Matthew Gilmour, youngest son of Mr Samuel Naismith.
At 46 Wallace Street, on the 11th instant, Neil Robertson, aged 73 years, Sergeant, 91st Regiment of
Foot.
At Lyndoch Street, Greenock, on the 10th instant, after a protracted illness, Margaret Weddell, wife of
Mr John C Douglas.
At Falkirk, on the 8th instant, Mr James Morrison, stocking maker, aged 82 years.
At Ingalba, New England, NSW, on the 9th March last, David Colquhoun Baird Esq., only son of James
Baird Esq., of the Customs, late of Greenock.
FATAL ACCIDENT – On Thursday last, a collier, named Mathew Caldwell, was killed at one of the pits of the
Caprington coal works, in Riccarton parish, in consequence of a fall of a portion of the roof upon him. Deceased
was married, and a numerous family depending on him have thus lost their only support. – Kilmarnock Journal.
19th October 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 86 North Frederick Street, on the 17th instant, Mrs Thomas Dickie, a son.
At 184 Crown Street, on the 16th instant, Mrs Crawford, a daughter.
At 138 South Portland Street, on the 16th instant, Mrs James Pairman, a daughter.
At 16 Richmond Street, on the 16th instant, Mrs James Anderson, a son.
At 69 Abercromby Street, on the 15th instant, Mrs John McCarron, surgeon, a son.
At 88 Nelson Street, Tradeston, on the 13th instant, Mrs Wright, a son.
At Shawlands, Pollokshaws, on the 12th instant, Mrs AR Watson, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 100 Crown Street, Hutchesontown, Glasgow, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. Peter Currie, Mr John
Donald, clothier, Glasgow, to Agnes, second daughter of the late John Addie, Esq., Barrowmeadow,
Stirlingshire.
At Rutherglen, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Mr Beckett, Mr Andrew Aird, to Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of Mr John Allan.
At 1 Finlay Place, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. James Cameron, AM., of Erskine, James Ross Esq.,
Inverness, to Elizabeth Black, daughter of the late Mathew Rodger Esq., of Wester Roseland(?).
At Bank Street, Irvine, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. WB Robertson, john Gray Esq., writer, Ayr, to
Jessie, daughter of the late James Robertson Esq., of Whitehirst.
At Lanark, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. James William Mansie(?), DD., LLD., Secretary of the Board
of British Missions, London, Ralph Worthington Ledward Esq., surgeon, Manchester, to Mary Craig,
eldest daughter of the late David Prentice Esq., Glasgow.
At Tynoon Cottage, Arrochar, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. George Craig, Free Church, Kelso,
Alexander Craig Esq., to Elenora, only daughter of the late Captain Thomas Clark, Ayr.
At Girvan, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. David Sim. James Boyd, Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to Emma,
only daughter of Walter Andrews Esq., banker, Girvan.
DEATHS [02]
At Edinburgh, on the 16th instant, Matilda Ann Douglas, wife of Henry Nisbet Esq, banker, Tobermory.
– Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Meadowside House, Partick, on the 18th instant, Margaret Fleming, wife of Mr John McGregor,
engineer.
At Cumbernauld, on the 18th instant, John, aged three years, son of Mr Robert Greenhorn, innkeeper
there.
At 115 Bath Street, on the 17th instant, Alexander James, aged thirteen months, only child of Mr Colin
Brown.
At 50 Robertson Street, on the 17th instant, Christian MacFarlan, wife of Andrew MacFarlan sen., wood
merchant.
SUDDEN DEATH OF LIEUTENANT BARTTELOT OF THE 21ST REGIMENT [01] – We have to record the
demise of this young officer, which took place on Monday morning under circumstances of a very afflicting
character. On Friday, while calling at Bank’s Hotel, Union Street, Lieutenant Barttelot was suddenly seized with
an attack of cholera, and , notwithstanding skilful medical assistance, continued to get gradually worse till death
terminated his sufferings at an early hour on Monday morning. His funeral took place in the afternoon, and was
attended by a large body of the Staff and the officers and men of the 21st Regiment, which is at present stationed
in Edinburgh Castle. His remains were interred in the Dean Cemetery with the usual military ceremonies.
Lieutenant Barttelot had only recently obtained his commission, and was a young officer of great promise.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT [abbreviated][01] – The guard of the Central train which left the North Bridge station at
one o’clock on Monday, was struck by one of the wooden bridges which span the line at the West Prince’s Street
Gardens, and severely injured... As the Central guard is seldom required to do duty on that train after leaving
Edinburgh till it reaches the junction at Greenhill – up to which a guard of the Edinburgh and Glasgow
Company officiates – the poor fellow was not missed till the junction was reached (a distance of thirty miles),
when he was found lying in blood... His name is John Buckland and we learn he is married and has a family. He
was a very steady man, and much respected in the establishment.
EXECUTION AT ABERDEEN [01] – Tuesday was the day appointed for putting into execution the utmost
penalty of the law on James Robb, at Aberdeen. While in the condemned call the prisoner had had the benefit of
such spiritual aid and comfort as were appropriate to his awful position. On the prisoner being from his cell his
arms were pinioned. At a quarter past eight the prisoner appeared on the scaffold, between the Rev. Messrs.
Cheyne and Wagstaff. A general feeling of horror seemed to pervade the immense mass of spectators, supposed
to number eight or nine thousand. The body hung for nearly an hour, when it was taken down, and buried within
the precincts of the prison.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT OF LARGS – On Wednesday, the 3d current, as a carriage belonging to Mr James
Proudfoot, of the George Inn, Gourock, was being driven along the streets, it came in contact with an old
woman of the name of Mary Lamond, between 60 and 70 years of age. The carriage went right over the old
woman, breaking one of the legs, in two places, and also a number of her ribs. She is not expected to recover. –
Ayr Observer.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT MILLPORT [abbreviated] – On Thursday afternoon last, a very
distressing accident occurred to a son of Mr James Begg, formerly of this city, but who has been for some time
past residing in Millport. On that day the boy... an only son... of nine or ten years of age... by some treacherous
step he was hurled over the precipice to the depth of 108 feet... a gamekeeper happened to see him falling and
proceeded to the spot, where a woeful spectacle met his eye. The poor boy was lying with his skull dreadfully
fractured and otherwise severely bruised. He lived till Sunday morning... Mr Begg lost an interesting and
accomplished daughter but a short time ago... – Constitutional.
20th October 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At Clyde House, on the 20th instant, Mrs Dunlop, a son.
At Lancefield House, on the 19th instant, Mrs James R Napier, a daughter.
At Shawlands, on the 20th instant, Mrs Hester, a daughter.
At the Crown Commercial Tavern, 40 Candleriggs Street, on the 21st instant, Mrs Edwards Clements, a
son.
At 138(?) Castlemilk Place, Hutchesontown, on the 20th instant, Mrs John Pattison, a son.
At 9 Royal crescent, on the 19th instant, Mrs David Hamilton, a son.
At Ayr, on the 19th instant, Mrs John Cairns of Salisbury Street, Glasgow, a daughter.
At Ashfield Terrace, Bradford, Yorkshire, on the 20th instant, Mrs J Beattie, a son.
At 19 Blackfriars Street, on the 15th instant, Mrs Hutchison, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Glasgow, by the Rev. John Mackay, William Muir Esq., to Rachel, daughter of the late Colin
McTaggart Esq.
At St Paul’s, Bristol, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. Richard Ruding(?) Stephens, uncle of the bride and
Fellow of New Cottage, Oxford, Thomas Pearson Creeland Esq., of Crossland Moor, in Almondbury,
to Matilda, second daughter of William Cousins Esq., of Portland Square.
At Rose Street, Garnet Hill, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Taylor, Mr Thomas Murphy, to Isabella
Liddel, eldest daughter of Mr Alexander Hume.
At 4 William Street, Calton, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Roxburgh, Mr William Gibson, grocer,
to Mary, youngest daughter of Mr Robert Laird.
DEATHS [02]
At Clifton Grove Crescent, on the 19th instant, of scarletina, Andrew MacEwan, youngest son of Mr
Lewis Stuart. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 3 Killermont Street, Glasgow, on the 19th instant, in his seventy-third year, Mr James Lamb, sen. –
Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 17 St Enoch Square, on the 30th instant, Mr Ries(?) Jones, aged 81 years.
At 57 Oswald Street, on the 20th instant, Anne Jamieson, wife of Mr Thomas Lee.
At Partick, on the 20th instant, Margaret Greig, aged 27 years, wife of Mr William Riddell.
At 19 Blackfriars Street, on the 20th instant, Susan Darren, wife of Mr James Hutchison, printer, and on
the 17th instant, the infant son of Mr James Hutchison.
At Brassoyeats(?), near Kirkintilloch, on the 20th instant, Mr William Horne.
At 26 Findlay Street, on the 19th instant, after a lingering illness, Lillias Paterson, wife of JB Laurie,
Massachusetts, Boston, America.
At 16 Nicolas Street, on the 18th instant, Mr John McAlpine, aged 85 years, and on the 19th instant, Mrs
McAlpine, his wife aged 82 years.
At Hillhead, Kirkintilloch, on the 18th instant, of hooping-sough, James aged 19 months, only son of Mr
William Cuningham.
At Fett## Row, Edinburgh, on the 18th instant, Mr Gilbert Beith, formerly of Lochgilphead, in his
eighty-first year. At Portobello, on the 17th instant, Mrs Logan, relict of Dr TG Logan, 5th Dragoon
Guards.
At Hamilton, Canada West, on the 1st ultimo, of cholera, Margaret Gullan, wife of Mr Hugh Cameron,
late of Glasgow.
COLLISION AND A MAN KILLED [02] – On Friday night, about seven o’clock, a fearful collision took place
between the steamer Marquis of Stafford and a small screw steamer, named the Guy Fawkes, employed in the
carrying of gunpowder from the Kames Gunpowder Mill, in Bute, to Glasgow. The Marquis of Stafford was
coming up the river, and the Guy Fawkes was on her outward passage. The collision took place near the Tail of
the Bank, and with such force that the larboard bows of the small screw steamer were stove in, and a young
man, named Archibald Maclachlan, brother of the master, who had gone forward to hail out to the other vessel,
was killed or drowned; at least he was not seen again. Maclachlan was a carpenter by trade.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE AYRSHIRE RAILWAY [02] – On Thursday night, a stoker, in the employment of
the Ayrshire Railway Company, fell off one of the wagons of a mineral train upon the rail, near Lugar Iron
Works, and was killed on the spot, in consequence of the wagon wheels passing over his body. The name of the
unfortunate individual was Thomas Irving, he was a native of Ayrshire and unmarried.
DEATH OF MR DAVID CROAL [01] – It is with extreme regret we announce the death of Mr Croal, of the
Caledonian mercury, at the age of 67. He was seized on Wednesday last with an attack of severe diarrhoea,
which terminated fatally at a late hour on Friday night, Mr Croal may be said, we believe, to have been the
oldest member of the Scottish press. He was a native of Montrose, in which town he served his apprenticeship
as a letterpress printer. He came to Edinburgh in 1804, and was connected for several years with a newspaper
long since extinct. He then went to the Caledonian Mercury on which paper he held the office of Reporter, and
subsequently of Sub-Editor, from the year 1808 down to his death. In his professional capacity Mr Croal
evinced much good taste and discretion; and among the very wide circle of acquaintances he possessed in
Edinburgh, he was highly respected for his unobtrusive worth, cheerful disposition, and warmth of heart. Among
his professional brethren, of all grades and parties, he was long known and highly esteemed as a man of
unimpeachable uprightness in all his transactions, of unfailing good-nature, and genuine simplicity of character.
26th October 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 4 terrace Street, Greenhall Place, on the 23d instant, Mrs Archibald Hunter, a son.
At Lochwood, on the 23d instant, Mrs John Baird, a son.
At 58 Rose Street, Garnet Hill, on the 20th instant, Mrs John Geddes, a daughter.
At Banktop, Greenock, on the 19th instant, Mrs Andrew Carmichael, a son.
At Lochgilphead, on the 15th instant, the wife of Commander EJ Bedford, RN., a daughter.
At New York, on the 4th instant, Mrs James Lawson, a son.
At Sydney, New South Wales, on the 9th June, Mrs John Gilchrist, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Turnberry Lodge, Kirkoswald, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. Mr Finlay, George Smith Esq., writer,
Glasgow, to Isabella, daughter of the late John Guthrie Esq.
At Dumbarton, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. James Smith of the Free Church, Mr James Fulton
Harvie, chemist and druggist, to Sarah Rodger, eldest daughter of Mr James Newlands, Dumbarton.
At 97 Hospital Street, Hutchesontown, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. Dr. McFarlane, Erskine Church,
Robert Bryson Esq., of Risk, to Margaret, youngest daughter of the late James Burns, Esq., of Peathill,
Stirlingshire.
At 77 Hope Street, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Robson, Mr Andrew Agnew, teacher of music, to
Agnes McNeil.
At St Andrew’s Episcopal Chapel, Glasgow, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. JFS Gordon, MA, Mr John
Guilfoyle to Francis Emily Gunning, both of Tullamore, in the King’s County, Ireland.
At 417 Gallowgate Street, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. David Mitchell of Free St Luke’s, Mr William
Marshall, compositor, to Henrietta, eldest daughter of Mr William Struthers, Swinton.
DEATHS [02]
At Bute, on the 24th instant, Agnes Shaw, relict of Mr Alexander Broom, builder, Glasgow. – Friends
will please accept of this intimation.
At Cornhills, near Hamilton, on the 12th instant, Mr Thomas Hepburn, in the eighteenth year of his age.
– Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 7 Stevenson Street, Calton, on the 24th instant, Mr Robert Wilson, portioner, Bridgeton, in the
eighty-sixth year of his age.
At 122 Broomielaw, on the 24th instant, Jane, infant daughter of Mr D McColl.
At the George Hotel, Glasgow, on the 23d instant, of bronchitis, James Hendry Esq., of Cambridge
Terrace, Hyde Park, London, formerly of Glasgow.
At Jasp Hall, near Edinburgh, on the 23d instant, Helen, aged 24, youngest daughter of Robert Forsyth
Esq., of the late 7th Royal Veterans battalion.
At Holyrood Palace, on the 23d instant, the Countess of Strathmore, in the seventy-seventh year of her
age.
At her brother’s house, 9 Brighton Street, Edinburgh, on the 23d instant, Janet Lawrence, aged 67
years.
At 6 Yardheads, Leith, on the 22d instant, Mr Thomas Barker, in his eightieth year.
At Dumbarton, on the 21st instant, in the seventy-eighth year of her age, Marion Scott, wife of the late
Mr John McFarland.
At the Grapen(?) Inn, White-Sands, Dumfries, on the 20th instant, Mr William Shankland, aged 75
years.
At London, on the 20th instant, Mr John Beckie(?), sen., printer, late of Glasgow.
At 25 Old Sneddon, Paisley, on the 20th instant, Elizabeth Troa##(?), aged 19 years, fourth daughter of
Mr Arthur Hogney, surgeon.
At 29 Paterson Street, Kingston, Elisa Jemima, aged 15 months, only daughter of Mr John Brownlie,
jun.
At Penicuik, on the 18th instant, Mr John Lawson, portioner, aged 71 years.
At 33 Montague Street, Edinburgh, in her eightieth year, Miss Alison Thomson.
At 402 Gallowgate, on the 17th instant, Isabella Turnbull, aged eleven months, daughter of Mr John
Stewart, merchant.
At Edinburgh, on the 16th instant, Matilda Ann Douglas, wife of Henry Nisbet Esq., banker, Tobermory.
At Braehead, cardross, on the 15th instant, Mr James Traquair, farmer, aged 75 years.
Suddenly, at Troy, State of New York, Charles, aged 34 years, youngest son of the late Mr John
Ruddoch, merchant, Candleriggs, Glasgow.
At Mobile, Alabama, on the 17th Sept. Last, Gavin Yuille Esq., formerly of Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
At Woodstock, Ulladulla, New South Wales, on the 18th June, Mr Thomas Brown Dymock, son of the
late William Dymock Esq., WS.
29th October 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At Greenock, on the 27th instant, Mrs Robert B Finlay, a son.
At Greenvale Place, Woodland Road, on the 27th instant, Mrs WJC Lang of Liverpool, a son, who lived
but a few hours.
At Rask(?) Top, Johnstone, on the 26th instant, Mrs James Finlayson, a son.
At Hazledon, on the 28th instant, Mrs R McConnel, a son.
At # Greenlaw Place, Paisley Road, on the 28th instant, Mrs Wilson(?), a daughter.
At ## Norfolk Crescent, Hyde Park, London, on the 24th instant, the lady of Colonel Allan T Maclean,
MP., 13th(?) Light Dragoons, a daughter.
DEATHS [02]
At Calder-Bank, on the 24th(?) instant, Mary Bowie, eldest daughter of the late Rev. George Todd,
Bathgate. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At the Buck’s Head Hotel, Glasgow, suddenly, on the 28th instant, Mr James Owen of Manchester.
At Millbank House, Govan, on the 28th instant, Isabella Kirkwood, infant daughter of Mr Alexander
Reid.
At 106 George Street, on the 27th instant, Janet Kerr, relict of George Duncan Esq., merchant, Glasgow.
At Rothesay, on the 26th instant, Mr Robert Burns, aged 36 years, son of the late Mr William Burns,
chemist, Saltcoats.
FATAL ACCIDENT – A fine boy, between 2 and 3 years of age, son of Mr William Hervey of Coalburn, near
Beith, met with a fatal accident on Thursday last. The mother of the child had first lifted a pot of boiling water
off the fire, and having occasion to go for a minute or two to the ch##se house, left it upon the kitchen floor,
where the little boy was playing. It appears that the child had tripped upon a rope with which he was amusing
himself, and fallen backward into the pot of scalding water. Although the best medical aid was speedily
obtained, injuries were so severe that the little sufferer died in a short time. – Ayr Observer.
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