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3rd September 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 63(?) Bath Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs James Brown, a daughter.
At 10 Great Hamilton Street, on the 1st instant, Mrs John Shaw, a son.
At 21 Douglas Street, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Alexander Speed, a son.
At 2 water Street, Port Dundas, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs A Pender, a son.
At Ashton, Gourock, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs D Kempt of 12 Pollock Street, Glasgow, a son.
At Millport Manse, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs Peter Hunter, a daughter.
At Uphall Manse, on the 23d ultimo, Mrs Boag, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Cumbrae, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. Mr Drummond, Mr James Martin, farmer, Nodesdale Mill,
Largs, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr James Crawford, farmer, Feggeloch(?), isle of Cumbrae.
At 19 Florence Place, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. Dr. McGilvray, AC Morison Esq., MD., of the
HEICS, eldest son of Sir Alexander Morison, MD., London, to Margaret Gordon, eldest daughter of
the late John Gordon Esq., of Lochdougan, Kirkcudbrightshire.
At St Bride’s, Liverpool, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. DD Stewart, the Rev. Andrew Browne, BA.,
minister of Irvine, to Jane Isabella, eldest daughter of James Cumming Esq., Upper parliament Street.
At Tangy, near Campbelltown, on the 28th ultimo, by the Rev. Mr Macdonald, Killean, Mr John
Macmillan, Lophencorrah, to Helen, daughter of Mr John Clark.
At Catchean, Island of Mull, on the 21st ultimo, by the Rev. A McGregor of Iona, Mr John McCowan,
parish schoolmaster, Ardnamurchan, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Mr John McCormick,
schoolmaster, Catchean.
DEATHS [02]
At 31 Duke Street, on the 1st instant, Mr James Craig. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 296 St Vincent Street, on the 2d instant, of hooping cough, Robert, aged four and a half years,
second son of Mr Thomas Colquhoun.
At Linn House, Cathcart, on the 1st instant, Sarah Ewing, daughter of Mr James Wilson.
At 24 Queen Street, Glasgow, on the 1st instant, Mr William Hodge, aged 76 years.
At 40 Shamrock Street, on the 31st ultimo, the infant son of Mr Andrew Clew.
At Stracher park, on the 30th ultimo, Walter Black Esq., drowned while bathing.
At Rothesay, on the 30th ultimo, Lilias Wilson, daughter of the late John Wilson Esq., paper-maker,
Dalsholm(?)
At Millport, on the 30th ultimo, of hooping-cough, Charles, aged 14 months, only son of Mr Charles
Morrison, baker, 280 Argyll Street.
At Ardrishaig, on the 30th ultimo, James George Gibson, aged eight months, third son of Mr John G
Thomson, Ardrishaig.
At 153 Hope Street, suddenly, on the 29th ultimo, Helen Bain, wife of Mr John Burgess.
At 121 North Montrose Street, on the 28th ultimo, Robert, aged 17 months, son of Mr James Clark.
At Strathleven Place, Dumbarton, on the 27th ultimo, Mr Romeo(?) Drysdale, aged 83 years, late
master-gunner (Royal Artillery), for 38 years in Dumbarton Castle, and 60 years in her Majesty’s
service.
At 4 Hill Place, Edinburgh, on the 24th ultimo, Mr John Brown, lately of London, in the ninety-first
year of his age.
On the 22d ultimo, Mr Lachlan Brown, feuar, Gourock, aged 81(?) years.
DEATH BY DROWNING [02] – We regret to have to announce that on Thursday last a young gentleman,
named Walter Black, private secretary to Lord Murray, was drowned while bathing at Strachur. He had gone out
to bathe from a boat in the morning, and whether from the boat having been carried out by the tide, and the
water therefore too deep, or from sudden cramp, he was unable again to reach the boat, and was taken out of the
sea lifeless. Every means were used to restore animation, but they were of no avail. Mr Black was a young man
much esteemed and respected, and to great intelligence, and industry he united the most kind and affectionate
dispositions.
MARRIAGE OF MR FORBES OF CULLODEN – The nuptials of Arthur Forbes Esq., of Culloden, and Miss
Louisa Warrand, second daughter of the late Dr. Warrand of the East India Company’s Service, took place on
Tuesday night last, the 28th ult. The interesting ceremony was performed at the residence of the bride’s near
relative, Duncan Grant Esq., of Bugh, Convener of the county of Inverness. Such an event as the marriage of the
representative of the ancient house of Culloden could not take place without occasioning the liveliest feelings of
rejoicing amongst the tenantry on the extensive estates of that house. From early dawn on Monday morning till
Tuesday afternoon every horse and cart on the estate, with assistance from Raigmore’s establishment, were at
work leading wood for numberless huge bonfires, to every one of which a barrel of tar was devoted. – Inverness
Courier.
7th September 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 28 Lynedoch Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs John Goodwin, a son.
At Lily Bank, Hillhead, Glasgow, on the 5th instant, Mrs Mitchell of Carwood, a son.
At 52 Windsor terrace, on the 5th instant, Mrs William Harvey jun., a son.
At 415 parliamentary Road, on the 5th instant, Mrs William Tolmie, a son.
At Castle Street, Dumfries, on the 3d instant, Mrs George MacMinn, a daughter.
At 28 Cook Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs John Galloway, a daughter.
At Kiltearn Manse, on the 28th ultimo, the wife of the Rev. Dr. Maclean, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 90 Buccleuch Street, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. John Martin, Crieff, Mr Thomas Struthers,
Glasgow, to Anne, eldest daughter of Mr John Stewart, manufacturer.
At Glasgow, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. Dr. McGillivray, Mr George Ritchie, Corstenfern,
Ardnamurchan, to Ann, daughter of Mr MrDougall, Cruachan, Lochawe.
At Broomhill, Stirlingshire, on the 5th instant, by the rev. Colin McCulloch, Denny, Mr George Lyon,
engineer, Mountainblue, to Beatrice, youngest daughter of the late Mr James Guild, distiller, Calton,
Glasgow.
At Pollokshaws, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. JC McLaurie, Mr Thomas Henderson, Rosehill,
Glasgow, to Isabella, second daughter of the late Mr John Boyd, Pollokshaws.
At Bridge-of-Allan, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. M McMillan, John Pattison Esq., accountant,
Edinburgh, to Louisa Wilhelmina, eldest daughter of the late William McKenzie Esq., of Foret,
Fifeshire.
At Belfast, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. John Scott Porter, James Wallace, jun., Esq., Glasgow, to
Elizabeth, second daughter of the late John Chambers Esq., Dundalk.
At St Peter’s Church, Dublin, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. William Stow, Incumbent of Dilton Marsh,
Wilts., John W Wilson, Esq., Glasgow, to Mary Wilson, daughter of Joseph Boyd, Esq., Dublin.
At the British Embassy, Paris, by the Very Rev. Archdeacon Keating, chaplain, Mr Andrew Risk,
Paisley, to Louise Augustine, second daughter of the late M Louis Pierre, Grenet, Boulogne sue Seine.
DEATHS [02]
At 22 Pollock Street, on the 5th instant, Mr George Barlas. – Friends will please accept of this
intimation.
At 171 Duke Street, on the 4th instant, Mr John Millar, aged 55 years. – Friends will please accept of
this intimation.
At Brodick, Arran, suddenly, on the 2d instant, Mary McFarlane, wife of James Smith Esq., writer,
Glasgow. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 20 Sandholes, Paisley, on the 4th instant, Jean Cunningham, youngest daughter of the late Mr Robert
Cunningham.
At 2 Elmbank Place, on the 3d instant, Andrew Harvie, Esq., accountant.
At 29 West Russell Street, on the 3d instant, Mr John Munro, house-factor.
At Millport, suddenly, on the 3d instant, David Morrison, aged two and a half years, youngest son – and
on the evening of the same day, of a protracted illness, Agnes Galbraith, aged 12 months, only daughter
of Mr Hugh Marshall, 40 Warwick Street.
At 28 Main Street, Anderston, on the 2d instant, Margaret Robertson, wife of Mr Alexander Miln.
At 9 Nelson Street, Greenock, on the 2d instant, Helen, daughter of the late Mr Malcolm MacGregor,
cooper there.
At Millport, suddenly, on the 1st instant, Mr Robert Paterson, baker, 147 Trongate Street.
At Bowdon, near Manchester, on the 31st ultimo, Maria Leese(?), aged 33 years, wife of John Sands
Esq., merchant, London.
At Budhill, Shettleston, on the 30th ultimo, William, eldest son of Robert Mather Esq.
10th September 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 80 South Portland Street, on the 9th instant, Mrs John Reid, a son.
At 10 College Street, on the 9th instant, Mrs George Dowie, a daughter.
At 62 West Nile Street, on the 8th instant, Mrs James Buchanan, a son.
At 21 South Apsley Place, on the 8th instant, Mrs John Bartholomew, a son.
At 64 Buccleuch Street, on the 8th instant, Mrs Charles McGardy, a daughter.
At the Free Church Manse, Lockerby, on the 6th instant, the wife of the Rev. Thomas Duncan, a son.
At 11 Barclay Street, Paisley, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs George Fotheringham, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Garvel(?), County Derry, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. Mitchel Smith, Mr Lesley Rankin, builder, to
Margaret, second daughter of James Jack Esq., Glasgow.
At 78 Muslin Street, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. Mr McLean, Mr John McKain, to Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of James Brown Esq.
At 54 Eglinton Street, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Dr. King, Mr William Boyd, provision merchant, to
Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr William Brown, spirit merchant, Glasgow.
At Tours, France, on the 3d instant, Mr A Best(?), merchant, Glasgow, to Mary, second daughter of the
late Colonel Cave, HEICS.
At Ferosepore(?), on the 18th June, by the Rev. Thomas JC Fimenger, MA., Captain Edward Lee,
Paymaster, HM 10th Regiment, eldest son of the Very Reverend the Dean of Waterford, to Mary Anne,
eldest daughter of James Inglis Esq., Huntly, Aberdeenshire.
DEATHS [02]
Suddenly, at Millport, on the 3d instant, Thomas Lochhead, jun., aged 14 years, and at 41 Abbotsford
Place, Glasgow, on the 8th instant, Mr Thomas Lochhead, sen., bookseller, Park Place. – Friends will
please accept of this intimation.
Suddenly, at Beith, on the 6th instant, Mr Matthew White, ironmonger, aged 73 years. – Friends will
please accept of this intimation.
At 89 North Frederick Street, on the 7th instant, Janet Morrison, aged 75 years, relict of Mr John
Bale(?), wright, Glasgow. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 3 Margaret Street, on the 7th instant, Thomas, infant son of Mr John Fraser. – Friends will please
accept of this intimation.
At Liverpool, on the 7th instant, of cholera, John, third son of the late Joseph Findlay Esq., Johnstone. –
Friends will please accept of this intimation.
Suddenly, at Glasgow, on the 4th instant, the Rev. John Thomson, minister of Kirkowan. – Friends will
please accept if this intimation.
At 17 Bellgrove Street, on the 9th instant, Janet Pollock, wife of Mr Robert Clark, bleacher.
At 103 Bridgegate Street, on the 9th instant, Ann Maitland, eldest daughter of Mr William Somerville,
baker.
At 16 Salisbury Street, on the 8th instant, Mr Hugh McPherson.
At Strathaven, on the 7th instant, Mr Robert Turner, aged 68 years, for 35 years carrier between
Strathaven and Glasgow.
At 30 Old Wynd, on the 5th instant, William Menzies, youngest son of Mr James Russell.
CHILD KILLED [02] – On Saturday afternoon last, a little boy, the son of William Rodger, residing at Red
Row, Parliamentary Road, was passing along the road, when a horse with a loaded cart came up, overthrew the
child, and passed over his body. The poor little fellow died almost immediately. The carrier, whose name is
James McCombie, is said to have been loitering behind his cart at the time, thus having his horse unattended,
and he was been apprehended.
MAN DROWNED – PAISLEY [02] – On Friday morning, about 8 o’clock, a man was found floating in the
canal near Blackhall Bridge. His hat was got on the bank at the same place, and contained a letter addressed
“Robert Hopkins, weaver, New Smithhills, Paisley”. The body was got out, but life was found completely
extinct. The deceased was a widower, and we are sorry to add, that he had been drinking for about two weeks
prior to the fatal morning on which he appears to have terminated his days in the most deliberate and determined
manner.
THE CHOLERA AT SEA [03] -The Ship Sheridan, Captain Cornish, arrived at Quarantine from Liverpool. She
lost thirty-one of her steerage passengers and seamen by cholera. The following are their names:-Mr Simmons,
of New York, second officer of the ship; J Anderson, of Liverpool, carpenter of ditto; William Ogden, seaman of
Liverpool; Frank Coaklin, ditto, of Rouen, France; Walter Riley, ditto, of Weathersfield, Connecticut; George
Simmons, ditto, of Dantzic. Steerage passengers:-John Grimes, of Sligo; Frank Dalton and Ellen Dalton, of
ditto; W. Hollyridge, and Martha Hollyridge, his wife (who have left four children on board the ship without
relatives of friends); Mary Catherine, Sarah and Charles Barnes, of Craxton, England (all of the same family,
and the mother is on board); John Mickleworth, of Leeds, England; Sarah Pratt, of Oxford, Ireland; John and
Edward Richards, of Leeds, England; Catherine Doyle, or Ireland; Michael Breene, of Tipperary; James and
Richard Smith, of Ireland; Martha Farrell, of Longford; William and Dorothea Oldman, of Cornwall, England;
Sarah Lloyd and Morris Lloyd and Edward Lloyd (mother and two children) of Kidderminister, England; John
Shannon, of Rosscommon, Ireland; (Joseph Kavanah, of Dublin, fell overboard and was drowned). Captain
Cornish had a very serious and trying time the first week out. The cholera broke out among the crew on the 7 th
of August, for the first eight days there were from eight to ten new cases, and from three to five deaths daily for
eight days in succession. Out of 22 seamen, only four could be mustered in a watch. 80 cases and 31 deaths
occurred since the ship sailed. All that could be done was done by Captain Cornish and his officers for the sick.
Several were ill when she reached Staten Island; they were taken to the hospital. The vessel has been detained at
Quarantine.
DALRY – FATAL ACCIDENTS – On Tuesday the 28th ultimo, three men, working in the Westyfauld pit,
belonging to the Glengarnock iron Company, prevailed upon the assistant-engineer, in the absence of the
engineman, whose duty it is, to let them down the shaft. Instead of descending, however, the cage began to
ascend, and fearing he might be driven over the pit-head frame. One of the men leaped out, but failing in
clearing the mouth of the pit, he fell in, and was precipitated to the bottom. He instantly expired. Deceased has
left a widow and a small family to lament his sudden loss. The two men who were with him in the cage got out
safely. On the following day, Wednesday, a young man named John Ferguson, while at work in the No.2
Langside Ironstone pit, belonging to the Messrs. Baird & Co., was killed by the falling in of the roof. He had
unfortunately neglected to put in a wooden support in the morning, as advised by his fellow-workmen. He was a
well behaved young man, and his melancholy death is much regretted. – Ayr Advertiser.
DISTRESSING EVENT – Another melancholy proof of the uncertainty of human life occurred in the parish of
Lochbroom, on Friday the 24th ultimo. Dugald Macleay, an amiable youth, of about twenty years of age, son of
Mr Donald Macleay, forester at Ridorach, went out on that morning to shoot some eagles that haunted the
outskirts of the forest. After firing at an eagle, which he wounded, he is supposed to have either used the butt-
end of his gun to dispatch her, or fell in the pursuit, for when his companion, who was hitherto concealed, had
heard the second shot he walked up and found the excellent young man weltering in his blood and dead, the shot
having penetrated the abdomen. The deceased was a young man of exemplary character and is justly regretted
by all his acquaintances. – Inverness Courier.
14th September 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 156 Hospital Street, on the 15th instant, Mrs William Hunter, a son.
At Pollokshaws, on the 13th instant, Mrs D Watson, a daughter.
At 52 Buccleuch Street, on the 12th instant, Mrs Thomas Service, a daughter.
At 162 Hope Street, on the 12th instant, Mrs Thomas Kyle, a daughter.
At Whitehaven, on the 12th instant, Mrs Peter Cameron, a daughter.
At Westfield Terrace, Partick Hill, on the 11th instant, the lady of James B Miller Esq., a daughter.
At 6 Monteith Row, on the 11th instant, Mrs Robert Young, a daughter.
At Glentaggart, on the 10th instant, Mrs John Paterson, a daughter.
At 21 Waterloo Place, on the 9th instant, Mrs George Turnbull, a son.
At 30 Stafford Street, Edinburgh, on the 9th instant, the wife of Kenneth MacLeay Esq., RSA., twin
daughters.
At the Free Manse, Campbelton, on the 8th instant, Mrs Macneill, a son.
At Sandwick Cottage, Stornoway, on the 1st instant, Mrs J Munro Mackenzie, a son.
At Patna, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs Macfadyen, a son, still-born.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 212 Main Street, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. John McColl, Partick, Mr Hugh McColl, jun.,
clothier, Glasgow, to Janet, eldest daughter of James Robertson Esq., founder there.
At 9 South Apsley Place, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. Hamilton McGill, Robert Davidson Esq., to
Mary Anne, daughter of Henry Wales Esq.
At 45 Dundas Street, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. Walter Duncan, Mr George Boyd, to Elizabeth
Gillies, eldest daughter of Mr John Gibson, watch and clockmaker, Glasgow.
At Spencer-Syde, Hamilton, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Keith, Mathew Hamilton Esq.,
Glasgow, to Sarah Anne, eldest daughter of the late John Brown Esq., writer, Ayr.
At 3 Meadowbank Place, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. James Paterson of Hope Street Chapel, Mr
James William Dixon of Gateshead, to Mary, daughter of the late Michael Romaine, Callander Esq.,
surgeon, South Shields.
DEATHS [02]
At Patna, on the 10th instant, Elizabeth Sinclair, wife of the Rev. Thomas E Macfadyen, minister of
Patna Chapel. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
Suddenly, off Bute, on the 10th instant, in consequence of an accident, Robert Lewis Semple, aged 16
years, eldest son of James H Semple Esq. – Friends at a distance will please accept of this intimation.
Suddenly, at Linlithgow, on the 10th instant, Helen Brown, wife of Mr James Sinclair, gardener,
Tillichewan Castle. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 2 Stirling Street, Glasgow, after a long and protracted illness, Violet Logan, wife of Mr John Ayton,
tobacconist. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
Suddenly, on the 13th instant, Mr John Shirley, eldest son of Mr Thomas Shirley, Clyde Pottery,
Greenock.
At Gourock, on the 12th instant, Duncan, youngest son of Mr Alexander Duff, 123 West George Street,
Glasgow.
At Ayr, on the 12th instant, William Henry, son of Mr WH Dobie, 7 Royal Crescent, Glasgow.
At Linlithgow, on the 11th instant, the Rev. AW Knowles, in the sixty-fifth year of his age, and forty-
second of his ministry.
At McAlpine Street, Anderston Walk, on the 11th instant, Catherine, daughter of the late Mr William
Bennie, Anderston.
At 118 Main Street, Anderston, on the 10th instant, Mrs John McGregor.
On the 10th instant, on board the steam-boat, betwixt Granton and London, in consequence of an
accident, Fanny, youngest daughter of Francis Baird, Esq., St Petersburgh.
At 17 Clyde Place, Tradeston, on the 10th instant, William aged three months, only son of Mr Robert
Speirs, coach proprietor.
At Bristol, on the 10th instant, Margaret, second daughter of James Cleland Esq., Fremantle Square.
At Forfar, on the 9th instant, William Whyte Esq., writer and agent for the Commercial Bank.
At the Free Manse, Campbelton, on the 8th instant, the infant son of the Rev. Hector Maneill.
At Millport, suddenly, on the 8th instant, Margaret Wilson, wife of Mr Thomas McGown, Bridgeton.
At Gilston(?), Canada West, on the 22d July, Elizabeth Buchanan, wife of Alexander Gordon Esq.
FATAL ACCIDENT – On Monday morning, about nine o’clock, a slater, named Richard Mills, fell from the
roof of a house, three stories in height, at 12 Water Street, Port Dundas, and we regret to state, was killed on the
spot. Deceased was about sixty years of age, and has left a widow and family to deplore his loss; the latter of
whom, however, are grown up and support themselves.
FATAL ACCIDENT – ROTHESAY [02] – A very distressing accident occurred on Monday last to a young man,
named Robert Louis Semple, eldest son of James H Semple Esq. Arrangements having been made, along with
two or three companions, for a sailing excursion to Arran, the deceased took his gun with him, to have some
amusement at wild fowl shooting as they were proceeding on their course. The gun apparently had been lying in
the boat fully charged, and a suitable occasion having occurred for its use, he was in the act of removing it,
when, melancholy to relate, from some unaccountable circumstance, it went off, and the contents were lodged in
the unfortunate young man’s head, death ensuing instantaneously. The feelings of the parents may be more
easily conceived than described, when the mangles remains of their promising son were brought home, he
having but a short time previously left them in all the buoyancy of sportive youth.
17th September 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 20 Candleriggs Street, on the 16th instant, Mrs Barclay, a daughter.
At 35 Rose Street, garnet Hill, on the 15th instant, Mrs Alexander Gillies, a son.
At 20 Candleriggs Street, on the 14th instant, Mrs R(?) Pender, a daughter.
MARRIAGE [02]
At Greenock, on the 15th instant, by the rev. Dr. Brown, Mr Robert Semple, parochial schoolmaster of
Ballantrae, to Agnes, youngest daughter of Mr A Dunbar, Grantown, Inverness-shire.
At Barrassie Bank, near Troon, on the 15th instant, Mrs Mathew Strang, aged 71 years.
At 53 Maxwell Street, Glasgow, on the 14th instant, Alexander Gemmell, aged seven months, son of Mr
John McLean, veterinary surgeon.
At 154 Cowcaddens Street, on the 14th instant, George, aged eight months, son of Mr George Morton,
soap-maker.
At 6 Clyde Terrace, on the 13th instant, Mr John McNeill, late cotton mill manager.
At Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, on the 5th instant, Mrs G McGregor, in the fifty-fifth year of her age.
At Havana, on the 31st July last, Captain Allan, of the Brig Aurora of Troon.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT – On Wednesday last, while a man of the name of Malcolm McPhee, in the
employment of the Samuel Distillery Co., Paisley, was engaged oiling the machinery used for bruising the malt,
his arm became entangled and was crushed by the revolving machinery... Renfrewshire Advertiser.
21st September 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 23 Woodside Place, Glasgow, on the 19th instant, Mrs T Maxwell, a daughter.
At 67 West Regent Street, on the 18th instant, Mrs Dr. Paterson, a daughter.
At 295 High Street, on the 18th instant, Mrs Thomas Wright, a son.
At Maxwellton Place, on the 17th instant, Mrs Houstoun, a daughter.
At 18 Great Hamilton Street, on the 17th instant, Mrs R McDougall, a daughter.
At 12 Barony Place, on the 17th instant, Mrs George Ferguson, a son.
At Rothesay, on the 17th instant, Mrs James H Semple, a son.
At 36 John Street, on the 16th instant, Mrs Alexander Miller, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 23 Roseland Terrace, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. Mr. Maule, Edward Newman, MD, surgeon,
Royal Navy, to Annabella, third daughter of David Smith Esq.
At 19 Lynedoch Crescent, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Jamieson, Robert Cuthbert jun., Esq,
Greenock, to Robertina, daughter of the late Robert Aitken Esq.
At Beaconsfield, on the 18th instant, William Mitchell Esq., of Atholl Place, Glasgow, to Alice, fourth
daughter of the Rev. John Gould, BD., Rector of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
At 11 Clarendon Place, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Forbes, Robert Hamilton Esq., Hollyhead,
Stirlingshire, to Eliza, second daughter of John Reid Esq., merchant, Glasgow.
At St Jude’s Episcopal Church, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. GP Miles, Mr George Simpson, HM
Inland Revenue, Glasgow, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late William Hood, Esq., of Dumfries.
At Rothesay, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. Mr Brown, Mr Thomas Robertson, pediar of Thornliemuir,
aged 70 years, to Catharine, aged 67 years, eldest daughter of the late Mr J Burns, late of Donaghadee,
Ireland.
At his brother-in-law’s house, Astoria, near New York, on the 21st ultimo, by the Rev. Frederick G
Clark, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Mr Alexander Dickson, painter, formerly of Glasgow, to
Janet, eldest daughter of the deceased Mr John Pollock, portioner, Calton.
DEATHS [02]
At Irvine, on the 21st instant, David Brooks Esq., aged 71 years. – Friends will please accept of this
intimation.
At Spring Place, on the 20th instant, Alexander Henderson, son of Mr Alexander Barron.
On the 19th instant, Alexander Thomson Esq., Master of the Classical Department in the Collegiate and
Commercial Academy, Garnet Hill.
At 59 Renfrew Street, on the 19th instant, Margaret Muirhead, aged 25 years, wife of Mr Peter Towart.
At 84 Great Hamilton Street, on the 19th instant, Alexander Houston, aged four years and eight months,
youngest son of Mr Joseph Hamilton, merchant.
At 15 Herriot Row, Edinburgh, on the 19th instant, Alexander, second son of Andrew Jameson Esq.,
advocate, Sheriff-Substitute, Edinburgh.
At Maryhill, suddenly, on the 18th instant, Elizabeth Slack, wife of Mr John Spencer.
At 21 South Apsley Place, Glasgow, on the 17th instant, John Bartholomew Esq.
At Merryflats, on the 17th instant, William Glen Anderson Esq.
At 3 Paterson Street, on the 20th instant, Mrs James Robertson.
At 71 North Frederick Street, on the 17th instant, John Frederick, aged 16 months, youngest son of Mr
John McWhirter.
At Dumbarton, on the 16th instant, Robert Andrew, aged three years and four months, son of Mr Peter
Macfarlan.
On the 15th instant, after a short illness, Maria Shirley, relict of Mr John Shirley, Clyde Pottery,
Greenock.
At Dalrymple Street, Greenock, suddenly, on the 15th instant, Margaret Brodie, wife of Mr John
Galbraith, and daughter of the late Mr Murdoch Brodie, lock-keeper, Crinan Canal.
At Offenbach, on the 4th instant, Dr. Ferdinand Becker, aged 75 years.
At New York, on the 30th ultimo, Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Mr John Walker, leather
merchant, St Andrew’s, Fifeshire.
At New York, United States, on the 28th ultimo, Mr John Lettimer, aged 36 years, late of this city.
At Cincinnati, Ohio, US., on the 23d ultimo, Mr Alexander Anderson, merchant, formerly of Glasgow.
24th September 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 34 Shamrock Street, New City Road, on the 23d instant, Mrs James Dickie, a son.
At Bedlington, Northumberland, on the 21st instant, Mrs Robert B Mongridge, a son.
At 67 Carrick Street, on the 20th instant, Mrs Thomas Campbel, a son.
At 18 Royal Terrace, on the 18th instant, Mrs Alexander Scott, a daughter.
At King Street, Pollokshaws, in the 18th instant, Mrs Robert Baker, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Shawburn, near Hamilton, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. Dr Keith, Edward Dickson James Esq.,
Glasgow, to Jane Lockhart, daughter of William Henderson Esq., writer, Hamilton.
At the house of Robert McInnes Esq., Victoria Road, Kensington, London, on the 20th instant, Peter
McLeod Esq., of Poibeath(?), Mid-Lothian, to Catharine, daughter of Mr McInnes, Edinburgh.
At Partick Hill, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. John Calder, John Cairns Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to
Margaret, eldest daughter of William Watson jun., Esq.
DEATHS [02]
At 6 Croy Place, on the 22d instant, Mr Thomas Kennedy, sen. – Friends will please accept of this
intimation.
At Springhill, 186(?) St George’s Road, on the 22d instant, Stephen Miller Esq., aged 75 years, late
coppersmith, brass and iron-founder, Glasgow.
At Window Bank House, Port Eglinton, on the 22d instant, Catherine McLean, aged 78 years.
At 55 Duke Street, on the 22d instant, TG Lorimer, aged nine years, son of Mr James Stuart, teacher of
music.
At 33 Monteith Row, on the 21st instant, Andrew McFarlane, infant son of Dr. Lindsay.
At Dumbarton, suddenly, on the 21st instant, Lillias Laing, wife of Mr William Martin.
At Jean Street, Port Glasgow, on the 21st instant, John Dunlop, Esq.
At Greenock, on the 20th instant, Mr James Anderson, surgeon, aged 29 years.
At Ayr, on the 20th instant, Rose Andrew, wife of James Watson Esq.
At Denny-Loanhead Manse, on the 18th instant, the Rev. Andrew Stark, LLD., of New York.
At Bridge-of Allan, on the 16th instant, Mr Laurence Hardie of 9 Grove Street, Edinburgh.
At 54 Commerce Street, Tradeston, on the 15th instant, Alexander, aged four and a half years, only son
of Mr Alexander MacKean.
At Ardrishaig, on the 14th instant, Mary Ann, youngest daughter of Mr Robert Wilson, merchant.
At 23 Bridge Street, Leith, on the 10th instant, Mr Edward Thomson, civil engineer in the Russian
Government Service.
ACCIDENT [02] – About four o’clock on the afternoon of Thursday, a girl about 10 years of age, named
Catherine Daily, residing with her relatives in Partick, accidentally fell into the water-course leading to Mr
Wilson’s Mill, at Partick, and was carried into the dam, and thence under the mill wheel into the river Kelvin, in
which her body was found about an hour afterwards.
DISTRESSING CIRCUMSTANCE – MAN DROWNED [02] – On Friday morning, at an early hour, as a
young man about 20 years of age named Archibald Glass, was passing from en board a smack lying opposite the
Upper Ferry at the Broomielaw, where he had been visiting some of his acquaintances, he fell into the river and
was drowned. The body was recovered in the course of the forenoon, after considerable effort and was
conveyed to the Clyde Police Office, where it was subsequently claimed by relatives. Deceased, we understand,
was in the employment of Messrs. James Maclean & Co., commission merchants, St Enoch Square. He was a
native of Port Bannatyne, near Rothesay where his widowed mother is left to mourn her sad bereavement.
28th September 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 2 Place, on the 27th instant, Mrs William Greig, a daughter.
At 20 South Wellington Place, on the 27th instant, Mrs Robert Crum, a daughter.
At 40 Cavendish Street, on the 27th instant, Mrs Alexander M Gavin, a son.
At Troon, on the 27th instant, Mrs John Anderson of Manchester, a son.
At 27 Nelson Street, Tradeston, on the 26th instant, Mrs John Barrie, a daughter.
At 43 Govan Street, on the 26th instant, Mrs McKirdy, a daughter.
At Springfield, Barrhead, on the 26th instant, Mrs John Heys, a son.
At 60 Cumberland Street, Edinburgh, on the 26th instant, Mrs James Craig, a daughter.
At Larkhall, on the 25th instant, the wife of the Rev. John Shearer, a son.
At 108 Argyll Street, on the 25th instant, the wife of Mr JH Forrester, watchmaker, a son.
At Grosvenor Road, Birkenhead, on the 25th instant, Mrs Joseph Ridgway, a son.
At 80 Wellington Street, on the 24th instant, Mrs JB McKay, a daughter.
At Mountquhunie House, Fifeshire, on the 19th instant, the lady of David Gillespie Esq., of Kirton, a
daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 49 Hutcheson Street, Glasgow, on the 25th instant, by the Rev. Alexander Duncan, William Waters
Esq., to Isabella, second daughter of John Wright Esq., Glasgow.
At Faskine House, Lanarkshire, on the 25th instant, by the Rev. Mr Barr of Airdrie, John Hill Esq.,
Coatbridge, to Helen, only daughter of James Fleming Esq.
At Mountfair, Berwickshire, on the 25th instant, by the Rev. WA Corkindale, James Murdoch Esq., Port
Glasgow, to Janet, youngest daughter of the late Adam Thomson Esq., Ramridge(?), Berwickshire.
DEATHS [02]
At 47 Canning Street, Calton, on the 26th instant, Mr David Cunninghame, surgeon. – Friends will
please accept of this intimation.
At 4 Abbotsford Place, on the 26th instant, David, aged five years, son of Mr Alexander Auchterlonie(?)
At Lancefield Place, on the 26th instant, Jessie, aged fourteen months, infant daughter of Captain James
G Hardie.
At Kilbarchan, on the 26th instant, Robert, aged 34 years, youngest son of Mr William Tinto.
At 53 Holmhead Street, on the 25th instant, Sarah, only daughter of Mr John Miller, teacher.
At 19 Graeme Street, on the 25th instant, Mrs James Carswell, aged 86 years.
At 19 Queen Street, Paisley, on the 25th instant, Isabella Muir, wife of Mr John Campbell, wine and
spirit merchant.
At Peebles, on the 23d instant, James Sloane Esq., late Rector of the Grammar School there, aged 80
years.
At Auchnacroish, Mull, on the 14th instant, Elizabeth Alexander, wife of John Campbell Esq., of Possil.
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At Cincinnati, on the 30th ultimo, Mr William Armour, late of Linlithgow.
SMACK LOST, AND THE CREW DROWNED – A smack, belonging to Crossack Point, Kintyre (Argyllshire),
with Hector McAllister and Duncan McAllister of that place, and Archibald McKellar, cattle dealer, Saltcoats,
on board, left Crossack Point on Wednesday evening last, with a cargo of sheep, amounting to 50 or 60,
belonging to the latter, destined for Saltcoats. On Friday, about noon, a smack was observed sailing off
Ardrossan, the wind blowing a smart easterly breeze at the time; -when steering southward, at the distance of
three quarters of a mile off, and while in the act of staying through a sudden gust of wind, she went down stern
foremost. Unfortunately, those on board perished. McKellar and McAllister were unmarried. The former the
principal support of an aged widowed mother. Hector McAllister was married, but we do not know if he had any
family. The carcasses of 26 drowned sheep were cast ashore on Sunday last, betwixt Brodick and Lamlash, with
Mr McKellar’s keel, but none of the bodies have yet been got, although trawling is going on off Ardrossan for
the purpose. – Ayr Observer.
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