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1st April 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 1 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, on the 28th ultimo, the lady of J Neil Dyce, Esq., advocate, Sheriff-Substitute of Lanarkshire, a daughter.
At Abbotsford Place, Greenock, on the 27th ultimo, Mrs Malcolm, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 12 Woodside Terrace, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. Robert Buchanan, DD., Henry McLaren Esq., Manchester, to Elizabeth, daughter of William McLaren Esq.
DEATHS [02]
At 2 South Portland Street, on the 31st ultimo, Janet McGill, wife of Malcolm Kerr Esq. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 10 Newton Place, on the 30th ultimo, George, second son of George Outram Esq., aged nine years.
At 16 Adelphi Street, on the 29th ultimo, Alexander McEwen, and on the 30th ultimo, Janet Frew – infant children of Mr Bryce Rankin.
At Old Kilpatrick, on the morning of the 27th ultimo, John King, aged one year and ten months, and on the evening of the same day, Robert, aged three years and ten months – sons of Captain Robert Donald.
At 190 Hope Street, Glasgow, on the 31st ultimo, Mary, eldest daughter of the late Buchanan Morrison Esq.
At 48 North Portland Street, on the 31st ultimo, Louisa(?), wife of Mr James MacDonald.
At 96 London Street, on the 30th ultimo, of hooping-cough, Janet Wilson Dick, daughter of Mr RG McKirdy, merchant, Glasgow.
At Broomfield Cottage, Luss, on the 29th ultimo, Miss Christian Turner.
On the 29th ultimo, Lucy, infant daughter of Mr William Young, 19 Gleave Street, Liverpool.
At 45 Drygate Street, on the 28th ultimo, Mr John Robertson, hairdresser, aged 74 years.
At Carfin House, Motherwell, on the 26th ultimo, Mr Alexander Maxton, mining engineer, Glasgow, late of Edinburgh.
At Balloch, on the 25th ultimo, Agnes Graham, aged 37 years, wife of Mr Donald McGregor of the Water Witch steamer.
SUDDEN DEATH [abbreviated] – We have this week to record the sudden death of one of our oldest inhabitants. On Friday last, as Susanna Thomson was returning from the market to her house in High Street, she was taken suddenly ill, and was carried into the house of Hugh Gibson, in Ladeside, where. After lingering a few hours, she expired... she had survived all her immediate relations... she was in her 84th year of her age. – Kilmarnock Journal.
5th April 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 19 Coburg Street, Laurieston, Glasgow, on the 4th instant, Mr Thomas Lorimer, a son.
At 3 Abbotsford Place, on the 4th instant, Mrs James Bell, a daughter.
At 3 McAlpine Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs James Henderson, a son.
At Woodcroft, on the 3d instant, Mrs Adam Pearson, a son.
At Bloomfield Place, Hillhead, on the 2d instant, Mrs John Campbell, a son.
At 10 Kent Place, on the 3d instant, Mrs James Allan, a son.
At 35 Charlotte Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs William Anderson, a son.
At 133 Stobcross Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs Duncan McKenzie, a son.
At Campsie, on the 2d instant, Mrs Dr. RT McCowan, a son.
At 45 Robertson Street, on the 1st instant, Mrs Thomas Fairlie, a daughter.
At 1 Scotland Street, on the 1st instant, Mrs Archibald Warden, a son.
At 56 West Milton Street, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs John Cruikshank, a son.
At Broomloan Cottage, Govan, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs Baird, a son.
At Montreal, on the 15th ultimo, the wife of Walter Colquhoun Esq., a son.
At 53 Ion Square, Hackney Road, London, on the 1st instant, Mrs AR Grieve, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Paisley, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Baird, AL Cameron, Esq., Lounsdale, to Agnes, eldest daughter of Mr Peter Paterson.
At 80 South Portland Street, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. Jonathan Anderson, Mr Alexander Mills, to Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr Malcom McFarlane, late of Greenock.
At Jinkabout, near Falkirk, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. Mr Kerr, Polmont, Robert Young Esq., merchant, Falkirk, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Henry Wilson Esq.
At 37 Taylor Street, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Dr. Runciman, of St Andrew’s, Mr James Mackay, manager at Messrs J&W Knox’s works, Kilbirnie, to Barbara, second daughter of Mr Bryce Conn, Kilwinning.
DEATHS [02]
At 99 Sauchiehall Street, on the 4th instant, Susan, last surviving daughter of the late James Bryce Esq., surgeon, Helensburgh. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Darnaway Street, Edinburgh, on the 31st ultimo, John Penman Esq., formerly of Glasgow. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 107 Eglinton Street, on the 4th instant, Mrs Robert Manson.
At 13 Clyde Terrace, on the 4th instant, Robert, aged four years, son of the Rev. AR Johnstone.
At 40 Garscube Place, Glasgow, on the 3d instant, Mr Alexander McFarlane, aged 28 years.
At 206 Main Street, Tea Gardens, Bridgeton, on the 3d instant, James, in his eighteenth year, only son of Mr Peter Hatrick, herbalist.
At Strathblane, on the 3d instant, Jane Lindsay, aged 80 years, relict of Mr Walter Buchanan, Alexandria.
At 39 Cadogan Street, on the 2d instant, Mr Andrew Thomson, aged 74 years, late merchant and banker in Glasgow.
At 27 Kinning Place, Glasgow, on the 2d instant, Mr John Forrest, jun.
At Glasgow, on the 2d instant, Jane Brown, instant daughter of Mr John Macindoe.
At his residence, Eagle Park, Campbelton, on the 2d instant, Captain James Melville, late of HM Revenue cruiser Wellington.
At 150 Upper Crown Street, on the 1st instant, Mr John Harvie.
At Stockbridge, Berwickshire, on the 1st instant, Mary Bell, wife of the Rev. DM Inglis.
At St George’s School, 31 North Woodside Road, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs Russell.
At Large Place, 461 New City Road, on the 31st ultimo, of croup, Thomas Hetherington, youngest child of Mr Robert Byers, aged one year and seven months.
At 7 Somerville Place, on the 31st ultimo, Mr Charles McPhail, aged 86(?) years.
At 70 New City Road, on the 30th ultimo, Mr George James, aged 26 years.
At Maryhill, on the 29th ultimo, Mary McLay, wife of Mr William Lennie, merchant there.
At Auchinleck, Ayrshire, on the 25th ultimo, Peter Crichton, tea merchant.
At New York, on the 17th ultimo, Mrs Jane Thompson, formerly Miss Jane Taylor, of Glasgow, in the fifty-fifth year of her age.
At Madeira, on the 28th February last, Mrs Rachel Anderson, widow of James Waddell Esq., of Stonefield, Glasgow.
At Barbados, on the 16th February last, Captain John Hardy, of the bark Copia of Greenock.
DEATH OF A VETERAN [abbreviated][02] – On Monday last, Charles Macphail, an old servant of the public, having been attached to the Police of this city for the last quarter of a century, expired after a lingering illness.... To mark the respect in which the veteran was held, a large number of the Police force, both day and night, accompanied his remains to Sighthill Cemetery where he was interred...
CULROSS FATAL ACCIDENTS – On the morning of Monday last week while Peter Burt was ascending the shaft at Comrie coal works a coil of the rope (being stiffened by the frost) slipped off the wheel with a jerk and the unfortunate man was precipitated to the bottom. He was speedily re-conveyed to the top when life was found to be quite extinct. On Tuesday last week, Mr Finlayson, farmer at the Muirs, was attacked by one of his bullocks and gored so severely on the abdomen by the infuriated animal that he died next day from the effects of the attack. – Perth Courier.
8th April 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At Muirhouses, on the 6th instant, Mrs Robert Hedderwick, a son.
At 17 Park Lane, on the 7th instant, Mrs Hugh Eaglesome, a daughter.
At Calton, on the 6th instant, Mrs James Black jun., a daughter.
At 425 Argyll Street, on the 5th instant, Mrs Thomas Walker, a son.
At Dundyvan Road, on the 5th instant, Mrs Young, a daughter.
At 5 Mason Street, Glasgow, on the 5th instant, Mrs Robert Urie, a son.
At Castlemilk Place, Partick, on the 3d instant, Mrs Marshall, a daughter.
At Steel Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs William Maxwell, a son.
At Moy Hall, on the 1st instant, Mrs Mackintosh of Mackintosh, a son.
At Millport Inn, Island of Cumbrae, on the 6th instant, Mrs Alexander Blair, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Pitfour Castle, Perthshire, on the 4th instant, Robert John Milliken Napier Esq., eldest son of Sir William Milliken Napier, Bart., of Milliken and Napier, Renfrewshire, to Anne Salisbury Mellors, only daughter of John Ladavere(?) Adlercron(?) Esq., of Morglan, county Meath.
At Thornton le Street, Yorkshire, on the 2d instant, the Right Hon. Alan Frederick Lord Greenock, eldest son of Lieut.-Gen. The Earl Cathcart, KCB, to Miss Crompton of Wood-end, eldest daughter of the late Sir Samuel Crompton, Bart.
At St Paul’s Chapel, Edinburgh, on the 2d instant, by the Right Rev. The Bishop of Edinburgh, James Connell Esq., of ##nninghead, county of Cumberland, to Harriette Elizabeth, and at the same time and place, Thomas Francis Hobbs Esq., Royal North British Fusiliers, to Mary Alicia, daughters of James Connell Esq., Longwood, Langholm.
At Lempockwells, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Makellar, the Rev. Samuel Robertson, Free Church, Pencaitland, to Christina, eldest daughter of Mr George Rate.
At Broadhurst farm, Motherwell, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Mr Wilson, Bellshill, Mr William Moore, Dundyvan Academy, Coatbridge, to Margaret Scott, relict of Mr McIver, only daughter of William Nesbit Esq., farmer.
At Gartacharra, Islay, on the 27th ultimo, by the Rev. M McLaurin, the Rev. Donald Galbraith, Campbelton, to Mary, daughter of Mr Donald McIntyre Esq., Gartacharra.
DEATHS [02]
At 30 Charlotte Street, on the 7th instant, John Gilmour, aged twelve months, youngest son of Mr William Somerville.
At Burnside Cottage, Govan, on the 7th instant, Betsy, eldest daughter of the late Mr William Waddell.
At 99 Sauchiehall Street, on the 4th instant, Susan, last surviving daughter of the late James Bryce Esq., surgeon, Helensburgh.
At Row House, on the Gareloch, the residence of Mrs Macdougal, his grandmother, on the 5th instant, David Hamilton, aged eleven years, second son of the late David Cunninghame Esq., surgeon, Glasgow.
At 86 North Frederick Street, on the 5th instant, Thomas, aged five months, only child of Mr Thomas C Dickie.
At Lanchope Cottage, on the 4th instant, John Robertson Esq., of Lanchope, aged 72 years.
At Bankside Cottage, Johnstone, on the 4th instant, James Mein, aged two years and four months, third son of the Rev. John Mein Austin.
Suddenly, at corner of North Street, Anderston, on the 4th instant, Mr Alexander Logan.
At Workington Hall, Cumberland, on the 3d instant, Julia Frances, second daughter of Henry Curwen Esq., of Workington Hall.
At the Free Church Manse, Stonehouse, on the 4th instant, Christina Proudfoot, wife of the Rev. William K Hamilton.
At the Manse of Scone, on the 30th ultimo, Frances, wife of the Rev. Dr. Crombie, aged 46 years.
At Lasswade, near Edinburgh, on the 30th ultimo, Mary, wife of Charles Hugh James Esq., Surgeon 30th Regiment of Foot, and daughter of Lieut.-Colonel John Mackenzie of Hilton, HEICS, Bengal Establishment.
On the 29th ultimo, the Rev. William Adams, DD., Vicar of Halstead, Essex, and Rector of Abington Pigotta, Cambridgeshire, aged 84 years.
At Merchiston Hall, on the 25th ultimo, Sarah Helen, second daughter of William Wilson Esq., of Dochmont.
FATAL EFFECTS OF LAUDANUM [abbreviated] – On Wednesday afternoon, Mr John Buchan, a commission agent from Glasgow, who has been for some days in Montrose, entered an apothecary’s shop on the High Street, and purchased three ounces of laudanum... landlady found the man lying dead in his bed... – Montrose Standard.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT [abbreviated] – We have this week to record the occurrence of a most melancholy accident, by which three lives have been lost, and two families at least deprived of most promising young members. On Saturday morning last, three young men – James Smith, son of the late Mr Smith, architect, and clerk in the Caledonian Bank; Alexander Mackintosh, from Craggie, and clerk with Mr Robert Smith, Town-Chamberlain; and Murdoch Maclennan, seaman, living in the Maggot – started, about four o’clock, in a pleasure-boat intending to sail round to Dingwall... the wind rose... the boat was upset in a squall... the three young men have perished... On Saturday forenoon, the oars of the boat, and two bonnets, a basket, the rudder, and rudder-shaft of the boat were cast ashore almost together at Avoch. Neither the boat nor any of the bodies have yet been found... – Inverness Courier.
12th April 1850
MARRIAGES [02]
At Elmbank Place, on the 26th ultimo, by the Rev. Dr. Boyd., John Ballantyne, MD., to Janet, daughter of the late Mr William Shaw, flesher, Greenock.
DEATHS [02]
At Victoria Place, West Regent Street, on the 9th instant, Margaret McFarlane, aged 86 years, relict of John Anderson Esq., writer. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At the Clyde Street Hospital, on the 11th instant, Mr Hugh McPherson, Superintendent there, lately Governor of Ayr prison.
At 38 St Andrew’s Square, Glasgow, on the 11th instant, of measles, Isabella Buttrie Turnbull, aged 13 months.
At 25(?) North Albion Street, on the 11th instant, Henry, infant son of Mr James Hewatt.
At 117 west Campbell Street, on the 10th instant, William Guthrie, aged 23 years and 5 months, second son of Mr William Watson, boatmaker, 29 Findlay Street.
At his mother’s house, 27 Union Street, on the 10th instant, Mr Robert Steel, Gardiner, aged 29 years.
At Williamfield Cottage, Garngad Hill, on the 10th instant, Mrs John Kemp.
At Rosehall Buildings, Burnside Street, on the 9th instant, Elizabeth Fisher, wife of Mr John Paton jun.
At his residence, 55 Duke Street, on the 9th instant, Mr Thomas Johnston.
At 9 St Andrew’s Square, on the 9th instant, Jessie Knox, aged six months, only child of Mr Charles Maxwell.
At 53 Baker Street, London, on the 8th instant, Thomas, youngest son of Mr John J Griffin.
Suddenly, at 98 Fyfe Place, West George Street, on the 8th instant, Agnes Warnock, relict of Mr Robert Gray of Ayr.
At 80 Canning Street, Calton, on the 8th instant, Jane Wyllie, wife of Mr Henry Stonebridge, Glasgow.
At Ballikinrain, on the 6th instant, Isabella, daughter of Mr John Buchanan.
At Dumfries, on the 4th instant, Nicholas Howat, in the eighty-eighth year of her age, relict of Mr John Richardson, sen.
At Oldhall, Dunlop, on the 3d instant, Robert Cochrane Esq., aged 86 years and 8 months.
At Basseterro, St. Christopher’s, suddenly, on the 8th ultimo, Mr Thomas Sharp, son of the late Mr James Sharp of Glasgow.
At Comrie, on the 30th ultimo, after a short illness, Margaret McIntyre, wife of Mr John Cameron, schoolmaster.
At Rio Janeiro, from yellow fever, on the 18th February, Captain Thomas Robertson, of the brig Warrior, of Ardrossan, also same day and place, Mrs Robertson, his wife.
FATAL ACCIDENT [02] – On Saturday afternoon, a melancholy accident occurred in a court off Adelphi Street, Hutchesontown. A little girl, named Janet Peebles, about eleven years of age, having charge of a baby, was in the act of ascending a trap-ladder which lad to a hay-loft, where there was a lamb, which the girl was desirous to show to the infant, in order to amuse it. Having ascended near the top of the ladder, she unhappily overbalanced herself, when both she and the infant were suddenly precipitated to the ground. She was speedily placed under medical treatment, but expired in about two hours afterwards from the inhuries she had received by the fall. The child, however, escaped unhurt.
15th April 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At North Albion Street, on the 13th instant, Mrs James Scott, a daughter.
At 1 Clifton Grove Crescent, on the 11th instant, Mrs William Gardner, a son.
At George Square, Greenock, on the 11th instant, Mrs John MacGregor, a daughter.
At Poolblack, on the 10th instant, Mrs Andrew Paterson, a daughter.
At West Coats House, on the 8th instant, Mrs James Campbell, a daughter.
At Violet Cottage, Alexandria, dumbartonshire, on the 6th instant, Mrs William Shaw, a son.
At Tillicoultry House, on the 4th instant, Mrs Anstruther of Tillicoultry, a son.
At Largs, on the 21st ultimo, Mrs James Mercer, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Dollar, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. William Peters, AM., Kinross, the Rev. John Middleton, AM, Glenmuick, to Isabella, daughter of Mr Walker, Dollar Institution.
At Maryhill, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. RT Johnston, TM Dickson Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to Jessie, third daughter of D McDonald Esq., Maryhill.
DEATHS [02]
At Middlequarter of Shettlestone, on the 13th instant, Mr David Stevenston, in the sixty-first year of his age. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 25 Frederick Street, Edinburgh, on the 11th instant, Mrs Paterson, aged 78 years. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 63 Drygate Street, on the 12th instant, Mr Donald Sutherland, spirit dealer.
At 48 Port Dundas Road, on the 12th instant, Mr George Bain jun., aged 28 years.
At Dundas Vale, Glasgow, on the 12th instant, William Steele Nisbet, Esq., writer.
At Mavis Bank, Rothesay, on the 12th instant, Walter Wotherspoon, youngest son of Duncan MacIntyre Esq., merchant.
At 1 St John’s Hill, on the 11th instant, Mr Alexander Abernethy Ritchie, artist, aged 34 years.
At 25 Trongate Street, on the 9th instant, John Tennent, aged 19 months, son of Mr Effingham Deans.
DEATH OF MR ALEXANDER RITCHIE [abbreviated] – We regret to observe in our obituary of today the announcement of the death of Mr Alexander A Ritchie, artist, at the comparatively early age of thirty-four... He depicted Scottish life and manners with graphic fidelity, and his illustrations in the Gaberlunzie’s Wallet, Miller of Deanhaugh, Nursery Rhymes, as well as those in other national works to which he contributed, extensively evince a lively fancy, a ready pencil, and a keen appreciation of character... The representations given in the Illustrated London News of interesting events as they occurred in the Scottish capital were generally sketched by Mr Ritchie... – Scotsman.
19th April 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 8 Lynedoch Crescent, on the 18th instant, Mrs Hutchison, a daughter.
At 36 George Street, Edinburgh, on the 17th instant, Mrs John Watson, a daughter.
At Carluke, on the 17th instant, Mrs Matthews, a son.
At 12 Rose Street, Garnet Hill, on the 16th instant, Mrs Frame, a son.
At 6 Morris Place, on the 16th instant, Mrs David Steel, a daughter.
At Elderslie, on the 16th instant, the wife of Mr Robert Walker, a son.
At 280 Argyll Street, Glasgow, on the 15th instant, Mrs B Brookman, a son.
At 146 Eglinton Street, on the 15th instant, Mrs John Macdonald, a son.
At Richard Street, Anderston, on the 15th instant, Mrs Jonathan Jamieson, a son.
At the manse of Crieff, on the 15th instant, Mrs Cunningham, a son.
At Belgrave Square, London, on the 15th instant, the Viscountess Downe, a son.
At Cessnock Road, on the 14th instant, Mrs A Campbell, a daughter.
At Neilston, on the 14th instant, Mrs John Hutchison, a son and daughter.
At 34 Orr Street, Mile-end, on the 13th instant, Mrs Ewing, a daughter.
At Rigghead, Avondale, on the 13th instant, Mrs Carr, a son.
At 16 Montagu Square, London, on the 13th instant, the Viscountess Hood, the lady of George Hall Esq., a daughter.
At Wigtown, on the 11th instant, the wife of the Rev. James Falconer, Free Church, a daughter.
At Ash Tree Cottage, Port Glasgow, on the 9th instant, Mrs James Frame, a son.
At 46 Eaton Square, London, on the 7th instant, the lady of Captain Gladstone, RN., twin daughters.
At Montreal, on the 24th ultimo, Mrs Alexander Arthur, of Glasgow, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At North Woodside House, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. J Dopham Miles of St Judes, J Hughes Hemming Esq., Kimbolton, Hants., to Agnes, daughter of the late Thomas Rowan Esq., of Haughead.
St John’s Church, Higher Broughton, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. Mr Booth, Edward Ede jun., Esq., merchant, Manchester, to Jessie, eldest daughter of John Black Esq., merchant there, late of Glasgow.
At 10 Wellington Street, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Beattie, Mr John Campbell, manager, Messrs. Reid’s Works, Washington Street, to Marion, third daughter of the late Mr Robert White, Glasgow.
At 20 Monteith Row, Glasgow, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Runciman, Mr William L Pulman, Woodhall Cottage, Currie, to Margaret, daughter of the late John Lewthwaite Esq., Comptroller of HM Customs, Borrowstounness.
At Barr, Kilsyth, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. Mr Hill, Mr Henry Young, farmer, Woodend, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr William Cullen, farmer, Kilsyth.
At 32 Elmbank Crescent, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Boyd, Mr John Grainger, to Margaret, third daughter of the late Mr James Banks, innkeeper, Irvine.
At Barnes, on the 11th instant, Richard Blaney Wade, Esq., to Adelaide, third daughter of the Right hon. Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Vice-Chancellor of England.
At Anton’s Hill, Berwickshire, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Gilly, Prebend of Durham and Vicar of Norham, Charles Samuel Grey Esq., second son of the late Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., to Margaret Dysart, youngest daughter of the late Gen. Sir Martin Hunter, GC., MG., GCH.
At Galle, Ceylon, on the 8th March, by the Rev. Dr. Garstin, John Black, Esq., to Miss Isabel Swinburne, third daughter of Ralph Darling Esq., of Commercial Road, London.
DEATHS [02]
At Hamilton, on the 16th instant, Thomas Paterson Esq., writer there. – Friends at a distance will please accept of this intimation.
At Breadalbane Terrace, 99 Hill Street, on the 18th instant, David Harley Esq.
At 91 South Portland Street, on the 18th instant, Agnes, aged six years, youngest daughter of Mr Robert Walker.
At Stobcross Street, Anderston, on the 18th instant, Diana, aged eight years, only child of the late Mr William Bannatyne jun.
At Broomfield Cottage, Luss, on the 17th instant, Mr Duncan Turner.
At Partick, on the 17th instant, Ann Ritchie, aged five years, second daughter of Mr Alexander Wright.
At Aberfeldy, on the 17th instant, Robert Niven Esq., writer and Sheriff-Clerk there.
At 8 Bedford Street, on the 16th instant, Jessie, youngest daughter of the late James Mitchell Esq.
At Britannia Tavern, 80 Trongate Street, on the 18th instant, William aged 15 months, only child of the late Mr James Vieth, flesher, High Street.
At Longford, by Kilwinning, on the 16th(?) instant, James McJannet, aged ten years.
At Edinburgh, on the 18th instant, Anne Fairly, youngest daughter of the late Mr James Husband, Dunfermline.
Suddenly, at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, on the 15th instant, Alexander, aged 14 years, son of Mr John Payton, currier.
At 1 North Ure Place, on the 15th instant, Samuel, aged 13 months, youngest child of the Rev. JD Paxton.
At 16 Hope Street, on the 14th instant, Lucy Randolph, relict of Mr Hugh Love, merchant, Glasgow.
At 42 Argyll Street, on the 14th instant, Agnes, only daughter of the late Mr John Campbell.
At Seabank, Gourock, on the 14th instant, James, aged 11 years and 10 months, second son of Mr David Moir, joiner there.
At 22 London Street, Edinburgh, on the 14th instant, Miss Jane Ogilvie, in her eightieth year.
At Planefield Cottage, Lochgoilhead, on the 10th instant, Mrs Campbell, aged 45 years.
At London, on the 13th instant, Thomas Knox Esq., artist, late of Glasgow.
At Madeira, on the 4th instant, David Muir Esq., on the 28th(?) year of his age, son of Thomas Muir Esq., of Muirpark.
At the manse of Cupar, Fife, on the 30th ultimo, Jane Church, wife – and on the 14th instant, Henry, aged 8 years, eldest son of the Rev. James Cochrane, minister of Cupar.
At Alleghany City, near Pittsburgh, US., on the 3d ultimo, Mrs James Inbrie, sen., and on the 29th ultimo, Mr James Imbrie sen., of Philadelphia, and formerly of Glasgow.
22nd April 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 12 Rutland Crescent, on the 21st instant, Mrs James Buchanan Mirries, a daughter.
At 16 Abbotsford Place, on the 21st instant, Mrs John Binnie, a son.
At 9 Clarendon Place, on the 21st instant, Mrs William Adam, a daughter.
At 4 Bath Street, on the 21st instant, Mrs WC Bryden, a son.
At 24 Pollock Street, on the 20th instant, Mrs Robert Jack, a son.
At 168 St George’s Road, on the 19th instant, Mrs John Ferguson, a daughter.
At 155 Castle Street, Townhead, on the 19th instant, Mrs John McLauchlan, a son.
At 9 Montague Street, Rothesay, on the 19th instant, Mrs John Fullerton, a son.
At 15 Fitzroy Place, on the 19th instant, Mrs William Paul, a son.
At 35 Finlay Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs John Haddow, a daughter.
MARRIED [02]
At the Parish Church, Croydon, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. Henry Ward, AM., Mr Alexander Beath, Glasgow, to Marion, daughter of Mr Thomas Younger.
DEATHS [02]
At Howard Place, Edinburgh, on the 19th instant, Mrs Stewart, relict of Allan Stewart Esq., merchant, St Petersburgh and Glasgow. – Friends are requested to accept of this intimation.
At 78 South Wellington Street, on the 19th instant, Isabella Boyle, wife of Mr A Reid, teacher, Tron School. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 31 Clyde Street, Port Dundas, on the 21st instant, Mary Alston, wife of Mr Alexander Bryce, spirit-dealer.
At 14 Maitland Street, Cowcaddens, on the 21st instant, Thomas Marshall, in the seventieth year of his age.
At Burnbank House, Partick, on the 20th instant, Ann, after a lingering illness, daughter of Mr Ephriam Smith, clothier, Glasgow.
At 16 South Portland Street, on the 20th instant, Helen Young, eldest daughter of the late Mr David Bunting, merchant, Dundee.
At 31 Rose Street, Garnet Hill, on the 18th instant, Mr Thomson Cannan, Royal Bank of Scotland.
At Lochgoilhead, suddenly, on the 15th instant, Mr Alexander MacFarlane, innkeeper there, aged 45 years.
At 221 Main Street, Bridgeton, on the 14th instant, Ann Mathieson, wife of Mr John Auchincloss, grocer.
At Straiton, on the 11th instant, Mr David Guthrie, carrier between Ayr and Straiton.
DEATH OF ROBERT MORTON ESQ – This gentleman expired at his house in Gilmore Place, on the 15th instant, at the age of seventy-six. During his early years, Mr Morton was an enterprising and public-spirited citizen. He distinguished himself in the Magistracy, and , at the time when the Reform Bill came into operation, he was one of the old Council. For many years he exerted himself in endeavouring to forward the improvements of the city, and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Canal, the road round the Castle, and the entrance to the city by Waterloo Place, owe their origin in a great measure to his unremitting exertions. – Courant.
MELANCHOLY CASE OF DROWNING – On Sunday forenoon, a young man of the name of Francis carrel, a labourer, in taking a stroll round the Queen’s Drive, began to amuse himself by swimming his dog in Dunsapie Loch. The animal being in danger of drowning, Carroll stripped off his clothes and entered the water for the rescue of the dog. It is conjectured that he had become benumbed by cold, or had been seized by cramp, for he soon afterwards sank. The alarm was raised, and after some delay, the body was found in a sitting posture, in a shallow part of the loch. Life was quite extinct, and great blame has been cast on some parties who are alleged to have witnessed the melancholy occurrence, and failed to render assistance. – Scotsman.
INNERLEITHEN – DEATH BY A PIN – SINGULAR CASE [abbreviated] – The following fatal occurrence forcibly shows how careful every person ought to be in introducing pins into either mouth or ears. A short time since Miss Lavinia Downie, niece to Mr Downie, gardener, Traquair House.. twenty four years of age... suffered from occasional severe pains in the head, and a considerable degree of deafness since her childhood, and whose health had been gradually declining for the last three years... in August last seized with most painful inflammation in the left ear accompanied by bleeding... on the 20th ultimo an ordinary sized metallic pin was extracted from her left ear, which was enveloped in a firm substance with numerous fibres attached to it, several hard bodies, in shape resembling the grains of buck wheat, but of various colours, were also taken out of the right ear. The poor girl endured the most intense pain till the 4th instant, when death terminated her sufferings. It is believed that the pin must have lodged in the head for nearly twenty years... she never recollected of having put one in her ear, but had a distinct remembrance of having when a child had a pin in her mouth, which she thought she had swallowed... – Scotsman.
26th April 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 208 Garngad Hill, on the 25th instant, Mrs Andrew Steven, a son.
At Hill House, Springburn, on the 25th instant, Mrs DB Johnson, a son.
At 3 Richard Street, on the 25th instant, Mrs James Miller, a son.
At Woodland Road, on the 24th instant, the wife of the Rev. Archibald Watson, a son.
At 23 Cleland Street, Hutchesontown, on the 24th instant, Mrs John C Henderson, a daughter.
At 191 Gallowgate, on the 24th instant, Mrs Thomas Logan, jun, a son.
At 2 St James Street, Kingston, Glasgow, on the 24th instant, Mrs John Dickie, a son, still-born.
At Strathaven, on the 23d instant, Mrs John Cochran, a daughter.
At 35 Hutcheson Street, on the 22d instant, Mrs Joseph Gardiner, a son.
At 27 St Mungo Street, on the 22d instant, Mrs McAndrew, a son.
At Seabank House, Stranraer, on the 22d instant, Mrs Black, a daughter.
At Mount Vernon School, on the 19th instant, Mrs Charles Henrie, a son.
At 58 Carrick Street, on the 18th instant, Mrs John Morrison, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Springfield House, Glasgow, on the 25th instant, by the Rev. ST Porter, Joseph Chiney Bloton Esq., to Emma, third daughter of Samuel Higginbotham Esq.
At 52 Buccleuch Street, on the 24th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Barr of St Enoch’s, Robert Wilson Esq., to Mary Tasnie(?), youngest daughter of Alexander Bain Esq., late of Glasgow, and niece of James Edlington Harvey Esq., merchant.
At Prospect Hill, Paisley, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. William McDougall, WP Kirkwood Esq., Glasgow, to Janet, third daughter of Thomas Gilmour Esq., and relict of George Symington Esq., Paisley.
At Glasgow Street, Ardrossan, on the 23d instant, William Robertson Esq., engineer, to Martha, third daughter of William McCreadie Esq., of her Majesty’s Customs, Ardrossan.
At Cambridge Street, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Bates, William West Esq, house-factor, to Margaret, fourth daughter of the late Mr Alexander Cameron, Arden.
At Besancon, France, on the 23d ultimo, by the Rev. Philip Sandog, and at New Lanark, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. R Gillan of St John’s, Glasgow, James Alexander Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to Jeanne Francoise daughter of John Louis Roux Michel Esq., of Besancon.
DEATHS [02]
At Garelochhead, Dumbartonshire, on the 24th instant, Mr John Weir, aged 73 years. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
Suddenly, on the 21st instant, at 6 Suffolk Street, Mr Hugh Martin Ferguson. – Friends are requested to accept of this intimation.
At 44 Forth Street, Port Dundas, on the 15th instant, Christina Thomson, relict of Andrew Shuttleton, portioner, Port Dundas. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 51 Renfield Street, on the 25th instant, Mrs Mary Stewart, relict of the late James Cleland Esq., LLD.
At 30 Monteith Row, on the 24th instant, Jane, aged five and a half years, only daughter of Mr John Auchinvole, manufacturer.
At 3 Carrick Street, on the 24th instant, John, aged four years and five months, son of Captain Robert McKirdy.
At No. 39(?) Drygate Street, on the 24th instant, Miss Isabella, youngest daughter of the late Mr John Spencer, hardware merchant, Glasgow.
At Tangy, near Campbeltown, on the 24th instant, Hector, aged 12 years, son of Mr Hector MacEachen, Warwick Street, Glasgow.
At 61 South Wellington Street, on the 23d instant, Sarah, wife of Mr William Parkin, silversmith.
At Seabank House, Stranraer, on the 23d instant, the infant daughter of William Black Esq., Town Clerk.
At 183 Castlemilk Place, on the 23d instant, Alice Bell, aged ten months, youngest daughter of Mr James Morton.
At Glenbeg Cottage, Rothesay, on the 22d instant, Elizabeth McIndoe, wife of Mr James McEwen, 8 East Campbell Street, Glasgow.
At 27 Richmond Street, on the 20th instant, Alexander, infant son of the Rev. Alexander Fraser, of Nile Street Chapel.
At Barbara Ville, Invergordon, on the 17th instant, after much and protracted suffering, Mr John Munro, aged 57.
At Portsmouth, on the 15th instant, Lieut. Edward Cowell Mullins, of the 50th Regiment.
At Portsmouth, on the 15th instant, Mary MF Nisbet, wife of Dr. FB Pritchard, RN.
At Clontarf, near Dublin, Hugh Hannay Esq., Purser, Royal Navy, and Chief Officer Coast Guard Service.
At Kingston, Jamaica, on the 23d ultimo, James Muir Esq., merchant, Liverpool.
FATAL AND DISTRESSING ACCIDENT AT PAISLEY [02] – A lamentable casualty occurred on Tuesday forenoon at Oakshaw Hill on the site of the Neilson Testimonial. The building of the foundation has, for some time past, been in progress. A large block of stone, between two and three tone weight, was being lowered to its seat. Mr Alexander Fraser, foreman of works, was standing on the block superintending operations, when one of the crane stays suddenly snapped at the base, and in an instant the crane itself fell with terrific force, struck him on the head, crushing his body between it and the mass of stone. All was the work of a moment – not a groan escaped him – death was instantaneous. The point of the stay which yielded was the iron spur where it catches the earth. This, it is said, bears evidence of having been formerly broken, though bolstered up in a seemingly sound but really most inefficient manner. Should this be the case, a very serious reflection rests upon the party who sold the implement in that condition. Where human life may be imperilled there should ever be jealous and rigorous inspection of all machinery, especially those of the crane structure. A widow and large family are bereaved by this mournful disaster. It must be very distressing to Mr Bowes, the contractor, that this fatal accident should have followed so closely the recent casualty at Ferguslie.
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FATAL ACCIDENT [02] – An accident which, we are sorry to say, has proved fatal, occurred on Monday last, to a brick-layer, named Isaac Thomson. He was employed on a scaffolding erected at the windows of the fourth story of the new crescent now in the course of erection in Partick Road, where he accidentally overbalanced himself and fell to the ground; he was immediately removed to the Royal Infirmary, where he died the same day in consequence of the injuries he had received. He has left a widow, but we understand there is no family.
29th April 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At Craigpark, on the 28th instant, Mrs William Neilson, a daughter.
At 13 Hope Street, on the 28th instant, Mrs Robert Philp, a daughter.
At 15 Ure Place, on the 28th instant, Mrs John I Mackirdy, a son.
At 3 Dalhousie Place, on the 28th instant, Mrs John Rodd, a son.
At 161 Largo Place, New City Road, on the 28th instant, Mrs George H Mackay, a son.
At South Albion Street, on the 28th instant, Mrs Edward G Maxwell, a son.
At 122 Garscube Road, on the 28th instant, Mrs William Watson, a daughter.
At 34 York Street, on the 27th instant, Mrs Robert Bruce, a daughter.
At 15 North Albion Street, on the 27th instant, Mrs Alexander G Burns, a son.
At 15 West Princes Street, on the 27th instant, Mrs James Anderson, a son
At 3 Washington Street, on the 27th instant, Mrs James Steel, a daughter.
At 9 Stockwell Place, on the 28th instant, Mrs John Hastie, a son.
At 36 North Hanover Street, on the 25th instant, Mrs Stephen, a daughter.
At 32 Argyll Street, on the 24th instant, Mrs Thomas Fyfe, a daughter.
At South Fort Street, North Leith, on the 23d instant, Mrs Henry Schultze, twin daughters.
At Auchentoshan Distillery, Old Kilpatrick, on the 21st instant, Mrs Alexander Filchie, a son.
At 51 Main Street, Gorbals, on the 19th instant, Mrs Alexander Main, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Sandbank House, Holy Loch, on the 25th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Mackay of Dunoon, Mr Robert Hunter, timber merchant, Glasgow, to Mary, only daughter of Mr Dugald Mackinlay.
At Shields Cottage, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Macfarlane, Erskine Church, Robert Reid Esq., to Jane, eldest daughter of Thomas Bow Esq.
At St James’ Episcopal Church, Leith, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. JA White, David Stewart Littlejohn Esq., writer, Dundee, to Mary Anne, daughter of the late Captain George Harrower of Claremont Cottage, Leith.
At St Peter’s Church, Liverpool, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. J Headlam, Mr Alexander Whitelaw, chemist, of Glasgow, to Annie, second daughter of the late Thomas Newton Esq., Glasgow.
DEATHS [02]
At 128 Cumberland Street, on the 28th instant, Janet Hutchison, relict of Mr Robert Wyllie, wright, Kilmarnock.
At 15 William Street, Greenhead, on the 28th instant, Jeanie, second daughter of the late Mr Samuel Milroy.
At 3 Lynedoch Street, on the 27th instant, William, youngest son of Mr JR Lamb.
At 22 Lynedoch Street, on the 27th instant, Julia, aged 18 months, youngest daughter of Mr William Boyd.
At 10 Renfrew Street, on the 26th instant, Jane, eldest daughter of Mr William Prentice.
At Mount Killearn, on the 28th instant, Mr Walter Buchanan, in the eighty-third year of his age.
At Portland Terrace, Kilmarnock, on the 26th instant, Hugh, infant son of Mr Hugh Brown, merchant.
At 29 Drummond Place, Edinburgh, on the 28th instant, Frances Robina, wife of Major Liddell, Bombay Army.
At 143 Gallowgate Street, on the 26th instant, Margaret Muir, aged 53 years, relict of Mr David Dunlop, compositor, Glasgow.
At Tobago Street, Greenock, on the 25th instant, Mrs Ann Yuill, aged 90(?) years.
At Mount Lodge, Portobello, on the 19th instant, Matthew Jane Trotter, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Johnston, KTS, late of 99th Regiment.
At Berbice, on the 15th March last, after a few day’s illness, William Richardson Esq., surgeon.
BRECHIN – A MISER’S STORE – On Saturday last, by the death of Alexander Dempster, flax-dresser, one of those anomalies in human nature - “a storing of wealth for another’s use” – was discovered here. The Brechin Miser was about 56 years of age; for about 20 years and up to within a few days of his death, he denied himself, even during the storms of winter, the luxury of fire and light. He was supplied with his daily food, which was of the scantiest and meanest description, by a neighbour, but he slept in his own house. After a few day’s illness, Dempster unexpectedly died on Saturday and in looking over his humble dwelling, there were discovered £125, 10s. In silver, £36 in gold and also nine £1 notes, which were stuck behind the window shutter. Besides the above, there has also been discovered bank checks amounting to about £1,000 and with other property, the old man is said to have been worth about £1,500. It were needless to say that Dempster denied himself many of the indispensible comforts of life. – Montrose Standard.
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