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1st July 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 5 Lansdowne Crescent, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs James Bryce, a daughter.
At 14 George Street, Johnstone, on the 27th ultimo, Mrs D McArthur, a son.
At Kelso(?) Street, Saltcoats, on the 24th ultimo, Mrs John Hamilton, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Aikenhead House, Lanarkshire, on the 27th ultimo, by the Rev. Allan Robert Cliffe, AM., John St George Deane Esq., of Berkely F#r###, County Wexford, Ireland, to Catherine, youngest daughter of the late John Gordon Esq., of Aitkenhead.
At Kilbarchan, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. John Macfarlane, Hamilton, Mr Robert Beatie, cabinet-maker, Paisley, to Mary, youngest daughter of Mr George Wilson, grocer and spirit-dealer, Kilbarchan.
At 187 Gallowgate, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. Mr Gillan of St John’s, Mr James King, provision merchant, to Margaret, eldest daughter of William Dickie Esq.
DEATHS [02]
At 430 Argyll Street, on the 30th ultimo, Mr Robert Stewart, veneer cutter, after a long protracted illness. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At High Street, Airdrie, on the 28th ultimo, Agnes Thomson, relict of John Motherwell Esq., Airdrie.
At 19 Blackfriar’s Street, on the 30th ultimo, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr Alexander Norris.
DEATH BY DROWNING [abbreviated] – On Friday, about noon, a young man named Edward Hogg, a printer, residing at Stockbridge, while walking with two companions who were strangers to the town along the Queen’s Drive, proposed that they should have a bath in Dunsapie Loch. This being agreed upon, Hogg, who was confident of his swimming powers, jumped into the loch at the sluices at the east end, but the others went into more shallow water a little way off. The former had scarcely been a minute in the water when he was seized with cramp. He shouted to his friends for assistance and almost instantly sank. They not knowing the depth of the loch could not render timeous aid, and the body remained about fifty minutes in the water, when a corporal of the Sappers and Miners and one of the park rangers dragged it out. The corpse was then conveyed in a cart to his father’s residence. – Scottish Press.
AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH – A striking and alarming instance of the uncertainty of life was witnessed in this place on Sabbath last. Mr William Findlay, one of our Burgh Officers, while attending public worship in the King Street United Presbyterian Church, was observed to fall forward in his seat, to all appearance in an insensible state. The excitement this produced in those around him soon drew the eyes of the whole congregation to that portion of the area of the church where Mr Findlay sat, and the preacher pausing in his discourse, gave instructions to remove him to the vestry. This was done with as little delay as possible. On the arrival of Dr. Paxton, he found that life was extinct. This intelligence was conveyed to the Rev. Mr. Symington, the pastor, who did not fail, in the concluding service of the day, to draw, with appropriate fervour and feeling, the attention of his hearers to this striking proof of the frail tenure of existence here. – Kilmarnock Journal.
DEATH OF LORD COREHOUSE [abbreviated] – We regret to announce the death of George Cranstoun Esq., of Corehouse, late one of the Judges of the Court of Session, who died at Corehouse on the afternoon of Wednesday last. This very eminent man was the second son of the Hon. George Cranstoun, a younger son of James, sixth Baron Cranstoun of Crailing... – Scottish Press.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A CHARACTER [abbreviated][02] – On Friday morning about five o’clock, as one of the night guardians was going the round of the closes on his beat, he found the dead body of James Forsyth, well known by the soubriquet of “Wee Jamie” lying on the lower steps of a stair in Craig’s Court, 95 Argyll Street. On various accounts Jamie has long been considered one of the “characters” of this city... The body, after an examination at the Central Police Office, was conveyed to his residence in Old Wynd, where he stayed with a sister, who earns a precarious livelihood by working at book-folding. His remains will be buried at the expense of the Parochial Board.
DEATH BY DROWNING [02] – A melancholy accident, which resulted in the death of a young man, named William Hamilton, belonging to Stonehouse, occurred on the evening of Friday last, at the spring boards, near Rutherglen Bridge. It appears that the deceased went into the Clyde at the above place, for the purpose of bathing. He had not been many minutes in the water when he was heard shrieking for assistance; but although his cries were heard by hundreds who were looking on at the time, no one had sufficient courage to venture in to his aid, and the unfortunate youth, who appeared to have been suddenly seized by cramp, sunk, after a few ineffectual struggles, never to rise again in life. Boats and grappling-irons were procured immediately, but it was not till nearly three hours afterwards that the body was recovered. Deceased was about 21 years of age, and was claimed by his relatives on Saturday.
5th July 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 4 Kelvin Terrace, on the 2d instant, Mrs Mathew Hamilton, a daughter.
At 3 Royal Crescent, on the 4th instant, Mrs James Laing, a son.
At 26 North Street, Mungo Street, on the 4th instant, Mrs Matthew Gilmour, a son.
At 3 South Apsley Place, on the 3d instant, Mrs William Darling, a daughter.
At 80 Canning Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs Thomas Mitchell, a son.
At 3 Brown Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs AD Hamilton, a daughter.
At 56 Dundas Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs Thomas Mercer, a son.
At Cambusbarron, Stirlingshire, on the 2d instant, Mrs James Oliver, a son.
At 5 Whiteside, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Alexander Rintoul, a son.
At 29 Rutland Square, Edinburgh, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs Hamilton, a daughter.
At St John’s, New Brunswick, on the 12th ultimo, Mrs WC Fleming, a son.
At Georgetown, Demerara, on the 29th May, Mrs Thomas Bankier, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Clifton Place, Sauchiehall Road, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Archibald Watson of St Matthew’s, Alexander Abercromby Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to Mary, daughter of the late John Mitchell Esq., St Ninian’s, Stirlingshire.
At Roslin Place, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. Mr Meiklem, of Brownfield Church, Mr John Davidson, son of the late Captain Davidson, Troon, to Annabella, only daughter of the late Mr Thomas Armstrong.
At 9 Park Place, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. Mr Gordon, Mr Hugh Donaghy, commission merchant, to Eliza Coll, of Baltimore, United States.
At Clyde Street, Port-Dundas, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. Mr McCorkle of St Ninian’s, Mr Alexander McLaren, warehouseman, Glasgow, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Archibald McCorkle Esq.
At Blackhill House, Musselburgh, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. George Loudon of Inverarity, Alexander McNeill Esq., late of Batavia, son of the late Neil McNeill Esq., of Ardnachross, to Isabella Maria, eldest daughter of William Loudon Esq., RN.
At St Stephen’s Church, Kingston-upon-Hull, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. William Graeme Gibson, MA., assisted by the Rev. John Deck, MA., John Nisbet Esq., eldest son of the late John Nisbet Esq., of Easington Grange, Northumberland, to Lucy, youngest daughter of Edward Gibson, Esq., of Hull, one of her Majesty’s Justice of the Peace for the East Riding of Yorkshire.
At Jane Street, Blythswood Square, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Roxburgh, John Kerr Esq., to Margaret Bruce, daughter of the late William Dick Esq., Maybole.
At 165 Hill Street, Glasgow, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Smyth, of Free St george’s Church, Mr James William Carlile, Paisley, son of William Carlile Esq., of West Brixton, London, to Mary, eldest daughter of Walter Woodhams Whiteman, Esq.
At Sweet Bank, Markinch, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. James Nicol Leslie, James Dun, Esq., Sydney, NSW., to Eliza, fourth daughter of the late Andrew Hunter Esq., of Greenwood House, Lanarkshire.
At Beith, Ayrshire, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. George Colville, DD., John Gilmour Esq., of Richmond, Virginia, US., to Mary, youngest daughter of Hugh Brown Esq., of Broadstone.
At Bartybeath, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. Matthew Graham, Mr William Nish, merchant, Coatbridge, to Margaret, only daughter of Robert Alexander Esq., Bartybeath.
At Bowling, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Reid of Kilpartick, Henry Ritchie Esq., Dunkeld, to Janet, youngest daughter of the late John Stewart Esq., also of Dunkeld.
At Craigie-Park-House, Aberdeen, on the 28th ultimo, by the Rev. John Stephen, Mr Duncan Connell, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr Robert Black, Balnagowan, Aberdeenshire.
At Canlowan, on the 27th ultimo, by the Rev. J McK. Leckie, Shettleston, John Allan Walker Esq., Builder, Airdrie, to Mary Scott, eldest daughter of the late John Mieklejohn Esq., of Cardowan.
At 56 South Cumberland Street, on the 25th ultimo, by the Rev. Mr Borland, Mr James Selkirk, Merchant, Gorbals, to Agnes, only daughter of Mr John Hamilton, late of Lanark.
At Guelph, Canada west, on the 6th ultimo, by the Rev. Mr Gregor, Mr James C Couper, to Margaret Kennedy, relict of Mr Robert Allan, Guelph.
DEATHS [02]
Suddenly, at Glasgow, on the 4th instant, Mr George Brown, letterpress-printer.
At 56 Dundas Street, on the 3d instant, Helen Buchanan, wife of Mr Thomas Mercer.
At Shawburn, near Hamilton, on the 3d instant, in his twentieth year, William Henry, youngest son of Mr William Henderson of Shawburn, writer in Hamilton.
At lochwinnoch, on the 2d instant, Mr Neil Gilmour, merchant.
At 75 Renfield Street, on the 1st instant, David, second son of Mr David Robertson, piano-forte maker.
At 77 Taylor Street, on the 1st instant, Mr Richard Middleton.
At 3 Bridge Street, on the 1st instant, Mr James Irvine, umbrella and parasol maker.
At 19 Crawford Street, Glebe, Greenock, on the 1st instant, Janet Muir, aged 61 years, wife of Mr William Steel, sen.
At 3 Lynedoch Street, on the 30th ultimo, Robina, daughter of the late Mr Robert Goodwin.
At 94 Dundas Street, on the 30th ultimo, William, aged ten years and ten months, only son of Mr William Wallace, engraver.
Suddenly, at Wellington Street, on the 28th ultimo, Agnes, wife of Mr Peter Hume, commercial traveller.
At Walworth Road, London, on the 27th ultimo, Mr Archibald Gibson, compositor, late of Glasgow.
At Uddington, on the 27th ultimo, Mr Alexander McGachen, aged 80(?) years, late of Liverpool.
Suddenly, at Lanark, on the 30th ultimo, Mr David Alexander, merchant.
8th July 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 98 North Frederick Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs James Kelley jun., a son.
At 2 Bellgrove Place, on the 6th instant, Mrs George Allan, a son.
At 17 Clyde Place, on the 6th instant, Mrs Robert Speirs, a daughter.
At 21 Lynedoch Street, on the 5th instant, Mrs Archibald Robertson, a son.
At 130(?) Thistle Street, on the 5th instant, Mrs David McKenzie, a son.
At 47 Orr Street, Mile-end, on the 5th instant, Mrs Alexander Smith, a son.
At 7 London Street, Edinburgh, on the 5th instant, Mrs John McCulloch, a daughter.
At 56 Cathcart Street, Greenock, on the 5th instant, Mrs Thomas Stark, a son.
At Kilwinning, on the 4th instant, Mrs James Kerr, a son.
At Perth, on the 3d instant, the wife of the Rev. David Smith, minister of the West Church, a daughter.
At 34 South Portland Street, on the 1st instant, Mrs William McAlpine, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Renfrew, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Macfarlane, Mr James Bannatyne, merchant, Glasgow, to Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr Walter Barr.
At Newcastle-on-Tyne, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. HW Wright, MA., Mr William Neil, head-master of the Northern Counties Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, to Jessie C Wright, fifth daughter of the late Mr Thomas Wright, Edinburgh.
At Portobello, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Alexander Philip, Mr John Shields, jun., Glasgow, to Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr Jonathan Wilson.
At the Manse of Drymen, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. Gavin Lochore of St Andrew’s, Orkney, Peter Bald Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to Isabella, eldest daughter of the Rev. Alexander Lochore.
At Port Dundas, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. Robert McCorkle, of St Ninian’s, Mr Thomas Cunningham, merchant, Glasgow, to Margaret, daughter of Archibald McCorkle Esq.
At 73 Eglinton Street, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. AS Paterson, Mr Alexander Sutherland, to Catherine, second daughter of the late Mr Alexander Stoddart, Glasgow.
At Elmbank Crescent, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Dr. Boyd, Mr John Stewart, flesher, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr Alexander McDougall, late of Rutherglen.
DEATHS [02]
At 75 Renfield Street, on the 6th instant, Angus Fletcher, youngest son of Mr David Robertson, piano-forte maker.
At 86 crown Street, Hutchesontown, on the 5th instant, Barbara Anderson, wife of Mr William Watt, wine and spirit merchant there.
At Cart Forge, Crossmyloof, on the 4th instant, Robert, youngest son of Mr James Muirhead.
At Cambridge, on the 4th instant, Mr Andrew Murray, curator of the Botanic Gardens there.
At Corsehill, near Ayr, on the 4th instant, Mrs Cowan, relict of William Cowan Esq., of Corsehill, banker in Ayr.
At Millport, on the 3d instant, Angus, second son of Mr Andrew Thomson, baker, Main Street, Bridgeton.
At 6 Croy Place, on the 29th ultimo, Elizabeth Baxter, aged 46(?) years, wife of Mr George Simmonds, agent.
12th July 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 11 Newton Place, on the 11th instant, Mrs James Stiven, a daughter.
At 6 Moore Place, on the 11th instant, Mrs Redfern, a daughter.
At 356 Argyll Street, on the 11th instant, Mrs Robert Gallacher, a son.
At Hyde Park Place, on the 11th instant, Mrs James Taylor, a son.
At 22 Great Hamilton Street, on the 10th instant, Mrs James McFarlane, a daughter.
At 21 Stirling Street, Airdrie, on the 10th instant, Mrs William Thomson, a daughter.
At 425 Argyll Street, on the 9th instant, Mrs Alexander Bissett, a son.
At Lancefield Place, on the 8th instant, the wife of Mr R Curle, shipbuilder, a daughter.
At 35 Monteith Row, on the 7th instant, Mrs TC Young, a daughter.
At 77 Montrose Street, on the 7th instant, Mrs Jacob Lawson, a son.
At the Manse of Milton, Markinch, on the 7th instant, Mrs Hain(?), a son.
At 16 Croy Place, Maxwell Street, on the 7th instant, Mrs James Smith, a daughter.
At 24 Findlay Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs Alfred J Cowan, a son.
At Dunoon, on the 6th instant, Mrs James Macaulay, a son.
At the Manse of Barra, on the 15th ultimo, the wife of the Rev. Henry Beatson, a daughter.
At Tungkillo, South Australia, on the 31st January, Mrs Andrew Berry, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Dalvait Cottage, Dumbartonshire, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Mr McKinlay, Renton, Partick Moir Esq., banker, Bonhill, to Margaret, third daughter of James Nairn Esq., of Dalvait.
At Dalvait Cottage, Dumbartonshire, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. John McKinlay of Renton. Mr James Merrylees, manufacturer, Paisley to Jessie, daughter of James Nairn Esq.
At St Mary’s Church, Stafford, on 2d instant, by the Right rev. The Lord Bishop of Lichfield, Walter Fergus Esq., MD., Resident Medical Officer of Marlborough College, Wilts., to Mary Sarah, eldest daughter of the Rev. WE Caldwell, MA., Rector of Stafford and Prehendary of Lichfield Cathedral.
At Washington farm, by the Rev. David Cunninghame, of Free St David’s, Kirkintilloch, Mr James Hunter, Springbank, to Mary, youngest daughter of William Graham Esq., farmer, Kirkintilloch.
At Melbourne, Port Philip, on the 26th February, John Stirling Donald Esq., to Mary, daughter of the late William Stirling Esq.
DEATHS [02]
At Antrim, on the 9th instant, Elizabeth McWhinnie, aged 62 years, wife of Mr William Young. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 92 Great Hamilton Street, on the 11th instant, Helen Marshall, aged 23 years, wife of Mr Thomas Struthers.
At 75 Bath Street, on the 11th instant, Mrs Elizabeth Scott, aged 76 years, relict of Mr John McArthur, confectioner.
At Cleland, Townhead, Newarthill, on the 11th instant, at an advanced age, Mr William Jack, sen.
At 58 Taylor Street, on the 10th instant, Mrs James Hair.
At Small Burn, on the 9th instant, Mr Lewis Bain.
On the 9th instant, in the eighth year of his age, James, son of Mr John Henderson, Castle Place, Belfast.
At Auchlochan, on the 9th instant, Martha, wife of Thomas Brown Esq., of Auchlochan.
At 149(?) St Vincent Street, on the 9th instant, Elizabeth, daughter of the late George Gibson Esq., merchant, Rotterdam.
At 356 Argyll Street, Glasgow, on the 8th instant, Mr Duncan Macdougall, ironmonger.
At 20 Main Street, Gorbals, Andrew Shaw Adamson, after a lingering illness, aged 21 years.
At his father’s house, in Park Place, Dundee, on the 6th instant, the Rev. George Ogilbie, BD., minister of the Free Church, maryculter, in his thirty-second year.
At Cullenfad, near Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland, on the 4th instant, Mrs John Christie, late of Glasgow.
At Quebec, on the 8th ultimo, on the twenty-fifth year of his age, Mr James Frame, publisher of the Sentinel, Burlington (U.S.), only son of the late Mr John Frame, editor of the Glasgow Constitutional.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE CAPTAIN MCNEILL [abbreviated][02] – The body of this lamented gentleman was, with that of his wife, and those of his two daughters (who all perished in the Orion), conveyed on Friday by the steamer Briton, from Stranraer to West Tarbet, where the vessel was met by a large number of the near relatives and friends of the deceased, and then proceeded to the family burying ground on the lonely island of Gigha... Among the immediate friends and relatives present were, we believe, two brothers of the late Captain McNeill, viz., Sir John McNeill and Duncan McNeill Esq., the Dean of Faculty, as well as three of deceased’s sons and Mr Campbell of Jura... The island of Gigha has for many generations afforded the last resting place to the members of the McNeill family....
FATAL COAL PIT ACCIDENT – On Thursday, the 25th ultimo, an accident occurred at Common Coal Works, which has resulted in the death of John Nimmo, a boy twelve years of age. While in a reclining position in the pit, a large stone fell from the roof upon both of his legs, breaking one and bruising another. He lingered till Wednesday last, when he expird, after much suffering. His body was brought to Catrine, where his widowed mother resides. – Ayr Observer.
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT – On Wednesday evening last, as Mr James McQueen, Inspector of the Poor for the Parish of St Quivox, was proceeding on horseback, with a friend, to Monkton, when, just on reaching the village, Mr McQueen was observed to fall suddenly and heavily to the ground. No external injury was apparent, and the unfortunate gentleman was able to walk home, when, having been in bed all next day, he turned towards the evening of Thursday rapidly worse, and lingered till last evening about half-past six, when he expired. A slight paralytic stroke is supposed to have been the cause of the fall, to which probably a second next night succeeded. – Ayr Observer.
SUDDEN DEATH [abbreviated][02] – On Monday afternoon a young woman, named Mary Sutherland, about twenty-four years of age, died suddenly in a house in which she lodged in Gallowgate Street. It appears that on Sabbath last deceased had been out walking the greater part of the day with her sweetheart, a young man a painter to trade...returned home... took a good meal of porridge with the rest of her family and soon retired to bed. Between eleven and twelve she rose, complaining of violent headache... about one o’clock in the morning she began to vomit violently... fell into nervous fits and expired at one o’clock on Monday.. the cause of death was caused by apoplexy.
15th July 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 16 Woodside Crescent, Glasgow, on the 14th instant, Mrs James Scott, a daughter.
At Bogton, Cathcart, on the 13th instant, Mrs Robert Armour, a daughter.
At Dunoon, on the 11th instant, Mrs A Millne, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Bridge-of-Weir, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Mr Allison, Kilbarchan, Mr TD Smellie, measurer, Glasgow, to Elizabeth, third daughter of Mr William Speirs sen., tanner.
At Langloan, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. J Johnston, AM., of Old Monkland, Mr William Graham, to jane Hill, daughter. Or Mr Robert Waugh, farmer, late of Strathmill.
At Gourock, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. P Currie, Mr JF Stewart, to jane, third daughter of Mr George Murdoch, 106(?) Stockwell Street, Glasgow.
DEATHS [02]
At 25 Moss Street, Paisley, on the 11th instant, Mrs James Chalmers, eldest daughter of Mr George Lyall, wine merchant there. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 37 Green#lde Lane, on the 14th instant, Mr Hugh Colville, spirit merchant, formerly of New Bridge Street, Tradeston.
Drowned, off Gourock, on the 13th instant, from the upsetting of a boat, Archibald Robert, in the twentieth year of his age, son of Mrs Campbell, 17 Lynedoch Crescent.
At Millport, on the 13th instant, Mr William Harley(?) sen., in his eighty-fourth year.
At 34 South Portland Street, on the 9th instant, Helen Allen, infant daughter of Mr HC Dixon.
At 29(?) North Portland Street, on the 13th instant, Agnes Stevenson, wife of Mr James Gilchrist.
At Bogton, Cathcart, on the 18th(?) instant, the infant daughter of Mr Robert Armour.
At Mountpleasant, near New Milne(?), Ayrshire, on the 13th instant, Mr James Miller, farmer, aged 81 years.
At Temple Hill, Troon, on the 11th instant, Elisa(?), only daughter of Alexander Hood, surgeon, Kilmarnock.
MOURNFUL OCCURRENCE [abbreviated] – On Monday last, an accident of a very distressing nature occurred at Couranee(?) of Kirkmichael, resulting in the death of Mr James Gracie, builder there, a highly respected and estimable man.. was in the act of descending into a well for the purpose of building the circular wall... when the bucket gave way... fell to the bottom, a depth of thirty feet... had left a widow and family... was between fifty and sixty years of age – Dumfries Herald.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT – A mechanic named David Birrel, was unfortunately killed on Thursday last, at the works of Messrs. Alexander Russell and Co., engineers. He was employed at the time in some operation on a planning machine, when his head got entangled with the gearing, and was so dreadfully crushed, as to cause instant death. He was a sober, steady man, and had left a widow and large family to deplore his untimely fate. – Fifeshire Journal.
SUDDEN DEATH – An instance of the awful uncertainty of human life occurred in Mauchline on the evening of Friday the 5th instant. As is usual in villages on such occasions, a great many persons were assembled to witness the return of a wedding party from Cumnock. The wife of Mr John Killing was amongst the spectators, a sister of hers accompanying the wedding party. Mrs Killing, thinking to see her sister as she was entering the house, ran up for that purpose. She shook hands with her, saying she would see her again, but had only proceeded a few paces from the door when she complained of faintness, and was about entering an adjoining house when she dropped or rather crouched down. Medical aid was promptly procured, but all efforts were unavailing – the vital spark had fled. – Ayr Advertiser.
DEATH OF R STEPHENSON ESQ., C.E. – We have to announce with regret, the demise, IN Edinburgh, on Friday, at an advanced age, of Robert Stephenson Esq., the eminent civil engineer. – Scotsman
ANTIQUARIAN – A few years ago, while a grave was being dug within the precincts of the old church of Creich, a stone was raised which had covered an ancient burial vault. This had probably been situated in the aisle of the Catholic Chapel, which the old church had once been. On the face of the stone two figures were seen carved, one of a knight in armour, and the other of a lady. The only inscription was two lines on the side running lengthways; these could not be deciphered, the stone was again covered up with turf, and has since lain undisturbed. On the Fast-day, last week, some scientific gentlemen from Cupar, who happened to be in the vicinity, and who wished to give their secular studies a grave cast, went to the spot and soon made out the inscription. It ran thus:-
“Hie jacet David Berclay de Lutre, dus de Priagyl, qhi obit die meais ano dni MCCCC”
“Hie jacet Helena de Dougla, uxor predict, qui obit, xxxix.
Die meais Januaril, ano dai MCCCCXXI.”
The stone seems to have been erected after the death of the second person mentioned, and the exact date of the death of David Berclay had been forgotten; bit if his wife had been living she could have told the blessed date.
The rendering is as follows:-
“Here lies David Berclay of Luthrie, Lord of Preagyl, who died A.D. 1400.
“Here lies Helen de Douglas, wife of the foresaid, who died 29th January A.D. 1421..”
This memorial of an age upwards of 400 years bygone, is certainly interesting from its antiquity, if not from its intrinsic worth, but perhaps it may supply a link to the earlier history of some of our older families. It may be mentioned, the word rendered “Lutre” was at first made out to be “Mire”. The latter reading was favoured by the circumstance that some of the lands in the vicinity had been so named. But the former was, after a minute and careful inspection, decidedly considered to be the true rendering. – Fife Herald.
19th July 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At Kingston, Glasgow, on the 18th instant, Mrs Colin Rae brown, a son.
At 36 John Street, on the 18th instant, Mrs Gavin park, a son.
At 32 Grafton Square, on the 17th instant, Mrs B Gow, a son.
At 23 Portland Street, Glasgow, on the 17th instant, the wife of Mr Gilroy, a daughter.
At Partick, on the 16th instant, Mrs Archibald Colquhoun, a son.
At 10 Addison terrace, Nottinghill, London, on the 15th instant, Mrs Rennie, wife of John Rennie Esq., of Auchinloch, Lanarkshire, a son.
At Lonend, Paisley, on the 15th instant, Mrs Robert Russell, a son.
At 30 Pollock Street, on the 14th instant, Mrs John Anderson, a daughter.
At Bathgate, on the 14th instant, Mrs W Johnston, twins.
MARRIAGES[02]
At 21 Elmbank Crescent, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Buchanan, Free Tron Church, John Johnstone Esq., Euston Square, London, to Elizabeth Robina, daughter of Alexander Laird Esq.
At 52 Windsor Terrace, George’s Road, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. P Carmichael of Penpont, Mr James Parlane, Paisley, to Marion, youngest daughter of John McCubbin Esq.
At Ayr, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. Norman McLeod, DD., of Glasgow, John N Maxwell McLeod Esq., son of the Rev. Norman McLeod, to Anne Irvine, and at the same time, James Bartlett Hyde, Esq., son of James Hyde Esq., of Aplay, Isle of Wight, to Isabella Jessie Ann, daughters of Rear-Admiral Campbell of Barbreck, Argyllshire.
At Airdrie, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. James McGown, Mr Alexander Menzies, Monklands Railways, to Marion Waddell, eldest daughter of the mate Mr William Torrance, surgeon there.
At Campbeltown, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. James Boyd, United Presbyterian Church, Mr Charles McEachran, commission agent to Jane, daughter of the late John Johnston Esq., of Belize, South America.
On the 12th instant, by the Rev. Mr Mitchell, Mr David McCallum, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Mr William Alcorn, Glasgow.
At Kendal, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. JH Burns, vicar, Robert Barr Esq., merchant Glasgow, to Ameila, second daughter of the Rev. WH Huddleston, Kendal.
DEATHS [02]
At Gourock, on the 18th instant, Mr Alexander Duncan, jun., of Buchanan Street, Glasgow. – Friends will please accept of this intination.
At North Woodside Road, on the 17th instant, Jane Robertson, wife of HH Munro Esq. – Friends will please accept of this notification.
At 250(?) Duke Street, on the 18th instant, William Lonnie, aged 35 years, son of Mr Andrew Lonnie, Broomhill Place. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 60 Bath Street, on the 16th instant, Mr John Graham, printer, aged 59 years.
At his father’s house, 236 Argyll Street, on the 18th instant, James, eldest son of Mr Robert Wilkie, umbrella manufacturer.
On the 16th instant, in the thirtieth year of his age, Mr William Don, eldest son of Mr Charles Don, builder, Rutherglen.
At Millport, on the 16th instant, Mary, eldest daughter of Mr John Kay, Taylor Street, Glasgow.
At Inverary, on the 16th instant, James Wright Esq., writer, aged 68 years.
At 309 West St Vincent Street, on the 15th instant, Margaret Paterson, wife of Archibald Newall Esq.
At 46 Graeme Street, on the 15th instant, William, eldest son of Mr Matthew G Gordon.
At 147 West Regent Street, on the 14th instant, Elizabeth Chalmers, infant daughter of Mr John Steel.
At East Burn, Helensburgh, on the 14th instant, Mr Alexander Hay, late architect in Glasgow, in the seventy-sixth year of his age.
At Waterford, on the 13th instant, Mr David Robertson, merchant, Glasgow.
At Lenton Priory, Nottingham, Annie, aged three years and six months, daughter of Mr Thomas Place.
At 38 Charlotte Lane, on the 18th instant, Joanna K(?) Gray, wife of Mr William brown, joiner.
At Prior-Letham, Fifeshire, on the 18th(?) instant, Elizabeth Ballingall, wife of Mr Alexander reid.
LOSS OF LIFE BY LIGHTENING [02] – On Wednesday afternoon, about five o’clock, serious accidents took place in the neighbourhood of Kilbarchan, during the thunder storm, the result of which has been the death of a respectable person named Thomas Hunter, a grocer and weaver’s agent in Kilbarchan, the injury of two male servants, belonging to the farms of Fulton and Raimhill, and the loss of a valuable cow. Mr Hunter was struck on the head, went through his hat, and passed directly down his body, splitting his clothing into fragments, even his shoes, each of which were found cut in two... he has left a widow and four children.
FATAL ACCIDENTS [abbreviated][01] – On Saturday morning, between eight and nine o’clock, a young man, named Spence Greig, fireman in the employment of the North British Railway Company lost his life... it would appear that it is a practice with some of the engine drivers and firemen, while waiting at the coal lays on the line, to take a gun with them to have a shot at the birds... while Grieg was sweeping the tender, the gun exploded, and the charge entered his groin... he bled to death. On Friday morning, about four o’clock, a young man named Robert Airley, in the employment of Mr Kilpatrick, farmer, Coats, in the neighbourhood of Penicuik, left the farm steading in charge of a herd of cattle... the unfortunate man was discovered about seven o’clock, in the field, lying upon the ground, with a young bull standing quietly over him... he only survived till about nine o’clock. Several ribs in his body had been fractured and his heart had sustained severe injury from a bruise. On Saturday morning, about three o’clock, a person passing the upper stone bridge near Leith Mills, observed some one struggling in the stream below. He immediately gave the alarm and the body was got on shore. It proved to be one of the soldiers belonging to the Artillery. Whether he had thrown himself over the bridge, or by some means overbalanced himself and fallen in accidentally, is unknown. He was an Englishman, thirty years of age. – On Sunday a fatal accident happened at a deep part of the Water of Leith called “Hill’s Hole”, at the foot of Bowling Green Street. It appears that a fine girl, called Jean Lawson, 8 years of age, daughter of a widow residing in King Street, while playing with some companions on the banks of the river, fell in, and before she could be got out of the water life was quite extinct. – On Saturday evening, at 7 o’clock, a boy, about 9 years of age, named Peter Miller, residing in Burns’ Street, Leith, was amusing himself with some companions at the railway at Leith Sands, when his head was jammed or crushed between the two buffers of some trucks. He was conveyed to the Casualty Hospital, where he expired about 12 o’clock the same evening.
21st July 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 183 Renfrew Street, on the 21st instant, Mrs John Frew, a son.
At Carse House, Argyllshire, on the 18th instant, Mrs D Campbell of Drimnamucklach, a daughter.
At Dorrater House, on the 19th instant, the wife of Adam Smith Esq., writer, Falkirk, a daughter.
At 52 South Ross Street, Hutchesontown, on the 18th instant, Mrs James Cree, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 88 South Portland Street, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. Mr Ramage, Mr Alexander Duncan, to Ellen Mary, daughter of the late Mr Samuel Shanks, merchant, Glasgow.
At Ballymena, County Antrim, on the 17th instant, by the rev. Dr. Dobbin, Mr John Reid, merchant, Glasgow, to Mary, eldest daughter of James Taylor Esq., merchant, Ballymena.
At 75 Renfield Street, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Forbes, Free St Paul’s, Mr James McEachern, to Elizabeth Caroline, youngest daughter of the late Mr James Wilson Douglas.
DEATHS [02]
At 173 George Street, on the 19th instant, Mr John Lindsay, calenderer, aged 80 years. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 1 Little Dive Street, Gallowgate, on the 20th instant, Jane Laird, wife of Mr James MacNee.
At 10 Kirk Street, on the 20th instant, Mr James Stark Gentle.
At Linlithgow, on the 19th instant, Joan Johnston, aged 90 years, relict of Mr John Gibb, builder.
At Rothesay, on the 18th instant, Donald, infant son of Mr John MacMillan.
At Rothesay, on the 17th instant, Matthew Gilmour, twin son of Mr William Henderson, baker, Hospital Street, Hutchesontown.
At 14 Roslin Place, Glasgow, Mr William Allan sen., aged 66 years, formerly farmer, High Warnock, parish of Craigie, Ayrshire.
At Ayr, on the 17th instant, Mr Robert Nichol, late of Dublin.
On the 14th instant, Mr John Hewitt, of Liverpool, late Commander of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship Britannia.
At Lesslie, on the 11th instant, David, aged four years, son of Mr John Todd, Croy Place, Glasgow.
26th July 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 144 Queen Street, Wilson’s Temperance Hotel, on the 25th instant, Mrs William Wilson, a son.
At 4# Brown Street, on the 25th instant, Mrs Thomas McFarquhar, a daughter.
At 15 South Apsley Place, on the 24th instant, Mrs James Miller, a daughter.
At 173 Hope Street, on the 24th instant, Mrs Henry Hardie, a son.
At Meadowvale, Partick, on the 24th instant, Mrs William Walker, a son.
At 16 Blythswood Square, Glasgow, on the 23d instant, Mrs Graham Hutchison, a son.
At 33 Elmbank Crescent, on the 23d instant, Mrs James McLaren, a daughter.
At 77 Hill Street, Garnet Hill, on the 23d instant, Mrs Wansch(?) a daughter.
At Greenock, on the 23d instant, Mrs Robert Dunlop, Viewfield Cottage, Campsie, a daughter, still-born.
At 93 Waterloo Street, on the 23d instant, Mrs James Muir, a daughter.
At 79 Great Hamilton Street, on the 22d instant, Mrs Alexander Thomson, a son.
At Rosia, Gibraltar, on the 10th instant, Mrs Jseph John Henley, a daughter.
At Rio de Janeiro, on the 17th May, Mrs Thomas S Newlands, a son.
At Wooloomooloo, Sydney, NSW, on the 18th March last, Mrs John Alexander, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 43(?) Union Street, on thye 25th instant, by the Rev. HM McGill, James Selkirk Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to Barbara Glasgow, daughter of the late JG Buchanan Esq., writer, Glasgow.
At 128 Union Street, Glasgow, on the 25th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Symington, Mr Robert Alexander, clothier, Glasgow, to Margaret, daughter of the late Mr Thomas Strathearn.
At 61 Waterloo Street, on the 25th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Beattie, Mr David Weir, to Anne McLay, eldest daughter of Captain William Mitchell.
At Paisley, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. Mr Beckett, Rutherglen, Mr Alexander Begg to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr William Paul, Canal Street, Paisley.
At Overton, near Denny, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. Colin McCulloch, Mr Thomas Millet, merchant, Falkirk, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Adam Esq.
At the Church of St Alphege, Greenwich, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. JV Hughes, Professor Alexander Duncan, Glasgow, to Harriette, youngest daughter of the late William Dyer Esq., surgeon, Maize Hill, Greenwich, formerly of Luton, Bedfordshire.
At Kirn, Dunoon, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. Dr. McKay. Mr William Buchanan, eldest son of Mr William Buchanan, carter, Dumbarton, to Janet, youngest daughter of Mr Johnston, gardener, Dunoon.
DEATHS [02]
On the 24th instant, Mr Alexander Davidson, 67 West Nile Street. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 26 Brown Street, on the 25th instant, Captain John Macpherson, late of the bark “Marming”.
At 206 Gallowgate Street, on the 25th instant, Lillias Jane, infant daughter of Mr Alexander Gleig Baxter.
At 53 Holmhead Street, on the 24th instant, John, second son of Mr George Cameron.
At Old Basin, on the 24th instant, Mr James Gilchrist, innkeeper, aged 64 years.
At 41 North Albion Street, on the 24th instant, Margaret Williamson, relict of Mr James Hardie, gardener at Castle Semple.
At Bridge of Allan, on the 23d instant, Mr George Ebenezer Harvie, accountant, Glasgow, youngest son of the late Andrew Harvie Esq.
At 23(?) Tureen Street, on the 23d instant, Mr John Anderson, grocer, aged 48 years.
Drowned, in the Canal at Falkirk, on the 19th instant, while bathing, James Cowie, second son of Mr David Graham, merchant, Grahamston, Falkirk.
At 14 Grove Terrace, Leeds, on the 22d instant, William, eldest son of the late James Mather Esq., Gilbertfield, Hamilton.
At Port Street, Stirling, on the 21st instant, from water in the brain, Jane Ferguson, aged two years and seven months, eldest child of Mr George Fotheringham, wine and spirit merchant.
At 131 Graham Street, Johnstone, on the 19th instant, Elizabeth Reid, aged 59(?) years, relict of Patrick Jaffrey Esq., builder.
At 106 Duke Street, on the 18th instant, Mr William Murray sen., aged 53 years.
At Holt Hill, Tranmere, Cheshire, on the 14th instant, Margaret, in her eightieth year, wife of Mr David Shaw, late of Mearns.
At Trinity College, Dublin, on the 9th instant, George, youngest son of the late Mr John Campbell of Kilberry, Argyllshire.
DEATH OF A VETERAN [02] – Died at Torbole, Sutherlandshire, on the 11th ultimo, Donald McIntosh, at the advanced age of ninety-two. At the age of seventeen, deceased joined the 9th regiment of foot, in which he remained twenty-two years, and was present at the taking of some of the West India Islands, where he was severely wounded. He received his discharge in 1796, with a pension of 1s. 1½d per day, which he drew for the long period of fifty-three years. During the same period, viz., fifty-three years, the deceased was a respected farmer on the estate of the Duke of Sutherland.
MELANCHOLY DEATH OF TWO CHILDREN BY DROWING NEAR GATEHOUSE [abbreviated] – On Tuesday last a number of children were amusing themselves on the shore at Skyeburn, near Gatehouse, when some of them resolved to bathe, not knowing that the ground there is dangerous on account of its varied nature. Two of the boys, each 12 years of age unexpectedly went into a small creek where the water deepened, and neither of them could swim... One of the boys was named Samuel son of Mr Peter Kelly, farmer, Arkland, the other James, eldest son of Mr James McKean, Puleree Saw Mill... Dumfries Courier.
29th July 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 18 Norfolk Street, Laurieston, on the 18th instant, Mrs Thomas Gray, a son.
At Torwood, on the 27th instant, Mrs Keyden, a son.
At 190 Athole Place, on the 26th instant, Mrs William Mitchell, a son.
At Craigton, on the 25th instant, Mrs William Blackwood, a daughter.
At Midtownfield, on the 24th instant, Mrs John McNab, a son.
At East Kilbride, on the 24th instant, Mrs Dr. Fergus, a daughter.
At Blackadder, on the 21st instant, Lady Houston Boswell, a son.
At Balgray Cottage, on the 21st instant, Mrs James Paterson, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Larne Church, County Antrim, on the 24th instant, by the Rev. Ralph Ward, Arthur Wellesley Robertson Esq., eldest son of the late Colonel Robertson of Hallcraig, Lanarkshire, to Harriette, daughter of the late Patrick Agnew of Larne Esq.
At 6 Croy Place, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. William Arnot, Mr Robert Law, iron-founder, to Agnes McDonald, eldest daughter of Mr John Kennedy, merchant, Glasgow.
DEATHS [02],/b>
Suddenly, at Newstead, Govan Road, on the 28th instant, Janet Bryce, wife of Andrew McCulloch Esq. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 6 Lansdowne Crescent, on the 27th instant, Marion McCall, in the seventy-ninth year of her age, relict of the late John Mackintosh Esq., accountant in Glasgow. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 7 Barrel’s Lane, on the 27th instant, Mr Malcolm McCallum, contractor. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Gourock, on the 27th instant, Helen Christina Gray, aged seven years youngest daughter of John Harvey Esq., Kingston, Glasgow.
At Gourock, on the 20th instant, Isabella McKenzie, aged two years, daughter of Mr John Harvey.
At 166 Main Street, Gorbals, on the 27th instant, Peter Barr, son of Mr John Turnbull, spirit merchant.
At 37 Nelson Street, Tradeston, on the 27th instant, Alexander, infant son of Mr Alexander Ferguson, flesher.
At 25 Orr Street, on the 27th instant, John Dunn, aged eight months, son of Mr John McLure.
At Strone Point, Kilmun, on the 25th instant, Mrs John Donaldson.
At 12 William Street, Johnstone, on the 25th instant, after a short illness, Mr Hugh Smith, machine-maker, aged 71 years.
At 31 Centre Street, Tradeston, on the 22d instant, Jean Muir, wife of Mr Alexander Moore.
At Brixton Hill, London, on the 30th instant, Mr David Austin, surgeon, late of Govan.
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