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    4th April 1851

     
    BIRTHS [02]
     
    At 82 High Street, Paisley, on the 3d instant, Mrs John R Cunningham, a daughter.

    At 653 Gallowgate Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs James Neilson, a son.

    At 70 Robertson Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs Maclaren, a son.

    At 153 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, on the 1st instant, the wife of Andrew Nisbet Esq., surgeon dentist, a daughter.

    At 4 Tobago Street, on the 1st instant, Mrs William Rae, a son.

    At 93 South Portland Street, on the 1st instant, Mrs John Macfarlane, a son.

    At 65 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs John Anderson, a daughter.
     
    MARRIAGES [02] At 14 Wardrop Street, Paisley, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. JJ Dickson, Mr Robert Barclay, to Jane, third daughter of Mr Archibald Arthur.

    At 198 Buchanan Street, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. John Graham, Mr John Rutherford, commission agent, Glasgow, to Elizabeth Montgomerie, relict of Mr Alexander Arthur, merchant, Glasgow.
     
    DEATHS [02] At 37 Garnet Hill Street, on the 30th ultimo, Margaret, daughter of the late Mr James Morrison, tacksman, Inveronich, Argyllshire. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At her brother-in-law’s house, Meadowbank Place, Partick, on the 3d instant, Jane, second daughter of Thomas Binnie Esq., builder, Glasgow.

    At 30 Charlotte Street, on the 2d instant, Jane, eldest daughter of Mr Thomas Johnston.

    At 32 Macfarlane Street, on the 2d instant, Mr Robert Angus, aged 54.

    At Glasgow, on the 1st instant, John Tennent Esq., writer.

    At 17 Virginia Street, on the 1st instant, Margaret Watson, wife of Mr Robert Allan.

    At 213 Buchanan Street, on the 1st instant, Ellen, youngest daughter of Mr John Holms, late joiner and wood-merchant, Paisley.

    At 21 Waterloo Place, on the 1st instant, Mr James Morris, aged 55.

    At 76 John Street, Margaret Young, daughter of Mr Andrew Wilson.

    At 37 Hamilton Street, Greenock, on the 1st instant, William, infant son of Mr Robert Cassels, tea merchant.

    At Cumbernauld, on the 31st ultimo, Mr Robert Watson, merchant there.

    At 25 Waterloo Place, Kingston, on the 31st ultimo, James Corbett Esq., aged 85 years.

    At Dunoon, on the 30th ultimo, Janet Robertson, teacher of the parochial female school there, aged 25 years.

    At 51 Main Street, Gorbals, on the 30th ultimo, David, youngest surviving son of Mr Alexander Main.

    At Cardross, Perthshire, on the 29th ultimo, Mr William Buchanan, teacher, aged 79 years.

    At his house, 47 Moray Place, Edinburgh, on the 30th ultimo, Sir James Wellwood Moncrieff, Bart., in his 75th year.

    On his passage to New York, Mr Thomas Moffat, late with Messrs. A & C Black, booksellers, and compiler of the third index to the Edinburgh Review. · At Clyde Bank, Glasgow, Thomas Reeves, son of CF Reeves Esq., in his 14th year.

    MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT THE HARBOUR [abbreviated][02] On Friday night last, between the hours of eleven and twelve, William Maconochie, the engineer of the Scotia steamer, while in the act of passing from the Briton on board of his own vessel, unfortunately missed his footing on the narrow plank between the steamers, and fell between the two paddle-boxes into the river.... his corpse was found the next morning... he was in the prime of his life, unmarried...he belonged to Glasgow... – Ayr Observer.

    FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CHILD [abbreviated][02] On Monday, between the hours of 4 and 5pm, as a cart loaded with lime was proceeding towards the quay... a couple of children unfortunately came in the way. One took to the right side, the other to the left, when the latter, a little girl, named Rachael McLean, daughter of Mr William McLean, shoemaker, Peebles Street, Newton, was unfortunately knocked down, and the wheel passed over her body...eventually died... The cart was in charge of James Mitchell, servant to Mr John Reid, Newton Green, and the matter is in course of investigation by the Fiscal. – Ayr Observer.

    FATAL ACCIDENT [02] On the night of Tuesday last, two persons sought shelter on one of the “cowies” at Drumbuie coal pit. One of them, a young man about 17 years of age, named Charles McDonald, a native of Ireland, and travelling to Port Glasgow, went out during the night, on his return lost his way, and, falling down the shaft, was killed on the spot. He has been buried in Sanquhar church-yard. – Dumfries Courier.
     
    7th April 1851

     
    BIRTHS [02]
     
    At Nervelstone, Lochwinnoch, on the 5th instant, Mrs Robert Brodie, a son.

    At 5 Brighton Place, on the 5th instant, Mrs Stout, a son.

    At High Street, Johnstone, on the 5th instant, the wife of Mr Archibald Orr, flesher, a son.

    At Greenlaw Street, Paisley, on the 5th instant, Mrs RW Ralston, a daughter.

    At 13 Surrey Street, on the 5th instant, Mrs William Bremner, a son.

    At 16 Holland Place, on the 4th instant, Mrs John Mitchell, a daughter.

    At St Enoch’s Hall, Lanarkshire, on the 4th instant, the lady of William Hozier Esq., Royal Scots Greys, a son.

    At Govan Bank, on the 4th instant, Mrs William Geddes, a daughter.

    At West Campbell Street, on the 4th instant, Mrs Robert Donie, a son.

    At Ayr, on the 3d instant, Mrs John Cairns, of Salisbury Street, Glasgow, a son.

    At Dumbarton, on the 3d instant, Mrs George Crauford, a daughter.

    At Charlestown, Gairloch, Ross-shire, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Duncan McDonald, a daughter.

    At Baldarroch, Campsie, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs Robert Young, a son.

    At Loudon, on the 26th ultimo, Mrs Alexander Beath, a son, still born.
     
    MARRIAGES [02]
     
    At 93 Rottenrow Street, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Walter Duncan, Mr James McKellar, Manchester, to Christina, second daughter of Mr James Walker, Glasgow.

    At the Parish Church, Swanscombe, Kent, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. GC Renouard, George Vulliamy Esq., 26 Suffolk Street, Pall-Mall, to Eliza, relict of Mathew King Esq., Port Glasgow, and second daughter of Captain Umfreville, RN., Crayland House, Swanscombe.
     
    DEATHS [02]
     
    At Croydon, Surrey, on the 2d instant, Margaret Robertson, wife of Mr Thomas Younger, late of Glasgow. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At 22 Elmbank Crescent, on the 4th instant, Catharine Osborn, wife of Mr Robert Cassels.

    At 65 West Regent Street, Glasgow, on the 5th instant, Miss Wyld.

    At Clyde Ironworks, on the 5th instant, Mr Donald Mackenzie, aged 75 years.

    At 12 Salisbury Street, on the 5th instant, Mary-Jane, aged 13 years, only child of the late Mr Joseph Cockfield.

    At Warwickdale, parish of Dreghorn, on the 5th instant, Janet Wallace, aged 65 years, wife of Mr James Laut, farmer.

    At his son’s house, 9 Ocwald Street, on the 5th instant, Mr M John Rankin, sen., late of Drunchoish, Glenetive, Argyllshire, aged 78 years.

    At Orchardhill, Hamilton, on the 4th instant, Hamilton Gibson, wife of James Millar Esq., surgeon.

    At 36 Sauchiehall Street, on the 3d instant, William, youngest son of Mr William Tennant.

    At Grange Hall Cottage, Near Stirling, on the 3d instant, Mr George McDonald, commission merchant, Glasgow.

    At 364 Argyll Street, on the 2d instant, Catherine Kevan, wife of Mr James Aitken.

    At Craigton Bleachworks, on the 1st instant, John Blackwood sen., Esq., in the 63d year of his age.

    FATAL ACCIDENT [02] On Saturday last a man, named William Douglas, who was employed as a wright as a new house in the course of building in Young Street, Calton, lost his life instantaneously. The unfortunate man had placed his foot on a top cornice-stone, which shifted from his weight, and was the means of dashing him to the ground from the top of the house. Douglas was a native of Perthshire, about 30 years of age, and had only joined the work on the preceding day.

    MAN FOUND DEAD [abbreviated][02] On the morning of Friday last, Charles Guthrie, a hammerman, residing in Alison Street, Newton-on-Ayr, was found dead at the foot of Wallace Street... it appears that Guthrie and the son of a lodging-house keeper in Isle Lane, called Buchanan, had been drinking together in Newton, and about 11 o’clock, being unable to proceed home, Guthrie was left lying in the street by his companion... Deceased was a man of about 30 years of age, unmarried, and was employed as a labourer at the railway station... – Ayr Advertiser.

    FATAL AND MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT [abbreviated][02] On Monday last a very melancholy accident took place in New Bridge Street, Ayr... a carter named James Mitchell, residing in Wallacetown, was leading two carts...the first horse turned off to the right instead of straight ahead...the driver applied the whip...wheeling round suddenly, the horse knocked down a little girl of the name of Jane McLean... the wheel passed over her... was carried to the house of her parents, who reside in Peebles Street, Newton... – Ayr Advertiser.
     
    11th April 1851

     
    BIRTHS [02]
     
    135 Wellington Street, on the 10th instant, Mrs D Ritchie, a son.

    At the Western Bank of Scotland, Biggar, on the 10th instant, Mrs Jackson, a daughter.

    At Victoria Road, Nitshill, on the 9th instant, Mrs James Binnie, a son.

    At 40 Oxford Street, on the 9th instant, Mrs Archibald Hume, a son.

    At 30 Taylor Street, on the 9th instant, Mrs Ebenezer Murray, a son.

    At Lily Vale Cottage, Govan Road, on the 9th instant, Mrs William Mathieson, a daughter.

    At 18 Woodside Place, on the 8th instant, Mrs James Brown, a son.

    At Loudon, on the 7th instant, Mrs Archibald Gilchrist, a son.

    At 41 Main Street, Calton, on the 6th instant, Mrs Thomas Irving, a daughter.

    At Stafford Place, on the 6th instant, Mrs JA Mathieson, a daughter.

    At Madrid on the 2d instant, the lady of J Hume Burnley Esq., a son.
     
    MARRIAGES [02]
     
    At Sandyford, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. WD Henderson, Mr D Fenton, Glasgow, to Mary, daughter of David Sym Esq., of Sandyknowles.

    At 226 St Vincent Street, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. James Smith of Cathcart, John B Hartley Esq., Liverpool, to Frances Chisholme, youngest daughter of John James Gibb, Esq.

    At Glasgow, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. Mr Glassford, Mr James Ross, to Christian Millar, relict of Mr John Buchanan, Glasgow.

    At St John’s Church, Ashwood, Tennessee, US., on the 14th ultimo, by the Rev. EH Cressey, Edward Albert Suwer Krop Esq., San Francisco, to Isabella Anne, daughter of the late Peter Smith Esq., Glasgow.

    At Montgomery, Alabama, on the 26th Febraury, by the Rev. Mr Morton, Mr John McLauchlin, to Margaret, fourth daughter of Mr William Walker, late bookmaker, Glasgow.
     
    DEATHS [02]
     
    At Oporto, on the 26th March, Mr Thomas Fleming, of the firm of Messrs. A Miller & Co., there. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At 2Clifton Grove Crescent, on the 10th instant, Margaret Campbell, infant daughter of Mr D Cameron.

    At her father’s house, 80 Muslin Street, Bridgeton, on the 10th instant, Elizabeth Hill, wife of Henry Russell Esq., surgeon, Stonehouse, Lanarkshire.

    At 5 Bellgrove Street, on the 9th instant, Robina Stewart, only child of the late Mr Robert Stewart, merchant, Gorbals.

    At 25 Montrose Street, on the 9th instant, William, youngest son of Mr John Knox.

    At 27 Stockwell Street, on the 9th instant, Mr John Hosie, senr.

    At Craighalbert, Cumbernauld, on the 8th instant, Robert, son of Mr James Allan.

    At the Royal Hotel, George Square, on the 8th instant, John Smith, aged twelve months, infant son of Mr George Comrie.

    At the Town’s Mill of Glasgow, on the 8th instant, William, aged 25 years, third son of Mr James Forrest, Miller there.

    At 10 Gloucester Square, London, on the 7th instant, Mary Horrocks, wife of John Stratton Esq., of Turweaton, Bucks.

    At Partick, on the 6th instant, Mrs William Gibb, aged 93 years.

    At the Institution for deaf and Dumb, Glasgow, on the 4th instant, Mary Anne, aged 16 years, second daughter of Samuel Goddard Esq., 14th Regiment.

    AN INCIDENT OF THE CENSUS [02] One of the collectors under the Census Act, received a blank return from one man, and he was asked why it was not filled up? The reply was that nobody had slept in the house the preceding night. “Was the house empty then?” he enquired. “No”, was the rejoinder, “but my wife was confined of twins for the third time, about 10 o’clock, and nobody has slept since!”

    SUDDEN DEATHS [02] On Saturday forenoon, while Mr John Inglis, teacher, West Arthur Place, was passing along Davie Street, he suddenly fell down, and almost immediately expired. He was upwards of sixty years of age. A not less striking case occurred the same afternoon. An individual, named Mackay, residing on Jamaica Street, suddenly fell down in India Street, and was lifted a corpse. In both cases it is presumed that the proximate cause of death was disease of the heart. – Scotsman.

    MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT [abbreviated][02] On Saturday evening last, between nine and ten o’clock, a young man named Alexander McAuslan, belonging to the village of Bonhill, met with his death... he had, along with other three, been taking a pleasure sail down the Leven in a small boat...while nearly opposite the limekilns a little below Dalquhurn dye works the boat capsized... a woman residing up the river, who witnessed the accident, had the survivors brought into her house... one person was missing...
     
    14th April 1851

     
    BIRTHS [02]
     
    At Colina Cottage, Maryhill, on the 12th instant, Mrs William Swan, a daughter.

    At Birkenhead, on the 10th instant, Mrs Isaac Buchanan, a son.

    At Cleughern, East Kilbride, on the 10th instant, Mrs John Morton, a daughter.

    At Calderhaugh Cottage, Lochwinnoch, on the 7th instant, the wife of James Scott Esq., writer, a son.

    At London, on the 7th instant, Mrs Archibald Gilchrist, a son.

    At 84 North Hanover Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs James Alexander, a son.

    At Glencoe Fabric, Moscow [Ayrshire??] on the 25th ultimo, Mrs James Finnie, a daughter.
     
    MARRIAGES [02]
     
    At Nerston, East Kilbride, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. James Bonar, Mr John Riddle, wright, Cadgerhill, to Jessie, daughter of Mr John Gilmour.

    At Holy Trinity Chapel, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. Henry George Pirie, William Hebden Wilson Esq., Liverpool, to Maria Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Robert Buchanan Esq., Glasgow.

    At 17 Nicholson Street, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. James Knox, AM., of Ayr, Mr William Birkmyre Knox, ironmonger, Port Glasgow, to Janet, youngest daughter of Captain Samuel Nicol.

    At Lewisham, Kent, on the 8th instant, by the Honourable and Rev. Henry Legge, Thomas, third son of the late Mr Joseph Johnson, of Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, London, to Susannah, eldest daughter of the late Mr Charles Penny, of Lewisham.

    At St Thomas’s Episcopal Chapel, Edinburgh, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. DT Drummond, James Alexander Hunt Esq., second surviving son of James Hunt of Pittencrieff Esq., to Helen, youngest daughter of the late Alexander Gibson Maitland, Esq., yr. of Cliftonhall.
     
    DEATHS [02]
     
    At 24 Cathedral Street, on the 13th instant, Mr John McLay, aged 69 years. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At 15 Hill Street, Garnet Hill, on the 13th instant, Mr Hector McQuarie, in his 72d year.

    Suddenly, at 82 South Wellington Street, on the 12th instant, Mr Robert Taylor, foreman at Messrs. John Geddes & Sons, carpet factory, Little Govan.

    On the 12th instant, John Reid Esq., of Whitehill.

    At Trinity Mains, Edinburgh, on the 11th instant, of hooping cough, Isabella Jane, youngest daughter of Mr George Logan.

    At 26 Abbotsford Place, on the 11th instant, Miss Anderson, aged 96 years, last surviving daughter of the late Rev. William Anderson, minister of Gorbals.

    At 22 Abbotsford Place, on the 11th instant, Thornton, aged ten months, son of Mr John Taylor, jun.

    At 2 Kingston Place, on the 10th instant, Catherine Jackson, relict of John Marshall, Esq., of Chapleton, Glassford.

    At 17 Hill Street, on the 9th instant, Agnes, aged four and a half years, daughter of mr James Meiklejohn, baker.

    Suddenly, at 26 Savoy Street, Bridgeton, on the 7th instant, Mr Thomas Gilles, mill-wright, youngest son of Mr Solomon Gilles, mill-wright, Catrine, Ayrshire.

    At 7 Brighton Terrace, Brixton, London, on the 4th instant, Isabella Paterson, relict of John Boyd, Esq., Glasgow, aged 77.

    MELANCHOLY OCCURENCE [abbreviated][02] On Friday afternoon, about four o’clock, a melancholy circumstance occurred in Trongate, which resulted in the death of an unfortunate individual, named John Inglis, pattern-book maker... was only 26 years of age... had been addicted to occasional fits of intemperance, and while in a state of delirium tremens, jumped from the window of his mother’s house, a height of three stories and falling on the pavement...
     
    18th April 1851

     
    BIRTHS [02]
     
    At Breadalbane Terrace, Garnet Hill, on the 17th instant, Mrs Robert Clark, a son.

    At Holly Bank, Partick, on the 17th instant, Mrs Campbell King, a son.

    At 1 Albert Place, Kingston, on the 17th instant, the wife of Mr David Millar junr., architect, a son.

    At Laurel Bank, Partick, on the 17th instant, Mrs William Ross, a son.

    At 11 Yard Head, Leith, Mrs D Fairweather, a daughter.

    At Hill House, Garagad Hill, on the 16th instant, Mrs Robert Readman, a daughter.

    At New Dundyvan, Coatbridge, on the 16th instant, Mrs James Start, twin sons.

    At 3 Abercromby Place, on the 16th instant, Mrs Gilmour, a son.

    At 28 Woodside Place, on the 16th instant, Mrs Walter Neilson, a daughter.

    At 2 Clifton Place, on the 15th instant, Mrs John Church, a son.

    At 13 Bellgrove Street, Glasgow, on the 14th instant, Mrs George Maltman, a daughter.

    At 6 India Street, on the 15th instant, Mrs Alston, of Stockbriggs, a daughter.

    At 152 St George Road, on the 14th instant, Mrs John Baird, a son.

    At 14 Salisbury Street, Laurieston, on the 14th instant, Mrs James Stevenson, a daughter.

    At Pinkston, on the 14th instant, Mrs Robert Harvey, a daughter.

    At Gowan Bank, Dunoon, on the 14th instant, Mrs A Robertson, a daughter.

    At 20 George Street, on the 14th instant, Mrs William Watson, a daughter.

    At Cheltenham, on the 14th instant, the lady of George Buchanan Esq., of Arden, a son.

    At 48 North Portland Street, on the 13th instant, Mrs John Walker, a daughter.

    At 5 Robertson Street, on the 13th instant, Mrs Peter McNicol, a son.

    At Easterton, on the 10th instant, the wife of John McHaffie Esq., of Eastwood, a son.
     
    MARRIAGES [02]
     
    At Ayr, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. WO Allan, Mr James G Logan, Glasgow, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Allan Fowlds Esq., Kilmarnock.

    At Union Chapel, Manchester, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. F Tucker, John Sands Esq., of London, to Sarah Frances, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Sharp Esq., of Oaklands, near Manchester.

    At Hilton, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Mr John Park, MA., Mr John Scott, farmer, Balmuldy, Cadder, to Martha, eldest daughter of Mr Alexander Murdoch, farmer.

    At Ivy Bank, Ashton, Gourock, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Mr McDonald, Mr Malcolm Nivan, merchant, Glasgow, to Janet, only daughter of John Kilpatrick Esq.

    At Holy Trinity Chapel, Dunoon, on the 10th instant, BY THE Rev. Henry George Pirie, William Hebden Wilson, Esq., Liverpool, to Maria Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Robert Buchanan Esq., Glasgow.
     
    DEATHS [02]
     
    At Ayr, on the 17th instant, Mr Maitland Nicol, of 98 Queen Street, Glasgow. – friends will please accept of this intimation. At 12 South Kinning Place, Kingston, on the 16th instant, of typhus fever, the Rev. George Smith, aged 46 years, chaplain of Govan Poor-house. – Friends at a distance will please accept of this intimation.

    At Ahangam Estate, Ceylon, on the 25th February last, Martin, son of Mr John White, 28 Abbotsford Place, Glasgow. – friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At 79 Eglinton Street, on the 18th instant, Mr John Kelman, aged 47 years.

    Suddenly, at 96 Eglinton Street, on the 17th instant, Mrs Samuel Wylie.

    At 73 Eglinton Street, on the 17th instant, Jane Brown, youngest daughter of the late Mr Angus Sutherland.

    At 38 Adelphi Street, on the 17th instant, Duncan Robert, infant son of Mr Robert McLauchlane.

    At 30 Causeyside Street, Paisley, on the 16th instant, the Rev. Citizen John Kennedy, in his 58th year.

    At 288 Buchanan Street, on the 16th instant, Mr Hugh Colquhoun, wine and spirit merchant.

    On the 16th instant, John, third surviving son of the late Mr Thomas McFeat, spirit merchant, Rutherglen Loan, aged 5 years.

    At Clackmannan, on the 16th instant, Mrs Lindsay, relict of the Rev. David Lindsay.

    At 8 William Street, Cowcaddens, on the 15th instant, Henrietta Cathrine, aged 16 months, last surviving child of the late Mr Henry Miller.

    At Duntocher, on the 15th instant, Robert Walker Esq., late farmer, Duntegleman, aged 86 years.

    At 39 Duke Street, on the 15th instant, Mr Alexander Towart.

    At his house, 96 Centre Street, on the 14th instant, John Muir Esq., aged 77 years.

    At Murray Place, Stirling, on the 13th instant, Mary Cunningham, wife of Mr Robert Marshall, hatter.

    At 22 Brown Street, on the 14th instant, Catherine Hodge, wife of Mr Robert Steel.

    At 4 Steel Street, on the 14th instant, Jean Dunsmore, wife of Mr DC Gardner, spirit merchant, Glasgow.

    At 12 Coburg Street, Laurieston, on the 14th instant, Mr WD Barclay, writer.

    At Dumbarton, on the 11th instant, Mr James Reid, aged 83.

    At 115 Hospital Street, Mr Thomas Gibson, aged 26 years.

    At 2 Clifton Grove Crescent, on the 13th instant, Margaret Jane, second daughter of Mr RW Skipsey, aged 2 years and 5 months.

    At Madrid, on the 5th instant, the infant son of J Hume Burnley Esq., of the British Embassy.

    At 13 Douglas Street, Margaret McArthur, relict of Mr John Clark, wright, Port Glasgow, aged 77.

    ACCIDENT – KIRKALDY [02] On Thursday last, at two o’clock pm., the boiler of the pumping engine at one of the Dunnikier coal-pits burst, by which Robert Pratt, banksman, was so severely scalded that he died at 11 o’clock the same evening. He has left a widow and five children to deplore his loss. – Fifeshire Journal.

    SUDDEN DEATH [02] Hugh McEvoy, a well known collector of bones and rags, residing in Fore Street in this town, died last night, suddenly. He had been pursuing his usual trade during the day, and when he came in at night he seated himself by the fire, and apparently fell asleep. His wife proceeded to rouse him at the usual hour of going to bed, found that he was dead. – Kilmarnock Journal.

    THE ISLAND OF LEWIS [02] Sir John Macneil was in the island at the close of March prosecuting his official inquiries into the state of the population. It is said that an extensive voluntary emigration from the island is to take place during the season now opening; and that Sir James Matheson most liberally offers a free passage, to let fall all arrears of rent due by the emigrants, and to take their stock at valuation. Sir James, with kind and considerate attention, also offers to send out a clergyman and teacher of their persuasion (the Free Church) to accompany the emigrants. – Inverness Courier.
     
    21st April 1851

     
    BIRTHS [02]
     
    At 68 West Regent Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs M Fairley, a daughter.

    At 93 Glebe Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs Robert Richardson, a daughter.

    At 63 Tylefield Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs Richard Stevenson, a daughter.

    At 28 Scotland Street, Tradeston, on the 19th instant, Mrs James Gallacher, a daughter.

    At Lennoxtown, Dumbartonshire, on the 18th instant, Mrs Archibald Orr Ewing, a son.

    At 20 Hill Place, Stirling’s Road, on the 18th instant, Mrs Finlay Bell, a daughter.

    At Freeland Bank, Partick, on the 18th instant, Mrs David Macdonald, a daughter.

    At 103 West George Street, on the 18th instant, Mrs John Jarvie, a son.

    At the manse of Shotts, on the 18th instant, Mrs Watt, a son.

    At Pollokshaws, on the 16th instant, Mrs Duncan Watson, a son.

    At Pollokshaws, on the 16th instant, Mrs David Dow, a daughter.

    At Nitshill, near Barrhead, on the 16th instant, Mrs Robert Graham, a son and daughter.

    At 17 St Patrick Square, Edinburgh, on the 16th instant, Mrs Thomas Ross, a son.

    At Rochsolloch House, Airdrie, on the 16th instant, Mrs William Main, a daughter.

    At 2 East Cumberland Street, on the 14th instant, Mrs James Smith, provision merchant, a daughter.
     
    MARRIAGES [02]
     
    At 211 Sauchiehall Street, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Arnott, Mr John Lister, card-maker, to Miss Agnes Rowan Wilson.

    At Edinburgh, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. A Lawson, minister of Creich, Fife, Mr Charles Dempster, Bengal Artillery, to Jane, second surviving daughter of the late Rev. John Birrell, minister of Cupar-Fife.

    At Rocherster, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. John Fairbairn, Mr William Wilson, junr, of Campbellfield, to Martha Sarah, daughter of John C Hopkins Esq., of Rochester, Berwickshire.
     
    DEATHS [02]
     
    At 71 North Frederick Street, on the 20th instant, the Rev. James Falconer, late of Spittal, and formerly of Gatehouse. – Friends are requested to accept of this intimation.

    At Inveraray, on the 17th instant, Mr Donald MacIntyre, Clerk of Supply for the County of Argyll. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At 51 York Street, on the 19th instant, John Brown, aged ten months, youngest son of Mr James McCulloch.

    At 10 Great Hamilton Street, on the 19th instant, Margaret Scott, eldest daughter of Mr James Marshall.

    At 76 Great Hamilton Street, on the 19th instant, Mr Hugh Aitken, draper, Saltcoats.

    At Barrhead, on the 18th instant, Helen Armour, daughter of Mr Gabriel Anderson, baker.

    At Gourock, on the 18th instant, Margaret Farmer, aged one year and two months, infant daughter of Mr Duncan Forbes, Glasgow.

    Suddenly, at 85 Blackfriar’s Street, on the 18th instant, Mr David Brown, in his 73d year.

    At 69 London Street, on the 14th instant, Jane Colquhoun, aged 75 years, wife of Mr A Kellar, formerly relict of Mr Thomas Gray, comb-maker, Glasgow.

    At 86 Sauchiehall Street, on the 14th instant, Margaret Cunningham, relict of Mr John Small.

    Very suddenly, on the 14th instant, Dora, infant daughter of Mr Charles Dickens.

    At Faulshiels, Selkirkshire, on the 13th instant, Mr John park, aged 76 years, brother of Mungo Park, the celebrated African traveller.

    At Bridgegate, Irvine, on the 13th instant, Jean Robertson, wife of Mr David Thomson, currier, and on the 15th instant, the said Mr David Thomson.

    At 8 crown Street, Hutchesontown, on the 12th instant, William, only son of Mr John Alcorn, hatter, on the 3d year of his age.

    MAN KILLED – DISRESSING CIRCUMSTANCES [abbreviated][02] On Friday last, Peter Kinnon, and old man, employed as a labourer in the Nitshill Copperas Work, in Eastwood or Pollok parish, was deprived of life...he and another old man named Cameron were employed in shifting wagons by means of a turnplate from a tram rail...wagons collided crushing Kinnon... This case is peculiarly distressing from the circumstance of Kinnon having lost a son at the recent pit accident at Nitshill, who was the main support of the family, now rendered entirely destitute... It is also worthy of remark that to the row of houses, few in number, where Kinnon resided, thirteen of the victims in the late pit accident belonged...
     
    25th April 1851

     
    BIRTHS [02]
     
    At 23 Apsley Place, on the 24th instant, Mrs James Morton, a son.

    At George Terrace, Dunoon, on the 23d instant, Mrs Scott Orr, a son.

    At 80 Eglinson Street, on the 22d instant, Mrs Alexander Mills, a son.

    At 2 Bellgrove Street, on the 22d instant, Mrs Mitchell, a son.

    At 43 Duke Street, on the 21st instant, Mrs Thomas Watson, a daughter.

    At 26 South Portland, on the 21st instant, Mrs John Brown, a daughter.

    At Grangeholm, Kilmarnock, on the 21st instant, Mrs John Howie, a son.

    At 116 George Street, on the 21st instant, Mrs EG Maxwell, a son.

    At Hope Lodge, Garngad Hill, on the 21st instant, Mrs William Murray junr., a son.

    At Drummond Place, New City Road, on the 20th instant, Mrs Rae, a son.

    At 42 Port Dundas Road, on the 20th instant, Mrs Robert Law, a daughter, still-born.

    At 207 St George’s Road, on the 18th instant, Mrs Peter McFarlane, a daughter.

    At Strathaven, on the 18th instant, Mrs John King, a son.
     
    MARRIAGES [02]
     
    At Strone, on the 21st instant, by the rev. Mr Mackay, of Kilmun, Mr William Sinclair, printer, Glasgow, to Jessie, eldest daughter of the late Mr James Moultrie, grain merchant, Glasgow.

    At 8 Argyll Street, Greenock, on the 24th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Anderson of Glasgow, Mr William Murray, Glasgow, to Anne, eldest daughter of the late John Ewing Esq., merchant, Londonderry.

    At Meadow Bank, Partick, on the 24th instant, by the Rev. J Calder, Mr John Watt, iron merchant, Dumfries, to Jessie, only daughter of Mr Alexander McKinlay.

    At 16 South Portland Street, Glasgow, on the 24th instant, George Gibb Esq., to Jane, daughter of the late John Thompson Esq.

    At Castlehead House, Paisley, on the 24th instant, by the Rev. Mr Nisbet, Mr Patrick McKellar, merchant, Glasgow, to Christina, fifth daughter of Mr William Melvin, Ferguslee.

    At Yonderton, Houston Parish, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. William McLachlan, Kilmacolm, Mr Moses Buchanan, junr., Glasgow, to Anne, youngest daughter of John Orr Esq., Yonderton.

    At the house of Mr Adam Young, St Rollox, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Anderson, Mr Peter Wilson, grocer, to Janet Renwick, daughter of the late Mr William Anderson, Townhead.

    At Lochgilphead, Argyllshire, on the 22d instant, by the Mr McFarlan, Mr Angus McPherson, merchant, Glasgow, to Catherine, youngest daughter of Mr John Ross, late of Inverness.

    At 17 Woodside Terrace, Glasgow, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Hill, James Hutchison Esq., of Rockend, Dumbartonshire, to Henrietta Maxwell, daughter of the late James Graham Esq., Glasgow.

    At Millport, on the 22d instant, James Towers Esq., to Margaret Stewart, only daughter of the Rev. James McKirdy.

    At Machermore Castle, near Newton Stewart, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. MS Johnstone, John Matthews Esq., Jazley, Staffordshire, factor to Sir Robert Peel, Bart., to Jane, second daughter of Charles Warner Dunbar Thomson Esq.

    At Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. Alexander S Paterson, Robert, second son of the Rev. William Logan, Sanquhar, to Grace Thomson, only surviving daughter of the late Mr John Walker, Glasgow.

    At Strathaven, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. Alexander McLeod, of the West United Presbyterian Church, Mr John Granger, merchant, to Helen, fifth daughter of the deceased Mr Thomas Park, builder, Glassford.
     
    DEATHS [02]
     
    At South Kinning Place, Paisley Road, on the 24th instant, Mr Duncan Mackenzie, late of Greenock, aged 29 years. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At Tarbert, Argyllshire, on the 21st instant, Alexander McArthur Esq., harbour master there, aged 70 years. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At Kingston, Jamaica, on the 26th ultimo, Mr Thomas Dalziel, merchant, late of West Street, Tradeston, Glasgow, in the 32d year of his age. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At Adelaide, South Australia, on the 30th of December last, Mr Archibald Campbell, merchant, late of Coilessan, Argyllshire. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At 45 High Street, Ayr, on the 12th instant, Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr Alexander McDonald, in the 20th year of her age.

    At Busby, on the 23d instant, Jane Isabella, aged 18 years, only child of Mr James Bisset.

    At Greenfield Place, Govan, on the 23d instant, Isabella Brown, relict of Mr Alexander Ross, marble cutter, Glasgow.

    At 4 Tobago Street, on the 22d instant, Ellen Shaw, youngest daughter of Mr William Rae.

    At 72 South Portland Street, on the 21st instant, Hugh, son of Mr James Allan.

    At 4 East Miller Street, on the 21st instant, James, son of Mr James Gibb, road contractor.

    At 6 Monteith Row, Glasgow, on the 21st instant, Jane Bruce, eldest daughter of Mr Robert Young.

    At 8 Morris Place, on the 20th instant, Mrs David Buchan.

    At Finnart Bank, Kilmun, on the 20th instant, William Murray, sen., Esq., aged 73.

    At Netherplace, on the 20th instant, Miss Lillias Campbell.

    At Milton, Lesmahagow, on the 19th instant, James Porteous.

    At Wantaye House, Nottinghill, London, on the 19th instant, Thomas Stirling, aged 13 months, youngest child of Thomas Stirling Begbie Esq.

    Drowned, at Port Glasgow, on the 14th instant, Hugh Harley, aged 18, son of the late Mr Andrew Harley, Glasgow.

    At Rednock Castle, port of Monteath, Mr George Macnee, in his 74th year.

    FATAL ACCIDENT AT AYR [abbreviated][02] An accident of a fatal character took place yesterday (Wednesday) morning at the County Buildings, a few minutes after nine o’clock... the approaching trial of a murder case had collected a vast crowd... when the doors were opened the crush from the mass to obtain access... one of the pillars of the gate at the front of the gate was overturned, falling on three constables... The pillar fell on the breast of James Young, rural police officer in Riccarton... life was found to be extinct. He was from 30 to 40 years of age, a highly respectable person... the deceased was married, and has left a family destitute of support.

    FATAL ACCIDENT [abbreviated][02] On the night of Sunday last, Thomas Bennie, Hillman, Nitshill, lost his life, by falling onto an unenclosed area of sunken storey of a house at Nitshill... it is supposed he had been drinking, gone off the road, accidentally tumbled into the area... Bennie was about 65 years of age...

    SUDDEN DEATH [02] We have this week to record the sudden death of Mr Thomas McKnight, Glenwharry, in very distressing circumstances. He had spent the night at a convivial party in the village of Kirkconnel, about a mile and a half from his own house. On the breaking up of the party he proceeded homeward at a late hour, but he had reached only two or three hundred paces from the village, when arrested by the hand of death. In the dawn of the morning his lifeless body was discovered lying on the roadside. He occupied the farm of Glenwharry for a long series of years, and was well known and much respected among a large circle of friends. He was about sixty years of age, and has left a wife and family. – Ayr Advertiser.

    SALTCOATS – SUDDEN DEATH [02] On Wednesday last, Mrs Robert Snodgrass, an aged and respected widow, having unexpectedly been visited by her only son, a seaman, who had been for some time abroad, was so overjoyed by the sight of him, that she suddenly took a fit of apoplexy,, and shortly afterwards expired. – Ayr Observer.
     
    28th April 1851

     
    BIRTHS [02]
     
    At 39 Abbotsford Place, on the 27th instant, Mrs George Matheson, a son.

    At 15 Monteith Row, on the 27th instant, Mrs Donaldson, a daughter.

    At 55 Spring Grove Place, Grove Street, on the 26th instant, Mrs William Wilson jun., a son.

    At 8 South Portland Street, on the 26th instant, Mrs Alexander Young, a son.

    At 42 Castle Street, on the 25th instant, Mrs William B Hilliard, a son.

    At 56 Dundas Street, on the 25th instant, Mrs David Campbell, a daughter.

    At St Rollox, on the 25th instant, Mrs P Letham, a son.

    At 120 Thistle Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs John Whyte, a son.

    At Belize, Honduras, on the 24th February, Mrs MF Stirling, a son.
     
    MARRIAGES [02] At Greenock, on the 24th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Anderson, William Murray Esq., Glasgow, to Ann, daughter of the late John Ewing Esq., Londonderry.

    At the British Consulate, Havana, on the 23d March, by the Rev. Mr Panton, Archdeacon of Jamaica, George Brown Esq., merchant, to Louisa, third daughter of CD Tolme, Esq., Hanoverian Consul.
     
    DEATHS [02]
     
    At 12 Canning Street, Calton, on the 27th instant, in the 80th year of her age, Mrs Thomson, relict of Mr James Thomson, of Laurieston. – Friends at a distance will please accept of this intimation.

    At 34 Neptune Street, on the 26th instant, Mrs MaryEllis, widow of the late Mr George DM , in her 70th year.

    At Southampton, on the 24th instant, on his return from the West Indies, John Jaffray Esq., merchant, London, youngest son of the late Robert Jaffray Esq., merchant, Glasgow, aged 35 years. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At 37 Taylor Street, on the 26th instant, Isabella Harley, wife of Mr Robert Wallace, millwright.

    At 181 Sauchiehall Street, Jean Steuart Wilson, youngest daughter of Mr John Wilson.

    At 124 High Street, on the 25th instant, Christina Frame, aged 68 years.

    At Lennoxbank, Dumbartonshire, on the 25th instant, James Reid, infant son of Archibald Orr Ewing, Esq.

    Suddenly, at Partick, on the 24th instant, Mr Archibald Wilson, baker.

    At Balfour Street, Port Glasgow, on the 23d instant, Mr Duncan Cummings, aged 72 years, late master-gunner of Greencastle Fort, County of Donegal.

    At 3 Charleston Place, Ronald Street, on the 22d instant, Helen Murdoch, wife of Mr David Gray.

    At his son’s house, 15 William Street, Greenhead, Mr George Buchan, late of Kilmarnock.

    At 14 Blythswood Square, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Hugh Smith Esq.

    At Glasgow, on the 6th instant, Mr Robert Smith, chemist.

    DEATH FROM DRINKING [02] On Saturday evening last, a man named Andrew Dawson, was found lying in Castle Street, Townhead, in a state of intoxication, and thence carried to the Central Police Office. About 4 o’clock yesterday morning, he was observed to be very ill, and the surgeon was immediately called in, who did all in his power to save the poor man, but he died about half-part ten yesterday forenoon. There is no doubt that excessive drinking was the cause of death.

    SUDDEN DEATHS [02] On Sunday morning, Mr Thomas Ritchie, hair manufacturer, South Street, who at one-time held the office of Deacon of the Wright Incorporation, died very suddenly in bed. His daughter, who resides with him, had gone into his room for the purpose of asking him if she would prepare breakfast, when he raised himself upon his elbow for the purpose of speaking to her, but immediately fell back and almost instantly expired. His body was dressed by a neighbouring woman, named Mrs Squire, who little thought, we dare say, at the time of performing this last service, that soon some other of the trade would do for her what she had been doing for the deceased. Yet is was so, for Mrs Squire, who appeared at the time to be in her usual health, was dead by next morning. – Perth Constitutional.

    CHILD DROWNED [02] On Thursday, a melancholy accident occurred here to a boy about seven years of age, son of William McNair, shoemaker, Back Lane. It appears that whilst playing with some boys at the lade, near the old Timber Bridge, he fell into the water. A few minutes elapsed before he was taken out, and conveyed to Dr. McLeod’s. The child, however, could not be resuscitated. The person who carried the boy to the doctor’s, acting under a popular impression, carried him face downwards, now, in the opinion of medical men, the face should be held up, and the head slightly elevated. – Kilmarnock Journal.
     

     

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