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1st August 1851
BIRTHS [02]
At 15 North St Mungo Street, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs Alexander Wilson, a son.
At Glentaggart, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Paterson, a son.
At 113 Cumberland Street, Laurieston, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs George Paul, a daughter.
At 124 West Nile Street, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs David Munro, a son.
At 3 Wardrop Street, Paisley, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs Duncan Kennedy, a daughter.
At 105 Hill Street, on the 25th ultimo, Mrs John W Muirhead, son.
At Lochwinnoch, on the 24th ultimo, Mrs John Sharpe, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Broomhill, Stirlingshire, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. Colin McCulloch, Denny, Mr John
Learmonth, farmer, Carmuirs, to Marion, second daughter of the late Mr James Guild, distiller,
Glasgow.
At St George’s, Hanover Square, London, on the 28th ultimo, Douglas Baird, Esq., of Closeburn,
Dumfriesshire, to Charlotte, only daughter of Henry Acton, Esq.
At 161 High Street, Glasgow, by the Rev. Dr. Graham, Mr William Stewart, to Susanna Clark,
relict of Mr William Brown, tobacconist, Glasgow.
At Montgomerie, Ayrshire, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. Neil Livingston, Neil Colquhoun
Campbell Esq., advocate, to Mary, youngest daughter of William Paterson Esq., of
Montgomerie.
At 86 Rutherglen Loan, Hutchesontown, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. Mr McLean, Mr William
Thomson, provision merchant, to Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr John Moore, printer.
At 6 George Street, Paisley, on the 28th ultimo, by the Rev. Robert Kirke, Mr John Gilmour,
Belfast, to Jane, second daughter of James Anderson Esq., thread manufacturer, Paisley.
At the Parish Church of Hollymount, County Mayo, Ireland, on the 26th ultimo, by the Lord
Bishop of Tuarn, George H Campbell Esq., son of the late Sir Archibald Campbell, Bart., of
Succoth, to Lucy, eldest daughter of Thomas Spencer Lindsay Esq., of Hollymount House,
County Mayo, and grand-daughter of the late Richard Alexander Oswald Esq., of Auchincruive.
At Gardiner’s Cottage, Kilmarnock, on the 21st ultimo, by the Rev. John Symington, Mr Allan
Colman, son of Lieut. George Colman, Royal Navy, Glasgow, to Lillias, second daughter of Mr
James Browning, of Kilmarnock.
DEATHS [02]
At 93 West Regent Street, on the 31st ultimo, Hugh Fleming Esq., merchant.
At 36 West Russell Street, on the 31st ultimo, Janet Young, second daughter of Mr Thomas
Stevenson.
At 9 Thomson’s Lane, Calton, on the 30th ultimo, of consumption, Margaret Anderson, aged 18
years, eldest daughter of Mr James Pollock, commercial traveller.
At 39 Warwick Street, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Somerville, aged 91.
At Spring Bank, on the 30th ultimo, Margaret Scott, wife of Mr Thomas Kissock.
At 93 Hill Street, Garnet Hill, on the 29th ultimo, Mr David Buchanan, aged 76.
At St Rollox, on the 29th ultimo, Jean Hanna, aged 33 years, relict of John McAulay Esq.,
contractor.
At Cowan Bog, Kirkintilloch, on the 28th ultimo, Isabella Muir, wife of the late Thomas Dickson
Esq., Kirkintilloch.
At Maryhill, on the 27th ultimo, Mary, youngest daughter or Mr William Lennie, merchant,
Maryhill.
At Harshaw, near Stewarton, on the 25th ultimo, Mrs William Cochran, aged 29 years, wife of Mr
William Cochran, 64 Green Street, Calton, Glasgow.
At Lochgilphead, on the 27th ultimo, Margaret Black, wife of Mr Charles McKechnie, merchant.
At the Manse, Glenelg, on the 27th ultimo, Jamesina Frazer Macleod, wife of the Rev. Mr
Macrae, minister of Glenelg.
Suddenly, at 10 Bridge Street, of cramp, on the 29th ultimo, Mr Alexander Nesbit, guard on the
Glasgow and South-Western Railway, aged 38.
Suddenly, at Belfast, on the 28th ultimo, Mr FB Hardy.
At Burntshields, on the 19th ultimo, Mary Orr, aged 85 years, relict of Mr William Holmes,
Burntshields, Kilbarchan.
At 9 Richard Street, Anderston, on the 24th ultimo, Mr Patrick Howatson, commercial traveller.
Suddenly, on the 31st ultimo, at the house of his brother, 12 Woodside Crescent, Mr James Brock.
At Savannah, Georgia, on the 26th of June last, Henry McAlpin Esq.
4th August 1851
BIRTHS [02]
At Wilton House, Salisbury, on the 30th ultimo, the Hon. Mrs Sidney Herbert, a daughter.
At 88 Trongate, Glasgow, on the 3d instant, Mrs James Donnelly, a daughter.
At 48 Nelson Street, on the 3d instant, the wife of Mr David Duncan, assistant superintendent of
Fire Brigade, a son.
At 24 Spring Place, Rutherglen Road, on the 3d instant, Mrs James Fleming, a son.
At 19 Woodlands Terrace, on the 2d instant, Mrs James E Mathieson, a son
At Prospect Hill, Cathcart, on the 2d instant, Mrs Murdoch, a son.
At Camstradden House, Luss, on the 2d instant, Mrs William Boog, a daughter.
At 328 Sauchiehall Street, on the 1st instant, Mrs Robert Wilson, a son.
At Maybank Cottage, Aberdeen, on the 13th ultimo, Mrs Arthur, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London, on the 29th ultimo, the Hon. and Rev. Lord George
Gordon, second son of the Marquis of Huntly, and Rector of Chesterton, in the county of
Huntingdon, to Charlotte Anne, daughter of Thomas Wright Vaughan Esq., of Woodstone, in the
county of Huntingdon, one of her Majesty’s Deputy-Lieutenants, and Colonel of the County
Militia.
At 9 Columbia Place, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Dr. Robson, Mr John Clark, manufacturer, to
Janet, daughter of Mr George Eisten.
At Springbank, Rothesay, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. Robert Elder, Mr William K Johnstone,
of Birmingham, to Margaret Anne, youngest daughter of the late Mr AM McCallum, Rothesay.
At Bonaw, Argyllshire, on the 28th ultimo, by the Rev. David Murray, Free Church, Captain John
McCallum, to Jane, daughter of the late Captain McCalman, Lakefield, Bonaw.
At Lanark, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. William Watson, Langholm, Mr Richard Watson, to
Susanna, third daughter of the late Mr John Maxwell.
DEATHS [02]
At 116 George Street, on the 3d instant, Williamina, aged 3 months, daughter of the late Mr
William Goold.
At 5 Woodside Crescent, on the 2d instant, Margaret John Eliza, aged 2 years and 4 months,
youngest daughter of the late John Hamilton Esq., Calcutta.
At 79 Eglinton Street, on the 2d instant, Isabella, youngest daughter of the late Mr John Kelman.
At 5 Oxford Street, Laurieston, on the 1st instant, Mr George Graham, aged 53.
At Hamilton, on the 1st instant, Jessie, aged 21, eldest daughter of Mr William Gow, teacher.
At Edinburgh, on the 27th ultimo, Lieutenant-Colonel James Oliphant Clunie, late of the 44th
Regiment.
At Helensburgh, on the 1st instant, Archibald Graham, aged 4 months, son of Mr Ross, 51
Abbotsford Place.
At Bogton House, Cathcart, on the 1st instant, Janet Gebbie, wife of Mr Robert Armour.
At Blackhill, on the 31st ultimo, Wilhelmina, youngest daughter of the late Mr William
McFarlane.
At Leamington, on the 28th ultimo, Emily Frederica, aged 16, youngest daughter of RJ Grant,
Esq.
At Overton, Kilbarchan parish, on the 27th ultimo, Mr William Jackson, aged 80.
At Maybank Cottage, Aberdeen, on the 14th ultimo, the infant daughter of the Rev. David Arthur.
8th August 1851
BIRTHS [02]
At 35 Robertson Street, on the 7th instant, Mrs William W Waters, a son.
At 175 St Vincent Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs James Mann, a son.
At Saltcoats, on the 6th instant, Mrs James Purves, a daughter.
At Bellfield, on the 6th instant, Mrs Hugh Baird, a daughter.
At 94 South Portland Street, on the 5th instant, the wife of James Miller Esq., MD., a son.
At 13 Tylefield Street, on the 4th instant, Mrs William Greenlees, a son.
At the Manse of Abbey St Bathans, Berwickshire, on the 3d instant, Mrs Davidson, a daughter.
At Sommerville Place, Monteith Row, on the 3d instant, Mrs David Cross, a son.
At 35 Rutherglen Loan, on the 4th instant, the wife of Mr Thomas Bennett, spirit dealer, a son.
At 51 Rose Street, Hutchesontown, Glasgow, on the 26th ultimo, Mrs Isaac Whitesmith, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Dunkirk Park, Bridge of Earn, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. Mr Kirkwood, the Rev. D
Macalister of Stitchill, to Dorothy, daughter of George Turnbull Esq.
At Campbelltown, on the 6th instant, Mr N McEachran, commercial traveller, Glasgow, to
Catherine Campbell, eldest daughter of Alexander Love Esq., merchant, Campbeltown.
At 182 Trongate Street, Glasgow, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. Mr Cochran, Free Church,
Grangemouth, Mr James Macgregor, measurer, Glasgow, to Janet, third daughter of Captain
William Taylor, Grangemouth.
At Uthrogie, by Cupar, Fife, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. William Begg, of Falkirk, George Hair
Pagan Esq., writer, Cupar, Fife, to Grace, only daughter of Mr John Bell, farmer, Uthrogie.
At Red Heughs, Gogar, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. RH Stevenson, of St George’s, Edinburgh,
John Adams jun., Esq., SSC., to Helen, daughter of the late Peter Hutchison Esq., Glasgow.
At 23 George Street, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Mr Wilson, Mr James Galbraith, bookbinder,
to Elizabeth, second daughter of John Bauchop Esq.
On the 1st instant, by the Rev. Mr Dearey, Killearn, County Monaghan, Ireland, Mr Edward
Cosgrove, Pollokshaws, to Mary Ann, only daughter of Mr William Morris.
DEATHS [02]
At 202 St George’s Road, on the 5th instant, Isabella, in her 17th year, eldest daughter of Mr
William Galbraith, marble-cutter. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At his house, Hope Street, Glasgow, on the 7th instant, Mr Lachlan Mackintosh, in the 87th year
of his age.
At 122 Sauchiehall Street, on the 7th instant, Agnes, aged 22, eldest daughter of the late Mr Neil
Campbell, merchant, Glasgow.
At Gourock, on the 5th instant, Mr Robert Drew of Glasgow.
At 12 Monteith Row, on the 5th instant, Mary, fourth daughter of the late William Clark, Esq,
Renfrew.
At Ash Cottage, Hillhead, Bloomfield Place, on the 5th instant, Christina, infant daughter of Mr
Thomas Hay.
At Miss Paton’s house, 79 Renfield Street, Glasgow, on the 4th instant, Janet Calder, who has
been for 31 years the faithful servant of the family.
At 56 Dundas Street, on the 5th instant, Mr William MacCallum, commercial traveller.
At 86 Canal Street, Paisley, on the 5th instant, Mr William Brown, manufacturer.
At Arran, on the 3d instant, Sophia, aged 19 months, youngest daughter of Mr George Mackay,
Pollokshaws.
At Ravenshall, near Omoa Iron-works, on the 2d instant, Mary Smith, wife of Mr George
Paterson, merchant there.
At Spring Bank, Hawick, on the 2d instant, John, aged 2 months, infant son of Walter Laing Esq.
At 26 Nelson Street, on the 3d instant, Mary, youngest daughter of Mr Thomas Gray.
At Stewarton, on the 2d instant, Janet, aged 22 years, only daughter of Mr Matthew Wyllie,
gardener.
SUDDEN DEATH [02] On Monday afternoon an elderly man, named James Weir, a pensioner, belonging to Paisley, dropped
down in Argyll Arcade. A medical gentleman was immediately in attendance, but all efforts to procure
animations proved ineffectual. He had died of a disease of the heart. The body which was removed to the
Central Police Office, was claimed by the relatives, and removed to Paisley in the evening.
11th August 1851
BIRTHS [02]
At 1 India Street, west, on the 9th instant, Mr Allan Arthur, a daughter.
At Birkenshaw, on the 8th instant, Mrs Frederic George Perman, a son.
At 69 Taylor Street, on the 7th instant, Mrs Thomas Little, a daughter.
On the 5th instant, the wife of Mr WJ George, lithographer, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Campbeltown, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. Hector McNeill, Mr NM Eachran, commercial
traveller, Glasgow, to Catharine Campbell, eldest daughter of Alexander Love, Esq., merchant,
Campbeltown.
On the 5th instant, at the Abbey Church, Great Malvern, Worcestershire, by the Rev. J Rashdall,
vicar, John Kennedy Esq., eldest son of John Kennedy, Esq., of Underwood, Ayrshire, NB., to
Margaret Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Colin Macrae Esq., late of Demerara.
At Newmill, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. Mr Crossley, Mr John Robertson, National Bank of
Scotland, Glasgow, to Emma, younger daughter of the late Isaac Parker, Newton, Esq., of
Stagwood hill, Yorkshire.
DEATHS [02]
At 243 Buchanan Street, on the 8th instant, Mr John Bryce, architect. – Friends at a distance will
please accept of this intimation.
Suddenly, at Carbarns, Cambusnethan, on the 8th instant, Ralph Ker., Esq, aged 75. – Friends will
please accept of this intimation.
At 102 Cumberland Street, on the 9th instant, Mary, aged 21 years, only daughter of Mr Gilbert
Macpherson. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 60 Centre Street, on the 10th instant, William Gilmour, aged 11 months, only child of Mr
William Brodie.
At 25 Warwick Street, on the 9th instant, Annie Symington, aged 8 months, daughter of Mr James
Stevenson.
At 113 Cumberland Street, on the 9th instant, Mrs George Paull.
t West Castletown, Carmunnock, on the 8th instant, Agnes Alexander, infant daughter of Mr
William Allison.
At New Lanark, on the 8th instant, John Alexander Esq., in the 74th year of his age.
At 32 Danube Street, Edinburgh, on the 7th instant, Elizabeth Skene, wife of the Rev. James
Thomson, DD, minister of Eccles, daughter of the late Captain James Skene of Aberdeen, and
grand daughter of George Skene Esq., of Skene.
At Eglinton Lane, on the 7th instant, Isabella Torrence, aged 3 years and 3 months, second
daughter of Mr James Young.
At Beith, on the 30th ultimo, Jane, aged 14 years, second daughter of Dr. Miller.
MAN DROWNED [abbreviated][02]
On Monday morning last, the body of a man, in a drowned state, was found on the bank of the Garnock
Water, near Bogside farm, Irvine... The body was afterwards identified by his son-in-law as that of
William Johnstone, calico printer, here. He had left this town for Troon, on Saturday, accompanied by his
daughter and son-in-law, intending to remain there for a day or two. After dinner he suddenly went out,
stating he would return immediately, but did not return... a post mortem examination suggested he
accidentally fell into the Irvine... the body was swept out to sea and carried by the tide up the Garnock.
Johnstone had been unable for employment to within a twelvemonth, and latterly had been labouring
under a slight affection of the brain. He was about 60 years of age. The body was interred on Thursday by
his sorrowing family and friends. – Kilmarnock Journal.
15th August 1851
BIRTHS [02]
At Dalkeith Palace, on the 6th instant, the Duchess of Buccleuch, a daughter.
At Middleton House, on the 14th instant, Mrs Macfarlane, a son.
At 11 Kinning Place, Paisley Road, on the 13th instant, Mrs Alexander Myers, a son.
At 85 Blackfriars’ Street, on the 13th instant, Mrs James Miller, a daughter.
At 30 John Street, on the 13th instant, Mrs Thomas Hayman, a daughter.
At High Street, Forres, on the 12th instant, Mrs William Raff, a daughter.
At Clyde View, Partick, on the 12th instant, Mrs Robert Jackson, a daughter.
At 60 Abbotsford Place, on 12th instant, Mrs FA Carter, a daughter.
At 106 Renfield Street, on the 12th instant, Mrs John Bathgate, a daughter.
At Kinnaird, on the 9th instant, the wife of the Rev. James Ranken, a son.
At 171 Dobbie’s Loan, on the 12th instant, Mrs John McDairmid, a son.
At Glenhead, Lochwinnoch, on the 7th instant, Mrs Robert Richmond, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 9 Richmond Street, on the 14th instant, by the rev. Dr. Paterson, of Free St Andrews, the Rev.
Daniel Douglas of the United Presbyterian Church, Kennoway, Fifeshire, to Hannah Allan,
eldest daughter of George Henderson Esq., merchant, Glasgow.
At 5 Clarendon Place, Glasgow, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. Stewart Bates, DD., Mr Samuel
MvBurney, to Miriam, daughter of the late Mr Samuel McBurney, grocer, Dumfries.
At Newfield, Blantyre, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. John Macfarlane, Hamilton, Mr Andrew
Hamilton, mason, to Margaret, daughter of Mr Alexander Baird, farmer, Newfield.
At Dennyloanhead, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. Mr. McCulloch, Mr William Thorburn, to
Isabella, daughter of John Davie Esq., Dennyloanhead Cottage.
At Ramsay Cottage, near Edinburgh, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. Thomas Brown, Mr William
Marshall Dunlop, late of the Royal Sappers and Miners, to Mary Nisbet, daughter of the late Mr
William Somerville, farmer.
At 93 Portland Street, Glasgow, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. David King, LLD., Mr Allan
Stevenson, merchant, Glasgow, to Isabella McArthur, eldest daughter of the late Mr Alexander
Mclachlan, merchant, Glasgow.
At 8 Apsley Place, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. JS Taylor, Mr William Frier, to Agnes, eldest
daughter of the late Mr Alaxander Paterson.
At 47 Oxford Street, Laurieston, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. David Russell, Mr John Smart,
first master, Free St John’s Local Mission Schools, to Helen, fourth daughter of Lieutenant
Whimster, late of the 93d Highlanders.
At Bardowie House, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. John Pollock, Colin Robert Dunlop, Esquire
of Fullarton, to Ann Maxwell, younger daughter of the late James Black Esq.
At Montpelier, Edinburgh, on the 11th instant, by the rev. Norman Macleod, DD., of Saint
Columba Church, Glasgow, the Rev. Norman Macleod, of the Barony Parish, Glasgow, to
Catherine Anne, youngest daughter of the late William Mackintosh Esq., of Geddes, in the
county of Nairn.
At Greenhill, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Paul of St Cuthberts, H Ollendorff Esq., director
of the Edinburgh Collegiate Institution, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Alexander Ramsay Esq.,
manager of the Edinburgh Water Company.
DEATHS [02]
At 4 Cambridge Street, on the 14th instant, Mr James Stirling, book-keeper in the Town’s
Hospital, and foremore than a quarter of a century a faithful servant of the directors of that
institution. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 9 Victoria Place, West Regent Street, on the 11th instant, William Jamieson Esq., merchant,
aged 85 years. – Friends at a distance will please accept this intimation.
At 83 North Frederick Street, on the 14th instant, Mr William Mossman sen., in the 58th year of
his age.
Suddenly, at Walmer Place, 125 Hospital Street, on the 14th instant, James, aged 15 years and 9
months, only son of Mr William Gibb.
At Greenhill, Paisley, on the 13th instant, Jessie, youngest daughter of Mr John Pagan, Dumfries.
At Garelochhead Inn, on the 12th instant, Janet Grant, spouse of Mr John Workman.
At 60 Main Street, Bridgeton, on the 12th instant, Mr John Taylor of Largs, aged 25 years.
At Kilbowie, Old Kilpatrick, on the 11th instant, Mr William Riddell, late of Rottentow Street,
Glasgow.
At 77 Thistle Street, on the 11th instant, Mr John Edmiston, in his 85th year.
Suddenly, at 5 Albany Street, Edinburgh, on the 11th instant, Alexander McDonnell Esq., late
Sheriff-Substitute for the County of Wigtown.
At London, on the 11th instant, Mr John Eadie, compositor, late of Glasgow.
At 6 Eglinton Lane, on the 13th instant, Mrs John Sands, relict of Mr John Sands, tacksman.
At the Bridge of Allan, on the 10th instant, Elizabeth Bowie, youngest daughter of the late Mr
George Glen.
At Madoc, Canada West, on the 8th ultimo, Mr John Armstrong, merchant, formerly manufacturer
in Glasgow.
At 5 Queen’s Arcade, on the 6th instant, Mr James Reid, aged 33 years.
SUDDEN DEATH [02]
On Tuesday morning, a man named John Donaldson, residing at Castle Street, fell down dead in his own
house there. He was a labourer in the works at St Rollox, and has left a wife and family.
22nd August 1851
BIRTHS [02]
At Kenmure House, on the 21st instant, Mrs Merry, a son.
At 230 Holm Street, on the 20th instant, Mrs Daniel McFadyen, a son.
At Holestain, Dunfries-shire, on the 12th instant, Mrs AC Pagan, a daughter.
At Levern Manse, on the 16th instant, Mrs McEwan, a daughter.
At Rosehall, on the 20th instant, Mrs Adie, a son.
At 57 High Street, Johnstone, on the 18th instant, the wife of Mr Charles Anderson, baker, a son.
At Lochtower, Roxburghshire, on the 16th instant, the wife of George Shind Gibb Esq., of Cults,
Aberdeenshire, a son.
At Graham’s Town, Cape of Good Hope, on the 17th of May last, the lady of Walter Henry Gill
Esq., Cape Mounted Rifles, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 5 Crescent Place, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. William D Wade, Incumbent of St Thomas’,
Edinburgh, William Smith Dixon Esq., to Catherine Anne, daughter of the late David Skene
Napier, Singapore.
At 71 Stockwell Street, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. James Hannay, Milngavie, David Colville
Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to Margaret, youngest daughter of the late Mr William Reid,
innkeeper, Balfron.
At Blairderry, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. John Macdowall, of Old Luce, William Harley
Esq., Glasgow, to Agnes, daughter of the late Thomas Dalrymple Esq., Blairderry.
At Linclive, on the 19th instant, by the rev. Alexander Rennison, St George’s, Paisley, Hugh
Brodie Esq., of Langstlie, Lochwinnoch, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Mr
Alexander Hardner, Linclive.
At 9 Mansfield Place, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Barr of St Enoch’s, William Martin,
Esq., of Davieland, to Jane, daughter of the late James Sharp Esq.
At 3 Glen Street, Paisley, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. William Ross, Mr Robert Thomson, to
Mary, second daughter of Mr Andrew Tannahill.
At Lochbank, Stewartry, of Kirkcudbright, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. Samuel Cowan of
Kelton, John McGregor Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to Jane, daughter of James Lidderdale Esq.
At the Free Church Manse of Bowden, Roxburghshire, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. Thomas
Jolly, William Ramsay Esq., engineer, Glasgow, to Catherine, daughter of the late Archibald
Robertson Esq., MD., Edinburgh.
At 16 Adelphi Street, Hutchesontown, Glasgow, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. Robert
Houstoun, Mr William M Robinson, Dalmellington, to Helen, second daughter of James Smith
Esq., accountant, Glasgow.
At Glenfinart, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. Mr Clark of Dunoon, Robert H Johnston Stewart,
Esq., of Straiton, and yr. Of Physgill, to Eleanor Louisa, youngest daughter of Archibald Douglas
Esq., of Glenfinart.
DEATHS [02]
At New barracks, Limerick, on the 15th instant, John Glasgow Esq., of the 4th Dragoon Guards,
eldest son of Alexander Glasgow, Esq., of Auchinraith. – Friends will please accept of this
intimation.
Suddenly, at 45 Adelphi Street, on the 20th instant, Mrs Robert Hunter, aged 46.
At 92 Parliamentary Road, on the 19th instant, Mr John Young, aged 31 years.
At 17 Garscube Lane, Cowcaddens, on the 19th instant, Jane, youngest daughter of Mr David
Ure, baker.
At Blantyre Lodge, on the 19th instant, James Frederick, infant son of Walker Paterson Esq.
At 63 George Street, Glasgow, on the 19th instant, Grace Rankin, wife of Mr Robert Mathie.
At 83 Wellington Arcade, Mr Gavin Allan.
At 43 Young Street, on the 18th instant, James Henderson, infant son of Mr William Stewart.
At Barnhill House, on the 18th instant, Angus Hugh, second son of Mr AH Mackay.
Suddenly, at 46 North Frederick Street, Glasgow, in her son’s house, on the 18th instant, Isabella
McNicol, widow of the late Mr Donald McDonald, Drymen.
At sea, on his passage, from Macassar to Ballie Badong, on the 17th March, Mr Thomas Tenton
Walshe, merchant, formerly of the Havannah, and late of Macassar.
SAD CATASTROPHE ON THE SOLWAY NEAR ANNAN – FOUR LIVES LOST [abbreviated][02]
The town and vicinity of Annan were on the evening of Saturday the 16th instant thrown into a state of
extraordinary excitement, by the report that the ferry boat of Joseph Brough, formerly of Battle Hill, had
been upset on its return from Port Carlisle, about 5 o’clock, and no fewer than four lives lost... consisting
of Mr Walter Park, draper in Annan; his late partner, Mr John Scott; Mrs Scott his wife; Mr Anthony
Nelson, draper, Port Carlisle; John Beck, farm servant from the English side, formerly of Talliesfield, by
Darnock; and Joseph Brough... they became a prey to the current... Brough has left a wife and family to
deplore his fate, Mr & Mrs Scott though without offspring, lave aged and respectable parents, with
brothers and sister, while beck was the chief support of a frail widowed mother in Annan, to whom he
was about to pay a dutiful visit. – Dumfries Courier.
SUDDEN DEATH [02]
On Wednesday last, Mr Thomas Miller, blacksmith, Cumberland, went into the tollhouse at Allison’s
Bank, Gretna, and complained of being unwell. He was requested by the landlord to sit down in one of
the rooms for a little, when he did so, and appeared to fall asleep. Having sat there for some time, the
landlord thought of rousing him. He went into the room and spoke to him, and on receiving no answer,
stepped forward to feel his pulse, when he discovered that life had fled. A medical gentleman was
immediately called in who made an attempt to bleed the deceased, but the effort proved fruitless. –
Dumfries Courier.
25th August 1851
BIRTHS [02]
At Dublin, on the 16th instant, the Marchioness of Kildare, a son.
At 2 St James’ Street, Greenlaw Place, on the 23d instant, Mrs Archibald Douglas, a daughter.
At 113 Douglas Street, on the 22d instant, Mrs Finlay, a son.
At 38 West Campbell Street, on the 22d instant, Mrs John Buchanan, a daughter.
At 57 Millroad Street, Calton, on the 21st instant, Mrs Francis Stewart, a son.
At 1 Rutland Crescent, on the 21st instant, Mrs James Hedderwick, a son.
At Lochtower, Roxburghshire, on the 16th instant, the wife of George Shirra Gibb Esq., of Cults,
Aberdeenshire, a son.
At Park Place, Stirling, on the 15th instant, Mrs Henry Drummond, a daughter.
At Glencarradle, on the 14th instant, Mrs Campbell of Auchinbreck, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At St George’s, Hanover Square, London, on the 19th instant, the Hon. Frederick Byron, second
son of the Right Hon. Lord Byron, to Mary Jane, second daughter of the late Rev. William
Wescomb of Langford, in the county of Essex.
At Coltness House, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. Dr. McLeod, James Hunter Esq., New Mains,
to Mary, youngest daughter of Henry Houldsworth, esq., of Cranston Hill.
At Saint Cuthbert’s, Melrose, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. William Murray, William Towers,
Esq., writer, Glasgow, to Isabella, daughter of James Curle, Esq., of Evelaw.
At 67 Crown Street, Aberdeen, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. David McTaggart of Greyfriars’,
William Jamieson, Esq., writer, Airdrie, to Marion, daughter of William Macgillivray Esq.,
LLD., Professor of Natural History, Marischal College, Aberdeen.
DEATHS [02]
At his residence, 21 Sloane Street, Chelsea, on the 16th instant, Lieut-General Nathaniel Forbes,
HEICS., Colonel of the 24th MNI.
At 181 Buchanan Street, on the 23d instant, Mr Peter Hamilton, late grocer, West Nile Street, and
youngest son of the late Mr Gilbert Hamilton.
At the house of her son, Captain Archibald Campbell, 32 Paterson Street, Glasgow, Agnes
Marquis, aged 86 years, relict of Mr Archibald Campbell.
At Burntisland, on the 17th instant, Charlotte Matilda, wife of James Dorward Esq., Madras
Medical Establishment.
At 417 Gallowgate, on the 19th instant, Oliver Bower, aged 12 months, youngest son of Mr
William Marshall.
At 1 Scotland Street, Woodlands, on the 22d instant, James Scott, youngest son of Mr A Hannay.
At 314 Main Street, Bridgeton, on the 22d instant, Helen Pettigrew, widow of Mr Thomas
Macdonald, innkeeper.
FATAL ACCIDENT [02]
We are sorry to state that a young man named Archibald Wallace, son of Mr Wallace, grocer, Muirkirk,
Ayrshire, lost his life on Wednesday forenoon at the railway station here, where he was employed. He had
just coupled three empty trucks to the pilot engine, which is sometimes used for removing trucks or
wagons from one siding to another, when he slipped his foot and fell. The whole of the three trucks
passed over the body of the unfortunate youth, causing instantaneous death. – Dumfries Herald.
29th August 1851
BIRTHS [02]
At 29 Paterson Street, Kingston, on the 28th instant, Mrs James Logan, a daughter.
At 11 Kinning Place, on the 27th instant, Mrs A Kerr, a daughter.
At 41 Cook Street, on the 27th instant, Mrs John Govan, a daughter.
At North Hanover Street, on the 26th instant, Mrs Hugh Fraser, a daughter.
At Franklin Terrace, Partick Road, on the 25th instant, Mrs James Russell, a son.
At Milngavie, on the 24th instant, Mrs Walter Graham, a son.
At 2 Lancefield Street, on the 25th instant, Mrs Captain Niel Macdonald, a son.
At the Priory, Reigate, on the 24th instant, the Marchioness of Ailsa, a daughter.
At Hyde Park Place, on the 25th instant, Mrs James Taylor, a daughter.
At the Free Manse, Coatbridge, on the 24th instant, Mrs Connell, a son.
At Montreal, on the 9th instant, Mrs Hugh Allan, a daughter.
At Brooklyn, New York, on the 21st July, Mrs William Arthur, a son.
At View Cliff Cottage, Brisbane, Moreton Bay, on the 25th March 1851, the wife of William
Wilson Esq., of Mount Flinders, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 3 Balmanno Street, on the 28th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Anderson, Mr Patrick Taylor, to
Catherine, daughter of Mr Robert Adam.
At 116 London Road, on the 27th instant, by the Rev. George Jeffrey, Mr Charles Nairn,
Bridgeton, to Margaret, daughter of Peter McArthur Esq., Bridgeton.
At 11 Charlotte Street, Ayr, on the 27th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Hill, Professor of Dibinity,
Glasgow, Mr Stewart Edington, to Margaret Neilson, youngest daughter of the late Thomas
Baird Esq., writer, Ayr.
At 39 Crown Street, Hutchesontown, on the 26th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Jamieson, Mr Arthur
McKay, to Janet, third daughter of Mr Adam Douglas.
At 11 Saint John Street, Edinburgh, by the Rev. Maxwell Nicholson of Pencaitland, George
Findlay Esq., merchant, Hong Kong, to Elizabeth Wilson, eldest daughter of the late John Yule,
WS.
At Wellpark, Rutherglen, on the 25th instant, by the Rev. Mathew Cochrane, MA., of St Peter’s
Church, Glasgow, John MCArthur Esq., of the firm of Orme, McArthur & Co., bleachers and
calenderers, to Robina, third daughter of the late David King Esq., portioner.
At 5 Stevenson Street, Paisley, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. TO Black, to Elizabeth, youngest
daughter of Mr Robert McArthur.
At Saint Nicholas Church, Brighton, on the 25th instant, by the Rev. HM Wagner, Theodore
Martin Esq., James Street, Buckingham Gate, London, to Miss Helen Faucit.
DEATHS [02]
At 1 Queen’s Place, Great Western Road, on the 27th instant, James Turnbull Esq., accountant. –
Friends will please accept this announcement.
At Strone, on the 25th instant, George Thorburn jun., Esq. – Friends will please accept of this
intimation.
At 22 Monteith Row, on the 28th instant, Alexander Mathieson, plane and edge tool
manufacturer.
At 46 Buccleuch Street, on the 28th instant, Mr George McKenzie.
At Cook Street, Tradeston, on the 28th instant, Mr William Crookshanks, baker.
At 8 Ure Place, on the 27th instant, Mr John M Watson, aged 26, son of the late Mr John Watson,
jun., Superintendent of Police.
At East Bay Cottage, Helensburgh, on the 27th instant, Mr George Young, edge tool
manufacturer, Glasgow.
At Coatbridge, on the 26th instant, Robert Kenoway Ross, Esq., writer, the well-known author of
the popular Indian tale entitled “Perault, or Slaves and their Masters”. Mr Ross was also author
of several other popular tales, besides a goodly volume of poetry.
At Tangy, near Campbeltown, on the 26th instant, Mr John Clark, farmer, aged 83 years.
At 48 Brook Street, Mile-end, on the 25th instant, John, aged 18 years, youngest son of Mr
Robert Cumming.
At 29 West Russell Street, Glasgow, on the 24th instant, Mr David Skinner, late of Dunbar, in the
86th year of his age.
At Stewarton, on the 22d instant, Jean Sym, aged 92½ years, relict of Mr Robert Kerr. About a
twelvemonth ago this woman, with certain of her descendants, constituted five generations, all
living in the same house.
At Killean Manse, Argyllshire, on the 20th instant, the Rev. Donald Macdonald, in the 80th year of
his age, and the 54th of his ministry of the united parishes of Killean and Kilkinzie.
At 20 Hill Place, Stirling’s Road, on the 23d instant, Mrs Margaret Somerville, aged 68 years.
At Park Place, Regent’s Park, London, on the 22d instant, aged 81, Major George Langlands, of
the 13th Royal Veteran Battalion, and formerly of the 74th Regiment of Foot, in which he served
under the Duke of Wellington in India and the Peninsula.
At Cheree Poonjee, Bengal, on the 5th June last, Andrew M’Douall Stuart Esq., surgeon, 74th NI.,
HEICS.
FATAL ACCIDENT [abbreviated][02]
We regret to learn that a fatal accident occurred yesterday morning at the works of Sheriff & Anderson,
iron founders, London Street...four workmen had been taking loam casting out of the pit... the crane
which supported the mass, four tons in weight, was put on quick motion instead of slow motion... the
bank began to give way... the poor fellow was frightfully mangled...the name of the deceased was Duncan
Carsewell; he was in the prime of life and unmarried.
DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE IN SHETLAND [abbreviated][02]
We regret to learn by a letter addressed to Messrs. Corbett & Co., of this city from Barravoe, Shetland,
dated the 12th current, that during the gale on the 15th July preceding a boat’s crew of six men, while
engaged in fishing, perished off Northmavine, in that island. With one exception all the men have left
families and dependants in a state of destitution, and only one of the sufferers was a subscriber – and that
for the first time – to the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ Benevolent Society Fund. Alexander
Lawrenson the skipper of the boat has left a widow with eight children, six of the oldest females in poor
circumstances; Robert Blance senr., a helpless widow and five children in a very destitute state; Robert
Blance junr., a widow and child for the second time, (she having lost her first husband in the gale on
1832), leaving also an aged parent in poor circumstances; Magnus Henderson, a widow and children not
so destitute; Thomas Lawrenson, unmarried, but the only support for several years past of helpless parents
now in destitution; Peter Blance, unmarried but the only support of aged parents now thrown destitute...
DEATH BY FALLING OVER A PRECIPICE [abbreviated][02]
A man named James Nicholl, a cooper, betwixt 40 and 50 years of age, lost his life in a very sudden and
awful manner on Thursday last, in the parish of Cannonby. The unfortunate man lived at Limycleuch, and
was in the habit of working occasionally in the garden attached to the Cross-keys Inn, in the same
parish... the landlord spoke to him about 5 in the afternoon, when it was supposed he went away home.
Next morning a brother of the deceased called at the Inn, and stated that James had not returned home on
the preceding evening... body found lying in the river Esk at a place called Priorspool, whence it was
removed in a cart to Limycleuch. It appears that the garden is situated near the top of a precipitous bank
about 60 feet high, below which the Esk flows... Nicholl was an unmarried man. – Dumfries Courier.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT FROM A BOAT [02]
On Wednesday last, a man named Robert Menzies, belonging to Ayr, was accidentally drowned while
fishing from his boat for mackerel in the Bay off Greenan Castle. It commenced to blow rather severely,
and he was in the act of taking in a reef of his sail when the boom struck him and carried him overboard.
His son, a young lad, who was with him could render no assistance, and there being a considerable swell
at the time, his own efforts to save himself were vain. His body has not yet been recovered. The deceased
wore at the time of the accident a pair of moleskin trousers, a blue vest, blue shirt and a silver watch. –
Ayr Observer.
FATAL OCCURENCE AT DUNDEE [abbreviated][02]
Between 10 and 11 o’clock on Saturday night, Thomas Galloway, an old sailor belonging to Dundee, and
John G Ramsay, a young lad of fifteen years old, having left the South Ferry in a boat, and having another
boat in tow, in order to bring her up to Dundee... observed the steam-ship London bearing down in the
direction where they were... they called... a collision took place and both of the small boats were sunk.
Ramsay got hold of some oars and kept himself afloat, but Galloway could not be found. The next
morning (Sunday), while the schooner Queen was on her passage up the river, the men found a boat
bottom upwards and found the body hanging on by one of the ropes... – Dundee Advertiser.
MAN DROWNED [02]
On Sunday morning, the body of a man named John Connell, aged forty-eight years, was found in the
Water of Leith, near Mossy Mill, Colinton. It is believed that the deceased, who left Juniper Green the
previous evening at nine o’clock, had fallen into the stream while crossing a foot bridge a few yards
above where he was found, and which was his nearest way to Swanston, where he resided, and where he
was employed as a stone-dyker. The evening was very wet and dark, and the bridge very narrow, while
the unfortunate man had been drinking before setting out on his homeward journey. – Scotsman.
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