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    3rd October 1851

     
    BIRTHS [02]
     
    At Roseland Place, Crow Road, Partick, on the 2d instant, Mrs Marshall, a son.

    At 415 St Vincent Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs Robert MacBrayne, a son – still born.

    At 51 St Vincent Crescent, on the 2d instant, Mrs Robert Sinclair, a daughter.

    At 12 Queen’s Crescent, on the 2d instant, Mrs Edington, a daughter.

    At 162 Hospital Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs John Murray, a son.

    At Eldon Street, Greenock, on the 2d instant, Mrs Nathaniel Stewart, a son.

    At 2 Fitzroy Place, Glasgow, on the 1st instant, Mrs David George Stow, a son.

    At Kirkintilloch, on the 1st instant, Mrs William ward, a daughter.

    At Cail Cottage, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Archibald Macfarlan, a son.

    At 64 Abbotsford Place, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs John Newlands, a daughter.

    At 310 Argyll Street, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs John Alexander, a son.

    At Lamlash, Island of Arran, on the 30th ultimo, the wife of Captain Peter Gibson, a son.

    At 8 Camden Street, Birkenhead, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs John Hill, a daughter.

    At 12 Monteith Row, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs John Crum, a son.

    At 109 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, on the 28th ultimo, the wife of the Rev. Lachlan McKenzie, minister of Jura and Colonsay, a daughter.

    At 52 Wellington Lane, on the 27th ultimo, Mrs Andrew Baird, a son – still-born.

    At 138 Drygate Street, Mrs Thomas Naismith, a daughter.
     
    MARRIAGES [02]
     
    At Saltcoats, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. David Landsborough, DD, Patrick Warner Croker Esq., to Janet, only surviving daughter of the late John Adam Hendry Esq., MD., Ardrossan.

    At Irvine, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. David Wilson, Captain James Laidlaw, to Agnes, only daughter of Mr James Wilson.

    At 84 Great Hamilton Street, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. David Johnstone, Mr Robert Woodside, merchant, Glasgow, to Jessie Ross, second daughter of Mr John Johnstone, Cumnock.

    At Stoke Newington Church, London, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. Archdale Wilson Taylor, Joseph T Crawford Esq., engineer, Glasgow, to Sarah, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Bass Esq., of Maneitter, Leicestershire.

    At 13 Thistle Street, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. William Hales, Mr Andrew Reid, agent for the Western Bank of Scotland, Calton, to Isabella, eldest daughter of the late Mr Thomas Inglis, merchant, Glasgow.

    At 70 Norfolk Street, on the 29th ultimo, by the rev. Robert Houston, Gorbals Church, Mr James Weir, Glasgow, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr James Campbell, farmer, Dalrymple, Ayrshire.

    At Hamilton, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. JT McFarlane, Mr Thomas Henderson, senr., to Margaret, relict of Mr James Hamilton.

    At Hamilton, on the 26th ultimo, by the Rev. John Macfarlane, Mr James Frew, moulder, to Jane, daughter of Mr Robert Leggat, joiner, Hamilton.

    At 151 Main Street, Gorbals, on the 23d ultimo, by the Rev. Peter Currie, Mr John Ayton, tobacconist, Glasgow, to Joan, youngest daughter of the late Mr William Burns, Eglinton.
     
    DEATHS [02] At the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasgow, on the 1st instant, Elizabeth Anne Mitchell, aged 3 years, youngest daughter of Mr Stewart Murray. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    Suddenly, at 111 Bridgegate Street, on the 1st instant, Grace Dick, wife of Mr Archibald Millar, spirit dealer. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    Suddenly, at 50 Sauchiehall Street, on the 30th ultimo, Mr James Tindal, veterinary surgeon. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan, on the 30th ultimo, George Erskine, youngest son of the late William Brown, Esq., Parkend, Saltcoats. – Friends are respectfully requested to accept of this intimation.

    Suddenly, at Glasgow, on the 1st instant, Andrew McLeod Esq., MD., of 36 Buccleuch Street.

    At Kilmarnock, on the 1st instant, Archibald, son of the late Mr John Ewing, 26 Cambridge Street.

    At 89 Maitland Street, Glasgow, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Hugh walls.

    At Commonhead, Airdrie, on the 30th ultimo, Elizabeth McKinlay, aged 4 months, only daughter of the Rev. John Kay.

    At 75 St George’s Road, on the 30th ultimo, Richard Macnee, aged 15, son of James Macnee Esq., merchant, Glasgow.

    At 17 Miller’s Place, on the 29th ultimo, on the 29th ultimo, Margaret Thomson, aged 51, wife of Mr Daniel McLeod.

    At 20 Steel Street, on the 29th ultimo, Mr John Bennie, senr., aged 65, after a short illness.

    At 67 Abercromby Street, Glasgow, on the 29th ultimo, Mr Alexander Gilmour, flesher, aged 39.

    At 52 Wellington Lane, on the 29th ultimo, Margaret Foulds, aged 27, wife of Mr Andrew Baird, wood merchant, Milngavie.

    At Bothwell, on the 28th ultimo, Olivia Catherine, aged 16 years, daughter of William Stirling Esq.

    At Sea Bank, Gourock, on the 28th ultimo, Mr Thomas Atkinson, of 2 St Andrew Square, Glasgow.

    At his mother’s residence, Sandfield Park, West Derby, on the 28th ultimo, Edward Colley, youngest son of the late Thomas Colley Porter Esq., of Liverpool.

    At Lower Grove, Brompton, London, on the 27th ultimo, Mrs William Hanson, third daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Robert Colvin, of Johnstone, Dumfriesshire.

    At 20 Howard Place, Edinburgh, on the 27th ultimo, Mr Graham Brown, student of Medicine, youngest son of the late Rev. John Brown, DD., Minister of the Free Church, Langton, Berwickshire.

    At Trios Pistoles, while on a missionary tour, on the 13th ultimo, the Rev. William Rintoul, AM., Minister of the Scotch Church, Saint Gabriel Street, Montreal.

    At Peterboro, Canada West, on the 6th ultimo, Mr William Templeton, aged 23, fourth son of the late Mr William Templeton, mail guard, Glasgow.

    At St Thomas, on the 3d ultimo, John Morison Esq.

    On board the ship Madura, en route to Valparaiso, on the 20th May last, Alexander, eldest son of the late Thomas Gibb, Esq., of Millwood.

    GLASGOW NORTH PRISON – SUICIDE [abbreviated][02] Robert Clugstone or Phillips, aged 26 years, a prisoner, who was tried before the Circuit Court in this city on the 29th instant, for theft, aggravated by previous conviction, and sentenced to seven years’ transportation, was found the following day, at 11.45 am, to have strangled himself in his cell, which he effected by placing his neckerchief with a running knot or noose round his neck... No reason can be assigned for the rash act...

    FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT [02] On Friday forenoon, about eleven o’clock, a boat with five men went out from Morrison’s Haven, Prestonpans. They had not proceeded far from the shore when the boat swamped, and the men were thrown into the sea. One of them named Deans was carried out to sea, and up to Saturday morning his body had not been found; while another named Robert Brown was drowned. The other three were rescued, and are likely to recover. – Scotsman.
     
    4th October 1851

     
    MELANCHOLY SUICIDE [05] On Tuesday a man named Donald McPhail, threw himself into the canal or water cut near to Inchinnan Bridge, the poor fellow on being immersed in the water seemed just as anxious to regain the land as he had formerly been to throw himself into the water, as he made repeated efforts to obtain a footing on the banks as he was swept by the tide, but before assistance could reach him he disappeared. The body was not recovered till about six o'clock the same evening. The deceased was a shepherd in the employ of A. Campbell Esq., of Blythswood, and has left a widow and two children to lament his loss.
     
    10th October 1851
     
    BIRTHS [02] At Lily Bank. Hillhead, on the 9th instant, Mrs Mathew Hamilton, a daughter.

    At Greenfield Cottage, Govan Road, on the 9th instant, Mrs RH Cameron, a son.

    At 23 St Enoch Square, on the 8th instant, Mrs CJ Small, a son.

    At Ardrossan, on the 7th instant, Mrs JO Mack, junr., a daughter.

    At Moray Place, Edinburgh, on the 7th instant, the Viscountess Reidhaven, a son.

    At 27 Waterloo Place, Kingston, on the 6th instant, Mrs R Cook, a daughter.

    At 5 Hill Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs G Stuart, a son.

    At Roslin Place, 229 Sauchiehall Street, on the 5th instant, Mrs Bromley, a daughter.

    At Avenue Terrace, Lewisham, Kent, on the 4th instant, the wife of R Bennett Esq., Indian Navy, a daughter.

    At Townpark, Strathavon, on the 3d instant, Mrs Thomas Steel, a son.
     
    MARRIAGES [02]
     
    At Blythswood Cottage, Woodland Road, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Taylor, Mr John Dormon, Deer Park, Wigtonshire, to Mariane, youngest daughter of the late Mr William Snodgrass.

    At Camlachie, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. William Symington, DD, Andrew Mearns Esq., paper manufacturer, Belfast, to Mary, only daughter of Daniel King Esq., chemist.

    At Alexandria, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. John R Swan, of the UP Church, Bonhill, Archibald Murdich Esq., merchant, Bonhill, to Letilia, youngest daughter of the late Mr James Crossgrove, formerly of Dumbarton.

    At 8 Greenvale Place, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. James Paterson, John F Reoch Esq., of Gilmerton, Fifeshire, to Janet, eldest daughter of Mr James Watson, merchant, Glasgow.

    At Cragburn, Gourock, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. John Stark, of Gargunnock, the Rev. John McIlraith, Minister of Gourock, to Paulina, youngest daughter of the late Stephen Miller Esq., Springhill Place, St George’s Road, Glasgow.

    At Union Chapel, Islington, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Alexander Mclaren, of Southampton, John Renshaw, Esq., of Upper Thames Street and Highbury, to Elizabeth Inglis, eldest daughter of the late Mr David McLaren, manager of the South Australian Company.

    At St James’s Church, Paddington, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. BH Steventon, HS McNeill Esq., of Caramena, county Donegal, eldest son of the late Major McNeill, 17th Lancers, to Charlotte Richardson, daughter of the late Major Moore, 4th Dragoons.

    At Kerse, Lochwinnoch, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Smithm John Durroch, Esq., Kilbirnie, to Mary, only daughter of William Brodie Esq., of Kerse.

    At St Mary’s Church, Glasgow, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. RS Oldham, Mr Henry Antlett, son of Mr John Antlett of the Golden Ball Inn, Shrewsbury, to Rose Ann, third daughter of Mr CM Payne, manufacturing chemist, Glasgow.

    At Gullen, Tipperary, on the 15th ultimo, by the Rev. Mr Stiching, CC., Mr John Cuty, gardener, Garthland, Lochwinnoch, to Kate, youngest daughter of Mr Doucherty, Tipperaray.
     
    DEATHS [02]
     
    Suddenly, at 108 South Portland Street, on the 7th instant, John Grant, aged 11 months, son of Mr John McLeod, bookseller. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At Moffat, on the 7th instant, Jane Muirhead, relict of Mr John Gilchrist, Denny, Stirlingshire. – Friends will please accept this intimation.

    At her son-in-law’s house, 237 Cowcaddens Street, Glasgow, on the 8th instant, Mrs James McArthur, late of Crosslet, Dumbarton.

    At No. 24 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, on the 8th instant, William M Gunn, LLD, one of the Masters of the High School.

    At Carlung, Ayrshire, on the 8th instant, Thomas Edward, infant son of Mr AD Anderson.

    At 24 Portugal Street, on the 7th instant, Margaret, aged 2 years, twin daughters of Mr Ebenezer Malcolm, printer.

    At Seacot, Leith, on the 7th instant, Mary Hutchings, wife of Rear-Admiral James Stevenson.

    At 17 New Street, Calton, Glasgow, on the 7th instant, Mr Donald McVean, on the 71st year of his age.

    At 50 South Wellington Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs Love, late of Kilmarnock, aged 73 years.

    At Sweethope, Bothwell, on the 6th instant, Mary Ramsay Oswald, relict of James Dennistoun Esq., of Dennistoun, aged 71.

    At Sandiland House, Seamill, near Ardrossan, on the 4th instant, Mr Hugh Morris.

    At Hoddesdon, near London, on the 3d instant, Agnes Hamilton, only daughter of Mr George Thomson, late bookseller, Glasgow.

    At 88 South Portland Street, Mr James Boyd, aged 75.

    DALRY – FATAL ACCIDENT [abbreviated][02] On the evening of Friday the 3d instant, a fatal accident took place in the pit which is being sunk on the farm of Merksworth, Dalry... two men were beginning to ascend the shaft and were brought into collision with the midwall... one of the men named Duncan Nicholson was thrown to the bottom. His head was severely cut, either from the collision with the midwall, or from his fall; but it is thought that death resulted from drowning, there being seven of eight feet of water in the “sump” into which he had fallen... he has left a widow and three children to bewail his loss. – Ayr Advertiser.

    MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT [abbreviated][02] Late on the evening of Wednesday the 24th ultimo, a melancholy and fatal accident happened at the Fairlie Point, Cumbrae. Two fishermen, John Marshall and William Hunter, were proceeding home to Millport from Fairlie... approached too near the Point among the breakers and their frail bark was upset. Hunter preserved himself by swimming to the beach, but Marshall was swept down with the current, and perished in attempting to reach the shore. He was a native of West Kilbride, was married last autumn to Hunter’s sister, and since that period had lived in Millport...
     
    13th October 1851

     
    BIRTHS [02]
     
    At 10 Salisbury Street, on the 12th instant, Mrs GH Macmillan, a daughter.

    At Great Kelvin Terrace, on the 11th instant, Mrs Houstoun, a son.

    At 162 Randolph Terrace, on the 11th instant, Mrs Macnicoll, a son.

    At 23 Blythswood Square, Glasgow, on the 11th instant, Mrs Borron, of Leadhills, a son – still born.

    At 162 Castlemilk Place, on the 11th instant, Mrs James Young, a daughter.

    At 6 Eglinton Lane, on the 9th instant, Mrs D Dow, a son.
     
    MARRIAGES [02]
     
    At 12 Monteith Row, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Dr. King, Mr James Martin, merchant, Lanark, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late William Martin Esq.

    At Drums Farm, by Carluke, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. George Johnston, of Lanark, Mr James Lightbody, wine merchant, Glasgow, to Margaret, eldest daughter of James Lightbody Esq., Drums.

    At St Peter’s Church, Newton-le-Willows, by license, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. W Douglas Veitch, Mr John Dougall jun., to Anne, youngest daughter of the late John Brotherton Esq., of Ravenhead, near St Helens.
     
    DEATHS [02]
     
    At 50 Milton Street, on the 12th instant, of consumption of the lungs, Mr Nicol Hillcoate, son of the late Nichol Hillcoate, Esq., bricklayer and manufacturer of bricks, Gartsherrie and Glenboig. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At 243 Gallowgate Street, on the 10th instant, Mr David Smith, baker. – Friends will please accept this intimation.

    At Linwood, on the 8th instant, James, eldest son of Mr James Henderson, merchant, there. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At 122 Sauchiehall Street, on the 10th instant, Elizabeth Miller, wife of Mr Alexander Smith.

    At Oban, on the 10th instant, Catherine McArthur, wife of Mr Alexander McArthur, of the Royal Hotel, there.

    At Bankside, Old Kilpatrick, on the 10th instant, Janet Dougal, widow of Gabriel Scott Esq., in the 70th year of her age.

    At Ardinealpe Inn, Helensburgh, on the 7th instant, James Hamilton Dundas Esq., WS.

    At 13 Houston Square, Johnstone, on the 7th instant, Mr Richard Stevens, spirit merchant.

    At Gibraltar, on the 19th ultimo, Isabella Katharine, aged three years and six months, daughter of the Rev. Robert Hamilton, AM, military chaplain.

    DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR HUGH FRASER [02] We regret to announce the death of Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Fraser of Braelangwell, KCB, which took place on the afternoon of Monday last, the 6th current, at Braelangwell. The event was sudden. On Saturday afternoon last Sir Hugh was in the usual health, and walked out in the grounds around his seat. On Sunday evening he became ill. Dr. Wilson, of Inverness was called in, but the veteran rapidly sunk. – Inverness Courier.

    GREENOCK [02] A fatal accident of a very melancholy nature occurred on Thursday afternoon, at the sugar works in Roxburgh Street. A young boy of about thirteen years of age, named John Edwards, had been standing in the garret flat between one and two o’clock, looking over the hatchway, when he lost his balance and was precipitated to the bottom, a distance of five stories. When picked up he was quite dead. The poor boy had only been four weeks employed in the works, and was the sole support of a widowed mother. – Greenock Advertiser.
     
    17th October 1851

     
    BIRTHS [02]
     
    At 8 Franklin Terrace, Sandyford, on the 16th instant, Mrs John Ure, a son.

    At 26 North Portland Street, on the 16th instant, Mrs WB Kennedy, a son.

    At 13 Holmhead Street, Glasgow, on the 16th instant, Mrs Henry Duncan, a son.

    At Tarbolton Manse, on the 15th instant, Mrs Ritchie, a son.

    At 9 Moore Place, West George Street, on the 14th instant, Mrs Ross, a son.

    At 157 Crown Street, on the 14th instant, Mrs John Young, a daughter.

    At 3 Richard Street, on the 13th instant, Mrs Jonathan Jamieson, a daughter.

    At 26 Melvile Street, Tradeston, on the 13th instant, Mrs John Govan jr., a daughter.

    At Alloa, on the 13th instant, Mrs James Younger, a son.

    At Aikenhead House, on the 12th instant, the Lady Isabella Gordon, a son.

    At Rosemount, Airdrie, on the 12th instant, Mrs John C Waddell, a daughter.

    At Woodside, Aberdeenshire, on the 12th instant, Mrs John Henderson, a daughter.

    At 44 Shamrock Street, on the 12th instant, Mrs Yates, a daughter.

    At 17 New Street, Calton, Glasgow, on the 11th instant, Mrs James McVean, a son.

    At Saltcoats, on the 11th instant, the wife of Mr David Macnair, a son.

    At 59 Crown Street, on the 9th instant, the wife of Mr Matthew Ross, a daughter.
     
    MARRIAGES [02]
     
    At Clifton Grove Crescent, Glasgow, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. John Walker, of St James’s Presbyterian Church, Alnwick, Mr David Lewis, Edinburgh, to Margaret Blyth, second daughter of James Mitchell Esq., of the Inland Revenue, Glasgow.

    At 14 Shamrock Street, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Mr Anderson, Partick, Mr Thomas Whyte, to Mary, eldest surviving daughter of the late William Steel Esq., Glasgow.
     
    DEATHS [02]
     
    At Dumbarton, on the 15th instant, Mr Thomas Johnston. – Friends will please accept this intimation.

    At Stacey Island, Canada West, on the 21st ultimo, Thomas Croil Esq., eldest son of the late James Croil Esq., formerly merchant in Glasgow. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At 168 Gallowgate, on the 16th instant, Mr William Gilbert, wright.

    At Old Monkland, on the 15th instant, Mr William Buchanan.

    At 23 Orr Street, Calton, on the 13th instant, Thomas Wingate, aged 18 years, youngest son of Mr Robert Forrester, baker.

    At Kirkintilloch, on the 12th instant, Peter Christie, aged one year and seven months, son of Mr James Jarvie, Partick.

    At 96 Washington Street, Glasgow, on the 9th instant, Mr John Nairn, of Washington Mills.

    At Maryhill, on the 9th instant, Mr James Lauder, pattern designer.

    At Campbelton, on the 22d ultimo, in her 72d year, Mrs Anne Heard, relict of EHT Heard Esq., of the 21st Light Dragoons, and daughter of the late James Carden Esq., of Nenagh, county of Tipperary, and niece of Major Carden, who fell at Bunker’s Hill, and of Captain Carden, who perished at Enniscorthy in 1798.

    FATAL ACCIDENT [abbreviated][02] We regret being called to record the occurrence of a fatal accident on the Greenock Railway, on Thursday night. Mr James Gardner, joiner at Finlaystone, a few miles eastward from Port Glasgow, left his home accompanied by his wife and proceeded from Langbank Station to Paisley... Mrs Gardner went on to Glasgow, but returning to Langbank to meet her husband, there was no sign of him... on the following morning the body of her husband was found in a mutilated state on the line, a short distance westward of Langbank Station... he hastily opened the door facing the station, which was the opposite or wrong door, went out, stumbled, a portion of his clothing becoming entangled with the carriage there being no platform... he must have been dragged for some distance... Mr Gardner has left a wife and three children to mourn his untimely end. – Greenock Advertiser.
     
    18th October 1851

     
    DEATH OF AN UNFORTUNATE [05] Yesterday morning, about a quarter after one o'clock, an unfortunate streetwalker, named Elizabeth Graham, was brought to the Gorbals Police Station, from a cellar at 29 Nicholson Street, where she had been found lying in a dying state by the constable on the station. Dr. Stewart was sent for shortly after the condition of the poor creature was ascertained, and administered the necessary remedies for her recovery but without effect. She was evidently beyond the healing art, and expired yesterday forenoon in great agony.
     
    20th October 1851

     
    BIRTHS [02]
     
    At 3 Brighton Place, New City Road, on the 19th instant, Mrs William Ker, a son.

    At 41 London Street, on the 18th instant, Mrs Thomas Ramsay, a daughter.

    At 7 Kinning Place, on the 17th instant, Mrs George H MacKay, a son.

    At 5 Morris Place, Monteith Row, on the 17th instant, Mrs John Cochrane, a son.

    At 154 Hope Street, Glasgow, on the 17th instant, Mrs DC Macnish, a daughter.

    At 8 Castle Street, Hamilton, on the 9th instant, Mrs A Naismith, a daughter.
     
    MARRIAGES [02]
     
    At fairly, Ayrshire, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. George R Kennedy, Free Church, Dornoch, Sutherlandshire, Maurice Carmichael Craigie Esq., of Dumbarnie, Perthshire, to Helen, younger daughter of Hugh Tennent Esq., of Wellpark, Glasgow.

    At 49 West Regent Street, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. Dr. McLeod, the Rev. Robert Stewart, Strontian, to Miss Fanny Black.

    At 99 Renfield Street, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Paton, of St David’s, Mr James Thomson, teacher, to Jessie, third daughter of Mr John Bowie, Edinburgh.

    At 28 Abbotsford Place, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. Mr Currie, Mr James Barnett, to Agnes, only daughter of the late Mr John Watt.

    At Irvine, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. William Cousin, the Rev. Hugh Jaffrey, Free Church, Holytown, to Millicent Rebecca Fleeming, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Walker Esq., surgeon, Irvine.

    At Buenos Ayres, on the 30th July, William Brash Esq., to Catherine, daughter of James White Esq., Buenos Ayres.
     
    DEATHS [02]
     
    At 3 College Street, on the 19th instant, Margaret, youngest daughter of the late Mr Alexander Johnston, manager. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At 23 Warwick Street, Glasgow, on the 18th instant, Mr George Willoughby, aged 71.

    At 184 West Nile Street, on the 18th instant, Alexander, aged 4 years, eldest son of Mr Henry Henderson, plumber.

    At 169 Great Hamilton Street, on the 17th instant, Mr Alexander Campbell, aged 74.

    At 19 Greyfriars’ Wynd, on the 17th instant, Margaret, fourth daughter of the late Mr John Fleming, compositor, Glasgow.

    Suddenly, at Dundyvan, on the 13th instant, Mr James Johnston, youngest son of the late Mr James Johnston, merchant there.

    At Downshire Terrace, Upper parliament Street, Liverpool, on the 15th instant, William, fourth son of William Pollock Esq., of Titwood, Mearns.

    At Worcester, on the 15th instant, Ann, wife of John Macintosh Esq., formerly commander in the Hon. East India Company’s service.

    At Sheffield, on the 15th instant, of scarlet fever, Samuel, only son of the late Mr Samuel Coleman, merchant, Glasgow.

    On the 12th instant, Slingsby Duncombe Esq., youngest and last surviving son of the late Charles Slingsby Duncombe Esq., of Duncombe park, Yorkshire, in the 72d year of his age.

    PICKPOCKET [02] On Saturday last, a little fellow named Alexander Halliday, alias William Anderson, who resides in High Street, when he is at home, was found guilty of picking a gentleman’s pocket of a silk handkerchief, when in Bridge Street. He was sentenced to 60 days’ imprisonment, being his third conviction for the same offence, although he is as yet a mere child.

    MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT [02] On Tuesday evening last, Mr William Brown of Drumshanty, when returning home from Falkirk tryst on horseback, stumbled into the Great Canal at Castlecary Bridge, and was drowned. The horse was a stubborn restive animal, and it is supposed that it had demurred at crossing the bridge and backed into the canal. Mr Brown will be much regretted by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

    DEATH BY DROWNING [02] On Saturday week a boy, named Henry McLeish, of about eight years of age, was drowned in the Leven, near to the railway arch. His parents had come from Greenock a short time ago, and being unacquainted with the embankment in the neighbourhood, the child had incautiously ventured upon a dangerous brink in search of firewood, and lost his footing. The body was recovered in about an hour from its disappearance, but not till life was extinct. Parents ought to warn their children against resorting to the banks of the Leven, which, in this neighbourhood and at flood water, run so wild. – Dumbarton Herald.
     
    24th October 1851

     
    BIRTHS [02]
     
    At 396 Argyll Street, on the 22d instant, Mrs William Darroch, a daughter.

    At 15 Kinning Place, Paisley Road, on the 23d instant, Mrs William Pape, a son – still born.

    At 82 Nelson Street, on the 23d instant, Mrs Malcolm Mclean, a daughter.

    At 63 Brown Street, on the 23d instant, the wife of Mr Robert McLae, rope manufacturer, a daughter.

    At 9 Normal Place, on the 20th instant, Mrs Donald McKenzie, a son.

    At 6 North Apsley Place, Great western Road, on the 19th instant, Mrs TW Brown, a daughter.

    At 98 West Nile Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs John Colquhoun, a son.

    At 21 Stockwell Place, on the 18th instant, Mrs Andrew Haldane, a daughter.

    At 140 Castlemilk Place, on the 18th instant, Mrs John Wilson, a son.

    At Campside, on the 21st instant, Mrs MacEwan, a daughter.

    At Cuparhead, on the 18th instant, Mrs Charles S Aitken, a daughter.
     
    MARRIAGES [02]
     
    At 49 West Regent Street, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. Dr. McLeod, the Rev. Robert Stewart, Strontian, to Fanny, third daughter of the late Mr Thomas Black, Strontian.

    At Springburn, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. Norman McLeod, Mr George Woodburn, wine and spirit merchant, Glasgow, to Agnes, third daughter of John Govan Esq., builder, Springurn.

    At 3 Shaw Place, Greenock, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. John MacNaughtan, of the Free Church, Rosemary Street, Belfast, William MacNaughtan Esq., merchant, San Fernando, Trinidad, to Agnes Allan, eldest daughter of Robert Blair, Esq., writer, Greenock.

    At Alva Street, Edinburgh, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. Alexander W Brown, Captain James Patrick, of the bark Vulcan of Dundee, to Keturah, youngest daughter of Mr Stewart Shepherd, harbour master, Charlestown.

    At Kilwinning, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. Mr McGregor, UP Church, Mr John Pasley, wood merchant, Barrhead, to Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Mr John Scott, Bellshill, Lanarkshire.

    At Bowmore, Island of Islay, on the 20th instant, Mr George Polson, merchant, Belfast, to Jessie, eldest daughter of the late Neil Currie Esq., surgeon, Islay.

    At Hamilton, Canada West, on the 17th ultimo, by the Rev. Mr McLeod, of Cobourg, Mr Robert Struthers, merchant, St Catharines, CW., formerly of Ayr, to Sarah Murray, second daughter of William Kennedy Esq., merchant, Manchester.

    At Westfield, near Quebec, on the 27th ultimo, by the rev. Dr. Cook, Henry McKay Esq., to Robina Isabella, only daughter of the late Robert Murray Esq.
     
    DEATHS [02]
     
    At 30 East Rose Street, on the 23d instant, Ann Gillespie, wife of Mr James McLaren, manufacturing chemist, in the 73d year of her age. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At 28 Adam’s Court Lane, Glasgow, on the 20th instant, Catherine McKellar, wife of Mr Alexander Gillespie, HM Customs, Glasgow. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At 3 Woodside Place, on the 22d instant, John, youngest son of Mr William McEwen.

    At 114 Trongate, on the 21st instant, Mr William Jeffrey, aged 74.

    At 117 Candleriggs, on the 21st instant, Mr Mungo Thomson, tea merchant.

    At 16 Bath Street, on the 19th instant, David, eldest son of Mr George Clark.

    At Springburn, on the 20th instant, Mr Daniel Kay, in the 59th year of his age.

    At Airdrie, on the 20th instant, William, second son of Mr William Black, merchant.

    At Gourock, on the 18th instant, Mr John Forbes, aged 25, second son of the late James Forbes Esq., of Marchfield, Paisley.

    At Bathgate, on the 17th instant, Forbes Angus Esq., surgeon.

    At Glenduffhill, on the 18th August, Agnes, third daughter of John Todd Esq., aged one year.

    At Muthill, on the 13th instant, Mr John Bennet, innkeeper, in his 80th year.

    At London, on the 19th instant, after much suffering, Agnes Scarth, Lady Kelly, wife of Sir Fitzroy Kelly, one of her Majesty’s counsel.

    At Calcutta, on the 17th August last, after a short illness, Captain Alexander J Morison, of the Futtay Salam (country ship), eldest son of Mr R Morison, South Apsley Place, Glasgow.

    At Stockholm, Dr. Thomas Wingard, Archbishop of Upsal and Primate of the kingdom of Sweden, aged 71.

    MELANCHOLY SUICIDE [02] On Wednesday afternoon, about four o’clock, a weaver, named David Murray, residing in Bridgeton, committed suicide by throwing himself into the Clyde from one of the springboards at the Green. The infatuated man almost instantly disappeared beneath the surface, and when the body was got out, life was found quite extinct. It appears that the deceased had separated from his wife some time ago, and subsequently cohabited with another woman. For the last three or four weeks he had hardly ever been sober, and was heard declaring his intention to drown himself, a desperate resolution which he carried into effect in the manner stated.

    MELANCHOLY OCCURRANCE [02] A melancholy occurrence attended with fatal consequences happened in the parish of Ordiquhill on Thursday last. Two parties, one of them named Mackay, gamekeeper, Marnoch, and the other John Ellis, ground officer, Ordiquhill, had, on the day in question, been on the hill of Raemore shooting, when a hare crossing their track, it appears that both fired at it in a kneeling posture, and on Mackay rising to his feet he found to his horror that his companion was shot through the head. The unfortunate man, who only lived about two hours, has left a widow but no family. The case is under investigation by the authorities.

    DEATH OF THE MASTER OF KINNAIRD [02] We sincerely regret to record the death of the Hon. Victor Alexander, Master of Kinnaird, eldest son of the Right Hon. Lord and Lady Kinnaird, at the Rossie Priory, on the evening of Saturday, 18th instant. This mournful occurrence has cast a deep gloom over the bereaved family, the deceased having been a youth of great promise. He was eleven years of age, having been born in 1840. – Dundee Advertiser.
     
    27th October 1851

     
    BIRTHS [02]
     
    At 33 College Street, on the 24th instant, Mrs George Dunlop, a daughter.

    At 1 Tureen Street, on the 24th instant, Mrs Thomas Kirk, a son.

    At 103 Crown Street, Hutchesontown, Glasgow, on the 25th instant, Mrs P Robertson, a son.

    At Yoker Mains, Renfrew, on the 25th instant, Mrs Fleming Edmiston, a son.

    At Kirkintilloch, on the 23d instant, Mrs Charles Stuart, a daughter.

    At Motherwell, on the 23d instant, Mrs David Hamilton, a daughter.

    At Gray House, near Dundee, on the 19th instant, the wife of Major Giffard, a daughter.

    At the Manse of Cramond, on the 18th instant, Mrs Colvin, a daughter.

    At Dumfries, on the 18th instant, Mrs Robert Crosbie, a son.

    At the Joint Stock Bank, Whitehaven, Cumberland, on the 24th instant, Mrs Peter Cameron, a son.
     
    MARRIAGES [02]
     
    At 49 Renfield Street, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. James Cluson, Motherwell, the Rev. Peter Douglas, Free Church, Innerkip, to Miss Ann Weir, youngest daughter of the late George Bishop, Esq., Hamilton.

    At New York, on the 24th September, by the Rev. H Chase, Mr A Smith, to Jessie Hillcoat – both of Scotland.

    At Kincurran Church, Kinsale, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. Richard Perry, Captain William Kelty McLeod, 74th Highlanders, eldest son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel McLeod, CB., 61st Regiment, to Mary Christina, eldest daughter of JS Bird Esq., JP.
     
    DEATHS [02]
     
    At 246 Argyll Street, on the 25th instant, Mrs John Yuille. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At 48 Renfrew Street, on the 26th instant, Mr John Alexander, second son of the late Mr John Alexander, builder, aged 18 years. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

    At John Street, Bridgeton, on the 24th instant, Jessie, aged 3 years and 2 months, youngest daughter of Mr William Robertson.

    At 34 Glassford Street, on the 24th instant, Mr Thomas(?) Murphy, senior.

    At 25 George Street, on the 23d instant, Mr John Urie, bookseller – aged 72.

    At 151 West Nile Street, on the 21st instant, John Lethem, of consumption – aged 17 years.

    At 11 Stockwell Street, on the 20th instant, Mr Robert Forsyth, of the French Horn Tavern.

    At 56 High Street, Johnstone, on the 19th instant, Mr Stirling Campbell, merchant.

    At Bothwell, on the 24th instant, Mrs Agnes Sword, relict of Archibald Ewing Esq., merchant, Glasgow.

    At Port Glasgow, on the 20th instant, Eliza, youngest daughter of Mr James Broun, Customs there.

    At Gartfern, on the 24th instant, David Stevenson Esq., late of London.

    At her native place, Lismore, Argyllshire, on the 18th instant, Miss Christian McLachlan, who was a faithful servant, and resident in the family of Allan Pollock Esq., Blackhouse, Mearns, for nearly 60 years.

    At 36 Sidney Street, Manchester, on the 19th instant, Mr John Lawrie, senior, formerly of Glasgow.

    EXECUTION IN GLASGOW [abbreviated][02] On Friday morning last, Archibald hare, convicted of murder at the recent Circuit held here, was hanged at the usual place of execution in front of the Court House and Prison. It will be remembered that according to the evidence at the trial, on the 2d current, Hare, along with some four or five associates, who were all either colliers or iron-puddlers, came to the Village of Blantyre Works on the 16th of August last, and having partaken of a good deal of whisky, sallied forth to the street. Hare, who was an Orangeman, was much excited and commenced exclaiming “to Hell with the Pope” and vowing vengeance on Roman Catholics. Meanwhile Ronald McGregor, came out of Blantyre Street to look for his nephew... an altercation took place... McGregor was stabbed in the stomach. On Thursday his wife and parents – the latter decent people from the north of Ireland – paid him a farewell visit... being a light man only about 5 feet 4½ inches, his sufferings and struggles were extreme...

    RUTHERGLEN – REVIVAL OF OLD CUSTOMS [02] In this strictly utilitarian age it is somewhat curious to learn of an attempted revival of those ancient customs which, after an existence of many centuries, have been permitted gradually to fall into disuctude. In the burgh of Rutherglen from time immemorial until within the past few years, the “redding of the marches” and the baking of sour cakes, immediately previous to St Luke’s Fair, were annually practised, the former by the authorities, and the latter by certain old ladies in the various inns or public-houses of the town. About a fortnight since, as we have been informed, for the first time since 1830, the Magistrates and Council, accompanied by a number of the inhabitants, walked in procession round the boundaries of the burgh, raising, according to “use and wont” certain stones, by the way of landmarks, at various points of the marches, to exhibit the extent of the ancient burghal territories, and by way of asserting their authority over all and sundry who are located within the same. Dr Ure, the historian of Rutherglen, mentions that formerly on these occasions the Bailies carried broom-besoms in their hands, with which, on their return to the Town House, they engaged in a mock fight, during the course of which they belaboured each other heartily, and that afterwards a regular “jollification” ensued. In the present instance, however, the pugnacious part of the ceremony was dispensed with, although, after their lengthened ramble, the parties, very properly, held a social reunion in honour of the event. On Thursday evening, also, the custom of baking sour cakes according to the ancient formula, was resumed in the Thistle Inn, Rutherglen, under the auspices of the sousie landlady, Mrs Richard Fyfe. We had the pleasure of witnessing the operation, which is somewhat curious. A quantity of dough having been kept in the water until fermentation has taken place, is seasoned woth a small amount of sugar and ground coriander seed, and afterwards formed into balls about the size of an ordinary apple. A large circle is then drawn around the fireplace, over the blaze of which a girdle is suspended. Withing this charmed space seven elderly females, who for the occasion bear the names of Hodler and Toddler, bride and bridesmaid, squat on their hunkers, in a semicircle, on the floor, each with a small bake-board on her lap, while an eighth ancient crone, called the Queen, or sometimes “Bessy Brown-lugs”, takes charge of the girdling department. The modus operandi is as follows:- A ball of dough is placed in the board of the Toddler who sits at the eastern side of the fire. She forms it into a small cake and hands it to her neighbour, the Hodler, who, beating it out a little thinner, transfers it to another, and so on until it arrives at the western member of the group, by which time it is as thin as an ordinary wafer. The cake is then delivered to the toaster, or Queen, who with extreme dexterity places it on the girdle and keeps turning it until it is done. This process is continued until a perfect heap of the attenuated and peculiarly acidulous bannocks is produced. As the baking is altogether done by the hand, a constant succession of dinsome, but not unmusical beats is the result, which along with the joking, laughing, and chatting of the venerable bakers, picturesquely arranged around the bleazing ingle, renders the scene altogether in a high degree exciting and cheerful. Any of the spectators (who, on the present occasion, we may mention, were rather numerous) trespassing on the forbidden ground are fined in a small sum, which is deveted to the refrechment of the company. Dr. Ure remarks, in his excellent history of the burgh – “There is no account of the origin of this custom. The bread thus baked was doubtless never intended for common use. It is not easy to conceive why mankind, in a rude age, would strictly observe so many ceremonies, and would be at so great pains in making a cake, which when folded together, makes but a scanty mouthful”.
     
    31st October 1851

     
    BIRTHS [02]
     
    At 91 West Regent Street, on the 30th instant, Mrs Watson, a son.

    At the Victoria Hotel, West George Street, on the 30th instant, Mrs James Steel, a son.

    At 9 Hill Street, Gallowgate, on the 27th instant, Mrs Robert Falconer, a daughter.

    At 75 Govan Street, on the 28th instant, Mrs Donald McKenzie, a son.

    At 1 Marlborough Street, Glasgow, on the 27th instant, Mrs John Kirkland, a son.

    At 6 Melrose Street, on the 20th instant, Mrs James Gourlie, a daughter.

    At Westerhill, Cadder, on the 28th instant, Mrs John Nisbet, a son.

    At Woodlands Cottage, Coatbridge, on the 28th instant, Mrs Henry Gilbert, a son.

    At Caldercrieux, near Airdrie, on the 29th instant, Mrs Hart, a son.

    At 20 High Street, Airdrie, on the 25th instant, Mrs Andrew Landells, a daughter.

    At Boyd’s Place, West Blackhall Street, Greenock, on the 26th instant, Mrs Archibald Mackenzie, a daughter.

    At Rothesay, on the 26th instant, Mrs John Fullerton, a son.

    At 18 Cirencester Place, Fitzroy Square, London, on the 28th instant, Mrs William Wilson, a daughter.

    At Barbados, on the 16th ultimo, the wife of Adam Harthill Esq., CE., a son.
     
    MARRIAGES [02]
     
    On the 28th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Robson, Thomas Clavering Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Robert Knox, Esq., Kelvin Grove.

    At Dalmuir House, Dumbartonshire, on the 29th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Jamieson, of St Paul’s Glasgow, John(?) Fell Esq., Innter Temple, London and of Stock Park L###shire, to Jane, daughter of Robert Black Esq.

    At St Mary-le-bone Church, Regent’s Park, London, on the 25th instant, Samuel Hanson Esq., to Jane, only daughter of Henry Brookman Esq., late of Glasgow.
     
    DEATHS [02]
     
    At 110 Holm Street, on the 29th instant, Janet Cochran, relict of Mr Robert Holmes, accountant, in her 81st year.

    At 23 George Street, on the 27th instant, Ann Cameron, aged 19 years and 6 months, eldest daughter of Mr James Hutchison, printer.

    At Glasgow, on the 27th instant, Mr RC Wilson.

    At Port Glasgow, on the 27th instant, Mr James Fowler, clothier, there.

    At Muckart Cottage, Perthshire, on the 28th instant, Mr Henry Gibson.

    At Muasdale, Kintyre, Argyllshire, on the 9th instant, Mr Neil McNeillage, late spirit merchant, Carrick Street, Glasgow.

    DUNOON – ACCIDENTS AND A LIFE BOAT [abbreviated][02] On the morning of Saturday week, the body of John Fletcher, one of the workers at Clachaig powder mill, about seven miles from Dunoon, was found on the banks of the stream that runs down Glenlane...has left a wife and family. – Dumbarton Herald.

    DEATH OF A RAILWAY SURFACEMAN [abbreviated][02] We regret to announce the death of Archibald Cook, who was one of the surfacemen of the Glasgow and South-Western Railway, on the line betwixt the stations of Dalry and Kilbirnie, on Tuesday the 28th October current... Cook was a widower has left a family, lodged with John Stewart, his brother-in-law, at Kersland...

    ACCIDENTAL DEATH [02] On Tuesday last, a boy named Thomas McIvor was amusing himself by jumping on a sand hill close to a pond of water, near Grant’s Mill, Mil#end, when the bank suddenly fell in, carrying the little fellow along with it, and he was suffocated before assistance reached him. The deceased was 10 years of age.
     

     

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