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1st November 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At Elgin Place, Sauchiehall Street, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs Robert Chrystal, a son.
At 140 Hospital Street, on Friday the 22d ultimo, Mrs Adam Letham, a son.
At 15 Greenlaw Place, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs JW Fell, a daughter.
At North Hanover Street, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs Hugh Fraser, a daughter.
At 21 Nelson Street, Tradeston, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs William Shaw, a son.
At 53 Chatsworth Place, Whitevale, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs Thomas Steven, a daughter.
At Gourock, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs Daniel Leitch, jun., a son.
At Pollokshaws, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs David Dow, a son.
At Callander, Perthshire, on the 26th ultimo, the wife of R Bennett Esq., Indian Navy, prematurely of a son (still-born).
At Bankside, Old Kilpatrick, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs William Scott, a son.
At 3 Henrietta Street, Brunswick Square, London, on the 26th ultimo, the wife of Gordon Forlong Esq., advocate, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
A 2 Duke Street, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. Dr. King, Mr James Stewart, merchant, paisley, to Helen Willock, youngest daughter of the late Mr James Anderson, baker.
At Stevenson Street, Calton, on the 26th ultimo, by the Rev. Jno. Edwards, Mr Archibald Mason, late of Paisley, to Mary Nicholson, late of Linlithgow.
At Oban, Argyllshire, on the 27th ultimo, by the Rev. Robert Grier, Archibald Campbell Esq., MD., of Lerags, to Margaret, widow of Alexander Lawson Esq., Poole, Dorsetshire.
DEATHS [02]
At Saltcoats, on the 30th ultimo, Mr Alexander Fisher, late of Glasgow. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 1 Coruana Place, on the 30th ultimo, Mr John Parlane, provision merchant, Broomlielaw. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 130 Great Hamilton Street, on the 25th ultimo, Isabella Jamison, wife of Mr Andrew Angus.
At 114 Hyde park Place, on the 30th ultimo, Margaret, infant daughter of the late Mr James Taylor, spirit merchant.
Suddenly, at 40 Kent Street, on the 29th ultimo, Mr Robert Start sen., aged 75.
At 206 North Street, Anderston, on the 27th ultimo, Archibald, aged eight years, third son of Mr Archibald Gray.
At 128 Drygate Street, on the 26th ultimo, Miss Buchanan.
At Johnstone, on the 30th ultimo, Jane, eldest daughter of Mr Thomas Porter, Johnstone, aged two years and eight months.
At Kirkcudbright, on the 27th ultimo, Mr James A Melroy.
At Ballimore House, Lochfineside, on the 29th ultimo, Miss Campbell, of Ballimore.
At 6 South Frederick Street, Edinburgh, on the 28th ultimo, Janet Douglas, wife of the rev. John Duncan, LLD., Professor of Oriental Languages, New College.
At 19 King Street, South Shields, on the 28th ultimo, of scarlet fever, John Ferguson, aged 3½ years, son of JF Kennedy Esq., surgeon.
At Florence, on the 17th ultimo, Helen, daughter of the late Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, Bart., and wife of J Page Reade(?) Esq., of Statton, in the county of Suffolk.
DALRY – FATAL ACCIDENT [02]
On Friday last, while Patrick McGinnis, aged 16, and son of Widow McGinnis, Borestone, in this parish, was at work in the pit No. 10 Haw-hill, a portion of the roof gave way and falling upon him, killed him on the spot.
BOY KILLED [02]
On Wednesday morning, about nine o’clock, Peter O’Donnel, a boy about fourteen years of age, employed by the Telegraph Co., while walking on the line above Port Glasgow, was run over and killed by a pilot engine, which was returning to Glasgow. The locomotive foreman, who was on the engine, immediately stopped and took the body to Glasgow. The buffer seemed to have struck him on the head, and instantly killed him. The poor boy fell a victim to the reprehensible practice of walking on the middle of the line, and he had been cautioned against it by two men who were with him a few minutes before the accident.
5TH November 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At 12 Douglas Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs Adam Boyd, a son.
At 105 Cumberland Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs John Baird, a son.
At Hawthorn Cottage, Bonhill, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs Archibald Wilson, a son.
At 7 Greenvale Place, on the 2d instant, Mrs James Anderson, a daughter.
At 176 Piccadilly, London, on the 3d instant, Mrs L Gibson, a daughter, who only survived a short time.
At Kirkintilloch, on the 3d instant, the wife of RT McCowan, MD, a daughter.
At Coatbridge Gas Works, on the 1st instant, Mrs Samuel Wallace, a son.
At the Manse, Rathmelton, Ireland, on the 2d instant, Mrs Reid, a son.
At 22 Rose Street, garnethill, on the 3d instant, Mrs Thomas Ramsay, a son.
At Red Craig Cottage, Dumbartonshire, on the 2d instant, Mrs DA Stuart, a son.
At 3 South Wellington Place, on the 2d instant, Mrs Joseph T Crawford, a son.
At Partickhill, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs John Kirkwood, a son.
At Camelon Park, Falkirk, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs Fairbairn, a son.
At 32 Melville Street, Edinburgh, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs John Boyd jun., a son.
At Chicago, Illinois, on the 9th ultimo, Mrs JB Young, formerly of Glasgow, a son.
At Lucky Hill Pen, St Anns, Jamaica, on the 24th September, the wife of the Rev. John Campbell, Missionary of the United Presbyterian Church, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Sandyford, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Runciman of St Andrews, Mr Thomas Graham, to Ann, only daughter of Captain Robertson of her Majesty’s Cutter, “Royal George”, Lamlash.
At Basket farm, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. James Bemier, Mr William Cochran, grain merchant, Calton, to Janet, eldest daughter of Mr John Scott, farmer, east Kilbride.
At 1 Hope Street, Anderston, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. Walter McGilvray, DD, Mr David Croll, engineer, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr James Brodie, joiner.
At Hope Park Place, St Rollox, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. Alexander Duncan, Mr James Speers, provision merchant, to Helen, only daughter of the late Mr William King, mason, Glasgow.
At Hayston, Campsie, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. Thomas Monro, Mr James S Fleming, Western Bank of Scotland, Glasgow, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Reid, Esq., of Hayston.
At 8 Cornwall Place, Grafton Street, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Dr. McFarlane, Mr John McIntosh, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, to Grace Elder, second daughter of David Dandie, Esq., druggist, Perth.
At Middlefield House, Edinburgh, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. JR Campbell, Mr John James Muirhead, Glasgow, to Isabella Robertson, eldest daughter of JA Fullarton Esq., publisher.
DEATHS [02]
At Port-au-Prince, Hayti, on the 1st ultimo, after a short illness, Thomas Morrison Esq., merchant there, son of Alexander Morrison Esq., of Ballinakill. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 132 Renfrew Street, on the 4th instant, Janet, youngest daughter of the late Mr Andrew Adam, merchant, Glasgow. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Spott, Stewarton, on the 2d instant, Mr Robert Gillespie, aged 20 years. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
Suddenly, at 30 Hope Street, on the 4th instant, Mr Thomas Dunbar, senior.
At 137 New City Road, on the 4th instant, Elizabeth Darling, daughter of the late Mr Richard Johnston, merchant, Glasgow.
At 146 New City Road, Glasgow, on the 30th ultimo, Margaret, only daughter of Mr James Mackay.
At Lennoxtown, Campsie, on the 3d instant, Mr William Meikle, chemist, Campsie Alum Works.
At 33 Monteith Row, on the 3d instant, Mr John Young, merchant, aged 84.
At 48 Rutherglen Loan, on the 2d instant, Mr Robert Fraser, aged 32.
At Clyde Hotel, 13 Anderston Quay, on the 2d instant, Jane Stevenson, aged 56 years, wife of Mr Henry Livingston.
At 14 Duke Street, Edinburgh, on the 30th ultimo, George Buchanan Esq., civil engineer.
At No. 5 North Coburg Street, on the 1st instant, Elizabeth McVicar, relict of Mr James Ixett, mason, Glasgow.
At his father’s house, on the 31st ultimo, Thomas, aged 26 years, eighth son of William Brown Esq., Birkenhead.
At 7 McDowall Street, Johnstone, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs McDonald, aged 70 years, relict of Mr John McDonald, cotton-spinner, Johnstone.
At 3 Baker Street, Liverpool, on the 31st ultimo, Esther, youngest daughter of the late George Bland Esq., Trinidad.
At Sydney, near Plympton, Devon, on the 25th ultimo, in the eighty-third year of his age, Zachary Mudge Esq., Admiral of the White.
At Kensington, on the 31st ultimo, in his twenty-ninth year, Vincent, youngest son of Mr Leigh Hunt.
At Cockmuir Cottage, near Glasgow, on the 4th instant, Oliver, aged 22 months, son of Mr Harvey Hilliard.
DEATH OF PROFESSOR MCLAGGAN [02]
We regret to learn that intelligence was received in Glasgow on Monday, of the death of Professor McLaggan, of the Free Church College, Aberdeen. His removal at the present time will be an almost irreparable loss to the church. – Guardian. Mr McLaggan, it will be recollected, was parish minister at Kinfauns, which he left at the disruption. He was a native of the Perthshire Highlands, and has many relatives and friends in this quarter by whom he loss will be deeply lamented. – Perth Courier.
8th November 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At 6 Kingston Place, on the 6th instant, Mrs Gordon, a daughter.
At 21 Waterloo Place, Kingston, on the 6th instant, Mrs Turnbull, a son.
At No. 5 Sandyford Place, on the 5th instant, Mrs Clapperton, a son.
At 103 Kensington Place, on the 5th instant, Mrs Eadie, a daughter – still born.
At 102 New City Road, Glasgow, on the 3d instant, Mrs John Thomson Fraser, a daughter.
At Beaumont, near Lancaster, on the 3d instsnt, Mrs WA Hinde, a son.
At 7 Park Place, Stockwell Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs Edward Evetts, a daughter.
At Daill House, on the 1st instant, Mrs McDougall, of Lunga, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Franklin Street, Bridgeton, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. Mr Wilson, Mr John Gordon, engraver, to Janet, eldest daughter of Mr Henry Cooper.
At 11 William Street, Forebank, Dundee, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. John Baxter, of Hilltown Free Church, Mr William P Butchart, to Margaret, youngest daughter of Bruce Morison Esq., merchant, Dundee.
DEATHS [02]
At 18 Union Street, Hamilton, on the 6th instant, from disease of the heart, Sarah Ann Burgess, wife of Mr Gillies, wine and spirit merchant. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 150 Upper Crown Street, on the 7th instant, Mr William Fyfe, tailor and clothier.
At 27 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, on the 7th instant, after a lingering illness, Jane, youngest daughter of Mr John Logan.
At 161 New City Road, on the 5th instant, Miss Brown.
At 4 St James Street, Paisley Road, Mrs C Thomson, aged 37 years.
At Lennoxtown, on the 1st instant, Margaret Stewart, wife of Mr Thomas Watson, merchant, Lennoxtown.
On the 31st ultimo, after a short illness, from a rupture of a blood vessel of the lungs, Harriet Isabella, relict of Lieut.-General James Montgomery, Colonel of the 30th Regiment, formerly of Skelmorlie Castle, Ayrshire.
At Paris, on the 22d ultimo, Lewis Jonas Esq., proprietor of the British and Foreign Advertiser, formerly of Lansdowne Crescent, Glasgow.
On the 24th September last, in the City of Mexico, after a sudden but severe illness, Harriet, wife of James Graham Esq, and elder daughter of the late James Chabot Esq., of that city.
At Barbados, on the 30th August last, of yellow fever, Thomas Shanks, aged 23, only son of Mr James Shanks, Glasgow.
12th November 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At 18 Sandyford Place, on the 11th instant, Mrs William G Cuthbertson, a daughter.
At 5 Robertson Street, on the 10th instant, Mrs Peter McNicol, a son.
At Spring Place, South Wellington Street, on the 8th instant, Mrs William Johnston, a daughter.
At 91 North Frederick Street, on the 8th instant, Mrs William Paterson, a daughter.
At 40 Warwick Street, on the 5th instant, Mrs Hugh Marshall, a son.
At Bankhead, on the 9th instant, Mrs Gilbert Lang, a son – still-born.
At Barrhead, on the 8th instant, Mrs Alexander D Wilson, a son.
At Miller Street, Hamilton, on the 6th instant, the wife of the Rev. John T McFarlane, a daughter.
At the UP Manse, Strathaven, on the 4th instant, Mrs Leys, a daughter.
At Port Glasgow, on the 5th instant, Mrs R Johnston, a daughter.
At Kilmartin Manse, on the 24th ultimo, the wife of the Rev. Donald Jackson, a son.
At 40 Dover Street, London, on the 8th instant, the Countess of Airlie, a daughter.
At Sunnyside, near Glenosmond, Adelaide, Australia, on the 21st July, Mrs William Milne, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At St Rollox Foundry, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Anderson, Mr Andrew M Niven, to Catherine Walls, youngest daughter of the late Adam Young Esq., St Rollox.
At 8 Bloomfield Place, Hillhead, on the 11th instant, by the rev. Dr. Miller of Free St Matthew’s Church, William Allan Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to Henrietta Mary, youngest daughter of the late Colonel John Henry Cave, HEICS.
At Hope Bank, West Bay, Dunoon, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. W Turner, James, second son of William Harvey Esq., Acton Square, Salford, to Anne, only daughter of Mr GE McIntyre, Dunoon.
At 48 George Square, Glasgow, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Roxburgh, Mr William Anderson jun., manufacturer, Glasgow, to Lillias Milroy, youngest daughter of Mr JH Aitken.
At 58 Abbotsford Place, Glasgow, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. James McKay, Ardrossan, Patrick MacBeth Halley Esq., to Catherine, eldest daughter of George Maclerie Esq.
DEATHS [02]
At Luss Road, Helensburgh, on the 10th instant, Isabella, fourth daughter of the late Peter Macalister Esq., Dumbarton.
At 7 Park Plack(?), Stockwell Street, on the 10th instant, the infant daughter of Captain Edward Evetts.
At 18 South Portland Street, on the evening of the 10th instant, Mr John Fulton, leather merchant, aged 29 years.
At 58 Whitevale, on the 9th instant, James, son of James Reid, Crownpoint Grain Mills, East Gallowgate.
At 3 North Portland Place, Glasgow, on the 7th instant, of typhus fever, William, second son of Mr Robert Gilmour, late of Fenwick, in his 23d year.
At 5 Brighton Place, on the 9th instant, Mrs Johanna McKinlay, widow of Lieut. John McKinlay, 92d Regiment.
At 105 Hill Street, on the 8th instant, Elizabeth Jamieson, relict of Mr Charles Papillon, and daughter of the late James Jamieson Esq., merchant, Glasgow.
At Heathfield, near Birmingham. On the 8th instant, Agnes Miller, widow of James Gibson, Esq, MD., and daughter of the late James Miller Esq., merchant in Glasgow.
At 84 Dundas Street, on the 7th instant, Mr Robert Paterson, boot maker, lately of 50 Ingram Street, aged 72 years.
At 40 Abbotsford Place, on the 8th instant, Mr John Clerk, in the 76th year of his age.
At Greenock, on the 8th instant, Alexander Macfarlane, late farmer at Lee, cardross, aged 87 years.
At Newhouse, on the 2d instant, James Sawers esq.
At Newmilns, on the 5th instant, John Morton Esq., cattle dealer.
At Largs, Ayrshire, on the 31st ultimo, aged 71 years, Mr William Macall, for twenty six years postmaster there.
At Cheltenham, on the 6th instant, Margaret Logie, wife of Andrew Walker Esq., late of the Ceylon Civil Service.
At Gibraltar, on his way home from Aleppo, on the 23d October, john Stewart, aged 26 years, son of the late David Stewart Esq., St Ninians, Stirlingshire.
At Paris, on the 5th instant, Virginia Dobie, wife of the Rev. Francis Garden.
CHILD KILLED [02]
Yesterday afternoon, about one o’clock, a girl named Ellen Hamilton, about six years of age, residing at Three-Stone Hill, by Shettlestone, was killed on the Shettlestone Road, in consequence of two carts that had been recklessly driven having gone over her and fractured her skull. The drivers are in custody, and the case has been reported to the Sheriff.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT OFF THE CUMBRAES [02]
We are sorry to state that Captain john McDowall of the tug steamer Vixen, who was well known in the Clyde for many years past, was drowned, while towing the bark Glencairn, bound for New Orleans, off the Cumbraes, yesterday morning at 3 a.m. The particulars are as follows:- Captain McDowall being at the helm, the ship having her three topsails, maintopgallant sails, and head sails set, and the wind being E.N.E., while the ship was going about seven knots, she took a sheer to the southward of the steamer and brought her abeam of the ship. As the night was very dark, the tow rope “taut” and no one at hand at the time to cut it, the rope gave way, and it is supposed that the Captain was carried overboard along with it; at least no person on board saw him afterwards. As soon as it was discovered that the Captain was overboard, the steamer being then clear of the ship, the engine was immediately reversed, and backed as near to the place as could be judged, but nothing could be seen of heard of him.
FATAL ACCIDENT [02]
On Wednesday evening, about 10 o’clock, while a labourer, named James Mulholland, was engaged on board the steamer Duntroon Castle, attaching a chain to the barrel, he overbalanced himself, and fell off the gangway on which he was standing, into the river, between the quay and the vessel. He rose to the surface, and one of the crew immediately caught him by the hair of his head. The small boat of the steamer was lowered, but before the men could reach the spot the seaman had lost his hold and the poor fellow sunk a second time. He was taken out shortly after with the life hook, and conveyed to a shop in Clyde Street when Dr McEwan was in attendance, and applied the usual restoratives in such cases, but without effect. Deceased was about thirty years of age and unmarried. The body has been claimed by the relatives of the deceased.
FATAL AND EXTRAORDINARY RAILWAY ACCIDENT [abbreviated][02]
On Friday afternoon last, a special cattle train was despatched from Glasgow to Carlisle...when south of Holywood station the fireman, John Watson, the guard’s light at the rear of the train had disappeared...he called the attention of the engine driver, jumped down and ran back to discover eight trucks had been separated...the train reversed to find the missing trucks...instead of returning to his place in the tender, jumped upon the buffers of the then last truck...the separated trucks were continuing along the track and a violent collision ensued. The unfortunate man Watson was probably crushed between the two trucks... Watson, who lived in Kilmarnock, was removed to a lodging at Pleasance where he lingered until Sunday night....was about 25 years of age...several of the cattle which had been thrown out kept walking on the line, and two of them were killed by the passenger train from Glasgow... – Dumfries Courier.
15th November 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At 14 Woodlands Terrace, on the 14th instant, Mrs William Cross, a daughter.
At 109 Crown Street, on the 7th instant, Mrs Stewart Peters, a son.
At 153 Hill Street, Garnet Hill, on the 12th instant, Mrs James Bell, a son.
At 62 Cowcaddens Street, on the 11th instant, Mrs John Ferrier, twin sons.
At Italian Villa, Cove, on the 12th instant, Mrs David Gowans, a son.
At Glenbank, Campsie Junction, on the 12th instant, Mrs Andrew Robertson, a son.
At Woodbank, Partick Hill, on the 12th instant, Mrs Alexander Wood, a daughter.
At Balgray, on the 7th instant, Mrs John Warnock, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
On the 10th instant, Alexander, son of Alexander Dennistoun, Esq., of Golf Hill, near Glasgow, to Georgina Helena, youngest daughter of the late Sir Charles Oakeley, Bart, and niece of the late Marquis de Latour Maubourg.
At Boyd Street, Greenock, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. JJ Bonar, Mr John Campbell Douglas, cloth merchant, to Elizabeth Mann, eldest daughter of the late Neil McLean Esq., Greenock.
DEATHS [02]
At 246 Argyll Street, on the 14th instant, Mr James Bulloch, tobacconist. – Friends at a distance will please accept of this intimation.
At 109 Crown Street, on the 7th instant, the infant son of Mr Stewart Peters.
At 4 Windsor Terrace, on the 13th instant, of scarlet fever, Charles William, aged 1 year and 10 months, son of Mr James Caldwell.
At 1 Richard Street, on the 13th instant, Isabella, eldest daughter of William Brodie Esq.
At Ewing Place, Argyll Street, on the 11th instant, Mrs Robert Robertson, aged 70.
At the Court House, East Clyde Street, on the 12th instant, Janet Crawfurd Manifold, wife of Mr John Brown.
At 15 York Street, on the 9th instant, Miss Jane Muir, aged 20 years.
At Hamilton, on the 5th instant, Matthew Moubray, ironmonger.
At Lochwinnoch, on the 11th instant, Mr William Sloan, late merchant there, aged 85 years.
At Stirling, on the 9th instant, Colin Munro Esq., of the Stirling Journal and Advertiser, in the 64th year of his age.
At Banbridge, Ireland, on the 7th instant, Mr William Weir, junior.
GLENLUCE – MELANCHOLY OCCURRANCES [02]
On Friday night, Mr Dryman, farmer, Knockebay, on returning from Glenluce market, on his way home, took tea at crews, which he left soon afterwards, hut his horse arrived at New Luce a little past 8 o’clock without his rider. A search was immediately instituted by the villagers, but he was not found till next morning, about a hundred yards from the public road, when life was quite extinct. It is supposed he had come off his horse and let go his hold of the bridle, and the horse going on, from the extreme darkness of the night, he had wandered into the field where his body was found. – Dumfries Herald.
A MAN DROWNED IN THE CANAL -
On Thursday afternoon man named Andrew Rae, a boatman, belonging to Mungalend, was drowned in the Forth and Clyde Canal, at a place called the Bog, near Auchinstary. He was going to the west with a lighter belonging to the Carron Company, and was sitting on the gunwale of the boat between seven and eight o’clock at the place mentioned, when he suddenly lost his balance and fell overboard. The boat was immediately stopped, and after a few minute’s search, the body was taken out of the water, but life was quite extinct. – Falkirk Herald.
19th November 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At Burnside House, near Largs, on the 16th instant, the Lady of Mark Pringle Esq., a son.
At 15 North St Mungo Street, on the 18th instant, Mrs William Keddie, a son.
At Ebenezerfield, Port Dundas, on the 12th instant, Mrs Thomas Brown, a daughter, still-born.
At Lily Bank House, Johnstone, on the 17th instant, Mrs James Finlayson, a daughter.
At Dalry Manse, Galloway, on the 16th instant, the wife of the Rev. Samuel Blair, a daughter.
At West Manse, Bathgate, on the 15th instant, Mrs Alexander B Sclanders, a son.
At No. 19 Adelaide Place, Dumfries, on the 15th instant, Mrs James Sinclair, a daughter.
At Kilmun Inn, on the 13th instant, Mrs MacIntyre, a daughter.
At Knocklofty, Clonmel, on the 12th instant, Mrs James Wallace, a son.
At Pine Town, Natal, on the 3d September, the wife of EW Tinley Esq., a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 112 Wellington Street, Glasgow, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Craik, of St George’s, Mr Robert Geddes, Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank, Glasgow, to Christina, youngest daughter of Mr John McMillan, Saltcoats.
At Alexandria, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. Mr Demster, Mr John Steele, baker, to Janet, second daughter of Mr James McAslan, merchant, there.
At 11 broomlands Street, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. John J Dickson, Mr James Alison, Balnaughton, East Kilpartick, to Margaret, only daughter of the late Mr John Russell, victualler and cowfeeder.
At Markinch, on the 15th instant, by the Rev JL Rose, Mr James Smith, Supervisor of Inland Revenue, Windygates, to Mary Cassels, eldest daughter of the late Mr Andrew Mitchell, Markinch.
At St Silas’s Church, Liverpool, on the 15th instant, Mr Frederick Ryall, to Ann, youngest daughter of the late Mr Thomas Newbigging, merchant, Glasgow.
At Partick, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. Mr Laurie, Mr Dugald McGregor, print-cutter, Glasgow, to Christina, youngest daughter of Mr Duncan Stewart, Partick.
At Pine Town, Natal, on the 6th September, by the Rev. C Scott, mr John Allison, Yeoman, of Pine Town, to Christina, seventh daughter of Mr William Anderson, late of Garnkirk, and at the same time and place, Humphry Evans Knight Esq., of Ladismith, Klip River, merchant, to Mary Ann, ninth daughter of Mr William Anderson, of Pine Town aforesaid.
DEATHS [02]
At 12 Woodside Crescent, on the 18th instant, Henry Brock Esq.
At 137 London Street, on the 18th instant, William aged six years, fourth son of the late Mr Duncan Black, commission agent.
At Ashton Vale, St George’s Road, on the 12th instant, Agnes, aged fourteen years, daughter of Mr P Fraser.
At 11 Stockwell Street, Glasgow, on the 11th instant, Mr Robert Page, measurer.
At 3 College Street, on the 11th instant, Mary, only daughter of Mr John Burmond.
At Locker Bank, on the 18th instant, Edmund, second son of Mr James Stark.
At Rockside Place, Gourock, on the 17th instant, Mrs Thomas Morton, in the 70th year of her age.
At Rothesay, on the 14th instant, Mr John Peebles, late of Manchester.
At the Post Office of Balfron, on the 13th instant, Mr Alexander Fairlie, postmaster, in the 87th year of his age.
At the Manse of Whitekirk, on the 11th instant, at an advanced age, the Rev. Dr. James Wallace.
At 38 Dublin Street, Edinburgh, on the 13th instant, Elizabeth Gillespie, widow of Robert Gilmer, sen., Esq., manufacturer, Glasgow.
At the Cape of Good Hope, on the 7th ultimo, Mr Allan Watson, engineer of the Phoenix steam ship, late of Glasgow.
At Rio de Janeiro, of yellow fever, on 16th September last, Mr Henry Croker, shipmaster, Saltcoats.
SUDDEN DEATHS [02]
On Sunday night, between eight and nine o’clock, an aged woman, residing at Corstorphine, named Margaret Wardlaw or Keddie, dropped down lifeless while engaged reading a portion of the Bible. Dr. Fowler, who was immediately sent for, tried in vain to restore animation. The deceased was a stout healthy woman. – Between six and seven o’clock on Monday night, James McDavid, a flesher, residing in Fisherrow, Musselburgh, shared a similar fate. He was discovered dead on the turnpike road a little to the east of Joppa Pans, with a number of sheep straying about the roadside near him. He had dropped down while in the act of driving his little flock towards Musselburgh. In both these cases the immediate cause of death is not stated. – Yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon a cabinet-maker named Lennie, while visiting at a workshop in Toddrick’s Wynd, suddenly burst a blood-vessel, and in a few minutes expired. – Courant.
DEATH OF DR. WALLACE OF WHITEKIRK [02]
The rev. Dr. James Wallace, minister of the parish of Whitekirk, expired at the manse on the morning of Thursday last, at a very advanced age. He was settled, towards the beginning of the century, in the parish of Dalgetty in Fife. From thence he was removed to Whitekirk in east Lothian. In 1831 he was chosen Moderator of the General Assembly. – Scotsman.
FATAL ASSAULT AT PRESTONPANS [02]
On Tuesday morning week, about half-part six o’clock, a woman of the name of Helen Deans, or Mackie, called upon her sister-in-law, Margaret Buchanan or Deans, and passed some high words, after which she seized her and pulled her over the bed, and so injured her that she died on Wednesday. Margaret Buchanan was apprehended on Tuesday night, and lodged in Haddington Jail. A post mortem examination took place on Friday, and an investigation is at present going on by the authorities. – Scotsman.
ACCIDENT [abbreviated][02]
An accident of a very horrible nature occurred on Saturday night to a man named Samuel Smith aged about fifty years. Smith, who latterly had been employed as a ship watchmen...stepped from the ship Calypso to the steam-tug Conqueror off Lamlash about nine o’clock...in his descent caught hold of the paddle-wheel which began to move...he was fearfully cut and mangled. Much sympathy is felt for his widow, who has had a large family... – Greenock Advertiser.
22nd November 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At 45 Abbotsford Place, on the 20th instant, Mrs Archibald Livingston, a daughter.
At 7 East Suffolk Street, Glasgow, on the 20th instant, Mrs Alexander Chalmers, a daughter.
At 26 Lynedoch Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs T Somervail, of twin sons, one of them still-born.
At Hampden Buildings, Glasgow, on the 19th instant, Mrs McGillivray, a son.
At 115 North Montrose Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs James Anderson, a daughter.
At 20 Gauze Street, Paisley, on the 20th instant, Mrs Thomas Thomson, a son.
At Longcroft Cottage, Castlecarry, on the 15th instant, Mrs James Frame, a son.
At Kippen, on the 9th instant, Mrs Peter Donaldson, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 24 West Campbell Street, Glasgow, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. Matthew Cochrane, MA., Mr Charles Augustus Andsley, Glasgow, to Lillias, youngest daughter of Mr John Buchanan, late farmer, Blair Drummond, Perthshire.
At 68 Charlotte Street, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Buchanan, Mr James Auckland, Forres, to Janet McKean, only daughter of the late Alexander Bruce, Esq., merchant, Glasgow.
At 64 William Street, Anderston, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. Dr. McLeod, Mr Benjamin Conner, engineer, to Helen, eldest surviving daughter of Mr Alexander Dick, Ardchattan, Argyllshire.
At Monteith Row, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. Mr Simpson, Mr James McLarin, cabinetmaker, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr Benjamin Ford, Water Works, Glasgow.
At Elmfoot, Glasgow, on the 16th instant, by the rev. JM Stevenson, Haddington, Mr John Wilson, merchant, Pollockshaws, to Miss Isabella Stevenson.
DEATHS [02]
At 24 Rope Work Lane, on the 21st instant, suddenly, Helen Campbell, aged 10 years, youngest daughter of the late Alexander Campbell, spirit merchant, Glasgow.
At 116 Renfrew Street, on the 21st instant, of typhus fever, Mr AD Campbell, surgeon.
At 72 Waterloo Street, on the 21st instant, Mr Robert Birnie, blacksmith.
At 10 Bishop Street, Anderston, on the 17th instant, Mr George Hossack, boot and shoemaker, aged 55 years.
At Long Park Cottage, Camlachie, on the 20th instant, Mrs Eadie.
West Bank, Renfrew Road, on the 20th instant, Mr John Monteith, writer, Glasgow.
At 5 Victoria Place, West Regent Street, on the 19th instant, Alexander, youngest son of Mr James Whyte.
At 20 Glebe Street, on the 19th instant, suddenly, Ann, daughter of the late Mr James Paterson, merchant, Glasgow.
At Dundyvan Iron Works, on the 19th instant, Mary Hill, infant daughter of Mr Robert Prentice.
At Dumfries, on the 18th instant, John McDairmid Esq., editor of the Dumfries and Galloway Courier.
At Steam Mills, Paisley, on the 14th instant, suddenly, Mr William Peacock, baker and grain merchant, aged 56 years.
At Rosemond Cottage, Bellshill, on the 13th instant, Mary Peddie, eldest daughter of the late Thomas fell Esq., Dundyvan.
BOY DROWNED [02]
On the morning of Tuesday last a poor boy, named William Scott, left paisley about three o’clock, with a luggage boat which was proceeding to Glasgow. On the boat arriving at Port Eglinton he was missed by the boatmen, and shortly afterwards his body was found in the canal close to the boat. As it was quite dark it could not be ascertained how he met with the sad accident.
SUDDEN DEATH [02]
On the morning of Wednesday last, Andrew Wilson, road contractor, Pollokshaws, when in the act of tying his shoes, fell down and expired. Dr Menzies, who was almost instantly in attendance, attempted in vain to revive him by opening a vein. Although the case was reported to the authorities, they did not find it necessary to interfere, as it was quite apparent that death was occasioned by natural causes.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT OF THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY [abbreviated][02]
On the evening of Friday the 12th instant, the sequestered locality of lamington and neighbourhood was thrown into a state of great excitement by the sudden report that Mr Duncan Clark, station master, Lamington, had been killed by a pilot engine. He occupied a cottage at a level crossing on the line, about quarter of a mile north of the station... had just left home and family to await the arrival of the train at 5.35...it is supposed that being on the centre space, and not hearing the whistle till quite upon him and perceiving his perilous position, he had become confused and so taken suddenly to the very line he wished to avoid. He was a native of the Highlands of Perthshire...buried in the little secluded churchyard of Lamington on the 16th ...a young wife has been left a solitary widow with two infant children...
ARDROSSAN – FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE DOCKS [02]
In summer, operations were commenced to enlarge the dry dock here, so as to admit large vessels for repair. The operatives, masons, and labourers, still continue their labours, and on Wednesday, while one of the latter, James Scoullan, was clearing away some rubbish from a part that had been undermined, the mass above gave way, and fell upon him and another workman. They were both speedily extricated, and put into a cab to be conveyed to their residences in Saltcoats. Scoullan, we regret to add, died ere reaching home. His remains were delivered to a young wife, to whom he was married only last summer. – Ayr Advertiser.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT [02]
On Thursday, a serious, if not fatal, accident happened at Inveresk, through the incautious use of fire-arms. A man of the name of George Reeves, a servant of Captain Cochrane, who is at present residing at Lady Milne’s, near Inveresk, was in the habit of keeping a fowling-piece for the purpose of shooting ducks, and always had it concealed in a hedge near the river. On Thursday, he went as usual to the place where he had left the gun, which unfortunately, happened to be loaded. He pulled the gun out of the hedge by the muzzle, and it supposed some of the branches had caught the lock and caused it to explode. The contents entered the poor man’s side, and though medical aid was soon obtained he lies in a hopeless condition. – Scotsman.
SHOCKING AND MELONCHOLY OCCURANCE [abbreviated][02]
On the 7th instant, an accident happened to a seaman of the name Smith, belonging to this place, the son of Mr Archibald Smith of Meadowcape, near Rothesay, one of the few smaller proprietors of land in this island. He has left behind a young widow who is likely soon to be a mother. Based on a letter to Mr Smith’s mother-in-law Mrs Jamieson of this town and dated Greenock, November 7 1852, on board the Lunan....our second mate fell overboard about four o’clock between Sanda Island and Silva... we were twenty-two days from Pictou, Nova Scotia... – Dumbarton Herald.
26th November 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At 180 West Regent Street, on the 25th instant, Mrs Norman Macbeth, a son.
At 148 Randolph Terrace, Hill Street, on the 25th instant, Mrs Forrest Frew, a daughter.
At 89 North Frederick Street, on the 25th instant, Mrs WT Provand, a daughter.
At 15 Drury Street, Glasgow, on the 24th instant, Mrs Donald McLaren, a son.
At 67 Waterloo Street, on the 24th instant, Mrs John Fisher, a daughter.
At 18 Royal Terrace, on the 23d instant, Mrs Alexander Scott, a daughter.
At Pollokshaws, on the 23d instant, Mrs James Wardrop, a son.
At Barrack Street, Glasgow, on the 23d instant, Mrs Low, a daughter.
At 36 Westport, Lanark, on the 23d instant, Mrs David Simpson, a daughter.
At 23 Blythswood Square, Glasgow. On the 22d instant, Mrs Borron, a daughter.
At Meadowbank, Partick, on the 22d instant, the wife of Dr. Edward Newman, RN., a son.
At Langloan, on the 22d instant, Mrs John Cooper, a son.
At Birkenhead, Liverpool, on the 22d instant, Mrs John Barbour, a daughter.
At 55 Spring Grove Place, Grove Street, on the 21st instant, Mrs William Wilson jun., a daughter.
At 25 Cleland Street, on the 20th instant, Mrs McGlashan, a daughter.
At Brakenhill Cottage, on the 21st instant, Mrs James Galt, a son.
At Kingston, Canada West, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs James Waddell, a son.
At Lyans Terrace, Sydney, NSW, on the 15th June last, the lady of John McFarlane Esq., MD., a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 99 Renfield Street, on the 23d instant , by the Rev. A McLeod, Strathaven, Mr Samuel Simpson, to Jessie, only daughter of the late Dr. Rigby, Glasgow.
At Allantown, Hamilton, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. Alexander Young, Mochrum, David Frederick Esq., Dumbreddon, Wigtownshire, to Mary, eldest daughter of William Forrest Esq., of Treesbanks, Lanarkshire.
At Kelvinbank, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. Mr Lawrie, UP Church, Partick, Mr Daniel Buchanan, jeweller, to Agnes, second daughter of John McSymon Esq.
At 8 South Apsley Place, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. Robert Bremner, Mr Robert McKenzie, Glasgow, to Ann, daughter of the late Mr Charles McKay, of Tongue, Sutherlandshire.
At Somerville, Massachusetts, by the Rev. Mr Pope, Mr Peter Reid, of Govan, Scotland, to Miss Jane Watson.
DEATHS [02]
At Linwood, on the 24th instant, Mrs Adam, for upwards of 23 years housekeeper to james Brown Esq. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
Suddenly, at Mr Smeaton’s, Madras Collage, St Andrews, on the 22d instant, Robert, only son of Robert Ewing Esq., Mid Ascog, Bute, aged 14 years. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 13 Little Hamilton Street, on the 25th instant, Jean Williamson, aged 83, wife of Mr James Williamson, late of Ayr.
At 54 Buccleuch Street, Glasgow, on the 24th instant, at his brother-in-law’s house, Mr Alexander Broom, late merchant, Glasgow.
At 23 Main Street, Glasgow, on the 24th instant, Miss Janet Buchanan.
At 28 Moray Place, Edinburgh, on the 24th instant, Jane Playfair, relict of Patrick Playfair Esq., of Dalmarnock.
At 64 Oxford Street, on the 23d instant, Robert Gourlay, Esq., aged 63 years.
At 1 Kent Street, on the 23d instant, William, fourth son of the late Mr William Miller, merchant, Gallowgate Street, Glasgow.
At 1 Queen’s place, Great Western Road, on the 23d instant, Angus McPhail Esq.
At Girvan, on the 23d instant, Ann Reid, aged 68, relict of Mr James Houston, merchant there.
At 8 Canning Place, on the 22d instant, Agnes, daughter of Mr John Miller.
At Jedburgh, on the 22d instant, Mr Adam Hope, surgeon.
At 16 Cleland Street, Hutchesontown, on the 22d instant, Eliza Holmes, wife of Mr Robert Barclay, aged 67.
At Colinslie House, Paisley, on the 22d instant, Mrs James McIntyre.
At 81 High John Street, Glasgow, on the 22d instant, Janet Thomson, fifth daughter of Mr GH Gibson.
At Craigmore, Rothesay, on the 20th instant, Robert Wallace Esq., late writer in Glasgow.
At Westbank, Renfrew Road, on the 20th instant, John Monteith Esq., writer, Glasgow.
At Greenock, on the 19th instant, Mr Alexander Anderson, aged 63, late of the Inland Revenue service.
At Muthill, suddenly of palsy, on the 17th instant, Ann MacAra, relict of Mr Robert macDonald, Muthill.
At Greenfield Place, Govan, on the 16th instant, Mrs Agnes Brown.
At the Codrington Collegiate School, Barbadoes, on the 15th October, John Pinder, aged fourteen years, eldest son of captain John Wilson, late of the 93d Highlanders.
At sea, on the 23d June, on board the “Three Bells” on its passage to Australia, Mrs David Macfarlane, of sea sickness.
Drowned, by the upsetting of a boat in Moreton Bay, Australia, on the 30th of July last, William Allan Esq., MD., late of Milngavie.
BODY FOUND [02]
Yesterday morning, the body of William Dunn, (whose sudden disappearance we noticed in our last), was discovered floating in the river, near to the Suspension Bridge. The body was conveyed to the Clyde Police Office, where a post mortem examination was made, but no marks of violence were discovered. The deceased was dressed in the jacket of the man Blue who was in Dunn’s company on the evening when he went amissing.
29th November 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At 3 South Apsley Place, Glasgow, on the 27th instant, Mrs A Thomson, a son.
At 58 Whitevale Street, on the 27th instant, Mrs James Reid, a daughter.
At 41 London Street, on the 27th instant, Mrs R Fotheringham, a son.
At 15 West Princes Street, on the 27th instant, Mrs Joseph Smith, a daughter.
At 14 South Kinning Place, Paisley Road, on the 27th instant, Mrs Alfred T Jago, a daughter.
At 8 St George’s Road, on the 27th instant, Mrs Thomas Clavering, a daughter.
At 3 Clarendon Place, on the 16th instant, Mrs Hannah Cunningham, a son.
At 51 West Regent Street, on the 26th instant, Mrs William McCulloch, a daughter.
At 6 St Andrew Square, on the 26th instant, Mrs Malcolm Ferguson, a son.
At Lilybank, Hillhead, on the 25th instant, Mrs M Hamilton, a son.
At Saltcoats, on the 27th instant, Mrs David Reside, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 35 Boyd Place, Greenock, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. Mr Nelson, of the Free West Church, Mr Neil Anderson, provision merchant, there, to Mary, Second daughter of the late Mr John Weir, of the Excise.
At 126 Renfrew Street, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. N McLeod, Mr Thomas Dunlop, victualler, Cowcaddens, to Robina, eldest daughter of Mr William Jack, victualler, Cowcaddens, Glasgow.
At Seal, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. TO Blackhall, MA, William Talbot Agar, Esq., of Elm Lodge, Camden Town, to Jessy Harriet, second daughter of Sir Alexander Crichton, KSW, KSA, FRS, of the Grove, Seal, near Sevenoaks, Kent.
DEATHS [02]
At 8 Fitzroy Place, on the 28th instant, William Croil, Esq. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Glen Sannox, Arran, on the 19th instant, after ten day’s illness, Mrs John McKillop, eldest daughter of the Rev. Alexander Mackay. - Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At the Caledonian Tavern, 210 Argyll Street, on the 27th instant, Mr George Shearer.
At Maxwell Arms Inn, Pollokshaws, on the 27th instant, Mrs Peter Struthers.
At 5 Morris Place, Monteith Row, on the 27th instant, Mr David Steel, brass-founder, aged 40 years.
At 114 West Nile Street, on the 27th instant, Robert Fulton, aged 6 months, son of Mr David Auchinvole.
At 3 Carrick Street, on the 26th instant, Thomas aged 17 years, eldest son of Mr Thomas Gray, Glasgow.
At 102 Blackfriar’s Street, on the 26th instant, Thomas, third son of the late Mr John Mahony.
At 28 Jamaica Street, on the 25th instant, Mr William McFeat, merchant, aged 46.
At 34 Eldon Street, Greenock, on the 25th instant, Charlotte Forbes, relict of Captain Thomas Edmund Geils, Madras, Artillery.
At New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire, on the 8th current, Mr William Muir, parochial schoolmaster of Dalziel, aged 21 years.
At 58 King Street, Kinglands Road, London, on the 24th instant, Mrs John Barr, aged 40 years.
At Manchester, on the 25th instant, Alexander H Kelly, Esq.
At Island Lake, Maneroo, New South Wales, on the 8th July last, Mr David Cassels.
BODY FOUND [02]
Yesterday forenoon, the body of a man named John Smith, 22 years of age, a native of the Island of Gigha, was found beneath the floats of the steamer Duntroon castle, at present lying at the south quay. Deceased had been employed as private watchman on board the steamer, and was last seen on Friday evening. When missed on Saturday morning, search was made for the body, but it was not recovered till yesterday. The body has been claimed. There is no reason to doubt that death was accidental.
MAN DROWNED AT AYR [abbreviated][02]
Upon Sunday se’nnight, about eleven o’clock, some persons upon the North Quay fancied they heard the cries of a person in the river upon the town side, and apparently about the Ratten Quay... no one was seen and the cries has ceased...no more was thought of the matter until a few days since, a woman from Girvan came to the police office here, inquiring for her husband...there is every reason to fear, is the person drowned. He was named John Greig, a tilemaker, and came to Ayr upon the Sunday, to do some business on the Monday, and return home that day, but never appeared. He was last seen turning down the quay about half-past ten o’clock, and was no more seen.... – Ayr Observer.
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