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2nd September 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At 180 Springhill Place, St George’s Road, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs William steel, a daughter.
At 9 Windsor Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs Samuel Blaikley, a son
At 102 Belgrove, on the 2d instant, Mrs WO Stevens, a son.
At 335 Mayfield Place, Sauchiehall Street, on the 1st instant, Mrs Alexander Scott, a son.
At East Market Street, Glasgow, on the 1st instant, Mrs James Paton, a daughter.
At 5 Murray Place, Queen’s Crescent, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs James Cruikshank, a son.
At 61 Mains Street, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs James Muir, a son.
At Melbourne Place, Kingston, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs William Fleming, a daughter.
At 95 Dundas Street, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs James Lightbody, a son.
At 220 Broomielaw, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs John Lynass junr., a daughter.
At 118 Waterloo Street, on the 27th ultimo, Mrs James Galt, a son.
At the Manse of Campsie, on the 1st instant, Mrs Monro, a daughter – still born.
At New Almaden, Upper California, on the 7th July, Mrs Robert Walkinshaw, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 12 Great Clyde Street, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. William Welsh, Falkirk, Mr David McCue, provision merchant, to Jessie Arneil, daughter of Mr Andrew Miller, timber merchant, Maxwell Street.
At 112 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. Dr Craik, Mr Peter Ferguson, warehouseman, to Mary Anna, youngest daughter of the late Mr James Nisbet, Kirkcudbright.
At 28 John Street, Bridgeton, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. Mr Mitchell, of Free St Luke’s, Mr Robert Murdoch, grocer, to Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr William Nicolson.
At Glasgow, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. Dr. McLeod, Mr Duncan Wright, to Agnes, daughter of the late Mr Ebenezer Hendry, clothier, Glasgow.
At 9 New Street, Calton, on the 24th ultimo, by the Rev. David Mitchell, of Free St Luke’s, Mr John Brown, merchant, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late William Strang, Esq.
At Bowling, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Barclay, of Old Kilpartick, James Brown Esq., Accountant, Glasgow, to Mrs Grace McLeish, relict of Captain Thomas Leeds, of Bowling.
At Morriston, Lanarkshire, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. John Roxburgh, DD., minister of Free St John’s Church, Robert McLaren Esq., Glasgow, to Jessie Blair, eldest daughter of John Bain, Esq., of Morriston.
At Mount Pleasant, Bothwell, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. Charles Clarke, Birmingham, Mr John Hedderwick, to Eliza, eldest daughter of the late George Cooke Esq., Glasgow.
At Hamilton, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. John Inglis, Mr John Scott, merchant, Hamilton, to Robina, eldest daughter of Mr William Tait, baker, there.
At the Reformed Presbyterian Manse, Laurieston, Falkirk, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. Alexander Young, of Darvel, Mr John Mathie, merchant, Glasgow, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the Rev. Hugh Young.
At Westgate Chapel, Bradford, Yorkshire, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. H Dowson, Mr Donald Macrae, merchant, Glasgow, to Frances Emma, only daughter of Joshua Taylor Esq., Bradford.
DEATHS [02]
At Cagliari, on the 16th ultimo, Captain George Petrie, of the schooner Scotia of Bo’ness. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Sackville Place, Glasgow, on the 2d instant, Martha Cockburn, widow of Mr Alexander More, engineer, Glasgow.
At 52 Holmhead Street, on the 2d instant, Edward Waterson, aged 2½ years.
At 123 Grafton Terrace, on the 29th ultimo, Elizabeth, aged 6 months, infant daughter of Mr William Fulton.
At Newton Mearns, on the 29th ultimo, Janet Law, in the 50th year of her age, wife of Mr John Armour, Glasgow.
At 2 Meadow Bank Place, Partick, on the 2d instant, Kirk wood, relict of Robert Fleming Esq., surgeon, and youngest daughter of the late William Fleming Esq., of Overnewton.
At King Street, Port Glasgow, on the 30th ultimo, Catherine, aged 9 years, youngest daughter of Captain Archibald Bell.
GREENOCK [abbreviated][02] A very lamentable case of death by drowning occurred here on Saturday morning last. A boy, aged about thirteen, named Robert Yeats, son of Mr Yeats, tobacconist, Rue End, went with a companion to bathe in the dam at the foot of the Back Walks, which supplies the saw mills of Messrs. James McLean & Co....Yeats jumped in at a point where the water is about 9 feet deep.... – Greenock Advertiser.
DROWNING AND NARROW ESCAPE [abbreviated][02] At one o’clock on the morning of Wednesday last, a man was observed from the south side of the river to throw off his clothes hastily, and plunge into the Clyde from the Green, opposite the Monument...the body was not discovered for some hours afterwards...the deceased was identified as John McGowan, a carman in the employment of a soda water manufacturer. It is believed that the unfortunate man committed the act while in a state of delirium from drink.
VALE OF LEVEN – DISTRESSING ACCIDENT [abbreviated][02] On Wednesday, last week, a little child between one and two years of age, the daughter of George Ritchie, farmer, Ladrishmore, Kilmarnock, was found drowned in a well close by the house... – Dumbarton Herald.
6th September 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At Camphill, on the 5th instant, Mrs Neale Thomson, twin sons.
At Greenfield, Govan, on the 4th instant, Mrs George Wilson, a daughter.
At Dunoon, on the 4th instant, Mrs James Jamieson, a daughter.
At 108 Peel Terrace, garnet Hill, on the 3d instant, Mrs Alexander Steven, a daughter.
At Manchester, on the 3d instant, Mrs Neil Macnish, a son.
At 44 West Regent Street, on the 3d instant, the wife of Dr. Robert T Corbett, a daughter.
At Valparaiso, on the 6th July, Mrs Frederick A Eck, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 56(?) Rose Street, Garnet Hill, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Roxburgh, Mr William Whyte, Glasgow, to Catherine, eldest daughter of the late Mr James Murray, wine merchant, Glasgow.
At the Cormack(?) Tavern, 39(?) Jamaica Street, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. Alexander Paterson, Glasgow, Mr Robert Hunter, merchant, Paisley, to Elizabeth Cameron, relict of Mr Alexander Stuart, merchant, Glasgow.
At Drymen, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. Mr Edmond, UP Church, Regent Place, Glasgow, Mr William Gilfillan, merchant, Glasgow, to Margaret, youngest daughter of the late Mr William Kennedy, Drymen.
At Dundee, on the 3d instant, by the Rev. AO Laird of Free St John’s, James ferris Esq., of Balgrechan, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Captain James Anderson, of London.
At the Parish Church, Holywell, Flintshire, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. Hugh Jones, Vicar, MA., Alexander Morison Esq., Liverpool, to Margaret Ann, daughter of John Roger Jones Esq., Penvpylls(?).
At 124 West Nile Street, on the 30th ultimo, Mr David Monro, to Barbara, daughter of Mr Hugh McConochie, Barhill, Gatehouse, Kirkcudbrightshire.
At 278 Argyll Street, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. Mr Tuck, of St Jude’s Episcopal Chapel, Mr George Austin, London, to Christina, eldest daughter of the late William Milne Esq., Glasgow.
DEATHS [02]
At Middleton House, Paisley Road, Glasgow, on the 4th instant, William Kidaton McFarlane, in his fourth year, son of the Rev. Dr McFarlane of Erskine Church. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Morrison’s Court, 106(?) Argyll Street, on the 5th instant, Mr Joseph Alexander, confectioner, Arcade.
At 38 Hill Street, Glasgow, on the 5th instant, Jane, second daughter of Mr John Johnstone, Haddington.
On the 4th instant, in the eighty-second year of her age, Mary Park, relict of James Young Esq., of Auldhousefield.
At 5 Morris Place, on the 4th instant, Jessie Isabella, youngest daughter of Mr David Wilson, grocer and wine merchant.
At Elswick, East Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on the 4th instant, Elizabeth Burton, infant daughter of Mr Charles Campbell.
At the Manse of Shotts, on the 3d instant, Elizabeth Helen, aged 13 months, daughter of the Rev. William M Watt.
At Troon, on the 3d instant, the Rev. Peter Macindoe, DD, of the reformed Presbyterian Church, Kilmarnock, in the fifty-seventh year of his age, and thirty-second of his ministry.
At the Free Church Manse, Barr, Ayrshire, on the 2d instant, mary Runcorn, aged 52 years, wife of William Mclaren Esq., 12 Woodside Terrace, Glasgow.
At Alexandria, on the 2d instant, Helen Meikle, wife of Mr William Robertson.
At 2 Espedair Street, Paisley, on the 1st instant, Isabella Dunlop, aged 49 years, relict of Mr John Stewart, maltster, Saucel.
At 116 South Portland Street, on the 31st ultimo, Elizabeth C Sutherland, relict of Mr James Burns Buchanan, late merchant in Stirling.
At Vale of Leven, Dumbartonshire, on the 31st ultimo, Jean Christie, aged 31 years, relict of Mr William Carrick, tinsmith, Glasgow.
At 99(?) Nelson Street, Glasgow, on the 30th ultimo, Mr Michael Johnston, boot and shoemaker.
At 116 Green Street, Glasgow, on the 29th ultimo, Agnes McKerrow, youngest daughter of Mr James Duchmont, cowfeeder.
At 210 Main Street, Bridgeton, on the 29th ultimo, Mr Robert Biggar, aged 25 years.
At the Manse of Dalserf, on the 29th ultimo, the Rev. John Russell, LLD, minister of that parish, in the thirty-fourth year of his ministry.
FATAL ACCIDENT [02]
Robert Smith, tinsmith, Glasgow, was killed at Renfrew on Saturday afternoon, while stepping into a railway carriage when in motion. He missed his hold and fell across the rail. A down train coming up at that moment passed over his body. He was conveyed to Paisley, where he received the most skilful surgical treatment, but to no avail. In about an hour after the accident he died. He has left a widow and family to deplore his loss.
10th September 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At 48 Clyde Street, on the 9th instant, Mrs Thomas Robb, a daughter.
At 90 Argyll Street, on the 8th instant, Mrs Gavin Steel, a son.
At 123 West Nile Street, on the 8th instant, Mrs Henry Henderson, a daughter.
At 95 Whitevale Street, on the 8th instant, Mrs James Johnson, a daughter.
At Glasgow, on the 7th instant, the wife of Mr John Brown, perfumer, a daughter.
At Honeyholme, Balfron, on the 7th instant, Mrs Moses Risk, a son.
At Dundyvan Iron Works, on the 5th instant, Mrs Robert Prentice, a daughter.
At Leslie, Fifeshire, on the 6th instant, the wife of W Elder Esq., banker, a son.
At Willow bank, Fulham, London, on the 4th instant, Mrs Robert Henderson, a son.
At Valparaiso, on the 12th July, Mrs William Curphey, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 40 Shamrock Street, on the 9th instant, Mr James White, to Margaret, daughter of the late Mr John Martin.
At 93 South Portland Street, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Muir, St James’s, Mr Archibald Crombie, to Catherine, youngest daughter of the late Alexander McLachlan Esq., merchant, Glasgow.
At Campbellfield, Glasgow, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. J Fairbairn, Free Church, Greenlaw, the Rev. D Turner, missionary to the Jews at Constantinople, to Henrietta, sixth daughter of the late William Wilson Esq., of Campbellfield.
At 46 Abbotsford Place, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Paterson, Mr Edward T Wood, of Brinscall Hall, Lancashire, to Christina, youngest daughter of the late Rev. John Anderson, of Tullymet.
At Cairneyhill Manse, near Dunfermline, on the 8th instant, by the father of the bride, Mr Thomas Younger junr., London, to Isabella Paxton, third daughter of the Rev. John More, Cairneyhill.
At 17 Hope crescent, Edinburgh, on the 8th instant, by his brother, the Rev. George Boag, of Uphall, Patrick Boag Esq., merchant, Leith, to Harriot, second daughter of Thomas Tair Esq., late of Buenos Ayres, South America.
DEATHS [02]
At 97 Old Vennal, on the 8th instant, Margaret Ferrier, aged 99 years, relict of Mr John Lindsay, mason, Glasgow.
At 105 Douglas Street, on the 8th instant, Eliza Jane, aged 9 months, daughter of John Spiers Esq.
At 229 Duke Street, on the 8th instant, Mr Peter Shaw, aged 79 years.
At 238 Main Street, Bridgeton, on the 25th ultimo, Mary Davenport, aged 59 years, wife of Robert Paterson Esq.
At Partick, near Glasgow, on the 5th instant, Neil Macdonald Esq., late of Paisley.
At Hamilton Place, Partick, on the 30th ultimo, of scarlet fever, Charlotte B., aged 4 years and 4 months, and on the 5th instant, Elizabeth, aged 2 years and 6 months, eldest and youngest daughters of Mr Thomas Brown.
At Callander, on the 9th instant, Donald, the infant son of Daniel Macfarlane Esq., distiller, Port Dundas, Glasgow.
At Houston, on the 2d instant, Mr Joseph Taylor, baker, aged 73 years.
At 25 Patrick Street, Greenock, on the 5th instant, Isabella Ingles, youngest daughter of the late William Scott Esq.
At 12 Bernard Street, Leith, on the 3d instant, Thomas Adams Esq., merchant.
At Bowden, near Manchester, on the 8th instant, Mr William McLardy, aged 35 years.
At New England, near Hitchin, Herts, on the 28th ultimo, Major Frederick Alexander Miles, of the Bengal Artillery, third son of the late William Augustus Miles, of Heath, Hants, Esq.
BOY KILLED [02] On Tuesday afternoon, a boy about four years of age, named Michael McMahon, accidentally met his death in the following melancholy manner. It seems that having climbed to the top of the logs of wood lying in a timber yard in Hunter Street, for the purpose of amusing himself, one of them lurched over, and falling on him crushed him so severely that he almost instantaneously expired.
SEVERE ACCIDENT [02] Yesterday afternoon a carter named James brown, who bears a character much above the average of his class, met with a severe accident, which it is feared will terminate fatally. He was carrying ashore a box of herrings from the Inverary Castle, and falling from the plank, struck his head on the bulwark of the vessel, the box falling upon him at the same time with such violence, that his skull was fractured and his face disfigured almost beyond recognition.
DEATH OF MR ROBERT HOPE, FENTON BARNS [abbreviated][02] We regret to record the death, though at an advanced age, of Mr Robert Hope, for upwards of half a century tenant of the farm of Fenton Barns, East Lothian, and who in the days of his vigour held a prominent position in connection with Scottish agriculture...succeeded his father in the same farm... – The Scotsman.
FATAL ACCIDENT [02] On Monday week, an accident of a fatal nature occurred on board the ship Aberfoyle, as she was being tugged down the Clyde. When opposite Renfrew, one of the apprentices, James Stevenson Anderson, belonging to Rothesay, missed his footing as he was passing the hatchway and fell into the hold. Having been brought here, it was deemed necessary that he should be removed to the Infirmary, where it was ascertained that the patient had sustained an extensive fracture of the skull. The lad rallied somewhat after admission, but inflammation of the brain having supervened, he gradually sunk, and died on Sabbath morning, six days after receipt of the injury. – Greenock Advertiser.
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL OCCURRENCE [abbreviated][02] On the morning of Sabbath last, the wife of Mr William Tudhope, merchant, Coatbridge, had occasion to use vitrol for purposes connected with her household affairs, but by some incaution or neglect the cup which contained the burning liquid happened to fall within the reach of her child...a little boy of three years...who swallowed the contents...the boy expired the following day. This circumstance is rendered doubly afflicting from the painful fact that, a few years ago, another favourite child, of the same parents, had two teaspoons of vitrol administered by the hand of the same fond but mistaken mother, instead of hive water, the consequences of which were a like fatal result.
13th September 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At 11 Monteith Row, on the 11th instant, Mrs Andrew Tod, a son.
At 41 Charlotte Street on the 11th instant, Mrs Robert Robin, a daughter.
At 168 St George’s Road, on the 10th instant, Mrs James Douglas, a son.
At 4 Nicholson Street, Laurieston, on the 10th instant, Mrs James Ewing, a daughter.
At 163 Garngad Hill, on the 10th instant, Mrs John Neilson, a daughter.
At Hayfield, on the 10th instant, Mrs James White, a daughter – still born.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 128 Great Hamilton Street, Glasgow, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. MN Goold, Dumfries, Dr Robert Crawford, Peebles, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late James Brownlie Esq.
At the Clyde Hotel, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Mr Johnston, Captain William Wood, of the ship Waterwitch, to Miss Elizabeth Collie, of Aberdeen.
At 40 Shamrock Street, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. W Arnot, Free St Peter’s, Mr James White, to Margaret, daughter of the late Mr John Martin.
At 12 Rankeillor Street, Edinburgh, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. James Ballantyne, John Mount Esq., refiner, Edinburgh, to M King Fulton, only surviving daughter of AT Dickson, late of the 79th Highlanders, and granddaughter of the late William Drew Esq., of Westquarter and Lumlock Cadder, Lanarkshire.
At 17 Hope Crescent, Edinburgh, on the 8th instant, by his brother, the Rev. George Boag, of Uphall, Patrick Boag Esq., merchant, Leith, to Harriot, second daughter of Thomas Fair, Esq., late of Buenos Ayres, South America.
At Killearn, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. Dr Grahame, Mr James Pollock, teacher, Stewart’s School, Fintry, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr Charles Wilson.
At St John’s Church, Kilkenny, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. James Graves, james Gray Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to Sophie, second daughter of Joseph Wright Esq., of Sion, County Kilkenny.
At St Jude’s Church, London, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. Hugh Allan, Mr George Simmons, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Mr William Rae, merchant, Glasgow.
DEATHS [02]
At 6 Brown Street, on the 12th instant, Mary Telfer, aged 45, relict of Mr John McGowan, builder, Newton Stewart.
At Parkhead, on the 10th instant, Mrs Marion Murdoch, relict of Mr John Murdoch, of Sauchiedyke, Cambuslang.
At 67 High Street, Johnstone, on the 9th instant, James infant son of Patrick Stirling, Esq., MD.
At Lanark, on the 9th instant, Jane, second daughter of the late Rev. John Roxburgh, Minister of Kilmaurs.
At Ashton, Gourock, on the ## instant, Miss McNair, daughter of the late James McNair, Esq., of Greenfield.
At 43 East Claremont Street, Edinburgh, on the 9th instant, Isabella, daughter of the late Dr Thomas Fleming, Minister of Lady Yester’s Church, Edinburgh.
At 20 Brompton Square, London, on the 7th instant, Samuel S Sharkleton Esq., late of Demerara.
At Grenada, West Indies, on the 1st ultimo, John Stuart Esq., Dougaldton.
DEATHS OF MR MCGOWAN [abbreviated][02]
...announce the death of Mr William McGowan, a well-known and much esteemed Catholic gentleman of this city, an event which took place on Wednesday last, a 2 o’clock A.M., after a severe illness...for upwards of thirty years...pursued his avocation as a teacher in Glasgow. His mortal remains were interred in Bridgeton churchyard... – Free Press.
MELANCHOLY DEATH BY DROWNING
Yesterday week the body of a poor old man named Thomas March, at one time a teacher in Paisley, was found in the Canal, at the east side of the Causeyside Tunnel. His hat and stick were found on the bank at the other side of the tunnel. The deceased was for many years severely affected with St Vitus’ Dance, and in walking on the streets the involuntary contortions of his body were most melancholy to look on. The body was conveyed to Johnstone, and interred there on Monday.
17th September 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At Abbotsford Place, on the 16th instant, Mrs AC Dykes, a daughter.
At 424 Argyll Street, on the 16th instant, Mrs Alexander Greenlees, a son.
At 182 Stirling’s Road, on the 15th instant, Mrs Andrew Dyker, a daughter.
At 12 Pollock Street, on the 15th instant, Mrs R Hill Macdonald, a son.
At 159 Garngad Hill, on the 14th instant, Mrs William Bayne, a son.
At 113 Renfrew Street, on the 12th instant, Mrs AD Dean, a son.
At Laurel Bank, Partick, on the 14th instant, Mrs Campbell, a daughter – still born.
At Lanark, on the 12th instant, Mrs Daniel McIvor, a daughter – still born.
At Dunoon, on the 14th instant, Mrs MacDougall, a son.
At Crimond Manse, Aberdeenshire, on the 13th instant, Mrs Boyd, a daughter.
At tweedmouth, on the 8th instant, the wife of the Rev. James A Miller, of Berwick-upon-Tweed, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Thornliebank, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Brown, Edinburgh, William Thomson Esq., Fellow of St Peter’s College, Cambridge, and Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow, to Margaret, daughter of Walter Crum, Esq.
At 54 North Hanover Street, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. DC MacTaggart, of Inverary, Mr Thomas Kennedy, to Charlotte Augusta, second daughter of James Thomson Esq., of Hallhouse, Ayrshire.
At 32 Nelson Street, Tradeston, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. JS Taylor, Captain Peter McLean of the brig Woodman, of Glasgow, to Helen Canning, relict of Robert Campbell Esq., Glasgow.
At 103 South Portland Street, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. JS Taylor, the Rev. James Bonar, UP Church, East Kilbride, to Helen, daughter of Mr James Dick, builder.
At Stonefield, Hutchesontown, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. James Symington, Minister of Muirkirk, Mr William Turner, Liverpool, to Elizabeth Newbigging, eldest daughter of BF McCallum Esq.
At Campsie, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. William Shaw, MA., Minister of Ayr, Mr Peter Livingston, merchant, Glasgow, to Ann Catharine, daughter of the late JW Brown, Esq., of St Vincent’s, West Indies.
At St Andrew’s Church, Plymouth, on the 14th instant, Gregor Turnbull Esq., Glasgow, to Eliza, second daughter of Arthur Frame Esq., late of Linholm, Hamilton.
DEATHS [02]
At Main Street, Anderston, on the 15th instant, Mr Andrew Imrie, shoemaker.
At the Lock Hospital, Glasgow, on the 15th instant, Jean Brebner, aged 64 years, wife of Mr Alexander Troup, superintendent.
At 114 West Nile Street, on the 14th instant, Eliza Macindee, wife of Mr David Auchinvole.
At 293 High Street, on the 14th instant, Alexander, youngest son of Mr John Henderson, late spirit merchant, Glasgow.
At 4 Clyde Street, Calton, on the 13th instant, Mr Robert McGregor, in the 32d year of his age.
At 27 West Laurieton, Edinburgh, on the 15th instant, after a long and painful illness, Thomas Cunningham Esq., hat manufacturer.
On the 12th instant, George, youngest son of Mr James Muir, Barone Park, Rothesay.
At the UP Manse, Patna, Ayrshire, on the 11th instant, John, infant son of the Rev. James McFadyen.
At New Yards, Maybole, on the 4th instant, Janet Watson, aged 64, relict of Mr John McCrindle, Fordhouse.
KIRKINTILLOCH SUICIDE [abbreviated] [02] On Saturday morning, a man named Robert Parkinson, a glazier, committed suicide, by hanging himself outside of his own dwelling...the deceased has been low-spirited for a length of time, occasioned by suffering severely through some internal complaint...
FATAL FIGHT AT PARTICK – CASE OF CULPABLE HOMICIDE [abbreviated][02] On Saturday evening last, two men, respectively named Edward Bonnar and John Higgins, fought a pitched battle opposite a place called Knowhead, in the vicinity of Partick, which has resulted in the death of Higgins....the combatants were backed and encouraged by their several supporters...Higgins, we believe, was able to walk home after the occurrence, but he expired on the following evening about ten o’clock. Bonnar has been committed on a charge of culpable homicide.
20th September 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At 36 Sauchiehall Street, on the 17th instant, Mrs Thrift Stobo, a son.
At 21 Lansdowne Crescent, on the 16th instant, Mrs James Milln, a daughter.
At 4 Eglinton Lane, Eglinton Street, on the 14th instant, Mrs Morrison, a daughter.
At 39 Clyde Street, on the 13th instant, the wife of Captain John Kyle, a daughter.
At 267 George Street, on the 12th instant, Mrs Charles Johnstone, a son – still born.
At the Manse of Crieff, on the 17th instant, the wife of the Rev. John Cunningham, a daughter.
At Gairbraid, on the 16th instant, Mrs John Monteith, a son.
At Underwood, near Denny, on the 15th instant, Mrs Robert Benny, a daughter.
At Springkell, on the 14th instant, the Lady Heron Maxwell, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Lennoxtown, Campsie, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. Alexander mathieson, DD., of Montreal (uncle of the bride), Mr Alexander McIntosh, merchant, Glasgow, to Charlotte, youngest daughter of the late Mr Charles Tagg, Lennoxtown.
At Welton, Yorkshire, on the 16th instant, by the Rev JB Paget, MA, George Blanshard Esq., of Edinburgh, to Mary Anne, third surviving daughter of Richard Lacy Esq., formerly of Cayton Hall, near Ripon, in that county.
At Upton Church, Torquay, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Richard Fayle, the Rev. Frederick A Savile, Rector of Kingsnympton, to Sophia Stewart, daughter of the late Thomas Dykes Esq., Woodside Terrace, Glasgow.
DEATHS [02]
At 267 George Street, on the 19th instant, Isabella, McFarlane, wife of Mr Charles Johnston, bootmaker.
At 18 South Frederick Street, on the 17th instant, James, only son of Mr James Robertson, manufacturer.
At 38 Eglinton Street, on the 15th instant, John Munro, aged 3 years and 3 months, son of Mr John Munro, baker.
At Stag Inn, Govan, on the 18th instant, Margaret Sheilds, wife of Mr James Walker.
At Carmyle, on the 18th instant, Jane Muir, aged 1 year and 9 months, youngest daughter of Walter Rodger Esq.
At Ellis Muir, Old Monkland, on the 27th ultimo, Mr William law, aged 74, and on the 16th instant, Elizabeth Cross, aged 75, relict of Mr William Law.
At Bellfield, Stirling, on the 16th instant, Mrs Agnes Paterson, widow of John Sawers Esq., late of Jamaica.
At Irvine, on the 18th instant, Mr John Davidson, merchant, aged 62.
At Doonbrae Cottage, on the 17th instant, Mr David Aulf.
At Kilbrandon Schoolhouse, Argyllshire, on the 10th instant, after a short illness, Christina Wright, wife or Mr Alexander McMillan, parochial schoolmaster.
At Holme, on the 9th instant, Lieut.-General Sir John Ross(?), KCB., of Holme, aged 75.
At Chestnut Cottage, Bradford, on the 16th instant, the infant daughter of George Addison Esq.
At Waterfoot, Cumberland, on the 12th instant, the Hon. Lady Ramsay of Balmain, aged 55, widow of Sir Alexander Ramsay, Bart. And daughter of the first Lord Panmure.
At Carnwath, on the 9th instant, Eliza, youngest daughter of John Falconer Jackes, Esq.
At Monkstown, near Dublin, Anne Salesbury, daughter of the late Right Hon. Thomas Kelly, of Kellyville, Queen’s County.
FEMALE EMIGRATION.[02] The twenty-seventh party of female emigrants has sailed for Sydney. They are forty in number, and most of them young women of very respectable appearance.
FATAL ACCIDENT [02] On Friday last, while a breaksman on the Bo’ness and Slamannan Railway, named Robert Heddley, was sitting or standing between two trucks of a goods’ train which was in motion, by some accident he fell down between them, and the whole of the remainder of the train, consisting of three carriages and the engine, passed over his thighs, separating his legs from his body. The train was immediately stopped and the unfortunate man conveyed to Bo’ness, where he expired in a few hours afterwards. The accident took place about a quarter of a mile from the junction of the Bo’ness branch with the Edinburgh and Glasgow line, near Myrehead, in the parish of Muiravonside. We understand the young man was unmarried and had been but a short time in the company’s service/ - Falkirk Herald.
MELANCHOLY EFFECTS OF DISSIPATION [abbreviated][02] On Sunday morning some excitement prevailed in Leith in consequence of a report that a young man was lying dead on board of one of the steamers, that another had fallen into the harbour, and that a third was dangerously ill, through the excessive use of ardent spirits. It appears that at an early hour of the morning George Adams, Thomas Smith and Alexander Smith, and William McKay, four men belonging to the port, obtained from a cask nearly a large pail full of liquor, known by a certain class as “bulk”, which is putting hot water into an empty whisky-cask and shaking and rolling it about for a short time till the spirits are extracted from the staves.... George Adams left his companions and went on board of the steam boat Xantho, where shortly afterwards he was found dead. Thomas Smith came ashore...being in a state of insensibility...was taken to the Police Station. Alexander Smith, in attempting to get ashore, fell into the harbour...assistance being soon procured...was conveyed home... – Courant.
24th September 1852
BIRTHS [02]
At 37 Morrison Street, on the 22d instant, Mrs John Fulton, jun., a son.
At 130 Great Hamilton Street, on the 21st instant, Mrs John McKenzie, a daughter.
At 63 Abercromby Street, on the 21st instant, Mrs John Seaton, a son.
At 54 St Vincent Crescent, on the 20th instant, Mrs William Macintosh, a son.
At 150 Upper Crown Street, on the 20th instant, Mrs William Fyfe, a son.
At Burnbank House, Partick, on the 20th instant, Mrs Frederick Johnston, a son.
At Partick, on the 19th instant, Mrs Peter Aikman, a son.
At Darnley Terrace, Shawlands, on the 22d instant, Mrs Thomas M McKinlay, a son.
At New Milns, on the 21st instant, the wife of Mr Joseph Hood, machine-maker, a daughter.
At 13 Lawn Street, Paisley, on the 17th instant, the wife of Mr John Anderson, writer, a son.
At Friars’ Croft, Irvine, on the 21st instant, Mrs Robert Brown, a son.
At 27 Queen Square, Dublin, on the 19th instant, Mrs RP Stephens, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
On the 20th instant, by the Rev. Principal Macfarlan, Mr Donald Douglas, late tacksman of Barnacarry Farm, Argyllshire, to Christina Macfarlane, relict of Mr William Paterson, chemist, Glasgow.
At Braehead, Kilmarnock, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. James Aitken, William Cockey Esq., iron merchant, Glasgow, to Agnes, eldest daughter of the late John Railton, Esq.
At Oban, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. Archibald Bannatyne, mr James Aldcorn, of her Majesty’s Customs, to Jane, eldest daughter of Duncan McArthur, Esq.
DEATHS [02]
At the National Hotel, 10 St Enoch Square, on the 23d instant, Mr David Crawford, aged 34 years.
At 40 Abbotsford Place, on the 22d instant, John Fisher Esq., architect.
At 90 Sauchiehall Street, on the 22d instant, Mr James Blackley, aged 58 years.
At 15 Eglinton Street, on the 22d instant, Christian Govan, wife of Mr William Brydson.
At 184 Victoria place, Upper Crown Street, Glasgow, on the 21st instant, William, aged 23 years, eldest son of Mr William Ritchie.
At 107 Main Street, Bridgeton, on the 20th instant, Mr Matthew Bell, sen., in his 57th year.
At 4 Garscadden Street, on the 10th instant, of scarlatina, Isabella Macfarlane, aged 6½ years, on the 19th, Jessie, aged 13½ years, and on the 23d, James, aged 3½ years – daughters and son of Mr William Dick.
At Blackfaulds, Rutherglen, after a long and severe illness, Helen, second daughter of the late Mr John Anderson, coal master, Milton, Old Kilpatrick.
At Kirkintilloch, on the 19th instant, Henry, in the 18th year of his age, youngest son of the late Mr John Freeland.
At Kilwhinlock, Isle of Bute, on the 20th instant, John, aged 20 years, second son of Mr Thomas Whyte, 36 Elmbank Crescent, Glasgow.
At Kaimes House, Millport, on the 17th instant, Major James McAlister, late of the 13t Light Dragoons.
At the house of her brother, Ayr, on the 12th instant, Jane Muir, wife of Mr John Cherry, auctioneer, Airdrie.
At Lettermay, Argyllshire, on the 18th instant, Mr Donald MacDougall, late of Londonderry, aged 79.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT [02] A man named George Ross, in the employment of the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company, as an engine-driver, met with an accident at Thornhill station on Thursday night last. He was engaged in oiling the engine wheels about midnight, when the break was suddenly removed by the guard, and the train began on an incline began to move, whereby his arm was caught by the wheel, broken, and much crushed. He was brought to the Dumfries Infirmary, where the wounded limb was amputated, but he died on Sunday night in a state of high fever, partly caused by his having drunk a good deal of spirits after the accident, administered to him from a fatally mistaken feeling of kindness.
DEATH OF DAVID AULD ESQ. OF DOONBRAE COTTAGE [abbreviated][02] We have this week to record the death of...Mr David Auld, custodier of Burns’ Monument, for many years the tasteful and enthusiastic decorator of the Banks of Doon. His demise took place on Friday morning last, after a severe illness of ten days....Mr Auld was a native of Ayr, to which also belonged his forefathers for generations...he was laid in his grave, by haunted Alloway, on Monday... – Ayr Observer
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