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Wednesday 2nd August 1854
FATAL ACCIDENT [01]
A most melancholy accident happened on board the steamer Princess-Royal, on her passage from Liverpool on the morning of Sabbath last, while off the Isle of Man. A yound man, a seaman, belonging to Kirkcaldy, when leaving the topgallant forecastle, tripped over the kedge-anchor and fell overboard. The sea was perfectly smooth at the time, and the steamer was at once stopped and the boats lowered, but he was never seen again. It is supposed that the unfortunate man was killed instantaneously by the paddle-wheel. His name is Peter Lamont - Greenock Advertiser.
BIRTHS [01]
At Randolph Place, on the 30th ultimo [July], Mrs Gourlay Steell, of a daughter.
At 4 Maitland Street, on the 29th ultimo [July], Mrs Leo of Preston, of a son.
At 3 South-West Circus Place, on the 28th ultimo [July]. Mrs Elder, of a son.
At Edgehill, Dean, on the 25th ultimo [July], Mrs Mackinnon, of a son.
At 2 Fingal Place, on the 29th ultimo [July], Mrs John Usher, of a daughter.
At Portobello, on the 29th ultimo [July], Mrs J Arbuthnott Smith, of 14 Gardner's crescent, Edinburgh, prematurely, of a son.
At Bathgate, on the 30th ultimo [July], Mrs W Johnston, of a daughter.
At 173 St George's Road, Glasgow, on the 31st ultimo [July], Mrs John Tod Dickie, of a daughter.
At Saucel Bank, Paisley, on the 28th ultimo [July], the wife of the Rev. E Kennedy, of a daughter.
At Bath, on the 27th ultimo [July], the lady of Alexander Cochran Esq., of Ashkirk, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES [01]
At 8 Gayfield Square, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Dr Glover of Greenside, the Rev. J Elder Cumming, of the East Church parish, Perth, to Annie brown, eldest daughter of the late Alexander Neilson Esq., writer, Port-Glasgow.
At Inchmarlo, on the 26th ultimo, by the Rev. G Hutchison of Banchory-Ternan, W Burnett Ramsay Esq., of Banchory Lodge, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Forfar and Kincardineshire Militia, to Anne, second daughter of the late Duncan Davidson Esq., of Tillychetly and Inchmario.
At St George's, Hanover Square, London, on the 27th ultimo [July], Lieutenant-Colonel Carleton, Coldstream Guards, to the Hon. Charlotte Hobhouse, eldest daughter of Lord Broughton.
At San Francisco, on the 3d June, James Bell Esq., eldest son of George Bell Esq., Leith, to Dorcas, second daughter of James Langton Esq., of Bruree, county Limerick.
At Sydney, New South Wales, on the 20th April, Robert Thomson Esq., son of the late Dr. Thomson, Professor of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow, to Sarah Mary, eldest daughter of James Murphy Esq., late of Elphin, county Roscommon.
DEATHS [01]
At Edinburgh, on the 31st ultimo [July], Dr. John Lamb, HEICS.
At 15 Cheyne Street, Edinburgh, on the 26th ultimo [July], Mary wife of Mr K Mackenzie, aged 74.
At Dunbar, on the 31st ultimo [July], Mr James Currie, of the firm of Crafes de Currie(?). Friends at a distance will please accept of this intimation.
At Perth, on the 20th(?) ultimo [July], Mrs Anna Maria Hawkshaw, widow of Major-General Thomas Hawkshaw.
At Cuddalore, East Indies, on the 19th May last, Robert Forbes Esq., Proctor, Colombo, Ceylon, third son of the late Rev. Robert Forbes, minister of the parish of Monymusk, Aberdeenshire.
At sea, Aug 3, by falling from the maintopsail yard of the Fr. brig Wm. Stotell(?), Capt. James Mearns, a native of Aberdeen. - New York Times 1854
Saturday 5th August 1854
BIRTHS [01]
At 39 Northumberland Street, on the 3d instant, the widow of Rear-Admiral Graham of Caldach, Stirlingshire, of a son.
At 46 Charlotte Square, on the 2d instant, Mrs Maitland Wardrop, of a son.
At 17 Melville Street, on the 1st instant, the wife of Andrew Watson Esq. of Torsonce, of a son.
At 24 Upper Gray Street, on the 26th ultimo, Mrs DR Sutherland, of a son.
MARRIAGES [01]
At Chevening, the seat of Earl Stanhope (the father of the bride), on the 2d instant, Lord Harry Vane, MP, to the Lady Dalmeny.
At Hatchford, on the 25th ultimo [July], the Hon. George Bynz(?), MP, eldest son of Viscount Enfield and grandson of the Earl of Stratford, to Lady Alice Egerton. eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere.
At 26 Buccleuch Place, on the 2d instant, George Henry Syme MD., to Sarah Limont, second surviving daughter of the late Mr John Ross.
At 6 Chapel Street, on the 2d instant, by the rev. Dr. Peddie, Mr Robert Anderson, bookseller, to Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr Walter Gowanlock.
At Cullaio House, Newburgh, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. John Anderson DD., uncle of the bride, James, fourth son of David Dewar Esq., of Northampton Lodge, Canonbury Square, and Wood Street, London, to Jessie, only daughter of William Anderson Esq., of Cullaio House, Newburgh, Fifeshire.
At St Pancras Church, London, on the 2d instant, by the Rev. LWT Dale, David Grimond Esq., of Oakbank, Blairgowrie, to Jane Kinnear, daughter of the Rev. James Mudie, Stronsay, Orkney.
DEATHS [01]
At 8 Regent Terrace, on the 4th instant, Mr Robert Mitchell, merchant. Friends will be pleased to accept of this intimation.
At 4 Stafford Street, on the 2d instant, Mr James Reikie, fruiterer, after a long and painful illness. Friends at a distance will please accept this intimation.
Suddenly, at 3 Lauriston Lane, on the 1st instant, Mr James Denham, Assistant Clerk of Session.
At 1 South Holyrood Street, Edinburgh, on the 26th ultimo [July], Mrs Maccallum, aged 54 years. Friends at a distance will please accept this intimation.
At West Colinton Cottage, on the 29th ultimo [July], Elizabeth Grahame, widow of William Anderson Esq.
At East Forden, Auchterarder, on the 25th ultimo [July], Mary Couper, wife of Mr Andrew Morrison, farmer, deeply regretted.
At the Croft, Inverness-shire, on the 25th ultimo [July], Margaret, fourth and last daughter of the late William Cameron Esq.
At Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park, London, on the 1st instant, in his 61st year, Kennett Murchison Esq., formerly Governor of Penang and Singapore, and only surviving brother of Sir Roderick I Muchison.
At Dieppe, on the 30th ultimo [July], Marie Harriette, the only child of the Hon. Spencer and Lady Harriette Cowper.
At Panwell, near Bombay, on the 23d May, aged 25 years, Lieutenant George Grant Murray, of the 3d European regiment, only son of Mrs Murray of Garliestown.
Wednesday 9th August 1854
FATAL ACCIDENT [01]
On Saturday evening, as a train was leaving the Galashiels Railway Station for Edinburgh, conveying an excursion party consisting of the workmen of Messrs. Hawthorn & Co., engineers, Leith, a man named David Kinnear, who was incautiously leaning out of one of the carriages, was struck by the pillar of the arched entrance of the station, thrown from the carriage, and so severely injured that he died within half-an-hour. The deceased has left a widow and five children.
BIRTHS [01]
At 12 Rutland Street, on the 5th instant, Mrs William Burn Murdoch, of a daughter.
At 6 Haddington Place, on the 5th instant, the widow of the late Mr John Porteous, wine-merchant, of a son.
At 22 St Patrick Square, on the 7th instant, the wife of Mr G Grant, of a daughter.
At the Manse of Cleish, on the 6th instant, Mrs Ross, of a son.
At West Park, Elgin, on the 1st instant, the Hon. Mrs Lewis Grant of Grant, of a son.
MARRIAGES [01]
At Edinburgh, on the 8th instant, by the Right Rev. Bishop Terror, John Mood Esq., Rosehall, Newington, to Mary Ann, youngest daughter of the late Robert Lightfoot Esq., merchant, Carlisle.
At 7 Teviot Row, Edinburgh, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. George Johnston, Dr. George Burn, Latherton, Caithness, to Margaret Heatly, only daughter of John Burn Esq., MD.
At 112 Lauriston Place, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. Dr Guthrie, WY Johnston, musicseller, to Eliza Meikle, only surviving daughter of the late Smith Glen Esq.
At 31 Albany Street, on the 3d instant, John Henry, SSC, to Katharine Mary, second daughter of Matthew Weir Esq., WS.
At Craig, on the 3d instant, Captain Edward Fleming ADC, 2d (the Queen's Royal) Regiment, to Isabella Murray, second daughter of William Pollok Morris Esq., of Craig, Ayrshire.
At Trinity Church, Marylebone, on the 3d instant, Captain Roderick Robertson, Bengal Army, to Margaret, daughter of the late Major-General Sir Archibald Galloway, KCB.
At Sheering Church, Essex, on the 3d instant, George Henry Gauntlett Esq., eldest son of the Rev. JF Gauntlett, rector of Hadbury, Worcestershire, to Isabel, eldest daughter of G Gosset(?) Hill Esq., 24 Portland Place, London.
At Richmond, Yorkshire, on the 1st instant, TP Headlam Esq., MP for Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Ellen Perceval, eldest daughter of the late Major Van Straubenzee, RA, of Eastfield House.
At Adelaide, South Australia, on the 29th April last. Mr Robert Falder, commander of the ship Ormelie, to Miss Jane Scott, youngest daughter of the late Robert Scott Esq., merchant, Hamburgh.
DEATHS [01]
At 4 Great King Street, Edinburgh, on the 5th instant, Mrs Campbell.
At 4 St Patrick Square, on the 3d instant, Jane McMinn, wife of Angus McLean, wine and spirit merchant, High Street, Edinburgh, much regretted.
At Windsor Cottage, Portobello, on the 5th instant, Ensign Alexander Pringle, 27th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, aged 26, eldest son of William Alexander Pringle Esq., Bengal Civil Service, retired. Friends are requested to accept this intimation.
At Dirleton, on the 6th instant, Mr William Ker, late factor on the estates of Biel and Dirleton. Friends will please accept this intimation.
At Bathgate, on the 2d instant, John Smith Esq., writer, much regretted.
At Bellevue Place, Linlithgow, on the 3d instant, Martha Brough, relict of John Wilson Esq., civil engineer.
At Allan Park, Stirling, on the 7th instant, Elizabeth Jane Cadell, eldest daughter of Alexander Cadell, Cramond Iron Works.
Suddenly, at Nethertown Street, Dunfermline, on the 1st instant, Mr Henry Hoggan, sen.
At Gowanbrae, Blairgowrie, on the 4th instant, Mrs Neilson. Friends will please accept this intimation.
At Linplum(?), of scarlet fever, on the 3d instant, Anne Church, aged three years, and Archibald Cuthbertson, aged fifteen months, children of Mr Brodie.
At Oxford Terrace, London, on the 1st instant, in the 61st year of his age, Kenneth Murchison Esq., of the Hon. east India Company's Civil Service, formerly Governor of Penang and Singapore, second son of Kenneth Murchison Esq., of Taradale, and Miss Barbara Mackenzie of Fairbarn, Rossshire, and younger brother of Sir Roderick Impey(?) Murchison.
At Nice, on the 26th ultimo [July], Mary Sabilla, the wife of Viscount Novello Esq., in her 67th year.
Saturday 19th August 1854
BIRTHS [01]
At 8 Melville Street, on the 11th instant, Mrs David C McConnel, of a son.
At 10 George Street, on the 5th instant, Mrs Pike, of a daughter.
At 80 George Street, on the 10th instant, Mrs William Veitch, of a son.
At 7 Clarendon Crescent, on the 8th instant, Mrs Bannerman, of a son.
At 5 Keir Street, Lauriston, on the 10th instant, Mrs Duncan Maclachlan, of a daughter.
At Mansion House Road, Edinburgh, on the 11th instant, Mrs James Marshall, of a son.
At Pinkie Hill, Inveresk, on the 10th instant, Mrs Livingston, of a daughter.
At Viewfield House, Dunfermline, on the 11th instant, Mrs A Wallace, of a daughter.
At Danevale, Kirkcudbrightshire, on the 6th instant, the wife of George Hamilton Whately Esq., of a son.
At Kirouchtree, on the 5th instant, Mrs Edward Heron Maxwell, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES [01]
At 19 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh, on the 9th instant, by the Very Rev. Princilap Lee, Robert Lee Esq., advocate to Catherine Alleyne, second daughter of the late George Augustus Borthwick Esq. MD.
At 85 Great King Street, on the 8th instant, Thomas S Lindsay Esq., writer, to Margaret Gemmell, eldest daughter of George Sawers Esq., carpet-manufacturer, Sanquhar.
At St John's Chapel, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. Berkeley Addison MA, William Wilson Moffat, bookseller, 44 George Street, Edinburgh, to Jane Laura, daughter of Louis Lewis, late of Manchester.
At Eldin House, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. MC McKenzie, Lasswade, William Moffatt, MA, teacher of Mathematics, High School, Edinburgh, to Catherine, daughter of William Grubb Esq., of Eldin.
At Camperdown Place, Broughty Ferry, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. Charles Merson, Arbroath, Mr James Findlater, Edinburgh, to Margaret, youngest daughter of the late Mr Robert Finlayson, Arbroath.
At Booterstown Church, near Dublin, on the 8th instant, John Smith Gairdner Esq, of the Inland Revenue Office, to Anne Emile, eldest daughter of the late James Edmonds Esq., solicitor, Dublin.
DEATHS [01]
At Bellevue, Whitehouse Gardens, Edinburgh, on the 7th instant, Alexander Croil Esq.
At Granton, on the 9th instant, Catharine Ogilvy Gray, wife of Edward Burne Esq., London.
At Falkirk, on the 8th instant, Eliza Morrison, wife of Mr James Cousland, of the Post Office.
At 19 Rose Street, Garnethill, Glasgow, on the 9th instant, Mary Anne Wellis, wife of Mr Hector MS Grant, HEICS.
At Longcarse, Alloa, on the 5th instant, Mrs Wingate, aged 70.
At Shaw park, Clackmannanshire, on the 6th instant, Mr William Roy, farmer.
At Bridge of Allan, on the 4th instant, Mr William Gibb, of Mincing Lane, London.
At Belhaven, on the 7th instant, Magdalene Laurie, daughter of Mr Jeb Bone(?), 16 Jamaica Street, aged four years.
At Greenock, on the 4th instant, Mr John Slater, brassfounder, eldest son of the late John Slater, Canongate, Edinburgh.
At his residence, Old Brompton, on the 8th instant, Thomas Crofton Croker Esq., aged 57.
At Trouville, France, on the 6th instant, Rear-Admiral Charles Hope, second son of the late Right Hon. Charles Hope.
Wednesday 16th August 1854
BIRTHS [01]
At 47 Melville Street, on the 10th instant, the lady of Major-General Craigie, CB, of a daughter.
At 28 India Street, on the 12th instant, Mrs Jack, of a son.
At 9 Grove Street, on the 14th instant, Mrs Laird, of a daughter.
At 15 St Anthony's Place, on the 15th instant, the wife of Mr PD Dow, of a son.
At Thomson's Place, Leith, on the 14th instant, Mrs James Galloway, of a son.
At Ravenswood, on the 11th instant, Mrs John Romanes, of a daughter.
At Pettinain, Lanarkshire, on the 10th instant, Mrs Birrell, of a daughter.
At the Abbey Manse, Paisley, on the 12th instant, Mrs Wilson, of a son.
At Ellen Cottage, Berwickshire, on the 9th instant, the lady of Colonel Robert Stewart, Bengal Native Infantry, Hon. East India Company's Service, of a son, still-born.
At 19(?) Lower Belgrave Street, London, on the 9th instant, the Hon. Mrs Hamilton Forbes, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES [01]
At 13 Minto Street, newington, Edinburgh, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Dr Paul, William Aitken Esq., MD, HEICS, to Agnes, only daughter of the late Robert Fleming Esq.
At Edinburgh, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Alexander Topp, Mr John Nichol, Hawick, to Janet Wallace, only daughter of the late Mr Thomas Scott, builder, Edinburgh.
At 239(?) Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. John Gray, Mr Thomas Mullan, of the firm of Mullan Brothers, Dunfermline, to Margaret Ogilvy, only daughter of the late Mr George Mitchell, Crossford, Dunfermline.
At Haddington, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Joseph Young, Mr James Pairman, merchant, Peebles, to Catharine, youngest daughter of the late Mr Alexander Brook, merchant, Haddington.
At Kirkcaldy, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. John Isdale, Mr William Cameron, manufacturer, Freuchie, to Catharine, eldest daughter of Mr James McCosh, farmer, Pettilloch.
At Abbey House, Arbroath, on the 10th instant, the Rev. Charles Merson, Arbroath, to Barbara Glass Leslie, daughter of the late Andrew Leslie Esq., Boghall, Fife.
At St George's, Hanover Square, London, on the 10th instant, Aeneas Macbean Esq., of Rome, to Eleanor Anne, only daughter of Colonel AH Gordon, late of the 5th Dragoon Guards.
At Penang, on the 13th June, T Ross Church Esq., son of the Hon. Thomas CHurch, Lieutenant-Governor of Singapore, to Florence, fourth daughter of the late Captain Marryat, CB.
DEATHS [01]
At 21 Nelson Street, on the 10th instant, the Rev. David Fraser, Secretary to the Committee of the General Assembly of the Free Church for the Highlands and Islands.
Suddenly, on the 12th instant, James Burnside Esq., WS., Glasgow.
At Haddington, on the 7th instant, Jean Weir, wife of Mr Archibald Braids, Rankeillor Street.
At Leckie, on the 6th instant, Mrs Moir, widow of the late Charles Alexander Moir of Leckie Esq.
At Durris House, Kincardineshire, on the 5th instant, Anthony M#ctier Esq., of Durris, in his 83d year.
At Bridge of Earn, on the 10th instant, David McFarlan Esq., HEICCS, and of 6 Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh.
At Tyree, Argyleshire, on the 4th instant, Neil Campbell Esq., late of Sunipole, Mull, in the 89th year.
At Moorfarm, Tain, on the 12th instant, Professor P Wilson, of the Royal Academy, Tain.
At Kensington Palace, on the 11th instant, the Rev. Joseph Jackson, her Majesty's chaplain, aged 66.
At Peckham-Rye, John Palmer Godby esq., of the General Post Office, aged 45.
Suddenly, on the 17th April last, while on his way from the Grange to the town of Portland (colony of Victoria, Australia), Patrick Gerard Robertson Esq., MD, second son of Major Robertson of Kindence, Rossshire.
19th August 1854
THE CHOLERA [01]
This disease still maintains its hold in Glasgow. The cases are becoming more numerous than formerly, and diarrhoea is very prevalent. It still lingers at Wishaw and other mining villages. Numerous cases are also reported from Greenock, and a few from Alexandria in Dumbartonshire. In Charlston, a large suburb to the south of Paisley, a good deal of excitement and alarm prevail in consequence of several cases of cholera having occurred there within the last day or two.
STATISTICS OF DRUNKENNESS IN GLASGOW [01]
A return, prepared by Mr Smart, Superintendent of Police of Glasgow, shows that the number of persons taken into custody by the Glasgow police, from three o'clock morning of each Sunday till ten o'clock a.m. of each following Monday, charged with being drunk and incapable, drunk and disorderly, and drunk and committing assaults, was in June 1852, 206; in June 1853, 172; and in June 1843, 70. The Mail, however, publishes a statement, the inference from which is that drunkenness of late is largely on the increase.
DEATH OF PROFESSOR P WILSON, RECTOR OF TAIN ACADEMY [01]
It is with the deepest regret that we make this melancholy announcement. Mr Wilson was a native of Roxburghshire, and studied at St Andrews, where he was a contemporary of Dr. Duff, now the world-renowned missionary. He afterwards studied theology at Glasgow under Dr Macgill. By his death the profession has lost one of its brightest ornaments, and the public one of its most useful and influential servants. The positions he filled as rector of the Inverness Academy, Professor in the Andersonian University, Glasgow, and lastly Rector of Tain Academy, he occupied with the highest honour to himself and entire satisfaction to the public. - Inverness Advertiser.
BIRTHS [01]
At 18 Queen Street, on the 17th instant, Mrs WA Jardine, of a daughter.
At 28 Torphichen Street, on the 15th instant, Mrs Robertson, of a son.
At 6 Lothian Street, on the 16th instant, Mrs Peter Stevenson, of a daughter.
At 50 Rankeillor Street, on the 18th instant, Mrs Alexander Sciater, of a son.
At 5 Wemyss Place, on the 15th instant, Mrs Arnott, of a daughter.
At Market Street, Haddington, on the 16th instant, Mrs Aitchison, of a daughter.
At Dunfermline, on the 17th instant, the wife of Thomas H Tuckett Esq., of a daughter.
MARRIAGES [01]
At 17 Lauriston Place, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. John Sym of Free Greyfriars', Mr David Jack, merchant, Antigua, to Margaret, third surviving daughter of Mr James Robertson, merchant, Edinburgh.
At Lasswade, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. WC brodie, Mr James Tod, ironmonger, Glasgow, to Mary, daughter of Preston Porteous Esq., lasswade.
At Minto, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. Dr Aitken of Minto, John Rankine Hamilton, schoolmaster of the parish of Minto, to Jane Tait, eldest daughter of the late Mr Alexander Robertson, Minto.
At Aberlady Lodge, East-Lothian, on the 16th instant, the Rev. Walter Weir, minister of the Lowland charge of the parish of Campbeltown, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Mr James Lamb, Aberlady.
At Eyemouth, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. John Turnbull of the Free Church, Major William Purves, of the Bombay Army, to Catherine, daughter of the late John Turnbull Esq., Eyemouth.
At St Andrews, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. Dr Cook of St Leonard's, Mr John Munro, classical teacher, Merchiston castle, Edinburgh, to Miss Helen Shaw, third daughter of Mr Hugh Philp, Pilmour Links, St Andrews.
At St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, on the 15th(?) instant, Edward Thornton Esq., her Majesty's Charg� d'Affaires to the Republic of new Granada, and only son of the late Right Hon. Sir Edward Thornton GCB, to Mary, widow of Andrew Melville Esq., of Dumfries, and daughter of John Maitland Esq.
DEATHS [01]
At Barrington park, on the 13th instant, the Dowager Lady Dynevor.
At 28 Dean Street, on the 17th instant, Mrs John Hutchison, aged 43(?) years.
At 18 Regent Street, Portobello, on the 11th instant, John Rose Esq., aged 80(?) years.
At West Cottage, Wardie, on the 15th instant, Margaret Muir, wife of George Harvey RSA.
At Devonside, Tillicoultry, on the 12th instant, William Lawson, and on the 13th instant, Margaret Strachen, wife of William Lawson.
At Fleckhouse, Blair-Adam, Kinross-shire, Mr John Flockhart, sen. Friends at a distance will please accept of this intimation.
At Gairney House, Kinross-shire, on the 16th instant, Edward Hamilton Field, aged 13(?) eldest son of the rev. EB Field.
At Kellin, on the 16th instant, Mr John McIntyre, spirit-merchant, High Street, Edinburgh, after a few day's illness. Friends at a distance will please accept of this intimation.
At Yetholm Mains, on the 13th instant, Mary, daughter of the Rev. Alexander Jack, Dunbar.
At the residence of her nephew, Mr Scott of Scalloway, Zetland [Shetland], on the 12th instant, Grace, second daughter of the late G Gifford Esq., of Busta, aged 75 years.
At Jersey, on 13th(?) April last, Edward Lothian Esq., late of Barking, aged 72.
Wednesday 23rd August 1854
THE CHOLERA [01]
We regret at announce that cholera has again made its appearance in Edinburgh. Three cases have been reported from the Canongate, two of which have proved fatal. One was reported yesterday to the authorities of St Cuthbert's parish - that of a woman residing at Fountainbridge; she died last night after four hour's illness. A fatal case also occurred on Monday in the South Bridge. from Leith we learn that there have been two cases of imported cholera - one from London, and the other from Limekilns, near Alloa. That from London was a person who was attacked on board the steamer. In Glasgow the number of cases remains about the average of the last few weeks, while in Paisley and Newmilns, near Kilmarnock, several new cases have been reported. As to Alloa, the Alloa Advertiser says:- "While there has been as yet no decided case of cholera in Alloa, scarcely a town or village in the neighbourhood has escaped the visitation of the pestilence. There have been in the aggregate a considerable number of cases throughout the country, but the mortality has not been great. In the hamlet of March Glen alone, however, near Tillicoultry, there have been either four of five deaths. In Limekilns, near Dunfermline, the disease is seriously prevalent."
DISTRESSING GUN ACCIDENT [01]
On Thursday about two o'clock a most distressing accident occurred on the Roseneath hills, near Cove, a few miles beyond Kilcreggan. It appears that Mr Cochran, grain-merchant, Glasgow, had accompanied a party to the moors, for the purpose of witnessing the fashionable sport of grouse-shooting. He was accompanied by Mr Morrison, a gentleman recently returned from New Orleans who though not a sportsman was anxious to try his hand at bringing down a bird. The dog pointed, the bird rose, and Mr Morrison levelled his fowling-piece, but, lamentable to relate, in quickly following the bird in a sudden wheel which it made, he fired, when his friend Mr Cochran, exclaiming "I am shot!" instantly fell to the ground. Mr Morrison, utterly horror-stricken, rushed forward and caught him in his arms, but the unfortunate gentleman had only time to exclaim "what will my poor wife and children do?" and instantly expired. The contents of the gun had lodged right in his heart. Mr Cochran had gone down the Clyde to recruit himself after a slight attack of the prevailing distemper and has left a widow and three children.
BIRTHS [01]
At Berrington, Leominster, on the 15th instant, Lady Rodney, of a daughter.
At 24 Howe Street, Edinburgh, on the 21st instant, Mrs Scott, of a son.
At 31 Howe Street, on the 20th instant, Mrs John Howison, of a son.
At 26 Rutland Street, on the 20th instant, Mrs Henry D Fergusson, of a son.
At 1 London Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs David Scott, of a son.
At 14 Leopold Place, on the 19th instant, Mrs Muir, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES [01]
At Dalkeith, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. George Weir of Humble, Mr Hugh Roberts, manufacturer, Galashiels, to Agnes, youngest daughter of John Paterson Esq., banker, Dalkeith.
At Musselburgh, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. William Dobbie, Richard Cant Mitchell, to Isabella Pringle, second daughter of John Williamson.
At Falkirk, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. William Burns, Mr Charlesworth, of London, to Margaret Agnes, eldest daughter of the late James Burns Esq., of Edinburgh.
At Old Aberdeen, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. James Bryce, Coleraine, father of the bridegroom, Archibald Hamilton Bryce Esq., one of the classical masters in the High School of Edinburgh, to Mary, eldest surviving daughter of George Ferguson Esq., Professor of Humanity in the University and King's College, Aberdeen.
At Clapham Church, on the 17th instant, Henry A Bruce Esq., MP, of Duffryn, Aberdare, Glamorgan, to Norah, youngest daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir William Napier, KCB.
At the parish church, Scarborough, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. John Oates, MA, the Rev. george Bartholomew, to Margaret, only daughter of the late William Campbell Esq, MD, Whitby, Yorkshire.
At the British Vice-Consulate, Stettin, Prussia, on the 15th instant, W Campbell Esq., Vice-Consul of Stettin, second son of Dr. John Campbell, of Aberdeen, to Emily, second daughter of the late CJ Cook Esq., JP for the county of Essex, and also late of Madras.
DEATHS [01]
At his residence, Bruton Street, London, on the 17th instant, Miles Thomas, Lord Beaumont, after an illness of some duration.
At 23 Scotland Street, on the 18th instant, Charles Black Esq., late of the firm of Adam and Charles Black, publishers.
At 4 Park Street, on the 22d instant, Mrs Burgess.
At 10 Salisbury Street, Glasgow, on the 22d instant, Ann, youngest daughter of Mr Robert Rae.
Suddenly, at 147 Duke Street, Glasgow, on the 19th instant, Mr Charles Blackie, printer.
At Kilblain House, Greenock, on the 17th instant, Elizabeth Brine, wife of Kenneth McLea Esq., merchant, formerly of St John's, Newfoundland.
At Redyate, Killearn, on the 20th instant, Mr Alexander Colquhoun. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Retreat Cottage, Broughty Ferry, on the 16th instant, David Hunter Esq., son of the late General Hunter of Burnside, Forfarshire.
At the Manse of New Luce, on the 14th instant, the Rev. William McKergo, minister of that parish, an an advanced age.
At Ramsgate, on the 19th instant, after a few hour's illness, Mrs Tulloch, widow of the late James Tulloch esq., of Claremont Street, Edinburgh.
At his residence, Upper Brunswick Place, Brighton, on the 17th instant, Archibald Grahame Esq., of Great George Street, Westminster.
Wednesday 30th August 1854
BIRTHS [01]
At Frittenden, on the 24th instant, the Lady Harriet Moore, of a son.
At Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the 25th instant, the Lady Louisa Wardlaw Ramsay, of a daughter.
At West Coates House, Edinburgh, on the 28th instant, Mrs James Campbell, of a son.
At 5 Clarence Street, Edinburgh, on the 27th instant, Mrs Henry Robertson, of a son.
At 9 St Andrew Square, on the 24th instant, the wife of Andrew Blackburn Esq., of a son.
At 54 South Clerk Street, on the 29th instant, Mrs James Paterson, of a son.
At Grange Villa, West Newington, on the 26th(?) instant, Mrs Robert Stephenson, of a daughter.
At Grange Road, Edinburgh, on the 29th instant, Mrs David Francis, of a daughter.
At the Grange Road, on the 27th instant, the wife of Mr George BM Wyse, of a daughter.
At 1 Union Street, Leith, on the 28th instant, Mrs JB Leask, of a son.
At Drum, Aberdeenshire, on the 23d instant, the wife of Alexander Forbes Irvine, younger of Drum, of a son.
At Cluny Castle, on the 25th instant, the lady of Cluny Macpherson, of a son.
At Hailes House, Liverpool, on the 25th instant, the wife of Drysdale Carstairs Esq., of a daughter.
At St Joas Marco, Brazil, on the 26th June, the wife of Rodrigo S. Cid de Bivar Esq., MD, of a son.
MARRIAGES [01]
At Harpole, on the 24th instant, the Hon. Charles WW Fitzwilliam, youngest son of Earl Fitzwilliam, to Anne, youngest daughter of the late Hon. and Rev. TL Dundas.
At 5 Mary Place, Edinburgh, on the 29th instant, by the Rev. John Gordon, the Rev. Francis Bishop, of Liverpool, to Margaret, daughter of Edward J Maughan Esq., Inspector of Inland Revenue, Edinburgh.
At 12 West Nicholson Street, on the 24th instant, Mr James Paterson, spirit-dealer, Leith, to Martha Young, youngest daughter of the late Mr Alexander Young, Leith.
DEATHS [01]
At Margate, on the 24th instant, Charlotte Blundell, fourth daughter of Lord and Lady Marcus Hill.
At 22 Elder Street, on the 26th instant, Mrs Marion Botts, relict of the late Rev. Samuel Botts, Yarmouth, in the 85th year of her age.
At his father's house, 5 Park Street, Edinburgh, on the 27th instant, Mr John Darling, late merchant in Montreal, in the 33d year of his age.
At Aberdeen, on the 23d instant, Mrs Elizabeth Stormonth, relict of Alexander Stormonth Esq., MD, of Kinclune, Broughty Ferry.
At London, on the 23d instant, Archibald Wilson, chemist, Royal Panopticon, late of Edinburgh, much regretted by his employers.
At Harrowgate, on the 22d instant, in the 55th year of his age, Ralph Anthony Thicknesse Esq., of Beech Hill, Wihan, member for the borough.
At Sloley House, Norfolk, on the 21st instant, Frances Maria, relict of the Rev. B Cubitt, and sister of the late Henry Kirke White.
At Toronto, on the 17th ultimo [July], Robert Simpson, only son of the late James Simpson Esq., civil engineer, Baines, France. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
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