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Friday 1st December 1854
BIRTHS [02]
At 46 Queen Street, Edinburgh, on the 30th ultimo [November], Mrs Duncan, a son.
At 263 Buchanan Street, on the 29th ultimo [November], Mrs Kenneth Cameron, a son.
At 75 Jamaica Street, on the 29th ultimo [November], Mrs WC Henderson, a son.
At Greenhead, on the 29th ultimo [November], Mrs Angus McPhail, a son.
At 46 Shamrock Street, on the 28th ultimo [November], Mrs Brown, a daughter.
At 24 Newton Place, on the 27th ultimo [November], Mrs Robert McClure, a daughter.
At 2 Caledonia Street, Paisley, on the 27th ultimo [November], Mrs Robert Rowat jun., a daughter.
At Eastend, Lochwinnoch, on the 26th ultimo [November], Mrs James Samson, a son.
At Kilninver Manse, near Oban, on the 25th ultimo [November], the wife of the Rev. CA Macvean, a daughter.
At 1 Thornhill Terrace, Richmond Road, Islington, London, on the 25th ultimo [November], Mrs Adam Young, a daughter.
At Barrow Street, New York, on the 12th ultimo [November], Mrs Peter Black, a son.
At 11 James Street, Calton, on the 10th ultimo [November], Mr John Wilson, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At the Apostolic Chirch, Parliamentary Road, on the 30th ultimo [November], G Fyffe Christie Esq., writer, Glasgow, to Sarah, daughter of the late James Rankin Esq., Lanark.
At Craigford, Stirling, on the 29th ultimo [November], by the Rev. John Stevenson, merchant Glasgow, to Agnes, daughter of the late Thomas Baird Esq., of Craigford.
At 319 Bath Street, on the 28th ultimo [November], by the Rev. Dr. Barr of St Enoch's, David G Sharp Esq., Paisley, to Katherine, eldest daughter of William Brooks Esq., Glasgow.
At New York, on the 9th ultimo [November], by the Rev. Mr Blair, Mr William Thorburn of Longneuil, Montreal, to Jane Grierson, second daughter of Mr Charles Ramage, schoolmaster, Culter.
At New York, on the 2d ultimo [November], James Edmiston Esq., merchant there, to Anna, daughter of the late Captain Boyd, U.S. Army.
DEATHS [02]
At Reading in Berkshire, on the 29th ultimo [November], George Bogle Esq. of Calderbank - Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Dundas Hill Distillery, on the 27th ultimo [November], Mr Todd, aged 71 years - Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Bannockburn, on the 23d ultimo [November], Catherine White, aged 37 years, wife of Alexander Geddes Esq. - Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 75 Jamaica Street, on the 30th ultimo [November], the infant son of WC Henderson.
At 35 Monteith Row, on the 30th ultimo [November], Henrietta Kirkpatrick, wife of Alexander Bryce Esq., wine and spirit merchant.
At Inverkip Street, Greenock, on the 29th ultimo [November], Margaret McLeod in the 79th year of her age, relict of Captain Dougald McNeil.
At 62 Hospital Street, on the 28th ultimo [November], Ann Cameron, teacher, eldest daughter of the late Mr John Smith, Liverpool.
At 112 Renfrew Street, on the 28th ultimo [November], Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Mr James Nisbet, Kirkcudbright.
At 41 London Street, on the 28th ultimo [November], John Crybbace Smith, only son of James Smith, accountant, water office.
At St Fillans, Perthshire, on the 27th ultimo [November], Margretia Mary Elizabeth Warter, relict of Captain McNab.
At Kirkintilloch, on the 26th ultimo [November], the Rev. Andrew Marshall, D.D., L.L.D., in the 75th year of his age and 53d of his ministry.
At the school house of New Kilpatrick, on the 25th ultimo [November], Margaret McLean, aged 4� years, daughter of Mr James Wills.
At Abbotsford on the 25th ultimo [November], John Gibson Lockhart Esq., in his 61st year.
At Lurgan, on the 19th ultimo [November], Mr Andrew Mercer jun.
At Bogton, East Kilbride, on the 19th ultimo [November], Allan Burnside Esq., of Jackton aged 84 years.
MURDER AT MARYHILL [abbreviated][02]
...on Monday authorities learned of a brutal and unaccountable murder on the previous evening, the victim being a man about fifty years named John Welsh, employed in watching the surface works at Kelvinside Ironstone Pit, Jean's Bridge, near to Maryhill on Sunday last, didn't arrive home for supper so his family sought him at the works, where they found him in a state of insensibility from recent and severe wounds to the head. Before he died he said a coal drawer named Alexander Stewart came and asked for a light of his pipe, picked up a workman's pick and in a half jesting mood said "John, would that kill a man?". Welsh answered "Yes, and it would kill a horse", when he was struck four times on the head. Stewart was last seen near Sheepmount, coming in the direction of Glasgow, described as about 18 to 20 years, Irish accent, dark hair, prominent mouth, wore a pilot cloth, jacket with large wooden buttons and moleskin trousers. Welsh died leaving a widow and two of a family.
BOY FOUND DEAD [abbreviated][02]
...yesterday morning, shortly after 10 o'clock, the body of a lad named John Ferns, about 15 years, discovered lying in Tennant's Park, west of Glebe Street, Townhead, appears to have been in destitute circumstances, was in the habit of lying amongst the warm cinders and other rubbish, deposited in the field from the chemical works, supposed he had fallen asleep and been suffocated by the steam or other nauseous vapour arising from the debris.
Monday 4th December 1854
HURLFORD COAL PIT EXPLOSION [abbreviated][02]
...on Friday morning last, at an early hour, an explosion of fire-damp took place in No. 12 Skerrington Pit, belonging to Messrs. A Gilmour & Co., after 15 hours of labour was the rubbish cleared from the pit, deaths seemed to be caused by suffocation, the names are John Orr, a young vigorous man and unmarried, Andrew Millar, James Crawford, Robert Kayle, married and on of them has left a family.
4th December 1854
BIRTHS [02]
At Abbeygreen Place, 10 Houston Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs Daniel Gilchrist, a daughter.
At 7 Kinning Place, Paisley Road, on the 3d instant, Mrs James Cochrane, a daughter.
At 4 Albany Place, on the 2d instant, Mrs George Lowe, a son.
At Carey Cottage, Govan, on the 2d instant, Mrs William Tolmie, a daughter.
At Shawlands, on the 2d instant, Mrs William Wilson, a son.
At Upper Crown Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs William Leitch, a son.
At 31 Hospital Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs William Henderson, a son.
At 349 Sauchiehall Street, on the 1st instant, Mrs PM Halley, a daughter - still born.
At 41 Buccleuch Street, on the 1st instant, Mrs Archibald Johnston, a daughter.
At South Street, St Andrews, on the 27th ultimo [November], Mrs Robert Bonthron, a son.
At Burnopfield House, Co. Durham, on the 19th ultimo [November], the lady of HW Watson Esq., a son.
At St John, Newfoundland, on the 9th ultimo [November], Mrs John Macgregor, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 42 South Wellington Street, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Archibald Watson of St Matthew's, Mr Robert Monteath, to Jamima, youngest daughter of the late Mr D Paul of Cairndow, Argyllshire.
At Millburn, Garngad Hill, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Mr McGill, Mr John Taylor, son of Mr James Taylor, Catrine, Ayrshire, to Agnes eldest daughter of the late Mr William Wilson, farmer, Millcroft, New Monkland.
At the British Linen Co.'s Bank Buildings, Ingram Street, on the 29th ultimo [November], by the Rev. Dr Roxburgh of Free St John's, James Gemmel Esq., writer, Glasgow, to Catherine, eldest daughter of the late Mr Daniel Gunn, of Edinburgh.
At Oakbank, on the 28th ultimo [November], by the Rev. William Beattie, Alexander Brown Esq., Charleston, to Isabella, eldest daughter of the late Graham Kinloch Esq., banker, Alexandria, Dunbartonshire.
At 613 Gallowgate Streetm by the Rev. Dr. Roxburgh of Free St Johns, mr James Dickson, Graham Square, to Janet, only daughter of the late Mr William McNicol, cowfeeder, Gallowgate.
DEATHS [02]
At 8 Napier Place, Sandyford, on the 3d instant, Elizabeth Rowbotham aged 2 years, daughter of Mr FA Barrow - Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 198 Stirling's Road, on the 2d instant, John, aged 20 years, second son of Mr Charles McKinlay.
At Gallowknowe, on the 1st instant, Catherine Davidson, relict of Thomas Kyle Esq., Fens, Roxburghshire.
At 39 Renfield Street, on the 1st instant, Mr Thomas Thorp, aged 71 years.
At 247 Sauchiehall Street, of nervous fever, Adelph Hain, teacher of foreign languages.
At Govan on the 30th ultimo [November], Mr James Beith, late of Largs.
At Manchester, on the 29th ultimo [November], Laura Mackay, eldest daughter of Mr Neil MacNish, merchant.
At 2 Trinity Place, Charing Cross, London, on the 28th ultimo [November], Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Sutherland, aged 67 years, retired full pay, 72d Regiment.
On board the H.E.1(?) Co's frigate Simmarlinas(?) on her passage from Bombay to Aden, on the 20th October, Mr Thomas McLaughlin, chief engineer.
Friday 8th December 1854
BIRTHS [02]
At Annfield Place, on the 7th instant, Mrs AM Ross, a daughter.
At Three Mile House, on the 7th instant, Mrs Robert Harvie, a daughter.
At 125 Grafton Terrace, on the 6th instant, Mrs James Daly, a son.
At Broomloan Cottage, Govan, on the 6th instant, M Baird, a daughter.
At 24 Pollock Street, on the 5th instant, Mrs Robert Jack, a daughter.
At Bishopbriggs, on the 5th instant, Mrs James Stevenson, a son.
At 83 Hospital Street, on the 5th instant, Mrs James Frisken, a son.
At 119 New City Road, on the 5th instant, Mrs William Smeaton, a son.
At 48 Nelson Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs George Fisher, a daughter.
At 73 Cumberland Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs John Henderson, a saughter.
At 47 Queen Street, Mrs William Walker, a daughter.
At 9 Moray Place, Edinburgh, Mrs Browning, a daughter.
At Portland Bay, Australia, on the 15th August, Mrs James Browning, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Auchenstuart House, Wishaw, on the 7th instant, by the brides brother, the Rev. Andrew Taylor, of St Paul's Dundee, Mr David Yool, merchant, Cupar, to Catherine Miller, youngest daughter of John Taylor Esq.
At Hagbowse, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. Dr Leishman, Govan, Mr James Henderson, publisher Glasgow, to Lavinia, only daughter of the late Mr Andrew Syme, Forfar.
At St Mary's Episcopal Chapel, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. RS Oldham, MA., Mr Francis Sheppard, 1 Cathcart Street, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Mr Thomas Jones, Falkirk.
At Huntingtower, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. E Robertson of Tibbermuir, the Rev. John Colvin, minister of the parish of Maryhill, Glasgow, to Rebecca, second daughter of Mr Dickson, Huntingtower, Perth.
At 243 Buchanan Street, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Dr Buchanan, Mr David Dick, Glasgow, to Janet Alexander, eldest daughter of John Young Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
At Coatbridge, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. William Mungall, Mr John Nisbett, Gartsherrie, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Mr John Thomas, Langlean.
At the Manse of Biggar, on the 30th ultimo [November], the Rev. Mathew Armstrong, minister of Skirling, to Ramsay, fourth daughter of the Rev. John Christison, minister of Biggar.
DEATHS [02]
At Commonhead, Airdrie, on the 7th instant, the Rev. John Henderson, Carmunnock. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 84 High John Street, on the 6th instant, Mr Alexander Donaldson, aged 55 years. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 95 Whitevale, on the 4th instant, Jane Ann, aged 2� years, eldest daughter of Mr James Johnson, grocer. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Pollockshields, Glasgow, on the 7th instant, James McGibbon Esq., merchant.
At Glasgow, on the 6th instant, William Guthrie Esq., writer.
At 3 Buckingham Terrace, on the 6th instant, Catherine Robertson, wife of Mr John Pollock.
At Chaplehall, on the 6th instant, John aged 1 year and 11 months, youngest son of John Richmond, grain merchant, Glasgow.
At 140 George Street, on the 5th instant, Margaret Muirhead, wife of Mr John MacInnes, Blantyre.
At Rockbank, Gourock, on the 5th instant, Isabella Craig, aged 70 years, wife of David Jackson Esq.
At 29 South Coburg Street, Laurieston, on the 4th instant, Mr Archibald McCall, compositor, aged 24 years.
At 30 Charlotte Street, on the 4th instant, Agnes Smith, youngest daughter of the late Mr John Gibson.
At Portsmouth, on the 4th instant, Henry aged 8 years only child of Mr Lambeth, organist.
At 8 Athole Crescent, Edinburgh, on the 4th instant, Janet Struthers, relict of Kirkman Finlay Esq. of Castle Toward.
At Liverpool, on the 4th instant, Mr James Finnie, aged 73 years.
At the Wesleyan Collage, Sheffield, on the 3d instant, Mr David McCarter aged 87 years, formerly printer and bookseller, Ayr.
At 140(?) Renfrew Street on the 3d instant, Isabella Lawson Gibson, relict of Mr WA Gibson, Rothesay.
At 2 Thomson's Lane Calton, on the 3d instant, Miss Ann Wilson.
At Glasgow, on the 2d instant, Mr Hercules White aged 33 years, late station master, Caledonian Railway.
At Maryhill, on the 2d instant, Janet McDonald, aged 28 years, wife of Thomas M Dickson Esq.
At Kipplestone, on the 1st instant, Thomas Burnett Esq., aged 81 years, advocate in Aberdeen.
At 21 Sandon Street, Liverpool, on the 1st instant, George aged 20 years, eldest son of the late William Marshall Esq., Park House, Kirkcudbright.
At 13 James Street, Calton, Mary Cunningham, aged 12 years, second daughter of Dr William Young.
Suddenly at 117 Duke Street, of apoplexy, Mr Mathew Paul, aged 44 years.
At Melbourne, on the 27th August last, Mr John Mackay, aged 72 years, late of 9 Claremont Street, Royal Crescent, Glasgow.
Monday 11th December 1854
BIRTHS [02]
At 3 Buseland(?) Terrace, South Cumberland, on the 10th instant, the wife of the late Mr William Hannay of Inveraray, a daughter.
At Monteith Row, on the 10th instant, Mrs George Mitchell, a son.
At Villafield, on the 10th instant, Mrs A Macpherson, a son.
At 135(?) Stockwell Street, on the 8th instant, Mrs John Neilson, a daughter.
At 38 East Miller Street, Drygate Toll, on the 7th instant, Mrs John Crawford, a daughter.
At 33 Hospital Street, Hutchesontown, on the 4th instant, Mrs Michael Drummond, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 71 Parson Street, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. Fergus Ferguson, Mr John Edmiston, to Margaret, second daughter of Mr Robert Curie, late of Glasgow.
At Yonderton, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. George Alexander, Renfrew, Christopher Watson Esq., merchant, Lady Acre, to Janet, eldest daughter of Mr Thomas White, farmer there.
At Portobello, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. Peter McMerland of St Luke's Edinburgh, James Drummond Esq., Glasgow, to Jane, daughter of the late Peter Macadam Esq., of Easter House, Lanarkshire.
At 57 Love Street, Paisley, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. Andrew Robertson, Stow, Mr John Craig, merchant Glasgow, to Eliza Helen Moodie, youngest daughter of the Rev. Archibald Baird(?), D.D.
At the Golf House Tavern, Edinburgh, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. R. Dick Duncan, IP Church, Bread Street, Mr John Hay, merchant Wishaw, to Helen, daughter of the late Mr Richard Fisher, Lawhead, East Lothian.
At Gertrude Street, Collingwood [Melbourne], on the 14th September, by the Rev. Robert Hamilton of the United Presbyterian Church, Collingwood, Mr James H Hoey, merchant, Melbourne, to Margaret, second daughter of the late Rev. Robert Brown, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire.
DEATHS [02]
At Neilston, on the 8th instant, Agnes Stewart aged 69 years, wife of Mr Thomas Craig, innkeeper. Friends will please accept this intimation.
At York Terrace, Rothesay, on the 7th instant, Martha Binnie, wife of Mr David Brown(?). Friends will please accept this intimation.
At New York, on the way to Virginia on the 19th ultimo [November], Charlotte Mercer Lockhart, aged 10 months and 7 days, only daughter of Robert Swan Esq., lately residing at Charleston, Lanarkshire. Friends will please accept this intimation.
At Sydney NSW on the 2nd September, Matthew, youngest son of the late Mr John Wilson, builder, Glasgow. Friends will please accept this intimation.
At 9 Chapel Street, Airdrie, on the 9th instant, Ann Henderson, wife of James Sneddon Esq., coalmaster.
At 48 Port Dundas Road, on the 21st ultimo [November], Jean aged 3½ years, and on the 9th instant, Marion, aged 6 years, only daughters of Mr Robert Marshall, engineer.
At 2 Bothwell Street, Anderston, on the 8th instant, Mr Hector McKenzie, parochial schoolmaster.
At 2 Provan Place, on the 8th instant, Frank, eldest son of Mr DY(?) Stewart.
At 11(?) Waterloo Street, on the 8th instant, Christina MacLellan, relict of Mr Henry Blair, manufacturer, Glasgow.
At 18 Oxford Street, on the 8th instant, Mr John Jack.
At Bridgeton, on the 3d instant, Elizabeth, wife of Mr John C Stuart, spirit merchant, and daughter of the late Joseph Welch Esq., C.E., on Merlin's Grove, Carmarthenshire and formerly of Erdington Slade, near Birmingham, also on the 8th instant, Ann Augusta aged 18 months, only daughter of Mr John C Stuart.
At Hamilfield, Beith, on the 7th instant, Mary Kerr, second daughter of William Love Esq., writer.
At Greenhill, Rutherglen, on the 7th instant, Miss Margaret Sommers, aged 85 years.
At 252(?) Duke Street, on the 6th instant, Mr Charles Bairn, wine and spirit merchant.
At 2 Monteith Row on the 3d instant, Patrick aged 9 years, son of P Brennan M.D.
At Melbourne, on the 3d September, John Maclodoe(?) Esq., aged 34 years, merchant there and at Bombay.
Friday 15th December 1854
BIRTHS [02]
At Kirkfield, Bothwell, on the 14th instant, Mrs WH Macdonald, a son - stillborn.
At Chapelside Cottage, Airdrie, on the 14th instant, Mrs John Armour, a son.
At 38 Orr Street, Airdrie, on the 14th instant, Mrs Archibald Sinclair, twin daughters.
At 36 St Andrew Square, on the 14th instant, Mrs John Hutcheson, a son.
At Dumbarton, on the 10th instant, Mrs William Whyte, a son.
At 40 High Street, Airdrie, on the 10th instant, Mrs John Henry, a daughter.
At 60 St Vincent Crescent, on the 12th instant, Mrs George Matheson, a son.
At 5 Rochester Place, on the 12th instant, Mrs Neil Mathieson, a daughter.
At 2 Beresford Terrace, Ayr, on the 13th instant, the wife of the Rev. JT Boyle (Episcopal), Curate of Ayr, a son.
At 59 King Street, on the 13th instant, Mrs William Robertson, a son.
At Hamilton, Canada West, on the 26th ultimo [November], Mrs Harvey, a son.
At 90 North Frederick Street, on the 12th instant, Mrs William Blackett, a daughter.
At 166 Stafford Place, on the 11th instant, Mrs John Nisbet, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At St Mary's Episcopal Chapel, on the 12th instant, by the Rev RS Oldham, MA, James Dickson Park Esq., London, to Margaret Ross, eldest daughter of Edward Fairley Esq., Polmadie House, Glasgow.
At Woodcroft, Hamilton, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Keith, William Scott jun., Esq., coalmaster, Slamanan, to Jane, second daughter of the late John Patrick Esq.
At Glen Sannox, Arran, on the sixth instant, by the Rev. C Campbell of Kilbride, John A Fullarton Esq., Goaslgw, to Jessie Thomson, second daughter of James B Miller Esq., of Windyhill, Ayrshire.
At 118 New City Road, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Boyd, Mr Hohn McWhirter, engineer, to Isabella, eldest daughter of Hugh Bain Esq.
At 33 North Hanover Street, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Smyth, Mr William Tait, to Christina, eldest daughter of Thomas Auld Esq.
At St John's Chapel, Edinburgh, on the 12th instant, by the Very Rev. Dean Ramsay, David McHaffie Esq., Manchester, to Emma, only daughter of Captain Gilbert Hamilton, late of H.E.I.C.S.
At 134 Renfrew Street, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. Norman McLeod, Mr Thomas Lamb, contractor, Glasgow, to Jane Craigie, eldest daughter of Mr Robert Rankin, flesher, Glasgow.
At 204 Thistle Street, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. Robert Pollock of Kingston, Mr John Turnbull, merchant, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr Adam Robertson, smith, Glasgow.
At Glasgow, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Pollock, Mr Robert McAusian, wine and spirit merchant, to Ann, third daughter of the late Mr Angus McDairmaid, Kingston.
DEATHS [02]
At 8 Carnarvon Street, on the 14th instant, William P Galbarth aged 73 years. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Carlisle, on the 12th instant, Mr Peter Mack, aged 75, late of Ardrossan. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 16 Montpeller Hill, on the 6th instant, of malignant small pox, caught in the discharge of his duty, the Rev. John Kirkland, MA, aged 27 years, junior Chaplain to the garrison of Dublin.
At 14 Glebe Street, on the 12th instant, Elizabeth Michie, aged 55 years, wife of Mr Alan Baird. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 55 Ruse Street, Garnethill, on the 12th instant, Janet Miller, aged 14 years, youngest daughter of Mr Thomas Kyle, manufacturer, Cowcaddens.
At Copenhagen on the 4th instant, Mrs Buchanan, wife of Andrew Buchanan H.B.M. envoy extraordinary and minister to the Court of Denmark.
At Stockport, on the 7th instant, Julia Davenport, wife of Mr John Risque, grocer.
At Bradford, Yorkshire, on the 9th instant, Rev. Jonathan Cryde, pastor of Hortoe(?) Lane Chapel.
Friday 15th December 1854
FATAL ACCIDENT [abbreviated][02]
...an old man named Donald Smith was found lying on a ship's fender between the quay wall and the ship, Napoleon II, at present lying at the South Quay, and next to the ship Tornado, on board of which the deceased had been employed as a night watchman, supposed that the man had been coming on shore early in the morning when he fell into the river, 70 years of age, and left a widow and three of a family.
Monday 18th December 1854
DEATH OF A CENTARIAN [02]
Mrs Janet McLeod or Smith, widow of the late John Smith of Taylorland, Locharmoss, died there on the 24th ultimo, at the great age of 102 years and one month. This venerable matron was in possession of all of her faculties, mental and physical, up till the day of her death. She was so strong in body, that she performed a good deal of harvest work last autumn. Deceased was, we understand, a native of the parish of Cummertrees - Dumfries Courier.
DEATH OF SIR WALTER SCOTT'S COACHMAN [abbreviated][02]
Peter Mathieson, for nearly 30 years coachman to Sir Walter Scott, died at Abbotsford on Thursday last, at the great age of 84 or 85 years, he was brother-in-law of Sir Walter Scott's faithful Tom Purdie, taken into the poets service about 1804.
FATAL ACCIDENT [abbreviated][02]
...about one o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday last, as a frail old woman named Ann McCulla was crossing Gordon Street, at the corner of Renfield Street, a horse and van under the charge of a young lad named James Inglis drove rapidly up, knocked her down, and one of the wheels passed over her body, her right arm and two of her ribs were severely fractured. Inglis is in custody and the case is being inquired into.
BIRTHS [02]
At Nithsdale Place, Paisley Road, on the 17th instant, Mrs John Athya, a son.
At Victoria Street, Rothesay, on the 16th instant, Mrs John Fullerton, a son.
At Largs on the 15th instant, Mrs Charles Fraser, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Rhoin, near Campbelton [Campbeltown] on the 13th instant, by the Rev. James Boyd, United Presbyterian Church, Mr James Sinclair of 76 Union Street, Glasgow, to Mary daughter of Mr James Smith, farmer there.
At Campbelton [Campbeltown] on the 14th instant, by the Rev. James Boyd, United Presbyterian Church there, Robert Colville Esq., distiller, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late John Colville Esq., banker, Campbelton.
At North Bell Street, St Andrews, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. William Muir, minister of Dysart, the Rev. Charles Roger, LLD, FSA, Bridge of Allan, to Isabella, eldest daughter of the late John Bain Esq., Bank of Scotland, St Andrews.
At St George's Road, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Lorimer, Mr Thomas Bowie, to Jessie, second daughter of the late Mr James Michael, Inverness.
At Whit##potts, Closeburn, Dumfriesshire, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Bennett, Mr John Black, Glasgow, to Agnes, youngest daughter of George Kirkpatrick Esq.,
At Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, on the 16th ultimo [November], by special licence, by the Rev. George Brodie, Neil Snodgrass Esq., merchant, to Jane, fourth daughter of the late Archibald Whitelaw Esq., manufacturer, Glasgow.
DEATHS [02]
At 15 Hill Street, Garnethill, on the 16th instant, John aged 18 months, infant son of Mr Thomas Steven - Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Glasgow, on the 15th instant, after a lingering illness, Mr Walter McIlquham, of Newhouse, contractor, Glasgow - Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 64 South Wellington Street, on the 16th instant, Agnes, aged 12 1/2 years, third daughter of Mr Robert Gilmour.
At 458 Argyll Street, on the 16th instant, Mr William Holmes.
At 14 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, on the 16th instant, Anne Jamieson, relict of John Boyd esq.
At Largs, on the 14th instant, Mr Alexander Fraser, aged 75 years, late of West Campbell Street, Paisley.
At 8 Corn Street, on the 13th instant, Mr John McDonald, aged 49 years.
At Galston Railway Station, on the 13th instant, Mr Archibald Drummond, aged 25(?) years.
At Edinburgh, on the 13th instant, Lord Rutherford, one of the judges of the Court of Session.
At Portland Street, Kilmarnock, on the 12th instant, Joan Jack, aged 35 years, wife of Mr Robert Yeats, mineral contractor, Kilmarnock.
Friday 22nd December 1854
BIRTHS [02]
At 95 Crown Street, on the 21st instant, Mrs James Laurie, twin sons.
At Eaglesham, on the 21st instant, Mrs Andrew Yuill, s son.
At 5 Bellgrove Street, on the 20th instant, Mrs Thomas Manson, a son.
At 173(?) Sauchiehall Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs James Brown, a son.
At 59 Charlotte Street, on the 18th instant, Mrs John Fingland, a son.
At Renfrew Lane, on the 17th instant, Mrs William Reid, a son.
At Beith, on the 17th instant, Mrs William Muir, Eglinton Street, a daughter.
At 40 West Campbell Street, on the 15th instant, Mrs Andrew Mitchell, a son.
At Dunolly, Argyllshire, on the 15th instant, Mrs Alexander McNeill, a son.
At 8 Buckingham Terrace, Mrs Thomas Corbett, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Hawick, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. Mr Thomson, Mr John Innes, Glasgow, to Mary, second daughter of Robert Kedie Esq.
At the Scotch Church, Rodney Street, Liverpool, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. John Oor(?), the Rev. William Gaff of Johnstone, Renfrewshire, to Maggie Skeoch, eldest daughter of the late Robert Legate Esq., manufacturer, Glasgow.
At East Henderson, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. Dr Leishman, of Govan, Mr Robert Craig, merchant Glasgow, to Margaret, sixth daughter of the late Mr William Meikle of Killoch parish of Neilston.
At Douglas Street, on the 12th instant, Dr William Mackenzie, surgeon oculist to the Queen, to Sophia Christina, eldest daughter of the late Mr William Napier.
At Sydney, on the 15th August, by special license, Captain Edward Armand Valerie, French Cuirassiers, to Anne Jane Stuart, daughter of the late Captain Stuart, of HMRC Chichester.
At St George's Church, Hobart Town, Van Dieman's Land, on the 12th January last, by the Rev. Dr Fry, Mr John Cameron, accountant and collector of the Daily Advertiser newspaper establishment, Hobart Town, formerly postmaster &c. of Bonaw, Argyllshire, to Jane SC Park, second youngest daughter of J Park Esq., late Haddington.
DEATHS [02]
At Abbotsburn on the 21st instant, Mr George Lyall, wine merchant Paisley - Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 279(?) Sauchiehall Street, on the 21st instant, James, infant son of James Paterson.
At 156 St Vincent Street, on the 20th instant, John Miller Esq., of Muirshiel, Renfrewshire.
At Glasgow, on the 20th instant, of typhus fever, Mr John M T##ton, aged 20 years, of the National Bank of Scotland, Glasgow.
At East Park Cottage, Garscube Road, on the 20th instant, Marion, third daughter of Mr Robert Aitken.
At 77 North Street, on the 20th instant, Jane Christie, infant daughter of Mr John Montgomerie.
Suddenly at 75 Jamaica Street, on the 19th instant, Mr W C Henderson.
At 12 Blythswood Square, on the 19th instant, Jane Burns, daughter of Charles Ritchie Esq., M.D.
At bath Crescent, on the 19th instant, Mary Henderson, wife of Mr Robert Lindsay, wright and builder.
At 33 Lyon Street, Blackquarry, on the 19th instant, Mr William Farquhar sen., mason, aged 59 years.
At 35 Heriot Row, Edinburgh, on the 19th instant, Miss Jane Campbell.
At Hyde Park Cottage, Greenock. on the 19th instant, Mr M Buchanan sen., leather merchant, aged 78 years.
At Slateford Manse, on the 18th instant, Catherine Hill, wife of the Rev. William Thomson.
At Victoria Street, Rothesay, on the 18th instant, infant son of Mr John Fullarton.
Suddenly, at Bathville, near Bathgate, on the 17th instant, Ann Watson, wife of Mr Peter Lamb.
At Gorlieston [Gorleston], Great Yarmouth, on the 9th instant, Mary Stewart, wife of Mr John MacLea, writer, Rothesay.
At Amboy, Oswego County, United States, on the 28th ultimo [November], John Jamieson Esq., at a very advanced age, formerly of Bogton, East Kilbride.
At Jersey, on the 16th ultimo [November], Mr Charles P Ewing, of Glasgow, student in divinity of the Free Church.
At Wollongong, on the 17th August, Percy Pratt Esq., aged 36(?) years, late of the Bank of Australasia, Sydney, and formerly of Bell's Hill, Northumberland, England.
Monday 25th December 1854
THE LATE JAMES SLIGHT [abbreviated][02]
...engineer and curator of Models to the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, the event the result of a severe inflammatory attach, took place on Friday, norn at Tranent in 1786, acted as superintendent under Robert Stephenson Esq., in the construction of the Bell Rock Lighthouse and other important works - North British Agriculturist.
RAILWAY STOKER KILLED [02]
Alexander White, aged about 22 years, a stoker on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, was lubricating an engine on Friday at the station, and while doing so, his head and arm being through the spokes of the wheel, the engine moved, and he was killed on the spot.
BIRTHS [02]
At 8 Brandon Place, on the 24th instant, the wife of George S Thomson, M.D., a son.
At 130 Thistle Street, Hutchesontown, on the 23d instant, Mrs James Wilson, a son.
At 8 Florence Place, on the 22d instant, Mrs Kearner, a daughter.
At Belford, Northumberland, on the 22d instant, the wife of the Rev. William Wallace, a son.
At 8 Kent Square, Liverpool, on the 22d instant, the wife of Captain John Guthrie, a son.
At Gourock, on the 21st instant, Mrs John Simpson, a son.
At 91 York Street, Belfast, on the 21st instant, Mrs William Bell, a son.
At 30 Cook Steet, on the 15th instant, Mrs Archibald McGlashan, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Salem Chapel, on the 22d instant, by the father of the bride, the Rev. JB Logan, Helensburgh, to Mary Wilks, eldest daughter of the Rev. James Parsons, York.
At 27 Hamilton Place, Edinburgh, on the 22d instant by the Rev. David Brown, James Boag Burnet Esq., writer Glasgow, to Jemima Jane, daughter of the late James Kay Esq., R.N.
At 13 Lansdowne Crescent, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Eadie, Mr Robert Rennie jun., to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Mr David McAllister of Fintry.
At 9 William Street, Greenhead, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. Mr Wilson, Bridgeton Free Church, Mr JF Neville to Christina, daughter of Andrew Martin Esq.
At 58 Whitevale Street, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. George Jeffrey, Mr Thomas Arthur to Jessie, third daughter of Mr Andrew Hall, Castle Kennedy, Wigtownshire.
At 13 Cumberland Place, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. Dr. Barr, William Watson Stewart Esq., Glasgow to Agnes, daughter of the late John Willox Esq., of Wheatholm.
At Glasgow, on the 20th instant, Monsieur Alfred Havet to Madamoiselle Julie de Roussent, eldest daughter of the late Dr Louis de Roussent, Paris.
On Monday Dec 25 at the residence of his uncle Robert H Hart by Rev. Dr. Burchard, George H Downie only son of John McLeay Downie Esq, of Edinburg[h], Scotland, to Agnes Rankin, daughter of William Wilson Esq. Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. - New York Times 27th December 1854
DEATHS [02]
Suddenly at 16 Douglas Street, on the 23d instant, Mr James Dunlop, aged 62 years, merchant Glasgow. Friends are requested to accept of this intimation.
At Keith Park, Blairgowrie, on the 22d instant, David Inches(?) Esq. Friends are requested to accept of this intimation.
At 31 Rose Street, Garnothill, on the 23d instant, Annabella Brown, relict of Robert Laughlin Esq., late of Irvine.
At 55 Bellgrove Street, on the 23d instant, Robert aged 10 months, son of Mr James Morton.
At 37(?) Monteith Row, on the 22d instant, Mrs Agnes Clark, aged 85 years, relict of William Clark Esq., cotton spinner, Mile End.
Friday 29th December 1854
MYSTERIOUS DEATH [abbreviated][02]
...on afternoon of Friday week John Fearns, about 22 years of age, a shipjoiner at messrs. Simons & Co., Whiteinch, after receiving his wages of about £2 7s 6d., went to a public house with some comrades, the majority left around 7 o'clock, Fearns left about half past seven, much the worse for liquor. Fearns was missing the next morning, and was found lying dead in a small sluggish stream called the Hay Burn, a little off the road from Whiteinch to Partick, lying on his face, his arms doubled up below his chest, his hands firmly grasping the weeds in the bottom of the burn. None of the money he received on the Friday night was found on his person, suspicions are he had met foul play, no marks of violence, most likely explanation is that he had wandered from the road and falling into the burn, had lain there in a state of torpor, deceased resided with his mother and family in Nelson Street, Partick.
[02] The nominal return of deaths at the hospitals from the 4th to the 8th instant, inclusive is as follows:-
Lieutenant HC Harriott, 41st Regiment, wounds, Dec 8
Private Walter Rhodes, Grenadier Guards, febris, Dec 5
Corporal Thomas Moreston, 23d Regiment, diarrhoea, Dec 4
Serjeant John Forsyth, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, wounds, Dec 4
Private Charles Hagger, 20th Regiment, diarrhoea, Dec 4
Private Charles Eggington, 95th Regiment, diarrhoea, Dec 4
Private William Taylor, 4th Regiment, diarrhoea, Dec 4
Private George Lynn, 63d Regiment, diarrhoea, Dec 5
Private James Burrows, 55th Regiment, diarrhoea, Dec 5
Private Thomas Whitson, Grenadier Guards, contusion, Dec 4
Private Henry Pettet, Coldstream Guards. vulnus, Dec 4
Private George Smith, 21st Regiment, vulnus abdomen, Dec 5
Private Joseph Keep, 49th Regiment, compound fracture, Dec 5
Private Mark Clarke, 23d Regiment, diarrhoea, Dec 5
Private John Foker, 53d Regiment, wounds, Dec 5
Corporal John Daniels, Scots Fusilier Guards, diarrhoea, Dec 6
Private James Bunting, 95th Regiment, dysentery, Dec 5
Private William Kenning, Grenadier Guards, vulnus, Dec 6
Private John Tariton, 34th Regiment, diarrhoea, Dec 4
Private Charles Madge, 17th Lancers, dysentery, Dec 6
Private John Moxon, 13th Light Dragoons, pleuritis, Dec 6
Private William Marley, 17th Lancers, diarrhoea, Dec 7
Colonel-Serjeant Patrick Glynn, 88th Regiment, wounds, Dec 6
Private George Clarke, 33d Regiment, pneumonia, Dec 6
Private George Grier, Scots Fusiller Guards, diarrhoea, Dec 6
Private Edward Stofer, 95th Regiment, diarrhoea, Dec 6
Private William Vere, Royal Artillery, wounds, Dec 6
Private George Hallworth, Coldstream Guards, diarrhoea, Dec 6
Private Robert Wicks, 20th Regiment, diarrhoea, Dec 6
Private George Finn, 63d Regiment, wounds, Dec 7
Private Joseph Garside, 47th Regiment, dysentery, Dec 7
Private John Wilmott, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, wounds, Dec 7
Private Joseph Fallow, 2d Batallion Rifle Brigade, diarrhoea, Dec 7
Private James Sullivan, 1st Regiment, diarrhoea, Dec 8
Private Robert Reed, Scots Fusiliers Guards, vulnus, Dec 8
Private John Stainer, 95th Regiment, diarrhoea, Dec 8
Private George Alder, Royal Artillery, fever, Dec 8
Serjeant William Deegan, 77th Regiment, fever, Dec 8
Private William Greatreaks, Grenadier Guards, fever, Dec 8
Private Joseph Marne, 18th(?) Light Dragoon, diarrhoea, Dec 8
Private James Glover, Scots Fusilier Guards, ferbis, Dec 8
Private Richard Godson, 1st Regiment, diarrhoea, Dec 7
BIRTHS [02]
At 174 Stafford Place, New City Road, on the 28th Instant, Mrs Alexander Relchie, a daughter.
At 109 Parsons Street, on the 27th instant, Mrs A Christie, twin daughters.
At 2 Malta Street, on the 27th instant, the wife of Thomas MCGovern, a son.
At 31 Patterson Street, Kingston, on the 26rh instant, Mrs James Reid, a daughter.
At 12 Barony Place, on the 25th instant, Mrs John Shirra, a son.
At Bothwell, on the 25th instant, Mrs James Wark, a daughter.
At Verreville House, on the 24th instant, Mrs Robert Cochran, a daughter.
At Hull, on the 24th instant, the wife of Jno. Miller Esq., Glasgow, late of Honduras, a son.
At Briarbank Cottage, Shawlands, Mrs William Bannatyne, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 289 Belhaven Place on the 28th instant, by the Rev. Dr Milner of Free St. Matthew's, D McMillan Esq., to Margaret Antonia Thomson, third daughter of the late Archibald Campbell Esq., Tyree.
At 21 Cranston Street, Anderston, on the 28th instant, by the Rev. Hugh S Paterson, Mr Archibald Dearie, to Jane youngest daughter of Mr John Wilson.
At 114 Hospital Street, Castlemilk Place, on the 27th instant, Mr James Mills, dyer, to Catherine McFarlane, youngest daughter of Mr Robert Neilson, teacher, Govan Iron Works.
At 21 Norfolk Street on the 27th instant, by the Rev. Dr Macfarlane, Mr Thomas Smith, Western Bank Lauriston, to Mary Raeburn, daughter of Mr William Wallace.
At Old Lakenham Parish Church, Norwich, on the 26th instant, by the Rev. George Carter, M.A., Mr James S New, merchant, London, to Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr James Wilson, supervisor of Inland Revenue Norwich.
At 35 Bath Street, on the 25th instant, by the Rev. Thomas Hill, of Dundee, Mr Gavin Wotherspoon, to Ann Lyon, eldest daughter of Mr Alexander Hope, manufacturing chemist.
At Victoria Buildings, on the 25th instant, by the Rev. Mr McDougall, Mr Archibald McIntosh, Manchester, to Mary, second daughter of the late Mr Neil Macphail, Glasgow.
At Bainsford, on the 25th instant, by the Rev Mr Welsh, Falkirk, Mr Robert Drysdale, Grahamston, to Janet, only daughter of the late Alexander Grainger.
At Third Part, New Kilpatrick, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. M Alexander, Renfrew, Mr Archibald Bryce, farmer, Bardowie, to Agnes, daughter of the late Mr Peter Paterson.
At Nether Aughtygemmil, Lesmahagow, on the 28th ultimo [November], by the Rev. Thomas Burns, Mr Allan Struthers, farmer, Broomfield, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Francis Weir Esq.
DEATHS [02]
At 37 Glassford Street on the 28th instant, Mr William Hodson, Thistle and Soho Hotel,
At 125 Duke Street, on the 27th instant, of epilepsy, Margaret Ewing, aged 49 years, relict of Mr John Miller.
At the School House of Kilsyth, on the 27th instant, Barbara Smith aged 3 years, daughter of Mr James Handerson, schoolmaster.
At 75 Thistle Street, on the 25th instant, George, aged 21 years, eldest son of the late Mr Peter Johnston.
At 2 Rochester Place, on the 25th instant, John aged 8 months, youngest son of Mr John Kirsop.
At 184 West Nile Street, on the 25th instant, Ann Aitken, aged 23 years.
At Edinburgh, on the 25th instant, Elizabeth second daughter of the late Rev. Mr Young of Lanark.
At Hamilton, on the 25th instant, Mr John Buchanan, senior.
At Gourock, on the 25th instant, Sarah eldest surviving daughter of the late Cunningham Corbett Esq.
At Coatbridge on the 25th instant, Helen aged 19 years, youngest surviving daughter of Mrs Thomas Smellie.
At 29 Albany Street, Edinburgh, on the 25th instant, Mr Adam Ferguson aged 85 years.
At 5 Weir Street, Edinburgh, on the 25th instant, Agnes Sclanders, wife of Mr John Allardice.
At Holm Cottage, Coatbridge, on the 25th instant, Richard aged 8 years, son of Mr John Lumsden.
At 72 Clyde Street, Anderston, on the 24th instant, Agnes McTaggart, wife of Mr John Pollock, spirit merchant, Anderston.
At 153 Dalmarnock Road, on the 22d instant, Elizabeth Douglass, wife of Mr John Stewart, pattern drawer.
At 5 Upper Grafton Street, Fitzroy Square, London, on the 22d instant, Euphemia, aged 84 years, relict of Colin Sharp Esq., of Fitzroy Street & Bread Street, City.
DARING BURGLARY (abbreviated) - ...early on the morning of Wednesday last, the premises of Mrs A Grierson, situated at 25 Nelson Street, known as the Abbotsford Tavern, were entered by thieves while the occupants were asleep, and a considerable quantity of wearing apparel carried off. Access was gained by breaking a pane of glass in a window on the ground floor, in one dress which the thieves carried off, there were about 30s. in silver money and other articles.
Wednesday 3rd January 1855
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BIRTHS [01]
At Hong Kong on the 28th October [1854], the wife of the Lord Bishop of Victoria, of a daughter.
On the 2th(?) October, the lady of Mackintosh Balfour Esq., of the Agra Bank, Calcutta, of a son.
MARRIAGES [01]
At Edinburgh, on the 1st instant [1855], by the Rev. James McWatt BD., minister of Salton, Robert Charles McWatt MD., Dunse, to Anna, youngest daughter of the late John Logan Esq., Ha###ean Mains, Berwickshire.
At 6 Windmill Street, Edinburgh, on the 28th ultimo [December 1854], by the Rev. O(?) Prescott Hiliers of Glasgow, Mr Thomas Isbister, merchant and brush-manufacturer, Edinburgh, to Agnes Stenhouse, second daughter of the late Mr William Couston, merchant, Leith.
At Grayhill, parish of Glenluce, Wigtonshire, on the 26th ultimo [December 1854], by the Rev. James Pullar of the United Presbyterian Church, Mr Couper, overseer, Balgreggan, to Miss Higgins.
At the residence of the Lord Howard de Walden, Brussels, on the 22d ultimo [December 1854], Auguste Baron de Schaeffer, only son of the late General baron de Schaeffer, Minister of War, and Commander of the Forces of the Grand Duchy of Baden, to Malvina Jemima, daughter of George Jaines Campbell Esq., of Cessnock and Treesbanks, in the county of Ayr.
DEATHS [01]
At 23 Cumberland Street, Edinburgh, on the 3d instant [January 1855], Mary Fernie, wife of John Macdonald, accountant.
At 5 Howe Street, on the 4th instant [January 1855], Miss Margaret Brydon.
At North Berwick, on the 2d instant [January 1855], Mary, wife of JT Page Esq., daughter of the late Rev. John Fenton and niece of the late Admiral Sir Thomas Livingston, Bart., of Westquarter.
At Whittinghame, on the 29th ultimo [December 1854], Mrs Caverhill, relict of Mr John Caverhill, farmer, Chrichness, East-Lothian.
At Garthland Place, Paisley, on the 4th instant [January 1855], Archibald McNair Esq., merchant. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Nithbank, Dumfries, on the 21st ultimo [December 1854], Miss Kirkpatrick, daughter of the late William Kirkpatrick Esq., of Conheath, younger branch of the Kirkpatricks of Closeburn. The deceased was aunt to the Countess de Montejo, mother of the Empress of the French.
At the Hospital, Scutari [Turkey], on the 8th November, of wounds received in the celebrated charge of the Scots Greys, on the 25th of October preceding at Balaklava, Francis Beaufort, third son of Captain Maconochie, Royal Navy.
Saturday 6th January 1855
BIRTHS [01]
At 25 Howe Street, on the 31st ultimo [December 1854], Mrs Joseph Robertson, of a son.
At 31 Nicolson Street, on the 31st ultimo [December 1854], Mrs Alexander Robertson, of a daughter.
At Pennycross, on the 27th ultimo [December 1854], Mrs McLean, of a son.
At Invererne House, Morayshire, on the 30th ultimo [December 1854], the wife of John Peter Grant Esq., of a son.
MARRIAGES [01]
At Agra, on the 8th November [1854], the Hon. RA Drummond, Hon. East India Company's Civil Service, fifth son of the late Lord Viscount Strathallan, to Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Compton Reade Esq.
At St John's Nainee(?) Tal, on the 19th October [1854], William Johnston Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service, son of Vice-Admiral Johnston, to Elizabeth Charlotte, youngest daughter of the late Hon. J Thomason, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Provinces, Bengal.
At Barbadoes, on the 28th(?) November [1954], Adam Harthill Esq., Berbice, to Mary Dear, youngest daughter of John T Bourne Esq., Bellfield, Barbadoes.
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