The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-29 00:00:00

SCOTLAND.

SUICIDE IN THE CAVALRY BARRACKS, GLASGOW.
—Oa likely morning a most det,rmked case of Belt-
destruction occurred in the cavalry barracks, on the sou'h
side of the river. A I rivals, named Joseph System, in the
regiment at present stationed here, the 13th Littlit Dra-
goons, while in his ward, about the time in question, deli
berately took dawn' his carabirt- and shot himself through
the t sad. The report brought some people immedi ,tely to
his assistance, but death was found to have been all but fa-

etan•enenae. N) n mom eas be snipe.' for the suicide.—
North British Mail.

FATAL ACCIDENTS FROM GCNEOWDER lii GLAS-
now.—We (Edinburg's Courantt, are sorry to be required
to state that the hannleu expressions of mirth and loyalty
which characterised the greau r part of Friday's holiday de
monigrations, Wei her M •jesty'e birthday, in the city and
neighbourhood, have been eomewh►t marred by the occur-
' renee of two aecidents from gunpowder, by one of which a
young child has been deprived of life, and by the other two
young boys were so severely burned that their fiefs are
despaired of. In the afternoon two boy. residing in Bell•
street, Cellos, were amusing themselves discharging an old
pistol t►ere, when, not finding the reports which it gave
out sufficiently noisy, they resolved to fire it with
the iron ramrod which they had been using stook fast
into the barrel. When the pistol came to he dis-
charged, it did not burst in ;deem as wee most likely to
happen, but the iron rod being forced out with great vio-
lence, went through the head of an infant, aged six months,
which a woman, its moth*. was standing with at the door,
in the act of caressing. The missile fortunately missed the
woman, but the child was shot dead upon the spot In the
other case, which happened in a nark near the grain mill.
at Port Dundee, about six o'clock two boys, bro-
thers, were in the spitede of stooping over a train of
gunpowder, and blowing a lighted match, when it suddenly
exploded, end burned them severely about their facie
and bodies. They are so much hurt that their lives are
despaired of.
WRECK OF THE ALBERT STEAMER.—About fonr
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon last this fine iron steamer,
belonging to the Stirling and Grant= Steam Packet Com-
pany, got aground on the breakwater to the west of the
Grantor Pier, and has been greatly damned. The vessel
left Stirling for Oranton about twelve o'clock, and proceeded
cl-own the Frith amid a very thick fog, which became more
dense after passing Queensferry. Captain Mason teems to
have kept close to the south shore, and °hemming some rocks
opposite Carolina Park, about three quarters of a mile west
of Oranton, he mistook them for the new breakwater which
is at present forming for the protection of the west side of
the pier from the heavy gales, which sometimes caused con-
siderable deluge to the shipping. In consequence he steered
his course for t►e usual landing-place at the pier, but, ob.
serving his mistake, he endeavoured to put about, when the
vowel *truck with tremendous violence on the breakwater.
Her bows were stove in, many of her timbers were started,
and a large hole knocked ;n her bottom. There were about
80 panenaera on board at the time, who were greatly alarmed,
hut with the assistants@ of boats they were all safely landed at
Oranton Pier.—Caledonian Mercury.