Glasgow Courier. — 1848-12-16 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

SCOTLAND.  45; 881  1521 106  Blairgowrie—Mr. Sturrock's Case in the Civil Court—We understand that although repeated prorogations were given to lodge defences to this action, which was served early in September, none were forthcoming, and on Saturday decree in absence was pronounced by Lord Wood against the Rev. A. 0. Greig and four elders, members of the Kirk-session of Blairgowrie, conjointly and severally for £lOOO sterling, and separatim against Mr. Greig for £5OO sterling, both in name of damages and as a solatium for the injury sustained by Mr. Sturrock in his estate, character and feeling's, through the proceedings and accusations set forth in the libel. Expenses were also given —Dundee Advertiser. Melancholy and Fatal Accident.—On Monday evening, while Mr. Patrick Begg, son of Mr. John Begg, distiller and commission-agent, Quay, Aberdeen, and two or three companions, were taking a sail in the harbour, be accidentally lost his balance when standing in the boat, fell into the water, and was drowned. He had been stunned by the fall, for be disappeared at once, and although his body was got within a quarter of an hour after he fell from the boat, and carried to his father's house, every means to restore animation , failed. The deceased was a fine young man, 18 years of age, and is the second son which Mr. Begg has thus lost, a younger brother having been drowned while engaged in a pleasure sail about two years ago. Newspaper Poetry.—At the present we have 16 poems Oommencibg with "Ye gods;" '2O with "0! ye powers;" 12 with "Blow soft, ye breezes;" and what is very remark' • , while we have only 5 br " "01 deluding we have 40 COMIDell'. -se woman!" which ,s a hen -y balance of the charming young In the - for some  divisions—the prothe contemptibly • correspondents ,t, for we keep of March  An attempt at robbery and murder occurred on the morning of Sunday last, pt Brickeuilonbury Hall, near Hertford, the residence of Mr. Russell Ellis, the East India director. Mr. Ellis and a party of friends were out shooting on Saturday over the Brickendon Manor, and had a very successful day's sport. The larder of 90 Boulogne sad.., the hall was in consequence well mocked with game of various 20 Central of Frain:n(or kinds. Some thieves, who, it seems, were aware of this, and had ._ in Demerary. ..... ........ some knowledge of the premises, formed the project of carrying 4'76 95 Dutch Rhenish - off the whole of the game, and for that purpose visited the pre-20 Louvain ala Sambre mises about 2 °Wool, on the morning of Sunday. They got into •a..„, 90 Luxembou 90 Nainur and Lrg iege Northern 01 France and Bordeaux •• •• house, maintained such an incessant barking, that a groom who slept in the same building got out of bed, opened the door can. .... 1 Measly, and peeped out, in order to ascertain if anything was ~. _ _ I wrong. He perceived that the gates of the yard were open, and , . 71 that a man stood near them, evidently watching. Another man I was proceeding towards him from the inner yard, laden with the I _ , contents of the larder. Almost at the same instant able, N.. the groom e only 5 beginning with • -a the report of a gun close to him, and felt the flash upon his man;" we ~,_ , commencinw "0! false woman " ; oe. He drew back mechanically, when a man whom y shows a heavy ince of deceit against f _ - werccive through the smoke, said, " You have ladies. ' es In fine ~.e poetry which we hay 'we meant to give it you this time," or ' ' •aopeared after his companions, time may bo classed under three great . '---, "'he groan] suffered on In- fonndly dim —the elegantly absurd—and the th •-wo in e doorpost, silly. We trust that our anonymous poetic cot the bullet will spare us their effusions—we need them not,. ‘...‘re a poet.—Montrose Standard. Wattles good Feeding for Pigs.--In the mouth Andrew Gemmel, surface-drainer, Cullachy, war hought a pig of the small Dutch breed, four --uoved from the place where it was --rick, and fed solely on boiled '••••it seven months and ••,eigl? 199 i lbs. '-..-head,