Glasgow Courier. — 1854-04-25 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

COCRT.—CCLPASLI HOMICLDI. spring Circuit Court was held at Invernem se:lay—Lord Cowan presiding; Mr. A. It. , Advocate-Depute. James Murdoch was riarged with culpable homicide, in so far as, en the 14th October, 1853, in a field situated on the farm of Contlich, in the parish of Morse, he discharged a loaded gun at or in the direction of • herd boy, named .Andrew Morrison, whereby he was mortally wounded, Eland immediately died. The prisoner pled not guilty. It appeared that a party had been out shooting deer oat night, and the deceased had been engaged in due. legthe animals towards the place where the prisoner stood, when, the night being cloudy, he fired, and the shot entering the body of the deceased, his death :took place immediately afterwards. From the ac'Mental natnre of the occurrence, and the keen n;visit of the prisoner, he was only sentenced te months' 'imprisonment.  The whole of the preliminary and parliamentary expenses of the Peebles Railway (says Herapiath) amount to £2,281. This includes, of course, the expense of obtaining an act of Parliament, which is about £7OO. The preliminas y and parliamentary expense account of the Worcester and Hereford line, a line not much longer than the Peebles, exceeds the whole capital cost of the Peebles railway—in fact, it would make several Peebles railways. STATUE TO GEORGE 116 RIOT —The statue to George Heriot, subscribed for among Auld Callants' who have enjoyed the benefit of his boonty, will, in a few days, be elevated to its allotted niche it. the Scott Monument. The intended tribute to the benevolent founder had its origin in a suggestion of Sir W. Johnston, during his occupancy of the civic chair; the required sum was speedily subscribed, and the work was entrusted to Mr. Peter Slater, another of whose undertakings, the Watt statue, is also shortly to be inaugurated. The sculptor ha., we believe, engaged to place the statue in its place--a conspicuous niche over the south-west pillar of the monument—by the tat of May, although the ceremony of inauguration will, in all probability, be deferred until George Ileriot's Day, the sth June.—Courant. FIRST ANNEAL LITERARY SIIGIREE Or THE PAISLEY AIITISLN'S iNSTITETION.—The first annual literary soiree of this institution was held in the Aberdeen Rooms on Friday evening. Col. More, M.P., occupied the chair, and the number present amounted to nearly 400. On the platform beside the chairman we observed Mr. Sheriff Glasgow ; John Hall Maxwell, Esq of Dargavel ; Alex. Graham, Esq. of Capellie ; James Harvey, Esq.; David Murray, Esq.; Ander. Barrie, ; Alex. Gibson, Esq. ; Robert Kerr, Esq. ; James Hobos, Esq: ; Rev. Dr. Baird ; Robert Henderson, Esq., William Martin, En. of Davieiand ; Bailie Brown, Bailie Jack, Councillor Walker, Councillor Russell, Mr. Tho. sPRobert, Honorary Secretary, &c. Tea, coffee, and the usual accompaniments, were sorted to the company in an adjoining room, ' previous to the commencement of the literary part of the programme The speakers were the Chairman, Mr. J. Hall Maxwell, Mr. David Murray, Mr. Alex. Graham, Mr. Wm. M'A lister, Dr. Baird and Mr. Sheriff Glasgow, Mr. Lambeth from Glasgow filled up the intervals between the addresses by playing several pieces upon the piano in first-rate style.