Glasgow Courier. — 1847-09-21 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

GLASGOW MUNICIPAL POLICE BOARD.  The ordinary weekly meeting of this Board was held in the Police Buildings yesterday—the Lord Provost in the chair. There was no business of any consequence before the meeting, and the only feature of interest presented by the proceedings -consisted in the statistics of fever, which showed a gratifying decrease in the number of cases, and afforded pleasing evidence of the available means of accommodation, hitherto so much -.pressed upon, beginning to preponderate largely over the number of cases under treatment. After the reading of the minutes, and the disposal of one or two matters relating to private interests, Mr. D. SMITH read a return which had been handed him by one of the directors of the Royal Infirmary, from -which it appeared that the fever hospital connected with that institution contained 223 beds, with 140 in the new sheds, making a total of 363; whilst the number of cases at present in the house - was only 221, leaving 142 beds unoccupied. The Superintendent's return for the week ending 18th September was next read, as follows :—Cases in the Central district, 136; Eastern, 177 ; Western, 29; Southern, 119; total, 461, being a decrease of 298 as compared with the preceding week. This same return also showed a fact highly creditable to the cleaning department, namely, that sitneltaweerwely with- skidxsisarease in tlas DlMllhar I case, there had been an increase during the week of 48 in the humlber of houses cleaned as compared with the week preceding. ThWtotal number cleaned last week was 335. The Board then adjourned.  f -consisted  Wilie-h  Acceleration of the Mail.—A letter, in relation to this subject, has been transmitted by Mr. Macgregor to the Lord Provost here. It is believed that the arrangements will be completed so as to permit the 10th of October to be the day fixed for carrying the measure into effect.  The Prisoner Daly.— This unfortunate man, who has been so long in the hands of justice on a charge of murder or ,eulpable homicide, and who was some months ago removed 'to Gartnavel Lunatic Asylum in consequence of the state 4of his mind rendering him unfit to be brought forward for trial at our Circuit Court, was yesterday removed to the Perth Penitentiary.  - Singular Cage of Assault and Curious Robbery.—On Friday night about seven o'clock, as an individual was crossing the Green, between the foot of Saltmarket and the west end of Monteith Row, he was set upon and knocked down by a band of men and women, who hurt him severely, and robbed him of every article he had except his trousers, leaving him insensible on the ground, where and in which condition he was discovered and carried home to his wife! Affecting Case.—Friday night about half-past six o'clock, a woman came into the Police-office, Edinburgh, and stated to the lieutenant on duty that she was in a state 0f great d ' eSitution and ill, besides, with fever. The lieutenant Immediately sent an officer with her to the City Charity Workhouse, but the officials there refused to have anything whatever to do with her. The poor woman was accordingly brought back to the Police-office, when the lieutenant, in the hope of finding a refuge for her in the Royal Infirmary, seat the officer with her to that institution. There, also, the sick and famishing creature was denied admission ; not, however, as in the former case, because she had no claim to be relieved, but on the ground that there was not room to accommodate her. She was therefore, again branght back to the Police-office, when the lieutenant, out of sympathy, caused a portion of the camp-house attached to the office to be cleared out, and a temporary bed to be made for the poor creature till the morning. The woman's nan e we understand, is Mary Wright, and she was on her nay from England to Glasgow, of which city she is a nati, e. ucha cam as this certainly deserves to be inquired into, and wo have no doubt that it will be +le.—Scotsman.