Glasgow Courier. — 1862-01-16 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

WINDFALL. —A shoemaker at Brentwood has received an intimation that his wife, as the lineal descendant of a gentleman who died recently, is entitled to an inheritance of a cool million. Colonel Taylor, M.P. for the county of Dublin, was, the other day, on a visit at Emo Park, and NMI out shooting with a large party, when in loading his gun it accidentally went off, and shot off the top of the thumb of his right hand. Earl Fortescue has given £5OO to found a scholarship, to be competed for yearly by the pupils of the Devon County School, West Buckland, and any other schools that may be established in connection with  The Solicitor of the Bank of England brought under the notice of the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, a fac-aimile of a £5-note on the top of a porcelain inkstand, in order to make public intimation that such efforts of art are illegal. The efforts of the committee for raising a memorial to the late Captain Francis Cozier, R.N., the second in command of the last Franklin expedition, in his native town, at Banbridge, have met with great success. Orders have been issned for 300 male convicts, under sentence of penal servitude for 14 years and upwards, to be drafted from the convict depots at Chatham, Portland, and Portsmouth for shipment to the penal colony of Freemantle, Western Australia.  A great rise took place on Friday in saltpetre, from the expectation that the prohibition against its ex. port may possibly be withdrawn. The supplies in the foreign markets are generally at present very scanty, and prices are much better than in this country. Other kinds of produce have also improved. No arrangements have yet been made, or indeed officially contemplated, for tilling up the various posts held by the Prince Consort, and it is not likely that any recommendation will be made to the Queen until successors are provided for him in every office, so that the melancholy business can be got through at once. Among the passengers by the Athenian are most of the English Staff of the King of Bonny, and Dr Durant, of the Niger Exploring Expedition Sunbeam. The latter gentleman reports having seen Dr Baikie at the confluence (river Niger) in the month of November. Dr Baikie was quite well, and on very friendly terms with all the native chiefs. In the Newcastle District Court of Bankruptcy, Mr Commissioner Abrahall sanctioned the payment, out of the estate of Jeremiah Winks, of £398, being the amount of expenses incurred in the apprehension of that bankrupt in Australia. A c•rrious effect of the Windham case has exhibited itself. One can scarcely take up a paper without seeing appeals from various societies and institutions which interest themselves in the.treatment or condition of lunatics, urging their claims to support. A man named M 'Laurin, mate of the American ship Ganges, was brought up at the Bow Street Police Court on Thursday, charged with murdering an English seaman, one of the crew, on the high seas. He was committed for trial. . . _ .  Information has been received in Liverpool of the loss of the Queen, near Cape de Verds. The Queen sailed from London a short time ago. Her crew were on Thursday brought to Liverpool in the African Royal Mail steamer Athenian. The three Federal vessels destroyed at sea by the Confederate war steamer Sumter, included the Vigilant, the cargo of which was insured at Lloyd's about three weeks since. This is the first loss sustained since the present war risks have been acted upon. The Prince of Wales remains at Osborne with the Queen until after the arrival of his brother Prince Alfred, who is expected in England in the course of the present month. Shortly after his arrival the Prince of Wales will make a tour in the Holy Land and other historical lands of the East. The coroner's jury have returned a verdict of wilful murder against the engine driver, Charlton, in connection with the death of the old woman, at Durran Hill Crossing, near Carlisle. Robinson, who was charged with being implicated in the deed, but on behalf of whom an alibi was established, has been discharged from custody,