Glasgow Courier. — 1847-11-09 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

OOO OF PUBLIC NIONEY.-Mr. John Mason, who lately held a situation of accountant in the Board of Works, at a salary of £3OO per annum, was committed to Newgate, on Thursday, upon a charge of embezzling £B,OOO, the property of the commissioners, being money entrusted to them for public purposes. The case was under investigation for a considerable time, and was, at a late hour, adjourned to Monday next, at 12 o'clock, when lie will be brought up for further examination. 'lt tray be remembered, that Mr. Mason, some short time ago, broke his leg by a fall from the top of the Dundrum omnibus, which had to be amputated, and it was during his absence from business, pending , his recovery, that circumstances transpired which Id to the ' inves:igation in question. The charges against Mr. Mason impute to him the crime of forgery. It is alleged that lie was in the habit of altering cheques, which passed through his hands, in amount, and converting whatever addition lie made to them to his own use; for instance, One of the cases specified charged him with altering a cheque from £l4l to £441, by making a "four" of the "one," both in body and corner of the document.  erect  ----Sheri ffship of Kincardineshire.—We understand that this office, :acant by the death of G. L. A. Douglass, Esq., is to be conferred on Archibald Davidson, Esq., at present one of the advocate-dePutes.—Ediaburgh Courant. Supposed Murder.—We learn that on Tuesday last, the almost naked body of a middle-aged female was found in the Union Canal, near Causeyend, in the parish of Muiravouside, Stirlingshire. The body appears to have been some time in the water—perhaps from 10 to 20 days—and bears several deep cuts or stabs with a knife or some sharp instrument, which are so severe and deep that medical men are of opinion they could not have been inflicted by the woman herself. There is little or no doubt, therefore, that she has here murdered. Ne4exuale answering the description of the murdered woman is missing from the district ; and the probability, therefore, is that the deceased was some wandering stranger who had been murdered on the banks; or, it is possible, that she may have been slain at a distance, and the body put into some coal boat or lighter, and thence thrown into the Canal. From a shoe found on one foot, and some other trifling articles of dress on the body, there is little reason to doubt that the deceased belonged to the humbler classes. Various remains of dress are retained by the ProcuratorFiscal of Falkirk, in the hope that the body may be identified, and thus lead to the apprehension of the guilty party or parties. The Linlithgow and Stirlingthire fox hounds will meet on Wednesday, the 10th Nov., at the Byres Hill; on Friday, the 12th, at Newbyth; on Saturday, the 13th, at Whittiugham—each day at half-past ten. The Ayrshire fox hounds will meet this day (Tuesday), Nov. 9, at Southbar Gate; on Thursday, the llth, at Houston Kennel; on Saturday, the 13th, at Stainlie Castle—each morning at a quarter before eleven. The Mayoralty of Liverpool.—The choice of a successor to Mr. Lawrence, it is understood, lies between Mr. BramleyMoore and Mr. Horsfall. Both are excellent men, and would do credit to the office. Either, if put forward separately, would, we are sure, command the unanimous goodwill of the Council; and under these circumstances, we think it would be very desirable that some mutual understanding should be conic to, which would prevent a division of the great Conservative body in the Council on a mere matter of personal preference.—Liverpool Courier. Daring Outrage upon Dr. Bowring and his Brother.— Extract of a letter from Port-Talbot, Glamorganshire, received this morning, the 6th Nov.:—" The most daring and atrocious robbery ever committed in this country was perpetrated on Dr. Bowring, M.P., and his brother, who were at mid-day going up to their iron works, some six miles on the hills, in a gig, with £lOOO in notes and cash to pay their men, They were stopped by two men, who presented pistols to their breasts and demanded the money, which was immediately given up. They then shot the horse, and cut oft' in this direction. About four o'clock they were discovered; they were well armed, and bid defiance to their pursuers—one was taken and the other escaped. £l3B lls. 7ed. was found upon him. The captor brought the money to me to count, and was the first to reckon it. About twelve o'clock last night the second man was taken within 300 yards from my house, with dE3IO about him. They are aid to be 'Tipperary Boys.'"—Standord,