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

GOVVI 760"6-tlE* JA UAlt' Y 16, 186 g.  Sir Chapman Marshall, one of the Aldermen of London, is aced. Postage stamps, price ninepence each, may be had at any Post C)ffioe. Mr William Siadall, surveyor, Todmorclen, after drinking two days, hung himself in his house on Thursday. Mr Cross, M. P. for Preston, has intimated that it is his intention to retire from Parliament when a dissolution occurs. Colonel Fane has been brought forward in the Conservative interest, against Sir H. Dashwood, for  , the county of Oxford. The Master of the Mint is appointing local receivers of the old copper coinage, whose duty is to give new coin in exchange for old. The Windham case still drags along its slimy length, but no verdict has been given. The evidence for the defence is still being received. A New Year's gift of 500 guineas has been made to the Asylum for Fatherless children by its venerable founder, the Rev. Dr Reed. Several thieves are in the custody of the Sussex police charged with stealing upwards of 200 watches from a shop in Wimbledon. The Rev. H. S. Fletcher, the defaulting actuary and treasurer of the Bilston Savings Bank, cannot be prosecuted because his books are not falsified. The money order system is to be extended on the Ist of February to Victoria and Western Australia. The charge will be 2s for remittances under a. Sir G. Clerk will probably act as Provisional Governor of India in the interval between the departure of Lord Canning and the arrival of Lord Elgin. It is again asserted that her Majesty's Theatre will be opened during the time of the International Exhibition, and that Signor Brizzi is to appear as its manager. The Shefteld Independent states that at a funeral which took place in that distriet on Wednesday, seven ladies, whose united ages amounted to 560 years, were present. ExactrrioN.—M`Calferey, the murderer of Colonel Crofton and Captain Benham, was executed at Kirkdale, Liverpool, on Saturday at noon. He was very penitent. About 8,000 spectators were present. The father of Colonel Green Wilkinson was left £1,500 a year, by an old man who took a fancy for him, for politely opening the door of his pew in church and giving him a seat. Charles E. Hart, alias Hamilton, a 'valet in the employ of Sir J. Dundee at Weymouth, has been arrested on the South Eastern Railway, with a quantity of his master's property in his possession. The body of Mr John Dowson, cattle dealer, of Pickering, has been discovered in the river Derwent. He had been missing for several days, and it is supposed that he had accidentally fell into the water. John Bayliss, a gunsmith who resided in Birmingham, has died from the erects of a gunshot wound which he had received,i n consequence of a loaded gun sent to him to repair exploding. The Earl of Dalhousie is residing at Cannes for the benefit of his health, which has greatly improved since his Lordship sought that mild climate. The noble Earl is expected to return home by Easter. The late Miss Withers, of Sheffield, has left £lO,OOO for the founding of a charity in commemoration of her late brother, Mr Benjamin Withers. It is said she has left property valued at £lOO,