Glasgow Courier. — 1853-11-08 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

RAILWAY TRAVELLING GLASGOW AND SOUTH WESTERN.-Mr. Johnstone, tha manager of this line, in contradicting an exaggerated report of a threatened collision near Cumnock, which appeared in a con. temporary, says:—' I may remark, in conclusion, that since the opening of the line we have carried above eight millions of passengers, and no individual has met with a fatal casualty, or even had a limb fractured.'  DISTRESSING Case—On Saturday, an old woman, named Sarah Paul or Gorman, was accused, at the Central Police Court, of having on Thursday last I embezzled the sum of .£5 2s, with which she had been entrusted by her son to keep till the next morning. It appeared that the lad Gorman had been employed as a carter on the Thursday by a railway carrier in town, and, in course of business, lifted the above amount, which he deposited in his mother's hands, being himself too late to give it up to his master. The old dame, however, instead of preserving the money with a mother's care, went out next morning and laid in an abundant supply of tea, sugar, and other necessaries for household use; concealed the remaining portion of the money inside of her cap, and flatly denied all knowledge of the fact when questioned by the police, who had been apprized of the occurrence. It was stated in Court that this was not the first time the defender had been the means of getting her son into difficulties. She was remanded to see if the spent money could be refunded. The Cashier to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary begs respectfully to acknowledge the receipt of the following contributions from public works in aasgow and neighbourhood, received during last week, viz. : Workers of Messrs. Cumming & Crawford, Netherlee Print Works £4 4 0 ' Do. do. James & George Thomson, Clyde Bank Foundry, 2O 0 0 Do. do. Jno. & ltobt. Cogan, New  . Adelphi Mill, — 5 14 0 Do. do. G. 6: A. Harvey, Albion Machine Worki 2 2 0 Do. ..._ . do. _J. M. Rowan St Co, Atlas _  Works, Port-Dundas, 3 3 0 Do. do. John Mitchell & Co., 58, Bishop Street, Anderston 1 12 6 Do.. _do. _ A. &R. Cochran, St. Rol- - _ _  lox Flint Glass Works , 8 5 5 And from the Garnkirk Friendly Society, Gemkirk lO 10 0  A Fanatic Fray—On Saturday last, a woman named Agnes Burns or Macfarlane, was charged at the Eastern Police Court with severely assaulting, on the afternoon of the preceding day, Mary Macfarlane wife of Walter Macfarlane, cattle dealer, Duke Street. The charge was proved by the evidence of several witnesses, and Bathe Gilmour, in commenting on the case, said that the woman seemed to be of such an ungovernable temper, and had already proved herself such a pest to society, that she would, in all likelihood, sooner or later, commit murder, unless she was restrained. He then sentened her to 30 days' imprisonment. Scarcely had the sentence been passed, when Burns wheeled round, and, in an in_ instant, seized one of the witnesses with the clutch of a tiger, tore her bonnet and veil, and, fixing her fingers in the woman's hair, dragged her to the ground. The officers immediately relaxed the grasp of the fury,' and Bailie Gilmour, again ordering Burns to be placed at the bar, sentenced her to imprisonment for an additional period of 30 days, with bard labour into the bargain, for an outrage to gross and cruel.