Glasgow Courier. — 1857-07-09 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

CIVIL LIST PENSIONS.  The following ts a list of all pensions granted between the 20th day of June, 1856, and the 20th day of June, 1857, and charged upon the Civil List (pursuant to Act 1 Vie. c. 2):—  Eliza Doyle, AM, 23d September, 1856 (sister of the late Colas,' Sir John %Bey Doyle, K.C.8.), in consideration.of the distinguished military services of her brother, and of the destitute circumstances in which she is left by his decease.  Alexander Maclagan, £3O, 29th September, 1856, in consideration of his literary merits. Richard C0rt,1.50, 17th October, 1856, in consideration of his destitute condition, and of the useful and valuable inventions of his father, Henry Curt, applicable to the manufacture of iron. Mrs. Mary Anne &Beckett, £lOO, 23d October, 1856, in consideration of the literary merits of her husband, the late Mr. Gilbert a'Beckett; also of the eminent public services rendered by him in his capacity of a po lire magistrate in the metropolis, and of the destitute circumstances in which she, his widow, and their children, are now placed. Philip James Bailey, £lOO, 10th November, 1856, In consideration of his literary merits. Dr. Charles Richardson, IA 10th November, 1856, an additional pension of £25 a year, in consideration of the valuable additions which he has made to works of standard literature. Dr. William Pulteney Alison, £lOO, 10th November, 1858 (late Professor of the Practice of Physic in the University of Edinburgh), in consideration of his scientific attainments.  Mrs. Jane Margaret Backhouse, £lOO, 15th November, 1856, in consideration of the distressed circumstances in which she has been left at the death of her husband, Mr. George Canning Backhonse, who was murdered while discharging the duties of her Majesty's Commissary Judge at Havana. Mrs. Margaret Gavin, £5O, 15th November, 1856, in consideration of the distressed eiremostanese in which she has been left on the death of her husband, Dr. Gavin, who was accidentally killed in the Crimea, while employed in the public) service. Mrs. Anne Thompson, .1150, 24th November,lBs6, in consideration of the gallant services of her son, the late Capt. Thompson, C. 8., who died of the wounds which he received at the memorable siege of Kars, and of the straitened circumstances in which she is now placed. Ellen Maria Hay and Fanny Anne Hay, £5O, 29th November, 1856, in consideration of the long and faithful services of their father in the Admiralty departments, and of the straitened circumstances in which they are now placed. Mrs. Anne Waghorn, £5O, 29th November, 1856, in consideration of the valuable services of her son, the late Lieut. Waghern, in establishing the overland route to India, and of her present narrow pecuniary means. Charles Swain, £5O, Ist December, 1956, in consideration of his literary merits. Anne Cathcart, £lOO, 6th Jan., 1857, in consideration of the eminent military services of her father, the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Cathcart, K.C.8., who was killed at the battle of Inkerman and of the narrow pecuniary means in which his family have been left. Mrs. Mary Philadelphia Merrifield, £lOO, 2d May, 1857, in consideration of the valuable services she has rendered to literature and art, and the reduced circumstances In which she is placed. Mrs. Lydia Falconer Miller. £7O, 19th June, 1857, in consideration of the eminent services rendered to literature and science by the works of her late husband, Mr. Hugh Miller, and the straitened circumstances in which she is planed by his decease. Mrs. Mary Haydn, £25, 19th June, 1857, an additional pension of £25 a year, in consideration of the eminent services rendered to literature by her late husband, Mr. Joseph Haydn, and the straitened eireunsitances In which • she is placed by his demon. Jamie