The Glasgow Chronicle. — 1847-07-14 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

SCOTLA ND.  Sterassrn Juita.—Last week there was a pretty heavy fall of snow in the pariah and district of Rosy; so much so, that the inhabitants gathered it in handfuls. It did not lie loss, howerer.—Ahdr, don Journal..  BARR 81 lAD OR ses.-111mg Arra 1111/44111D • ON. Busvictorsr—A vagrant, suspected of having been concerned in the above murder, was last we apprehended in %Wren and lodged in jail. He- come from the Barrhead.distriot ; and when examined prevaricated se mash, and gave so doubtful aria& oonnt of himself, aid had snob a sasploious look that it was oonsidered r to lodge him ia jail till communication shoalniamade with the authorities at Bstrhead.—Apr. dmotiser. sass A Lau. Teuse.-.-Antoeg the promiscuous of rag-tag-Ind-bobtail biackgoardisin that appeased at the bar of the polioe oourt on Saturday, was a good-looking, w4-dressed woman from the country, en a chirp of having,stolen a ~aluable shawl, an& other articles, on the pmeeding day, from the stop of Mr Cargilh Geom. Street, and performing iv. netrrly similar feat in the shop of Mr Hay, and en the opposite side. The prisoner sobbed bitterly, and pleated guilty to both charges, beseched the oourt with many passionate entreaties, to commute the sentence to any floe which might be thought proper. Bailie Greig, however,, the sitting magistrate,, on. considering the whole facts of the case—the nettles of the thefts, the time at which they were effected, the seemirg respectability of the prisoner (a most dangerous feature in a thief, as it generally rendered' vigilance unwary, and allowed the unprincipled more freedom to acoomplielt their ends)—was inexorable, and oould listen to no comptomise whatever. Imprisonment was the regalia* punishment for grimes of that description; and as a tine could not be accepted from a poor individual, far les* could it be taken from a portion of her description. She was then sentenced to forty days in jail. Her husband was in oourt the whole time. He could not understand bow she had been tempted to commit the theft, es he had uniformly indulged her in every wish. He likewise was earnest for her release.— Pereahirs Advertiser.  SUDDEN DEATH OF THII Rev. MR GOODWIN, Baxcnix.-1t is our melancholy duty to record the death of the Rev. James Goodwin, of the United Preabyterian Church, High Street, Brechin, which occurred on Sunday last. Mr Goodwin was ordained minister of the Relief Church, Brechin, in December 1831, and for the period of fifteen years and upwards during which he has officiated BA minister, he has been characterised by every quality calculated to exalt a Christian minister and tending to the edification of then to whom he ministered. In every thing calculated to promote the public welfare he took a lively interest, and the various charities of the town ar:ddeLery indebted to the gratuitous services he re them. On Sunday he officiated both in the forenoon and afternoon with very little apparent change in his health; and, indeed, in the afternoon he appeared stronger and more energetic than usual. On returning home from church after the afternoon service, he was seized with faintness, and required assistance to reach his house. On reaching the house he lay down on a sofa, and died in less than twenty minutes without a struggle—it is believed from disease of the heart.