Glasgow Courier. — 1860-02-07 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

STRANGE AND FATAL OCCURRENCE IN WEST RICHMOND STREET, EDINBURGH. On Saturday evening, the police authorities received information of a remarkable occurrence that took place in No. 4, West Richmond Street. It seems that this house was occupied by a spirit-dealer, named John Bailey, who had been ill for some days past, and was on Saturday oonfinedto bed. Dr Middleton, of West Adam Street, his medical adviser, had been attending him, and had given particular instructions that he should be carefully watched. About twelve o'clock a friend of Mr Bailey's, named Robertson, residing in Suininerhall, celled to see him, and found that he had taken a quantity of morphia, much to the alarm of Mrs Bailey. Mr Robertson sat by the patient's bedside, and seeing that. he was making endeavours to get out of bed, restrained him from doing so. Mr Bailey, who appeared to be in a desperate state, then seized hold of a razor, and endeavoured to commit suicide by cutting his throat. He succeeded in inflicting a terrible gash in his throat, upon which Mr Robertson, who grew faint and unnerved from witnessing the occurrences went out of the room and proceeded down stairs. Er, Bailey also grew unconscious from hearing of the occurrence. In this state of affairs a neighbour went off for medical assistance, and on her return Mr Robertson was found lying dead in one of the rooms down stairs. His neckcloth wee loosened, and on examination it was found that he had expired from an attack of apoplexy. Mr Ridley was discovered still in bed, with his throat fearkilly cut, and the,resor dote by: but It was found that the tif,intivipe riaaot isijured, and sonic hope of his recovery was _entertained", 14a:wound dressed by , Defifidilleton, Mid im yes rtinveyol to the matt `likens he fin* lice. iniWpy wax restored 1.4 oonsoloumw ss,but. as migtt exiosctptly ismuck broken &elm by the lamentatle casualty:  The LORD PIIIBII3IiNT narrated these circumstances, and observed that the application was of an unusual character. It was to interdict the respondents from proceeding in the Court of Chancery in reference to the ten shares sold to William; and in support of the application it had been urged that this is • Scotch ex. ecutry, that the company into which the respondents see to k be restored is a Sooteh company, that the multiplepoirrding is a process in which the'whole can be tried, that it is a matter of convenience and justice that the proceeding should be limited to this Court, and that the pursuers should not be subjected to double proceedings in reference to thesame thing. On the other hand, the respondents say that they are English parties demi: tiled in England, that they are procee.ding competently spinet Henry Dawson, who is domiciled in Englar Oat the proceedings in the. English 'Court of Chancery , were prior to those in this Court, and that in the action I • A inigget' iveighing about 33' lbs. and Of reduction they do not insist for the ten shares which • lathe subjeat of the bill in Chancery. On the general 8"Wfl." wee lete!Y,feliad in the earlier." matter of competency he had no doulctl sod he did not 6f the river AzYull in Siberia, and hes been 11"4" lo 1411 k that the more tool of parte being Nib at the I It Potoriburg.  Nuir!' y:avn  .