Glasgow Courier. — 1860-09-13 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

STEELE, ESQ., OPBROUN CASTLE. IT died on Saturday morn-72 years. He was better quarter Rab Steele," or Provost the title at the head of this paragraph; his "cronies" he was tallied of these more familiar names. He "notables" of the Middle Ward of ,e, where he was born, lived, and made a large extent, so that he has now left beat least £40,000. About sor 6 years ago Broun Castle, East Kilbride, for £14,000, '3 father at one time was tenant. He - by ton keeping, at one time being the whole of them in this district. but inviting; and certainly cultivated. Still he had sense, which guided him 3manner. He was thrice Rutherglen; about a dozen years through the influence of the late on the Commission of the Peace 'As a -; he was a useful man, nee with common with mercy. In _ one -sided, and took least as much as others For the last two years he every Wednesday to sign %eta, 200 of which often in a day, his friend Mr W. performing the useful duty Bab was an ardent admirer of trotting matches _ n took excursions A to be present at prize. an intense interest in Sayers and when they were in Glasgow he came be present at their exhibition in the J regretted much, however, that he had • enough to crush his way through the SO missed the promised delectation. He -‘ and independent to a great degree; will remember his rencontre with - the gatherings at the head of ich caused some speculation at would have occurred had Mr nh on that occasion. His  usual  pluck  Indeed, had  A said a t ailed him • 12 months, was making a he could not with him. was much clergymen -.tint; in their attention to P. Brown. His be  'tobe  .4 none of the his will. Ae - under.  .... wm mum  At the Abbey Ferry last week an attempt to coin mit suicide by drowning was made by a woman named Brown, belonging to Glasgow. A gentleman, however, leaped into the Water, and succeeded in saving her. - -  On Monday morning, Robert Crawford, aged 28, was killed in the yard of Messrs Barclay & Phillips, Anderston, by a piece of a large grinding stone, at which he had been working, falling upon his head. He has left a widow and four children.  On Friday afternoon, about three o'clock, while two sweeps, named George Mitchell and John Stewart, were sweeping a vent on the roof of tenement 165, High Street, they fell to the ground. Mitchell was so severely injured that he was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary. Stewart was conveyed home. It is said that both men were affected with  liquor at the time of the accident. IRELAND FOR THE bum. —A meeting was held in the City Hall on Monday night, for the purpose of commencing an agitation in favour of the now almoat exploded doctrine of the "Repeal of the Union." The hall was densely crowded for some time before the proceedings commenced by members of the working classes—mostly Irishmen—who testified to the strength of their lungs by cat-calls and various other noises during the time they were waiting. The chair was occupied by Mr John M'Laren. Letters were read from Mr Smith O'Brien, Mr O'Donoghue, and other gentlemen, apologising for their absence; after which, various addresses, characterised by singular vigour of expression, were delivered and loudly cheered by the audience, and resolutions in favour of the cause were unanimously agreed to. At the second annual meeting, held on Wednesday week, of the London Cabmen's Lord's-Day Rest Association, a report was read which, after a reference to the circumstances under which the association originated in October, 1857, related in some detail its operations during the last fifteen months. It stated that by the kindness of Mr John Henderson of Glasgow, Mr Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., Mr George Moore of Cheapside, and the Rev. John Mackenzie of Edinburgh, the committee had been enabled to offer prizes of £2O, £lO, £5, and £3, for the best essays on "Sunday Cab Driving: Its influence on the physical, intellectual, religious, and domestic condition of the employed;" the competition to be open to cab, car, and fly drivers of the United Kingdom. Twelve essays were sent in, and Lord H. Cholmondeley and Mr John Macgregor, the adjudicators, had awarded the first prize of £2O to John Cockrann, 7, Westmoreland Street, Marylebone; the second of £lO to Alexander Dickson, 7a, William Street, Edinburgh; the third of £5 to George Jones, 17, Jubilee Street, Bermondsey Place, Liverpool; and the fourth of £3, with £1 added, to be divided between John F. Chessman, 7, Marieborough Square, Chelsea, and Eadie Nimmo, of 395, Parliamentary Road, Glasgow. They mentioned the essay by John Bruce, of Buchanan Street, Glasgow, as next in merit.