Glasgow Courier. — 1863-07-30 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

BATHGATIL—On Tuesday afternoon, Jas. Morton, belonging to Whitburn, employed at the Chemical Works here, whilst drawing water from one of the tanks, accidentally fell into it, whereby he was most severely scalded. He lingered on till Friday night, when death put an end to his sufferings. Captain Grant, the hero of the Nile, arrived in Elgin on Thursday night, and was the guest of A. Cameron, Esq., writer. Capt. Grant, we understand, is on his way to Dingwall, on a visit to his mother, who resides there. Arrangements are making in Nairn. his native town, for giving him a public entertainment, and presenting him with the freedom of the burgh. On Saturday, about half-past twelve o'clock, an alarming tire was discovered in the library of Weaves Castle, the residence of the respected member for the countyof Fife, Mr J. H. E. Wernyss. The furniture in the apartment and some old and valuable books have been damaged by the tire, besides the deluge of water which was poured Mathie of Leith has bequeathed the 'es for public purposes, payable after Mathie:—To the Synod of the U. P. and Foreign Missions, £300; do., ,s, £400; John Watt's Hospital, 2_ Infirmary of Edinburgh, £100; of Leith, £100; Ragged School of in existence, XIV); Destitute Sick £5O; National Bible Society of British and Foreign Bible Society, Book Society of Scotland, especially £5O; Deaf and Dumb Institution, Blind Asylum, Edinburgh, £100; Id Presbyterian Church, St An. (the interest to be applied by the benefit of poor members of WA 4200 ; total, 41M  —.,. ueen greatly damage done by the into the room.  The late Mr  following legacies the death of Mrs  The Queen of Hanover was in Edinburgh on Battu. day. Lady Macdonald Lockhart and the Misses Macdonald Lockhart have arrived at Lee Castle, Lan arkshire. The Free Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh, have unanimously agreed to moderate in a call to the Rev. Mr Mackenzie, Nairn. The Earl and Countess of Caithness, Lord Berriedale, and Lady Fanny Sinclair have arrived at Barrogill Castle, near Wick. The Earl of Orkney was prevented attending the, funeral of hisrelative the late Duke of Hamilton,by the serious illness of the Countess of Orkney. A man named Wm. Morley, a mill worker with Messrs Bogue & Son, Galashiels, committed suicide on Monday by hanging himself with a rope to a nail in his bed. Mr Peabody, the well-known philanthropist, has arrived at his shooting quarters at Glengarry. The Right Hon. Edward Ellice has also arrived at Glenquoich. The prospects of a good season's sport on the Caithness moors are exceedingly encouraging. The season has been very favourable for the young birds, and the moors are in general well stocked. At a meeting of the St Andrews University Court on Thursday, Mr Oswald Home Bell, M.D., Edin., F.R.C.S.E., was appointed to the Professorship of Medicine in that University, vacant by the retirement of Dr E. Day. We understand that the Rev. James Cullen, A.M., presently assistant in St Michael's, Dumfries, has been apppointed by the Earl of Galloway assistant and successor to the Rev. Mr Young of Wig. town.  The Northern Ensign says that there are no fewer than nineteen candidates for the vacancy in the parish of Clyne, caused by the deposition of the Rev. Mr M'Kellar. Among others are the Rev. /Amoco Mackenzie, of Strathconan ; Calder, of Kiulochbervie ; Stewart, of Paisley; and Grant, of Brechin. While a young man, named David Arnot, a boilermaker, in the employment of Messrs Tod & Son, engineers, Leith Walk, was engaged in fitting up an iron bridge at Wemyss Castle, the seat of Mr Wenlyss, M.P. for Fifeshire, he fell on his head from a height of eleven feet, death being instantaneous. Arnot, who was unmarried, was a native of Burntisland, and about twenty-four years of age. The name of the person charged with forgery is John Gowk Kitchen, who was the accountant of the City of Glasgow Bank at Capar. He is still at large, although there is strong suspicion that he is not far from home. It is stated that he has embezzled money to the extent of nearly £9OO, and that he has been carrying on a system of fraud for some time, dexterously deluding the bank officials by forged bills, which he destroyed after the books were examined.  Three of the gardener lads employed in the Drum. lanrig grounds went at their dinner hour to bathe in the Nith, which flows through the policies. One of them, named William Henry, accidentally went beyond his depth in a pool, and before his companions could render him any assistance was drowned. Deceased was only 22 years of age, and was the sole support of a widowed mother, who resides in Newton Stewart.  The Rev. Mr Edgar, the minister of Dunbog, has had a most striking and gratifying compliment paid to him by his old parishioners of Berwick, joined by many of the general community there. He was entertained at a soiree, presided over by the Rev. Dr Cairns, and attended by well-nigh all the min-' ters of Berwick, as well as many from a distance— among the latter being Messrs Wallace and Pulaford of Edinburgh. At the meeting there was a handsome presentation of plate. A meeting of the Dundee Town Council was held in the Town Hall on Friday—the Provost in the chair. The chief business was a report from the Presbytery Committee, recommending that the report of the six gentlemen recently appointed by the Presbytery, the Town Council, and. the Parochial Board, be taken as the basis for an act of Parliament for the settlement of the stipend case; and that another meeting of the conference be held to see whether the report could not be modified so as to suit all parties. The report of the committee was approved of without a division.