Glasgow Courier. — 1846-02-17 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

OUTRAGE AND MURDER.  -- -The Clare Journal says—" We regret to learn .that on Friday night, a party of men visited several houses on the lands of Dangau, and in one house, occupied by a widow woman and her son, named Meany, they beat the young man in such a dreadful manner that he died before morning. The cowardly ruffians also beat the old woman, break.c.r her collar bone, and otherwise dreadfully abusing her. About two years since, this farm of Dangan fell out of lease, when it was divided amongst the resident tenants. There were upon the land some herds-men and labourers employed by those who had portions of the land without dwellings, and those who got possession of the farms and became residents, were anxious to get rid of those persons. It is presumed this is the cause of the outrage. One of the tenants named Molonv, made a determined resistance, and if he had been assisted by a cowardly fellow who was in the house, would have taken the men prisoners. The coroner (Mr. Martin), entered on an investigation of the circumstances on Saturday. Contrary to the desire of the magistrate in attendance, Captain Leyne, the inquest was adjourned until this day. It was suggested that no evidence should be sought for, more than merely sufficient to enable the jury to deliver in a verdict, as some disclosures may be made that would frustrate the ends of justice. This would have been the wiser course if it had been adopted—the contrary one followed, will not, we hope, be a preventative to the apprehension or conviction of the parties concerned."  Suicide.—About 10 o'clock on Saturday night last, an elderly man, named Guthrie, residing in Chapel Close, Main Street, Gorbals, was found in his lodgings sitting in a chair and quite dead. Ile had been seen to enter the room about six o'clock the same evening, and from a phial which bad ' contained laudanum being found in his pocket, there is little doubt that he had himself taken poison. It is said that the unfortunate man had been driven to this desperate act by the intemperance of his wife. The deceased was a miller to trade, but had recently been employed in a distillery, and bore a highly respectable character. Suicide in Paioley.—On Friday evening, about 8 o'clock, a melancholy suicide took place in a house at the corner of Newton Street, Cowieston, Paisley, when Peter Cumming, a quiet, orderly individual, keetling a small grocery shop, was found upon his knees dead in bed, haying effected the fatal deed by means of a stripe of imitation shawl, fastened to a nail in the corner of his bed. Ile had very shortly before obtained the stripe of shawl in rat adjoining weaver's shop, where he had been looking at the weaving; and on his wife entering the bed-room to see whether he was takin2 nap, she discovered him in the above-mentioned position. Dr. Wilson was immediately in attendance, and attempted blood-letting, but found that not above two table spoonfuls of Vlootl would fellow the laneet.---/Itlrstoshire Advertieer,  We are told that the hares, from the fine winter, have been breeding all the season. We were shown a leveret the other day about two months Old. Young rabbits are also wit Scntif4l,olrwick Worder,  Potato Diseate.—Professor Johnston has submitted the result of the investifiation entered into on this important (setsub' ) since October last. He states that the "information elicited went to show that not above one-sixth of the crop i would be totally lost, and that as the crop had been nearly one third above an average, it followed that, after all the losses, there would remain in Scotland an average crop of potatoes." This is most gratifying; and more than bears out our caution to the public, to give little credit to the statement of those, who, often and again, prophesied that, by New-Year's-Day, there would scarcely be a sound tuber in the land. We must add, however, that in our own district the supply of potatoes has bee nue much lessened of late, and the price of the best quality, by retail, has now risen to 84.1. per stone, or ss. 441. per cwt. The last number of the Perth paper says:—" There is in this county nbUllI dame of good quality, both for home use old export."