Glasgow Courier. — 1844-02-20 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

GLASGOW HUMANE SOCIETY.  The annual meeting of the qualified subscribers of this society was held on Monday last, the 12th instant, when the following gentlemen were appointed Directors for the ensuing year : John Alston, Esq., of Rosemount, Preset. John Gibson, Esq., surgeon, Treasurer. David Gibson, M.D., Secretary. Mews. John Swanston, Messrs. Mathew Fleming, Septinsus Ellis, James Sommerville, David Hope. William Campbell. James Geddes, Keeper, Humane Society's House.  Fire—On Sunday morning, about one o'clock, a fire broke out in the shop of Mr. Lyon, a spirit-dealer in Bridgegate Street, which for a time presented rather an alarming appearance. When the door was broken open, the flames spouted upwards in great volume, exciting much uneasiness for the safety of the lodgings above. In one of them, a female, who was confined to bed by illness, almost fell a victim to suffocation by the smoke, for when rescued she was nearly insensible, and some time elapsed before she was restored to consciousness. The engines were speedily on the spot, and succeeded in checking the progress of the flames, though not until the shop was much damaged, and the ceiling above it partially burned through. Suicide.—On Saturday evening last, a tradesman in Bell Street inflicted a wound on his throat, and though medical aid was immediately called, he expired in less than two hours afterwards. The unfortunate deceased was suffering under delirium tremens at the time. Housebreaking—On Friday afternoon, about 6 o'clock, a dwelling-house in North Montrose Street was entered, and a quantity of silver plate, consisting of eleven silver table spoons, half-a-dozen dessert do., sauce spoon, and other articles, carried away. It is understood that the thief got over the railing into the low area, and entering the kitchen, proceeded up stairs to the dining-room, from which the property was taken. From the mark of a small foot being seen in the area, the depredator is supposed to be a boy, but no trace either of the thief or the property has yet been discovered. Theft.— On Friday evening, a pane in the shop window of Messrs. Devlin & Co., jewellers, Trongate, was broken, and a dozen of gold rings and several gold seals abstracted from the shelf within. The pane is believed to have been en the proprietor was engaged in the back pre'wo boys, supposed to be the delinquents, were ng away from the window ; but they have not apprehended.  „ From the recorded statement of the Secretary, there have been 27 individuals saved from a watery grave during last year. The ' most prominent of these was the well-known case of the saving the lives of a father and two sons from below the ice at Blantyre, by James Cooper, who received the largest reward which the Society has in their power to bestow; the Society's Silver Medal was also bestowed upon Robert Smith for hazarding his life in rescuing several individuals from a watery grave at Greenock, than showing that the benevolent exertions of the Society are not confiued to the locality where their apparatus for the recovery of those who have been submersed for a lengthened period is to be found, namely, at their house in the Green, where every attention Is bestowed by their keeper, Mr. James Geddes, and by Mrs. Cook, No. 113, Broomielaw Quay, north side; and Mr. James Anderson, Govan. •