Glasgow Courier. — 1846-05-23 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THOS. SAMUEL, as sole partner thereof, and as an individual. Creditors meet in the chambers of William Steele, jun., write, South Hanover Street, Glasgow, on Ist and 221 June, at noon. JOHN LIDDELL, sometime merchant in Liverpool, lately residing at Port-Glasgow, now deceased. Creditors meet in the White Hart Inn, Greenock, on 29th May and 19th June, at two o'clock. Muni WALKER, manufacturer in Glasgow. Creditors meet in the chambers of Messrs. Drew & M'Clure, writers, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, on 28th May and 18th June, at two o'clock. WILLIAM HENDERSON, baker, Inverkeithing. Creditors meet In the Town-house of Inverkeithing, on Ist and 29th June, at noon. JAMES SHAW, ROBERT SuAw, and WILLIAM SHAW, calicoprinters, Glasgow, as a Company, and the individual partneri§ thereof. Creditors meet in the writing-chambers of Messrs. Couper & White, writers, St. Vincent Place, Glasgow, on Ist and 22d June, at noon.  The Weather.—The weather at present, and for some time past, has been very fickle. Considerable chilliness has pervaded the atmosphere. Thursday, however, was very warm towards the afternoon, when a good deal of thunder was heard at some distance in the north-eastern horizon, which gradually veered round to the south-east, whence the sounds died away. Yesterday rain fell again at intervals, which, with the warmth and sunshine which alternately occur, are causing the labours both of the agriculturist and horticulturist to feel their beneficial effects. Forth and Clyde Junction Railway.—A public meeting of parties interested in this railway was held in the Wellington Hotel, yesterday' at which scrip was present representing 3565 shares. The holders thereof were unanimous in their desire to abandon this line, and instructions were given to parties to proceed to Stirling, on the 27th inst., and vote against its being proceeded with. If wound up, a return of 455. per share, it is reckoned, could be made, besides all further contention and litigation on the matter would be avoided. Parties were therefore requested to hold their scrip, and vote for the winding up. Election Contest in Ayrshire.—We learn that it is all but arranged, in Protection circles, that in the event of a dissolution of Parliament, which is expected to take place in the course of a few weeks, our county member- Ale:Rader Oswald, Esq., will be opposed by Lord George Bentinck, son of the Duke of Portland, and the leader of the Protectionists in the House of Commons.—Ayr Advertiser. Eglinton Park Meetings.—As there was a report on the turf on Friday, that the postponement of the next meeting till 1850 was likely to tend to the discontinuance of these celebrated sports, we have made inquiries upon the subject which enable us to announce on authority that there is not the slightest ground for the impression referred to. The Stewards for 1850 are named—the Marquis of Waterford and Lord Saltoun; and the stakes for the postponed meeting are already the most numerous and heaviest ever entered at Eglinton Park.—Ayr Advertiser. Early Potatoes.—A parcel of early potatoes—the first we have seen this season—was sent by a correspondent to our office on Tuesday last. They were raised in the open air, in the garden of Mr. William Black, cooper, Loans.—Ayr Advertiser. Sudden Death—On Thursday afternoon a woman named M‘Williams or Thomson, wife of a hawker, went with her husband and another man into a spirit-cellar in Bridgegate, and after the parties had partaken of some liquor, the woman was left alone for a short time until she should recover from what seemed a slight attack of illness. On her husband again calling for her, she was found dead. On examination by a medical man, it appeared that death had • resulted from natural causes. Riot at Rawyards.—On Sabbath last, the village of Raw. yards, near Airdrie, was kept in a state of excitement throughout the whole day, by a continued successiploaf fights amongst the Irishmen that swarm in those localities called the squares. This, however, is quite a common occurrence; but, about nine o'clock in the evening, a tremendous riot took place between the Dungannon men and the Antrim men. We could not say how many might be engaged in the affray; but the fighting, retreating, and knocking down, extended from one side of the street to the other. Blood was spilt profusely, stones, pokers' sticks, and other weapons, were freely made use of, and women appeared to be as actively engaged as the half-naked men. Their hideous yelling, and blasphemous oaths, were fearfully appalling. We learn that one man, of the name of Dawson, is supposed to have got a blow on the head which i is likely to prove fatal. It s reported to have been done with a hatchet. Theft in Gorbals.—On the 14th inst., two well-known thieves entered an eating-house in Main Street, and, after calling for and obtaining refreshment, contrived to carry off some articles of value. Being immediately suspected and pursued by the inmates of the house, the rogues fled, and managed to effect their escape into the city by way of the Accommodation Bridge. During the chase, one of them, thinking he was likely to be caught, threw from lima silver watch, which, there can be no doubt, he has purloined in some quarter. The watch bears the following inscription on the inner plate:—" Cameron, Coventry-1633." The police having since succeeded in apprehenaing one of the depredators, who was on Tuesday tried and convicted before Bailie Pearson, the sitting magistrate, and sentenced to 60 days' imprisonment in bridewell, An Early Swarm of Bees.—A hive belonging to Mr. Wm. Graham, grocer, Blantyre Works, swarmed on the 21st inst., which is the first instance of the kind we have heard of this season. In former years the same individual was equally fortunate in obtaining early swarms. In 1843, he had a hive swarmed on the 15th May; in 1844, one on the 23d May; in 1845,_ one on the 17th of May; and now, in 1846, one on the 21st May, Railway Offence.—A respectable master tradesman belonging to Glasgow was brought before Sheriff Campbell, at Paisley, on Tuesday last, charged by the County Procurator-Fiscal with improper conduct in a Greenock Railway train, He pleaded guilty, and was fined in the mitigated penalty of £3. Sad Catastrophe.—On Wednesday morning a very deliberate act of suicide was committed on board One of the London traders, in Montrose. The captain of the Hawk, a flue young man, of the name of Tindal, who, it was reported, was about to be married, shot himeel through the heart, in the cabin of the vessel,  RESISTANCE Ti)