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Glasgow Courier. — 1858-07-24 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

LONDON, JULY 22.  The marriage of the Marquis of Sligo with Miss Julia C. Nugent, daughter of Anthony Nugent, Esq. of Pallas, in the county of Galway, was solemnised on Tuesday morning, by special license, by the Rev. Giles Eyre, rector of Kilmena, near Westport, in the presence of a select circle, amongst whom were Mr and Mrs Nugent (father and mother of the bride), Lord John T. Browne, M.P., Sir Thomas Burke, Bart., M.P., Sir Robert Lynch Blosse, Bart, and Lady Harriet Blosse, Colonel and Lady Louisa Knox, the Messrs. and the Misses Nugent, &c. Immediately after the ceremony the Marquis and Marchioness left town for London. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge purposes to enter on the oocupation of Gloucester House, bequeathed to the Duke by the late Duchess of Gloucester, in the course of the ensuing month, the repairs and internal decorations having been completed some weeks. A public ball for the benefit of the poor, and at which the Emperor was present, took place two days baek at Plombiers. M. Vivier, the well known horn player, recently performed at a private party given by the Emperor. He had the honour of being accompanied on the piano by the Duchess of Hamilton. At a meeting of the London Life Association yestarxlay, payment in full was refused of a policy of insarance on the life of the late Mr John Sadlier, who eommitted suicide in the year 1856. The amount insured we... 45,000, and an award of £782 had been previously made, being the value of the policy at the time of Mr Sadlier's decease.  The Hon. Richard Lyons had an audience of the ' rand Duke of Tuscany at Lucca on the 17th, in hich he presented his credentials as British pleni• potentiary to the Court of Florence.
Glasgow Courier. — 1858-09-30 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

GENERAL STATISTICS OF CRENE.  In 1856 19,437 males and females were committed for trial in England and Wales, 3,713 in Scotland, and 7,099 in Ireland; of these 14,734 were convicted in England, 2,723 in Scotland, and 4,024 in Ireland. As regards England, 1,264 were convicted of offences against the person, 1,187 of offences against property with violence, 10,487 of offences against property without violence, 94 of malicious offences against property, 757 of forgery and currency offences, and 345 of other offences. The crimes in England when convictions were obtained included 31 murders, 186 shooting and stabbing cases, 78 manslaughters, 61 concealments of birth, 11 unnatural crimes, and 27 attempts to commit ouch unnatural crimes, 45 cases of rape, 71 assaults with intent to ravish, 2 cases of abduction, 82 of bigamy, 271 grievous assaults, and 190 common assaults. No unnatural crimes are recorded against Scotland or Ireland in 1856. 14,734 persons were sentenced at the several criminal courts of England and Wales in 1856, 2,721 were-sentenced in Scotland, and 4,024 in Ireland. 19 executions appear to have taken place in the whole of the United Kingdom in the year 1856. 10,765 males and 641 females were incarceratedas debtors under civil procers in the same year, a large increase upon the year I 1 when only 9,677 persons of both sexes were imprisoned for debt. Of 113,736 male and female culprits committed in 1856, 1,990 were under 12 years of age, 36,859 between 12 and 21, 33,400 between 21 and 30, 37,835 between 30 and 60, 2,732 of 60 years and upwards. 331 per cent, of these were utterly illiterate, 53.8 per cent, could read or read and write imperfectly, 54 could read and write well, and 03 were of superior instruction. The average cost of each prisoner in England and Wales (exclusive of convicts and military priwas £29 is 2d. expense of the government I in England in 1856-57 was .176 persons admitted" to the military prisons in the year 1856, whose average confinement extended to 53 days. 809 of these were incarcerated for drunkenness. £18,746 was the total expenditure for military prisons, and £18,722 the amount of full pay and beer money of prisoners in confinement not issued. 73,240 culprits were dragged before the metropolitan police magistrates, for various offences, in 1856, and of these 381 only were of superior instruction, 33,451 were summarily convicted or held to bail. 127 persons put a period to their unbearable sufferings by suicide in 1856, against 116 and 118 in the two preceding years. The commission of suicide is very regular; 12 suicides were attempted but prevented by the police, and 66 were otherwise prevented. There were 474 fires, of which 27 3 were extinguished by the police. robbery not the  THE Swam-num
Glasgow Courier. — 1858-04-03 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

SHOCKING MURDERS AND SUICIDE AT LERWICK.  On Thursday morning week the inhabitants of Lerwick were appalled by the intelligence that Mr P. Williamson, for many years an influential and enterwising merchant, proprietor, and farmer, had destroyed the lives of his wife,a son aged fourteen years, a daughter aged twelve, another aged four and a half, and that he had completed the terrible tragedy bycommitting suicide. The mannel in which the unfortunate man accomplished his apparently determined and premeditated purpose was by the use of a hammer or clever and razor, with the former of which he seems to have stunned his victims, and thereafter cut the throat of each, commencing, as is supposed, with his wife, and then killing his eldest girl, who was in bed unwell,sleeping with her mother. Leaving their apartment, heseems to have entered a room in which his youngest girl slept, and by the same dreadful process destroyed her. Proceeding thereafter loan upper room, where he had slept the previous night with his two boys, he succeeded in killing the youngest; but the eldest, after being severely cut about the throat and head, managed to escape and conceal himself in another room. Tha unhappy man having thus effected the destruction of his wife and children, appears to have returned to his wife's bedroom with his youngest girl's body, and there destroyed himself by cutting his throat In the most frightful manner. These shocking murders are supposed to have commenced about half-past five o'clock, while all the inmates were asleep, as about half an hour after Mrs Williamson was found still in life, although she died immediately afterwards, her husband lying not far from her quite dead, and his youngest girl placed between his knees with her head nearly severed from her body. Fortunately one of the family, a boy, was at the time staying in the country with some friends, and thus escaped the general slaughter. The eldest son, about 16 years of age, who made his escape from the murderous assault of his parent, although now lying in a very precarious condition, is thought likely to recover. It is stated that at • late hour on Wednesday evening, Mr Williamson transacted business with two or three commercial gentlemen, none of whom observed anything unusual in his conduct. As he was understood to be in comfortable circumstances, no reason can be assigned for the perpetration of this fearful crime, although it is conjectured that his mind had been affected for some short time past. The,day for the interment of the bodies up to Monday last was not fixed, the authorities having been desirous to make a searching investigation into the shocking occurrence.
Glasgow Courier. — 1858-02-04 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

OOO. This stoppage is caused by the fai,ures of Messrs Mill & Walker, and Wm Curr Sr Co., previously reported. The assets are esti. mated at from Ss to 103 in the pound. A meeting of :tessrs W Wallace & Co.'s creditors was held on Friday afternoon, when an offer of its 8d per pound was made and accepted; 45 per pound at six monrhs ; 4s per pound at twelve months; and is 8d per pound at fifteen months. Logie Works (Messrs A & D Edward & Co's), ire spinning portion of which has been on short time ir fully:a month back, resumed working full time on Friday. The commercial fever seems at last to have reached the quiet burgh of Montrose. Rumours as Jost as to the stability of some of the merchants ; but it would be premature to speak of them as yet.— Dundee Advertiser. The Dublin Gazette notifies the bankruptcy of five Louses—three trading in Dublin and two lathe provinces. One of the Dublin failures—that of John Tal‘Kenne, trading under the firm of Arthur M`Kenna, & Son, timber merchants—has caused some surprise in mercantile circles, as the house was long believed to be one of the safest in the city. No statement bas yet appeared of the liabilities or assets.  Letters from Paris mention the failure of the house of James Odier, one of the oldest and most respectable op the banking firma in that city. Liabilities about £200,000 bat hopes are entertained that resumption may be found possible. The (a lore and suicide of Charles Hostmann, a Hanoverian banker, is reported.  The suspension of Messrs J. Consens dr Sons, London, engaged in the lea trade, was publicly stated on Monday, but the firm, It is understood, has been in difficulty for several weeks. The amount of debts and liabilities his not been mentioned, though it is feared it will be found larger than anticipated.
Glasgow Courier. — 1858-01-19 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

SUICIDE OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL STEWASILL.The coroner for Westminster held au inquiry Of Thursday respecting the death of Lieutenant-Colonel James Stewart, aged sixty-eight The deceased had served in the Peninsular and in the Burmese wars. He had, however, for the last four years resided at 28, Upper Eaton Street, and for some time past had been of very eccentric habits. At one tune imagining that some one was following him, he went to Scotland Yard for protection, and had double bolts placed on the door of his bed-room to" prevent, as he said, any one murdering him. On Sunday, the 3d instant, a loud noise was heard by the butler, and on going to ascertain the cause he found the deceased holding for support by the bedpost in his room, was groaning very loudly ; the blood was running from a wound over the right eye. Medical assistance was sent for, and the deceased was found suffering very much from a pistol shot, quite unconscious. The wound was dressed, and the deceased lingered until the 9th in,tant, when he expired. The jury returned a verdict, ' That the deceased destroyed his life by shooting himself while in a state of temporary insanity.'  IsscasNen Orriens._ Within the last twelve months upwards of thirty insurance offices, chiefly of recent formation, have terminated their independent existence, in SOMP cases by a winding up, and in others by an amalgamation with other compJniee.  THE GALA DAY ON TIIE 25rtt.—The authorities of the various provincial cities and towns are taking counsel together, and holding 'councils' besides, for the purpose of making arrangements for the duo and proper celebration of the wedding day of the Princess Royal of England on the 25th. The most ' hearty, liberal, and sympathetic spit it characterises all those meetings. Public balls are the order of the day, or rather of the night, in every place of any importance; there will al,o be music in the streets, much feasting indoors among rich and poor, and altogether a vast deal of conviviality and fun on the occasipn.
Glasgow Courier. — 1858-06-17 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE BANISHED SEPOYS.—I have received (says the Times' correspondent) some intelligence from the Andamans. The 300 Sepoys sent there were located on the two islands in Port Blair, and ordered to begin building. One man refused to work, and was shot. Another committed suicide rather than descend to manual labour. A. third informed his comrades that if they would follow him he would show them a neck of land leading into Behar ; 32 agreed, escaped to the chief island, and were pursued in vain. At last one man came back, covered with ticks, and starving He said the natives had attacked them, and that they were living on roots. The man looked wretched to the last ,degree, but 30 more followed his example. Their escape is no injury to any one. They cannot get away, and if they kill the savages, or the savages kill them, the world can spare either without much compunction. The natives are evil to a degree, appearing to have declared war against the human race.  pc, formance they performed now. Jcl the business that came to Office, it mattered not whether Se tinder secretary, who understood or any other under secretary—of t d for his office—who might happen t ther, was said there was much need of soui office t ter Scotch legislation, to take charge of Scot& obtain more attention for them in the House, t, 9011 forward more rapidly, and to prevent then vitt forward late in the session, at the how when it l's impossible properly to discuss , hear.) By what means the hon. mem. to arm this new Under secretary of state that should prevail with the Chancellor -- or whoever might be the leader of • being, to give a better place should like to be informed. son. gentleman had spoken of rd Advocate from the legislative occasioned by his professional with the administration of the Advocate) bad no claim upon the "le House for hie own services in this rather thought he was saying no more knowledge of every hon. member his right bon. and learned prods__ ... for Leith, was constant he his In the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) ,os Lunacy Bill had been referred to u a prep( ansaileactorf manner in whiCb linpirtan t stlbjtttil '4 with gi.,‘"4!!snd were legislated upon. nut of the T.ord Advocate, but of the to legislate potwithstanding the which it was brought forward. -.id that Scotch legislation the causes referred to . (Hear, • Chief
Glasgow Courier. — 1858-04-01 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

FOWLIS WESTER. 21st Foot. out. The plaintiff had deposited £95, and it was On the evening of Friday the 19th ult., a . Private letters from Geneva state that the Cantonsßoyal Canadian Rifle Regiment-To be Ensigns withagreed between them that on the day on which the was held lathe parish schoolroom here, in honour ot 3' out purchase-Ensign C T Wilson from the 74th Foot marriage of the Rev. Thomas Hardy, minister of th, of Neufchatel and Basle persist in refusing to accept were gazetted to their appointments the horse should vicepßarrow, promoted; E Whyte, Gent, vice Savage, Hue Helen Isabella, third daughter of the 1 the French consuls which the French government become the property of the plaintiff. They were promoted; S R Jackson, Gent, vice Onion, promoted ; parish, to Rev. Vim. Liston, Redgorton. The large house was I P'• wish to send there to watch over the goings on of gazetted on the 14th of July, and he paid Mr Goldie's F.l A Dunn, Gent, Tice Armstrong, promoted, crowded to the door, and the audience was composed of . money to Cox & Co.'s, but the defendant, who was in Depot Battalion-Major and Brevet Lieut Col W D moc, the refugees, charge of the horse for Goldie, refused to give it up. Deverell to be Lieut Col without purchase, vice Brevet persons of every Christian denomination in the locality, i she res,. Dr Kern has been instructed to make representa- The fact was, be had sold the horse by the authority Colonel Eyre, appointed Commandant at Chatham. was taken Staff-Brevet Colonel C Bingham, Assistant Adjutant deceased ha. lions to the French government as to the discontent of Goldie. A good deal of correspondence was put ' GROUP OF SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF ~ General of the Royal Artiltery,lo be Deputy Adjutant which the contemplated measureluts exeittd tbrOugh- in and read, from which it appeared that the defend_ General of the Royal Artillery. SUICIDE Or A ._ and Goldie were jointly liable on a bill for £lO5 -
Glasgow Courier. — 1858-09-11 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

CONVICTION OF A FARMER AND TWO LABOURERS FOR HARVESTING ON A SUNDAY.—At the Hanley Police Court on Monday, before the sitting magistrates, Mr Enoch Brown, farmer of Bucknall, was charged with a breach of the Lord's Day Act, by following his ordinary occupation on a Sunday, it being neither a work of necessity nor charity. The evidence of a police-officer showed that, on the 22d of August, Mr Brown and several men were engaged in reaping a field of wheat on the farm of a neighbour of Mr Brown. Mr Amos, solictor for the defendant, elicited in cross-examination that the wheat which the defendant was cutting on the day in question had been beaten down by rain, that clover was growing through it, and that it was beginning to sprout. On these grounds, Mr Amos contended that the defendant was engaged in" a work of necessity." Mr Rose, stipendiary magistrate, admitted the full force of this defence, but the Mayor of Hanley, and two other gentlemen sitting with him, took a different view of the case, and fined the defendant 55., and 12s. costs. 80mi:dz.—On Monday, a weaver, named Young, residing in Douglas, committed suicide in a very de-. termined manner. It appears that he had been in a desponding state of ramd for some time back, but his neighbours did not think his condition such as to warrant any close surveillance. A day or two before his death he was greatly annoyed with a difficult web, and this appears to have been the immediate cause of suicide, as on Monday morning he suddenly left it, taking with him a piece of rope. Some time after he was found lying under a tree with part of the rope round his neck, and the other half attached to a branch above. Medical assistance was procured, but he was quite dead, the vertebra of his neck having been dislocated by the shock of the leap he had taken from an adjoining wall, seven feet in height, after adjusting the rope. Gerard, the lion-killer, in an article in the Journal des Chasseurs, calculates that there are now about sixty lions in the subdivision of Bona, in Algeria, and that from 1856 to 1857 the number of oxen and sheep destroyed by them was about 10,000.
Glasgow Courier. — 1858-06-19 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

ATURD  MORNING.  JUNE  ttDAY The House of Lords was on Thursday chiefly occupied with a debate on the slave trade, incident -n the presentation of a petition thereanent from  On Wednesday, at noon, a Urea,— ' sled with the suicide of the murderer, was Islington, London. The victim was aWI e, about 92 years of age. known in the neighbourito Miss Phillips. The police knocked at the door, t , old not gain admittance. They then procured a ladd. • dan entrance by the back parlour window was effe, m a that small room, about eight feet wide by ng, a horrible sight met their - orered the lifeless body ot reseed, with • revolver in hie hand, having , charge in it, and by his side the woman, both bet nit. dead. The bed and the floor were covered wi ood. A surgeon who was called in examined 0 boodles, and found on the female two pistol wounds ahoy the left ear. The man had destroyed his own life in tht. lame manner, • large pistol shot wound, with laceration af the integuments, being found in the front of the fore. head, the wound penetraling the skull. From the Oappearenee of the unfortunate woman, the supposition 'lla that her life was taken during sleep, as she was lying in bed undressed. The men was fashionably dressed, and seemed about 30 years of age. Jealousy la sup. .poised to have been the motive that prompted to the 'crime. Friday's morning papers announce that the body of ^the young man has been identified by his father. His earn. was Henry Robert Hodges, aged 25, and resided with his parents in Portland Place, New North Road, bilinvon; he had been absent from home for two dos. The bodies are in • dangerously decomposed state from the beet of the weather, and the smallness of the room In which they lie. The 61a,szot, TO
Glasgow Courier. — 1858-11-18 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

LORD ADVOCATE—Medically, he was treated by Dr Goolden, who gave him aperients, and applied leeches to his temples. Dr Goolden, examined by Mr You No—l saw Murray on the 9th December, after he was brought to the hospital. On examining I was quite certain that his was not a case of delirium tremens. He appeared to be suffering from that horror which is usually characteristic of delirium tremens 1 said to the student who accompanied me, "This is not a case of delirium tremens, but , of mania." I cautioned the nurse not to leave any knives ' about, lest, when she least expected it--when he seemed ' most quiet —he might do some mischief. I thought his , a proper case for an asylum, and was afraid of his remaining in the hospital, so I took measures to have him I immediately removed. Dr Bonsard, medical officer of St. Saviour's Workhouse, London described the prisoner after his removal there as constantly repeating short ejaculatory prayers. He was sent off to the Camberwell Asylum on the 11th December. Dr Christison, Profasor of Materia Medics in Edinburgh University, examined by Mr YouNu, deponed —I have been consulted frequently in cases of insanity' and have considerable experience on the subject. I have heard the evidence in this case, and my opinion is, that the deed was committed during a period of insanity. My reasons are that the prisoner had been thrice previously insane, and while in that state betrayed a tendency to violecce towards himself and others. In 1856 he had an attack of delirium tremens showing some leaning towards ordinary insanity. In 1857 he was confined in the Bicetre, in a state of melancholia so intense that he bad made attempts to commit suicide before admission. In , Dec. of the same year he was put under restraint as a dangerous lunatic,first in St.Thomas' Hospitahand after- I wards in Camberwell Asylum. Up to this time 1 believe his case to be one of religious mania. His state of mind when he attacked his grandmother was the same as when I he was confined inParis and at Camber well—namely, a low I restless melancholia, impressing all who saw it that his ,1 mind had given way, increasing daily down to the dots I of the deed. My third reason is, because in the case of a person who on former occasions had shown a tendency to suicide and to violence upon others, a sudden , attack upon another person was not an unusual course of things—suicide being the most usual form of attack, murder not being uncommon. My fourth reason is, because there is an aspect of insanity in the circumstances attending the deed itself. First, it was an attack upon a parent; secondly, without apparent passion; and thirdly, without any method in the performance of the act. My last reason is, that his conduct and conversation after the act were those of an insane person. From his whole manner' and the circumstances of the case, my opinion is that he was insane. By the