Glasgow Courier. — 1863-07-02 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

GENEIRAL NEWS.  The Post says—Viscount Palmerston continues to go on favourably, and should his Lordship's complaint abate as it has done for the last day or two, he will probably be in the House of Commons on Thursday.  James Black, cab driver was, for failing to show his reference ticket to James Sutherland, on the night of the 23d inst., when it was demanded, fined in 10s 6d. Late on Monday evening, or early on Tuesday morning, a labourer named Alexander M'Kenzie it is supposed committed suicide, by throwing himself over the Castle rock, Dunbar. A meeting of the congregation of Free Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh, was held on Tuesday night, for the purpose of choosing a minister in room of the late Dr Tweedie. 'There were three clergymen nominated—Mr Mackenzie, Nairn ; Mr Fraser, Inverness ; and Mr Arnot, Glasgow; but the meeting seemed to be so decidedly in favour of Mr Mackenzie, that, at the request of Mr Cunningham, W.S., the proposers and seconders of the other clergymen withdrew their motions, so that the call might be unanimous. A fortnight ago we referred to the prevalence of diphtheria in Balmullo, Fifeshire, and particularly to its sad ravages in the case of one family, where the father and three of his children had fallen victims to its virulence, leaving only other two survivors, and these in a condition in which little hope of their recovery could be entertained. We have now to add that these have since died, one of them on the 14th inst., and the last, a fine boy about fifteen months of age, on Saturday the 20th inst. Thus within the space of about three weeks has the poor widow been deprived of her husband and all her children, and her home rendered desolate and dreary. Jane Gillies or Geddes, a respectable old woman residing alone at 92, Thistle Street, had a shock of paralysis on Sunday, and died the same evening. Tter sister Elizabeth (Mrs Nishem), residing in Fidin, burgh, was communicated with the same night, and she arrived in Glasgow on Monday evening. Arrangements having been made by the Inspector of the Parish to inter Mrs Geddes on Tuesday, two men were sent down at 3 to assist at the funeral, On going down, they found the sister, Mrs Nishem, lying dead on the kitchen floor of the neighbour's house. She had taken a shock of apoplexy when conversing about her sister's death, and fell oft her chair and died instantly. They were aged about 70 and 72 years respectively, and both were widows. Early on Sunday morning, Mary M 'Gregor or Cunninghame, 73, Drygate, discovered that her little girl, aged five weeks, had, during the night, been overlain, and was lying by her side dead. She had entered the house about 12 o'clock on Saturday night, and slept on the floor with her sister and the child.— Mary, aged 10 months, daughter of Mary Lambert or Glen, 35, Steel Street, was also, on Saturday night, suffocated by having been overlain. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Barony Pacochial Board was held on Thursday in the Board Bobnui, College Street—Alexander Ewing, Esq., presiding. The minutes of Finance Committee reported that the sum required to be asgeised for was, 43,700 4. 20, and that an assessment of 83/4 per cent. for the el4BTort P 4 11:001agement of the poor, sad one-half per bent, to pay the annual instalment of the budding debt, would yield the sum required.  '7WCAGIOUS