Glasgow Courier. — 1853-06-04 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED OFFICER.—Lieut—CoI. Francis Fuller, C. 8., an old Waterloo and distinguished officer, died on the 28th instant at Greenwich, aged 62. The deceased officer was for many years connected with the 59th Regiment of Foot He took part in the following affairs :—Vittoria. San Sebastian, Nice, Waterloo, Cambray, and th, taking of Paris. He subsequently proceeded to India, and served at Bhurtpore under Lord Comber. mere. Col. Fuller was wounded severely at the Nice. He held three medals—one for Waterloo, a second for San Sebastian, and an old war medal. COLOURED Pea/loss is Amutica.—ln a recent American journal, whose authority on the subject may be pretty safely quoted, are the following estimate of the number of the coloured race now believed to exist on this continent in slavery and in freedom:— United States, 3,650,000; Brazil, 2,050,000; Spanish Colonies, 1,470,000; South American Republics, 1,130,000; British Colonies, 750,000; Hayti, 850,000; French Colonies, 270,000; Dutch Colonies, 50,000 ; Danish Colonies, 45,000; Mexico, 70,000; Canada, 35,000; total, 10,370,000. Of these 7,500,000 are in slavery in the United States, Brazil, and the Spanish and Hutch colonies; 250,000 are in progress of ' emancipation in the South American Republics; and the remainder, 2,620,000, are free.  M6LANCHOLY Sown:in.—Great excitement was created in Hereford, on Wednesday morning, by the report that Miss Prince, who resided at Putson, had committed suicide. A considerable degree of mystery attaches to this melancholy event. Miss Prince was an elderly lady, possessed of an ample fortune, whose kindly disposition and unbounded generosity deservedly won for her the respect and esteem of all who knew her. It appears that, on Wednesday evening, Miss Prince retired to rest at an early hour. Not hearing her moving in the morning, the servant knocked at the door, but receiving no answer, burst it open, when she discovered her mistress apparently sitting on the floor near the window in her night-clothes, her head resting against the wall. A piece of new rope, skillfully tied in a noose, was found round her neck, the other end being fastened to two of the bars of the window. Life had evidently been extinct for some hours. Not the slightest reason can be assigned for this lamentable occurrence. The maternal uncle of the deceased, from whom she inherited the property, committed suicide by shooting himself in the same house.— Hereford Times. The Felieian (U.S.) Whig, of April 20, relates the following shocking affair —'On: Saturday last a runaway negro was killed in the parish of East Baton Rogue, just below the line of this parish, under the following circumstances : Two citizens of Port Hudson, learning that a negro was at work on a flat boat, loading with sand, just below that place, who was suspected of being a runaway, went down in a skiff for the purpose of arresting him. Having seized him and put into the skiff, they started back, but had not proceeded far when the negro, who was at the oars, seized a hatchet and assaulted one of them, wounding him very seriously. A scuffle ensued, in which both parties fell overboard. They were both rescued by the citizens pulling to them with the skiff. Finding him so unmanageable, the negro was put ashore, and the parties returned to Port Hudson for arms and a pack of negro dogs, and started again with the intention to capture him. They soon got on his trail, and when found again he was standing at bay upon the edge of a large raft of driftwood, armed with a club and pistol. In this position he bade defiance to men and dogs—knocking the latter into the water with his club, and resolutely threatening death to any man who approached him. Finding him obstinately determined not to surrender, one ot his pursuers shot him. He fell at that fatal fire, and so determined was he not to be captured that, when an effort was made to rescue him from drowning, he made battle with his club, and sank, waving his weapon in angry defiance at his pursuers. He refused to give the name of his owner.'