Glasgow Courier. — 1846-03-26 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

GLASGOW.  Fatal Colliery Accidents.—A collier of the name of Alexander Rainey was killed by stones falling in one of the pits at Clyde Colliery, on the 14th inst. He has left a widow and family to deplore his untimely end.--Another distressing accident occurred on the 16th current, at Wishaw Colliery. It would appear that the oversman went down the No. 5 pit, about 8 o'clock in the morning, for the purpose of ascertaining the thickness of a dyke or hitch between the pit be descended and one of the other pits, through which a bole was to be cut for air. There was no person in that part of the pit, and no sound being heard by those on the other side, or appearance of the oversman returning, one of the roadsmen descended in search of him, and fell twice with the damp in endeavouring to get at the body, which was not got out till 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Every possible means were used to recover him, but the spark of life was gone. The unfortunate man has left a widow and family, and his untimely fate is deeply regretted by all who knew him.—Saturday Pot.  Opera Oakrs,-tte optrailve baked of Mato stut suburbs held a Meeting on Friday night, in the Odd-Fellow's Hall, Trongate, when they unanimously agreed to Imre their employment on Saturday week, unless their masters complied with their request to reduce their hours of labour to 12 per day, meal hours included.—The bakers in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Dumbartonshire; and Stirlingshire, are, it is said, going to strike at the owns time, if their request is not complied with. Bridgeton.—The Preece and Feuar Court of Bridgeton having had 60 carts of coals placed at their disposal on Saturday last by a generons neutlentan in that locality these were divided by them among 120 of tbe most ne6dhil ftittrilies in the village, which will warm the dwellings, and cheer the existence, of many an old and infirm person, at this inclement time. The farmers, and other gentlemen in Bridgeton hayMg horses and carts, sent them to the pit for coals, and drove them to the humble recipients, free of expense. A correspondent states that thete are many wealthy millownerq in Bridgeton upon whom the above hint should not he lost. Gorbals Police Board—At an adjourned meeting of the members of this Board on Monday evening, it was unanimously resolved (two dissenting) to apply £2OO of the Police funds towards defending the existing Police Bill for the Gorbals, and in opposing that of the Magistrates. A deputation was also named to go to London to support the Commissioners' petition against the Magistrates' measure. Anderson's University.—Dr. Andrew Anderson, Professor of the Theory of Medicine in this University, was on Monday elected to the chair of Practice of Medicine, vacant by the decease of Dr. Hannay. • Attempted Sgicide.—Between twelve and one o'clock, on Tuesday morning, a respectable married lady residing in Gorbals attempted to commit suicide by throwing herself into the Clyde, over the quay wall on the south side of the river, a little below the Glasgow Bridge. Fortunately, one of the Gorbals watchmen, hearing the splash at the time alarmed several of his neighbours, when they proceeded to the spot, where they found the lady in question floating on the surface of the water, evidently upheld by the inflated state of her clothes. It was a question for a little how the watchmen were to extricate the intended suicide from her perilous condition—one of their number, however, having suggested that they should strip off their leather belts and attach them together, so that a person might get down to the lady; the idea was no sooner mooted than acted upon, and in is few minutes an intrepid Doeherry was lowered down by the help of the belts, and succeeded in fishing up the unfortunate fair one, who, beyond a good ducking, ustained little or no injury. On Friday evening last, a little girl, about three years of age, the daughter of John Cairney, residing at 90, Back Wynd, was left alone in the house, while her mother went out upon a message. In the interval, the poor child had approached the fire, when the flame communicated with her clothes, and she was so severely burned that she died on the following morning.  MIACtLLANEOVS. Madeira.—Mr. Driver, who as lately arrived from Madeira/ gives a lamentable account of the state of that island. He says, 44 The peasantry are in a very deplorable condition, the price they now obtain far their wine scarcely paying them for pruning the vines and the expenses attending its cultivation; and as wine is the only article of export from Ihe *yid/ they have no other means of obtaining a livelihood. During the past year 1015 of the peasantry emigrated to the West Indies, but the flortagtiese government are doing all in their power to prevent them leaving the island, by advancing the price of their passports, and limiting a Of rtain number to each vessel, according to its tonnage. An affitintement has lately been made for each royal West India steamer to talts out fifty of these emigrants from Madeira to the West Indies—this alone would be 1200 annually if continued. At Demcrary the Madeira emigrants have got nearly the entire shopkecping to themselves, and have two vessels now plying to and from Madeira, as well as one belonging to a company of these bucksters."—Liverpool Mail.  "