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Glasgow Courier. — 1854-08-22 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

NATT.—We understand that Lieut. Boys, R.N., has received instructions from the Admiralty to keep all men who enter until the arrival of the Meander, 44, Capt. 'l'. Bailey, which is ordered round to the Clyde to complete liar complement. The Meander, which is a frigate of the old school, was lately flagship at the Cape of Good Hope. ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE —On Tuesday morning,about half-past seven o'clock, James Maher, who arrived at Liverpool about six weeks since from Dublin, attempted .elf-destruction. He had recently purchased a gun, which he loaded every night, and drew the charge in the morning. His wife, and three of his children, saw him take the 'cull, but, supposing that be was about to act as was his wont on previous coo- I oasions, entertained no suspicions till they saw him put the muzzle to his chin, but, before they could restrain him in the commitsion or the rub act, an explosion ensued, which lacerated his right cheek up to the eye, and shattered the bone. He had taken passages for himself and family to Australia, and on his person was found a considerable sum of money. He was proprietor of a dairy in Dublin, where throe more of his children remain. Very little hope, if any, I. entertained of his recovery.—Liverpool Daily Amur' To LOCIFILOM9ND time  Arrzwer ro STOP :Ho KILLIND or Soo Taour ON 011E01110ND AND THE RITCR lATEN.—We helove the lessees of the Leven and Lochlornond fth have a warrant .out for the of one  apprebensios trout  more persons for killing sea _-. in these waters. - yore of receiving intimation to this effect, the sopisty for protecting the right to in the Odd-Fellows' flail, Alexandria, re* being present from various districts. rescinded a minute which bound their ..ce otter fishing, and revolved method they might think beconsistent with law. -• coon.  inr ' Or
Glasgow Courier. — 1854-03-18 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.  811.11,101.14.—A frightful event took place in this town on Monday a young man named Taylor, a shoe. , maker, residing with his widowed mother in Sherlock I Street, after attempting to take the life of a young , woman named Walton, cot his own throb., and almost immediately expired. Mrs. Taylor and her son were weekly tenants of Mr. Walton, • respectable tradesman carry ing on business in Moor Street. and it was the custom of Miss Walton, by the direction of her father, to collect till. and other rents every Monday. The Taylors were highly creditable people, and met their payments regularly; nor does there appear to have been the slightest can.. of disagreement between the parties. Between 10 and 11 o'clock on Monday morning Miss Walton called at the house, and, as usual, Mrs. Taylor discharged the rent. The son wss pacing back wards and forwards in the room, and Mina Walton, who was seated on a chair, knowing , that for some time he had been labouring under ores. 1 sional, if not con tinnoton indisposition, asked if he was any I better? This inquiry was no sooner made than Taylor. armed with a incor ma hich had hitherto been concealed, ' darted upon her, seized her round the neck, and drew the rotor across her throat and face. Mrs. Taylor, the mother, inn to the assistance of Miss Walton, but not before that young lady had received severe wounds on the face, arms, and body, was she able to resene her from the murderou• attack of her son. A large gash, no doubt intended for the throat, extended across the lower part of the face, and so fierce and determined had been the attack that Taylor had succeeded in cutting through the stays, and inflicted sereral severe wounds on the body. Before Mrs. Taylor, who, in her attempts to rescue Miss Walton was herself severely cut about the arm and wrists. could wrest the nine from the hands of her son, he inflicted along and deep wound upon his own throat, which caused his death in a few minntes. The assistance of the neighbours was obtained, and the surgeons gave it as their opinion that Mi. Walton's recovery is far from hopeless. Taylor was. steady, industrims' young man, but all who knew bins agree that his mind for some time past had been considerably impaired.
Glasgow Courier. — 1854-07-06 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

OOO. This mug have been from show economy, for they have had little opportunity of getting prise-money, and nose of nuttily( money by trade. The men appear to be mach worn, and many of them will no doubt have to be invalided. The colonsicies of the 19th and 84th Regiments have to be given to Major. Gentals Rowan aaJ Wetherell, both men of grist deserving.—United Service Unzette. GALLARTIT OF BRITLSR Orrit•Fus —Captain Butler, of the Ceylon Rides, and Lieutenant Nastaylb, of the Bombay Artillery, are, as it was expressed by • foreign officer who has just left Silistrie, let solo's**, de In defines*. Their conduct is described al heroic. Omar Pasha, fully impressed with tbe extent of the services they are rendering and hays rendered, has named them colonels. Captain Butler was slightly wounded in the back by • spent ball, and on the Bth he revolved • wound in the forehead, likewise from • ball that had rebounded from off the parapet. Bat his wounds are not dangerous. -  MURDIE Or All IS AAAA ST Till Manila, AID SUICIDE 0/ THE Muumuus —On Thursiay morning great excitement and consternation_prerailed in the neighbourhood of Brandon Street, Wal worth, in consequence of the .if, of Mr. Cut, milkman in that street, having been discovered by the latter, together with her infant (a girl about four months old), drowned in the water-butt. Dr. Marsh of the Kentroad promptly attended, and used every endeavour to restore animation, but without success. l'he mother of the infant was, it appears, a well conducted. sober, and Industrious woman, but having been In IL health ever sinew the birth of the child, that circumstance is supposed to bare preyed upon her talad.sed produced despondency, which had prompted her is the perpetration of the murder *flew dill', sad the subsequent destructioa of her own ire. Courrummorts.—Constanti soviets so called from Constantine the Great, who removed Ik. &sat of the easter* Nutlike here lo 328. It was taken ea Welters Crusaders la 1204, and retaken by Fal&ogeal*ll, ass ressoriag the Greek wee peelesred hy Mehemet Mks slaw Plidasee. the lest limperee,, and . The city, takes roymmudiLbasl . day& The est Urinate &apemen mars eater,* ths breaks, time' blieself er tie mem aed wee me tip pima thellte ebildrem el the imearial home were massacred all aiddikre,and the wog reserved to gratify the sat alio " pet an end to tha eastern empie,="rhed sobs, Ansi Ise MI6 years, and was the feeedarleMellie proweet empire of Turkey in Esespe. Tim week •  Camas..
Glasgow Courier. — 1854-04-18 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

COVRT—After he was ex•mlned by the Sherif he made • farther search for his Jottings. Had no in. tereet in Dr. Smith, •nwl was no relative of his. Had known Dr. Smith for several years, and had much re. spent for him. • " '  This closed the exculpatory proof. The 80uc1r0it.Gansem. then •driremed the Jnry, and stated the grounds on which he called for • verdua I of guilty. The learned Solicitor concluded by uking • ! verdict of guilty. The DRAM or FAeI.LTT next srldretusd the Jury. The Solicitor-General asked them to consider—lst, thereon. of the death—was it murder? 2.1. the motive; 34, the ! Instrument; 4th, the opportunity t,h, the indica. 'lona of the prieoner's guilt. He would ink them to 11 consider the same points in course of his observe. ! thins. Ile contradirted every atatement of his learned ! opponent. He never mar • prosecution so fail as this. H. was glad that • verdict had been asked, beams. It 'would I. • ~diet that would clear the prisoner's character. , The Loan Jertica-Cktait began to elms up the vick. donee at iii minutes before 7 o'clock. His Lordship coo. ' mental on the eel line* of Mr. Gray. There might hal motive end opportunity, but that was not sufficient, and handed Mr. Grays mernomodum book to the Jury. It wise brought out in evidence that M'Donald did poseeee a pistol, end that It was not known to his relation. It might be suicide, or It might be murder. unexplained. The !ingot being fatten nut of the case, thee* did not appear anything to connect Smith with the spot. 4th. viewed it, It was en unexplained murder. His Lotdship offered to apart no exertion in &misting the „tory to *trice at a proper verdict, and If they wished It he I would co over all the evidence. [Here one of the Jurors lotinwred to his Lordship that this would be unite no. necessary.] The Jury retired at twenty minutes to eight. In the meantime the whiner who had been sent to lull waa celled in and diacherged. The bell rang for the return of the Jury sit., minutes to eight, and The Jury found the indictment against the prisoner not proven by • majority. Upon •splanation it was atatinl by the Jury that the difference was Rat IN. t*Sen • not guilty end not proeen,' but between ' guilty and not proven.' The prisoner was diecharged from th• bar. Dr. Smith deecended the trap with the police Warm's, ansiakst mowed hieing from this publish 111bNit was Instantly suppressed by the meters.  ,
Glasgow Courier. — 1854-07-18 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

WAR WITII RUSSIA.  The Paris Moniteur says—. On the 11th the Turks attacked and routed the Russian rear-guard at Erateschti, on the road from Guirgevo to Bucharest. They are in force upon the left hank, mid have crossed the Danube at several points. The number of auxiliary troops arrived from Shumla at Goirgevo exceeds 20,090 Prince Gortschakoff, with the reinforcement which he has summoned, has not more than 60,000 men. The Turks and their •usiliaries at least reach that number Everything •nitounces an Immediate action.'  _ The Vienna paper Prase says the Turks luid drieen the Russians from the Dobrotscha acro. the river, and occupied Caernavoti. The whole of the left hank of the Dunnhe between Kalafat and Olteilitsa is fully occupied by the Turk.  It is said that Lieutenant-General Aurep has eon milted suicide,  Captain Butler, who defended Silistria, is reported dead of hie wounds.  Th. Vienna paper Austrian Correspondent has an article on the last Russian propositions, It is rogue, but certainly menacing for Russia.  -THe BLACK st;—The operations or . portion of Ilia fleet Sr. against Anspa. At Sulin• two powder mopsines were destroyed, the garrison dispersed, and the commander taken prisoner. Six Russian merchant vessels were captured.  VIENNA, MONDAY MORNINo.—The following is from a good *mime :—An Austri•n ultimatum has either already been sent, or will be sent to-day, to St. Petersburg, demanding the!evacuation of the Denubian principalities within • • rortain time. The titn• mentioned is one month:  The report that the Turks were at Bucharest is unfounded. The Sl. Prlersbnrg Journal of the 9th contains • short article, to the effect that, in consequence of the progress of events in general,' Prince NMI iew itsch had mimed the siege of &Barbi, and ordered Prince Gortschakuff to concentrate all his forces near Bucharest. There had been two deaths from cholera among the French soldiers conveyed by the Egyptus to Malta; twenty-two were landed 111, bet only three died, and the others were recovering. In Finland the Rnesians hare ordered the militia tinder arms. They are to be mixed with regulars, and commanded by Russians. This measure increased the indignation spinet Runts.
Glasgow Courier. — 1854-02-28 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

SUICIDE MT • CORPOIIIII. OF TOE INT DRAOO4IIII GO•1101.—COITOTIll 11. Cleveland committed suicide by shooting himself in ono of the rooms of the Royal Barracks, at six o'clock on Thursday morning. On the inquest it appeared that the deceased had been put under arrest for drunkenneas, but broke it on Monday morning by leaving the barracks, and remaining out all day, until about nine o'clock in the evening, when he returned. Verdict, ' Committed suicide while labouring under temporary derangement of mind.'  Rats are sadly deetroctive to the foreign mailv particularly on board the West India packets, where the rats are large and voracious. It ia carious that these vermin will not touch leather bags of a tan colour. Rats are extremely fond of parchment, bat sealing wax they will 000 rce,h. Some time since a will in England was in Dernerary. After nismesse astemblesaaLs. ibe sis was obtains& and seat oat. When thy mail arrived at Deaserary, however, the rats had eaten the will, and nothing but the seal was leR. —Jamaica Paper. 'Richard the Third has been brought out by Mr. Charles Kean at the Princess's Theatre, London, in • style of unparalleled splendour. The ilforninc lioruti says—. The dresses are excessively rich, and towards the close of the piece martial to the last degree, nearly all the performers being clad in complete salts of ateel armour, over which are thrown sorb:sits richly embroidered with armorial bearings. The most gorgeous of all was the coronation dress of Riehard, which surpasses anything we have yet seen on the stage.'  requir•d ‘per FOREIGN Booas.—ItITERNATIONAL COPTRIORT The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have caused to be transmitted to the Commisioners of Customs, for their Information and guidance, and of their officers at the several ports throughout the United Kingdom, the ropy of • despatch from Col. Hodges, her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Hamburg, which they have received from the Foreign Office, enclosing specimens of the stamps to be used at that city, under article II of the convention for the reciprocal protection of copyright with this country.  Ton Nosy—One of our daily eontemperarim (Daily New) has again announced the appointment of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K .C.B , to command the Bahia fleet. We believe the announcemeat is made without any authority, other than that of those very few with whom 'the wish is father to the thought, and who, it is said, hare been giving out at Portsmouth that no lees than four Cabinet Ministers will resign if Sir Charles be not appointed —namely, Lord Palmerston, Sir William Molesworth, the Duke of Newcastle, and Sir Jas. Graham. Moreover, the fact as reported at the clubs that Sir James Graham had for the Bret time admitted Sir Charlie to an Interview on Wednesday last, has been Interpreted as the actual appointment.—Mornisq Herald.  I Tits
Glasgow Courier. — 1854-05-11 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE SPIRE OF CHRIST CHFRFII, CHATBURS.—A violent thunder-storm passed over Chatburn on Wednesday afternoon last. At four o'clock the electric fluid struck the spire of Christ Church, Chatburn, about midway, and scattered the I uge stones of which it was composed with terrific force, one being throe n a distance of Ino yards, and • great quantity fell into a field below the spire and in the churchyard. Some blackbird, that happened to be in the spire at the time were killed on the spot. It is thought that out 1e.% than 13 tons ofstoue in all were thrown down. The clock was next struck, and it was very much damaged, it not rendered on. fit for farther use. The electric fluid next entered • window in • south-easterly direction, passed between the ceiling and the slates, and finally made its exit at the northern end of the church, forcing a pas. tge through a large stone in the wall, which it divided, although the parts remain in their pi ice. The dam. age Is estimated at from A2OO to £3o4l—Preston Pilot  A Sr, Scone —A most determined suicide was committed at Dever barraeL on Friday last, by Serjcant James Cunningham, Rifle Brigade. Ile was 31 year? of age, •iiii hail been in the rei;iinent tO year.. It appeared that he hail served in the laq two campaigns at the Cape. Previous to the last the regiment wan lying at Dover, where the di•cessed formed ass "„aiatai“,,, with a most eslicetable young women, to whom lie was anxious to he united ; but was prevented by his sudden departure with his regiment to the Cape Tue regiment returned ; but hail scarcely Laded when it W. ordered to he in readiness to proceed to the rah!. These eireumstances pressed heavily upon his mind, and lie was oh,erreil to be in a very melancholy state. On TimiNday he retired to bed, and the following morning he presented himself to the sentinel at the gate, and begged him to allow him to go out to take a short walk. lie returned shortly, and it was ascertained that his clothes were saturated with water ; he had no doubt attempted to drown him.elf in the canal. Ile was not seen any more until ses-en o'clock, when he was (mold on the floor of his room, with his head nearly severed from his body, and a rasor lying by his side.
Glasgow Courier. — 1854-06-27 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

NAIRN.—The Preobjtery of Nairn met on Tuesday, the 13th inst., for the perm's. of moderating a call in favour of the Rev. Mr. Purrs of Lavern, the presentee to the parish of Nairn. After an appropriate sermon by the Rev. Mr. 31arkenrie of Ardelsch, a form of call was produced and numerously signed. Thereafter objections were raollied. for, and none happily appeared, whereupon the Be'. Mr. Ross of Ardersier spoke at some length in vindication of the part he hod taken with respect to the Gaelic population. His conduct had been solely &bated, he said, by a regard to the interests of the Church, and the spiritual welfare of the poor Gaslie people; but, new that Mr. Burns had given satisfactie to the great majority of the people, and as he , .1 eo .3 st i n the ) had npoat, iah, contendedbut for . g againstr t principle 3 Ir. Burns" h 'e ::. i ,l hd 01 him, from the bottom of his heart, God speed ; 1.4 from what he knew of Mr. Burns in his lewd 'charge, he had no doubt that he would prove wort of Mr. Brodie's patronage and the recommendation of his friends to this parish. This happy settlement of the case has given great satisfaction in the too-a  MYSTERIOUS :ND DISTRESSING Orel RHENCI:.--;b'. tween eleven and twelve o'clock on Thursday togh' a very painful discovery was made in an apartuteat on the Castle Hill, occupied by two telltales, rll9!her and daughter, named Campbell. Some of the neigh boors, we understand, having observed that the or; cupants had not been visible during the wholcat Thursday, examined the apartment, the door of who was unlocked, and found, to their horror, that both . women were corpses. One of them, the elder, ale seated on a chair, as if she had quietly fallen asleep. and her daughter lay half across the bed, vviih tO frt resting on the floor. The police were or diately apprised of the circumstance, and a medical gentleman, along with a criminal officer, were sea t° &gamine the place. The women, as was reported were both quite dead, and had apparently been!, for hoar,. Not the least trace of violence ass vet; ble on the bodies, and the idea of suffocation is out In the question, as the apartment which the unforth• nate females occupied was well ventilated. time of poison were also &wanting, and nothing th the house gave colour to the supposition that the! had committed suicide. That they had not died ~ot want la also satisfactorily proved from the rotten of bree& nnrtrr ke., found on searching the
Glasgow Courier. — 1854-01-21 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

NOP. 1.2, end 3, of the louthern division of plot B—upset price £ll4, for the three steadings : knocked down at that price to Mr. James Buntio, Umber merchant, at £ll7 ground annual. titesdings Nos. 11 and 12, southern division of plot B ; knocked down to Mr. Robert Knox, writer, at the upset price, being £74 ground annual for both steadings. Breedings Nos 15, 16, and 17, of southern division of plot B; knocked down to Mr. Robert Lindsay, builder, at the 1, open price of £ll4 ground anneal, for the three randlop. The above are all the sales made, and the roup was adjourned till a future day.  SUICIDE —On Wednesday night a man was found lying in the Green, near to Nelson's Monument, in a mate of insensibility. He was removed to the Central Police office, where three empty vials were found on his person, which had contained laudanum: Medical aid was immediately called, and the stomach pump applied, hot without effect. The deceased's body has been claimed by Isis relatives. It appears that he had been in business in Paisley, in which he failed, and afterwards he took to dissipation, and the result has been self-destruction. He recently made an unsuccessful attempt upon his life. Paorewry &Lac—The following properties were sold yesterday in the Royal Exchange sale rooms:671 yards ground and tenements, 83, Hope Street; burden £4l; put up at 21,500; sold for £l,OO. Fourstorey tenement, 73, Glassford Street; no burden; rental 2.320; put up at £3,000; sold at £3,910. Two shop., 105, and 107, Saltmarket Street; no burdens; put up at £4OO, and sold at the upset price. First fiat house, 24, Wilson Street; no burden; rental £22; put up at £220, and sold at £224. The Hon. Robert H. Clive, M.P., has rallied, but we regret to state that the hon. gentleman remains in • precarious state at Oakley Park.
Glasgow Courier. — 1854-11-11 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

HORRIBLE SUICIDE NEAR LEEDS.  I On Saturday night a young man, named George Towler, committed suicide at Fernley Ironworks, near Leeds, under circumstances of a very horrible character. The deceased, it itt said, is a miner by trade, and resided with his father at Fernley-wood. For the pa-t three months he has been labouring ander groat depression of spirits, and more recently had manifested symptoms which left no doubt an to his insanity. At Bret his temper was violent, but subsequently he became tptiet and more peaceable ; his conduct, however, was such as to demand constant watching, and on more than one occasion he got tip during the night and wandered into an adjoining wood. On Thursday and Friday he was worse, but on Saturday he appeared a little better, and went to bed about 11 o'clock. His father arid mother slept in • parlour underneath his bedroom, and during the night they heard him get up several times and walk about the room. About 1 o'clock he spin got up, and went down stairs and tried the house-door, bet it was locked, and his father had taken the key into his own room. After searching about for seine time, deceased became more violent, and to appease him they gave him the key, end he I unlocked the door mid went omit, having all his clothes on. A little before 2 o'clock two workmen at the Fernley forgo, named James Shires and Thomas ' Hirst, heard some OAP at he door of the cabin where . they were, arid on looking out they saw • bundle of clothes, and a shot t diyt•nee from them • man in a state of nullity. In reply to their inquiri. as to what he was doing there. tile man eaid some one had called him 'mucky,' and he had come to clean himself. Shires and Hint were somewhat alarmed, and, under the pretence of going to see what o'clock it was, Shires went for the watchman, leaving Hirt to look after the man. This, however, he appears to bare done very ens stisfacterily, as he allowed the man to go away in the direction of one of the furnaces without taking any farther notice ot him. On the return of Shires with • watchman search was made, told, tracing footsteps in the direction of the furnace, they threw off the blast, and on the smoke clearing away discovered the lifeless body of the man extended upon the surface of the molten mass. As early as the deleterious vapours rising from the furnace would permit, they dragged it, but succeeded in recovering only a portion of the vertebra', blackened and freed from ell muscle and flesh. 'Fhe remains were re, moved to the Nag's Head, Fernley, and during the morning the clothes were identified an those of Towler. Au inquest was held before Mr. Blackburn, corn. tree, on Monday, when a verdict in accordance with the (moo was returned. 'Flu- furnace contained about BO tone of molten metal. Deceased was unmarried, and was 28 years of age.