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Glasgow Courier. — 1853-07-26 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

QUEBEC, JULY 2.—Official papers announce the following programme of the new administration:— Hon. Francis [Backs late Inspector-General, to be Inspector General and Premier. James Morris, late Postmaster-General, to be Speaker of the Council Malcolm Cameron, late Speaker of Council, to be Postmaster-General. Sieotta, late M.P.P.' to be Commissioner of Crown Lands. -_Tache, late Receiver-General, to be Receiver-General. Jean Chabot, late Commissioner of Public Works, to be Commissioner of Public Works. Hon. L. T. Drummond, late Attorney-General East, to be Attorney General East. Hon. John Ross, late Solicitor-General West, tube Attorney-General West. Hon. P. J. 0. Channeau, late Solicitor-General East, to be Solicitor-General East. Hon. J. C. Morrison, late M.P.P., to be Solicitor General West.  THE TRADE OF New- Yoga—lt would appear from certain statistics relating to the trade of the port of New-York, that the foreign commerce does not fall off, and that the general balance of trade against the 'port is very large. According to the government returns it appears that the aggregate exports for the year ending Jpme 30 are $5,313,000 in excess of the previous fiscal year, while die aggregate imports exceed the previous year by 546,123,000, of which excess 836,300,000 has accrued since January last, which would give 573,000,000 increased imports during the calendar year. Against this vast increase the exports from the southern ports have been largely increased, probably 825,000,000 to 828,000,000 while the imports at same ports have decreased. The city of Bologna was the scene of a horrid tragedy on the 10th. Several large drops of blood under the windows of a well-known gentleman, named Dr. Accusal, roused the attention of some people, as it seemed as if those drops must have fallen from some wounded person who had gone to the window. Cries, groans, and lamentations being also heard to issue from the same house, the police were called, who, after repeated summons to open, which were disregarded, had to force open the outer and some inner doors, ,vlsen a frightful spectacle presented itself to tbeiriiew. Accussi and his maid-servant were found lying dead in one room, both evidently murdered; while in the next lay Dr. Said, Dr. Accussi's nephew, who, from a sharp surgical instrument in his hand, was conjectured to have been the murderer of the other two, and to have afterwards committed suicide, to avoid being arrested. The cause of this melancholy event is attributed to family dissensions, but nothing certain has as yet been elicited.—Galignani.  lort
Glasgow Courier. — 1853-10-29 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

SUICIDE IN A BATH..  An elegantly dressed man, aged apparently between 30 and 35, went on Friday to the baths of Vigier and ordered a bath. After it was prepared, he said to the waiter, 'I shall probably soon have need of you, but I will ring r Two or three minutes after a formidable detonation was heard in his room; and on hastening to the spot he was found lying on the floor bathed in blood— hlis skull completely smashed, and a pistol grasped in each hand. Portions of the slfull and brain were scattered on the walls, bath, and chairs. Ile had evidently discharged the pistols at the same moment at his temples, and two balls were found lodged in the wainscoat on each side of the room. From this circumstance it was evident that he had placed himself at full length on the floor to execute his design ; and it is supposed as, he was lying face downwards, that he had raised himself on his elbows. Is his pocket was a purse in which were 12f and two keys. On a chair were two volumes of Lafontaine richly bound, and on them a paper containing a writing and two 51 pieces. The contents of the paper were as follow —'l: die voluntarily. Whatever may be my unfortunate fate, I quit life without regret. I beg of the persons who may be charged to record my gild decease to preserve these few lines, which, with my two keys' will hereafter serve to make me known. One of the keys opens my chamber, the other my secretary. I conceal my name, in order to lessen the grief of the small number of persons who may interest themselves in use. I leave all the little that belongs to me to my dear brother, my sole heir Oh, God have pity on me ! I pray for thy pardon, I implore thy mercy! Paris, Oct. 21.—P.S. I beg of the waiters of the , establishment to accept the 10f which I have left for them. I ask their pardon for the trouble which I cause ; them at this moment.' The body was conveyed to the Morgue, where his clothes are to remain exposed for some days.
Glasgow Courier. — 1853-04-19 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN OF  FORTUNE.  The inhabitants of this town (Weymouth) were thrown into a state of considerable consternation on Saturday afternoon week, by a report that Frederick Parnell, Esq., of &Afield Terrace, had committed suicide at the Royal Hotel, by firing a loaded pistol just above his right ear, thereby causing instantaneous death, which report, we are sorry to add, turned out to be too true. It appears that the unfortunate gentleman left his house about two o'clock on the afternoon in question in apparently his usual state of health, and called on a gunsmith, named Stanley, with a loaded pistol, saying he could not et it to go off, and requested Stanley to put it to rights. Stanley drew the charge, and found a piece of cork at the bottom of the muzzle of the pistol, which accounted for its not going off. The deceased then requested him to fire it, to see if it was all right, observing he had been firing at a target in his garden, which he had been practising at lately. This Stanley refused, observing he was quite positive it would not miss fire. The deceased then left, promising to pay him his charge on Monday. It appears from the information we have received, that the unfortunate gentleman, who appeared quite rational, immediately went to the Royal Hotel, there ordering a pint of wine, and pen, ink, and paper, which were accordingly brought him, and he sat down alone, and had been there for nearly half an hour, when the cook of the hotel, not being aware any person was in the room, opened the door, and saw the deceased reclining on a couch with blood over his face. She immediately ran out, much alarmed, and acquainted a fellow man-servant that the gentleman appeared to be dead. The man-servant immediately went into the room, and then saw that the unfortunate gentleman had put an end to his existence. R. Griffin Esq., was immediately sent for, and pronounced lift to have been extinct for some time ; the unfortunate deceased having shot himself in the right ear, the ball having passed through his head, and come out just above the top of the left ear, and entering the wall. Two letters were found on , the table, one addressed to Mr. Luce, of the Royal Hotel, requesting that he might, be recompensed for any inconvenience or loss he should be put to in consequence of his having committed self-destruction in his house; and the other addressed to Col. Freestun, M.P., and directed to be opened in his, and his (deceased's) brother's presence. The deceased was a staunch supporter of the Colonel's. The contents of the latter letter are not yet known. The affair has caused great sensation in the town, and it is remarkable that the report of the pistol was not heard by any one in the house. The deceased gentleman was of somewhat reserved habits, considered eccentric, and about 60 years of age—She,-borne Journal.
Glasgow Courier. — 1853-04-23 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN BLAIR'S CLOSE.—M. the Marylebone Police Court on Tuesday, a man who refused to give any other than the Christian name of Robert, but whose real name is supposed to be Robert Gardiner, was brought up for re-examination, charged on his own confession with having murdered his wife, whose body he stated, when he gave himself up, he had buried in a cellar at Edinburgh ; and the exact spot he could, if permitted, point out. The police stated that they had reason to believe, from the communications they had received from Edinburgh, that the prisoner was a single man, and a compositor by trade, and not in his right mind. In answer to questions from Mr. Broughton, the prisoner said—lnever had a wife. My real name is Gardiner. I have been working in the country as a compositor. I came up to London last Wednesday morning week, and, after wandering about without either money or food, I saw the station-house door open ; there was a fire therein, and I presented myself there for admittance, but was kicked out. I knew not what to do, as I had nowhere to go to, and a thought suddenly struck me that I should obtain shelter if I gave myself up as a murderer of my wife. Having done so, I was looked upon as a person of some importance, and was asked politely to take a meal, consisting of a potato and bread and cheese.' Prisoner farther said, that all he had stated with respect to the murder was a fiction, and that he had merely wanted a lodging for the night, being entirely destitute of the means of paying for a bed. An officer said he believed that the prisoner had more than once been charged with attempting to commit suicide. The prisoner, who assured the magistrate that he never committed or even contemplated a murder, was remanded for a week.
Glasgow Courier. — 1853-03-22 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

SUICIDE AT PARIS.  Mlle. Marthe, the actress (who committed suicide), was interred on Saturday. Although she had committed suicide, the clergy made no objection to the body being received in the church and performing the religious ceremony. It appears now that the suicide of Count Camarrata was not caused by any act of infidelity on the part of Mlle. Marthe, but by his losses at the Bourse. Mlle. Marthe was in London when she heard of this event. She left London immediately, without her servant, and arrived in Paris. Here she received a small bora which had bF en sent to her by the Conut, and which contained al 'tter, afamily watch,andsome other objects. Theletterfrom the Count told her that he was utterly ruined, and not being able to obtain assistance, it only remained for him to die. This box was deposited by Mlle. Martha with her notary. Mlle. Marthe was much allected, and became seriously ill. On the day preceding her death, a commissary of police demanded the box which had been sent to her by the Count, and which he said contained family papers of importance. She refused to give it up, and a rigid search was made by the police, but nothing belonging to the Count was found. This visit shook the nerves of Mlle. Marthe, but she had promised to sup with some friends, and she contrived to appear gay daring the evening. On her return she told the porteress who attended on her, not to come into her rooms until late the next morning, as she felt fatigued. At the same time she asked the porteress to hand her a charcoal braziEr to warm some coffee. She had given an appointment for the next morning at nine o'clock to a gentleman with whom she had formerly been on terms of peculiar intimacy, but whom she had been in the habit lately of consulting as a friend in money matters and family affairs. This gentleman arrived at nine o'clock, and rang the bell of Mlle. Marthe's apartments without receiving any answ2r. His fear was excited, and he went to the boudoir, the door of which he found was fastened on the inside. He sent for a locksmith, and, the door being forced open, the room was found filled with the fumes of charcoal, and Mlle. Marthe was lying dead on the floor, and near her three charcoal brasiers—two of her own, and one she had borrowed from the porteress. Mlle. Marthe was rich, independently of what she was receiving from her profession. She has, it is said, left property to the amount of nearly 20,000 francs a-year.
Glasgow Courier. — 1853-04-05 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

JUMPING OVER THE NORTH BRIDGE.-011 Saturday night, about half-past seven o'clock, a remarkable case of suicide occurred on the North Bridge, Edinburgh. A man named Tait, who. it was ascertained, was a gilder by trade, having leaped over the parapet, on the east side, into the market below. On being taken up he was found to be still living, but no serious were the injuries he received that he expired on the way to the Infirmary. Deceased was much addicted to intemperate habits, and in the absence of any other known motive, it is presumed that it was in the delirium of intoxication that the rash act was committed. _ _ .  On Friday morning the east coast was visited by a gale from the south-east, which continued with great severity from about 3 o'clock till 5. A large schooner, the Ariel of Newcastle, laden with wheat, was driven ashore about four miles east of Dunbar, bottom up, and all hands lost. The body of a boy has been washed ashore, but as yet it is not known how many were on board of tWunfortunate vessel. The cargo has been almost all washed out of her. We also learn that two fishing boats made a narrow escape during the gale, but fortunately got into Dunbar harbour with very little damage. The casualties along the coast must have been numerous, but as yet we have not heard of any but the above. FOUR CRILDREN POISONED AT Norrinvousm—On Wednesday night last, four children, named Elizabeth Shaw and Jane Shaw, Mount Street, and Lein& Warner and Elizabeth Warner, Barker-gate, were conveyed to the General Hospital suffering from the effects of arsenic. It appeared that the two former girls were visiting at the house of the father of the latter two, and during the absence of the elder inmates, the children contrived to get at a pot &attaming arsenic and honey, which had been n- ' for destroying mice, and commenced being found that all the children were s the effects of the poison, they were imme_ _ to the hospital. One of the number died at , seven o'clock on the following morning. The other three are progressing favourably.—Nottingham Journal.  ...... ATTEMPT TO Dray A
Glasgow Courier. — 1853-04-05 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND MAIL.  a- usual despatches have arrived from India via leaks, and bring intelligence to the following ii—Chins, Feb. 10; Rangoon, Feb. 14; Calcutta, 21; and Bombay, March 1. ( From the Morning lb recei,  ferabi,  cailutta,  is Weed news from Burmah, r, Testerday, is of painful Bib ditwn, naval and military. 800  bandir-clief Mea Tinmi, neer  r was led into an  _ ambuscade,  and has since died, as well as several others who were brought off; some are wounded in three or four places. The Dacoits were concealed in the trees and thick jungle,and scarcely one WM seen. It has thrown quite a gloom over the place. Commander Rennie, fadian navy, with the crews of the Zambia a Nemesis, with some Lamas, weetweeded, after talc_ a forced march of forty miles, in surprising about 5,000 Burmese, encamped in the Bassien district. He came on them suddenly in a thick fog, kept his four field pieces concealed until within short musket range, and then opened on them with grape and cannister, and closed with the bayonet. The Burmese, taken by surprise, abandoned their position, leaving fortyeight killed, fifty prisoners, the Minjees' two sons, three gold and one red silk chittrees, six guns, and 300 stand of arms in our possession. It was a complete rout, and leaving the Karen, to finish otf the stragglers, Captain Rennie and his men returned to their boats clean done up with fatigue—our loss was very trifling. General Steele has been received with open arms at Billing and•Sitang, &c., on his way to Shoeyzaine; the .Pegu district is quiet, the peace party are in the ascendant at Ave, and only ask for time, and will treat with us. Small-pox rages in Rangoon. A regular mail between Bassein and Rangoon has been established; an armed launch of the Hon. Company's steamer Zenobia, under command of Lieut. Sedley, IN., brought the first regular mail and passengers. A blockade against Mea 'l'oon has been established by the boats of the squadron. The Admiral is expected daily at Rangoon. Major Hawes, Ist Madras Fusiliers, committed suicide by - • his throat Her " iesty's ship -.tier has . Hon. Hon. Ward, J Fires  Majest,,  Rattl,
Glasgow Courier. — 1853-03-12 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

SHERIFF COURT REFORM.  MEETINGS OF COWAIFITIED OF TOWN COUNCIL AND  COUNTY  URIC.  We learn that a meeting of the Joint Committees of the Town Council of Glasgow, and of the Commissioners of Supply of the County of Lanark, was held here on Wednesday last. Amongst those present were the Lord Provost, &c., from the Council, and Lord Belhaven, &c., from the Commissioners of Supply. After a full discussion of the bill to facilitate the procedure before the Sheriff Court in Scotland, the committees concurred in opinion—That the present system of double Sheriffs, or SheriffsDepute, and Sheriffs-Substitute, is objectionable, and that all the Sheriffs in ot land should be placed on an equality in reference to jurisdiction, and no appeal allowed from one Sheriff to another ; but an appeal should only lie from the local judge to one of the divisions of the Court of Session, &c. That in causes under £5O judgment should be pronounced by the Sheriff on notes of the material facts substantiated in evidence on oral pleadings, and without appeal, except on points of law, and then only in cases above £2O. That, in order to secure efficient judges, the appointment to the office of Sheriff should involve no exclusion to promotion to the bench, or any other judicial office. Before deciding, however, to report resolutions to their constituents, the joint committee adjourned till Wednesday next, the 16th current, that they might have an opportunity of considering the bill about to be introduced into the House of Commons by Mr. Cranford, the member for the Ayr burghs.  MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A GIRL On Saturday last Margaret Elliott, a young girl, about sixteen years of age, and who resided with her parents in Low Glencairn Street, committed suicide under very mysterious circumstances, no cause being known sufficient to account for the rash act. On Friday eight she had been out with other girls, in company with several young men, and the party had separated about twelve o'clock. On Saturday she was in her usual spirits apparently, although it is evident her mind must in some way have been disturbed. On that day she purchased from an apothecary here a pennyworth of vitriol, and, as it would appear, bad gone into the garden at the back of her father's house, and had drank it. This happened between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, and after swallowing it she had fallen down. Having been observed lying in the garden, she was brought into the house in great agony, and surgical assistance immediately procured. The fatal potion, however, defied all remedy, and in three hours after she died. She gave no other reason for the step which she had taken than that she was tired of life. Various rumours are afloat as to tho stimulating causes of this desp.rate act of self-destruction, which we forbear to mention, as we cannot trace them to any reliable source. The corpse was interred on Tuesday. The youth and painful death of the girl have excited a feeling of deep sympathy in the town for her untimely fate.—Kilmarnock Journal.
Glasgow Courier. — 1853-09-15 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

UNREQUITED LOVE—On Saturday afternoon, the coroner held an inquest on the body of Richard Carpenter, aged 31 years, who committed suicide under the following circumstances:—The deceased was a potato salesman, and for some time past had kept company with a female at the Mulberry Tree Tavern, whom he intended to marry. A few days since the young woman received a letter frotn an old sweetheart in Scotland, who promised her marriage at once. She showed the letter to the deceased, who read it, and the contents had such an effect on the deceased's mind, that he neglected his business and took to drinking. lie left his home on Sunday week, to take a walk, and never returned. Search was made for deceased, who was not heard of until Friday, when his body was discovered by a man named Edward Wage, floating In the water of Sir George Duckett's canal. ROBBERY OF £.soo.—At Brentford, on Saturday, a woman named Haley was charged with having stolen five £lOO notes from a man named Daley, to whom she acted as housekeeper. From the evidence it appeared that Daley, who is a feeble old man, in November last sent the prisoner with the five notes in question as a present to Mother Mary,' at the Pieworth Nunnery. Mother Mary, however, it is stated, refused to receive so rich a gift, and they were again locked up in Daley's cash box. The woman, along with some-friends, were about to leave for New-York, when her master discovered the absence of his money, and she was apprehended on the charge. It was proved that she had passed a £lOO bank note, but she stoutly, as a true Catholic,' denied having touched the mouey, but had only taken enough to carry her to America, where her relations lived. She was committed for trial.
Glasgow Courier. — 1853-09-08 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—A painful sensation was created throughout Bristol on Friday last, in consequence of its becoming known that Mr. Edward Thomas Crisp, son of the Rev. Thomas Crisp, principal of the Baptist College, Stokes Croft, in that city, had put a period to his existence by hanging himself to a nail in a bedroom of his respected father's residence. The deceased, who was 28 years of age aud unmarried, emigrated some years since to Australia, in which colony he remained for about twelve months. He was always a young man of somewhat unsettled habit, acting very much on impulse, and having a few months since resolved upon coming back to England to see his father and friends, he took ship for that purpose to London, where he arrived a few days ago, and came down on Thursday to Bristol. An inquest was held on the body on the same evening, when the jury returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed himself while in a state of lunacy.  A terific hail-storm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, passed over this town between three and four o'clock last Friday morning. Happily it was not of very long duration. The rain poured in torrents, and the wind blew fearfully. In some places the corn crops in the ground have been very much beaten down, and reports have reached us that some ricks have been blown completely over. The orchards in the neighbourhood seem to have sustained the greatest injury. At Durston, and in that locality, most of the trees in several orchards have been blown down' and generally there was a great fall in apples, which are scarcely in a fit state to make good cider. At Stoke St. Mary a tree fell across a cottage occupied by a labourer and his family. All the glass was broken by the shock, but the inmates were not injured. Nearly all the ornamental trees near Henlade House, the seat of Perry Esq., were blown down, much to the deterioration of the park. The top of a poplar was blown off at Orchard Portman, and carried a distance of 40 or 50 yards, where it struck against a gate, breaking it in pieces.--Taunton Journal.