Glasgow Courier. — 1862-06-19 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

SUICIDES. A touching instance of this occurred at Canton a few days ago, in the case of a young accomplished girl, who had been unfortunately married to;a brutal husband. When on a visit to her parents she complained toe small party of her unmarried sisters and cousins of the misery she endured, and declared her intention of drowning herself. "Oh !" said these young ladies, "if that is married life, we shall drown ourselves, too." go they all joined hands together, and walking into a fish-pond, became brides of death.—" Six Weeks in a Tower," in Blackwood's Magazine. • By the misprint of a single letter, the Renfrewshire Independent gives the following curious reading in reference to the distressed operatives in Lancaehire : "With an increase of temperance is also manifested a l desire to spend spare time to advantage, and which is rather touchingly displayed by the mending of old . clothes to wear while the better suit is sold or put in pawn to pay for daily bread. Instead of the pot-house . revels which used to mark times of plenty, the povertystricken artisan contents himself with reading a book and patiently awaiting the remedy which he popes for."  WHAT'S IN A NAME? We extract from a Glasgow MS. magazine the follow. lag curious statistics relating to the different names of the inhabitants, as furnished by the Post-Office Directory for the year 1858:--The city of Glasgow, though containing nearly 400,000 inhabitants, has only 2 Wards and 1 Court; it has, however, 12 Bathes, 8 Sheriffs, and 2 Wardens; but, at the same time, it is sad to think that only 6 remain of the good old race of Glasgow BurTurning from civil to ecclesiastical matters, it 'elm that Episcopacy is gaining ground, for while only 6 Kirks and 2 Chapels, there is an equal of Churches, and they can also boast of 2 as well as Deans and Chaplins. The peculiarities he eons are remarkable, there being neither spring, autumn, nor winter, to make up for which, however, we have 4 Summers and 3 Mays; and although Gales are prevalent, there are numbers of Rase, Primroses, lAlies, and Cherries. Fern, Heath, Moss, and Raids are also to be met with,whilst the "Murphy," that sine qua non of the Irishman, is not uncommon. The scenery is very much diversified, there being 31 Hills, 9 Dales, 1 Plain, 18 Glens, 3 Lynns, as well as Farms, Fields, Parks, Woods, Moores, and Forests, with Gardiner', Foresters, and Farmers to boot. In warlike matters we are far behind the age, for though we have 3 Walls and 5 Towers, yet there are only 11 Gunns, Shields, Bowes' Spears, Clubs, and Swords being more abundant. The stranger in Glasgow will be surprised to find, perfectly at large, no fewer than 16 Lyons, 16 Swans, 2 Peacocks, 15 Harts, 2 Foxes, and Hawks innumerable. Two Diamonds, each the form and size of a man are found, as also gold; whilst Flint, Hay, Glass, Hyde:, Steel, Sic., represent the principal articles of commerce. The stranger, who has been accustomed to "the sound of the church-going bell" in some rural seclusion, need not be astonished at the horrid din which. meets his ears in °lame - on Sabbath, when he ' there are 81 ^-41s scattered here at the itlhood, may be • for we  Glaisow " large  that  Thaw,  too, tales"  smile  li.iiiiiii  Astasbo-te 10.61,