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Glasgow Courier. — 1860-04-05 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

SWITZERLAND. Nevie, St. KAM; Montserrat, Virgin Islands, and CLickmannan 46 3 - more formal style than the two wills. Against the va- ng three hours in the early part of the day, and, ferret out the murderers of the unfortunate Captain tpril 2.-In reply to the reqnest addressed Dumbarton 320 293 - litlity of the codicils, the ever-growing interest of Else, Dominica, comprising an extent of 751 'square a 1 ccordingly, a company of the 78th Regina' eut visited Lambert at Lima, but nothing of importance had land to the Powers who signed the treaty Dumfries 1,103 all all the e.pportunity he had of committing the fabrications, miles, with a population of about 108,000. The the Exhibition on Monde Th ld•y. eso iers were aso l as yet trauspired in relation to the matter. The Russia, England, Austria, and Prussia Forfar BB9 250 43 the fact that he found them ell, and the improbability bishopric is worth £2,000, which is paid out of the Peruvian papers are endeavouring in the most sham_ ma_ limed themWves in favour of the imme- La k 987 all 144 esentecl by the Academy with copies of the cutethat the testator would leave the bulk of his property to Consolodated Fund. There are about 50 clergymen r . • ful manner to make it th t h • ted Linlithgow 127 all ogue, and appeared to be highly gratified by their . appear a e commit ibling of a Congress. To avoid discussion all Else, were all urged. It was also urged that there in the diocese. The bisho el ' tb 1 h p esmna e e ongs to t e • . suicide.-Leter by Pacific hlail. Peebles 356 all all aisle.- Scotsman. nbers of the Commission of the Federal Perth 2,834 833 were many misspellings in the codicils, which Mr Nuttall Evangelical or Low Church party, and is described - would never have made, notwithstanding that Nuttall „ bem • 1
Glasgow Courier. — 1860-07-05 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH-EASTERN . MR EDWIN JAMES, Q.C., AND THE ORIMEONISTS. On Saturday evening, a train consisting —On Wednesday morning about 60 or 70 Of the tender, guard's van, five third class, and two „-,'"14 Orplmonlsts now in this country were shown into class, and one first-class carriage, was abe e Court, Of Aldermen, where Mr Edwin James was west of Durham, on the North-Eastern in his robes reading his briefs, and waiting when the engine suddenly, and without the be called on to conduct a case on the day's list. premonitory symptom, left the line, br ilaK The learned gentleman's name was no from the tender, and turning completely rmtstionett than there was a simultaneous outburst from whole of the carriages were thrown off the - all of " l'avocat defenseur de Bernard," and in their the engine-driver and fireman, who weentlitisiasin they loudly cheered him. One of the from their position, were instantly killed, party expressed the pleasure it gave him to make falling beside the tender, while the lattt '- even the temporary acquaintance of a gentleman over by the wheels of one of the carriages. whom he knew M. Jules Favre, the great French and second:class carriages, in which fortunate]) advocate and member of the Legislative Assembly, there were no passengers, were smashed to pieces felt prond in being able to call his fA..+,l They and the occupants of the third class, o were received most courteously number was small, have, beyond a few Daily Telegraph. caped any serious injury. Of the cause On Wednesday afternoon information was dent nothing satisfactory has as yet tray calved at Scotland Yard that her Royal Highness the Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who has just MURDER AND SUICIDEanIy-looking niday —On Wednesday arrived arrived from Germany on a visit to her Majesty, in Hyde Park, a gentle rently a Frenchman, was seen todischarge ... : 1 had been plundered of a case of costly jewels, set .. with diamonds of the most valuable description. his head, but the bullet nottaking the mired effec 1.4 The articles abstracted, independent of their inhe succeeded in crossing the road, and again -4 . ,trinsic worth, said to exceed £3,000, are invaluable self - time, and then drew some ::: Tras family relics and presents from dear friends, and ,roes his throat, it is believed. - the Duchess is consNuently in great trouble at then On the deceased's person wa, loss. The offic,ers who have been engaged in flu and chain, and a letter respecting inquiry are, however, of opinion that the from the letter, it appeared, was allege( stolen before the Duchess reached*. iat the hands of her husband. l' who saw the man, went to the in the letter, 376, Oxford Street, of M. De Bola, retailer -‘ had a female -d. The up with
Glasgow Courier. — 1860-09-06 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

OPENING NIGHT-SEVENTH SEASON. habits of the people young. At any future time it At a ilace known as Cro!ts, near Byres, in the running in a grass park beside the bridge that spans excitement was most pernicious. It drov re sum of £5,200 is subscribed and mostly realised, and The seventh season of the Saturday Evening Concerts, would be competent for any party to preaent a petition . I to the Magaerates or the Sheriff, to the effect that the neighbourhood of Kilwinning, a labourer, named e many the railway near Abronhills. They imagined that mad. It gave to not a few sleepless nights and mis. when a further sum of .C 1,300 is contributed, or a conducted by the directors of the Abstainers' Union, had now John Reed, committed suicide on Friday night hy they were sporting themselves; but, on closer ex- erable days, which combined to form a scarcely mild. necessity for keeping people off the grass total amount of .C 6,500 the foundation stone will be was opened on Saturday evening last. The hall was ceased, and that the bye-laws should be modified ac- hanging himself.-On Saturday morning, Susannah emulation, sometlung peculiar was observed flying er madness. It generated spiritual pride, bigotry, laid. Mr Harvie, to whom, it is understood, the quite crowded-platform, galleries, and area presenting cordin,gly. While, however, he confirmed the bye-laws Cairns or Lochhead, wife of Neil Lochhead, collier, behind the mare, and then trailing on the ground. uncharitableness. party spirit, dissensions, and con. building of the monument is entamsted, is a native at eight o'clock closely-packed hodies of well-dressed on the whole, he would hesitate to say that it was ac- K ilwinning, a prisoner in Kilinarnock jail, hanged on coming up to the poor animal, it was discovered troveray. Its effects were generally shorta„,ed_. of Wal4dn's own district of Ayrahire. people. Mr Neil M'Neill, President of the Union, as cording to the law of Scotland that a penalty so strin- herself. She had been several times convicted of thatthis was 'her entrails, the greater portion of which those of a winter mountain-torrent, which was in former years occupied the chair and on the platform sere AN Usrusidee
Glasgow Courier. — 1860-07-19 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

INE—WARNING TO SERVANTS —On Friday, an accident of rather a serious nature occurred to a little boy, the son of Major Oliphant, of Kinnedar. It would appear that the nurserymaid had been in the habit of leaving him locked up in the attics to amuse himself whilst she tended the infant, and that on this occasion he had climbed to the window to obtain his bonnet, and whilst in the act he lost his balance and fell over from a height of two stories. Most probably he would have been killed on the spot had not a bush growing under the window broken his fall. With the exception of some slight scratches he escaped unhurt. —Dunfermline Press.  DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE .-A man named John Goodwin, a hawker, residing in Toddrick's Wynd, was brought up at the Edinburgh Police Court on Monday, before Bailie Johnston, charged with attempting to commit suicide by means of hanging on Saturday night. He was discovered in the house attempting to hang himself with a woollen scarf, and his wife and the neighbours, becoming alarmed, gave information to the police, who took him into custody. On his being left alone in a cell he renewed the attempt with some of his clothes, but was discovered in the act. It was then thought necessary to handcuff him, in order to prevent the free use of his hands, but notwithstanding this precaution, when he was next visited, it was discovered that he had been busy tearing his trousers and other portions of his clothing in pieces, and making ropes of them, in order to aid him in the accomplishment of his design. As a last remedy, he was stripped of his clothing, and left in the cell. Dr Littlejohn examined the man, and gave it as his opinion that he had been labouring under delirium tremens. Goodwin, on being asked to plead, said he recollected nothing about the affair, but he supposed he was guilty. The Magistrrte then sentenced him to imprisonment for twenty days.
Glasgow Courier. — 1860-11-01 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

POISONING AND POACHING. Edinburgh: Edmonton &  Douglas. 1860.  What connexion may exist between poisoning and poaching beyond the alliteration of the title, we have not learned from the pamphlet before us. The writer, who is thoroughly in earnest, and therefore, like all earnest men, deserves .a hearing even when wrong, has flatteringly dedicated his brochure "To the Editors of the Newspaper Press of Britain," confessedly to gain notice of it in their columns. While approving, however, of his remarks generally, we see nothing new in either chapter of the pamphlet. The licensing of druggists, the enforced sale of poisons in peculiarly shaped bottles, and the refusal of poisons to a would-be purchaser who can produce a physician's prescription, are not new suggestions. Where there is a determination to commit murder or .suicide by poison no fiscal arrangements can, unfortunately, prevent the means from being obtained. The murder of children for their burial money is an exceptional crime, and to hamper and ebstruct burial societies to meet these exceptions would do a vast deal of harm. We might as well advocate the disuse of swimming because occasionally a swimmer is drowned. On poaching the writer evidently feels fitrongly, but, as an author, he has committed a grave blunder in magniloquently opening his argument without a good conclusion. The mountain labours for a very little mouse—" In the name of the prophet,—Figs !" might be taken as a motto. To cure men of poaching by setting countless steel-traps in pheasant-preserves is futile and impracticable, and besides, seems to acknowledge a weakness of power in the executive. flow can these traps be managed with due regard to the safety of the lieges? All men who enter coverts arc not pochers. The naturalist, the botanist, the artist, and even the poet, have a vested interest in the productions and beauties of nature. True, the traps are only to be set at night, but where is the control? and, without straining the argument, a vindictive keeper might leave a trapped poacher to languish for hours or days in a lonely covert. The author may rest assured that his proposal will never gain a serious hearing from those who understand the subject. We regret that these strictures are necessary, for the author of this pamphlet writes honestly and cleverly. Poaching will best be met by judicious legal checks on the sale of game, as recently introduced, and also by the cessation of the bati ue system, with the remarks on which we perfectly coincide with the author. For several years we have argued and °written against this most unBritish mode of shooting, to gratify which vast numbers of pheasants and rabbits are reared annually for three or four days' phooting, their numbers making one successful night's poaching so profitable Ass to create an irresistible temptation. In conclu.
Glasgow Courier. — 1860-11-01 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE MURDERESS. A singular and most horrifying case of murder and attempted suicide took place in Bradford on Sunday niOt week, A woman, named Margaret Gowland or Sutton, said to be the wife of John George Gowland, a lawyers clerk, wee found in bed with her throat cut, and their two children, aged respectively four and a half and two years, lying beside her, with their throats cut also, and quite dead It appears from the evidence which was adduced at the inquest that about half-past ten o'clock on Sunday night Gowland, the husband, returned to his own house—one of poverty and wretch' -Ai his misconduct—and found the doOr for some ' - and, receiving nr pipe and to smoke, a,. In a little he heard the a- and her two nide her,with .1 bed and bedfrom marks r'  _a Leeds, poisoned bread , _... down at three different times for the . destroying-4-- rat. --We brad and butter disappeared, but the rat was stilltroublesome. at last killed by a valuable terrier dog, which died in three houra niter; as -if poisoned by strychnine. It is conjectured that the rat, instinctively detecting the poison, wiped the poisoned butter from the bread with its, fur. On Wednesday evening Miss Alice Proctor, of Vineebonses, who, along with an elder sister, was *ging a bridal visit to a nephew (at Long Preston) Who had been recently married, went to the railway Station intending to return home, when they perceived a train approaching, and it being near the *es* train they were in guest of was due, they nangiOnsely crossed the line just as thetraiu entered tbirelliSect. The train was an express luggage which 'aid not stop at Long Preston, and on the dress of the lady named was caught by she was knocked down. When the train had she was found lying on the line quite dead. BANK or
Glasgow Courier. — 1860-08-30 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

WESTERN POLICE BUILDINGS. belonging to respectable families in this town, an Tuesday. able taste and ingenuity in the selection and har- of the death to disease of the heart. Deceased was a wi- of Mr John Steell, R.S.A., Edinburgh. The work, Bailie WILSON said that Mr Carrick's original estimate members of the Rifle Corps, left town on. score down to three points; there were forty competitors dow, and aged about sixty years. which is in bas-relief, is constructed from a single for the Western Police Buildings was £13,000. In con- From information since received, it is known that m . sarrangement of the flowers attracted par ti- , pt in all: notice. The show was in eve respect Ensign It. B. Stewart slab of Carara marble and represents two figures- sequence, however, of a good many alterations which had they have been enrolled by Captain Styles among cuter no . every. highly ... ... 6 points. A man named Peter Burns attempted to commit the one a Highlandmarble, • h.d been made, the actual cost was £13,991. The estimated soldier grasping is colours an the "excursionists" to Sicily. The terms upon which creditable to the society and to the exhibitors. „ Archd. Coats ... ... 5 suicide on Sunday afternoon, by throwing himselfsum had already been paid, and the committee recom- they are enrolled are that they are to get a free perishing sword in hand; and the other Fame, with 1, Millar ... ... ... 5 into the river close to West Street Ferry on the mended the further payment of the balance, 2991. - passage out, a uniform, accoutrements, rations, and p her trumpet, supporting the dying hero, and pro- lerirulittral. Private Wm. Patterson ... .o. 5 south side of the harbour. The rash act was observ- Agreed to. a pay of 10d per day. All who may leave before claiming the glory of his deeds. Among the acces- Lieut. Mackean ... ... .... 4 " ed by tiro sailors, who, after some exertions, rescued • •
Glasgow Courier. — 1860-10-11 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

REGATTA AT STIRLING. —On Saturday last the race for the Challenge Cup came off at Stirhng, abovethe old bridge. This cup, worth 100 guineas, was given by Mr Macfarlane of Coneyhill, Bridge of Allan, to be run for annually at the regatta at Stirling. The Provost and Magistrates were on the ground, and also a number of spectators. The following 2 boats started :-1. Favourite, Stirling; R. M'Alister, stroke. 2. Royal Blue' Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club, Glasgow; T. Rodgers, stroke. The race' took place at four o'clock, and shortly after the start the Stirling boat took the lead, and maintained it throughout, winning by about two boats' length. The cup has been held by the St. Andrew's Club, Edinburgh; the Minerva Club, Manchester; the Clydesdale Rowing Club, Glasgow; and has now into the possession of the crew of the Favourite, _ jug. The day, although rather showery looking, kept up till after the race.  A dreadful case of suicide occurred on Thursday afternoon at Burns' Cottage, on the Banks of Doon. About three o'clock Mr Davidson Ritchie —so well known and so favourably remembered by the many visitors that annually visit the far-famed spot—loaded his double-barrelled gun, and taking his son with him, a boy of about 14 years of age, proceeded to the garden, at the rear of the cottage, for the purpose of having a shot at the birds. He allowed the boy to fire the first shot, and then desired him to go down the garden among the trees and see if he saw anything for to get a shot at. This the boy did; but he had not been gone many seconds ere he heard the gun go oft. He returned to see what his father had shot, but was horrified to find him lying on the ground with a shot in the breast, from which the life-blood was welling out. The terrified youth at once ran into the house and gave the alarm, and there being three or four strangers in it at the time, they carried the body into the cottage. Dr Craig, who happened to be passing at the moment, was taken in, but the unfortunate man never spoke, and died almost instantly. Be had very deliberately placed the butt of the gun in the centre of a berry bush, a twig of which pulled the trigger. The shot took effect in the Keg,ton of the heart, and was almost instantaneously fatal. The deceased had been in rather low spirits since the death of his wife, two or three months ago, and for the last week or two he had been indulging rather freely. There was nothing to be observed in his manner prior to the commission of the rash deed that he contemplated such an act. The melancholy event has caused a great sensation in this quartet, where Mr Rithie was so well known. He has been landlord of "The Cottage" for about twelve years.
Glasgow Courier. — 1860-04-07 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

LOCAL PRISONS. The statistical tables annexed to our reports have shown a steady annual decrease in the daily average number of prisoners in the prisons throughout Scotland from 1849 to 1858, although, since 1854, female convicts, who used to be removed to England or the colonies, have been retained in Scotland. The daily average 'lumber for the twelve months ending in June was, in 1849, 3,143; in 1858, 2156. The decrease has not continued, the average number last year being 2,211. This increase is entirely shown on the female side. The number of, males, indeed, decreased last year from 1,170 to 1,156;, while that of females inoreaaed from 986 to 1,055, or in I all 69. Of these 37 fall to the prison of Edinburgh alone —the average daily number of female prisoners there haying been 158 in 1858, and 195 in 1859. The proportion which the number of prisoners in each county bore to the extent of its prison accommodation was such as to permit the separate system of discipline to be carried out, except in a very few instances. The usual details are given of the salaries, diet, clothing, bedding, lighting, fuel, education, and work, in the different prisons. Four acts of suicide were reported during the year.  he 1  alone I  The Board estimate that during 1860 the sum of 24,8890 s 5d will require to be raised by assessment for altering, building, and repairing local prisons. The sum necessary to defray the current expensas of the General Board is estimated at £1,465; for the removal of convicts, £1,180; and for the current expenses of the General Prison, £15,692. The expenses of ordinary and special works at the General Prison are estimated at £3,850. The railway car for the removal of convicts is now in use. It contains eighteen convicts in closed compartments, and is so constructed that neither the prisoners nor the escort require to leave it during the journey. The vehicle has great advantages as respects security, discipline, and economy.  that I  FaaNcH INavbiasrrv.—Next day the French proclaimed a strict blockade, and shot down all that attempted to hold communication with the 'rebels. We saw one evening a poor old woman, that had been attempting to take a basket of food for some poor person in the city, struck by a ball from the French lines ; her thigh was broken, and she lay helpless on the ground. How horrible did war appear when the sentry levelled his rifle again, and tired at the poor old creature, driving up a shower of earth close to her side; another shot, and another, were tired ; at last she was hit again in the back ! It was a pitiable sight. She cried to us for help, but we could render no assistance, except by sending to report the circumstance at head-quarters. Shot after shot was fired. There were some rebels watch' the butchery from the walls ' - could see us We were within - and feelwere  shoot  commit'l sake,
Glasgow Courier. — 1860-01-07 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF THE MANAGER OF A COMPANY.  Market Harborough, Tuesday. This morning it transpir4 that Mr Oldacres had been drowned under the following distressing circumstances: —Mr Oldacres came to this town, some few years since, from Leicester, where he had gained the respect of a large circle of friends. Reverses of fortune, however, required that he should, on corning here, superintend the carpet manufactory of Mr Funtleroy. On his bankruptcy some few months since, the manufactory was carried on by a company, of which Mr Oldacres was the managing director. For some few days past he had shown some symptoms of uneasiness, but nothing to lead his friends to the conclusion that he was mentally affected. Early this morning, however, he got out of bed, complaining of his head. His wife did not pay much attention to it, but soon afterwards heard him open the front or street door, and immedidlely called to her niece, who, attired in her nightdress, with a blanket thrown over her, followed in all haste, and caught sight of her uncle running up the Leicester Road. Her cries for help brought several persons to the scene, and they immediately went in pursuit, and came within a few yards of him; he, however, bounded over a gate, and jumped into a pond called the "Folly,' at a spot where it is 14 feet deep. Their attempts to rescue him were unsuccessful, as when the body was recovered life was quite extinct. It appears Mr Oldacres passed several gentlemen, who were returning from a party, but the cries of the niece were unheeded, as they regarded them more as the result of some debauchery than of a real appeal for assistance, although this occurred in the middle of the night. Messrs. Francis & Heygate, the surgeons, were amongst those first on the spot to render their aid.  I Leice'ster