Glasgow Courier. — 1848-07-25 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

DEFORCEMENT OF A MESSENGER-AT-ARMS. On Tuesday night last, afters warrant to apprehend the person of Walter M•Farlane, caner, anthill, near Glasgow, was put into the hands of Mr. Gillespie, messenger-at-arms, Greenock. After 'mime search, information was obtained that M'Farlane was on bred the Elijah Swift, an American vessel, then Icing at the Tall of the Rank, with about 200 Irish emigrants. Mr. Gillespie and his concurrents on attemptieg to go on board the ship were assailed by the mate and steerage passengers, who threatened to sink the small boat, and for that purpose threw coals, pig-iron, and large pieces of wood, into her, and drenched the party with buckets of water. Notwithstanding this reception, Mr. O. gut on board, displays I his blazon and wan.l of peace, and intimated that he was the Queen's roessenger,aud If obstructed in the execution of his duty it would be at the mate'speril. The concurrents then got on bow d and examined the cabin and other apartments on deck; but, on going below to search the steerage, the passengers there instigmed by the mate, rose is mere, and, with howls and yells, (such only 48 Irishmen can give,) broke the officers' lanterns, and struck them with their fists and sticks, throwingat, them also large piers of coal and iron, till, at last, the messenger perceiving hie own life and those of his concurrents to be in imminent danger, broke his wand of peace, declared himself deforced, and the parties opposing him liable in the pains of law, and thereupon left the ship amidst the shouts and huzzahs, and Jibes and jeers of the victorious Irishmen. Mr. Gillespie immediately reported the affair to the Superintendent of Police, the Fiscal, and the Sheriff, the latter of whom gave histaut orders to vindicate the power of the law. Mr. G., in virtue of his office, also called upon the Collector of Customs to aid and assist in executing the warrant. The latter at once directed that Mr Davis, the active and intelligent Tide. Surveyor, should be called, and he on learning the particulars, at once got his boat's crew. and, at their head, armed, went on board, got the passengere on ..eck, an.; rummaged the steerage, but without finding M'Farlane. He and his men now lifted the hatches and proceeded to search among the cargo, and in less than five minutes the runaway was found secreted between two barrels, and he was handed over to Mr. Gillespie to be dealt with according to law. M'Farlane, howeter, resisted, and euuld not come no deck, till at last a hawser was g.t round his body and he IVY hauled up. On reaching the deck crowded with prieogers, M'Farlane resisted still more, and was with great difficulty got headlong overboard into the Custom-house boat. Once there, he was very soon rowed on shore and brought before the Sherlt who, after examination, committed him (unless instant bail was found) to six Months in Paisley Jail--a lesson not only to Sf•Farlaue, but to other fraudnleut debtors. The Sheriff appeared stultified with the pee severine and energetic manner Mr. Gillespie had executed the %terrain, and particularly so with the prompt and efficient am:Justice rendered by Mr. Davis, without whom, indeed, the majesty of the law would have been brought tutu contempt.  Suicide of the Discoverer of it. Relasriting Process.—The American papers report the death, by his own hand, of Dr. Wells, of Hartford, Connecticut, United States, who discovered the anesthetic property of ether. Dr. Wells having been placed in confinement on a charge of vitriol throwing, committed suicide ty cutting the femoral artery of the loft with a razor. Previously to the fatal act he inhaled some chloroform, to produce insensibility to pain. He left a written statement to the effect that he had thrown vitriol on the dresses of several females on the streets while he was in a state of high excitement from inhaling chloroform, in which he was in the habit of indulging for the sake of its exhilarating effects. Dr. Wells was only thirty-five years of age.