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Newspaper
Edinburgh Courant
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 29, 1884
Page
11
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Reports from the Bathgate election returning officer appointment and a detailed court of inquiry at Leith into the Vicksburg wreck. The ship’s master and mates faced suspension. Watson appealed under Shipping Investigations Act. Divergent currents, chart guidance, and navigational fault are contested, with the Board of Trade represented. Divorce action in Froebel case grants decree to Ernest Froebel against Bessie Froebel with costs awarded.
The Lord Justice Clerk and Lords consider an action by John Heslop lessee of the Edinburgh Theatre Royal seeking to interdict certain parties from representing the tenant for a ten year term from Whitsunday 1853. Debate centers on lease irritancy, arrears, and caution against the Theatre Royal Company with insurance and shares issues discussed.
Willam Laing a farmer from Skaul Mains Thurso sued for 3000 pounds after a July 28 1883 Perth Station collision with a London express while travelling home from Edinburgh. He accepted a 1500 pounds tender from the railway company.
The Edinburgh Town Council approved a £500 honorarium for the Lord Provost for his year in office and lauded his leadership. They refused the tramways’ bid to run cars by mechanical power, granted £1000 to Watt Institution, and reviewed accounts and office accommodations, memorial plans for Dr Chambers, and Powburn drainage with broader city-health focus.
The winter session at the University of Edinburgh opened with an inaugural address by Principal Sir Alexander Grant in the United Presbyterian Synod Hall Castle Terrace. A large audience attended including many ladies in the gallery. The Students' Representative Council had previously held an extraordinary meeting to arrange stewards for the event.
A Leith Town Council special meeting urged government to grant Leith its own Member of Parliament, citing population and wealth advantages over other towns. Proposals considered include potential impacts on Portobello and Musselburgh and a petition to Gladstone.
The Principal urged unity and service to the University of Edinburgh as it enters its fourth century. Attendees applauded and resolved to promote welfare and honor, with the benediction given by Professor Fhat as the address drew attentive, orderly response.
The Faculty of Law at the University of Edinburgh opened its new session with an address on Economic Principles in Legislation by Professor Nicholson. The Scots Law Classroom, newly renovated, hosted attendees including Professor Macpherson, Professor Fraser Tytler, and J P Coldstream.
The winter medical session at the University of Glasgow opened in Bute Hall with Principal Caird presiding and Professor Leishman delivering the opening lecture. He suggested extending the minimum course duration from four to five years, as already done at some Continental universities.
The Edinburgh Synod met yesterday. After appointing Hugh A. Stewart as moderator for the half year the fund reports showed Sustentation Fund receipts of £56,665 for five months and foreign missions £1,662 for the half year. A motion urged the War Office to provide Presbyterian chaplains for troops abroad, noting shortages with the Nile expedition and Egypt garrison. The Synod adjourned after debate.
Mr Robert Wilson was ordained to the pastorate of Linlithgow East U.P. Church with full Presbytery attendance and a strong congregational turnout. Rev. Mr Robertson preached the ordination sermon and Rev. Mr Leckie addressed the minister. The Presbytery of Chirnside also agreed to the translation of Rev. David Millar to Queensferry parish church.
An invalid retired officer, Herr Kostler, aged 46, was murdered in Schaeffer Gasse by a youth of about twenty who entered while an old woman was away. The killer searched the home and left after stealing a silver watch and a small amount of money. Kostler died at the hospital. A second murder of a woman named Schiake in her shop occurred on the 16th. Both killers remain at large.
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