... frigates were boarded and taken, and Fort Am- sterdam carried by storm in one hour, with the loss of only four Britisii seamen killed, and 14 wounded. — The details were given in an Extra- ordinary Gazette, published on Sunday morn- ing, but we have only room ...

... wedges for the deceased, who was on the roof, witness being on the scaffold. The deceased was standing on a ladder lying upon the roof, the end of which was fasbened to the scaffolding. Deceased was leaning over the left side of the ladder to reach the ...

... with the Nile Flotilla under General Earle. Paris, Tuesday. A despatch from Saigon says that the rebels in Cambodia have killed the French officer in command of a military post, and several of his men. Horace Jay was executed in Wandsworth Gaol this ...

... Reading a portion of a scaffolding gave way, an engine which was used to draw up material fell upon the ground, and a man named Cox was killed in- stantaneously, while some other men had a very narrow- escape from the falling scaffold. The engine was smashed ...

... cells of Martin and Rudge and pinioned them. His assistant performed the same office for Baker. The three men walked to the scaffold, a distance of only twenty or thirty yards. They were immediately placed upon the drop. Martin was in the centre, with R ...

... fell from a height ol 150 fret on to the roof leads of the nave, a distance of about 50 feet, through the breaking of a scaffold rope he was in the act of arranging. He sustained severe injuries exter- nally and internally, but no bones were fractured ...

... Correct Statement of tbe Killed and Wounded in Admiral Duckworth! 's late gallant Action. Superb — 6 killed and 56 wounded — 62. Northumberland— 2l killed and 79 wounded— loo. Canopus — B killed and 22 wounded — 3o. Spencer-— lB killed aud ...

... not a little pleased at the speedy issue which has taken place. As far as I can learn not more than 1 or 5 Englishmen were killed in the late dreadful transactions. There have been despatches this afteroon from the British Ambassador at Paris, in which ...

... spiritual ad- visers reminded him, that the command of Holy Writ was — Thou shalt not kill. « Yes, (replied the prisoner) but that means, that we should not kill another person. It was quite manifest the notions of the unhappy man upon religious mat- ...

... one or two mouth-, according to the nature of the wounds; if one killed, the survivor shall confined from one to four years ; if the challenge be a oufivnce, (to the death) and one lie killed, the survivor shall Ik- confined from two to ten years, there ...

... some new cottages at Chevington. On the 2nd December I was on the scaffold, and I heard a gun fired. I looked and saw James Rosbrook with a gun in his hand. He came up on to the scaffold to his work, and John Rosbrook went over into the field and picked ...

... ind the consideration of what is as yet remote. At Friedrichshagen, an hour's drive from Berlin, the scaffolding cf a new building collapsed, killing one work- man and severely injuring six others, of whom two died subsequently. The Horns Secretary has ...