... Greig and William Sutherland, slaters, were employed, on scaffold, about sixteen feet from the ground, in front of the house 63 Grass-market, Edinburgh, one of the planks, forming part of the scaffold, suddenly orerbalanccd, whereby Sutherland was precipated ...

... handkerchief bound over her eyes, and the request was complied with. A few minutes before nine the procession moved towards the scaffold, the male prisoner going first. Mrs Manning followed soon afterwards, but being blindfolded, according to her request, it ...

... forty thousand individuals were present on the occasion. The prisoner walked with the utmost firmness and composure to the scaffold ; and having knelt down, he engaged in prayer with Roman Catholie priest, by whom he was attended. At the conclusion of the ...

... SCOTLAND. Serious Accident.—Tuesday afternoon, scaffolding used in the building of the British Linen Company's Bank, St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, gave way, consequence of which two masons, named Robert Whiteside and Christopher Wilson, fell with considerable ...

... there being great rush see its close, the pressure of the crowd became great to puih over the scaffold, when two boys, about twelve years of age, were killed under it. On|flie 9th ami 16tli ult., respectively, MrGeore* Vanna, officer of revenue (late Excise) ...

... between the rival part'es of Catholics aitd Orangemen. ire troops were compelled to que'.l tire entente, but 12 persons were killed and a number wounded. Lieut. IVaohorn. —We understand that Lieut, Waghorn, the celebrated overland voyager to India has been ...

... broken, but he was considerably bruised. It is said that when he saw the crane beginning to give way, he leaped from the scaffold on which it was erected into the Cowie Water, and did not therefore come contact with the fragments of the crane The young ...