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placed them on Cossack horses, 

 and galloped ofF with them to the 

 Russian head-quarters. 



23. A fire broke out at Sidney 

 College, Cambridge. It was dis- 

 covered about 11 o'clock at night; 

 when upon examination it was 

 found that two chambers in diffe- 

 rent parts of the building were on 

 fire ; but the flames were very 

 soon extinguished. In consequence 

 of the depositions of the watchman, 

 a student, who had that day taken 

 his degree, has been examined be- 

 fore the magistrates, and is detain- 

 ed in custody. 



24'. In the evening, three sea- 

 men belonging to the Indefatiga- 

 ble frigate were returning to their 

 ship from Portsea Hard, when one 

 of them, Malcolm Macdonald, tap- 

 ped a man, who he supposed was 

 a waterman, upon the shoulder, 

 saying to him, " Give us a put on 

 board." The man, who happened 

 to be a Spaniard, sharply asked, in 

 the Spanish language, what he 

 wanted ? One of Macdonald's 

 ship-mates, who understood Spa- 

 nish, answered him, " Nothing." 

 The Spaniard, however, without 

 more words, or provocation, col- 

 lared Macdonald, and stabbed him 

 in two places with a knife, which 

 he drew from his bosom, and then 

 ran away. One of the seamen staid 

 by the wounded man, whilst the 

 others pursued the Spaniard to- 

 wards his boat, but could not find 

 him. Macdonald was taken on 

 board the Indefatigable, where he 

 noon died of his wounds. Lieut. 

 Scott, of that ship, immediately 

 repaired to the Spanish frigate 

 Iphigenia with one of Macdonald's 

 companions, and just as he had 

 reacned her, a Spaniard, named 

 Lucas Garces, came alongside in a 



wherry, who was instantly charged 

 with being the murderer. The 

 Spaniards have refused to let the 

 parties necessary as witnesses come 

 on shore, but, upon the deposition 

 of the surgeon of the Indefatiga- 

 ble, and the two seamen of that 

 ship, a verdict of wilful murder 

 has been returned against Lucas 

 Garces, though he is not yet in 

 custody. 



27. It has been mentioned that 

 cast-iron, when at a certain degree 

 of heat, may be cut like a piece of 

 wood with a common saw. The 

 discovery was announced in a let- 

 ter from M. Duford, director of 

 the Iron-works at Montalaire, to 

 M. D'Arcet, and published in the 

 Annales de Chimie. This experi- 

 ment was tried at Glasgow, on 

 Monday se'nnight, with complete 

 success, by a gentleman of the 

 Philosophical Society there, who, 

 in presence of the workmen be- 

 longing to an ironmonger, cut with 

 the greatest ease a bar of cast-iron, 

 previously heated to a cherry red, 

 with a common carpenter's saw, in 

 the course of less than two mi- 

 nutes ; the saw was not in the least 

 injured by the operation. 



Information having been receiv- 

 ed, that a gang of robbers intend- 

 ed attacking the Cork mail-coach, 

 on its way to Dublin, a party of 

 soldiers were stationed near the 

 spot where the attack was intend- 

 ed to take place, and about one 

 o'clock, a party of 10 armed ruflBans 

 appeared about two miles beyond 

 Ullingford ; several shots were ex- 

 changed; three of the robbers 

 were killed on the spot, one was 

 made prisoner, and the rest escaped. 

 A soldier was severely wounded. 



From the report of the commis- 

 sioners appointed to inquire into 



