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 it was as well so) to prove their valour, they contented themselves with waylaying the unarmed and innocent, who were so unfortunate as to exhibit themselves. A former reporter of our own, lately connected with the Melbourne 'Morning Herald' here, was drawn to see what was going on by hearing the noise; on seeing how matters stood, he was returning to his tent, not far off, when a trooper intercepted him. He was handcuffed by two other troopers who came up, and driven to the mob of prisoners there collected. He is said to be mortally wounded.

"The spectacle presented at the stockade this morning was sufficient to appal the stoutest heart. About twenty dead bodies (many of them riddled with balls), pikes, spent balls, and pools of blood, showed where the contest had been most deadly. It is said that there were several more bodies, but that they were removed by friends early in the morning.

"The place, which has been visited by nearly all the diggers before this, is situated a little beyond the late Eureka Hotel, nearer the Eureka line.

"The men who were killed in the stockade are, many of them, unknown, though some are well known to all old residents. Those which remained up till near midday were removed to the camp, and buried at the same time as the soldiers who fell on the occasion. Of those who escaped but little is known, and that little is contradictory.

"About noon another notice was given out:—