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 of the chief civil officers and principal inhabitants, who turned out volunteers in that ervice; being unued to the hardhips attending patrolling the treets all night, and watching to give notice of approaching danger, they preferred the more inviting enjoyments of diverions and good cheer in the guard-room; where, overcome by thee amuements, between two and three o'clock in the morning they all retired to their own homes, wholly unapprehenive of further danger for that time.

This ame evening, ome ill-dipoed French inhabitants found means to ininuate themelves into Cahacrou fort, where they contrived to make the few oldiers there on duty intoxicated with liquor, and afterwards filled up the touch-holes of the cannon with and; o that when it was tormed by the French the next morning it was eaily taken, and two of the Englih oldiers paid