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 buildings that were conumed, while they tood looking on, diverted with the cene.

The oldiers were buy, the chief time of the fire, in ecuring for themelves the property of the inhabitants; breaking open boxes, trunks, and chets, driving in the heads of caks of liquor, and taking out what quantity they could in their hats, bottles, and other veels, letting the ret run out into the treets. Some of the French inhabitants were alo buily employed in the ame manner; one of them in particular, of the name of "Pn," was actually detected with everal articles of value belonging to Englih people; and in particular a cak of Madeira wine, the property of a Mr. John Tiletone, a reputable tavern-keeper in that town; who afterwards recovered the value of it by a uit at law againt the aid Pn. This