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fortunate people, was swamped 

 between Ramsgate and Calais, 

 when every soul perished : the 

 individuals consisted of four wo- 

 men, the rest men (the whole 

 French), who had brought over, 

 about three weeks since, fruit and 

 vegetables. Soon after their ar- 

 rival, the officer of the customs 

 proceeded to examine the vessel, 

 and discovered, under the gun- 

 wale, a quantity of Valenciennes 

 lace ; the boat (a remarkably fine 

 yawl) was confiscated. Since that 

 period, they have been wandering 

 about the island. On Sunday 

 morning, a Flemish fisherman, 

 taking pity on their situation, un- 

 dertook to carry them over in a 

 small boat, which would not live 

 in any sea. They all embarked, 

 in a fresh gale, and were in- 

 gulfed before they had got half 

 way over. 



10. A fire broke out this morn- 

 ing at two o'clock, in High-street, 

 Shadwell, opposite the Police- 

 office. It commenced in the 

 house of Mr. Andrews, a haber- 

 dasher, and communicated to the 

 adjoining houses, from whence it 

 sjiread with irresistible fury to 

 others, until twentv dwellin<fs 

 were consumed ; and from the 

 rapidity of the flames, a very 

 small part of the property, which 

 principally belonged to poor per- 

 sons, could be saved. The ser- 

 vant lad of Mr. Andrews, but for 

 the providential aid of a ladder, 

 must have perished. Two hours 

 elapsed before water could be ob- 

 tained. The houses on the op- 

 posite side of the street were pre- 

 served with difficulty. Many of 

 them were considerably injured; 

 and but for the extraordinary ac- 

 Uvity of the watermen, the Police- 



office must have been burnt to 

 the ground. Mr. Andrews, whose 

 stock was extensive, is said to be 

 insured to the amount of 2,000/. 

 Many of the other sufferers were 

 not so fortunate. 



11. This morning the family 

 of the Hon. Mr. Herbert, at 

 Mitcham, were alarmed by the 

 report of a spring-gun, which had 

 been placed in the garden, (and of 

 which the regular notice had been 

 given) : the servants, on repairing 

 to the spot, found a man lying a 

 few yards distant, lifeless ; he was 

 discovered to be an old oftender, 

 who, only a few days before, had 

 been detected, by a similar report, 

 in another gentleman's garden, 

 and then only a few shot being 

 lodged in his legs, he was, under 

 the idea of this circumstance being 

 a sufficient caution, set at liberty. 



13. The gardener of Mr. Sher- 

 brook, Leighton Buzzard, Bed- 

 fordshire, suffered a melancholy 

 death. Mr. S. had frequently 

 previous had his pinery robbed, 

 and on Thursday night the gar- 

 dener determined to sit up and 

 watcii ; he accordingly posted 

 himself in the green-house, with 

 a loaded fowling-piece, where it 

 is supposed he fell asleep, and in 

 the morning was found dead on 

 the ground, with all the appear- 

 ance of suffocation, evidently oc- 

 casioned by the discharge of rae- 

 phitic gas from the plants during 

 the night. 



15, An anniversary service was 

 performed in the chapel of the 

 Thuilleries for her late Majesty 

 Marie Antoinette, Queen of 

 France. The King, the Royal 

 Family, and the whole Court at- 

 tended. The King was in his 

 pew, with a crape round his arm. 



