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The commander of an ordnance 

 transport, two Greenwich water- 

 men, and the master of a peter- 

 boat, being on the spot when the 

 chests were first discovered, 

 claimed an equal right to their 

 contents. A maUet and chisel 

 were brought from the transport, 

 and the chests were opened. Up- 

 on ascertaining the contents, the 

 Greenwich watermen, more pru- 

 dent or more honest than their 

 colleagues, proposed that the 

 whole of the bags should be taken 

 to the water bailiff for the benefit 

 of the owners. This was object- 

 ed to, and the property was di- 

 vided J but, unfortunately for the 

 master of the transport, whilst 

 his boys were carrying a part of 

 liis share to his house, they were 

 seized by an officer, who had been 

 all day on the look-out. The 

 boys, being interrogated, con- 

 fessed where the remainder of 

 their master's booty was hid, and 

 the doUais were immediately re- 

 moved from their hiding-place in 

 the sand. The next step was to 

 take the master into custody, and 

 to look after his colleagues ; 

 but, to the credit of the Green- 

 wich watermen, they came for- 

 ward the next morning with the 

 whole of their share of the spoil, 

 and with an offer of their evidence 

 as to that part of the transaction 

 in which they had been engaged. 

 On Friday the master of the 

 transport and the watermen un- 

 derwent an examination before 

 several magistrates, at a public- 

 house near Shooter's-hill. 



14. Bury. Saturday se'nnight 

 the out-buildings upon a farm in 

 the parish of Henham, Essex, oc- 

 cupied by ]Mr. Thomas Nottidge, 

 were discovered to be on fire ; 



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and, notwithstanding the most 

 prompt exertions, all the build- 

 ings, with other property to a 

 considerable amount, were totally 

 destroyed. Monday se'nnight a 

 haulm-stack, belonging to Mr. 

 Harvey, Hartest, was consumed 

 by fire. Thursday last a thrash- 

 ing-machine was taken into the 

 market-place at Clare, and burnt 

 by the populace. On Friday 

 night two very large stacks of 

 hay, and one of wheat, the pro- 

 perty of Mr. Turner, of Brock 

 ford, were destroyed by fire. On 

 Sunday afternoon, about three 

 o'clock, whilst the inhabitants of 

 Lawshall were attending divine 

 service, an alarming fire broke 

 out in a barn, containing 50 

 coombs of wheat, belonging to 

 Mr. Bradley, of that place, which 

 in a short time consumed the 

 same, together with a granary 

 (in which were some barley and 

 oats), two stables, a cow-house, 

 piggeries, four horses, six calves, 

 and a sow and nine pigs. Yester- 

 day se'nnight, a riotous assem- 

 blage of men, women, and chil- 

 dren, 100 in number, broke the 

 windows of Mr. Hayward's flour- 

 mill at Needham-market, and 

 then dispersed, without attempt- 

 ing any further mischief. 



1.5. Shane's Castle, the ancient 

 residence of the noble family of 

 O'Neil, in the county of Antrim, 

 Ireland, has been destroyed. In 

 the evening of this day, when 

 Earl O'Neil and some friends 

 were at dinner, one of the chim- 

 neys was discovered to be on 

 fire, which burned until it ap- 

 proached near to the top, when 

 the chimney burst, and the fire 

 communicated with the timbers 

 of the roof, and spread with such 



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