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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Suspects in the arson of Portsmouth Dockyard storehouses were examined before the Secretaries of State, with Sir John Fielding attending. King's messengers, accompanied by Fielding's men, are believed to be pursuing others involved. An offender is expected to receive a pardon for revealing details of the fire.
Merged-components note: Sequential components continuing report on Portsmouth dockyard fire investigation; relabeled as foreign_news since event is in England.
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Two of his Majesty's Messengers have been absent for upwards of a Fortnight, but it is not yet publickly known where, or upon what Business, they are gone; however, from their being accompanied by some of Sir John Fielding's Gang, it is imagined they are gone in Quest of some Persons concerned in the said Fire.
A mutual Offender, it is said, is to have his Pardon for discovering how, and by whom, the above Fire happened.
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Portsmouth Dockyard
Event Date
Yesterday
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a mutual offender is to have his pardon for discovering how, and by whom, the above fire happened.
Event Details
Persons taken up for setting fire to storehouses in Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday were examined before the Secretaries of State, with Sir John Fielding attending, but no further details transpired. Two of his Majesty's Messengers have been absent for over a fortnight, accompanied by members of Sir John Fielding's gang, believed to be in pursuit of others involved in the fire.