~ affifted to his carriage. 
“« J am fatisfied.” 
CHRONICLE. 
dependent ele&tors, who had gene- 
roufly fupported his caufe, the caufe 
-of the people, which he fhould evér 
maintain whilft he had a fhilling 
left. 
nell The heat of the weather 
* was more intenfe than is com- 
monly felt in the Weft Indies. In 
Fahrenheit’s thermometer the mer- 
cury rofe to 80°, and was fucceeded 
-in many places by ftorms of thun- 
der and lightning that were very 
deftructive, particularly in its courte 
to the fouth-weftward. At Yeovil 
a man was torn to pieces by the 
lightning. At Upway, in Dorfet.. 
fhire, a dairy-houfe was burned 
down. And at Wincanton, Frome, 
and Bradford, the ftorm-was very 
alarming. 
A duel was fought be- 
tween capt. Harvey Afton 
and lieut. Fitzgerald of the 6oth 
regiment of foot. The caufe of the 
difpute happened at Ranelagh, but 
fo long before the challenge; that 
it was imagined all idea of hoftility 
had ceafed. A field belonging to 
Chalk-lodge farm, near Hampitead, 
was the chofen fpot, and break of 
day the-time appointed. Lord 
Charles Fitzroy was fecond to capt. 
Afton; and Mr. Wood was fecond 
to lieut. Fitzgerald. Ten yards 
was the ground meafured; and Mr. 
Fitzgerald had the firft fire. He 
refted his piftol on his left arm, and 
took aim accordingly. The ball 
took a direétion fo as to glance on 
Mr. Afton’s wrift, and pafled from 
thence under his right cheek-bone, 
25th. 
and through the neck. On receiv- 
ing this wound, capt. Afton called 
to his antagonilt, « Are you fatif- 
fied?” the anfwer returned was, 
Mr. Afton then 
retired from the ground, and was 
Happily 
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the wound is not likely to prove 
mortal. 
Diep, at Kingfvood near Bath, 
aged 101, Mary Rofe. 
At Fintry Mill, Edinburgh, aged 
113, John Buchanan. He retained 
all his faculties. 
At Dundee, aged 107, James 
Peters, a travelling packman. 
UTk Us ¥. 
In confequence of a difpute d 
which happened during the 3° 
election at Guildford, Mr. John 
Alcock (nephew.to fir Jofeph Maw- 
bey) called upon Mr. Sewell; and 
they met, at feven o’clock this 
morning, in a field behind Kilburn 
Wells; the former attended .by 
capt. Burnell, and the latter by capt. 
Newgeil. As foon as they had 
taken their ground, they both fired 
together, without effect,. Mr. Sew- 
ell’s fecond piftol went off acci- 
dentally, and the ball lodged in his 
own foot. Mr. Alcock then fired, 
and his ball pafled through the fkirt 
of Mr. Sewell’s coat.—'The feconds 
interpofed, and the affair termi- 
nated to mutual {atisfaction. 
A young whale, of the Greenland 
fpecies, was found this evening 
among the rocks near Liverpool. 
Tt meafured 18 feet 6 inches in 
length, and 10 feet 4 inches in cir- 
cumference in the largeft part. It 
had been left on fhore by the tide, 
and was nearly dead when difco- 
vered, 
Was commencement day at 
Cambridge. On the preced- 
ing evening his royal highnefs the 
duke of Gloacefter arrived at Tri- 
nity Lodge; and the next morning 
was waited upon by the vice. chan- 
cellor, noblemen, heads of houfes, 
[0] dottore, 
6th. 
