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they instantly made after them, al- 
though only the keeper was armed, 
who had a double-barrel gun; 
when they got near them, one of 
the men presented his gun, declar- 
ing they would fire if they did not 
keep off; they, however, ‘persist- 
ing in approaching them, the men 
fired, and kiiled one of the keeper’s 
companions, an old man, on the 
spot ; the kceper then fired one of 
his barrels, which was loaded with 
shot, at the legs of his opponents, 
thinking to intimidate them; on 
which the three, whose guns were 
loaded, fired at the keeper and his 
companion, but luckily without 
the intended effet, though the 
keeper heard the balls whiz by 
him; he then fired his remaining 
barrel, which was lozded with ball, 
and killed one of them. ‘he re- 
port of the guns, bringing some 
people to the spot, the three men 
were secured, and lodged in gaol, 
Letters from Vienna state 
the unfortunate death of the 
archduke Leopold, palatine of Hun- 
gary, and brother to the emperor, 
on Friday the roth instant. On 
that day, the emperor and his bro- 
ther amused themselves at the Im- 
perial palace at Luxembourg, near 
Vienna, with preparing fire-works, 
assisted by a page and an Hunga. 
rian chasseur, ‘he emperor had 
been some time superintending this 
business, when finding the room 
warm, he walked out for the bene- 
fitof the air. ‘Che acchduke wished 
to try the effect of a rocket at one 
of the windows, but, it rebounded 
back again and set fire to the pow- 
der, and other fire-works, which 
were there. [very one ran to lend 
all possible assistance as soon as the 
explosion was heard, but all efforts 
were in vain. The archduke ex. 
29th. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1795. 
pired, after suffering fifteen hourg 
of excruciating pain. | 
Diep — At: Lymington, Dr, 
Adair Crawford, physician to St. 
Thomas’s hospital, professor of chy- 
mistry at Woolwich, and author of 
‘© Experiments and Observations 
on Animal Heat and the Inflamma- 
tion of Combustible Bodies: being 
an attempt to resolve these pheno-~ 
mena into a general law of nature,’ 
8vo. 1799. 
ALG Goa Sr. 
Létters from Jamaica, by 
the last mail, dated June 14, 
give an account of a dreadful fire 
which broke out the r2th of that 
month at the town of Montego Bay 
in that island. One hundred and 
ten of the best houses in the town 
were destroyed. Two hundred 
hogsheads of sugar, and one hun- 
dred puncheons of rum, besides 
great quantities of provisions, wine,’ 
soap, candles, and other property, 
belonging to the merchants, were’ 
totally consumed. ‘The loss is esti- 
mated at little less than 400,000. 
The accident was occasioned by a 
gunsmith; while he was forging 
the spring of a gun, the sparks 
from the forge flew among the 
straw of a crate of earthen-ware, 
which blazing up, set fire to the 
house, This trivial accident caused 
the devastation in less than three 
hours. 
Mr. Mallet, wine-merchant of 
Mark-lane, lost his life a few days 
ago on the road to Bath, in conse~ 
quence of the following melancho- 
ly accident : he was travelling with 
his lady and child in a gig, when: 
the horse became somewhat unruly, 
Ist. 
and passing over a rut or stone, Mr. 
Mallet, 
