Hijloncal Chronicle. 



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On Mr H's coming from his 

 carriage. Lieutenant G. was 

 ftanding on his ground \n an 

 oblique polition, ready to fire, 

 but feeing Mr H. not prepared, 

 changed his pofition, fo as to 

 prefent his fall front to his an- 

 tagonift. Lieutenant G. again 

 afked if he was ready, and be- 

 ing anfwered in the afRrma- 

 tive, he, without refuming his 

 former oblique pofition, fired, 

 and wounded Mr H. near the 

 groin ; Mr H. fired at the fame 

 moment, and ftumbkdforward 

 on receiving the wound ; his 

 ball took place under Lieute- 

 nant G's left pap; he fell inftant- 

 ly, attempted to fpeak, but 

 WAS choaked at once, the blood 

 guQiing violently from his 

 mouth. A Mr Thomas, a fur- 

 geon in the army, who lives 

 near the fpot, was prefent, but 

 could give no afliRance. 



On his falling, his friends 

 feemed to lofe the power of 

 approaching him, and we are 

 informed that theirtears ftrong- 

 ly fpoke their high opinion of 

 this unfortunate young man's 

 amiable qualities, wlio w^s juft 

 entered his 23d year. 



The folly of a miitaken point 

 of honour, fcreened by the 

 weakncfs of our laws, has thus 

 in a moment hurrieil a man, 

 formed to be an ornament oi 

 fbciety, to an untimely grave . 



Mr Grant was a iiaiive of 

 Scotland, of a very good fami- 

 ly, and v/a-i much beloved by 

 his brother officers. 



On J he y.vJ DeceT-ber, at 

 half p.-ift eight o'clock in tlic 

 morning, .- fire broke out in a 

 young lady's apartme'^t'-', on 

 the kcoiid flaorin Richmond- 



Houfe, Privy Gardens, Lon- 

 don ; which was occafioned by 

 a fpark having ihot from the 

 fire to the bed furniture, v/here 

 the young lady lay afleep ; the 

 alarm being given, (he was 

 with difficulty conduifled down 

 flairs ; about ten,, the flames 

 communicated nearly to the 

 roof, by which time only one 

 engine had come. • The Duke 

 of Richmond took the pipe in 

 his own hand, and conduced 

 the water to the place where 

 it broke out; but the fire in- 

 creafed fo iad, that they fotmd. 

 it neceflary to remove the fur- 

 niture, books, &c. to the D;ilce 

 of Buccleu;;h's houfe ; and a- 

 bout one o'cloclc the whole 

 roof fell in ; tliree floating en- 

 gine^ on the river played 1,'ie- 

 water on the ea!t fide, and ?. 

 niim.ber of engines in the yard 

 ■played very rapidly, fo that 

 foon after four o'clock they 

 got it nearly under. The Duke 

 of York, with alout 300 of the 

 Coldflream regiirient, affided! 

 the waterm.en, and kept oft" the 

 mob. A youn'j man, who ven- 

 tured into the center window- 

 for a favourite dog, received 

 ten guineas from the Duke of 

 Richmond, and one from the 

 Duke of York. The Duke's 

 valuable and fplendid Mufeum 

 was fortunately fived, but the 

 damage is eftimated at fome 

 thoiifand poimd'.' 



About two o'clock on Mon- 

 day morning, tl^'e 13th D^-c. 

 a moft dreadful (ire broke out 

 at the fugar houfe of Mr En- 

 gell, WtUclofe-lquare, London,, 

 which entiiely confumed the 

 fime, together with another 

 behind contiguous to itjthi 



