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DEATH of The RIGHT 110,-. LORD 11111ULESDALE

nom the Lect—ls
We are this well under the 'Wilful nerusaity of an-
nouncing the donii-ze of Ibis amiable awl tidy patriotic
N•ibleinan. dial nil the 52.1 inst. at his seat, Gisbunic
war Skiptuti, (7raven.

Lord R bblesdale was born the Z?al of March, 17:12, and
married, 1769, Rebecca, daughterof Joseph Fielding, Esq.
of the kingdom of Ireland, by Elizabeth, daughter of ('hris-
topher Jackson, of the county of Nottirighatn. Ey ;his mar-
riage his Lordship had issue one son, the Hon. Thomas
Lister (now Lord Rib)lesdale), born the 123e1 of January,
;9,), and two daughters. Doring the American war he
raised, at his own expense, a regiment of horse for he use
of Government, called Lister's Light Dragoons, and after-
wards, at the breaking out of' the French Revolution, be-
came Colonel of the Craven Legion of Yeomanry Cavalry,
whirl; commission he retained to his death. For these
and other important services to his country, coupled with
his high and illustrious descent, his late Majesty raised
him to the Peerage, 9.(ith October, 1797, be the title of
Baron Ribble:sash.. It is needless to add, that his Lord-
ship's political opinions were, upon all questions, truly in
accordance with the principles of the Constitution, as
settled in PM. Ile was a patron of the Fine Arts, and
possesses! a valuable collection of pictures at Gisbure
Park, including sa.ne choice portraits, viz. one of Ge-
neral Lambert, and one of Oliver Cromwell, by Sir Peter
Lely, said to be taken by the Protector's own order, with
all his singular warts anti protuhvrances.
The possessions of this noble family upon the borders of
the river, which gives origin to the title, ate 1w descent of
extraordinary antiquity, having been acquired about the
6th Edward 11., LIM by the mare isfre of John, son of Sir
Thomas Lister, with Isabel, elanhter and heiress of John
de Bolton, from which Thomas Lister the present pos-
sessor is the Isth in lineal descAlt. The above Isabel, it
is believed. also, was descended, through the illustrious
families of Clare, Gant, and Roumare, from the old Saxon
Earls of Mercia ; de Roumare, one of the great
Norman Barons, having, after the Conquest, married
Lucy, sister and heiress of Edwin. the last Earl, and
thereby possessing, as it is quoted by Sir William Dugdale
in his Munastiesn, " Crayennam. et Couplandiam, et Al-
lerdale, et Co.. keram, jure hereditario." Gisburne Park
is remarkable for a herd of wild catde, descendants of the
indigenous breed which once crowded the forests of Lan-
cashire. This speci..s, Irving without horns, differs front
those of Lyme, in Ch,:shire, and Chillingham Casale, in
Northumhrland, where alone the race is besides preserved
in England. They are white, save the tips of their noses,
which are Hack. and are mischievms and insidions in ap-
proaching the oNect of their resentment. 11Ir. Lister, a con-
nexion of Lord Ribblesdale's, is said to be the author of the
present popular novel, G ranky.

ELECTIoN OF .1 LORD MAYOR.

Yestenlay being the day appointed by the City Charter for the
election of a Lord Mayor for the year ensuing, the Livery, from
an eaily hour in the morning. were on the qui rive and the spa-
cious avenue is limit of Guildhall was soon crowdedi by numbers
of idle and curious persons' attracted by the gorgeousness of the
City State Carria4cs, which were waiting there, and by the
other cu‘tottury piano and parade of the occasion. The usual
barriers were ertctad is front of the Hall, and a strong body of
officers station, .1 there, to secure the Livery a free ingress and
egress. ft soon became aptstrent that the attendance of the Li.
very would bn unusually num.:tons; and it was said a powerful
attempt would lie made to disturb the usual order of rotation,
by the rejection of 3lr. Alderman 13rown, and the election of 31r.
Alderman Lucas, the next in rotation. As, however, it is necessary
that a return of two Aldermen should be made by the Livery, for
the Court of Aldermen to make their choice front, it was planned
by the party above al:oiled to, that Mr. Alderman Thompson
should be returned in cnejunetion with that gentleman. On the
other hand, a patty, the number and strength of which were
variously stated, was prepared to oppose, with the utmost velie-
menet:, the expected attempt at an infraction of the usual order
of succession. They argued that there was nothing, either in
the public or private character of Mr. Alderman Brown, to
call for the unmerited slight proposed to be put upon him, and
which, they said, was more to be censured as it PM understood
in be certainly not at the desire of Mr. Alderman Lucas, that gen-
tleman having &elated his willingness, and, indeed, wish, rather
to wait another year. when the usual order would place hint within
the fair prospect of the honour, titan be the cause of dissension
among any part of the worthy body of which he was a member.
How these arguments were answered by the party who had planned
the ejection of Mr. Alderman Brown, or what were their motives
for that course, dots not exactly appear; bin certain it is, they
expected a most vigorous contest, it being understood that Alder-
man Brown would, if necessary, demand a pall, and pursue the
same to the utmost, while, on the other hand, there were many who
were appreltemive that Jlr. Alderman Lucas would personally de-
cline standing a path . _

At a little rfter eleven o'clock yesterday morning, the first symp.
toms of the appmaching important business were given by the de.
p inure of the Lord Mayor, the body of Aldermen, the City Offi-
cers, and the Genileown of the Ilousehell, all of them in their full
robes, front iho Council Chamber in Guildhall, where they had as-
sembled for the purpose of avending Divine Service at the adjacent
Church of St. Lawrence Jewry. The preivnt Lord Mayor being
a member of ,he St it:onrs' Company, a large proportion of the
Livery of that Company paid hits the usual mark of respect in such
cases, by attenling tl,a, Churl:).

,
On the return ni titc. laved Marne, Aldermen, and suite, they re-
tired to the t'ottouttn f:nnocil Chamber, whLrice they returned, and
wok thclr seats on thc in the Common HAI, at one
o'clock precisely. The Lord Mayor, on taking his seat, was re-
ceived with loud cheers.
Alderman Atkias Anti .110erman Waith.»an followed.
Alderman llretc:l net,: t.tor.t: forward, and was received with loud
hisses. ningled with shouts of applause, as were Alderman Lucas
end Alderman Thompson.

The Court having been opened in the usual manner by the City
Crier,

The RECORDET: st-Ippcd forward and raid, they had ase:etubled
for the purpose of Of t!,; it Ila7ktrate,t, eta the Court
of Aldermen to tna!:e ir of the tu•e• ,hotthl assume
the imprtant or.:ce or It wd for the year e,:,:tb,g. The 11:1,11C3
of the hlagi<:rat2, ettih.d uter iu regular order, for them
to rlnkt their e: c!i
The Aldermen liavin,q, retired,

The City Crier celled nut their names in the following order:—
First. Alderman Ittotva, far whom the shrew of hand. was very
great, and comptited certainly a majority of the Lirery present.
The name of Alderman Lomas was next announced, and several
hands were held up for him, hut not more than a third of the cum-
ber which had bv:m sitcrin for Nr. Aldo-man Brown. Rome par-
son. in the c.ce edltd out " Not now—nent yar."

Altletrman Thompson's name was proclAinled Lut only
three hands were L-. 1 tip for him.

The names of Aiiitril'ion Crowder, aid Laurie, were next
announced, and were sever.dly reci.ived With uppisuse, but nu Lands
were held up fur them.
The COMMON Snnt.EANT then came forward, and announced
the slection to :Live in the opinion of the lieriflS, fa 1 n upua
Alderman Brown aLd Alderman Lucas.

The remit tea. Own, is tile usual ontnner, conveyed to the Court
of Aldermen' e our and shortly they re into Ct, when the He-
eerier stepped d forsvanl, rmd aim tae election of the Court of
Aldermen to byre fallen ellen

Lrown.

The Officer then came inrward, and iav,b:cti him with the gold
chain.

Alderman Bnotrx then stepped in front of the huFeintr, red in
a very neat speech thanked tile Livery far the honour they had
done him, and which he felt the more sensibly, as it was by the
handsante and generous manna. in which they had now come for-
ward that he had t;;:en chic to triumph t,ver the oi•pot.i:ion which
had been tnrnied ngainst him.
Upon the motion of Mr. Deputy Dan-, setonticd by Mr. !TA rIT.
LEY. a vote of thanks to Mr. Alderman Crowder and T.iiimits
Kelly, Eq., as tat:: Sheri'S, was uiianinn.usly agreed to and GC-
(lend to he advertised.

l:neini; handed to the Lord Mayor a rerpt:;ninn
for a Cumming) jjall upet the sttlijeet of the tern Laws, and rn•
petitions to Parliament thereon, briilly intimated the batlle to the

Livery.
3lr. HENRY iIt:NT then came forward, and stated, that he had
'w, a req.lisition for a Connuou Hall upon, the same subjuct, which
he pee to his Lord nip.

-Thekall was then disselrcd, and the Lard Mayor and Alder.
oleo returned to the l ouncil Chambr, r, where they held a Court of
Altletmen for the despatch of public business, at which
The Sit-rift's reported the state of the several gaols and the health
of the prisooters.
The Inquest of the AVarrl of Cheap attended with, a present-
ment respecting impro?cr weights and measures, %bleb was referred
to the Alderman of the Ward.

The Inquest of St. Sepulchre attended with a presentment of the
bad and Inquest
cot thict of people in Fleet.market on Sunday
mornings. frequenting the public-houses there, which was referred
to the Police Committee.

The LORD MAYON presented to the Court a narrative of the
prozadinga which took place upon the recent view of the river
f banns, it the upper &Arleta of that nay igatton, which was ordered
to be entered.

Thanks were unanimously voted to the Lord Mayor's Chaplain,
for his very excellent Sermon, preached this day before the elec-
tion of Lord illayor, and he was requested to pried it, and send a
copy to every member.
sundry persons were sworn, others allowed to be admitted, and
several, on their applications, discharged from the office of brokers.
Licenses were granted to Coal-undertikent. Commissioners of
the Court of Requests for October were appointed.
The Chambe•risin reported the state of the Orphans' Fund, upon
'which he was directed to take the necessary measures for the dis-
' charge of 12,13001., part of the ontetanding debt.