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London, England, 1820-01-12 00:00:00

CORPORATION.

Yesterday • Post Assembly was held in William..
street, for the purpose of the Corporation of Dublin
rmning to a resolution on the best mode of shewing
their respect, on Saturday next, to the remains of
the much-lamented Lady Lieutenant.
A mensage was rent down from the Board of Al-
(Jenne'', recommending to the Assembly that they
ahosild agree with them in a Resolution, importing
that it would be propel and decorous in every mem-
ber of both Houses of the Corporation, that could
possibly attend the funeral of the late Countess
Talbot, to appear in full mourning on that solemn
nceasion, and to accompany the procession to Ring's

Mr. Willis thought the Resolution should be 'b.
subtle •nrl positi•v. . . . .

Mr. Filz.immous fully acquiesced in opinion
with Mr. IVillis.

The following Resolution was theu put and car-
ried unanimously, and which was afterwards adopt.
e.! by the Board :

“ The Lord Mayor and Board of Aldermen. confident
that nu body of men can more deeply regret the leas his En-
latency the Lurd Lieutenant has sustained, by lb* death of
I.:. a.mi■ble Countess, than the Corporation of Dublin, there-
tore ro quell the Members mill. by their attesilasee on So-
-1 or.t” nest, pay that tribute of respect to bee memory which
the oecas3on requires."

In consequence of the lamented (teeth of the
Countess Talbot. Sheriff Newcomb has postponed
kis Quarter Session Dinner.
The expected Meeting of Manufacturers took
place yesterday, but wits not very numerously at-
'rutted. Our Reporter remained from one o'clock
wail near Or. daring which time there was a great
deal of slerodtory eouversotion, but nothing decisive
•as resolved spew

We lrsrn that the EJrl of GLASGOW is to he
a.,10,1.ted Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire, and that
rt.1:.!1191 the office, of Lord Lieutenant of the
of Renfrew in favour of Lord BLANTYRE.
"Iv. I. to be nominated his auccewoor.—(er
Ft. £ AT OXFORD.—..Tgrenty-four chamber.,
three .tior.cases, the hall. with the valuable pic-
tufts, and all the minicar instruments for the in-
'ended concert, fell is prey to the devouring flames
it MaKrlalen Hill, on Sunday morning. All the
inmates escaped iu their.s4iits; tive.gentlemen had
nearly lost their lives in mikiug their escape.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF RINGN BENCH, GUILONARI,
TURSDAY, JANUARY 11.

TANNER V. GUBBS.
phis was an action to recover 2i,000/. being the
amount of an insurance effected by the Plaintiff'
on the Nargaritta Elizabeth and cargo, cleared out
from London for St. Thomas's, in October, 1816.
and netirtv wrecked within a mile of her destination.
The Underwriters refereed payment on the ground
of the ship not being seaworthy, and spoil this
issue was joined.
Mr. MARRTATT, for the Plaintiff, cslled
Augustus Christian late Captain of the
vessel, who proved her arrival within about a rude
of St. Tit smas's. when his rails being taken 5-hick
by a trifling gust of whirl, she raw n:1011 some
sunken ledges, called the Three Sisters. After
rolling about for some hours, andjbeing lightened
by throwing great part of the cargo overboard, she
delved and went into port. The remainder of the
cargo was started and disposed off; and surveys
were repeatedly taken by shipwright., who all
pronounced her not worth repairing ; some alleging
the occident she hail encountered as the cause,
others the original bad state of the slop. Finding
that lie could bot get her repaired, he put her up
for sale, hot no one would bid. In • few days lie
got notice from the harbour-matter, that lie must
not encumber the harbour with his wreck. and
that if the vessel remained there longer there would
he • charge of fifty dollars a• day incurred. Bring
equally unable to get her repaired or sold, Ise mule
a present of her to the Danish garrison, on cinch-
. firm, which was immediately fulfilled, of break-
ing her op for fuel.
On being cross-examined as to those two diffi-
' collier, he accounted for them satisfactorily, by re-
minding the Court that St. Thomas's had just been
surrendered to the Danes, which caused confusion
in all commercial rnd shipping affairs; besides
which, there is at all trines a scarcity of timber and
workmen on the island, and hence the decision of
the different surveys before mentioned.
Mr. John R.ittenbory. slop-budder, gave his tes-
timony in a very clear, and rather entertaining way,
of the sounduers of the vessel, which he had him-
self fitted for the voyage on her leaving England.
Several other witnesses, some having worked
upon her, others surveyed her, corroborated the
statements of the last witnesses.

Mr. SCA itLarr, for the defence, put in the depo-
sitions of the shipwrights and surveyors of Si. Tito-
mar's. The !personal evidence which he called went
against him, as on cross-sasmination they admitted
the extreme difficulty of accomplishing shipping
repairs at St. Thomas's.
Mr. MARRYATT was iii.errupted in ■ oucceasful
reply by the Jury, who would not trouble the Court
with any further proceedings, as they were already
convinced.
Verdict for the Plaintiff:

THE WEATIIIER.—.—A severe frost having, on
Sunday night last, succeeded a day of thaw, rain,
and sleet, our streets. on Monday morning, hid the
appearance of silvered glass. This state has since
continued, and the consequence has been, an un-
usual number of slippery accidents, some few of
them attended with injured limbs.—(fraterfor4
Mirror.)
During the last week we have had an intense
frost, accompanied with occa.iotial falls of snow.
In some places, we understand, our river is already
nearly covered over with ice; and should the frost
continue for some time longer, there is reason to
believe it will be generally so, in which case, we
hope, proper measures will be taken for the pre-
servation of the bridge, to prevent a recurrence cf
the great loss and inconvenience sustained by Ilse
disaster which betel it some years ago.—( Derry
Journal.)

The frost has set in this winter with extraordinary
severity : the thermometer in this neighbourhood
has been as low as 12 degrees ; and at Liverpool. in
an exposed vituation. it is stated to have sunk to 7
degrees, which is 25 below the freezing point.—
((.loucester Jintraul.)

On Thursday night, as two young men, who re-
sided •t Twyning. were returning from 'Tewkes-
bury, they imprudently attempted to walk home
upon the ire 011 the River Avon ; hut when
they got within a short distance of Twyning Fleet
Inn, lie ice broke, and they both sunk. One of
them, with great difficul.y, extricated himself,
and ran with as much expedition as his frozen
condition would permit, to the nearest house to ob.
lain essistatice fur his companion ; and though
the poor fellow's head wes above water, when
hist neighbours arrived, his chin resting upon the
edge of the ice, lie sunk to raise no more before
they could get him nut. The name of this unfor-
tunate sufferer was I.VEA•ER, a tailor, and lie had
been married only a short time previous.

On Friday last. before the 'tight lion. Lord
Viscount MIDLIIITON, at his seat at Pepper-harrow, '
Surrey, a gamekeeper of the name of Taylor, was
convicted of killing game, without bring qualified
so to do, and suhy-cred to a penally of 3/. under
very curious circumstances. It appeared that Tay-
lor we• gamekeeper to Mr. SAMUEL Scott., of the
Corn Exchange. who rents the 'moor of Macomb.
and that, cootigiions to that manor, but out of its
limits, is a farm called Munstrad, over which Mr.
ARNOLD, the occupie►, had the exclusive right of
shooting. Taylor. however. and his mailer, were
generously allowed the privilege of shooting over
Monsieur' farm whenever they pleased. But Tay-
lor, not satisfied with this indulgence. and in order
to acquire the entire spoiling. laid au information
against Mr. ARNOLD. for shooting on his own land ;
■nd he not being possessed of a freehold estate of
the annual value of 100/. was convicted in the pe.
nalty of 5/. for merely shooring of a partridge
which he himself reared, and which no other
person had a right to shoot. Mr. ARNOLD, latitg.
'taut at this treatment, immediately noticed Taylor
off his laud, and has now convicted him for shoot-
ing on Munstead farm. its the same penalty which
he himself paid. Pre:loos!), to this. Taylor hail
the assurance to inform against a friend of Mr.
Aismoi.o's ; but lie bring a qialified roan, the
attempt to convict him of course proved abortive.
—(County thromick./

LONDON SESSIONS. GUILDHALL.

These Sessions were resumed yesterday before
the Lord Mayor, Recorder. and Aldermen, at
Guildhall. The swearing in of Const•bles and
other Officers, for the ensuing year, being cons.
pitted by Iwo o'chtlt, the Court proceeded to
swear in the Grind Jury, and to try traverse cases.
SIR. SHERIFF PARKTS.
The names of the Grand Jury being about to he
called. the Recorder looked round to see if the
Sheriff. were present. it being essential that they
should 1* in Court during the swearing of the
Grand Jury.
Air. Sheriff Rothwell was in his place, hitt Mr.
Sheriff Pal kyns was absent. The Lord Mayor. in
constquence, ordered Mr. 14'ontner, the City Mar-
shal, to repair to L'.lr. Sheriff l'irkyns, who was
m1'1,154)4,4 to be within the Guildhall, and to ac-
quaint him that his presence was ueceimory in Coors.
Mr. Wootner anion returned, and acquainted the
Court that he had commuoicatrd with the Sheriff
its the hall-keeper's office. Hs answer to the Court
was. that lie was ready to attend the Lord Mayor,
but lie hid nothing to do with the Court of Sessions.
Tellthat it is not
The Recorder—.. the 441 if}
the Lord Mayor who requires his attendance, but
the Court."

Mr. IVoishier again mailed upon the Sheriff, and
brought his answer, to the effect that if his attend-
ance Wes required by the Court. an official note
should he sew to him to that effect.

The Recorder—" Tell Mr, Sheriff Parkyess that
the Court requires his immediate attendance, and
the refusal to obey this order is at his 'writ."
These messnes canoed • considerable sensation
in the Court, but soon after a cry of " Make way
for the Sheriff!" was heard.

Mr. Sheriff Parkyns having entered, walked up
to the Lord Mayor, and said, " Did you wish to
speak to me. my Lord ?"
The Loan MAYna—" No, Sir."
The Rocoonsto (lii • very loud tone)—(1 The
Court orders your attendance herr, Sir."
Sheriff PiERYNS—" I wish, S r"--.
Alderinate HUNTER—" It is the order of the
Court that you attend here."
Sl, riff PARRYN,—" Then I am here."
Alderman HUNTER—" Then sit down, Sir."
The Sheriff sat down suddenly, and remained
until he was permitted to leave the Court.

The RECORDER in charging the Grand (ugliest,
said he had looked carefully into the calendar,
and with regard to the offences committed in the
City of Loudon, he did not perceive that any thing
of peculiar enormity or atrocity presented itself.
The crimes in fact were such as were every day
committed in great and populous towns. It
seemed to him therelore, that no question of
low or difficulty could ari.e, but if it should,
the Court was ready to give them its advice.—
lie observed, that the calendar contained a charge
of perjury, and upon this he had to remark to the
Jury, that they 'boobd not find a bill upon the tes-
timony of one witness only, for that would be but
with against oath. Ilia Lordship also impressed
upon the Jury the necessity of having, upon the
finding of every bill that came before them, at least
twelve of themselves, she law requiring that no in-
dividual should be convicted unless by two Junes
of his country.