The Sun.
London, England, 1807-12-17 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, DEC. 12.—0 n Wednesday night last,'
the Right Hod. H. GRATTAN sailed from this City
fririflolyhead; in order to attend the ensuing Ses-'
sion:of the Imperial Parliament. '• • -
Arrived from Holyhead, the Right Hon. GEORGE
KNOX, Lady, and family, and Miss STAPLES.
'The Court of liing's Bench has been occupied
for some days past, in the trial of a cause before
the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury, where-
in the, right .of ownership to the Strand, from
Ringsend to 11,Ierricin and Black Rock, southward
of the wall leading from the Pigeon-house- to the
Light-house, by Lord Viscount FITZWILLIAM, is
contended against by the Corporation of the City of
Dublin, who have claimed it as their property.
The proceedings of the General Court Martial,
which sat lately in Dublin Barracks for the trial of
two Officers of the sth Garrison Battalion, upon the
charge.; of having been found drunk upon . their
guard'at Kihnainham, on the morning of the .234
of November last, are closed ; but the" verdita, or
result of the deliberations of that Court of Honour,
cannot be known until it be laid before the Com-
mander in Chief, and be approved or disapproved
by the Lord Lieutenant or-his Majesty.

The accounts from the Counties of Limerick
and Galway are of the most distressing kind.—
The entire face of the country is deeply buried in
snow, which fell most heavily for some hours on
the 7th no.
. . .
The Mail Coach from Enniskillen broke down a
few nights since between Cavan and Virginia.--
The bags, containing the letters, were forwarded by
the guards on horseback. Some of the passengers
were enabled to get to Virginia by means of a re-
turn chaise, while the remainder were obliged to
stop in a cabin all night. Fortunately, none of the
passengers sustained any personal injury.

Br ISAST,,DEC. I I.—Yesterday at a meeting of
the Deputy Governors of this County, for the pur-
pose' of raising the required quota of men for the
Militia, from the Upper Half Barony of Belfast, it
was, resolved, that the proceedings should be ad-
joinned until Wednesday' next, when a general
meeting of the Governors and Deputy Governors
will take place.

We have great pleasure in announcing the ex-
peaed arrival, in a few days, of the. Marquis of
DONEGALL. The • inhabitants of the town and
neighbourhood, happy at his Lordship's approach-
ing return to,reside atuongst them, have t.iL•termined
to ,solicit the honour of 'his company lb a public
dinner, intended to be given to his Lordship, on as
early; u.day as shall bu found-convenient, atter, his
arjr,i,tud,, as a (1111rk of respetl and welcome
.hrtrae. The list of signatures for carrying the above
!into effea is• already most respe&able. and _nu-
m 'erons.—Celonel .1,1. C. MO N TGOAI •of the
ldidl, is arrived in Dublin from England, on 'IA4
way to the county of Donegal, to offer • himself a
candidate to represent it, in the room of H. 'V.
Blioolcc, Esq. deceased.
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SPORTING ANECDOTE.---A few dayksince,:as the
Steyning hounds were trailing through Treakles
Wood, Sussex' they found a hare, that,,gme them.
a hard run to flew!) Common,. when puss being
exhausted, sought for shelter under the roof of a
cottager, of lhp.mime of MAZE ; but in Mr. MAZE
the timid animal found an enemy equally as fero-
cioustis her. pursuers, for he • instantly killed her,
and concealed her under his bed ; but in doing so
,MAz2 1,7 s POt alvare of the danger and diffi-
culty he was alput to experience, for the hounds
coming up in a few mingtes, and the scent of the,
145a,heing strong on his person, they immediately
setAqiii;on him, and had it pot been for the fortunate
appearance of the
,huntsman, who found him in a:
very,,perilous situation, the consequence might have
been Mr. MAZE was alningly glad of an
opportunity to deliver up the hare, that be himself
!.might have a safe deliverance from such troublesome
visitors ! • •

On Tuesday Lord Dami tortied out, at Potters-.
End-lane, near the Oaks, a remarkably ' tine deer,
known by, the name of the Tunbridge Deer, to 3'.
numerous and well mounted field, which aftbrded
them one of the4Dost excollent- runs his Lordship
ever experienced. He took across the Domis, over
BOx-hill, crossed the ITh r Moler, and was taken,
after two hours, the horses at speed, without the
smallest cheek, On the .borders of Sussex, at least
26 miles from the place where he was turned out
Considering the vast speed, the heavy weights rode
very forward ; his Lordshio was in, and, we are
happy to say, looks extremelfwell;

life Newmarket CoUrsing Meeting was wholly
impeded last Monday on account of the snow
There were 60 brace ofhigh-conditioned greyhbundS.
who all returned withoUt a'course.
DISAPPOINTBD Lovans.—A Gentleman in Port"
land-road, who has retired from the busy scenes of
life, received an unexpeaed letter on Saturday from•
a clergyman at Wellington, near Devizes, at whose
house his daughter, a young Lady, I t years, of age,
Was receiving private tuition, stating, that it was ab-
solutely necessary for her to be removed, to prevent
her eloping with a Student of Winchester, who had
sought, by various stratagems, to accomplish such,
tnt object, and, by a billet dour found in the possession
of the young Lady, a day WA fixed for what was term-,
ed hen/ail/era/la. A Gentleman of t:wname of Leach,
uncle to the young Lady, proceeded to Wellington
with an Officer ; but on their arrival thither, on
Monday morning, they found that she had escaped
from the houie of her instrator two hours'before,,
and placed herself under the proteaiOn of her para-.
mow. The fugitives were pursued to Marl, a
lage in Somersetshire, where it was ascertained they,
bad apprised the parish clerk of their intended Wed.'
ding on the next day, and they wore surprised at
dinner by their' pursuers. The young Lady arrived'
at the Dublin Hotel, Charing-cros4,, yesterday, with,
her uncle, who conducted her home. .-, • •

Last night Gregson and Gulley met, by appoint
ment, and appeared in excellent health and spirits :
they, have agreed to tight of the first of next May,
for, 500 guineas a-side. The knoi,ving ones appear
thi have changed their opinion of the combatants,
Gregsen being tinder the tuition of Mettttozu, whose
report is of the most fiattering natal*. • •