1804.] 
pounds, and meafured forty inches in circum- 
ference! The feed was of Mrs Moody’s 
own raifing. —Carlifle Fournal, Dec. 3. 
Married | At Whitehaven, Mr. J. Wat- 
fon, mafter of the fhip Lightfoot, to Mifs 
Bulfield —Captain Hodgfon, of the fhip Wil- 
liam, to Mifs Coliins, eldeft daughter of the 
Yate Captain T. Collins. — Mr. F. Reed, 
dealer in {pirits, to Mifs Moore. 
At Caftie Sowerby, Mr. T. Barwife, of 
Carlifle, traveller for the Print Field of 
Mefirs. Donald and Co. to Mifs Cooper, of 
Stockdale Wath, formerly of Appleby. 
At Carlifle, Mr. Townley, hatter, to Mifs 
If. Kirk.—Mr. Longridge, of Sunderland. to 
Mrs. Atkinfon, widow of the late Mr. J. 
Atkinfon, attorney.—-Mr. J, Parker, cooper 
in the brewery of Sir Richard Hodgfon and 
Co. to Mifs S. Norman. 
At Cockermouth, Mr. J. Sutton, portrait- 
painter, to Mifs Winder, of Rogerfcale, in 
Lorton. 
At Carlifle, Mr. J. Chirney, muflin-ma. 
nufa@turer, to Mifs Bell, of Stanwix. 
Died] At Carlifle, Mr. J. Hetherington, 
inn-keeper. —- Mrs. Fletcher, relict of the 
late Rev. E.Fletcher, of Lifburne, in Ireland, 
At Whitehaven, in his agth year, Mr. J. 
Bragge, fhip-owner.—In his 29th year, Mr. 
C. Ridley, of New Woufes.—In her 29th 
year, Mrs. Mather, wife of Mr. J. M. Ma- 
ther, ironmonger.—lIn an advanced age, Mrs. 
D. Sharpe, wife of Mr. Philip Sharpe, thip. 
carpenter.—In his $gth year, Richard Dixon, 
efq. M.D. a gentleman of fuperior informa- 
tion, a truly venerable chara@er, and of un- 
{potted life. He had of late years retired 
from the extenfive and arduous duties of his 
profeffion, ; 
At Workington, in the prime of life, 
Mrs. Tiffin, wife of Mr. Tiffin, hat-ma- 
nufa&urer, in London.—Mr. R, Cowen. 
At Cockermouth, in his 24th year, Mr. J. 
Fearon, grocer and taliow-chandler. He was 
much lamented as a promifing young man, 
Ai Penrith, Mr. J. Lough, attorney, 
At Diffington, very fuddenly aged 45, 
Mr. J. Woodall.— Mrs. A. Meffinger ; and 
foon after, herinfantchild. The remains of 
both were depofited in the fame grave. 
At Binns, near Whitehaven, aged 53, 
Mis, Benn, 
_ At Strawberry Hill, near Cockermouth, 
in the prime of life, Mr. J. Slack,. jun. mil- 
Jer.—In his 63d year, Mr. H. Piper, of Al- 
lonby. 
At Weit Newton, at an advanced age, Mr. 
Al. Wallace. 
Mr. Airey, a refpeétable farmer, near 
Kendal. He was found hanging in one of his 
own outhoufes. This aé is fuppofed to have 
been perpetrated in a fit of lunacy. 
At Scaleby Caftle, aged 73, J. Fawcett, 
efq. 
At Douglas, Ile of Man, in an advanced | 
age, Mr. Bonvalette. 
York hire. 
585 
Wm. Ramfay, commonly called ‘* Blind 
Willey,” well known jn thefe and moft of 
the neighbouring counties as an itinerant per- 
former on the clarionet. 
YORKSHIRE, 
At a late trial in the Court of King’s 
Bench, London, the caufe which has been 
for fome time depending between the corpo- 
ration, anda part of the burgeffes of the bo- 
rough and town of Kingfton-upon- Hull, was 
finally decided. The following appear to 
have been the principal faéts refpeéting the 
cafe —Jt had always been the cuftom of the 
corporation, from time immemorial, for the 
mayor and aldermen to chufe two perfons, 
whom they called Jights, and of thefe two, 
the commonalty elefted one, to ferve the of- 
fice of alderman in the borough. At the 
time of the feizure of corporation charters, 
by Charles II. and James iI. that of Huli, 
among others, was new-modelled, but not 
fo much as to be materially altered 5 and as 
James II. abdicated the throne thortly after, 
the new charter fell into total difregard, and 
no precedent can be adduced to fhew that ir 
was ever acted upon. At the lait election, 
when T. Ofbourne, efq. was chofen an alder- 
man, the corporation, according to their 
ufual cuftom, prefented their two lights, and 
one of them was elected an alderman by a 
party of the commons, and officially return- 
ed by the mayor as duly elected. But ano. 
ther party in the borough, refufing to have 
either of thefe perfons, eie@ted another in Mr, 
O’s room, and founded their claim of right 
on the obfolete charter of James WU. Mefirs, 
Erfkine and Wood fhewed caufe againit the 
rule, (an information obtained in the nature 
of a quo warranto, calling upon T.Ofbourne, 
efq. to thew caufe by what authority he 
claimed to exercife the office of aiderman,) 
and Meffrs. Gibbs, Parke, Willey, and 
Becket, were heardinreply. After mature 
ly weighing all the circumftances, the Court 
ordered the rule Niffto be difcharged. Lord 
Ellenborough obferved, on this occafion, that 
it had been proved, to the entire fatisfa€tion 
of the Court, that the charter of James IT. 
on which the profecution was founded, had 
never been acted upon or accepted by the 
corporation ; and that the furrender of the 
former charters had not been inrolled, in 
confequence of which: they were in full 
force, &c. The Court was further of opi- 
nion, that the words commonality or com- 
munity include the aldermen-as well as the 
burgeffes at large ; and conf2quently the ob« 
jection, contending that the right of elec. 
tion is vefted in the common burgeffes only, 
was overruled. 
A fhoal, or fand, having lately grown up 
in a line with, and forming a continuation of, 
the fand- bank called the Middle Sand, ina 
fouth-eafterly direction, in the lower part of 
the river Humber, the corporation of the 
Trinity 
