The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY,-EVENING EDMION,-FEBRUARY 28, 1839.

IRELAND.

CARLOW ELRCTION.—On Monday the election for a
Representative of the borough of Carlow took place. It
had been generally supposed that Mr. Gisborne, the
Liberal candidate, would experience no opposition, as, up
to the day of election no other address than his appeared
before the electors. Early on Monday morning the Con-
servative party were observed to muster in strength at their
usual quarters, and active preparations, on their part, were
apparent, and it soon became evident that it was their de,
termination to contest the election in the person of their
pet candidate, Mr. Frank Bruen.
The contest promises to be a close one, and surmises are
various as to the majority by which Mr. Gisborne will be
returned; for that he will have a majority, no doubt ap-
pears to be entertained. From the inquiries I have been
able to make (says the Dublin Evening Poses Correspon-
dent) I should imagine it will be under 24 and over L.
The town is perfectly quiet, and patrolled at night by a
troop of Dragoons and a large body of police,
At the close of the first day's polling Mr. Gisborne was
a-head of his opponent by one vote, Mr. Bruen having
only 66. Mr. Gisborne was proposed by Mr. Thomas
Haughton, and seconded by Dr. Tuomv ; Mr. Bruen
(who did not appear) was proposed and seconded res-
pectively, by R. C. Browne, Esq., and Samuel Haughton.
NEW BARONETS.—The Queen's Letters have arrived,
creating Philip Crampton, Esq., Surgeon-General, and
Henry Marsh, Esq., M.D., Physician in Ordinary to her
Majesty in Ireland, Baronets of the United Kingdom.—
Dublin Evening Post.
CITY OF DUBLIN REGISTRY, SATURDAY,-..TOFieS, 13;
Liberals, 7. All the Tories were freemen,
YESTERDAY.—LiberaIs, 14; Tories, 9. Eight of the
Tories were new freemen.

We greatly regret to hear that Judge Johnson met with
a severe accident on Saturday evening, occasioned by his
foot slipping in his own hall, when his head came in con-
tact with the pavement, and was severely bruised. The
Judge was to have left town for Drogheda this afternoon,
where the commission for the north-east circuit was to have
been opened te-inorrovr i but be has been obliged to post-
pone his journey, and at a late hour this afternoon it was
decided that it would be unsafe for hint to go to the circuit
at all, Mr. Ciilmore, Q. Q., is spoken of as the person
likely to be selected by the Lords' Justices to officiate as
Judge ; and we are bound to say that such an appointment
would be unobjectionable in every point of view.—Dublin
Evening Mail.
Addreoses to the Marquis of Normanby are general.

RELATIVE TO GOODS RE-
to the port, have pre-
pared
i n which
shed
DOCK LAWS
merNitio ON THE Quays.— A number of the merchants,
of ships. The Memo_
shipowners, and brokers belonging
pared for presentation to the Dock Committee a memo-
being partly attributed
rial complaining of the vexatious operation of the Dock
laws, and of the inadequacyaonfd
accommoda-
tion for the loading and discharging
the
ee
me xaiisinti
rial sets forth that the trade of the port is greatly impeded
by the rigour of these laws,
are enforced, the breach of them
to the want of accommodation complained of. By the
d force,
present law, a heavy penalty is en if goods are
allowed to remain on the dock quays more than forty-
eight hours, and the memorialists complain, that this
penalty is enforced without regard either to the necessity
of the vase, or the fact, that no inconvenience has been
caused to other parties. The memorialists express their
belief, that, in nine cases out of ten, the infringement of
the law is unavoidable, from the vast increase of trade,
the new Custom-house regulations, the state of the wea-
ther, the want of quay-berths, stages, proper cranes,
cte• The memorialists conceive the evils complained of
to be remediable by a mitigated administration of the
law, and by providing better sheds and greater facilities
for the loading and discharging of vessels; having regard
more particularly to the present defective accommodation
for' ~aiiing vessels as compared with steamers.—Liverpool.
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