The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-08 00:00:00

ELECTION COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

READING.
The Committee were engaged during the whole of the morning in
hearing arguments as to the legality of a document proposed to be put
in by the sitting Member. No decision had been given at the time our
reporter left.

BELFAST.
CLOSE ON TIIE PROCEEDINGS.

The Committee assembled this morning at the usual hour.
Mr. Por„Loot said, that in consequence of the decision which the
Committee had come to yesterday, he and his learned friends had re-
solved upon not proceeding farther with thq scrutiny.
The room was then ordered to be cleared, and after remaining in
deliberation two hours, the Committee announced, through their Chair-
man, their decision as follows :
"That the Earl of Belfast and James Gibson, Esq., were not duly
elected to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Belfast ; that James
Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar, Esqrs., were duly elected to
serve for the said Borough that the petition of Robert Gordon and others
was not frivolous or vexatious, nor was the opposition thereto."

YOUGHAL.
The Committee was occupied the whole day in hearing the arguments
of counsel upon the question of opening the registry, petitioners counsel
having yesterday applied that it should be opened—the parties being on
a level, and the Tories having exhausted the objections to individual
votes, on which they originally relied. Mr. Andrews, for the Atting
Member opposed tho application.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY•)

DEAL, Maacit 7.—Wind, moderate.—Came down from the river and
remain, the Lord Saumercz, Simon, from the Cape of Good Hope
Lion, Norce, from Mon,serret ; Armata, Hudson, from Demerara;
Liverpool, from Lisbon ; Viscount Melbourne, Bombay ; Maria, Banna-
tyne, from Sydney ; Montreal, Griffin, from New York, and sailed.
Arrived and proceeded fur the river, the Abe', Gower, from Sidney
Autumn, Teasclale, from Newport; the Adelaide, Dunsford, fro°
Liverpool ; Renown, from India.
Poarsmourir, lIARcu 7.—Weather fine.—Arrived her Majesty's shit'
the Volage, from Sheerness. Sailed, the Henry Kneeland, for AntwerP
Commerce, for Christiana; Maria, for Amsterdam. Her Majesty's shiP
Pantaloon is gone out of Harbour to Spithead.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 6.—Wind W.—Arrived the Barossa, from led
lon. Arrived off port the Azores Packet, from St. Michael's. Sailed
her Majesty's ship Alligator, for New Holland.
FALMOUTH, Ms.acir 6.—Wind W.S. W. to W.--Arrived the Harle-
quin, Robertson, from Cape Haytien ; and Campion, Gallilee, from
Liverpool, leaky, and part of the cargo thrown over,
weeks at sea, bound to Virginia. Put back the Joven Nicolas, for
Cadiz. The Inglis, Routh, for Bombay and China, has refitted, and
will proceed the first fair wind. One of the pilot-sloops picked up yester-
day, eight leagues W. by S. of the Lizard, two boats, bottom up, one ill
the other, marked " Secret, of London, Joseph Gates." has been eight
MARGATE, MARCH 7.—Arrived off port the Renown, M'Lean, from
Calcutta; Gambia, M'Cormack, from Charleston; and James Cook,
Fallen, from Limerick.
GUERNSEY, MARCH 6.—Arrived the Agatha Catherina,
Benicarlo. Muller, from

Maim! s.—Arrived the Alpha, Steer, from London.
HULL, MAacit G.—Arrived James Watt (steamer), from Cuxhaven:
SWANSEA.—Arrived the Ayrshire Lass, Nichols, from Cuba, and
Cobrero, Darling, from Cuba.
LIVERPOOL, MARCII 7.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrived the Lexington,
Hill, from New York; South America, from New York ; John Marsh.
from Calcutta; Thomas, from Berbice ; Syren, from Marseilles ; IsaaC
Newton, from Mobile; Gibraltar, Dalmatia, Champion, Bathan, Jacob
Pennell, and Franconia, from New Orleans ; Rochester, from Charles
ton ; Tropic, and Arkwright, from Savannah ; Columbus, from st'
John, New Brunswick ; and Ann, from Smyrna. Arrived off Pen-
the the Bounty Hall, from Charleston; Mazeppa, from Pernambuco; en-
gal, from Maranham ; Jamaica, from Jamaica; Sandbach, from Detne-
rara ; Dale, from New Orleans; Georgian, from Halifax; Swiftsurc,
from Africa ; and Senator, from Natchez. The Frances, Griffiths,
from Charleston to Clyde, was spoken with, Ist instant, 200 miles West
of Cape Clear, very leaky.