IRELAND.
The Dublin Gazette contains the official notification of the appoint- ment of Sir Robert A. Ferguson, M.P., as Lieutenant of the city and county of Londonderry, in the room of the late Lord Garvagh.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, during his brief stay this autumn at Killarney, tendered an English Peerage to Lord Kenmore; and the condition of having a scat in the House of Lords has induced the noble Earl to use his influence in Kerry for another Ministerial vote in the House of Commons, by substituting his brother, the Honourable W. Browne, as the county representative, for Mr. Blennerhassett, the pre- sent Member. Mr. Browne was in Parliament before for Kerry. The additional honour to Lord Kenn-tare will be conferred with others at the birth of an heir to the throne.—Limerich Chronicle.
The Keehn Pest states, upon authority, that the Honourable Mr. Browne, brother of Lord Kenniare, will not offer himself as a candidate for the representation of Kerry, in opposition to Mr. Blennerhassett, the present Member, as stated by the Government journals.
At the Clonmell Sessions, the Revising Barrister decided, that persons who had registered on the 10th of October 1839, could not now register on their old certificates, but should register de novo, from their leases. This decision is much in favour of the Conservatives; for it will pre- vent persons who had obtained the right of franchise through fraudu- lent means from continuing on the registry.—Dablin Evening Mail. The meeting of the householders of Tuam on Friday, for the adoption of the 9th George IV. and the extinction of' the old Corporation, was, after a very extraordinary discussion, abruptly adjourned sine die, by the Sovereign. As no motion was decided by the ratepayers, a remedy rests with the Lords Justices. 11:1(1 the motion for introducing the 9th of George IV. been rejected,hs contemplated by the friends of the old system, the corporate property would have thereupon been vested in the hands of the Pour-law Commissioners, and should have so conti- nued for three years. The course taken by the Sovereign has therefore been a very fortunate one ; not that it by any means was so designed by him. It preserves for the householders the opportunity of appoint- ing Commissioners from among themselves for the management of their property, and the improvement of their tow IL—Dublin Pilot.
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