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Rh c.i;i.uv. 483 CABLTON I >uke of Clarence. The castle was taken in 1 I'.M by .lames Fitzgerald, brother of tin: Kiirl of KU- dare, who, however, noon surrendered it to Sir 1 Poynings. After tint rebellion of the 17th century, it wiui besieged by tin: insurgent lii-h, who I/unit the town and fled on the appro - 1650 thocustlo was besieged by Iroton, ami afti T a short but destructive cannonade, it was surrendered to Sir Hordress Waller. The town was the scene of a sharp conflict during the rebellion of 1798. Curlow is a very old place, but its general appearance is that of a clean ami pleasant modern town. It has many good stieets, the two principal ones crossing each other at light angles about the centre of the town. One of th. m runs N. and S., parallel with the course of the Barrow ; the other is curried across that river on a handsome bridge of four arches, and leads to the suburb of Graigue, in Queen's County. A small river called the Barren runs through the town and falls into the Bar- row. It is crossed by an iron bridge. The streets are paved and lighted with gas. In the town is a handsome court-house, built of stone, with an Ionic portico, and approached by a lofty flight of steps. Here are also the county gaol; barracks for cavalry and infantry; the Distnct Lunatic Asylum, a spacious and handsome stone edifice, erected about 1830, and capable of accom- modating 100 patients ; two convents, and the Union poorhouso. On the S.E. side of the town is a hand- some railway station. The chief business of the town is in com, flour, and malt. Large quantities of but- ter are shipped here for Dublin, London, and other places. Corlow received a ehartcr of incorporation from James I., which was confirmed by Charles II. Under the charter of Charles II. the borough was governed by a sovereign, 12 burgesses, and a com- monalty. lint this body is extinct, and the town is now under the jurisdiction of the county magistrates. The elective franchise was conferred by James I., and the borough returned two members to the Irish parliament. It now returns one member to the imperial parliament. The limits of the borough include the suburb of Graigue, and according to the census of 1861 contained 1,460 hous ( s, inhabited by a population of 8,204, of whom were Roman Catholics and 1,004 Established Church. (Jarlow is the seat of a Poor-law Union, and tho headquarters of the county militia and police. The assizes and quarter sessions are held here. Tho living in a reel. in the dioc. of Ossory, Ferns, and Leighlin, val. 245, in the patron, of tho crown. Tho church, which is of modern date, has a beautiful spire, rising to tho height of 195 feet, and surmounted by a cross, tho gift of tho ladies of Carlow. On the E. side of the town is tho Jfoman Catholic cathedral, a handsome structure in tho form of a cross, and in the perpendicular stylo of ar- chitecture, with a lofty octagonal tower and elegant lonthom, 150 feet high. It was completed in 1834, at a cost of 18,000, and forms one of the chief ornaments of tho town. It contains a fine statue of Bishop Doyle, by Ilogan. Nearthe cathedral in St. Patrick's College, which was founded about 1795, and subsequently enlarged so as to accommodate 200 students. It is under tho manage- in. nt of a president, assisted by professors of theology, Hebrew, (Meek, l.itiii, and modern languages, natural and moral philo maties, &c., and is now, by d with 111" I'niverMty (if L. to the Presbyterians, Wee- leyan .Meili ..iliMs. and ill. s. n 'iety of Friends. Tho t (Iraiitue. diocesan and parochial schools, one conn eK-d with tin iit, and several o..iine. ted with Chureh. The town also cunt. HTI s an inliniiary, a t. V.T il. and a dispensary.- The ruins of the castle i'.. b ink nl' the Harrow, into it, and consist of one M . whieh I'ormi d a i|ii - h ill height. The whole |,ile KtxKKl little decayed till 1814, whoi ] t being made to thin the w, '.lows by means of gun- powder, so as to fit it for a modern dwelling, great pat of it was destroyed. An abbey and a friary for stood near Carlow. On the bite of the former, call u's Abbey, is Browne'H Hill, tho residence ol Browne, Esq. Near Browne's Hill is a very large lech, the horizontal stoncof wliii h i-. '2'- li et broad. The other beats are. Oak Park to the N., and Clogrenan to tho 8. of the town. Carlow supports a weekly newspaper, called the Carlow Sentinel. 1 of Portarlington takes from this place the title of vis- count. Monday and Thursday are the mark Fairs in the Ith Hay, the 22nd J August, and the Mih November. I'AHI.OW I'.AKONV, one of the 7 bars, or subdivi. sions of the : >w, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, i in the N.W. part of the co., and bounded on tli.' N. by the eo. of Kildore ; on the E. by the ban. of Eathvilly and Forth ; on the 8. by the bar. of Idrone East ; and on tho W. by the bar. of I drum- Queen's County. It contains tho pars, of Ballinacan Ballycrogue, Carlow, Clonmelsk, Graci: and Urglin, with parts of tho pars, of Cloydagb town, Nuniey, Painstown, and Tullowmagiminu. The bar. extends over an area of about 31,300 acres. CAHLTON, a par. in the hund. c,f Vil!,y, > of Bedford, 1 mile from Harrold. Olney is its p. It lies near the river Ouse. The living is a solidatcd with that of Chellington, in the dioc. of val. 370, in the patron, of Lord Dynevor. The eh is dedicated to St. Mary. ( 'AKLTON, a chplry. in the par. of Market hund. of Spurkenhoe, in tho co. of Leicester, 1 mile to th.' N.V. of Market Bosworth. Hinckloy is its post town. Tho Ashby-du-la-Xoiu h canal passes by il The living is a cur. annexed to the reel, of Ifl^ Bosworth, in tho dioc. of Peterborough. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. CAKLTON, a limit, in the par. of G Thurgarton, in tho co. of Nottingham, 3 of Nottingham, and 19 from 1>. rl< the Midland (oast branch) railway. The n hosiery is carried on to a great extent in and some hands are employed in lace-making. There are also several brick-fields and two corn-mi: limit, forms part of the honour of Tutbury, in tho duchy of Lancaster. The We,-i>,m M :;.formed Wcsleyans, Baptists, and New Testament Disciples hire chapels here. In the vicinity is Colwich Hall. Karl Mn- vers is lord of the manor, and holds a com October, hut the greater part of the land belongs to the i 'hestorfield, who holds his court-bet n i AUI.'KiN, a par. in the hund. of Hn. Suffolk, close to Saxmundliam. its poM town, and neartl East Suffolk railway, "n whirh Saxmundliam i- It was the site of a ehantry founded about ; '::'. the I lt!i eejitury. The living i with that of Kolsale, in the dioe. of church is dedicated to St. Peter, ami monumental brasses. The chuiitai sitting of tho town estate and i-eveml 1 poor, produce about 60 per annum. The : n is Carlton Hall. CAELTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Aldbr.ni^r., wsp. o Hol.lern.~-i, in th. I ,st Hiding ol miles to the 8. of Hornsea. CAKLTON, a par. in the wi^toni di. I.niii;haurgh, in the North Killing of the the"S. of St'.ke-ley, iU post towi iiii]H.rtant ulum-works were once carri. chapel belonging t.. the Ve-l.yan Methodists. Th il eli.-ii itii s I'l-odui-e ai I year. ( AIM.Td.N, a timhp. in the )iar. . i lie N ith Hiding of the co. ot the S. V. of I. eblini. CAHI/rtiN, a hmlt. in (lie par. of llelmsley, wap. i Uyed.il... in the North Hiding ol the CO. . f York, 2 mik to the N. of ll.lmsley.
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