The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-06 00:00:00

SPORTING.

By the deaths of the Marquis of Lothian, the Earls of
Home and Elgin, three vacancies are caused in the Ca-
ledonian Hunt Club.
COURT-FASHIONABLE.
Her Majesty and suite left. Buckingham Palace for
Windsor Castle at twelve o'clock to day.
The Earl and Countess of Harrington have returned
to Harrington-house, Whitehall, from Brighton.
The Duke of Buckingham has arrived at Stowe from
town.

Lord Hill left Belgrave-square early in the past week
for Hardwick Grange, near Shrewsbury.
The Bishop of Jerusalem and family were to sail from
Portsmouth on Saturday last, for Malta, in her Majesty's
steamer Devastation. *

The Duchess of Hamilton has been taken seriously
at her house inyortm an-square.

The Earl of Lonsdale is nearly recovered from his
late indisposition.
The Earl of Westmoreland continues dangerously
at his residence on the Marine Parade, Brighton.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Douro reached town
on Saturday from Norwich, and will leave in a few days
for Strathfieldsaye.
The Duke and Duchess of Leeds intend leaving the
Clarendon to-day, for }lornby Castle.
_ MISCELLANEOUS. .

The remains of Sir Francis Chantrey are to be con-
signed this day to the tomb, at his native village, Norton,
in Derbyshire. Last summer he visited the place, and
had his vault prepared in the parish church-yard.
The investigation respecting the treatment of paupers
in the Sevenoaks Union, terminated on Friday, having
lasted for seven clays, and as far as can be learnt from
the remarks made by Mr. Tufnell, the Poor-law Com-
missioner, the conduct of the Master and Mistress of
the workhouse was such as to justify their dismissal.
Lords Frederick litzclarence and Glenlyon were last
week installed as Masons at the meeting of the Grand
Lodge of Scotland.
This morning, at ten o'clock, the Tower was re-opened
to the public. The ruins and regalia were open t o visi-
tors at the same rate of admission as formerly.
This day is the festival of St. Nicholas. In Eng land
he has been worshipped from the earliest times by sea-
faring men of every denomination ; and it is worthy of
notice, that there is scarcely a place of any note around
our coast, or adjoining the principal rivers, but has some
sacred edifice dedicated to him.

On Tuesday the funeral of Lord Elgin, took place at
Dunfermline. The body arrived in a steamer on Satur-
day, and at two o'clock on Tuesday it was deposited in
the family cemetery below the New Abbey Church. His
Lordship was much beloved in that part of Fifeshire, where
he had considerable property.
At the Criminal Court, on Saturday, a witness de-
scribed himself as a " penman ;" but, on being asked in
what species of " penmanship" he was employed, he re-
plied that he " penned " sheep in Sniithfield-market.
Our Glossop Correspondence says :—"lt seems Sir
Robert Peel has at last considered his measures, for bar-
racks are now being built at Ashton-under-Lyne which
will accommodate 3,000 soldiers. So it appears we are
to have barracks instead of workhouses, and bullets in-
stead of bread !"—This is a revival of one of the worst
features of the Sidmouth and Castlereagh system, who,
whenever the people clamoured for bread, made a point
of furnishing them with bullets, as being easier of diges-
tion of the two.

The Court of Chancery was first established in 605,
and the present one by William the Conqueror in 1066.
Judges were appointed, and the kingdom divided into
three circuits, three to each, in 1176. Juries were first
introduced in 970 ; in Scotland, in civil cases, not until
1815. The Stan Chamber Court was instituted 1487, but
this remnant of injustice and barbarity was abolished
1611. Swearing on the Gospel was first used in 528.
ILITIVIOURS OP THE DAY.
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It is rumoured, according to the Naval Military
Gazette, that Lord Rill, the General Commanding-in-
Chief, is about to retire from office, and to be succeeded
by Sir George Murray ; that Captain Sir Francis Collier
has been offered the appointment of Captain-Superinten-
dent of Pembroke Dockyard, vice Jackson, promoted ;
that Captain Peter Fisher (1814) will succeed Rear-
Admiral Bowles as Comptroller-General of the
Coast-Guard Service ; that Colonel Sir Thomas
Wilshire, or Major-General D'Aguilar will suc-
ceed to the command at Chatham, receiving only
the same emoluments as the late Colonels Com-
mandant ; that Major-General Sir Neil Douglas, or
Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence. will succeed
to the command of the troops in Scotland ; that the
Deputy Adjutant-Generalship in Ireland will be given to
Colonel Wade, Colonel Thomas Napier, or Colonel
Simpson ; and that the Deputy Quartermaster-General-
ship in Ireland will be given to Colonel Bainbrigge; that
Colonel Lord John Somerset will succeed Major-General
Fannce as Inspecting Field Officer at Bristol ; and Colo-
nel Middleton, Assistant Commandant at the Cavalry
Depot, Maidstone, succeed Major-General Brotherton as
Commandant. Further, that the Major-Generals of Dis-
tricts (now Lieutenant-Generals) are not to be removed
before March next.

It is said the Tories are about to make Mr. George
Lane Fox a Peer, by the title of Lord Bingley.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

MARKET,
LIVERPOOL COTTON mARKET, DEc. 4.—The demand
for Cotton to-day has been extremely moderate, only
about 2,500 bales having been purchased. The business
has been entirely confined to the trade. _ _ _

LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 4.—ln this Market
to-day the following quotations are reported :—Eastern
Counties 711 ; Great Western, Half Shares, 57i ; London
and Birmingham, 158 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 221 ;
Ditto, Midland Counties, Quarter Shares, 201- ; York
and North Midland, Half Shares, 30.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 4.—The
market is firm to-day, and Stock scarce. Manchester
and Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham, and Liverpool
and Manchester Railway Shares are in good demand.
The sales are—Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares,
91i ; London and Brighton, ; 351 London and South
Western, 57i ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarters, 3 ;
Union Plate 7.

The arrivals this morning are very numerous. The
Mexican packet Express arrived with dates from Vera
Cruz of the 19th Oct. ; she brings $117,000 on freight,
and confirms the accounts of the complete termination of
the Mexican revolution, and the establishment of Santa
Anna as Dictator, received via the United States a few
days back.
The Brazil packet, the Pigeon, has also arrived, with
dates to the 21st October, brings from 15,0001. to 20,0001.
and Stock 741.
on freight. Exchange was 321,