The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-28 00:00:00

the day included all the business transacted in tl
English Funds. The market closed- firmly at the!
prices. Consols 894 1 for Money, and 891 for tl
Account. Exchequer Bills 27 to 29 Prem.
The Foreign Market was almost wholly withot
bargains. The- nominal prices for Belgian were 10
to 104; for Brazilian 70 to 71 ; for Danish 81i I
to 821 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52 to 52
the Five per Cents. 103 to 1031. The quotations fi
the Portuguese Five per Cents. 34 to 341, the Thre
per Cents. 20 to 20f ; Colombian 26A- to I; Mexica
about V. higher, viz. 42 to / ; and Spanish 24i 24a
Birmingham Railway Shares were 85 to 87 ; Gre;
Western 26 to 27; the Half Shares 131 to 14 prem.
Birmingham and Gloucester 56 to 58 ; South Wes
tern 59 to 60; Gosport 59 to 60; North Midland 6;
to 71 ; the New Shares 341 to 35 ; Brighton 351 t•
4; Blackwall 11 to 14 ; the New Shares 9/ to
per share ; South Eastern and Dover 22 to 214 ; am
Eastern Counties 131 to 124 discount.
The attention of the members of the Stock Ex•
change was chiefly directed to the election for th(
Committee, which usually takes place at this periot
of the year. Some time previously the Chairmar
had announced his intention of resigning, at whiel
step an almost universal feeling of regret was experi.
enced, as well at the loss of his services, as for th(
cause which influenced this determination—he being
one among the numbers of reall?r innocent holders oi
spurious Exchequer Bills. the delay which has
taken place in bringing the subject to an issue, is be-
ginning to be complained of, as not only injurious to
the holders individually, but also to many of their
connexions, of which, the proceeding above alluded
to, is an instance.

THE EARL OF MUNSTER.
In the year 1830 his Lordship had attained the
rank of colonel in the army; and on the publi•
cation of the brevet, which followed the birth of
the Prince of Wales in 1841, he received the
rank of major-general. He was shortly after-
wards appointed to command the troops in the
western district of England, and was to have
gone in the ensuing month to assume his post.
At the period of his death he likewise held the
offices of Governor and Captain, Constable and
Lieutenant of Windsor Castle, and he was Colonel
of the Ist Tower Hamlets' Militia; he was also a
commissioner of the Royal Military College and
Royal Military Asylum, and Knight Grand
Cross of the Order of St. Ferdinand of Wur-
temberg. His Lordship was deeply versed in
the Sanscrit and other Eastern languages, and
his acquirements in that path of literature were
well known and appreciated. He held the office
of Vice-President of the Asiatic Society for
eighteen years, and in May last lie was unani-
mously elected President. He was likewise a
member of many other learned societies in this
country 'and abroad, among which honours may
be mentioned those of Fellow of the Royal
Society and Corresponding Member of the In-
stitute of France.

Although provision was made on the creation
of the earldom against the extinction of the
peerage by his Lordship dying without male
issue, yet, since he has had a family, these limi-
tations do not, of course, conic into force. His
eldest son, William George, who has hitherto
borne the courtesy title of Viscount Fitzclarence,
and who was born the 19th of May, 1824,
succeeds to the peerage, and becomes second
Earl of Munster. Being only in his eighteenth
year, he will of course, not be able
to take his seat in the House of
Lords till May, 1845. The other issue
of the deceased Earl are—Lady Adelaide Geor-
giana, born October 28, 1820; Lady Augusta
Margaret, born July 31, 1822; lion. Frederick
Charles George, born February 1, 1826; Hon.
George, born April 15, 1836; and the Hon. Ed-
ward, born July 8, 1837. His Lordship bad
another daughter, who died, 'however, while au
infant.

As the peculiar circumstances of the family
render every fact connected with them interest-
ing., the brothers and sisters of the late Earl are
detailed in the following list:-
1. Lady Sophia, who married, on the 13th of
August, 1825, Lord De Lisle and Dudley, and
died on the 10th of April, 1837.
2. Henry, a captain in the 87th Foot, who was
born in 1796, and died in India in 1817.
3. Lady Mary, housekeeper at Windsor Castle,.
who was born on the 19th of December, 1798,
and married on the 19th of, 1824, Colonel Chas.
Richard Fox, a natural son of the late Lord_
Holland, aid de-camp to the Queen, and M.P.for
the Tower Hamlets,

4. Lord Frederick, G.C.H., a major-general hr.
the army, who was born on the 9th of December,
1799, and married, on the 19th of May, 1821,
Lady Augusta Boyle, the third daughter of the.•
fourth Earl of Glasgow, by whom he has one
daughter.

5.-Elizabeth, who was born on the 18th or
January, 1801, and married, on the 4th of De-
cember, 1820, the present Earl of Erroll.
6. Lord Adolphus, ranger of Windsor Home
Park, and a cuvtain in the navy, who was born
on the 18th of February, 1802.
7. Lady Augusta, housekeeper at Kensington
Palace, who was born on the 20th November,
1803, and married on the sth July, 1827, the
Hon. John Kennedy Erskine : this gentleman
dying in 1832, her Ladyship married, secondly,
24th August, 1836, Lord John Frederick Gordon,
the present Member for Forfarsrlire.
8. Rev. Lord Augustus, 8.C.L., Chaplain in
Ordinary to the Queen, born Ist March, 1805.
9. Amelia, who was born on the 20th of
March, 1807, and married on the 27th December,
1830, the present Viscount Falkland, now Gover-
nor of Nova Scotia.

Among the families put into mourning by the
melancholy decease of the Earl of Munster, may
therefore be reckoned, those of Colonel and
General Wyndham, Lord De Lisle and Dudley,
Colonel Fox, the Earl of Glasgow, the Earl of
Erroll, Lord F. Gordon, Viscount Falkland, &c.

REPRESENTATION OF TIIE MONTROSE BURGHS.—
We are s irry to find that increased indisposition has
compelled Mr. Chalmers, who has represented this dis-
trict of burghs
since Aug-ust, 1837, to adopt the resolu-
tion of retiring from Parliament. During his connexion
with the burghs, Mr. Chalmers has invariably pursued a
liberal and straightforward path ; and while in good
health, was an active and efficient Member in Com-
mittees. It is confidently rumoured that Mr. Joseph
Hume will be Mr. Chalmers' successor.—Glasgow Satur-
day Post.

We have authority to state that there is no truth in
the report copied into The Sun, from the Hampshire Ad-
vertiser, announcing that her Majesty intended to take
a lease of ?orris Castle, in the Isle of Wight, for the
lenefit of the health of the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal.
CLERKENWELL.—A very severe struggle is about
to take place, in this much abused parish, for the vacant
office of vestry clerk. The candidate most likely to suc-
ceed is said to be Mr. Henry Beverly Wakeling, the
solicitor of St. John's-square. This gentleman comes
forward with strong testimonials from all parties. The
election will take place to-morrow.
The steamer Lavoisier, which arrived at Toulon on
the 18th inst. from Algiers, had 317 passengers, amongst
whom was Lieut.-General de Rumigny, who comes to
France in consequence of the Marquise de Rumigny, the
wife of his brother.
ACCIDENT TO THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT.--0/1
Wednesday last the Duke of Beaufort met with a severe
fall from his horse ; the Noble Duke fell on his head,
where his Grace has received some very severe contu-
sions. Immediately after his return to Badminton the
Duke was cupped. On Friday and Saturday the Noble
Duke was considered much better.
THE LATE EARL OF .MACCLESFIELD.—The mortal
remains of the venerable Earl were removed from
the family mansion in Conduit-street,this morning, for
Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire, and to-morrow the inter-
ment is to take place. The funeral is to be strictly pri-
vate, and none of the carriages of the nobility are likely
t) follow, as all applications have been courteously de-
clined.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge and Princess Augusta are expected to leave
Cambridge House this day for Strathfieldsaye,
Hants, to honour the Duke of Wellington by their com-
pany for several days.
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—We are
glad to learn that the pre-eminent facilities afforded to
travellers by the above splendid undertaking, are already
triumphing over the unjustifiable combination formed
against it. A Reverend Gentleman from the West, who
signed the obligation to discourage the undertaking,
found it expedient to avail himself of its facilities on
Tuesday last ; and so delighted was he with his trip,
that he returned to Edinburgh by the same mode of
conveyance the same day. We could mention many
other instances of persons taking advantage of the rail.
way, notwithstanding their having previously signed the
declaration.—Scotsnian.
Lord John l3eresford, brother to the Marquis of
Waterford, having completed his terms at Trinity Col-
lege, Cambridge, has entered holy orders. His Lordship
was ordained by his relative, the Bishop of Kilmore.
During the greater part of the week the weather
has been extremely cold. All the surrounding hills aro
covered with snow.—Carlisle Journal.
SPANISH CommissioN.—Alore than 120 officers,
and nearly 7,000 men, perished by disasters in the field,
fever, and destitution, of the 12,000 originally raised by
General Evans in his unfortunate expedition to Spain.
Of the latter number, we will say, 2,000 resigned, or
were sent home as useless or mutinous ; but the remain-
der, or their next of kin, are entitled more or less to
some arrears of pay, or compensation. These number,
5 000 to whom 10,000, if from which is taken about
cer-
tificates have been issued by the Spanish commission, it
is clear that there are yet 5,000 claims to he settled.
British Queen.
The Marquis de las Marismas (M. Aguado) arrived
at Bayonne on the 18th inst., in his way to Spain, to
visit his coal-mines in the Asturias.
The only son of the unfortunate Frost, died at
Montpellier, Bristol, on the 22d inst