Star. — London, England, 1820-01-24 00:00:00

THE EVENING .STAR, LONDON. MONDAY, JANUARY 24., 1820. THE FUNDS. PRICE •F STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 3 per Cent. Reduced 68 1 / 4 % 3 per Cent. Consols 68 1 / 4 68 31 per Cent. 77'1 s/s 4 1-er Cent. 87 86 7 4 87 5 pt.r Cent. Navy 102 1 4 7 3 53 Bank Long Annuities 18 1-16 India Ponds 12s. 13s. pr. South-Sea Stock 75 13 / 4 . Exchequer Bills (2d.) 3s. IS. pr. Commercial 8 discount Consols for Acct. 683/4 PEATIT or ROYA L HIGHNESS THE PUKE OF KENT. The Public will learn, with deep regret, that this Amiable benevolent, and humane PRINCE, died at tr. ten o'clock yesterday morning, at his cottage, at ‘;,lmonth, in Devonshire, of the inflammation with •-• 4 which he was attacked some days ago, and which I 4 V. b.tfilo ti all the skill of the eminent Medical men by q„ horn he was attended.—His Royal Highness bore ~: :,is a: ;fiction with great composure and resignation. i . li Prince LEOPOLD, Captain CONWAV, and Generals ,/a; WEATUERAL and MoonE, were in attendance, and , Jminiitercd what cousola:ion they could to the rDCCHF.4iS on this trying occasion. 1 ;4, The melancholy intelligence was brought to town t . this toorrang by General Toone, who reached Carl , , t - m House at hall-past eight o'clock. The General t' : tlett proceeded to York House, and thence to Cla -I;rence House, to communicate the afflicting intelli it Bence to the Royal Brothers, and to the Duchess of CLARENCE ; and soon after he set off for Windsor, to k communicate the event to the PRINCESSES. At one o'clock, the following communication, from Lord SIDMOUTH to the Lona MAYOR, was posted at the Mansion House: •' WHITEHALL, JANUARY 24, 1820. nl "My Loan—wlt is with extreme concern that I if acquaint your Lordship with the Death of kis Royal i: highness the Duke of KENT; which melancholy event , r, , , happened on the 23d instant, at Sidmouth, after a l; few few days' illness, to th e great grief of all the Royal 1 Family. 1 V" I have to request your Lordship will give direc: tuns, as usual on such occasions, for the tolling of 1 11 ; the great bell of St. Paul's' Cathedral. 1 ";,,, " I have the honour to be, my Lord, N rl " Your Lordship's most obedient Servant, Is (Signed) " SIDDIOUTH. ..,' .' To the Right Hon . . the Lord Mayor." The following Letter has been sent to the Marna . gets of the different Theatres: K LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JAKIJAZY 24, 1820. " Sin—ln consequence of the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of KENT, I am commanded, by the LORD CHAMBERLAIN, to desire, that the Theatre 1 11 . under your management be immediately closed, and continue so till after the Funeral. ~ I am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) " T. B. 'MARSH. " The 'Manager of &c." In many points of his character, the Duke of KENT [1: bore a striking resemblance to his MAJESTY. In his .! habits he was distinguished for regularity ; frugal in the pleasures of the table, even to abstemiousness ; k methodical to a remarkable degree, not only in all 15 - his household, but in every thing that bore the form of business. Nature had gifted hint with a fine rn-ron, a memory of wonderful minuteness, and an . .17t;tude ►_hat enabled him, on the spur of the mo- rent, to comprehend the bearings of any general c i cestion that was submitted to his consideration. 1: he was not naturally eloquent, he was, without , ve.Aion, one of tile very best public speakers in the cccntry. He did nut, indeed, aspire to the character an crater, but his appeals in behalf of tite objects • benevolence, will long be remembered as 4 . of the most impressive addresses, that have w tie- been delivered on such occasions. In his man .: r he was affable, easy of access, and, in his dispo s.:.gularly ingenuous; and, considering that he • uliout ed ul.der i the disadvantages of a foreign eduea sn,l:e possessed many of the best qualities of the Eng -1.,11 Gentleman. His loss, lamented as it must be, on account of his high rank in the State, will be greatly ! • by the numerous Charitable Institutions which • • s• i•Drrnized ; and many individuals will have to deplore the loss of an ever ready and, liberal friend, . , notwithstanding the inibirAssecl state of his own a 1 fairs. But the most mournful object of con - sideration, in this melancholy event, is the situation of the Duchess, the sister of Prince LEOPOLD. Our country and connection have not proved fortunate to their Illus trious Family ; and her Royal Highness, we regret to say, is left, with her infant daughter, in circumstances that, with her rank, must be considered great indi gence, the actual amount of her income being only three thousand pounds a year. On the demise of the Royal Duke, the Medical attendants issued the following Bulletin, respecting the health of the Duchess of KENT : " SIDAIOUTII, JANUARY 23, 15!D. " We have great satisfaction in being able to an nounce, that, notwithstanding the Duchess of KENT has paid the most unremitting attention to his late Royal Highness the Duke of KENT, during the whole course of his illness, her Royal Highness is as well as we could possibly have expected, after so great a degree of anxiety and exertion. (Signed) " J. WiLsotr, M.D. W. G. MATON, M.D." His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT has sig• nifi•:d his pleasure that the General Mourning shall be restricted to one half of the usual period. This arrangement is highly creditable to the considerate feelings of the PRINCE, being intended to give as little interruption to trade as possible. Since our last, Mails have arrived from Flanders, Holland, and Hamburgh ; the two former bringing th Dutch and Flemish Papers to the 19th, and the lat ter, Papers from the North of Europe to the 15th inst. The accounts from St. retersburgh announce an important fact—that the' Emperor ALEXANDER has, by an Imperial Ukase, abolished all the War Tares on Property, imposed in 1812, when the great effiirt was made against BONAPARTE. In the same Ukase the Emperor announces, that the sources of Public Revenue have Improved so much, that he has been also enabled to apply Sixty Millions annually to the consolidation of Public Credit, and to Increase the pay of the Military, after providing for all the other public expenses. This furnishes strong evidence of the growing prosperity of Russia, especially when it is considered that the Military force of that Em pire amounts to from five to six hundred thousand men. The EMPEROR states a part of the system which has induced the repeal of these Taxes, to be, " To promote the means by which the welfare of his People may be increased, by the prosperity of the various branches of Agriculture and Industry." This is most enlightened policy ; for nothing can be more true than the axiom that the people make money, productive, and increase the wealth of the State, in a much quicker ratio than the State itself can, by coming in too soon and too often for a share of the profits. Rapid advances in commercial prosperity may be anticipated for Russia, in consequence of this policy. Let us hope that this country will participate in the benefits. We may promise ourselves this from the Commercial Treaty negotiated by Lord CATHCART, before he left Petersburgh : at least it is so asserted in the foreign Journals. We only fear that some parts of our own policy will greatly counteract and lessen the benefits which might result to this country by a system of mutual liberality—we allude to the Tax on Foreign low-priced Wools. It is impossible that fo reign States can take our manufactures if we refuse to take their raw materials; for all commerce, when duly analyzed, resolves itself, ultimately, into barter —into a mere exchange of surplus products. Never was this country placed in circumstances which could call with more solicitude for extended markets than at this moment ; nor would it be just to suppose that Ministers shut their eyes to the fact : but evils are easier seen than remedies devised. One fact, however, must have forcibly struck our Rulers, long before this time—that, in deference to FERDINAND, immense sacrifices have been made by this country, in not avowedly adopting that line of policy which would give us the undisguised benefits of unre strained trade with South America. The idea of the bare possibility of Spain being ever able to bring South America, under her yoke is now held by all to be perfectly chimerical ; and rumour goes so far as to say, that our Ministers are not averse to the Inde pendence of the South American Colonies ; and that the termination of the contest may soon become the subject of negotiation. Indeed, it is impossible that Ministers should not be persuaded that the cause of the mother country has now become altogether hopeless, when the various impediments which retard and frustrate all her attempts to send a force to South America, at all adequate to the object of re-subjuga tion is considered. The Paris Papers of Wednesday, Thursday,-and Friday, have arrived since our last. The Chamber of Peers assembled on Tuesday, when a similar question to that which has just been the object of so hard a struggle in the Chamber of Deputies, came on for discussion. A Report was brought up on a number of Petitions against any .ilteration in the Election LaW; iiind the Reporter, as in the Deputies; V:iicipissed to get rid of diem, by passing to the oider of the day. The Peers always ,debating with closed doors, there is only an official bulletin given of what passes there, in which no part of the discussion is published. We have thus merely the names of the speakers. It ap pears that the Counts Lntduttcnis, DARU, and Ds &Gun, opposed the recommendation of the Com raittee ; and that it was supported by the Marquis DE LATOUR DI/ PIN and the Baron DE BARANTE. The division was very different from that in the Chamber of Deputies, the numbers being for passing 'to the order of the day 109, against 48, majority 61. The Chamber of Deputies met on Wednesday, when another. Report was made from the Committee of Petitions, but it produced nothing of any interest. The KING held a Council of Ministers on Wednes day. The Count DECAZES and M. DE &IMES were still prevented, by indisposition, from attending. The former Minister is said to be worse. The latter has got leave to repair to Nice for the re-establishment of his health, and the Seals are said to have been offered to M. RAVEZ, but declined. The speculators on a change of Ministry, find their hopes much strengthened by' the circumstance that the Duke DE RICHELIEU transacted business with the Kato, both on Tuesday and Wednesday, and breakfasted with his MAJESTY on Thursday. French 5 per Cents. Thursday, 71 fr. ti c. We have received this morning American Papers to the lith of December. On the 19th of December the House of Repre sentatives resolved itself into a Committee of the whole, to take into consideration the PRESIDENT'S Message, when that part of it relating to the state of affairs with Spain, as well as other leading points, were each referred to a Select Committee. An abstract of the voluminous documents which accompanied the Message relative to the negocia tions with Spain, is given in The Columbian, and to morrow we shall probably be able to find room for it. -The Refuge for the Houseless and Destitute pre sented yesterday-a spectacle alike cheering and edi fying. The men having prepared the Dormitory for a Chapel, the Church Service was_performed in it about noon, in a most impressive manner, by the Rev. Mr. HATCH. The behaviour of the whole con gregation was orderly and reverent : and after their attendance on Divine Worship, rations of bread and cheese were delivered out to the men. After this meal they were permitted to walk out, but returned to Evening Service, which was performed with the same devoutness and attended with the same pro priety of demeanour. The officiating Clergyman on this occasion was the Rev. Mr. WATKINS ) of Lon don-stone. The number of destitute objects in the house yes terday was very nearly 800; of whom 140 were women and children, and 130 were sick : and this day the whole may be expected to amount to 900. As this multitude is too great, both for the accom modation of the house, and for the amount of the Funds, consistently with any rational view to conti nued utility, the Committee are occupying them selves in reducing the numbers, by sending away such of the inmates as can with certainty be trans ferred to their proper parishes. In the course of Saturday, two persons died in the Asylum, and three others were considered in a dan gerous state. These poor creatures had no disease whatever, but were•received into the House in a state of total exhaustion. The change from starvation, and exposure to the weather, to milk diet and warm air, proved to be more than their feeble constitutions ;• were able to sustain and mature sunk under the ef forts, however judicious, which were made to restore them. The contributions, from the Public at large, continue s t o come in very freely : they amountest on Saturday evening to nearly £ll,OOO. In addition to the Benefits given at the Adelphi and Drury-Lane Theatres, the profits of Covent-Garden to-morrow evening, and the Surrey Theatre on Thursday, were to be devoted to the same cause. The number of in mates at London-wall, on Saturday, amounted to nearly seven hundredland fifty ; and last night, though. the utmost strictness is exercised in examining appli cants, they exceeded nine hundred. THE FUNDS.—The Market looks exceedingly heavy this morning. Consols opened at 68% for the Ac count, but instantly fell to 68 1 /s. At the close of the day, on Saturday, several very heavy sales were made. Two or three Spanish Houses, on Saturday, had pri vate information of the disturbed state of that coun try, and, aware that our Funds would be affected by the intelligence, gave ordets to their Brokers to sell immediately. The opinion of the Monied Interest is, that a further depression will tale place. At one o'clock Consols were sit 68. The Perses RECANT attended Divine Service yes terday, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Pa:ace. Yesterday, the Duke of CLArtescs; visited the PRINCE ItRiIENT. Saturday morning, the Duke of YORE left town for Windsor, and from thence proceeded to Oatlands. Yesterday, about three o'clock, an express was sent off by an orderly Dragoon, from to w n to Oatlartds, reqt4iring the Royal Duke's attend.ince in London. Ris Royal Highoess arrived soon afterwards, and attended the ParNcE RIOZNT at Carlton House. DE Sl7tVer lk PIA •1. , . I . I:MSIE3-STREET. —Yesterday morning, about twc o'clock, the neighbourhood of Swan-lane, in this sti eet. was thrown into a, state of the utmost confusion, by the loud cries of" Fire!" by the watchman. The fire, which commenced in the premises of Messrs. Childe. a porter and cider warehouse, in Swan-lane, was dis• covered issuing from the V.lusinWs Of the lower par. of the house. The family of Mr Childe made •theh escape with great difficulty. The fire spread witl. such rapidity, that in a short time the flames com municated to the warehouse of Mr. Matthews, at the back part, and a stock of wood and other materials. used in Mr. Matthews' trade (brush-making), having caught fire, the whole of the front premises were h less than an hour completely burnt through int( Thames-street. By this time, several engines were on the spot; but owing to a great scarcity of water in consequence of the frost, and the water being turned otf, the fames extended to several other houses at the back of Swan-yard, leading into Thames street. After some time had elapsed, the supply of water became plentiful, and the firemen played with great activity. The houses of Mr. Reynolds, cheese monger, Mr. Cudber, and Mr. Simpson, of Thames street, shortly afterwards caught fire, and were much injured; and the Brid4ewater School, with four or five other houses in Swan-alley and •Black Raven yard, were completely burned to the ground. It was anticipated several times, that Fishmongers'-hall would be destroyed ; but the attention of the firemen apparently was fixed upon it : they played on the adjoining houses, and k escaped with less injury than was expected. At about half-past four, the roofs of Mr. Childe's and Mr. Matthews' houses fell in with a tremendows crash, and greatly spread the flames. The Iron Manufactory Ofike, on the bank of the Thames, was surrounded by flames, but escaped without injury. The fire continued burning at an alarming rate until half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning, when an explosion of some gunpowder took place, which tore of the roofs of several of the houses, and caused great apprehension; tiles , bricks. and wood were scattered about in every direction. some persons standing near the spot were much hart in consequence of their falling on them ; a boy had his arm lacerated very much, and some of his fingers torn of. Shortly afterwards, the whore of the houses in Swan-lane fell down, and completely blocked ur the road-way; and the whole of the other house: mentioned were, with the furniture and property, a mass of ruins. A fireman narrowly escaped s irk his life : white playing on the premises near Mr. Childe's house, a high wall gave way, which nearly covered him, but by a sudden jump backwards he escaped. BOND-STREET.—Another fire broke out in the ore mises of Messrs. Elliott and France, cabinet-naker% and upholsterers, which did considerable injury. Yesterday, the Earl of LEINSDALE visited the PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton House. The Duke of WELLINGTON left town on Saturda:, for his seat, Strathfieldsay, Hants. Sir WILLIAM SCOTT gave a grand dinner on Sa turday, at his house in Grafton -street, Bond -street, t. a large party of distinguished personages; amorii whom were the Duke of MowraosE, the .Isrsasso DOR of the NETHERLANDS, BATOn WM. FAGEL, KING'S THEATRE.—The Opera, on Saturday night, was respectably attended. The performance was Ros sues Cenerentola. It has been curtailed since au first night's representation. The omissions are judi, cious and elective, as they lighten the heavy part and accelerate the story. The Sestetto in the secunr Tact, which is beautiful, and the most original piece the whole Opera, has been shortened a movement.- I The Finale sf the first Act was twored as was aisc Mutes song in the second Act, which he sung will great sweetness and expression. The Opera, as it nova stands, was received *ith considerable applause. Ma dame BELLOCHI'S singing was delightful, particu larly her last song.' COVENT-GARDEN.—SOITTHERN . S Tragedy of ha belle was performed on Saturday eight, in whist . Mrs. De JERSEY BEAUMONT, from the Philadelphi a Theatre, made her first appearance as Isabella. The attempt was unsuccessful ; for though the audience expressed but little disapprobation, they were equally reserved with respect to applauses, so that the fee ing with which they seemed to regard the whole el fort, was one of perfect indifference. Among the di, advantages which led to this unfavourable result, we would notice a want of tenderness, a perpetual strain ing after impression, and a peculiarity of accent, tc be accounted for by her residence in America.— There are, perhaps, other characters in which he: talents might be of use, but we think she will si well, in any future undertaking, to avoid those i which any considerable degree of tenderness is ri quired. Mr. MACREADY'SBiron was ) as usual, highi impressive. HAZARD and Co. who sold Two Prizes of £20,00( in the last Lottery. respectfully acquaint the Public that the Lottery will finish drawing NEXT SATURDAY —The Wheel contains Two Prizes of £20,00.' Money, &c. &c.—HAZARD and. Co. gratefully au knowledge the preference given to their Old Esta blishment, and regret their suppJy of Ticket,. am' Shares,. previous to the last day's drawing, was no, adequate to their increased dema,-.d. A continuance of public patronage is respectfully solicited at their Offices, Royal Exchauge Gate, 26, Cornhill, • and 324, Oxford-street, corner of Swallow -street. CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, JANUARY 24. Although the navigation of the River is now tole rably free, and notwillstanding the long suspension of business in our Market, and the trifling sales thai have been made within the last three weeks, the de• mand was exceedingly small this morning, and sale , of all Grain as heavy as if the obstruction of the frost had not been partly removed.—The exhibitio. of Wheat samples from Essex was very large, bu the buyers were very indifferent about purchasing; although the same prices only were asked as on t h e day. fortnight, and very few sales were effected o' those terms.-I.l.trley was also very dull sale, biz prime samples obtained 31s. to 355. the inferior sort , were difficult to get el, from `.'.tic. to 30s.—B eat ,, Peas, and o.tts, were very plentiful, and each article dull sale, at c.r.lr last quozations. SMITHFIELD NA P.K ET, JANUARY 24. 8eef...... 4s 6d to 5s Veal 56 6d to 6s 0 4 ; glutton .. 4s 6.1 to 4d 1 Pork Veins f:a_ml.sls.,Sso—C4lvrst9O—Pigs NO. HAY ANI) STRAW PER LOAD. ..C3 10s to -LA 46 j Struw —AI as to ,C 1 I •• • ; l ‘k 4 e • • , 1 6 ~ "i ~i i try