Star.
London, England, 1822-08-13 00:00:00

STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Consols opened at 80 to j, and kept steady at the above price
till about- eleven o'clock, when an eminent Broker came into the
market and sold £lOO,OOB at 80, which immediately turned the
market, and up to this hour Consols are 791 to 80, which is a
fall since yesterday of 1 per Cent. Reduced is 801.
STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK.
Within this half hour the market looks heavy, and ti :e Com-
missioners have purchased Consols at 80.
Foams, Fvxns.—AU the Foreign Securities remain steady up
to this hour,' and not much business doisig.—Old Spanish 64;
New 63i; Old Prtieeiap 991 to 89; New 861; Russian 831;
CbWan *ski; Danish 5Th #; Neapolitan 73i I ; Columbian
97; Scrip 871.
PRICES OW STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced 805,4 %44
3 per Cent. Consols 801/8 79% 80
% per Cents. 917/ 14— 4 per Cents. 99% %
4 per Cent. New 99%. % 3/s
Bank Long Annuities 21 203 i
India Bonds 625.635.-3 per Cent. 1751, 79%
Exchequer Bills of £l,OOO, 6s. Bs.
Ditto Small 6s. 9s.—Consols for Act. 801/i79% 80

When we yesterday announced the death of the
Marquis of LONDONDERRY we were not uninformed
as to the melancholy circumstances with which it
was attended ; but, convinced of the evil contagion
of example, it has been the invariable rule of the Con-
ductors of the STAR not to publish cases of suicide;
and we have seen too many occasions to regret that
a similar reserve has not been observed by our brother
Journalists. There are, however, some occasions
when, from the rank of the party, the publicity of the
circumstance is so general and of so much importance
as to render all attempt at concealment nugatory.—
On such occasions only have we deviated from a
course which we have pursued for upwards of thirty
years. That the death of the Marquis of LosuoN-
DERRY should have been one of those painful occa-
sions is to us matter of deep regret, for while we have
frequently animadverted strongly on the conduct of
the Administration of which he was so distinguished
a member, yet we have never been backward in doing
justice to his talents; and we cannot but feel the
deepest sympathy for the melancholy termination of
a life which seemed to have little to wish for in the
way of earthly enjoyment. *

The particulars of this distressing event, that is, all
that have yet transpired, will be found in our pre-
ceding columns. It would appear that his Lordship
had been troubled with a depression of spirits, and
with still stronger symptoms of insanity, for some
days. This is said to have been occasioned by the
incessant fatigues of his official duties and the busi-
ness of the last Session, with some aversion to his ap-
proaching mission to the Congress at Florence, which
his Lordship could not but foresee would be an office
of great difficulty and delicacy. Disease had weak-
ened a mind which but yesterday appeared in the
fullness of health and vigour, and, in a moment of
frenzy, his Lordship accelerated his death.
Of the talents and political conduct of the Marquis
of LONDONDERRY, very different opinions are held,
His friends represent him as a consummate states-
man—Lis political enemies (for his Lordship had no
personal ones), as a fortunate politician, whose tide
in the affairs of administration being taken at the
flood, led on to fortune. For our parts, we always
considered the Marquis of LONDONDERRY rather as
a clever than a great statesman. He had none of
those bold and comprehensive views which a great
Minister, with unexampled resources, would have
adopted ; but having once fixed on a particular line
of policy, he was unceasing in his endeavours to ac-
complish it, and on many occasions discovered con-
siderable dexterity. His Lordship has, perhaps more
than any other Minister of modern times, had splen-
did opportunities of displaying the talents of a great
statesman, which he has suffered to escape him ; and
he has often been placed in situations of great diffi-
culty, from which be bas extricated himself with
considerable ingenuity.
That he was the most efficient member of the Admi-
nistration there can be little doubt, for, independent
of the labours of the foreign department, the defence
of the measures of Administration, in the House of
Commons, very frequently almost entirely devolved
on him. His Lordship ought be considered as the
virtual Chancellor of the Exchequer, for, although
Mr. VANSITEART ostensibly holds the situation, yet
the great burden of the financial ilepartmest its the

House of Commons has been sustabied by the Xtr.
quis of Lonnounanay, ever since the death of Mr.
PliCI VA L.

Of his talents as a filancier we should feel dis-
poned to speak highly, and would refer to his annual
expose of the state of the public revenue and expel.
diture during the last five or. six Sessions of Parlia-
anent, and to his masterly 'speech in reply to Lord
HIM/ Fare, when this Nobleman was Chancellor
of the Exchequer during the ,ahort Administration
of the Whigs:
As a member of society, apart from office; we bear
a willing tribute to those valuable qualities by which
his Lordship acquired sad preserved the affbctitini of
his numerous friends. We pass by the mere accdin:
plishments and elegancies which distinguished him,
since to dwell upon them would be to depreciate his
more solid virtues. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY was
a man of unassuming manners, of simple tastes, and
(so far as regarded private life) of kind and generous
dispositions. Towards the poor he was beneficent :
in his family mild, considerate, and forbearing. Ile
was firm to the connections and associates of his
earlier days, not only those of choice, but of accident,
when not unworthy ; and to promote them, and to
advance their interests, his efforts were sincere and
indefatigable. In power he forgot no service rendered
to him while he was in a private station, nor broke
' any promise, expressed or implied, nor abandoned
any friend who claimed and merited his assistance.
The death of the Marquis of LONDONDERRY ex.
cited an unusual sensation yesterday, and our Readers
will readily conceive the gloom which such unex-
pected and important intelligence will not fail to cast
on his MAJESTY'S excursion to hid Northern king-
dom: and we cannot help remarking the singular
coincidence between the communication of this event
to his MAJESTY and that of the death of the QUEEN,
which occurred, and was announced to the KING, on
his visit to Ireland, under similar circumstances. But
it is far more important to advert to the conjectures
which are afloat as to the individual likely to suc-
ceed to the high offices which are now vacant.—
Rumour will not fail very confidently to fix on
Mr. CANNING, and we think there is much of proba-
bility in that expectation. As leader of the House
of Commons, and as a consummate debater, we ',re-
sume that no Member on the Ministerial side will
enter into competition with the statesman alluded tu.
And as Secretary for the Foreign Department lie is
no less qualified, having filled that high station al-
ready, before the Noble Marquis himself.
There are, as is always the case on such occai.7n,
a variety of rumours on the subject. One states tl:at
Mr. PEEL will exchange the Home Department fur
the vacant office of Secretary for Foreign ;
and that be will be succeeded in his office by Mr.
CHARLES GRANT. This we do not think at all pro-
bable; for Mr. PEEL, though a man of consk!erable
talents, is better versed in our domestic than our fo-
reign politics: while we think Mr. (IRA \T qui:e the
reverse, and recollect that he was the locum tenc:N of
Lord CASTLEREAGH when he left this country for Ll.e
conference at Chatillon, in 1814.
Another report is, that Sir CHARLES STrART, our
Ambassador at Paris, will be al,' ~;ntel to succeed
the Marquis of LONDONDERRY ; ‘thich, as Si,
CHARLES has the character of being a skilful dipl4-
matist, is not improbable; though something mole
than mere diplomatic tact is wanting in a Secretary-
of State.

We are of opinion that the death of the Marquis of
LONDONDERRY will occasion more extensive changes
in the Administration than have been yet contem-
plated ; but, however, be the successor to the Foreign
Department who he may, no time can be lost in his
appointment, as the Congress now assembling at
Vienna was about to be attended by the Noble Per-
son, now no more, before even another week would
have elapsed.
We understand that his MAJESTY, in the audience
he gave the Marquis of LONDONDERRY on Friday,
was the first to notice the alteration in his Lordship,
and said to one of his attendants, 44 GOD bless me,
my Lord Londonderry's mind is quite gone!"

Yesterday morning Dr. BANKHEAD had an inter-
view with the Earl of LIVERPOOL, and laid before
him a statement of the circumstances attending the
death of his Noble Colleague.
In the course of the day Mr. VANSITTART and se-
veral of the neighbouring Gentry sent their expre-
Lions of condolence to the family of the Noble Lord.
Many of his relatives had arrived at North Cray.
The melancholy tidings of the death of the Noble
Marquis was brought by Mr. Vim', the King's Mes-
senger, who arrived in town between twelve and one
o'clock, having travelled with the greatest speed in I
chaise and four. It is impossible to describe the con-
sternation that prevailed at all the Public Offices.—
The LORD CHANCELLOR and Lord LIVERPOOL were
the only Cabinet Ministers who were sufficiently near
to come to town. The latter came from Combe Wood .
—Mr. HORHOUEZ, the Under Secretary of State for
the Home Department, sent off dispatches by Mr.
WALTER, the King's Messenger, to the KING in Scot-
land, and to Mr. PEEL. Dispatches were also for-
warded to Earl BATEURET, at his seat at Cirencester.
The Earl of Hataaows; the Duke of WELLINGTON,
and Lord Measteoaevou, are out of England, hav-
ing left for the Netherlands. Mr. Femme% Private
Secretary to the CHANCELLOR of the Escuautisk
waited on that Minister at Blackheath, to acquaint
bias with the awful event.