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

THE FUNDS.

PRICE •F STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
3 per Cent. Reduced 681/4 %
3 per Cent. Consols 681/4 68
31 per Cent. 77'1 s/s
4 1-er Cent. 87 86 74 87
5 pt.r Cent. Navy 10214 73 53
Bank Long Annuities 18 1-16
India Ponds 12s. 13s. pr.
South-Sea Stock 7513/4.
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

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ten o'clock yesterday morning, at his cottage, at
‘;,lmonth, in Devonshire, of the inflammation with
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4 which he was attacked some days ago, and which
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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.
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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 the 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
111; 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
111. 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

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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
cicestion 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.derithe 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 sto 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 681/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 town 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.