Star.
London, England, 1820-01-25 00:00:00

SHELTER FOR THE HO USELESS.

An Address to the Public from the General Corn-
:tee of this Institution will be found in another
tof our Paper. The indefinite nature of the un- '
.ortaking rendered some eaplanati•'n necessary con-
eming the disposal of the large Funds entrusted to
.Geis care, and this is the principal object of the Ad-
to •r,hich it is only necessary to direct the at•
.entio^ of the Reader. The same activity and zeal
vhich we before noticed, continue to animate the
Jl.oceeJings of the leading Members and the Commit-
.ees. An early Meeting for the purpose of consulta-
tion, took place yesterday at the Mansion !louse,
which was attended by the LORD MAYOR, Sir J.
LIJEDGCK, Mr. litcx, and Mr. BODKIN ; and the Ge-
ieral Committee, at which the Bishop of CHESTER
~reslded, met subsequently at the King's Herd, in
:he Poultry. The latter was chiefly employed in ar•
angements with the Parish Officers. A letter f; om
Mr. WATEns, the proplietor of the King's Theatre,
was read, offering a gratuitous performance for the
:ieneflt of the Institution. Captain OWEN and two
other Gentlemen from the Committee for the Relief
of Destitute Seamen, attended at the Asylum, and
selected sixty-nine able-bodied men to go on board
the ships now fitting out at Portsmouth. The doors
of the Asyliim, it has been intimated, on account of
_he great increase of numbers, will shortly be closed
against the admission of new inmates.

Trade, we are happy to say, has revives a little in
the Manufacturing Districts within the last fourteen
.lays. At Glasgow, Paisley, and Manchester, a num-
,
,er of hands have obtained work, who were out of
:mployment. On Saturday, there was a tolerable
un of business in both the Cloth Halls at Leeds, and
in improvement was experienced in the prices of the
-•tier descriptions of Cloths ; Stufs, too, are getting
e in demand, and the prices of course are better.

THE PuwDs.—The market this morning wears a
.oA gloomy appearance. An immense quantity of
itock has been brought for sale, and every one ap-
')ears eager to sell. Consols opened at 681/4 for the
Account, but soen fell to 68. The reports from
Spain are of the most unfavourable nature, and the
Spanish houses are anxious to sell at any price.
Another rumour has tended very much to depress
:he Funds, and that is the alarming state of his
I.•%JESTY'S health. Consols, for Money, at one
o'clock, were 68 for the Account.

Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, the Duke
of )(mut left town for Windsor. _

Lord GRENVILLE had a grand shooting party, on
tis Lordship's extensive game preserves round his
Suffolk seat of Wherstead Lodge, last week : the re-
turn of the first day's snort was 64. pheasants, 87
hares ; the second day, S 3 pheasants, and 66 hares,
of which the Duke of WELLINGTON bagged more
Ilan his proportion.
CRELTENUANI, JANUARY 23.—A few days since,
Mrs. rOTHERINGHAM, the wife of Captain FOTHER-
INGHAM, Master of the Ceremonies here,. died after
few days illness ; and yesterday morning, at nine
o'clock, was the time appointed for the funeral, at
which time the ilifferent carriages to form the proces-
sion arrived, but were immediately sent back. on
'being informed that Captain FOTIIERINGIIANI had
airnself died only half an hour previous. Ile had
I,eeta unwell only a few days with a sore throat and
-Hd (the same complaint as Mrs. FOTHERINGHAM),
',lll‘‘.ls not considered in danger by his Physicians,
who only left him at six o'clock that morning, and
at hail-past eight he was a corpse. Thcy will both
aow be interred in one grave. This melancholy
event has naturally cast a gloom over our previously
gay town.
COUNTY 07 STAFFORD.--We lately stated that no'
Answer had been given to the RequisitioniAs, who
had desired a County Meeting to be called, to take
into consideration the State of the Suffering Poor,
and the Means of Relieving and Employing the
ame. We now learn from authority, that a written
Answer was sent to Lord ANsoN, as the head of the
Requisitionists, on Thursday, the 13th inst. and
%‘ltich answer stated the circumstance of a County
-;ubscription having been originated, as the reason
.1 the Sheriff for declining to coxrene the County.
Among the subscribers to the Requisition, there
were, be,ides Lord ANSON, Lords BRADFORD, VER-
NON, and CaEwc, Sir GEORGE JERNINGRAM, Sir
Josrpii SCOTT, Sir ROBERT Pim, Sir J. G.
COTE, &c.

DEATH. OF THE DIIKE OF KENI.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

From the first account of his Royal Highness's ,
illness, those who were the best acquainted with him
felt the most serious apprehensions of the event that
has fatally happened ; since the habitual abstinence
of the illustrious Duke gave him -such strong and
uninterrupted health, as to make him inattentive to
the first access of the cold, which thereby gained
such a degree of inflammaiion, as to baffle all the
subsequent remedies. His Royal Highness, in a
long walk, on Thursday se'nnight, with Captain Cox-
ROY, in the beautiful environs of Sidmouth, had his
boots soaked through with the wet. On their return
to Woolbrook Cottage, Captain CONROY, finding
himself wet in his feet, advised his Royal Highness
to change his boots and stockings; but this he did
not do till he dressed for dinner, being attracted by
the smiles of his infant Princess, with whom he sat
fur a considerable time, in fond parental dalliance.
Before night, however, he felt a sensation of cold
and hoarseness, when Dr. WILsoN Prescribed for
him a draught. This his Royal Highness, in the
usual confidence in his strength, and dislike of me-
dicine, did not take; saying, that he hat no doubt
but a night's rest would carry off ever/ uneasy
symptom. The event proved the contrary. In the
morning, the symptoms of fever were increased; and
though his Royal Highness lost 120 ounces of blood
from the arms, and by cupping, he departed this
life, as we have stated, at ten o'clock on Sunday
forenoon. Ilis Royal Highness vas sensible of his
approaching death, and met it a ith pious resigna-
tion. He generously said, that he blamed himself
for not yielding to the seasonable advice of Dr.'
WILSON, in the First instance, by which the access of
the fever might have been checked. Every attention
that skill and affection could supply were rendered
to him. Prince LEOPOLD, accompanied by Dr.
STOCKMAR, arrived at Woolbrook Cottage on Satur-
day, at two o'clock, and never left his Royal Brother
to the last. His Royal Highness was the fourth son I
of his MAJESTY, and was born on the 2d of Novem-
ber, 1767. He was consequently in the 53d year of
his age. He was a Knight of the Garter, Thistle,
and St. Patrick, Knight Grand Cross of the Bath—a
Field Marshal in the British Army, and had, since
1801, held the situation of Governor in Chief of the

important fortress of Gibraltar; he was also Colonel
of the Royal Scots Regiment of Foot. His Royal
Highness had seen much military service, and served
under Sir C. GREY, in the West Indies, in the early
part of the Revolutionary War, during which time
he was present at the reduction of St. Lucie.
He was married on the 29th of May, 1818, at
Coburg (and re-mai ried at Kew Palace, the 11th
of July, same year), to her Serene Highness VICTO-
RIA MARIA LOUISA, youngest daughter of the late
reining Duke of Smus-Coaunc, widow of his late
Serene Higness the Prince of LEININOEN, an sister

of Lis Royal Highness the Prince of SAXE-COBURG,
the chosen husband of our much-lamented Princess
CHARLOTTE. The only issue of this marriage was
a daughter, named ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA, who
was bor n at Kensington Palace, 44th May, 1819.
It would be superfluous to expatiate upon the

many private virtues of the illustrious deceased, or
upon the benevolent zeal with which he exerted him-
self in the promotion of every charitable object.
They are fresh in the recollection of the Public, and
the regret which will be felt by all those numerous
Societies which enjoyed his protection and aid, may
easily be imagined. Nor was his Royal Highness
less endeared to his family and friends.

The situati•n of his amiable and afflicted Duchess
will excite the sympathy of every heart. She was
most indefatigable in her attentions upon her departed
Consort, and performed all the offices of his sick bed
with the most tender and affectionate. anxiety. She
did not even take off her clothes for five successive
nights, and all the medicines were administered by
her own hands. She yet struggled to prevent his
seeing the agony. of her apprehensions, and never left
his bed-side but m give vent to her bursting sorrow.
These mournful duties, though they could not snatch
their object from the grave, must at least have
smoothed the passage to it ; and the recollection of
them will be among the strongest consolations of her
widowed heart, when the lenient hand of time shall
have soothed the keener pangs of sorrow.

The Theatres were shut last night, and will be
only shut again on the night of the Royal Funeral, in
consequence of his Royal Highness dying at so great
a distance from town, and the length of time that will
elapse before the Funeral. It was at first resolved that,
as usual, the Theatres should be closed till after the
Funeral, and an crder to this effect as given in the
STAR of yesterday) was sent from the LORD CHAM-
BERLAIN'S Office ; but, en a representaticn being
made, in the after part of the day, of the distress
into which a vast mamber cf people, dependent on
the Theatres, would be thrown, by so long a sus-
pension from employment, the order was humanely
restricted to two nights, as now stated. The Mourn-
ing will commence on Thursday next, for one month,
and two weeks for the change, according to the re-
gulations which were established some time ago, with
a view to prevent that injury te trade which had been
experienced from more protracted Court Mournings.

THE KING..

His MAJESTY, we lament, is said to be iri an
alarming state. The following is extracted Pram the
Windsor Express: -

" The Duke of •YORL arrived on Saturday at Windsor, and
slept at the• Castle. It is with the drepest regret that we state
our apprehensions (but which are founded only OD rumour*,
which may arise from the continued attendance of the Duke of
YORK on his venerable Parent), that his Mown': is again seri-
ously indisposed. It is more than probable that the severe
weather may have produced alarming effects on, a constitution
which must be gradually yielding to the infirmities of great age."