Star. — London, England, 1811-11-29 00:00:00

TNE47 - 1213. COVENT-GARDEN.—LI The Irinter'stale,'' Otte of the most delightful productions of SHAKSPEA RE, and most judiciously cast in all its parts, was last night the at traction of this Theatre. All those who are charmed by the powerful combination of matter and manner, cannot fail of being highly pleased with the intellec tual refinement of such an entertainment. KRNIBLE ' never played better, very seldom so well. His Lewitt: Lad all the various passions of the character in their most animated sense. Al•hough he felt all the emo tions of the man, yet he never forgot the dignity of the King—unless when his impassioned foibles, tilung ing him in all the madness of jealousy, inflamed him for the moment to such a degree of mental torture as to convulse him by the operations of contending pas sions. Mrs. Snanows i s Herrnione is certainly one of her finest performances, and was last night grandly im pressive of whatever she chose to convey to the hu man mind. Next to the admirable delivery of the words set down for her by the Author, was her unri valled acting, particularly in the Statue Scene. There is nothing equal to it now on the Stage. The won der-working effect of her descent from the pedestal, and the approach to her husband Leontes, may be felt by congenial souls-- and here, indeed, she produces an extraordinary congeniality of sentiment among all the spectators—but cannot be accurately described, as the description of such a scene becomes cool and languid in the attempt. Mrs. Powem was very successful as the representative of Paulin; Polexenes and Morisse/ Were ably sustained by Messrs. Baanvstfitte and C. KEMBLE. FAWCETT, by his excellent comic acting, kept the house in a roar in ifuto/ietu • and the old Shepherd and the Clown were made the most of by BLANCHARD and LISTON. The house was extremely crowded with fashionable company ; and the scenery was new, splendid, and appropriate. By an Order issued from the Horse Guards, and dated on the Bth instant, Chaplains in the Army, doing duty in Garrisons, are to be entitled to the pay and allowances of Majors in the Army. Died latelt at Cherbourg, aged 27, Captain BAINES, of the 6th foot, youngest son of the late Captain BAINES, of Penzance, having been mortally wounded on board the Chesterfield Packet, on his passage from Weymouth, to join his regiment at Jer sey, ur a spirited but ineffectual resistance to a French privateer. SUBSCRIPTION FOR 71IE AR MY OF GENE RAL BALLASTEROS, LYCELII.—The Conk of Andalusia last night again attracted an elegant and crowded audience. BRAHAM, delii hted the audience, and in all his songs he was ho. 'loured with loud reiterated applause :—“lfictcry" was encored amid repeated cries of bravo! and the beautiful duet of gg All's well," his own composition, sung with PYRE, was also loudly and rapturously encored. Mrs 'Warms never appeared to greater advantage; the bcautifol bravura of SHIELD'S " Aid me Venus," may be reckoned among the happiest productions of this mos: minent veteran composer ; M s. Dre Kora sung it with uncommon felicity of expres.ku and sweetness, and the applause was as warm as it was suited. Monday, in the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, new Bills of Indictment were found by the City rand Jury, against Messrs. KIRWAN, SCURLOG, BURKE, a ndTAAFrit. On the same day, the Attorney- General moved for an attachment whir h was granted, against Put LIPWIIITIPIELD HARVILIt i , Proprietor of the Freeman's Journal, for an article in kis Paper, copied trom the Dublin Evening Post, reflecting on the Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. Yesterday the First Lottery for the year 1811 was contracted for at the Treasury. There were only two We : brsu and Suswrx..x. • I£ls 11 9 RICIMILDSON and SWIFT IS 6 11 A admits* is now making from the different depots and prison-ships, of from one to two thousand Italian prisoners of war, who are to be unit up the Mediterra mean, subject to the disposal of Lord W. BENTINCK. Letters are said to have been received in town yes terday morning, from Martinique, stating the con demnation and execution of several persons proved to have been concerned in the conspiracy, lately men tioned to have been discovered in that island. Some letters, received recently from Bourdeaux, state, that considerable bodies of troops had passed ehtutigh that city on their way to Spain. It is even added, that detachments of the Imperial Guards had' proceeded in that direction, from which it was 'nfer ard, that laionaparte had at length determined to take the field in person. The strongroom at Carltan-Hmise is completed, except the shelves, which are to be of cast-iron. The other repairs will takesix mt nths to complete. The Lords of the Admiralty have issued directions for the future regulation of the Clerks employed in the Victualling Department, as well as to rescind the late practice of charges being allowed for extra ser vices, after the expiration of the usual hours of atten dance, namely, from ten to four o'clock. It appears that the system of airmail; compensation for extra ' attendance, originated in pursuance of directions con mined in Mr. Wsirsden'sletter of the 18th of February, 3806, in order to bring np the arrears of public ac. counts in the Offices, without resorting to the assist ance of supernumerary Clerks on the establishment. The extra employment contributed to ameliorate the situations of many deserving and industrious men, who had large families, with a salary of R 75. 10s. per year. The disallowing of extra servicts to be performed in the Victualling Department, will be a saving of about Xl2OO a-year ; but in order to keep the current business regulai, an addition of thirty established Clerks, at £BO per annum, will encrease the expenditure in salaries to X 2400, which will coun ter balance the beneficial intentions of the following new instructions : " November IS, 1811. Yesterday, pursuant to a notice, in consequence of the Address of General BALLASTEROS, and the cir cular letter of his Aides-de-camp to the Spaniards re sident in this country, a meeting of Spanish Mer chants was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, the object of which was to take into consideration the most expedient mode of raising a fund, by subscription, to be expended in the purchase of clothing and other requisites for the use of the brave Spanish army in Andalusia, under the command of General BALLASTEROS. The meeting was attended by several of the most respectable Spanish merchants in London. His Excellency the Duke de. INFAN• TAD°, the Spanish Ambassador, presided on the oc casion, and opened the proceedings of the day. His Excellency having fully explained the patriotic ob ject of the meeting, stated, in the most pathetic terms, the necessities as well as the merits of the army for which their benevolence was solicited. His Excel ' lency did not attempt to extend the number of sub scribers beyond the Spaniards in this country or gen tlemen immediately interested in the Spanish cause hilt it was proposed by others, that the subscription should be general, which was agreed to ; as it seemed apparent, that however liberal the Spaniards resident in the metropolis might be, it could not, from the smallness of their numbers, be expected of them to raise a sum sufficiently large for the purpose in ques tion.—The meeting also resolved to apply to the Bri tish Government for the sanction and countenance of their plan, and to appoint a Committee for the ma nagement of the subscription, to consist of eight mer chants, one half British and the other Spanish ; the Duke del INFASTADO to be President.—A subscrip tion-book was then opened, and sums of £2OO were subscribed: During the time of the meeting names for about £l5OO were put down. 44 The Lords Commissioners of e the Admiralty cannot approve of the Clerks, whose duty it is to at tend diligently to the current business of the office, being employed for extra hours and extra services ; as they are of opinion, that if such clerks shall be kept fully occupied during the period specified in the 10th Report of the Board of Revision, page 31, no extra attendance should be necessary, and no extra exertion of any value can be expected from persons already charged with laborious duties ; but that, if this (the Victualling) Board shall be of opinion, that the clerks in general. are equal to the performance of more business than is required of them by the said regulations, the period of attendance should be ex tended, the public being entitled to all the time and exertions which the clerks may be considered capable of affording ; and, therefore. signifying their Lord ships' directions to the said Board, to put an imme diate stop to the practice of employing the officers and clerks of their office upon extra service, and not resume the same without their Lordships' previous approbation. Ordered in obedience to their Lord ships' orders, &c." . - THE ARMY. NAVAL I,NTELLIGBNCE. . -.- The 2d battalion of the 3d East Kent (or Buffs) FALMOUTH, NOVEMBER 26. k recruiting in its native county ; head-quarters at Sailed the Montague packet, for the Leeward Canterbury. They have a detachment at Dover, and Islands. have got a great number of fi ne young fellows from 1 PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER 27. the Westmeath Militia quartered there. Arrived the GIBRALTAR, of 80 guns, and the SEJ MIRAMIS, of 38, from off Rochefort; and the Nim- ROD cutter from L'Orient. Sailed the QCVEN, of 98 guns, for the Rochefort station. The wind which has remained steady at S ,uth for several days, with fine mild weather, this morning changed to the Westward, and some rain fell, it afterwards veered to the East, then again to the West, and is now (five P. M.) due South. PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER 28. Sailed his Majesty's ship CUEERLY, on a cruize.— Wind Northerly. DOVER, NOVEMBER 28. His Majesty's hired cutter NYMPH sent :n here, yes terday, a sloop-rigg'd vessel, laden with slate, be longing to London, which she picked up atsea, wilt out any person on board. The crew of the sloop have been picked up by another vessel. _ DEAL, NOVEMBER 2S. Sailed his Majesty's ship MOSQUITO for Heligoland. —Came down from the River his Majesty's ship Ja -Pwir, and passed on for Portsmouth.—Wind W. YARMOUTH, NOV. 28. .. 1 In consequence of the hazy weather we have had no arrivals till yesterday, P. M. arrived the BRAVE. DEGERIN, Lieutenant DEVON, from Heligoland, with convoy ; LEVERET, Captain WILLts, and two cutters, from a cruize off the Dogger; \Taw, from the Texcl ; and the ACUTE, from the Harbour. Sailed the CAE, TILIAN, for the Downs ; and the TICKLER cutter, with convoy, for Sheerness. Arrived from Hudson's Bay the Addison, of London, TURNER, with passengers and Mails ; the Company's ships are expected next tide. Remain in the Roads Selebay, Vice-Admiral MURRAY ; Desiree frigate, Chanticleer ani Briseis. Wind W. N. W. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. The Manchester packet, arrived from Surinam and the West Indies, spoke on 9th int. in lat. 40. 44. long. 43. 48. an America; ship from St. Petersburgh for Boston, under jury -masts, and in want of provisions ; supplied her with a tack of beer and a bag of bread; wind S.E.—On the 17th inst. In lat. 4 0 . 46. long. IC. 36. spoke the ship Alexander, of and for New York from Lon donderry, out 16 days, all well. The Prince Adolphus packet, arrived from Jamaica, spoke on the 15th ult. in lat. 31.34. N. long. 65. 55. W. the American brig John Howe, from Philadelphia bound to Santa Cruz. The Hope, Griffiths, from Wales to London, was carried into Dover the 27th inst. by the Nymph cutter. She had been taken and abandoned. The St. Cuthbert, Fasces, from Belfast to New York, is put Into Lisbon, in great distress. The Mary, Algen, from Liverpool to Newfoundland, has put into Kinsak, in distress. Part of the cargo thrown over-board. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. -sr Lieutenant Walker Is appointed Commander of the Attack gun-brig, at Chatham ; Lieutenant Patty, to the Regulus; Lieu tenant Judas, to the Griffin; Lieutenant Sibbald, to the Hawk Mr. Melvin to be Purser of the Gacymede; and Mr. Harrison to be Purser of the Mercurius. ~~ • mErtilellozr. cirrArnaritz . • • We have already noticed the loss of the ferry-boat at Fort George, and the melancholy fate of the boatmen and most of the pass.ngers nTt 'Hard. 1. , ow ever, be seen from the following detail of this lament able event, that every effort was used which clrcum stances could admit for their relief : - - - " Potrr Gsrnias, Not'. 19.—" Between one and two P.M. of the 15th, during a strong gale from S.W. accompanied with rain, Jr: small ferryboat, with the four bommen, 9or I plsaengers, and a poney, b et out from this place tut t 6 Fortn.se side. l'hey had o. ly proceeded about third ferry (Svc or 600 yards) when they were observed from both dims suddenly to go down. In this dreadful situation a munber,of the unfortunate sufterers were fur a considerable lime seer. from the ramparts, clinging to the wreck, which drifted in the di. ection of the garrison. Within 20 mintit:s or o after the accident, the popsy had made his way as far as th. 2 breakers, with a man grasping " the crupper in his left hand, and exerting the right and his swimming ; both wtra now at times completely bu'ried in broken water ; and the poney having at last found bottw.m with 11;s fore feet, seemed inc liable of further exertion, wl.ile the man, by the viiiknce of the virge, was forced from his hold,. and being quite exhatibted and er.curr.hered with great coat, boots, &c. would have inevitably peris!.ed, hard not Mr. Ferguson. paymaster of. the 78th regiment, rushed iti to his assistance, and rescued him from his perilous - situation. He is 'a Mr. Henderson, front Caithness. By this time the Wreck had drifted within 40 yard:Or soot the west point of the fort, with seven or eight people on the keel, oars, &e.: some of th na called out most piteonily to those attempting to assist them from the sh: re, but at last getting into a violent eddy, six or seven of diem were successively washed from their hold, and sunk to rise no move. A man and a woman still kept by the mast, which was floating alongside the wreck, and, in this affecting situation the man setting sipmonheart-rending shrit s, • h , ..1 drift ed down the Frith till nearly past the garrison, when William Skilling, private in the 78th, swam out with the end of a rope to make fast to the wreck, but which was unfortunately too short. Encouraged, however, by I.H commanding-officer, Lieut.-Col. M'Leod, who was on the beach using every exertion which humanity could suggest, Skiliing proceeded to the wreck, where he endeavoured to push the mast with those attached to it before him to the shore, but which noble attempt was frustrated by the m ist's being fast to the wreck by a rope, which he could not disengage. In the mean time, however, a ship's boat from the pier, which to the imminent danger of the crew, had bee n got round the point, soon came up and succeeded in bringing the man and the woman ashore. Colonel M'Leod order ed the man to be carried to his quart( rs, where; by kind treatment, he has, completely recovered. His name is John Angus, a sailor, and native of Thurso. The woman was taken up lifeless, and carried to Ma . - jor Geddes's, where medical aid was immediately pro. cured, but every attempt to restore animation proved ineffectual. She has been decently interred in the garrison burial ground. By a certificate found upon her, she appears to have been wife of Alexander MI Kenzie, soldier in the Ross-shire militia, and on her way with her infant child to Rosskeen. Angus was on his way from Aberdeen with his wife, Ann Ross, to whom he had been only a few monthi married, and who was one of the unfortunate sufferers. “ I have conversed with Mr. Henderson and with Angus ; the account they give is, that on leaving the pier, Angus wished to apply the rudder to the boat, but which was prevented by the ferrymen.—About third ferry, the wind being very strong against them, one of the rowers on the lee-side became exhausted, when a man getting wet by srme water breaking in at the bhw, came backwards to the stern, which circumstance adding to the interruption of the rowers, a good deal of sea rushed in on the stern. The major part of them then wished to return, and began putting the boat • round to leeward, which was opposed by Angus, who begged of them either to put back, by the stern, or about to windward ? and, at same time, rushed forward to seize an oar, but was prevented by his wife laying hold of him, at which moment a wave made fairly over the boat, her side being to the storm. They re mained some minutes in this alarming state, and then resolved on clearing themselves of the poney. On this Mr. Henderson threw up the bridle, laid hold of the crupper, and set out for the shore. He had not pro ceeded many yards, when the animal attempted t re turn to the wreck ; on this he struck it on the side of the head with his disengaged hand, and succeeded in putting him in the direction of the garrison ; he then looked back and saw the people on the wreck as de scribed. This account is corroborated by Angus, who adds, that a few minutes after Mr. H. left them, a heavy sea turned the boat's keel uppermost, but can not tell how he got hold of the mast. The names of the sufferers are William and Roderick Macritebie, Samuel Aird, and John Hood, boatmen. The pas sengers ate, John M4dregor and Alexander Ross, both of the parish of Kincardine, and on their way limn Aberdeenshire ; Christian M'Kenzic and child ; May Mil:inn, of Ardersier parish ; Ann Ross, wife of John , Angus, and another young woman belonging to Ross i shire, whose name I have not learned. Mr. H. and Angustlo not exactly agree as to the number, but I have every reasch to hope' they are not more than I have Mentioned. The only body ye found is that of May M'Bean. Two of the boatmen hive left nume rous families in indigent circums:unccs.” Earl-yesterday morning the premi‘es of Mr. Forbes, in Paul -street, Finsbury-square, was broke open, and robbed of plate, linen, d,-.c. to the value of g . 20. The thieves made their escape with their booty. Coots MAnurr.—This day there are not any fresh arrivals of Wheat, but again comilerable quantities on hand, and sales further give way in price; inferior has very few buyers—Barley is cheaper—MAL hardly at last prices—White Peas and Beans of the two de scriptions heavy sale, at the late reduction in price...... There are also considerable remaining supplies of Oats, and sales of second quality are, named cheaper: Flour in plenty and inclines lower. CURRANT tames 01 ORAIW. • Wheat, 801. 945. 112 es 1.1... ans 525. sss. • Fine ditto, 118 s. 1:186. 7 lilt ditta 481. 544. Rye 5.7e5. 60e. Ditto (brie Oki) 555. 561. Barley, 48%. 584.0 d. Oars, c,;. 48s. 3)t. Malt, 84e. 92e. Puland ditto, 3411. SR. el`j White Yeas (bailors), ites rttee I Inter, 11X0s. 10.511- Pulan3 ditto, 3414 - 3 I 1. od. Potatoe ditto. 40s. 44. W„ 9.550.-SOCOI:d., 10L . TD THE EDITOR OF THE. STAR. Sin—Having observed in some of the public prints a paragraph which states, that two German Missio naries, destined for Sierra Leone, are going out to that settlement under the patronage of The British and Foreign Bible-Society, I think it my duty to request that you will give that statement a contradiction, in asmuch as the Society, so described, neither can by its constitution, nor does in its practice, engage in any measures whatever but those which relate to the Cir culation of the Holy Scriptures, without note or com ment, at home and abroad, confining itself scrupu lously, so far as the languages of the United Kingdom are concerned, to those copies which contain the re ceived version, and are published by Authority. I am, Sir, your humble servant, JOHN OWEN'. Secretary to the British and Foreign Bible-Society. Fulham, Nov. 25, 1211. The ordnance ships, whose sailing from the Note, on a secret service, was lately announced in a Kentish paper, are not to proceed to their destination this sea son, but will probably return to their former anchorage, Sheerness, for the winter. A young man, named John M'lsaac, of Corphine, COMBINATION OF SHOE-MAICERS. , —Six Journeymen in Kintyre, in Scotland, made oath, on examination, at Campbeltown, before the Sheriff-Substitute of Kin shoe-makers were convicted a few days ago, before tyre, that he saw on the afternoon of the 13th of Oc ,two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace fir the city sober, on a black rock on the sea -coast, an animal, of Coventry, of a combination, in assembling and as of the partictilars of which he gives a long and curious sociating, together with many others, not etay ppre detail, answering, in general, to the description cool headed, and entering into an agreement to obtain an advance of wages; from hindering several of the mas- monly given of the supposed amphibious anim a l, ter shoe-makers from employing whomsoever they called a mermaid. He states, that the upper half of i should think proper; and for controuling and affect- 't was white, and of the shape of a human body ; the other half, towards the tail, of a brindled or reddish ing such masters in carrying on their said trade and grey colour, apparently covered with scales; but the business, and in the conduct and management thereof; extremity of the tail itself was of a greetsish red shining and for raising a fund for the furtherance of the above object, contrary to the Act of Parliament. The of- , colour ; that the head was covered with long hair ; fence being clearly and satisfactorily proved, the Ma- at times it would put back the hair on both sides of gistrates sentenced four of them, who, it appeared, its head, it would also spread its tail like a fan ; and were principal actors, to two months imprisonment while so extended, the tail continued in tremulous . motion, and when drawn together again, it remained in gaol ;and the others to one month's imprisonment in the house of correction. motionless, and appeared to the deponent to be about twelve or fourteen inches broad i that the hair was , A daring attack was made on Saturday night, on long and light brown ; that the animal was between the house of Mrs. Wiggle:worth, in Baker -street, four and five feet long.: that it had a head, hair, North. The family consists entirely of Jadics, and arms, and body, down to the middle, like a human the man servant had been sent a short distance into being ; that the arms were short in proportion to the the country on business. It happened that Mrs. W. body, wh;ch appeared to be about the thickness of that had some friends from the country, who went that of a young lad and tapering gradually to the point of evening to the Theatre, and after supping they were the tail; that when stroking its head, as above-men retiring to bed, 'about one o'clock, when the latch of tioned, the fingers were kept close toge:her, so that the door was observed to be moved. A gentleman, cannot say whether they were webbed or net ; one of the visitors from the country, vent to the door , ! he e that he saw it for near two hours, the rock on which when immediately a ruffian rushed in; fortunately,' it lay being dry; that after the sea had so far hired however, two or three other villains, who were in the i as to leave the rock dry to the height of five feet above garden, were kept but by fastening the door, and the i the water, it tumbled clumsily into the sea; a minute fellow within, after a hard struggle, was secured and ~, after he observed the animal above water, and then he delivered into the custody of the watchmen. He was saw every feature of its face, having all the appear. taken to Marlborough-street Office on Monday before 1 ante of a human being, with very hollow eyes. The Mr. Conant and committed. i cheeks were of the same colour with the rest of the A few days ago, a young lady at Horncastle went face ; the neck seemed short ; and it was constantly, into a yard where a young man was practising ball- with both hands, stroking and washing its breast, firing with a pistol, and thinking she could hit the which was half immersed in the water. He therefore mark (a sheet of paper placed against the wall), site cannot say whether its bosom was formed like a wo fired ; when, to the surprise of the parties, the ball m'tr,'s or net. He saw no other fins or feet upon it rebounded, and struck the watch at h er side with such but as described. It continued above water for a few force as to loosen the case, but without further injury. I minutes, and then dis appeared. He was informed On Saturday last, as the daughter of Mr. Inskip, ' that some boys in a neighbouring farm saw a similar schoolmaster, of Lewes's* girl about 14 years of creature in the sea, close to the shore, on the same age, was standing before the fire, her cloaths, by day. The Minister ( f Campbeltown, and the Chem some accident caught the flame, and were presently in berlain of Mull, attest his examination, and declare a blaze ; she ran up stairs to her mother, but, on per- they know no reason why his veracity should be zeiving there was no water at hand, she returned, questioned. and made the best of her way into the garden, to ; Monday night last, a horrid murder and robbery which she was followed by Mrs. Inskip, who, by was committed, at Fowey, on the body of a Mr. Va , means of a pail of water, extinguished the flames lentine, a person of the Jewish persuasion, who had that had by this time nearly enveloped and dreadfully about him, at the time, cash, notes, Etc, to the amount burnt her daughter ; but she is likely to recover. lof 4,269. . 1 , ..-