Star. — London, England, 1811-09-28 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION. STAR OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK. Government have received dispatches from Lord WELLisuroN, dated Fuente de Guinaldo, on the 11th instant. No movement had taken place on the part of the Allied Armies. The French troops had not concen trated at Salamanca, as was expected. Marmont's Bead-quarters were at Placentia. The Conde de PENNAFLERS had been successful in an attack upon a little castle in the neighbourhood of Ayamonte. THE KING. WINDSOR CASTLE) tIPTISIBER " His MAJESTY continues in the same state as yes terday. (Signed) " 8. HALItORD. " W. DESSRDSN. •4 N. LULU& 4 ' R. WILLIS." CAmstancer...—The electiOn to the &Ice of Christian Advocate, vacant by the death of the It ev. Dr. PEAR- •ON, late Master of Sidney Sunex College, will take place on Friday, the 11th of October next. The Latin Declamation Prize, at Trinity College, has this year been adjudged to Mr. BAILEY : the same Gentleman who got the Greek Ode .and Epigrams this year. COVENTZARDIN•••••••• SHAKF.SPEARE'S Comedy of "The Merry Wive, of Winasor," was last night per formed. Mr. FAwcErr ;I.as the representative of Sir John Falltql; and he acquitted himself with very great credit. The task is a very arduous one, but Mr. FAsvcrrr proved himself adequate to it. He tept the-audience in the utmost good humour through out. Mr. YouNo, in Ford, gave general satisfaction. BLANCHARD and FARLEY, as the Doctor and the Par- ao:, afforded much amusement : the duel was uncom . =only well managed. The Me►ry U'ive: were repre sented with great spirit and success by Mrs. C. KEM• ILL and Mrs. Giau.s.—Mrs. Sptoms, from the Ly- sewn, (in consequence of the indisposition of Mrs. , DAVENPORT') performed the character of Dame Quickly ; and, it is but justice to say, the part was sustained throughout with the most correct judgment and good taste. In the delivery of the messag.s of Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page to Falstal she was particu larly happy.—The House was well attended. Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the undermentioned Officers 'were su urn into the command of their respective ships.--GtoaGE Nlcnol4, to the BENGAL ; WILLIAM DONALDSON to the NEPTUNE ; and HENRY RUSH tO the ROYAL CHARLOTTE. The Court then adjourned till Wednesday next. Yesterday, a Quarterly General Court was held at, the East India House, when, after the usual forms, the Chairman stated the following Resolutions of the Conrt.of Directors, respecting the loss of the ship Earl Camden, viz. " Resolved unanimously, That Captain Samson, Commander, and the several Office's of the late ship Earl Camden, be fully acquitted from all imputation of neglect or misconduct in avid to the loss of the said ship. That the late ship Earl Camden was fully and suacieutly found in anchors, cables, and other stores, and that therefore the owners be fully acquitted from all impu tation of neglect in ru..sct to her loss.' On the motion of the Chairman, the determination of the confirmation of the above Resolution, by bal lot, wa, fixed ior the 9th day of October next.—Se veral accon`nts relative to the conduct of the College at Haylybury, also the Military Seminary at Addis combe, were laid before the Court.—N's further, busi ness offering, the Court adjourned sine di:. SLAVE TRADE.—The following paragraph, extrac ted from a Jamaica paper of July 25, shews that at tempts are still made to continue this nefarious traf fick The Liberty hrig, of 12 guns, Lieutenant Liaise, has arrived at Barbadoes from this island, and carried in with her the ship Falcon, of Liverpool, which she seized for having on board 315 African slaves, with which she was apparently steering for this island when the Liberty fell in with her." The Assembly of Jamaica, in their last Session, 'maul an Act, by which persons applying for licence to preach in that island are to take the same oaths and make the same declaration as are required of dissent ing preachers in this country. The Supreme Court of Jan.. !ca are appointed judges of the fitness of the applicants for licence. Persons preaching or teaching in any meeting composed chiefly of mulattoes or ne groes, without a licence, are subjected to heavy penal ties. Fervors attending a meeting where the house is not duly registered, or the preacher duly qualified, to forfeit for the first offence JES, 'and if a slave, to re stive a public flogging, not exceeding 39 lashes. =TRACT Or A LETTER, DATED RIO JANEIRO, JULY 13. " A Decree has just been issued, which is .to .be carried into execution in nine months, from June, 1811, and which I am fearful will be very injurious to British mercuants. It directs, that all vessels that enter in customs must have their cargo book, mani kst, and invoices signed by the Portuguese Consul residing at the place of exportation. This decree is acid to nave fur its object, to prevent foreilot goods coming under the name of British manufactures, and to pay 9 per cent. less, and the invoices to be signed by the Consul, as being British manufactures, pro duce, and industry ; but in reality, its true object is to give the Portuguese merehant a decided advantage over the British subject. For how is it possible rt *an be otherwise, the Consul being himself a mer chant, and having the invoices exposed to his view, will of course ;lave before him the different articles exported to the Brazils, and will thereby come to a feefect knowledge of the articles fit for market, which in all probability has been acquired by the British merchant after great research and labour. The in- I dulgence that will be given to the Portuguese mer chants and vessels in all other cases where any thing is prcposed to the disadvantage of the English, as cc,tinetry to the several articles in the T►eacy, that' one and all are to pay 15 per cent. duty on many articles corning in Portuguese ships ; the duty is fixed at 1.5 per cent. subareas the same articles coming on board Sritish craft must pay 2+ per cent.; and lastly, the total exclusion of the trade from hence in India goods, which, by a decree of February last, is only allowed in Portuguese vessels direct from Asia, thus giving the Portuguese every indulgence and pre-emi. nence over the English, who have been, and are still, the pr ucipal cause of the prosperity of the Breads." NAVAL INTALLIGBNCII. PLYMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 26. Two French prisoners were yesterday brought from l on board one of the prison-ships in Hamoaze, and lodged in the town-prison, on a charge of forging Bank of England Notes, in conjunction with other prisoners, to a considerable extent. In the present instance, the Notes are said to be so well executed, that they are not to be distinguished from the real ones by a common observer. The men are remanded for a future examination, in order to give the Solicitor of the Bank, or his Agent, an opportunity of attending. —Arrived the TONNANT, 80 guns, from a cruize off Brest. A letter by this conveyance states, that the enemy still continue to make the most unexampled exertions in the equipment and forwarding their navy, but they shew no disposition to come out, while we have a single ship of war on the coast.—Sailed the ALPHEA schooner,:with a number of light transports, for Portsmouth, to take troops on board. POTSRMOU CH, SEPTEMBER 27. Arrived his Majesty's ship ROSARIO, from Cork, and the ALPHEA schooner, with several transports from Plymouth. Sailed the GANNETT, CLEOPATRA, AGAMEMNON, and PARTRIDGE, on a cruize ; and the THEBAN, VENGEUR, and ROYAL OAK, for off Cher bourgh. Wind N.W. DEAL, SEPTEMBER 27. AiTived his Majesty's ship VANGUARD, from the westward, and the BADGER, from off Flushing.— Passed through the Downs several sail of homeward bound Jantaicamen. Wind S.W. with rain. SHEERNESS, SEPTEMBER t 7. Sailed his Majesty's ship AGRESSOR, with a convoy for Heligoland.—Wind S.W. MARGATE, SEPTEMBER 27. The Inspector merchantman, is still on shore, but expected to be got off ; part of her cargo has been landed. The East Indiamen off here have weighed, I and it is expected they will anchor to-night in the l Pan Sand Hole. The weather is thick, with much rain, so that we cannot see the Indiamen that are in the Queen's Channel. Wind S.W. and moderate. YARMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 27. This morning arrived from a cruise off the Dog- ger Bank the LEVIRET gun brig ; during which she espied a lugger privateer, and after a running fight from three in the afternoon till six in the evening on Sunday last, she came up with and captured her— (neither had any killed or wounded). She left Am sterdam last Friday, and had only made one capture, a Danish vessel laden with deals, bound to Hull, which the LEVERET recaptured ; the privateer is called la Prcserpine, 10 carriage guns, and 41 men. Sailed the PINCHER for ties Downs. Remain in the Roads the Chanticleer, Quebec frigate, Portia, Kite, Breseis, and Acute.—Wind S.W. The Rebecca, GARDNER, from Jamaica to Bristol, )is lost near Cardiff—Crew saved. The Canada, from China, has arrived off the Isle of Wight, after an action with a French privateer, on the 24th inst. which she beat off. The Helen, TURNBULL, from Oporto for London, was lost near Portsmouth on Wednesday last. et a a ITZD—In the Downs, the London, and Mary, from Oporto At Dover, Fortitude, from Grenada; and Carmarthen, from St Domingo. At Bristol, Martha, Diana, and Rebecc 1, from Ja maica. In the Clyde, Hercules, from S t. Vincent's ; and Falkirk, from Newfoundland. At Liverpool, Dolly, from Newfound land ; and Friendship, from —. At Plymouth, Ann, from Palma; Felicity, from Oporto; Friends, from Quebec; and Sally, from Lisbon. At Lit rbice, Catherine, from Liverpool. At De merara, Union, from Liverpool. In the River, Harriot, from Sc. Croix. Off Plymouth, Maria, from Antigua. 'At Antigua, Frances, from London. At St. Thomas's, John, from Lancuter. At Guernsey, Industry, and Dove, from Oporto. Extract of a letter from a young Midshipman on board his Majesty's ship THAMES, the Hon. Captain WALDEGRAVE, Commander : " Off Naples, June 24, 1511. 14 We made an unsuccessful attack, on the 16th of 'this month, on an enemy's convoy, under the town of Cetraro, some way above Amanthea, with the Cis* Peata-s, Captain CLIFFORD. It was late in the even, ing when we saw them ; they were hauled up on the beach. About half•past seven we commenced a fire upon the town, (anchored about three quarters of a mile off shore), which soon drove the inhabitants out of their houses ; our boats then went away to attempt to launch them, which proved ineffectual, owing to their being so very heavy, and also the disadvantage of its being quite dark ; they were, however, all burnt and destroyed. I forgot to mention that our Captain went ashore himself, and was there most part of the time, encouraging the men, launching the vessels, and seeing the marines keep up a good fire. The enemy kept up fire, at intervals, with musketry.— The convoy consisted of nine very large feluccas, and one smaller vessel, laden with cotton and oil, going to Genoa. They were chiefly armed with two or three guns apiece, which, as the vessels were burning, kept popping o ff . lam very sorry they could not get them off, as it was a muck more valuable convoy than that of Amanthea. lam very sorry indeed, to tell you, amongst the wounded was Cornwall ; but luc kily, it is only a flesh wound through the thick part of the leg—he is now doing very well, in a cot in the Captain's cabin." Advices have been received at the Admiralty, of Lieutenant JoNes, in the Acrivn schooner, off L'Orient, having performed a most brilliant service, in attacking a distinct convoy of the enemy's coasters, and has, single-handed, brought away one brig and two sloop; laden. The ACI'IVE was exposed to a most galling fire from the enemy's batteries, but feared no danger, and performed her service most heroically. An account has also been received at the Admi ralty, of the loss of his Majesty's sloop ALACRITY, Captain PALMER; she struck, atter an action of one hour and a half, being in a situation that the enemy raked her severely. Captain Pat.stsa was wounded in a second broadside, and taken below; his wound brought on a locked jaw, and be died about the mid dle of June. The First Lieutenant was killed, and the Second absent in a prze. • THE ARMY. The 2d battalion of the Adjutant-General's regi ment, the 14th Foot, 1100 strong. and in the highest order, are gone from Malta to Lord WELLINGTON. The 75th go to relieve the 14th in the garrison of Malta.. Colonel Ross, one of his Majesty's Aias-do Camp, is to be appointed a Brigadier, and go out on the Staff of the Army in Cadiz. The MERCURY, a 44. gun-ship, has arrived at Ply mouth with sick Officers and men from Lord Wgx- LINGTON'S army. We have received the letter of our tArrespondent in the West Indies: every thing is quiet in that quar ter; but the troops are rather unhealthy, and several regiments who have become skeletons, expect to be sent home. It is intended to establish a military post between the West Indies and our Settlements in the North of America. For this purpose a Dock-yard is to be formed in the Bermudas, which are to be fortified.— Captain LORING of the Artillery is intrusted with the command, and with the direction of the works. Letters from Senegal of the 10th July, inform us, that at that time Colonel MAXWELL, and the troops anti settlers there and at Goree, were healthy. Trig East Essex Militia, commanded by Colonel CAngtat, has marched from Portsea to Flilsea Barracks. Major-General HISLOP has left Town for Ports mouth. The death of Major HA MU.TON Rose, of the Royal Highlanders, was yesterday announced to Colonel STIRLING, commanding the Ist battalion of that corps at Lewes. He died at Belim, in Portugal, on the 6th inst. in the 37th year of his age, after serving eighteen years in that regiment, which he accompa. nied on all the active service in which it has since been employed. A more benevolent, humane or ge nerous heart never warmed the breast of a Christian, nor did a more brave ever animate that of a soldier. The Officers of the regiment deeply lament his death. He was well known in the army, and it may he with truth averred, that all who knew him will say, that he was an ornament to his profession. It will be some consolation to his friends to hear that he was equally regretted as ar Officer, a man, a soldier's friend, and a gentleman. DUBLIN, Sarr. 23.—0 n Tuesday a division of the Ist battalion 38th regiment, under the command of the Hon. Lieutenant Colonel DEANE (son of Lord MUSKERRY), and sr_ , ltt day the last division, under the command of the Hon. Colonel GREVILLT, arrived at Limerick, on a route for Fermoy. GENERAL ORDER. Horse-Guards, August 40, 1811. At a General Court-Martial, held at Kingston Barracks, Jamaica, on the 18th and 19th of Decem ber, 18i0, Captain John M'lntyre, of the 7th West India Regiment, was charged " with Conduct most ' disgraceful and derogatory to the Character of an Officer and a Gentleman, in the instances specified in the following Charges : " Ist. In lorhiglng away from the Island of Barbadoes, a Black Woman named Bewley, or Betsey Felice, or Felicite, and her son Jean Thomas, on or about the 9th day of July, 1809, who were not his property, and in selling the said Linsey, or Betsey Felice, or Felicite, for I' mnsportation, to Mr. Camoens of Jamaica, on, or about the 4th day of November, 1809, and after the said Sale of the Mother for Transportation, taking her Son, Jean Thomas, to Curacoa. _ . " 2d. In addressing an extremely improper Letter to Lieut. , Smith, President of the Meta Committee of the sth Writ India Regiment, doted 10th of December, i StO, containing most in sulting expressions towards the Officers of the said Corps, by whom he had been treated with the most liberal hospitality, nut withstanding that he hal some months before left the Quarters of that Regiment considerably in Debt to the Mess Committee and Mess Man, which debt is not yet discharged, although he, Capt. M'lntyre, had in a previous Letter to Lieut.-Colonel Hamilton, sth West India Regiment, acknowledged their very handsome conduct in paying him so much attention. SJ. In endeavouring to obtain Money as subsistence, by let ters addressed to Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton, Sth West India Regiment, dated SOth of November, and td and 9d of December last, and by memorial of the 4th of December, addressed to Lieu tenant-General Morrison, Commander of the Forces, although, he, Captain M'lntyre, had previously given two Bills of El i change drawn on the Regimental Agents, dated 26th April last, ' one for Etis sterling payable, eight months after sight to Mr. Lewis, anti the other to Mr. Charles Bernardi, for £79. 11$. 6d. sterling, payable ten months after sight, and it appearing in a note written by himself, that the period from which he is entitled to subsistence, is not further back than the 25th October last ;" Upon which Charges the Court came to the follow ing decision : I'he prisoner Captain John M'lntyre, of the 7th West India Regiment, having stood mute, and re fused to plead, the Court proceeded to pass the fol. owing sentence— " That the prisoner, Captain John M'lntyre, 7th West India Regiment, is Guilty of all, and every part of the charges preferred against him, and do therefore sentence him, the said Captain John M , lnryee, to be Cashiered, and conetster hint unfit and unworthy of ever serving his Majesty in any Miitary Capacity." His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, has been pleased to approve and confirm the finding and sen tence of the Court, and his Royal Highness the Corn mander-in-Chief directs, .that the charges preferred again Captain John M'lntyre, ter ether with the find ing, and sentence of the Court, shalt be read at the head of every Regiment, and entered in the Regimen tal Order Books. By Order of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, HARRY CALVERTS Adj. Gen. GENERAL ORDER. Horse Guards, 3eptensber 16, 1811. The Commander in Chief has obser.cd with much regret, that a practice prevails in the Army, of re commending Offizers, who have by their misconduct rendered themselves obnoxious in the regiments to which they belong, to be removed by exch Inge to other carps. A moment's consideration must convince Com manding Officers, that when Officers may be deemed unfit to serve in any patticular corps, they must be equally unfit to serve in any other of his Majesty'. I(eginuats, awl that an chafe occasions, through a . - alai misplaeed lenity towards an undeserving they are in fact doing a manifest injury to the service at large. In urder to put a stop to this practice, by which improper characters are, in some eases, not enly screened from justice, but retained in the Army, to the prejudice of discipline, and to the disgrace of the mili tary profession, his Royal Highness commands, that with every paper recimmending an exchange, M cer tificate shall be forwarded by the Colonel or Com manding Officer, to the following effect : " I, A. B. Colonel, Lieutenant-Culmiel, Major, or Ciptain s , Contnianding the Regiment, do hereby certify upon my word Intl honour as an Officer and a Gertlentan, that the Ea change recommearled In the Papers now accompanying this Cer tificate, does out utiginate in any R•gtmental proceed ng of an/ kind, or iu a:iy cause affecting the houotic and character of nor are there any grolnes of personal ultjection to the Individual, of which I am aware, that have la the, smallest degree induced en application for such Exchange." No recommendation for an excheige will bereirrer be attended to, unless ccompan'el by a CGr►ilicate, according to the above form, addressed to the Corn mander in Chief, through his military Secretary. By Command of his Royal Highness the Com mander in Chief, HARRY CALvEitt, ' Adj. Gen. GENERAL ORDER, Horse Guards, September 18, lel I. At a General Coutt-Martial.held at Bombay, dirt the 29th of May, 1810, and continued by adj.itirta meets to the 28th June following, Captain John Stir ling,* of the Ist Battalion of thsB4th Itt7iment, was arraigned upon the undermentioned char7,es, viz. 1... For conduct highly unbecoming the dicer, in misapplying certain sums of nviney received front some so'di, rs and others of the regiment, in trust, by no - having deposited the am- a s in the hand* of agents, as specifically set forth to be dons in his receipts, In consequence of which the repayment of the said sums of mo ney has been withheld, to their injury, though repeatedly called for by the parties." S." For conduct highly improper sad disrespectful, in writing s threatening letter to his Commander in Chief, the Hon. Major- General John Abercromby, on or about the ILth of April last, tending to his hurt and dishonour." otTpon which charges the Court came to the follow ing decision : " The Court having maturely considered the evidence in sup. port of the prosecution, together with what the prisoner, Captaia John Stirling,' has alletiged in his defence, are of the lollowing opioions on the respective charges, six. " On the first charge the Court are of opinion that the prisoner is Guilty to the following extent, viz.—Of conduct highly %lithos coming the Officer, in not having deposited the money in the bands of .fig-nts, as Jet forth In his receipts to Serjeant Shore and Private John Siddle, and withholding the money due to Serjeant Shore, Private Slddie, and Mary Gray, when called for, which it considered to their irjury. " On the second charge the Court are of opinion, that the prisoner is Guilty. " Having found the prisoner Guilty of the Ist and ed charges, as specified above, in breach of the Aricles of War in slith cases made and provided, they do therefore sentence him, the said Captain John Staling, to be Cashiered." His Royal Highness the PRIXCE REMIT has been pleased in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to approve and confirm the sentence of the Court, and ' his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief directs, that the charges preferred against Captain John Stir ling, together with the sentence of the Court, shall be read at the head of every regiment, and entered in the Regimental Orderly Book. By Command of his Royal Highness the Com mander in Chief. HARRY CALVERT, Adj.. Gen. • This Is the °Seer whose condu:t towards his wite appear. ed so infamous on a trial for adultery in the Eut Indies, which was given in the Papers about three weeks ago. Saturday five French officers, who had broken their parole at Jedhnrgh, and had proceeded to Blyth, with a view to make their escape, were brought to Ber wick under a military escort, and lodged in gaol.— On Sunday they set out for Pennycuick, escorted by a party of the Forfarshire militia. Three of them were good looking . young men ; one, in particular, had a very interesting countenance, of whom the fol lowing anecdote is told at Jedbiirgli :—His parole not allowing him to go beyond a certain mile stone, one day, when he came to that ne file; ultra, wishing to extend his perambulation, without violating his honotr, he took the stone in his arms, and carried it to a considerable distance. Wednesday morning, about two o'clock, thirty seven of the convicts escaped from on board one 'of the hulks stationed off Woolwich :—The manner is which they effected it was as -follows : They cut through the ceiling and timbers of the hulk, just tin der her bends, and taking advantage of the time of low water, when the vessel had grounded, made a hole through her bottom sufficiently hug. for a roan to creep out. Having jumped on the sand, they wa ded ashore, and made off in a direction to..vards Shooter's Hill. Several had their irais on, and it is supposed many more would have got away, had not one of the prisoners, in his great ansiety to get cle tr of the ship, jumped upon a comrade below, wi; lus tily roared out, " Murder !" The alarm was instantly given, and the remainder were secured. The Indi tary are in pursuit of those who got off, and have al ready brought in fifteen of them. Yesterday an Adjourned Quarter Sessions for this City of London, for the discharge of prisoners under the Insolvent Act, was held at Guildhall, behire the LORD MAVOR, Aldermen Hunrea, Wooer, and AT KINS, the R ECORPER, &c. when all the prisoners on the list were ordered to be discharged. No case, nor asy point of importance occurred. Early orly Thursday morning, a fire broke out in a cottage touse, occupied by Samuel Lister, a weaver, at Haley.llll, near Halifax, which immediately coin" municated to an adjoining cottage, and both fell a prey to the devouring flames. We are sorry to say, that poor Lister, who w..s in the 79th year of his age, in attern;uing to preserve some property, tell a victim and was Leanly burnt to ashes MR. PALMER'S MATCH AGAINST TIME FOR TWO lILINDRLD GUINEASNIr. P. accompanied by a friend, starts at five o'clock ;on Mond ry morning, trim the top of Cxford-street, is to stop thirty minutes at Dartford, to breakfast—thirty at Sit! ingbouni ; and at Canterbury must ezt a roast c ipon, two pounds of potato s, and drink two bottles of wine, and arrive at Margate within the twelve hours.—neither to be allowed to walk while the chaise is going. —Bets are much in favour of the performance, from Mr. P.'s capital judgment in driving, and hie tri.:nds' appetite •in the eating department. Ti • iorse as performed many extraordinary jou, flies.- 4r. P. I , very athl 'tic, weighs 18, and his friend 16 ,tone. The chaise is built on purpose, and wei:Ai 44 !see Award weight. . ::~~ ~„_