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. Snanowsis 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 HARVILIti, 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 ofethe 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."

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THE ARMY. NAVAL I,NTELLIGBNCE.
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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 fine 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. _