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."