Star.
London, England, 1815-08-17 00:00:00

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-To Tile TTSTOR orlKt STAR.
" But—Seeing an ebservaticin in the STAR of th•
lith instant, on the return of the 'transports without
the troops Which the Portuguese. Govrtnment en
gaged to send, Y have to inform you that every part.
of their conduct is the same. in a promotion th .t is
to take place they refusethe rank of Colonel to many
British Officers. In fine, the pushy of General Gimes,
forere, who wrote on the defence of Portugal, whn
is now Comm inder in (Net in Brazil, and who
served -under and in all the campaigns of Bonaparte,
and when taken at Moscow, on the conclusion of
peace, proceeded to Rio Janeiro, where Be obtained
his present appointment.
46 All the surviving officers of the Portuguete army,
who served under Bonaparte in Russia, are now re-
turned. Their rank in the army being taus. d
them; and only a portion of their arrears of pay allow- I
ed them by the Prince Regent ; and some of these
belonging to the first families in the kingdom, tkey form
at the present period a considerable pat I in PortugA
They ate allowed thcir pay and rank, hut as lon:„;
Lord Beresford is Commander-in-Chief, it is supposed
they will never be employed. The refusal to abolish
the slave trade ; the rejection of Lot d Strangforg's
demand of a permanent stat ;on nu the coast of 13-azil
to build ships, and to nogoLiate tot the cession of the
Isle of Madtira ; the Protest of th Pertugoese M•iti-
ster at the Congtess of Vienna ..}.l:ainst the abolition
of the slave trade; the viel.int opposition in all and
every particular reported to be exereieuced by I.vr;l
Beresford ; the public pointed dislike to the British
now up the country, and every where encourag,:d by
chief men; the not sending the ttonps; the retch n
of General Gotnes Crepe, not to Lisbon , but to Rio Ja-
neiro ; his being immediately made Commander-in-
Chief; the conduct of the Bonapartists who returned
from Russia, and the hill en:emtle cf the political hot i-
zun bete, all hold ont a lamentable prospect ter the
future peace and security of this country."

The damage sustained from the late thunder storm
at Ilsley, in Berkshire, is estimated at npwards of
41000. The torrents of hail whith accompinied tho
thunder, completely thrashed out nearly 30 acres
of wheat, and the lightning set the te, and totally
destroyed three cottages.
Two children were left, by their inconsiderate pa-
rents. in a room in Clerkenwell, till late at night on
Tuesday, when, from a want of ciire of the candle,
they ia all probability would have been burnt I) dead'
in their beds, but for-the interposition of neighbours,
who saw the light from the fi rug which had taken
• fire, and which was burning with great rapi.!ity. •
On tl,e instatit three large Greenlaod whales
appeared off Long Branch (N. Y.)
.•itit nae of them
(sopixisied to te• S-1 feet bmg) ran ashore or, the 1)
where he remained ahout three hours, roaring lend
enotat.dt to be heard two or three miles ; havieg at
length wet ked eft, his companions who had
kept near him. :Line a y I:iTge wl,aie wa; di,cevered
ash•.eis on a beach, on the .I,,rsey :dote; the ni.in.who
first discovered the so;ipoed him dead, and
while trying to open his mond& with an oar the whale
am.ke, and rolled itself Eh: :t log, 70 er SO yards
from the beach. The :IM:l:hied labourer
several peaple, who soon killed the odiale with tcy.thes.
Sunday se'nnight, a young man bathing in the
Medway, near Sr. Margaret's, perceived a fish of
great magnitude, which M'as pursuing him, and from
which he escaped with difficulty; a man who was
passing at the time, held the branch of a tree to the
veracious animal, which he immediately seized and
held so firmly that the man dragged it on shore. It
proved to be the Lophius Piscatiirius of Linntus, bet
of the largest size—it weighed near a hundred weigitt
—the length was more than five feet, and the girt at
the base of the head, three feet and an The
mouth, when the jaws were distended, was of suffi-
cient width to have admitted the heal and shoulders
of a man of moderate size.

The following is a List of Vessels lying at the na•
vmnah, when the ship General Jackson sailed on
the Ist nit. :

Danish Schooner Union, Win. Stowell master, belonging to
St., Thomas, iibout to return in 1,3114:4.

American brig Alliance, of and tot bL:w York, with sugar,
and coffee, would be ready in six days.
• New:oii, Rich, ditto, ties: day.
Juno, I ophant, front Bristol, It I. discharging lumber.
Ship New Galen, Su'loch, Boston, ditto.
Schoorcr Happy Ccuple, Jewln, diro, and provisions.
Bii•; RWIIIIOO4, MoWire, Alexandria, flour.
Ship Adrian. Raqe, Charleron, rice.
Schooner Mary Ann, Rbey, ditto, do. '
Schooner ANetiture, Salem, lumber, tc.c.
Olive Branch, thigh, Philadelphia, prwrisions.
Osiris, Mackay, Wilmington, lunit er and provisions.
Brig General Jackson, Griffin, Philadelphia, provisions.
Schooner Antelope, NPl.vait, Charleston. rice.
Ida, Mathew, St. Augustine,
Saris, Baron, New Orleans, fl ur and tobacco.
Traveller, Hall. Charleston, rice and provisions.
Torpedo, Chittendeu, Baltimore, flour.
Brig Font; Ruggles, Providence, lumber.
Havannah pac..rhompson, New York, provisions and lumber.
N. Columbia, Collins, Warren, ditto
bloop Oliver Perry. Pittman, Bristol R. I. ditto.
Ship Saratoga, throes, Wiwi. ditto.
Schooner Resolution, Mood, Charleston. rice. •
English brig Louisa, fl.w:re, two-thirds laden, ship Shannon,
Smith, half-laden, and brig Atlantic, Patterson, hat-laden, for
London, expect to sail with convoy.
Schooner, Hope. Fraser, laden, would sail for Guernsey in two
or three days.
The Neptune, Loyalist,• Of H9ll, and George, of Livcrpo•nl,
joined convoy for England the lifth June.
August 4, in lat. 4t. long. 22. spoke the Mary anti Susan, of
Boston, J. Wilson master, nine days Irons Liverpool, for Boston,
, all well.

DISTKIBU 1 lON OF PRIZE-MONEY.
Persian, fur the Speculation, Syeritadt, Anne Maria, Twos-
dre Brodre, and two market-boats, tin Monday, at 16, Devon-
shire-square; recaUell Mondays and Wednesdays.
Guerriere, for the Nautilus, on Saturday, at 10, Layton's-
bulldinfs, Borough ; recalled Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Haeannals, for 17 gun-boars' on Friday, at 29, Great Surrey.
street; recalled at Mr. Slade's, Frankfort-place, Plymouth, on
Tuesdays and Fridays.