Star.
London, England, 1811-08-03 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST .

Arrived the Ast and PARTRIDGE, from Guernsey,
and the SOPHIA, from a cruize.—Wind E.S.E.

A promotion of Officers in the Royal Navy has
taken place, in commemoration of the glorious Battle
of the Nile. The Officers' Commissions bear date
!fi orn the Ist inst. The following Post-Captains have
been in consequence promoted to the rank of Rear-
Admirals of the Blue, viz.
W. Bligh, Esq. W. Taylor, Esq. T. B. Martin, Esq.
Alex. Fraser, Esq. 1. N. Morris, Esq. John Lavrios.!,
kB. Hallowell, Esq. G. I3urdon, E•q. Frank Sotheron, Esq.
G. J. Hope, Esq. W. Erown, Esq. 'I ho►. Woolley, Esq.
Lord A. Beauclerk.

To be Colonel% of the Royal Marines—Captains W. J. Hope,
Lord H. l'aulett, G. Cockburn, and S. H. [mare, vise Capta:os
Hallowell, G. 3. Hope, I.unl A. Beau& rk, J. N. Morria.
DEAL, AUGUST 2.

Sailed the Mary cutter, for off Flushing ; the One•
RON Sloop of war, for Harwich ; and the BEAGLE sloOp
of war ltr off Boulogne.—Wind S.
GREENOCK, JULY SI.

The Captain Cook, PATERSON, arrived at Pictnn on
the Bth June, fell in with, on the 18th May, in lat. 4S.
48. long. 36. the brig Suspense, from Havannah for
this port, which h.td been captured on the 7th May,
and recaptured nest day. The Ann packet, arrived
at Falinouth 21st inst. spoke on the 18th, in lat. 49.
7. long. 13. 48. the Star, JAMESON, for Honduras, out
14 days from London. The Johns, NORSIAND, arri-
ved at Quebec from hence; the William and Mary,
I SALMON!), arrived at Quebec, from Clyde; the Cale-
Idonia, GILLESPIE., arrived at Amelia island from do.

Cunious PIIINOMENON.—On the 19th of July, about
twelve o'clock at noon, says a Dublin Paper, the fol-
lowing remarkable appearance :hewed itself near
Mount-Congreve :--‘,. Although the day was calm
And very sultry, yet, at that point of the river, at the
extremity of tne Long Reach, there arose a violent
whirlwind, which caused the water to be ruffled, and
the waves to roll uncommonly high. The comm.
tion, after a few minutes, produced a whirlpool, whose
diameter nearly equalled the breadth of the river,
which carried the water to a great height in a perpen-
dicular line, and rendered the bottom of the river
plainly visible to the spectators. It was fortunate
that no boats came within the grasp of the whirlpool,
in whose bosom they would have inevitably been en-
tombed, for the assistance of sails and•the plying of
oars could have availed them nothing. The fisher-
men, that were at some distance in the small boats,
were so much alarmed, that they dropped their em-
ployment, and with all possible speed sought the
i banks of the river. where they remained until the
wind ceased, and the phenomenon vanished."
A COMM—To the Editor of the Jamaica Mercury.
-" Another Comet has made its appearance in this
hemisphere ;itis by much larger than the last. The
train is not so brilliant as that of the last was, but the
reason is obvious. The last Comet was past its peri-
helion before we saw it, but not many degrees ; the
Comet now visible is comingtowards its perihelion, and
I therefore increasing in splendour every night, and will
continue to do so till it be absorbed in the rays of the
sun, which will take place within the course of four
or five weeks. WheCter or no it will be visible after
I passing its perihelion I cannot ascertain. Its nucleus
lis very large, but its diurnal progress is very slow. I
have been observing it ever since the llth inst. and do
I not think (for I cannot ascertain it for want of an appa-
-1 ratus) that its apparent velocity exceeds 50 min. of a
degree in 24 hours. This is owing to its immense dis-
i tae from us and its direction, which is nearly in a
Inc right line towards us ; but let not the inhabitants of
Ithe milt be under any apprehension of suffering a.ny
damage by it, we have a powerful friend between os
, and k, via. the sun. Its trajectory crosses that of the
1 last Comet, nearly at right angles; its present p,,si-
,i tion is in Cancer. About 7 o'clock in the evewing it
is about 18 degrees from Sirius, and nearly perpeiwt-
cular to it, about 15 S. W. Ist June."

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