The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-31 00:00:00

Sir S: SMITH has taken a house at Stonehouse.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 30.—Arrived the Daring Gun-
brig, Lieutenant HAYES, from the Downs ; and the
Libqrty Brig, Lieutenant CODD, from Guernsey ;
also the Elizabeth, and Maria Christiansen, from
Cadiz ; and the Kora, LANG, from Sunderland.
There was scarcely ever known so quick a passage
to the East Indies and back, as the one performe%
by the
,Medusa Frigate.—She has been absent only
nine months, three.of which were spent in the East
Indies.

FALMOUTH, JAN. 28.—Arrived the Venus, PAINT,
from' Naples, in 42 days :—spoke, near Gibraltar,
with a 74 gun Ship, and two Frigates, under Por-
tuguese colours ; and the Perseverance, FALCONER,
from London, for Lisbon, with wheat.
At the time the Venus left Naples about 8000
British Troops remained at Naples Bay, and all the
Russians had marched into the Interior, and expedted
to be joined by 'more. The Transports were waiting
orders.

Sailed the American Ship Cornelia, PosT, for Rot-
terdam, with rice; Mary, HARVEY, for Swansea;
Cataline' JOY, for Cardiff; _Kase, STIRDE, for Pen-
arice ; Roebuck, CHANNON, for Bristol; Princess
Mary Packet, Pocock, for New-York, with Mails.

GREENOCIC,'..JAN. 27.—Friday morning a tremen-
dous gale of wind came on from the S.*. ; all the
outward-bound Ships at the tail of the Bank drifted
considerably ; the June, SERVICE, for Antigua, was
driven on shore a little to the north of the Hill of
ArdmOte, and it was feared was bilged, but we are
happy to hear she has sustained no, great damage.—
The Ships Faaor,Birnzingham Packet, and North-
ern Friends broke loose from the East, tluay, and
ran foul of the Sofilzy, when they all grounded ,on
the Bank ; they are since got off without damage.
• A Sloop is said to have sunk. near the Line, name
unknown. The Hawke, O'MAY, bound to Lisbon,
was obliged to cut one cable and slip the other, in
Rothesayßay,during the gale, to prevent her driving
on ,the Point of Towart she has now got into this
Harbour in safety.
Our Rothesay Correspondent writes, that in the
very violent gale of Thursday night and Friday Morn-
, ing; four of these Sloops, the thamony, „Mary , Mar-
qaret and Mount-Stuart, wexe driven out of the
Harbour. The Harmony went ashore 'on the Cowal
stie, near Auchenwilline.: the Mary near the To-
wart Point; neither of them are supposed to have
sustained much damage.. The Margaret also went
ashore on the Point, is bilged, her keel destroyed,
and will, it is feared, be a complete wreck. The
Mount-Stuart.drifted out inio the Frith, and nothing
was known of her on Saturday at mid-day.
The John; CUMMING, mentioned some time ago
as wrecked on the Isle of Bute, to East of Mount
Stuart, was got off on Thursday, and carried a little
farther up. She rode securely in deep water on Sa-
turday, and only Waited the first favourable wind to
bring her to this port:

Extraa. of a Letter from an Officer on board the
Baring, dated'St. Helena, 22. d Dec. received by the
Medusa Frigate :--,

On the uth of November, off the Cape, spoke
an American, who informed us of Admiral LlNcos,
with the Marengo and Belle Poule, intending to sail
the next day in search of us, havirg received intelli-
gence of our coming, from an American, from Ba-
tavia, which had passed through the Fleet.
" The Commodore altered the course immedi-
ately, and declared his intention of steering for the
Brazils, instead of Sr. Helena.

“: The same evening we lost the Fleet, and arrived
here the 2d instant, ,as did also the .dirly Castle,
which had likewise lost the Commodore the 12th
November.

Five days previous to our coming here, a Ship of
the Line and a Frigate passed the Island. An Amer
rican, from the Cape, says, the French Admiral
left Table Bay the 9th of November,• intending to
cruize off St. Helena six weeks, and then to go to the
direr Plate. The Atalante French Frigate is lost at
th c..pe of Good Hope. We are detained here for
convo.y.'!.