The Sun.
London, England, 1815-01-31 00:00:00

HEAVY GALE OF WIND IN THE NORTH.

NBWCASTLE, JAN: 28.—We have had a very
heavy gale from the S. G. with a good deal of
snow for the last three days, and are apprehensive
a great deal of damage will be done to the ship-
ping_ on the coast ; we have already heard of •too
much. The -Suceess;frorn Ar‘niadel, ivith timber,
in attempting to enter Shields harbour,- was
wrecked on the Herd Sand, the master and two
men drowned. Another vessel also lost •at -the
same place—two on shore near \Vhitburn, and
three near Sunderland; names yet nnknown ; one
of them came oti shore yesterday a little to the
south of Sunderland, with only a boy on board,
who was found frozen to death in the cabin.—The
colliers that sailed for Shields on Monday and
Tuesday were met with to the southward of Flam-
borough Head. The weather is now more mo-
derate.

Extract of a Letter from Mr.Smitli, Master of the Sore-
reign, arrived at Portsmouth front St. Thoinas,'s, dated
2.9 M January, 1815.

It is with great pleasure I inform you of my arrival here,
after a most boisterous passage. We sailed from Stlliomas's
14th December, with a fleet under convoy of ilk Majesty's
ships Orontes, Palma' Hatimrd, and Columbine ; the latter
• parted with the trade hound to Bermuda and North America.
the fleet then consisted of 3 ships of war an,i 31 merchant
vessels, hound to Great Britain. Nothing remarkabli, hap-
pened until the 15th instant, when in at. 46. 15. long. 37. 15;
a heavy gale came on from N.N.E. to E.N E. and.continued
for six days. We parted from the convoy on Monday the 16th,
in the morning at which time there was not, a ship around us.
On the 17th, more moderate and log=y-weather-~not a ship
to he seen—l have only fallen in with one of the fleet (a brig)
since we lost sight of. the Commodore. Since se got into
soundings, have suffered much in onr.sails'aird rigging. We
were as far as Scilly on the 2611), the wind then from the
S.E. -blowing a heavy gale—in the afternoon we had a heavy,
gabe from the eastward, and during the night' veered round
to the N.W.

FALMOUTH, JAN. 28.—Arrived. the Windsor
Castle packet, with a mail front Gibraltar and
Malta, in 18 days from the. former place ; Diana
packet, with a mail from Guadaloupe, in 45 •lays ;
Lady Arabella packet, with a mail from Lisbon-,
in 14 days. Came in the Margaret, ANDERSON,
from. Dotirdeaux.for St". Michael's ; was taken the
31st ult. in lat. 35. long. 16. by the Portsmouth
American -privateer, atul liven up as a cartel.--"
Wind S. NV.

PO lITSMOLTTI , JAN. 30.--Arrived his .Majesty's
ship Corday. from Cork ; Doncaster, PENKNEY,
from Halifax; Quest; Fanny, and Elizabeth,
from Lisbon. The convoy in charge of his Ma-
jesty's ship Warrior, 'for the West Indies, will
sail about the 4th February:
DEAL, JAN. 30.—CaMe-down from the River a
large fleet of outward-bound, and sailed to the
'Westward, under convoy of his Majesty's ships
Levan and Slang, with the rest of the ships that
were before in the Downs.—Wind S. E.

HAawrcn, JAN. 30.—Arrived the lietis, 487,
Coaster, 79, Commerce, 324, and Trafalgar, 661,
(transports), from Woolwich, with ordnance and
stores, bound to Antwerp. The ship Vriesland,
from Harlingen- for Cadiz, was totally lost on
Friday night last in the Galloper, Saud. Crew
saved.

WHITBY, JAN. 28.—This morning came on
shorencar the West. Pier the brig Golden Fleece,
ItowNTaitE, of Sunderland, with coals for Lou-
don. Crew saved.—Wind E. S. E.

/The Mary, of London, bound to Shoreham,
was totally wrecked near Beechy Head ou Satur-
day night—most of the, cargo, consisting of deals
and leather, saved.

The Amelia, SMITH, from the Clyde to St. D-
omingo, is retaken by the Thracian sloop of war,
after being plundered of all her cargo, except a
few boxes of soap and tin, and carried into
Jamaica.

The Unity, HARDY, from Pictou to Lancaster,
which vas deserted by the crew, was fallen in
with on the 19th inst. by the Wickham revenue
cruizer, and carried into Broadhaven, near the
Shannon.

BREAD to be reduced one farthing in the guar-
tern loaf for the ensuing week.
Colonel BURGESS Camac, one of the Secretaries
to the-British Embassy in Spain, arrived in Down--
ing street on Saturday last from Paris, where be
had stopped some time on his way from Madrid
to. London.

O❑ Friday the LORD MAYOR 'transacted busi-
ness at the Secretary of State's Office for the
Home Department.

The Council of War at Lisle hare unanimously
acquitted General EXCELNIANS.
FOREIGN COMMERCE.—Since the restoration of
the independence of Holland, the commerce of
Rotterdam has wonderfully ilt!viveil. From No-
vember, 1813, to December, 1814, there entered
the Maese, besides coasters, 1284 large ships, and
sailed 1308. In 1780 there entered the same
river 1612 ships ; in 1793, ' 1963 ships ; and in
1808 only 63 : after that period, a vessel only en-
tered now and then under license. The trade of
Lubeck, which, after the events of 1806, was
totally stagnant, has also fast 'recovered. In the
last year 1043 ships entered that port, and 943
left it.

In answer to an application from Barnstaple,
Ministers have signified their int:mtion of pro-
posing a continuation of the Malt -Duty on the
meeting. of Parliament.
The body of Master Wauronn was taken, out of
the ruins yesterday, in Conduit-street.

The Prince Regent has been graciously pleased
to appoint Mr. HENRI' ALEXANDER, of Cork-street
(the Partner and Successor of Mr. WATHENI:
PHIPPS, and Surgeon to the Royal Infirmary for
Diseases of the Eye), to be Surgeon-Oculist to
his Royal Higbnes.