The Sun.
London, England, 1817-02-17 00:00:00

_SU I P NEWS.

The goiltigtie packet, from -1.11-e Leeward
islands, has arrived at Dartmouth with ti

DEAL, FE . 16. —Put back yesterday the Here-
fordshire and Bridgewater &St Indiamen, and
Marquis Wellesley; for Grenada: Arrived the
Henrietta Elizabeth, JANsEN, from Amsterdam
for Batavia, with troops., Ptit back to-day the
Lord Wellington, for Calcutta ; Richard, for
Demerara ; and Mary, for • the Cape of Good
Hope. Arrived the Waterloo, Hutcskeic, from
Amsterdam, with troop's for Batavia, with da-
mage.—Wind N.V.
. PORTSMOUTH, FRB, 16.—Arrived yesterday his
Majesty's ship Orontes from St. Helena, and not
from New Orlermi, as stated yeSterday. The
Orontes spoke the Charles Grant on .the line, in
lat. 1. 32. long, 17. 15. W. out 110 days, from
Madras for England, all well she sailed. from
th.e Isle of France the 22d October, Cape the
26th December, and Sr. Helena the 3d January.
Wind N. W.

FALMOUTW, FEB. 13.--Arrived his Majesty's
ship Heron from a cruise, and the Wallingham
picket tram Jamaica, last from Plymouth. l'ut
back the Europa, for St. Kitt's, and the Peace,
for Marseilles.—Wind W. S.W.

MARGATE, FEB. 16.---Arrived in our Roads the
Clyde, NVYLLIE, from Jamaica,and has this morn-
ing been supplied with an anchor and cable, to
repair the lobs of one during. the gale last night.
The Tiled's, from Jamaica, with two or three
other sail of homeward-bound, are at anchor in
Pan Slnd Hole.

7'hree o'Clock.—Tlve Clyde has just cut from
another anchor, and gone round the North Fore-
land.--Wind N.W.

LivEßroot., 'Fen. 15.---tlt has blown a gale
from the %V. N.W. for the last two days. The
Venus, front Beifa'st for LOndon, is wrecked off
Peel, Isle of Mai), and it is supposed the vessel
has so ,k in 15 fathoms water, and all on board
lost. The Robert, WILKESi from New Provi-
denee,.bound to this port, struck on a reef off
Egg Island, and put back to repair her damage.
BELFAST, FEB. 11.—A letter from Peel; Isle
of Man, states that a writing desk has come on
shore, and front the papers in it, there is no
donht that it belongs to a Lady on board the Ve-
nus; from hence for London.

The transports Lord Eldon and William and
Mary, which havelreen employed in the two last
years in the West Indies, conveying exchanged
. .
troop among-the Islands, arrived last week at the
Motherbank. The former. left Nassau (New Pro-
vidence), the latter Bermuda, most recently.—
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Whilst they lay at Antigua (Nov. 15), the yellow
fever prevailed there in a truly alarming degree.
The Childers sloop, Capt.WaLas, bad been so far
unmanned by the disease, that she was obliged to
be unrigged and disrnantled by the crews of these
transports. Previously to her leaving Barbadoes,
t wen! v-five men had di,9l. and Captain WALES
and 3° more were left there in the Hospital. She
arrived at Antigua with only IG men, 15 of whom
were sent on shore the next day. to the Hospital
there. The crew of the Lorti.Eldon caught the
lever, by assisting the Childers into the harbour,
and they were all obliged to be sent to the Hos-
pital, but Fix "only of them died. The William
anti Mary lost One man only. The Antelope;
:Brazen, and Camel, were left at Antigua; the
crews of these, vessels were tint so sickly. The
transports are under quarantine.