The Sun.
London, England, 1818-03-06 00:00:00

BELL, and the Woo Unlit, TAYLOR, ditto, and
dismasted;—the Hannah, PRARSOS ; the G►ory,,
GRANT ; and the Ulrilca, also on shore—the lat-
ter dismasted ;—the Cornelia, MITCHELL, a total
loss—her Master and part of the crew drowned ;
Argus, YouNG, on shore, with loss of rudder ;
Minerva, STRACHAN, on shore on the Main.—
, The Fly cutter has lost her foremast and bow-
sprit. Above 20 other ships have received da-
mage, and lost anchors and cables.
" COWES, MARCH s.—Last night we had a
gale—indeed for 40 years past the tide was never
known to he so high. The Triton galliot drove
out of the harbour, and is on shore ; the Naiad
galliot is also on shore in the harbour. Several
small craft drove to sea. .
" DEAL, MARCH s.—Wind S.W. blows hard.
Last night it came on to blow a most tremendous
gale from the South, and continued nearly the
whole of the night with unabated violence ; at
midoight it blew a complete hurricane, accompa-
nied with thunder and lightning, during which
several vessels in the Downs hai,e suffered da-
mage. The Mary, NEWPORT, from London to
Dublin, lost her main-mast, fore-mast, and bow-
sprit ; Mars, EvANs, frOul London to Liverpool,
has lost tier fore-mast and bowsprit ; George,
Tutomrsou, front London to Belfast, lost main-
mast and anchor and cable ; Asia, GREG, from
Bombay, broke her windlass, lost her anchors and
cables, and has gone on shore near Ramsgate ;
Ocean, !ABINGTON, from London to Weymouth,
lost an anchor and cable, fore-mast, and bow-
sprit ; Averick, MANLovE, lost two anchors and
cables, and gone to Ramsgate ; Tobago, WEsT-
MoRLANn, lost an anchor and cable, and remains
in the Downs ; Argos, YOUNG, is on shore near
Sandwich Flats ; Regalia, lost her fore-mast,
bowsprit, and an anchor and cable, and remains
in the Downs.

" The Fortitude, WORTS, from London to Rio
Janeiro, cut from her anchors and cables last
night, and is on shore on the flats near Sandwich;
the cargo discharging. The St. Mary, BURTON,
fur London to Jamaica, upset her windlass, has
cut from her anchors, and gone into Ramsgate.
The Dutch ship Lieve JANDROEP, from
Amsterdam to Curac6a, cut from one anchor and
cable, and remains. The William Bryant, UR-
QUHART, reported by the boatmen to be all well,.
riding to the northward with 2 anchors and cables.
The Zephyr, BkowN, for Gibraltar, lost an an-
chor and cable, and remains. The Dutch brig of
war Cossack lost an anchor and cable, and gone
to Ramsgate. The following ships have been
blown out of the Downs,
,and supposed to have
gone to the North Seas :—The Java, Minerva,
Elija, Francis, and Blenheim.
" Fire o'Clock.—Vic Java is all well, in Mar-
gate Roads.

Ityß, MAscu .s.—The ship Theresa, of
Dunkirk ; the Lighter Friends Deine, MUTTA.•
COLT ; and the sloop Cerus, RUBIE, are on shore.
Out of the latter one man is drowned. The crews
of the former are safe.

" HARWICH. MARCH s.—The Badger Revenue
cruizer has taken and brought in the Rover
Saiugg'er, pith 192 casks of spirits. Several,
vessels lost anchors and cables last night in the
gale. The Amity, of Whitley, is on shore on the
Gonflat.

SHEERNESS, MARCH s.—The brig George,
with coals, was wrecked last night on the Knock

Sand.

" SOUTHAMPTON, MAUCH s.—The Prince

Edward, Rowe, went on shore near the Pier,
lost her bowsprit, topmast, boats, &c. The
Rambler, ARM, is a total wreck near the Pier;
the Kingston, WHEELAR, bilged and sunk near
the Pier ; the Ant, SUMMER; the Duke of Wel-
' lington, BuLmoae ; the Queen Charlotte, COLL'ti
and the Elizabeth, ALDRIDGE, are on shore, but
expected to be got off The Fanny, FLIRT ; and
the Prosperous, have lost their bowsprits.
4g WEYMOUTH, MARCH s.—The gale of last
night was tremendous; a French ship, belonging
to Havre, was lost last night, on Portland Beach,
and all,on board perished ; four of the bodies have
been this morning washed on shore ; a part of the
stern of one of her boats has come on shore, with
the - word Ninnick,' on it, and some casks,
with FAYLET and Co.' on them.
'‘ PORTSMOUTH, MARCH s.—The whole of last
night it blew the most tremendous gale from the
S.S.E. that can be remembered. The Flat»sley,
of and from Suoderland, sunk bet wee!) the buoys
off the Horse and the Elbow : the crew took to
the rigging, and were all fortunately saved this
morning at daylight by a pilot-boat that went off
to their relief. During the gale, the whole of
the wood work of the new Pier at Ryde was
washed.away, and several houses to the eastward
of the, Pier washed down. The ships in the roads
and harbour rode out the gale. The Lively cutter
had her bulwarks ‘vasbed away ; the brig Assi-
duous, JiiNISINS, palled, trout one of her anchors;