BALLANTRAE.—On 23rd January, about 8 o'clock at night, when blowing very hard from the S.W., the brig Aurora, of Ardrossan, bound from Belfast to that port, was observed drifting in on the shore in a disabled condition and exhibiting signals of distress. The Life-boat William and Harriot, with some difficulty from the lowness of the tide, was launched in the harbour, and then proceeded to sea, and about 9 P.M. succeeded in boarding the Aurora (which vessel by that time had struck on a reef), and from her succeeded in rescuing the crew of 7 persons. The Aurora became a total wreck..