The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-20 00:00:00

CITY, TUESDAY ENENING.

Consols for the next settlement opened this
morning at 81i, but were exceedingly heavy, and a general
gloom continued to liang over every description of money trans-
actions. There was something like a panic before the doge of
the day, and Consols fell to 811, finding few buyers even at this
decline. Still, nothing new was received from France ; and the
best informed continue to believe that nothing has, or will
occur, likely, in the slightesttlegree, to disturb the peace of
Europe. In Foreign Securities scarcely any business is doing,
but this can easily be accounted for, as there is a heavy account
to be settled on the 30th current, and until it be arranged, a
natural want of confidence must continue to exist, without any
reference to the paternal actions of the Emperors, icings,
Princes, and Ministers of State assembled at Verona.—South
American Stock participates in the general dullness. Colom-
bian is again lower.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS, Nov. 19.
French * Five per Cents. Dividend frcim 22d Sept. 89 M.
Spanish * FiVe per Cent. of 1820, Dividend from Ist No-
t
vember,
Ditto Five per Cent. Bonds of 1821 (sterling), Dividend froth
Ist Nov. 61 60i
Ditto Scrip, 4 discount.
Russian * Six per Cents. Dividend from Ist July, 82.
Ditto * Five per Cents. (metall.) Div. from Ist Sept. 83.
Ditto New Five per Cent: (metall.) Dividend from Ist Sept.,
-88.

Ditto Scrip, 86. if.
Prussian Five per Cent. Bonds of 1818 (sterling) Dividend
from Ist Oct., 87k.
Ditto of 1822 (sterling) Dividend from Ist July, 88.
Ditto Scrip, 864 E.
Austrian • Five per Cent. (metall.) Div. from Ist Feb. 85.
Neapolitan • Five per Cent. Bonds, Dividend from Ist July,
77A.

ditto Scrip, 78k.
Danish Five per Cent. Bonds (sterling) Dividend from Ist
July, 901 1.
* Ditto Banco Marks, Dividend from Ist July, 88.
Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds (sterlhig) Dividend from Ist
Nov., 84 80.
Chili= Six per Cent. Bonds (stifling) Dividend from Ist
Oct. 791.

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Peruvian Loan, 80.
' Poyais, 71.
Marked * are subject to the rate of Exchange.
—( Morning Chronicle.)

MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.

It is our painful duty to record the following detail of a dis-
tressing event which occurred off Dymchurch on Friday morn-
ing last :—About half-past three o'clock, the wind blowing a
hurricane from the S.W. by W. as Sims, a fisherman,
was going to his nets on that coast, he heard strange voices in
the distance, IRA from the boisterous state of the weather could
not ascertain from whence they proceeded, until day break,
when he perceiVed a small sloop in distress lying on the flat
sand off that place, at a very short -distance below low-water
Mark, with three persons (two, men and a boy), apparently
lashed to the vessel ; but from the tremendous sea that inces-
santly broke over them, he was totally unable to render them
any assistance : they were then also seen by other persons from
the Wall, who endeavoured to swim to them, but the waves
were so heavy and followed each other in such rapid succession,
that they were reluctantly compelled to relinquish their humane
efforts. By this time the inhabitants of the village, with the
offiters and men of the Coast Blockade service, had assembled
on the beach, and Mr. John Sherrill', an • officer in the above
service, immediately procured horses and dispatched them to
the Martell° Tower, No. 23, to drag one of the blockade boats
along the sand. In the interim, a small boat belonging to Sims
having been procured, Mr. Sherrill, with two seamen of his
party, launched her and made two attempts to reach the wreck,
over whidh the sea was breaking with great fury, but at the
moment when they had nearly gained their object, and the by-
standers succesively indulged the pleasing hope 'of the rescue of
the distressed mariners, their boat was each time overwhelmed by
, the surf, once by the thowls breaking, and the gallant adventurers
narrowly escaped the sad fate which awaited those foi whom they
had risked their own lives.--At this moment the blockade galley
from the No. 23 Tower, a distance of three quarters of a mile, Was
brought to the spot, and Mr. Sherriff, accompanied by Mr.
Henry Jull, another officer of the same service, and four of their
seamen, all of them being nearly naked, in order to be ready to
swim, in case of need; launched her through a most- tre-
mendous surf, after being several times swamped. Hope
was again cherished that Providence, would crown their gene-
rous efforts with success, bjet it was otherwise'decreed, for when
they had approached well towards the objects of their anxious
solicitude, a most awful surge struck the wreck—.it wns thrown
over, and the devoted crew were summoned to eternity, al-
most at the moment when deliverance seemed to be within
their reach. It is impossible to bestow too much praise on these
intrepid and courageous young ,men, and their equally brave
crew, for their manly and laudable exertion's ; nor are the in-
habitants of the village less deserving of commendation for the
prompt assistance they gave on this distressing occasion. Every
exertion was used by the blockade party to recover the bodies of
the sufferers, but without effect. Tfie bodies of a man and a boy
have; however, since been washed on shore near the Mortella
Tower, No. 21, and placed in the blockade watch-house,
until a jury can be summoned to hold an Inquest on them.
From a small boat, which has been driven on shore
opposite the Grand Redoubt at the East end of the Wall, as
well as from an examination of the wreck on Saturday, a boat
having been able to go out to it, it is ascertained that the vessel
was the smack Providence, of Deptford, Paine, 'Master, and it
is thought may be got on shore, it being the opinion that her
hull has not sustained any material injury.
Another account says :—" A most distressing event occurred
at Dyrnchurch, on Friday morning last. At day-break, three
persons were seen clinging to a vessel which appeared to
have sunk about a quarter of a mile from the shore ; the
wind was blowing a hurricane, and the sea was breaking
furiously over them. The officers and men of the Coast
Blockade, with others in the neighbourhood, soon ran to the
not, and although the surf was running in a manner almost to
bid defiance to every effort, yet, with undaunted resolution,
'Messrs. Sheriff and Jull, Admiralty Midshipmen, immediately
launched a small punt, the only boat that could be obtained at
the moment, and Mr. Sheriff, with two men, most gallantly at-
tempted to get to the vessel; which they could not accomplish,
being repeatedly beaten back by the fury, of the waves ;
this seemed rather to increase than subdue their determina-
tion. A galley was by this time broughtto the place in which Mr.
Sheriff, Mr. Jull, and four seamen renewed their exertions, and
after a long struggle nearly succeeded in reaching the wreck,
but unfortunately too late to save the lives of those they risqued
their own to preierve, 'for the swell having greatly increased
from the flowing of the tide, the poor sufferers were washed off„
and melancholy to relate, were seen no more : at this instant no
language can describe the feelings of those on the shore, from the
apprehensions lest these brave and generous fellows should perish
in their laudable attempt; providentially they lar.ded in safety,
amidst the warmest applause of the spectators. Stich merito-
rious acts cannot fail to meet with the respect and admiration
of the public, and it is hoped will not be unnoticed by those
who can and know how to appreciate them. We must not omit
to mention, that the inhabitants of Dymchurch were most active
on this occasion, and shewcel, by their exertions, how much they
felt for the unfortunate people.—( Kentish Gazette.)