The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-04 00:00:00

THE TALBOT STEAM BOAT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
General Steam Navigation Company, establkhed by Act
of Parliament, 69, Lombird-soreet, Sept. 4.
Sir,—l am desired to send you the following extract
from a letter, received this morning from the agent of
this Company at oAtend, stating that the Talbot steam-
boat had cone on shore near the entrance of that harbour.
It will be seen with satisfaction that, by the judicious
conduct of the Captain, the passengers were all landed in
safety :

" Otend, Monday, Sept. 2.

" 1 have the painful duty to report the Talbot steam-
boat being stranded, near the entrance of this harbour
between twelve and one yesterday. This misfortune win,
however, he grea.ly mitivated by the knowledge that no
lives were lost, which may be greatly attributed to the
a,dlity and good judgment displayed by Captain Major, in
placing the vessel in a favourable position after every other
effort had become useless. No less than three vessels of
different descriptions were wrecked at the same time with
the Talbot, and it is only astonishing how she kept the
sea so lon. The gale commenced on Friday night, and
continues with little abatement to the present time."
The following is an extract from a letter received from
the Comm mier of the Talbot, Captain Rigden Major,
stating further particulars of this occurrence.
" Ostend, Monday, Sopt. 2.
"I left Ostend on Fri,lay night, at the stated time,
with the wind from the S.S.W., with heavy rain, which
continued moderate for a few hours, when it began to

blow very hard from the N.W., with rain. At daylight
a heavy gale—lost our boat and split our sails. The
gale then it:creased to a hurricane, with a heavy sea ;
and on Saturday morning we were drove in sight of
land, near Nieuport, when 1 shipped some heavy seas,
which swept from the wreck the csok•house and every
thing moveable. The gale continued—we could not keep
off the coast—and when within half a mile of Ostend w.-
were obliged to run on shore, where we landed all the
passengers in safe'y after rh,• tide had gone off a little."
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES RESSELL, Sec.

THE MARKETS.-( THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

Since Monday the returns of most sorts of Grain are mode-
rate. For some select samples of Wheat, rather more money
was demanded, and in a few instances obtained; but the
trade, generally, rules much the same as Monday. Barley is
in steady request. Pease and Beans are firm. Oats meet a
fair sale, at last quotations. Flour unvaried.

Wheat.
English
Irish
Foreign

ARRIVALS.
Barley. ' Oats.
:Vi; qrs. 1,(:40 qrs.
- 1,13)

Flour.
I,l7osacks

',THE FUNDS.—cl'His DAY.)

CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK.

New York parrs to the 11th of August, Quebec to
the 3d of August, Montreal to the 4th of August, and St.
Johns to the 2nd of August, have been rep•' ived at the
North and South American Coffee-house, as well as other
pipers from different p irts of the United States, by the
London line of packet ship, Sampson, Captain Chadwick.
(From the New York papers.)

FROM MADERA.—Ttte brig Enterprise sailed from
Madeira on the 2nd of July, at which time the latest
dates there from Oporto were the 10th or 12 of June.
The governor of Madeira had every thing ready for defence
against any attack from Don Pedro.
The Patterson Intelliyencer states that in consequence
of the high price of cotton some of the manufacturers of
that town have stopped their work=, but it was hoped that
the new crop of cotton, which from the best information
will be ahund int, will be sold at prices which will cause
the spindle to run again.
CHOLERA AT HAVANNAH.-...The arrival of the ship
Majestic at Charlestown, having on the 28th ult. spoke
the brig Fortune, three days from Havannah ; which
vessel states that the cholera and yellow fever raged to an
alarming extent when she left.
PEittr.—Letters have been received from Valparaiso Bay,
of April IE4 stating that a vessel arrived from Cniloa,
bringing informa,ion that the President had been deposed.
All however remained tranquil when the vessel sailed.
Naw ORLEANS.—There were three duels fought on the
24th ult. at New Orleans, one of which proved fatal to
one of the parties, and the others were but slightly
wounded. In all three instances the parties were intimate

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The Quebec and Montreal Papers are void of any in-
terest : they chiefly contain English news.
(From the St. John's Papers.)
BRITISH COLONIES —We have received Demerara
Papers to the 4th ult. : being a Crown, or conquered
colony, the public pre-s is there under great restrictions ;
still we discover enough in the journals before us to show
that the distress, in consequence of the measures in progress
in England for the emancipation of the negroes, extends
to this part of the British Writ Indies also.
At a public meeting held at St. Vincent, a resolution was
passed, that in cons,quence of the alarm created in the
minds of the mercantile interests of Great Britain con-
nected with the West India colonies, no security or eel.-

tainty exits that bills drawn will be p iid, and it is deemed
expedient that in such cases all hills drawn should be
attached to the bills of lading on produce shipped, to
ensure the payment.

THY FUNDII
We are still without any arrivals from Portugal.
C•'ma's opened at the price they left off yesterterday—
BSI for Account, for money BE4, wits little doing
as yet.
Poruguese Sorip has rather improved, and done at
19k to premium.
We hear that Donna Maria is certainly coming to this
country.

HALF-PAST ONE.
The merchants, politicians, and speculators on 'Change
are in the ereatest anxiety to ascertain the news that the
Pike brines from Lisbon, but up to the present hour we
are without any information on the subject, in the .mean
time abundance of reports are in circulation ; such as Bour-
moat having died of the Cholera, Saldanah having left
Oporto with 7,000 men marching in the rear of Bour-
mont; Frince having recognized ll innalll tria; Lisbon taken
by Bout moot on the .25th. The moment it was known
or reported that the Pike had arrived the Portuguese Svrip
improved trout 19 to 21 prem., at present it is 19.

We undemand that a Jamaica Courant has been received
of the 20th J ; the June packet arrived out On the 19th.
They were glad to receive the information that Govern-
ment bad agreed to grant to the West Ir dies compensation
of 20 millions meted of 15 million,, which they say was
all they contended for.
Consols continue steady at for Account, with little
doing.
In the Foreign Market the chief business doing is in
Purtuguse Scrip, where all the speculators are on the tip.
toe to assertsin the information from Portugal, which
causes a great bustle.

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for the Account, 881 i.
CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock

Tli,er Cent. Red R9I Ditto 80nd5.... ......... ... 27 pm
3 pet Cent. Cons SI South Sea Stock
N per Cent. 96/ Ditto Old Ant B7
31 per Cent. Red RI Ditto New Ann. 8"
New 31 per Cent 9si. Ex. Bills, 10.41 4l pm.
4 per Cent Itl3i Ditto 5.41/ 42 pm.
Long. Ann. to expire Ditto Small 43 pm.
Jan. ISM l7 5-16 Bank St. for Ace
Oct. 1859 l7 5-16 i Consols for Opg 86.1
Jan. 1860 l7 1-16 1 India S.. for Opg.