The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-29 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

CITY, Twelve o' Clock
This being Michas'mini Day, and a holiday at both Stock Ex-
chtuages, the members met in great numbers this morning, in the
Royal Exchange, and considerable interest was excited by the at.-
mYsinorks,
ibnutnalittutleguabu,ssinsesavoltu;
rival of the Jamaica packet, and both the packet ships from New
f;oreathlikeeCishilsiarrei
80 it ; in Mexican scarcely a single transaction ; Colombian re-
Stock. The fears of theßand holders have been too surely fulfilled,
anhait: hitherto rtproicebeisenqudootend,
by an intimation that the dividends will not be paid on tha day af
their becoming due, consequently prices are nominal at 37 8.
A' few transactions have taken To
place in Conk)]* at w
80 o' Clock.
, alternately
buyers and sellers, and left off at buyers ; Mexican
Bonds are
62 i ; ,Colombian, 35 i ; Chilian have been as low as 344, being
a fall of nearly 4 per Cent., but they recovered, and are now 85
Se) i Potosi sharel'have avanced a few shillings per sharer and
have been done at 27. - -

AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH.—Ma.
jor Epworth, late of the Royal Marines, laving lately sold his
commission, and intending to invest a portint of the money aris-
ing from the sale in an annuity, he, on the !Ist instant, went to
Totness,for the purpose of procuring the eertAcate of his baptism,
but whilst thcClergyrnan Was opening the took, the Major was
seized with a tit of apoplexy, which carriel him off without a
struggle, or even a groPL Medical sasistarce WAS procured in
ai few minutes, but in vain, as the vital spark had fled,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCt.

DuroNeoax, SEPT. 23.--Wind S.W. dark, cloudy, rainy
weather.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Royalist, Lieut. Robilliard,
from Falmouth.

SarT. 26.—Wind S., dark cloudy weather, heavy, and constant
rain.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Procris, Captain the lion. W.
Wahlegrave, last from Portsmouth, with an apparatus for the pur-
pose of saving the lives of shipwrecked seamen, which apparatus
was put on board the Britannia. In the evening arrived his
Majesty's ship Bittern, Lieutenant Rochfort, from Liverpool, with
volunteer seamen fin• his Majesty's Navy.
SreT. 27.—Wind S.W., fine weather.—Sailed his Majesty's
ship Bittern, Lieutenant Rochfort, for Portsmouth, with volun-
teer seamen ; and his Majesty's ship Royalist, Lieutenant Robil-
Hard, on a cruise.

Ships in Harbour—Britannia, Windsor Castle, Forte, Petorus,
Cantelion, Mutine, Cynthia, and She!drake, fitting for the packel
service.

Within the Island—Procris.
LLOYD'S—(Tn.is DAY.)
DIAL, San'. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the
River, the Charles Grant, Hay, from India; Hotvard Castle,
from New South Wales ;, Mountaineer, Hubert, from India ;
Rawlins, Rigmarden, and New Prospect, Christie, from Ja-
maica; Helen, Pitsel, Antram, from Honduras; Ada, Frend,
from Demerara; Lady Dunmore, M'Clure, from Jamaica.—Ar-
rived the Hebe, Forman, from London; Cape Euphemia, Norie,
from Montserrat ; and Jamaica, Miller, from Jamaica for London.
PonTsstount, JULY 28.—Wind S. to S.W.—Arrived the
Regulus, Dixon, from Quebec.
FALMOUTH, S=ex. 27.—Wind S.W.—arrived the Lady Mary
Pelham packet, Cary, from Carthagena, sailed 27th July, from
Jamaica Aug. 8, and from Crooked Island Aug. 17 ; spoke Aug.
15, off the Island of Great Snagua, the American schooner Mount
Vernon, who informed them of the Powell, from Jamaica
for London, being on shore on the North East part of that Island;
also arrived the Milantho, Baynston, from Santa Martha, sailed
August 1.
Pt-mourn, 27.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Fly,
Faros, from Newfoundland; John Finlay, from Norfolk. Sailed
the Strickland Castle, Brown, for Petersburgh.

GRAVISEND, Sari. 28.--Arrived the fluntly, Wilson, from
Honduras; Henry Porchsr, Thomson, from China; Lady East,
Talbot, from Bombay ; Martinique, Bigg, from Grenada ; Indem-
nity, Woodest, from Demerara ; Sarah Ward, Moore, from St.
Vincent ; Spanish packet, Wrightson, from Seville ; Louisa,
Burns, from Malaga; Isabella, Deishman, from Oporto; and
Harbinger, Chapman, from Aceiro.