The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-19 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

In the Consol Market in the course of yesterday very
little business was doing ; closed 914 1 for the Account, 91Z-
sellers ; opened 911 for the Account. Exchequer Bills
47 49 prem. ; India Bonds 48 .50 prem. ; Bank Stock
2101 ; India Stock 258 k 2591.
In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon the busi-
ness was of a limited description ; but the prices continued
firm. In the Foreign Market, owing to the unfavourable
intelligence received from Spain, the Spanish Stock conti-
nued heavy, and closed at 20 ex-coupons ; with the cou-
pons 20, 1 ; Deferred, 7i 1 ; Portuguese closed at 393,
opened at 391 ; Three per Cents., 25 ; Spanish opened
higher, with coupons ; Dutch Two and-a-Half, 53.
HALF-PAST ONE.
Consols, which have been during the morning 1 for
the Account, may be quoted at present 911 -Z-, with very
little doing ; Money, 91 1. Exchequer, Bills 47 49
prem. ; India Bonds 50 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2101 211 ;
India Stock, 2581.259.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active has rather im-
proved, owing to the Carlists having retreated from the
neighbourhood of Madrid. Spanish, with the Coupons,
214 to 21ii ; without Coupons, 20i. Spanish Passive, 5-1 ;
Deferred, 7',1 a. Portugese, ; Three per Cents., 253
Colombian, 244 25 ; Mexican, 243 26 ; Dutch Two-and-
Half per Cents., 534.

THREE 0' CLO CK
Consols for the Account, 9I I.
THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock -. Omni am
3 per Cent. Red. 42% India Stock ... —
3 per Cent Cons 913. Ditto I:onds 5O
3% per Cent. IOOIA South Sea Stock
3% per Cent. Red 100 Ditto Old Annuities
New 1% per Cent 99% Ditto New Annuitiez
1 per Cent. Assented
Dissented Ditto 5001 49 pm.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 49 pm.
Jas 1860 15% Bank Stock for Opg. -•
Oct 1850 i4 15-16 India Stock for Act. ...... ..... 259%
Jan. 1860 — Consols GA- Act.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese Bonds, S per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent 102% Ditto, New Ditto 3BA
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent _ 1 Russian Bands, 5 per cent ...111%
Chilian, 6 per cent Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per cent. — Spanish, 5 per cent
Ditto, 1834
Danish, 3 per cent — ' French, 5 per cent
Greek Bonds, 1825. 5 per cent. I Exchange
Mexican, 5 per cent. French, 3 per cent —f —C.
Ditto. 6 per cent., 1825 ....... ' Dutch, '2,1 percent,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, tdi/s
Peruvian, 1825.6 per cent..., : Ditto, 5 per cent ....100%
SHA ORES
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway ... •
Gre .t Western Railway 56
London and Brighton Railway (Stevenson's)
London and Southampton Railway 24%
340 other variations in the Prices of Shares since our One (o'clock

List.

EXECUTION AT YORK.—On Saturday, at noon,
the last sentence of the law was executed on Thomas Wil-
liams, convicted at the Yorkshire Assizes of the wilful
murder of Thomas Froggatt, of Sheffield. The testimony
of guilt was clear and convincing, the unhappy culprit
having been brought to an ignominious and untimely end
from a malicious principle of revenge which he had har-
boured in his breast. The prisoner and the deceased were
both basket-makers, and on the 17th of March the
former came into Mr. Moore's shop, and without any
words passing between them he took up a bill-hook, and
struck him twice over the head in the most ferocious
manner, of which wounds he died on the sth of April.
A few hours previous to this the prisoner told a man
named Buggins that "he would smash Froggatt's brains
out," and he would give him his shears. He returned,
saving " He had killed old Frogg," and that "he did not
care a if they hanged him, if only Froggatt was
dead, as it would be a benefit to the trade." The only de-
fence offered was that the prisoner was of insane mind, but
no evidence whatever was called to substantiate this de-
fence. He had a wife and five children, but we
have not heard that they visited him since his trial.
At an early hour in the morning he was removed
from the condemned cell to the press-room, where
he engaged in prayer with the ordinary. He ap-
peared fully impressed with the conviction that he was
about to enter the presence of his eternal Judge ; and said
his deepest grief was, that his wife, who was innocent, would
be the greatest sufferer. When he had again fervently
engaged in prayer, he turned his face to the crowd, and in
a distinct voice, and with a collected manner, said Fel-
-1 low-men, you aro come to witness a spectacle of intempe-
rance—an awful scene ; I hope this will make a lasting
impression upon every soul before me. A man in the prime
of life, thirty years of age, cut off through this diabolical
crime of intemperance. Is there a drunkard before me ?
Yea, I see many. Let him go home, and be so no more.
Is there a liar? Let him speak truth for the future, and
turn to God with full purpose of heart, 1 have to inform
you that I am leaving a grateful partner behind me ; one
that is walking in the commandments of the Lord, and one
that delights in her God, therefore I hope I shall meet her
in heaven. I have also not a doubt of my acceptance with
that God whom lam going to stand before." The fatal
bolt was drawn. He struggled very little, and after hanging
the usual time, his body was buried within the precincts of
the prison.—York Herald.

The present seems to be a good season for mu:ih-
rooms, and other fungi. One of the species popularly
termed fuzz-balls, was gathered on Wednesday morning, in
Mr. Chapman's close, near the Trent-bridle, weighing rather
more than alb., and measuring near twenty inches in mean
girth.
We advise our Entomological friends to be on the
look-out, as that rare insect, the T filoma bipustulata, fre-
quents these and similar fungi. A mushroom of the same
weight, has been gathered during the week, at Arnold, of
which two men and boys made a comfortable dinner.

The yew was formerly much valued in Britain, on
account of the use made of its wood for lows, this weapon
being that principally used by tho ancient Britons i:1all
their wars. It was fatal to small British Kings--viz.
Harold, at the battle, of ilastiogs ; William Rufus, in the
New FForestatild Richard Coeur de Lion, at Limoes, in
i.Ani,e. it was to the skill of the English, with the long
bow that the conquest of Ireland I?y Henry 11. in 1772 is
attributed ; and afterwwl4. the victories of Cressy, Poie-
tiers, and Agincourt._ In 1397, Richard 11,, holding a
parliamen4 in a temporary bfailditig, on account of the
wretched state of WesttvioAter Hall, surrounded his but
with 4,0 N %Aka afohers, armed with tough yew lciv.-oo
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