The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-27 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TIVELVE 0' CLOCK.
Consols opened this morning at the same price they
closed yesterday, viz. 874 R for the Account, and 87k
for Money, at which prices they remain, very little busi-
ness having been transacted, the brokers being principally
employed in settling their accounts. The Dutch mail this
morning brings the Exchange much the same, but Spanish
Stock is 1 per cent—lower, and the Northern Stocks k per
per cent. higher. The Hamburgh mail brings no Ex-
changes, but Stocks are quoted a shade lower.

In the Foreign Market Brazilian Bonds maintain their
price, but Portuguese Securities are rather lower. Little
doing in other Foreign Stocks.
Three per Cent. Consols, 87 y ; Ditto, for Account,
871 14,-
; Three per Cent. Reduced, 871 ; Three and a
half per C.rnt. Reduced, Four per Cent., 101 k a ;
Ditto, 1826, 104 ; Long Annuities, 201 ; India Stork,
228 91-; Bank Stock, 211 12 ; India Bonds, 55 611 pni. ;
Exchequer Bills, 56 57 pm.
FORElGN.—Brazilian, 6 l ; Buenos Ayres, 33 4 ;
Chilian, 22 ; Colombian, 174 181 ; Danish, 641 I;
French, Five per Cent., 1094 104; Three per Cent., 76i- 7;
Greek, 131 14; Mexican, Five per Cent., 23- 4 ; Ditto,
Six per Cent., 20; Peruvian, 13) 111; Portuguese,
44 5; Russian, 971 8 ; Spanish, 91 10.
TT V O O'CLOCK.

Consols 87 for Money, and 87,14- for Account, alter-
nately buyers un:i sellers. Exchequer Bills have again
lowered to 56 57.

We are sorry to state that unfavourable accounts have
been received from Manchester of an extraordinary failure.
It is said to be to the amount of between 2,0001. and
8,0001., and in the piece line. No doubt it has thrown a
gloom on the Cense! Market.
THREE 0' CLOCK

Consols, 87i S.
FOUR O'CLOCK.—
Consols 87
Do. for Ae. 871
Brazilian Bonds 64
Buenos Ayres 31
Cbilian Do.
Columbian,: 1824 184

CLOSING PRICES.
Danish 64.1-
Greek, 1825 - -
Mexican, 1825 231
Peruvian
Russian 97f
Spanish 9}

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 27.—0 n Monday last Chris-
topher Wordsworth, of Trinity College, was elected
University Scholar, on Lord Craven's foundation.
The Rev. Joseph Power, M.A. Fellow of Clare
Hall, has been appointed Fellow and Tutor of
Trinity Hall, in the room of the Rev. W. H. Hanson,
B.A.

The Rev. Joseph Hindle, B.D. Fellow of St.
John's College, has been presented, by the Master
and Fellows of that Society, to the vicarage of Hig-
ham, in Kent, vacant by the death of the Rev. R.
Hargreaves, M.A.
The select preacher at St. Mary's church, for the
Sunday afternoons in the ensuing month, is the
Rev. H. V. Elliott, Fellow of 'Trinity College.
Meetings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
for the present term :—Monday, March 2, Monday,
March 16, Monday, March 30.
The Rev. Maltyward Simpson, B.A. of Caius
College, has been instituted to the rectory of Mick-
field, Suffolk, on the presentation of Daniel Simp-
son, Esq., of Mendlesham.
The Rev. Edward Curtis Kemp, M.A. curate of
East Dereham, was last week instituted to the
rectory of Whissonset, in Norfolk, on the presen-
tation of Francis Riddell Reynolds, Esq., of Great
Yarmouth.

READING Co ACHES.--,MT. Hone's Read-
ing coach is engaged from London, through Reading, to
Oxford. Gentlemen intending to support Mr. Peel, and
wishing a conveyance by that line of road, are requested to
apply at the Committee Room.
MODE OF OBTAINING AN ICE-WILL.—To
obtain a good ice-well, you should choose a spot looking
towards the north, the soil either sand, gravel, or chalk,
wherein you can easily build a well which will drain itself,
the water soaking into the soil by a waste well made under
the other. An ice-well should be larger round than it is
deep, for it is a common error to imagine that the deeper
a well is, the better; on the contrary, we know that the
water naturally runs toward the depth, and, drawing to-
wards the wells, penetrates through the brick-work, and
produces a humidity that melts the ice. To avoid this,
a good well should be built with double walls, at the
distance of eighteen inches or two feet apart, and
the interval between filled up with ashes, or any other
matter of an absorbent quality. The well must be built
with a domed top (like a soup tureen), and a hole in the
centre left to receive the ice. Over the dome of brick-
work there should be a covering of earth, at least six feet
in thickness, upon which a plantation may be formed, to
keep off the sun's rays ; the hole in the centre of the dome
should have a neck (like a large chimney-pot), se•
cured with a strong cover of iron, running up
through the superincumbent earth three or four feet,
and should be kept always well covered with
soil, and turfed over, as soon as the well is filled,
to prevent any access of air in that direction.—
At the side of the well, upon a line with the bottom of
the dome, an entrance must be made to take out the
ice ; it should consist of a porch with double (loots, the
outer of which must be covered with straw, or
thatched, and every crevice in both doors stopped up
and made as air-tight as possible. A dry time ought
to be chosen for filling the well ; the ice should be
broken as small as possible, in order that it may reunite in
the interior; and three or four men should be employed
in levelling and pounding it, till the well is filled
to the very top. If a long frost ensues, it should
be filled up from time to time, as the ice first intro-
duced will diminish considerably in bulk as it forms itself
into a compact mass, by freezing in the well. When the
ice is taken out, every precaution should be adopted to
prevent the rush of a volume of air into the well upon the
opening of the doors. At first the ice must be taken out
as it comes to hand, until the mass sinks to% level with the
door ; but afterwards, by means of a ladder, it must be taken
from the sides of the well, all round quite down to the
bottom, leaving the centre to the last, which will be found
solid and compact even in the midst of summer : if, on
the contrary, the ice is first taken away from the middle,
you disturb the body, and the air which introduces itself will
destroy more than you consume. The first object, it must be
always recollected, in preserving the ice in a well, is to keep it
dry ; and if unfortunately the well is pieced is a soil that
will not permit it to drain itself; a pump must be fixed on
the outside to draw off the water accumulated in the
waste well." We ought to arid, that this edition, besides
other editions, contains, as the title announces, several new
bills:of fare for the dessert.—Arrin's Italian Confectioner.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, :mil Lords ALBEMARLE and
BEXLEY, cat on Scotch Appeal, to-day.

THE COMMERCIAL BANK or SCOTLAND V. POLLOCK.

Mr. SuGnEN resumed his arguments this morning on
this part-heard appeal. Several other Counsel have to
follow the Learned Gentleman on the part of the appellant,
and the case will probably not be concluded to-day.

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN,
For the Week ended Feb. 20, 1829, made up from the Returns
of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England
and Wales, pet Imperial Quarter.
Wheat--.. 725. I Id. I
Oats -- 235. hl. 31s.
I Barley—,—.B3s. 4d. Rye --40 s. 1od. Pease--..... 365. fitl.
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES Of the SIX 'WEEKS PRECEDING.
Wheat---- 745. 3d. Oats 235. 6d. I Beans—,.— 355. Ild.
I
Barley.„—«.. 355. 2d. Rye 41s. Id. I Pease--.... 375. Id.
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. _ _ .

Is. Od. Oats WI s. 3d. Beans---16e. 9cl
Barley —.— 9s. 4d. I Rye Bs. Ocl. Pease .......148. Od

SMITHFIELD MARKET.

At this day's market, which exhibited but a limited sup.•
ply of fat stock, the trade was throughout very dull, with
Beef and Mutton at a depression of 2d. per stone; with
Veal and Pork at barely Monday's prices.

MOBS PER. STONE OF SUSS. TO SINK THE OFFALS.
d. toe. d. s. d. toe. d.
Inferior Beasts 4 2 6 Large Lambs
Second quality ditto 210 3 4 Prime small 0 0 0 0
Prime largo Oxen... 4 0 4 4 Large coarse Calves 5 2 5 8
('rime Scots, 4 4 4 6 Prime small ditto 6 0 6 4
Inferior Sheep 2,8 3 2 Large Hogs 4 2 4 8
Second quality ditto 3 2 310 Small Porkers 5 0 5 2
Coarse-woolled ditto 4 2 4 8 Suckling Calves 12s to36s. each.
SoutliclownWethers 4LB 5 0, Quarter old Pigs 16s to 20s. each.

surrix, AS l'Elt CLERK'S STATEMENT.
Beasts. Sheri,. I Calves. I rigs.
462 I 2,900 I 90

111ilch Cows, though unusually numerous, were ex-
ceedingly dear, an useful one of any breed capable of
weighing 100 st. when fattened, being, with her small Calf,
worth from 251. to 26/.

NENVGATE AND LEADENII ALL MARKETS.
At per stone, by the Carcass.
s. d. to s. s. d.tos. d.
Beef 2 4 310 Veal
Mutton 2 6 4 4 Pork


been sold : the public sale of Brazil, la4t
takes place to-morrow.
11 SUC: A RS. —The demand for export at the pre:
sent time appears to be very limited, cod the few name-
tions that have taken place have been at lower prices
some parcels of ordinary brown lumps are reported to have
been sold as low as '73s. 6d. a 71s. The purchases of
Crashed far the Trieste market have been checked fur the
present, by the information that an additional duty of 19,.
per cwt. would be imposed upon Sugars tent to the
Austrian territories.

CorrEr.---Several pat eels of Plantation have been
offered this week, consisting of Jamaica arid Dominica,
chiefly of the ordinary to fine ordinary qualities, the prices
obtained for which did not support the late quotations,
particularly for the Jamaica; the public sale of Brazil
brought forward last Ft Pay went off at lower prices for
the coloury qualities, good to fine ordinary bringing only
from 365. a 388.

Delivered last weds limn the West India Docks, 216
casks ; and 516 bags, Bze.
Stock on hand in the West India Docks (en 231 inst.)
9,429 casks; and 77,692 bags, &t.
Stock on hand in the West India Docks (on Fel,. 25,
1825) 11,267 casks; 85,113 bags, &c.
Fat:lr.—There is no alteration to notice thig week; a
cargo of fine Patras CIII rants was divided among the trade
last week at the quotations.
In SPICES rather all increase of business is observable.'
Nutmegs are in demand. •
THE SILK SALE.—The sale is proceeding to day with
much more animation than since it begun on Monday
On the severe depression on the prices a slight reaction has
occurred. Prices may be quoted from 6d. to Is. in ad-
ranee. The sale will it is expected conclude to-morrow.
In t!.e TOBACCO market the same stagnation prevails as
w.►s remarked last week. Nothing further is known rela-
tive to the new duty.
RICE.-The purchases limited, and prices receding. A
sale (44,000 brigs of Java is fixed for this afternoon.
In Ott.s business continues active.—Linseed now realizes
211. Ms. _

In Baltic produce much langour prevails.—Tallow keeps
heavy ; Bristles, good qualities, however, find purchasers.

MURDER IN SHROPSHIRE.

(From the Hereford Journal.)

In a former Journal we stated the escape of John
Evans alias Smallman, from our county gaol, and
his perpetrating a robbery in Mr. Ballarsl's house, at
Woodmington, after which it was supposed he had
left this part of the kingdom : the supposition, how-
ever, was incorrect, as it has been ascertained he wa.,
lurking about this neighbourhood since his escape
from gaol, and has at length committed a murder at
Bishop's Castle, under circumstances of peculiar
atrocity. It appears that on Tuesday night, the 17th
instant, he knocked at the door of a woman residing
in the parish of Medley, and requested shelter for
the night, explaining that he used to grind her corn
for her at Poston mill—the woman immediately
recognized him, refused admittance, and the next
morning apprised a gentleman, residing th
parish, of the circumstance. Probably, appre-
hensive that search would be made for him,
.e
Evans left the country, and on Friday evening,th
20th instant, entered a public-house at Bishop'
Castle, in Shropshire, arid sitting down in the
kitchen, called for some ale. His appearance
created suspicion, and he was recognized by the
landlord and his family, when he immediately rose
and went towards the door; a young man, named Ed-
ward Richards, followed him into the yard, andlaid
hold of the skirts of a blue frock lie wore, when the
cowardly miscreant drew a pistol from under the
frock, and shot the pcor fellow in the breast, who
instantly fell, and has since died. He also snapped
a pistol at another man, but it did not explode. In
the confusion attendant on such a lamentable occur-,
rence, and favoured by the darkness of the night,
Evans escaped; but incredible as it may seem, he re-,
turned to the yard about three o'clock on Saturday
morning to search for the pistol he had dropped, and
which had been previously secured. He again evaded
pursuit, and that very night broke into the house of
Mrs. Hotchkiss, at Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire,
and also stole a grey horse from Mr. B. Hotchkiss, of
the same place, on which he rode towards his haunts
in this county as he was seen about five o'clock oil
Monday evening, six miles from this city, on du,
Hay-road; and on the circumstance being commu-
nicated to J. Tomkins, Esq. of the Wear, he imme,
diately hastened to our worthy Mayor with the
intelligence, who promptly ordered Mr.Garstone, the
city beadle, and Mr. Whittaker, our city gaoler, in
pursuit of Evans ; and they proceeded to Mr. Toni•
kips, at the Wear, well armed; where, after concert-
ing with them the plan of operations, they crossed
the river to the Lion Inn, at Madley, to remain till
the morning. About three o'clock yesterday morn-
ing Mr. Tomkins went to the ferries over the Wye
in his vicinity, where he ascertained a boat had
been taken in the night from Byford ; he directly
hastened to Madley, called up Garstone and Whit-
taker, and they proceeded to Mr. Frettwell, at
Poston Lodge, who cheerfully joined them, and the
party then went to a house on Vowchurch
where a fellow named Wilson resided, and sur-
rounded it, so as to prevent any one escaping.
Whilst the officers were endeavouring to gain ad-
mission at the front door, which was locked, Mr.
Frettwell saw Evans at the back-room window—he
levelled his double-barrelled gun at him, and gave
notice that he was in the house, threatening to
shoot him if he attempted to escape. The front
door being opened, Whittaker proceeded tip stairs,
opened the bed-room door, went into the bed-room,
and behind the door found Evans in his shirt, with
his waistcoat iii his hand, in the act of searching
the pocket for a loaded pistol (the fellow of that
he shot the person with at Bishop's Castle). Mr.
Whittaker presented a pistol at his head, and,
told him if he moved an inch he was a dead
man. Mr. Tomkius, Mr. Frettwell, and Mr. Gar-
stone seized him, and handcuffed him in an in-
stant. They searched his pockets, and found
seventeen sovereigns and some silver, a pistol, and
six teaspoons, three marked T. H., one E. J., an-
other E., arid one plain, a silver watch, makers'
names Pemberton and Co., Birmingham, No. 5983.
A gun was found in the house loaded with ball,
which Mr. Frettwell claimed as his property. They
then lashed Evans and Wilson together, placed them
in a cart, and brought them to the county gaol,
where they delivered them.

Every praise is due to the assistance and advice
of Mr. Temkins, to whom the public are chiefly in-
debted for the apprehension of tins murderer, and
also Mr. Frettwell, who acted in the most praise-
worthy manner, by rendering, in conjunctio3
with Mr. Fomkins, the excellent officers such
able assistance. We sincerely trust the rewards
offered for the apprehension of this desperate
villain will be divided between Whittaker and
Garstone, who so nobly risked their lives in
securing this burglar, gaol-breaker, and mur-
derer, and Mr. Tomkins has signified the same
sentiments. The c3ncourse of people assembled to
see him brought through our city was immense ;
the crowd was so great at the entrance of the bridge,
that the cart was stopped to let the people make
room for it to pass.