The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-13 00:00:00

EXECUTION.-(THIS DAY•)

The last sentence of the law was this morning carriea
into effect upon Thomas Taylor, who was convicted at the
late Assizes at Hertford of the murder of William Bennett,
an old pensioner, residing at Tewen, in this county.
prisoner absconded immediately after the commission o
the offence, and enlisted in the 15th regiment ; and be,
would probably have escaped detection but for the fact 01,
his having written a letter to his mother in an assumee,
name, and the circumstance coming to the knowledge of
the police at Hertford, an inquiry was instituted, and this
led to his detection.
Taylor's mother came to see him on Monday, but the
hiterview was described as not being by any means of g
painful character. She asked him whether he wanted any
of his clothes washed, and he replied that the clothes.bef
had been tried in would do very well for him. Neither 0,
them appeared at all concerned, when the moment arrived
for their reparation. The convict's father, an aged marl,
went to him on Tuesday; and, after some little converse'
tion,t he father told the convict—" To die like a man,
apd
go to the gallows with the same firmness he had borne his
trial and sentence." The unhappy young man replied"
" I will, father ;" and so they separated.
Taylor walked up the scaffold without any assistance.
The bolt was then drawn ; and, after struggling for about
three minutes, he ceased to exist. The unfortunate COo'
vict was only twenty-two years old.

MONEY a d COMMERCIAL NEWS'

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 12.—We be%
had a fair demand for Cotton to-day. The sales 11:
been 4,000 bags, 1,200 on speculation, with a firm !Wake
(From the American Papers of February 23•)
The recent animation in the Stock Market which to
place, may in a great measure be ascribed to the influence
which the confidence of cotton dealers in the future r,
had upon the market ; the tables seem now complete
turned in the Money Market, and the magnitude and 1°1:
portance of the cotton trade causes it to exert the same
fluence in money affairs now, by which it was itself 1w.1;
merly governed. The connection of the Banks it,
cotton operations during the past year, have immediatel
proved the result. Should the advices by the Liverpec't
inform us of an advance in the great staple which will nleid,
the views of the shippers, a large amount of money vol!
by its agency, be thrown into circulation, giving an inrnoj
pulse to business in every direction : should the LiverP"-
bring accounts of a decline, or a heaviness in the market,
the bulk of the holders in the Southern States would be
obliged to realize even at Ta decline, unless the pa°
should alter their present course ; on this point, therefor?,
in a great measure rests the character of the spring bust:
ness. Exchange from England 81 to 9 per cent''
United States Bank 1181.
We have an important arrival this morning from tba
United States, brought by the Great Western steamer
fifteen days' passage, which entirely relates to thee
Boundary line of the Maine, which at present appearsttowe
of a warlike nature ; but an American paper, which
have before us, of the 25th ult., says " The reader 17,
perceive what turn the Boundary ground has taken.
has been apprehended, the danger of actual collision
61
arms has become imminent, unless prevented by the tinle.4
interference of the National Government ; the Parti;
on the spot are apparently ready to rush its
immediate conflict ; but there is no neceegYa
for such a result if the National Government 40
their duty, which we trust they will, and take imme"l,o
measures to, restore quiet. We are surprised at t",sf
omission of Governor Fairfield to inform the Executive
the United States of so important a crisis of affairs, re.
quiring his immediate interference."
This event has caused great sensation in the City, an
various opinions prevail on the subject ; but the well wi
formed: are of opinion that the Boundary affair will rag
lead to hostilities between England and America. "-
had but little effect at New York on the American funds'
There is no news of importance, either from Canada or
Mexico.
Halifax Papers have been received to the 19th Februell;
"The harbour has continued frozen'over all the week; mangy
teams and thousands of foot passengers have crosser! °.lid,
in safety, but the ice has been so much thawed by the ,„
ness of the last two or three days, that we are hourly et,
its breaking up." ill
From the frontiers of Spain it is stated that the SO° e
Government has sent, in great haste, an estafette to Gene,
ral Espartero, to consult on the measures which have be,
taken by the Ministers for a general amnesty, in cen'-'
quence of the affair at Estella.

TRE FUNDS.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 9381 for thefbee'
count, opened this morning at 938, by which it 1n",,,,f
perceived that the news from the Maine has had but ci;,
little effect on the British funds. Money, 928 93 ; aol
chequer Bills, 65 67 ; India Bonds, 63 65 ; Bang
India Stock, shut.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active has rather
proved, owing to M. Thiers having been called to tbs
King's presence, by which it is expected that he wouldio
one of the new Ministers with Marshal Soult. Spool
Active may be quoted at 20.1 if ; Portuguese 341 1: 124 ;
per Cents 214 1; Be!gian, 1011 102 ; Brazilian 79 0,.,
Colombian, 291 I ; Mexican, 231 241 ; Dutch-Two-an..
u
Half per Cents., 55/ 4- ; Five per Cents., 1038 .
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 0'CL0C.%,..,
Bank Steck lndia Stock
5
_
ea f' 3 per Cent. Red.
......... ... -
3 per Cent. Cons. 9.://. 3 South Sea Stook ......... . ..... „....•
3 -,.• per Cent — ; Old Annuities ..................
....o.
Ditto Red. — ' New Ditto
".
Ncw 316 per Cent IOON% n, ! 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 6.6 pOl
New 5 per Cent. - I Exch. Bills, £l,OOO ... --6, pa
Bank Long Annuities toexpire I Ditto 500 ... -- 01.
Jan. 5, 1560 .......... ....... —,, Ditto Small 95 65 to
Oct. 10, 1659 — ! Ditto Commercial -- "000'.,
J.zia. 5, PV, W. 13-16 ; Ditto Advertised
Jan. 5, IMO — Bank Stock for Account ... ....
April 5, ISM — i India Stock for Account ... 04,
Jon. 4. 1570. — ! Consols for Account...... .. cs.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CO ~
Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds ............... ./
Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account
e i

Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds
Ditto Account
Chilian Bonds
D tto Account
~,,
,
Colombian Bonds — Ditto Account ........ .. ..... . '..,
Ditto Account —t Ditto Metallic ...............
~/
Columbian Bonds, 1524 29k, is; Spanish Bonds- ..............•, •!
Ditto Account
Danish Bonds
Ditto Account — Ditto Account. 20,„ 1 ..-4
Greek Bonds French, 5 per cent .........t
...4,
Ditto Bonds, 1.925 —.— 4 per cent ...... --,. -Al
Ditto Account
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — ---- Exchange....... ',.104
Ditto Account — Dutch, 2t per cent ..-..'3'02
Ditto Account ............ ..ow
Ditto, 6 per Cent t
Ditto Account
Neapolitan Ditto Acc0unt........ ....••
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC;1010.
Paid, For .74
Brighton Railway
London and BlatAwall Railway
51
London and Birmingham Railway Company 9O
OIN
;;Ditto 1,,i Shares - 5 314
11:1011 and Greenwich railway Company 2O 42/4
London and Southampton Railway Company 381. 17s. 9d.
London and Croydon Railway Company l6/. 6g.
Ditto New Scrip
N - ho- -,,d El-- - -
' 4

.4 orthorn ant ,:astern Railway Company
South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 9
National Provincial Bank of England 35
Assam Company
Australian Company
Mexican and South American
COURSE OF EXCH ,
k mitt:Rhin C.F. 12 3
. itto, at sight
Rott.rtiam a U l2 31
Antwerp...
HAniburg. . ...... .....M.B l3 10%
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 :XI
Ditt0..............3 Ms 25 60
....

591

25 65
liourtioaux
Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 151
(.'ttersbutgh, ruble... 3 Us ION
Berlin

27 ki
6
NGE YESTERDAY. 4,
tiibraicar ............................ 50
Leghorn .................. .. g 0
Genoa SI
Milan ........... ..............
Venice ...............................
10
Naples ........ ..................
Paler:no per olt. 51
Lisbon ................... ....... : .

ViennA effective f1...2 M. 10

Orcrio .................. " ........... 0
Rio Janeiro ••••. gl
Bahia A.. -
Buenos Ayres .."-.' 46
New York, 21 days' si 6h C •": 004 ,

Philadelpiiia

Trie.te ditto lO 5
Madrid kr.,x
Cadiz 37
tidboa ...

..... • ••

_OO
Barc:clona
Srfille 364

- .......
PRICE .OF BUL',ION. V: 0
Portugal Gold, '.,c,in,....t:3 .(8) 0
Foreign Gold in bars... o 0
New Doubl, -

New Doll Ats
Silver i,,i 3, 0 5

AUSTRIAN i-UNDS.—ViUNNjaAr: ***
live per Cents. Metalliques ...... ..... ........ t 077
Foxr per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares "4" 1419
...-411gerneineZeitung. March 7.
the
.
The Jamaica Papcfr of the 2 HALF-PAST 0
Ist January, received ;I'oo
North and South American Coffee-house, being the o'4 to
in town, conveys unfavourable intelligence, in respe'..
the working of the Negroes, and getting in of the creed bot
Up to the present hour the American news bas b„B4 93
little effect on the British Funds. Consols are v'TY
Money ; Account 93 to with very little doing•ioid;
chequer Bills, 63 65; India Bonds, 64 65, nothing
Bank and India Stock, shut. Wish
In the Foreign Market nothing doing except in P4ti;
Active, which continues firm at 21. Portuguese. 310.'istio
Three per Cents., 212 ; Colombian, 292 1; 13i e
1012 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 557;
per Cents., 103 i -a.
The Dutch mail has not yet arrived.