The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-24 00:00:00

THE SHARE MAREETS.

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(THIS DAY.)
(In the Exchequer Chamber, before Lord CAMPBELL
the CHIEF BARON, Mr. Siren PARER, Mr. Justice
ERLE, and Mr. Justice WILLIAM 4.)
THE QUEEN V. WILLIAM BALDRY.
This was au aepetel from the Suffolk tib3iV'S. The
prisoner, who is a very aged men, was tried betore Mr.
Justice Campbell on an indictment cbargiog him with
having administered poison to his wife, with the inten-
tion of murdering her. On the part of the prosecution
a police-constable was called, who gave the following
evirience:—" I went to the prisoner's house On the 19,h
of December, and saw the prisOner. Dr. Vincent, Itt,d
Page, another police-constable were wish me. I told
him what he was charged with. lie made no reply, but
sat with his face hurled in his handketcbief. I believe
be was crying. Ibald he need not say anything Sc)to cri-
minate himself, but what he did would be taken down
and used as evidence against him." Objection was made
on behalf of the prisoner, Chet what he then soil was r ot
admissible. Mr. Justice Campbell thought,
that although
the caution of th., constable d ffered from that direct' el
by 11- and 12 Vie, c. 42, s. is. to be given by a justice
to a prisoner in the word t. will." instfad of " may," it
did not amount to any promise or threat to induce the
prisoner to confess; that it, could have no tendency to
induce him to stay anything untrue; and that, in spite of
ict,,,nisfidteeereddidvoaluftentrawray. afterwards the confession must be
He, therefore,
allowed the wit-
ness to give in evidence what the prisoner then said,
which amounted to confeaeioa of guilt; but as doubts
had been entertained by Learned Judges whether a con-
fesion after such a caution might be lawfully given in
evidence, he reserved the question for the Court of Cri-
minal Appeal. The pristine? was convicted, and sen-
tence of death was passed upon trim.
Mr. Maui said he now appeared, on the part of: the
prisoner. to substantiate the objection which was taken
at the trial. The question was, whether the words ad-
dressed to the prisoner held cat to him any asturauce
of worldly advantage to himself, as a consequence of his
making a etatement, or of harm as the result of his
retraining to do so. The law presumed that a statement
made after such a caution was untrue, sad was not ad-
missible in evidence. A confession, in order to be ad-
missible, must be free and voluntary, not extracted by
any threats or violence, nor by any direct or implied
promises, however slight, nor by the exercise of any im-
proper influence. He also made another proposition,
via , that the law could not measure the force of the in-
fluence used, nor decide on its effect on the mind of din
prisoner. •
The CHIEF BARON observed that the Learned Coun-i
sel was overstating the feet in saying that the law pree
judged a confession made under such circumstaoces
to
be untrue. It would be. more correct to say that the law
was not perfectly certain as to the statement being true,
Mr. MILLS said ho should, on a review of other cases,
be able to substantiate the point that. the law presumed
the statement to be untrue. or at any rate incredible.
Lord CAmpBELL deubted whether the practice pro-
ceeded on the presumption of the law that it was false,
but thought rather it proceeded on the principle that it
was dangerous to trait a jury with evidence so obtained.
Mr. MILLS contended that such evidence was unwer-
thy of judicial notice, whether presumed by the law to
be untrue or incredible. The smallest possible induce-
ment was held by the law to be enough to lead a pi i-
soner to convict himself. There was a case in Leach's
Criminal Law of a man who was suspected of having
stolen some irons from the window of a public-house.
The landlord used these words to him, " I am in greet
distress about my irons—if you will tell me where they
are I will be favourable to you." That simple induce-
ment was held to be sufficient to make the man charge
himself with the crime, and he was acquitted. Mr.
Mills cited a considerable number of other cases in
which a similar point was involved, end contended that
upon the ground he had urged the conviction ought to
be quashed.
No counsel was heard on the other side.
The LoRD Cater Baum said it would be repugnant
to common sense to suppose that the words used by the
police officer held out an inducement of any kind to the
prisoner to make a statement. He, therefore, thought
the Lord Chief Justice was perfectly right in admitting
the evidence at the trial, and that the conviction *as
good.
Mr. Baron PARKE and the other jndges concurring
in that opinion, the conviction was affirmed.

HER MAJESTY'S SUMMAR CRUISE.—The Queen,
accompanied by the Prince Consort and a portion of the
Royal Family, intends paying a summer visit to Bristol,
Waterford, Dublin, and Holyhead, en route to the Scottish
autumnal retreat of Balmoral. The Court will remove to
Osborne on the 22d of May, and her Majesty will embark
from the Isle of Wight some time atter (not before the
Parliament is dissolved) on board the royal steam-yacht
Victoria and Albert (now in process of refit and embellish-
ment fur the royal service at Portsmouth dockyard), for the
summer cruise.—Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette of
this day, Saturday, April 24.
CABINET DINNER OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE
EXCIIIQUER.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer entertained
his colleagues at dinner, on Wednesday, at Grosvenor-gate.
The members of the Cabinet present were the Earl of Lons-
dale, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Derby, the Duke
of Northumberland, the Earl of Malmesbury, Mr. Secretary
Walpole, Sir John Pakington' the Earl of Hardwicke,
Lord John Manners, and Mr. Henley. The Lord Chan-
cellor and Mr. Berries were prevented attending the dinner
by indisposition.

- THE• NEW SOCIETY OF PAL!) IN, WATER •
cotorits.—Her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, their Royal Hignuessegt the Prince of Wales
and the Princess Royal, accompanied by the Countess of
Des9.rt, Lord Colville, and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Sey-
mour, and suite, honoured the New Society of Painters in
Water Colours yesterday with a visit, and expressed their
great satisfaction at the superiority of the exhibition.

THE HEALTH OF THE LORD CIIANCELLOR.In
consequence, of the continued illness of the Lord Chancellor
the liou-e of Lords did not si to hear appeals yesterday
From the inquiries we have made we understand his Lord-
ship is better, though still unab!e to attend to his efficial
duties, but that he is expected to be able to sit in the House
of L-rds on Monday morning.
ADAM GRAVMS or MOStHRAY, BY THE AUTHOR:
OF " MARGARET tAITLAND." 3 NOLS.-6"" Adam Graeme" is
a story awakening genuine emotions of interest and delight
by its admirable pictures of Scottish lite and scenery. The
plot is cleverly complicated, and 'tthere is great vitality in
the dialogue, and remarkable brilliancy in the descriptive
passages, as who that has read " Margaret Maitland" would
not be prepared to expect ; but the story has a mightier
magnet still, in the healthy tone which pervades it, in its
feminine delicacy of thought awl diction, and in the truly
womanly tenderness of its sentiments. The eloquent author
sets before us the esseLtial attibutee of Christian virtue,
their deep and silent workings in the heart, and their beau-
tiful manifestations in the life, with a delicacy, a power, and
a truth which can hardly be surpassed.--Morning. Post.;
Tne far-famed Slough Hotel is to be dismantled..
The arrangement of the auction, which is under the direction
of Messrs. Robins, appears in our paper of this evening.
Thirteen days will be occupied in distributing the costly fur-.
niture, the valuable plate, the rare wines, and the various in-
teresting and recherché articles congregated by Mr. Dotesio,
with his well-known 'judgment and taste, daring the
many years the hotel has been under his management. The
auction commences on Monday,'may 3.
HOLYHEAD HARBOWL—Tbe galvanic battery is
still used with great effect in the quarries now working fur
a shaft 55 feet in depth, with 66 feet of head-
materials for
000theibbsr.eoafkpwoawtedreranwderpeierreceant
tityhelondegwedhianrbour.
three
upwards of 80,000
tons of stone,
was eminently
sn7'heavy charge was fired by means of wires at-
tachedTh dislodging
explosion
ciUnhgpa,wmaabnreddrsstl ofii
many of the misses being upwards of 20 tons
successful, to at
hgraolvvi fiat); cdo bay.
wtnt e
arnin weight. —North Wales Chronicle.
Doman-, FRIDAY EVENING.—ESCAPE or MR.
THomAs FRANCIS Al sAaHER. —lntelligence has been received
at the offic,-, of the National newspaper that Mr. Thomas
Francis Meaghet has effected bile cape from the custody of
the authorities at Van Diemen's Land. It appears that a
gentlemen in Dublin has received a letter from his brother- ,
in-law, an assistant-surgeon in the British navy, written
from Hobart Town, and bearing the date of the 18th of last
January, which states that Meagher had escaped, and that
the Government officials had searched his house in vain. He
had tied beyond capture and pursuit.
THE SLIM SEEN ON THE ICEBERG.—Mr. Henry
Cow-rd, surgeon, of North Shiel,:e, brother to Captain
Coward, of the brig. Renovation, has published a letter, in
which he saga—" I believe my brother's opinion to be that
they were not Franklin's ship
crew without his own s, but ordinary whalers; and,
unwilling to risk his ship and
super-
intendence
(being himself very ill at the time, suffering from
an abscess from the threat), and a dense fog coming on, al-
ways very dangerous in-the viciniv of, icebergs, he give
them, as the sailors call a wide berth.' Communications
have been made to my brother, who is now at Venice, and
he will very readily, 4 1,
raTO so doubt, give all tne,informa-
.
Lion in bis pow*

BILITISII RAILWAYS.

Railways.

Nominal Prices.

14 to 14%

Business dons
to-day.

Aberdeen ... ... all paid
Amb., Not., Bost. & E.
June. ......... 8% pd
13ir. Wolv, and. Stour
Valley . all pd.
Birk., Lan., ic Ch. Jct.,
late 331. 6,8 d., 26/. pd.
Ditto, Chest. & Birk.,
hOL It 251. Cens., all pd.
DBritistot.,
Caledonian ... 501. p.i
i1t7,014 1. ppdd.
Chest. & Holvh.' alt pd
Dub & Bell. Jet.4sl pd:
Dund & Enni-, all pAbed.
Dundee, Perth, & r-
deen June. ... all pd.'
Ditto, New ... a 1 pd
0.
East.Counties...2ol. pd
Eastern Union. class A.
late E. U. shra., all pd.
E"t
lAuBd: gi
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Do. do. do-
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E. 84 W. all
DE:Bo,t.driNo.a,enwßc.lllQ&eribu:ariira.e.,,,
Da
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and Bir. _pd
E. & W. Yk. Joe., all p,
& Glos., 50/. pal
Eilir..Per. & Dun. 251. p
Glas,& S.-West., 1001. p
Great Northern, all pd
Dc..Hatv,. A def., Hll p
Do. do. 13- 6 pr- all P
t.
S. & W. lreld., all p
Great Westu., NUL pd
Lane. & Carlisle. ail pd
Do.Tnirds,lll.l3.4 p
dd
Lani. & York 100 i.
Do:, Quarters ...all pd
Dc;, Fifths
Um 14/. pd
Do..W. Rid. 11%D
Leeds Northern, al pci
LiV•CrSbV & Stiliptnip
LOlld. & BlaCkW, all pd
Lorl.,Briu.& S. Ct.loo p
Lon. & .West,looL p
Do. Quarters...22l, pd
Do. Fifths pd
Dn. 10/.:M &B. (a) up
Lob. & S.-West. 160 L p
Do. New 50/., 42% „,,i
Do. New 40/ „340,71
Man. Bux. & Mat. aif p
Do. Mancb. Fe Lin •
coati
Union 4L 2s. pdi
Midland 100/. pit
Do. & Darby 10UL
Ald. Gt. NV (Ire) 47 ;4
Man.it
NNIsTN
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'Re:&f2t.ien. Quarter
g....0:1.1aa1. alalo7l°°vll.lslll4ll°e/P:ildp:
Conn.d
pd
Nourrt:..w,s telJrun pd
N ti
Nort British
_25/. pd
North a-voe pd
North StZord. 175‘
pp
N. & Junc. 61. p
Osford, Wurcestei.-&
Wolverhampton 101 p
Scottish Central 25/. p
Scottish Midld., 25/. pdl
Do. New ...... pd
Shrew. & 8.0. A 1 all pd
IS1h)1wo. Ic lier7oldal7l/114.
Shrewsbu. and Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) all pd
Do. Halves all' pd,
. Do. Oswestry all pd
S rop. Union _6%2 pd
Do. A, B, C, & D fully
un at par cent:...
South D-von all pd
South-Eastern 301. pd
South Walks all pill
S Yorkshire and
River Dun 15L
Do. -Do. 51. pd
Stirl. & Dunterut. all p
Stock, & Har.l6/ 29.3 d.
.Taff Vale 126/, pd
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway ...181. pd
Vale of Neath...l7/. pd
Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd
Wittertd.& Lim. all pd
Waterford, Wex. Wick.
and Dublin 31. pd
West Cornwall 13/. pd,
West London pd
Yk.,-New. & Ber. 25/. p
Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p
Do. G.N.E. pure. 91. p.
York & N. Mid. 50/. pd

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Aberd.en all p,
Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. 3%
Caledonian, 10/. all pd
Ches. & all pd
Dundee, Per., & Aberd.
Junction all pd
E. Ang.(3/ 1046 p c. all
Do. (5/47 per ct. all p
Do. (71175) 7 p. c. 2 p
Eastern Couo.ties Ex.,
5 p. c., No. 1 pd
Do. N0..2 all pd
Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10
Eastern Union Scrip,
Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p
Do. 101. Deb. Sh. all p
East Lincashire, 6 per
ct. Quar. Shra. all pd
Eist & West Yorkshire
Junction, 5th5...a11 pd
Edin., Per. & Dua.
per cent. all pd
Gies. & S.W. Con. 1001.
Gt. North. 5 p. c. all pd
D 0.5 pc.red.tc.9lAP
Great South. & Wwat.
(Ireland) Bths all pd
Gt. West. (Berk, & H.
Ex. 5 per cent.) all pd
Gt.W. fixed 4% 100/. p
Do. s Do. —BO4 pd
Lancashire and York.
shire, F. 20/. 6/.
pa
Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p
Lees Northern, 6 per
cent. No. 1 l3/. pd
Do. Do. No. 2 171. pd
Do. Do. No. 3 51. pd
Do. Qre., 1848...91. pd
Vindon & Brig. gilar.
5 per cent. —lOO/. pd
Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/.
Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all
Do. N.Gr. 6p c 1001. p
Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. &
Nunet.) 5 p. c. 13% pd
Lon. & S.W. New 51. p
Lon. & En. ', Sh. all p
Man., Sheff., & Linen.
Qr. Sh., No. 1 all pd
Do. New, 10/. all pd
Do. 61. 3/. pd'
Mid, Con. 6 p c St. 100/:
DO. Con, Big& & Bir.,
6 per .cent,;.•.,100/. pi
o..ErevtastrVal. 100/
Do. Leic. &Swanning.
8 per c. Guar. 1004 p
Do. Preference ...51. p
Norfolk Eaten all pd
Do. Gr. 5% p ct. all p
Do. Wavnv. Yid. 21. p
North British ...51. pd
North Stafford....all'pd
Oxt: Wor. & Wol., 15/.
6 per cent 101. pd
Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all
Shrews.. & Ches. (N.W;
• Min.) 8 per c....a1l pd
South Devon all pd
St... Est. 4% p c. 10/. iel
Sth, Yo=k. 4 p c pi. 201.
Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p e
until July 1,1856,1,11
Waterford & Kilkenny,
6 per cent. 3l. pd
York, Newc. & Ber.Gtr.
N. of-E. Pur. pd
Da. Dt, 5/. pd
York & N. Midland H.
and S. Purch. 101. pd

18% 1
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Bir,& Oxf., gua. all Gt westn.
Do. without, all p Do.
Bir.Wolv. & Dud.,l -
guar all pd, Do.
Do. without,all p
Buckingbash.all p Lon. &IsT.W
.Clydadale Jc.t all p Caledonian
E. Lin., guts. 6 per
cent. all pd Gt. Northn,
Gloucest. & Deanl
Forest... 22% pd
Hartlepl. Dk. & 1
pd
Hull & Selby, all p
Do. Halves., all p
Do. Quarts., all p
Leeds &Brdf.,all r
Lon. & Grenw., all
pd
Lowestoft., gua. 4
per cent...all p,'
Do. 6 p. er., all p
iddlesbe & Red_
car, 6 p. c., all p
N. & E., 5 p. c. all
Do. 6 p. ct., all p
De. New...all pd
Prestn. & Wyre,
all paid
Dolilves. A, all p
Read., Guildf., and
Reigate all pd
Roy. & Hit., 6% p
Do. Shep. Fes. all
Shf. Rth. & Goole,
5 P. c., 18.11.6 p
Staff&b., 914 p
Wear Val. 6p c.,alz
Do. do. all pd
Do. do., all d
Wiltokig lap

'Gt. Westin.
Yk.New.
& Berw. f
Yk. &N.M.
Do.

Midland
S. Eaatern I
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5% 34

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Do.

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Gt. Northn.
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NOMitaal Price.

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17% - 18%
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