The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-08 00:00:00

IIitITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOUE

( P4'olll the Olickst Lest.

Business ctrint,
tank. Stock
4 per Cont. Reduced .Annuities .............. . 86$ i
3 per Cent Consols .kunuities ................ 87$
New 31 per Cent. Annuities ........ ~ ~_., .... 87i 7
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., .1860 ..•
Ditto 30 Years, Expi:ro sth Jan., 1860 4 13-16
consols for Account 1 ith May B7i i
Exchequer Bills, 21.
2500
Small •••• •
PRICE OF FORDIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
nrazillan Bonds, 5 pur Cent. —
Ditto New, 1852,41 i per Cent
Buenosl,.. Ayres Bonds,. 6 per Cent 54
"rtnguese Bonds, 4. per Cent —
, Ditto Ex all over-,lue Coupons 37
'''issian Bonds, 1822 , 5 per Cent. £ St —
Ditto 4i per Cent BO
Eina
--418 h Bonds, 3 pe r Cent 36.1
Dividends on the above payable in London
1344-'l% Exchange, 2i per Cant. 12 Gull s7i 8i
HALF-PAST TWO.

Consols
Ditto May Acta omat . B7e4 I

CRIMINAL• COURT.-(THIS DAY)

The May session. of the above Court was opened this
Orning,
there
the first edi lion of the calendar it apoears that
7!,'e are 118 prisc iners for trial at the present session.
till:he Recorder, it the commencement of his charge to
ene grand jury, saiid he was disappointed to see that so
L'aeasiderable a port ion of the present Session of Parliament
the
Passed away rithout some alteration being made in
this
Present system of calling grand juries together within
: Ile did not think the public were yet pre-
pared for the enth .e abolition of grand juries, but it cer-
th'elY did appear to him that it would be an advantage to
adhunistratim i of justice if some alteration of the pre-
-et system were to be made, and that, at all events, the
4_ cessity for ig: grand juriestogether so frequently as
v'
43 now the case skiould not exist. With regard to the pre-
ttet calendar, he sr iid it was satisfactory to find that, with
e exception of t w o or three cases of murder, there was a
t
etriarkable absen c e of crimes of violence, and the calendar
°IIIY contained or ie charge of cutting and wounding. In
reference to the L :barges of murder, he said he was fear-
ful, from the fac is stated in the depositions, they would
f
that they hact no alternative but to return true bills,
114e.0 although a q uestion might arise as to the state of
ind of the partie a, they would have nothing to do with
that
i: question, wh Loh could only be properly disposed of
the petty jury. His lordship said that there were
133'
teettle other serious cases, but they did not appear to pre-
, et any difficulties either of law or fact, and there was only
ne charge of man ei laughter which appeared to present any
,
`Tnival circums eances. In this case a woman was
charged with killing her child, and it appeared that,
while in a drunl Len state, she had dropped the child,
which was of vei ry tender age, and thereby caused its
death. It appe: tred to him, that in law, it being the
titilltY of the prisoner to protect and take care of her
and not h aving done so, in consequence of having,
.31 her own aci4 rendered herself incapable of perform-
leg her duty, i the would be amenable to the charge of
(canslaughter ; and if the facts should be proved, it
Would be their duty to find a bill for that offence.
The grand j ury then retired.

AfARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY.