The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-10 00:00:00

_... . MONEY MARKET I SHARE MARKETS,---This day. +. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOW*, 3. AND —.....- I } ra i d. l Closing 1 Busines, ihare Hallways. done. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE , Y. I Price. 40 13.144 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 8 11 25 I Blyth e an d T yne. . all - - - CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 10 Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.l.lo all 8 1 9 st Bristol and Exeter The mercantile public have commenced prepare- at Caledonian lOO 120 121 1202 Do A ( I 50 Cott and Bludou all - - tions for their accounts, due at the beginning of the 20 Ci'Orrlsvall — all 6 7 ensuing quarter, and the general discount market 10 , g - rts no diN ) all during the next few d a 10 Do I tit, 6p an.ha t ys will no doubt show • h (been paid pa to s ,ll - _ B. ) ' 50 Dublin It Iltilast June. a ll 36 38 symptoms of increasing activity. This temporary 25 Dun„Perth,tit Ab. Juno. all 16 17 demand for money will doubtless delay the ex- :t _ i lT a i s u o burfy,l d i t ( I .4 s l , ar r w it . 100 1901 i 941 , 94 petted concession of further facilities. The inquiries S at GreajEastern, Ord. stk 100 461 ' 7 l .1 7 71 6 / 7 1 to-day have been of a moderate character, and the st EhtlooEtett:enk,,li .7 8 ' quotations for first class commercial paper still St iGreatNorthof Scotland 101 1 - 6 127 126 b at Great Northern OO 106 rules from 51, to 6 per cent. st j Do A stock A further sum of £30,000, in bar gold, was taken at Ul. 13 aP at W. of Irelan 100 95 97 into the Bank yesterday. st Great Western at 1)0 Str Val g;sa.. stool lOO - The amount of gold reported by telegraph to at Largntshi,te st Torkehirr 160 1 5 9 10 1 91 10 s 91 1 have been despatched from Melbourne since the et London and ioot 101 7 101 ?oe If date of the last mail is £195,000. st Lon., Ch a t., an d D oves 100 41 42 41 st Lon & Nor'h Western 100 107 1071 107 1 It has been announced that the s h are li s t of the st Lon . . & So'.th Western 100 99 100 991 82 gieensland Sheep Investment Company will close 50 Maryport and C'arliele. all : - ,q Man., Shot., ,it Lincoln. 100 52 514 on Tuesday next, the 15th instant. 121 Doi shAres.. ...... all 1071 08 108 1 8 st Metropolitan - The City Mercantile Club, it will be seen by St Midland announcements in another place, is preparing for operation. The appli c ation list is on the eve of - st It l' l3 l l e .r w m i ng. d z D er b y 100 96 . 98 96/ P - S 0 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all -..... closing, and shares were in demand to-day at i 1 25 O d o k t ir slrres all - - prem. 10 Do Cray Line - - st North British The North British and Mercantile Insurance et Ediia., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 26 100 10111 101 101 100 i Company's annual report for 1863, presented to the st 2 Nth. io Eastern-Berwlc purchase h 16.13.4 - - I proprietors on March 7, shows the following very at 1 2, 0 0 V orc e l d 100 /5i 61 s s lOO 881 11)1 89 81 ; satisfactory results :-Fire Department-The net st Do Carlisle.. ..... - - premiums for the year amount to £165,192, being at Nort ho e o lt i vdon 5 1 2 p ' 1 0 6.4 North Staffordshire . • all 7 7 4 s 7 17 1 i 78 1 an increase over the premiums of 1862, of £45 , 600 ; N. and S. W. Junction. all 1 the losses have been £67,980. Life Department- at Scottish Central The following new business was transacted :-Sums s 6 t t Scit .li e . o l,l l b ci er s . i t o it e i r oi llO 4 98 ? i t ) ! assured, 1953,839; premiums, £32,702, or nearly 10 Shrews. and Welchpoo; all -.- st Shropshire Union 25 per cent. more than the large amount effected in at South Devon lOO 84 16 35 1 18 62. The claims by death are considerably below atSouthti;f,taslteesrn 100 £Ol el 901 100 - - the company's expectations. Setting aside, in sus- at zo s 6 .Lor e k s .A r n o d k ß a i n ve d r vr /u t n 100 11 100 61 11 1 pense, against current fire risks, the sum of £55,064, 15 Stockton (z I . 3arlington all 17 38 1 there will remain a balance at credit of rofit and 4 . c l i 1 13 0 0 N l7 9 10 s, p 4 hew, 1866 8 7 8 t loss account for the year of £50,597; the reserve et ) TV V i re.. ......” l o t3 Igo 105 fund , fund now amounts to £243,401. Looking to the so Do C 3 3 3¢p necessity for maintaining a large reserve fond, on 10 Ulster - - 20 - - p the strength of which the operations of the Com- 12.10 Do - - at Vale of Neath pany may be largely extended with advantage to s: Victoria sta. and Pim lOO - - the Proprietors, at less hazard, the directors mom- s al . I:. e , t e lrar r c n l I, .t . lilkeuny 100 100 2; 2 - 4 mended that the dividend to be paid shall not ex- at VV. Hartlepool HarAR lOO - - ceed 10 per cent. free of income tax, at West at - at Dodland Newp oxlord 100 or[ 100 -.-- The last week's raiiway receipts, ascertained up z ' l 130 Hereford 100 to this day, are, in round figures, as under :- BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 1864. 1863. Great Western £s4 993 £54,893 Closing , North-Western South-Western Brighton .. 14,210 15,705 . 41 , 1 Born.,Baroda..t.ent Ina F i , 1031 loli 1041 Midl and New cent... South-Eastern ,423 20 Do. E. Shares . 71 p 1 p Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter - - Great North Eastern 42,448 48,577 01 5 0 1 0 ,.. et. gds. s. .I , k j u u,r,'. 1, l' 8 ';. 7 , - , , 00 - Eastern - - North British Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 16,488 14,630 st DapeTown & DockSeri; 100 103 10., These returns, compared with those of the same sleekso r.:: t tn iri ß d e i n a pl , 4,;u. s s p p . . c ,. 1 0 ( 0 )( 0 ) 1 ( 0:1 106; 11%5 1041 1 period of last year, are in several instances of an 20 Do. o do. o t i i i E.g.... , . lg 1 1 P 151 u nsatisfactory character. On the Great Western stock Grand Trilnk of - Canada * tel 191 201 P 192 there is a decrease of £lOO, the South - Western of lgg Do. l e s e t Pr e - d fe.rgdads:: all 5 . 1 ' 47 74 ' £2,051, the Brighton of £1,495, the South:Eastern 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bones.. all 66 j 63 of £2,886, the Bristol and E xe t er o f £lB6, the lo i;o. 3d 1 too i0.,,., 1 ,, e f f r 5rf0dc.i....... ail 49 511 a 1 North - Eastern of £6,129, and the Great Eastern of 100 Do. c 41% deferred....... a ll . 6 i 'e% £568, while the North - Western shows an increase 100 Do. do. deferred. ..... all h 22 05 of £4,972, the Midland of £4,193, the Great stock , Gt ii l o ncl! l a e P w enin a .grt.spc 16 1 1 2 / 10? iO4; 1041 el Northern of £3,019, the Lancashire and Yorkshire - Do. January, 18 P 62 .. - - - of £3,510, the North British of £543 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim, and the guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104 1.'"31 101 Gt. W. of Canada Share: all 9i 10 91 2 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,858. aei Do. New .. ....... . 18 11 101 1 10/ Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 ----. 100 Do. 51 p. 0. do. '77-8.. - all 85 87 Two O'CLOCK. 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 p 1p stock Madras, guar., 5p.0. .. 100 101 1031 1031 21 In the early part of the day the market for the :ta l c , Eo c . 4 1 1 p. c. r: ,' lo xtension 100 97 1 99 English Funds was again a little firmer, but the 20 Do.' Fifth Extension. 2 -- - stock 51eIh.Co-p. ap. 0. Buds. 100 - - . movement only represented 1-16th per cent., and it 50 Melb. & hobion's Bay. all 55 58 has not been maintained, the latest quotations being 100 Do. 7 p.c. Mortg. Bds. all - 10 Newßr unswick et Canda - precisely the same as those last reported yesterday Class A. and B. all 3 6 'das pc lst pf bds ( 1 0 51‘ 0 ,, afternoon. Consols for money are 91k, end for the stock Lin u a c e 1 12 g. 4 10 131 account, 911, 1-. Speculation is very dull, but the stock Do. DAM.. )• • ' 100 1021 1031 ae Do. do ...V C.1 2 1 discontinuance of active selling recently induced, fit Do. l'uujaub .... !:z,' 1 all 1021 1031 s'ook Do. Indus-S 100 - -- - t. F . I c , 1 lo.) ilOn ,98 10) , and a few purcl- ases have imparted, a firmer tone to Do. Do. .. „.. 'l' the mark e t . Th e N ew Threes and Reduced An- _ nuities are 87,- a; Exchequer Bill s, p ar t o s s. di s.; COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India, 6 per Cents. 1041 i, and Bonds, Bs. dis. - k,,,,emee. Gp.c.J a ,td al) 100 101 103 1021 There has boon very little alteration in the -- I ) 1 ;0 7 .4 54 .c:1 7. e . e7/Ce:Te: 100 160 102 Foreign Market, and business is conducted on a ---. ' 3°.:(4.°0..1-Ln.l7Z: 100 2 1 1 ! Vi so limited scale. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are "" Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 691 t ; do. consolide., 50,1 I ; Mexican, 43' i• • - Cape (1 130 11 1 P p e l d O P cfl t 4 7 8 100(0) 106 104 Greek, 221 1 ; Spanish Passive, 34Z- 35 ; do. Certi- Do. 1890 100 110 112 ficates, 13i •-. 1 .; Italian, 661 -,1-; Portuguese, 481- . - -- Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 10') 110 HI ;Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 II i 1121 1 - ' and the Conf e d era t e L oan, 43 45. - iMautitius I per cent .. 100 106 108 - !Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 1)0 1.(8 110 In the Railway Share Market the dealings have - N.B.Goy. 6 1 0 ).ee a.1J ( li o l) lig 101 103 101 not been very animated ; prices, however, are well -- i Ne l g ) .iv. S ero . v: s lc' I, le ~ 10r.; 99 100 -• i Du 5 p e..,18/ ito 1'.7( 100 99 10 , 991 4 maintained. Great Western have improved 108 , - I Do: do:,1888 itupwdt, 100 99 IGO 9911 and Brighton, Midland, and South Eastern, 55.., - !New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 108 110 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. e. While South Westerns have declined 53. - sterling, 1875 foe 104 106 The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without --.Queensland - u (i p ov e 1 c d7 . 8. 6 pdiu*pc. 100 - - 10 100 111 Chan of importance as regards values. • - ,Do. 100 - - - Do. io 4 ma. Ane&l)Ot.. 100 110 i 11141 111 1 _ BRITISH MINES. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are qu i e t , London - and Westminster bein g s t ea dy at 801. London --- Bank of Scotlard have improved to 13! 141 •; Lon- _ 2 ,ZillsobrrtiialmCoaiisgsaoml. Amalgamated.. 1 1 s l i d ' don and County, 561 57. South Eastern Banking Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) I 672 580 Company are quoted par to i prem. ; Financial - -- east liasfiettellloeann. 30 65 70 East Clogau Gold Ltd. - - - d E t Caradon i*&ll., 301 31 Corporation, LI; to 2 prem.; Credit Mobilier, Ito 1 . ; --- ii:a as si Caro Brea ! 3.4,c 771 prem. ; Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company, 3' e. IVI Russel (Tavistk , 1 8.9.0 41 41 to 41 prem.; and Quensland Sheep Company, / ! ----- Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 081 . 10 11 - ,Great South Tolp, - ,us 17s 4 46 4 L , li. Wheal Vor (11elston , 40 36 67 r , 61 a 1- 1 prem.; Imperial Financial, 3to 3,1 prem. - Hrenville - llerA's-Foot . 8.12 15 37 ---- - tlingaton Downs 4.18.0 4 46 BRITISH -- Lady Bertha - Margaret (Uny Lelant 94 17 19 GOVERNMENT FUNDS. - II arke Valley.. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, April 8 .... - 911 - New Setun Big 83 95 3 per Cent. Reduced 89 1 1 1 - N.Wh'i thu3setalloi,an 3.1.0 2 21 New 3 per Cent - North Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9 - - Aluuities, 30 yrs, expire Bth Jan., 1880 - - l'ar Consols (St. Blazer , - - - Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. - - ttovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 - . SoutliCaradon(St.Cleer, It 440 160 - S. Carn Breit (Illogan).. - - Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. - - ),.. Wheal Fran. (Mogan , 18.18.9 05 60 - Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. par 6 dis 30 Ili . 6 26 '., 8 Ditto £5OO - ..= iS r t a r n a i yj'_ar v k . si] ,:t Lead 51in. *-* - - Bank England Stk, 4i per Ct., last M.-yr. 238 40 481 - 1 fin Croft 9 791 20 I West Basset (Illogan) l6 11 12 NDI/N GOTERNMENT SECURITIES. - WC , radon (Ltskeard 5 21 23 India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... - - West Seton Ditto Account - - Wheal Basset (111otran) 51 871 926 91 - Wheal Buller(Redrath) 10 31 37 Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant' 2.0.6 - - Ditto Account... ..... ... .. , WilealLud, ott 't 3.u.s 21 131 Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1883 - Wheal b ud of a 136 141 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. - - Wheal Cleton . 681 175 185 Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 - - Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) , 3.17 21 7 21 2r 22 Ditto 51 per Cent., M a y, 1879 -Wheal Union 1 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 - Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 991 PREFERENCE SHARES. Dot,, 130nd5.81,000 8 dis Groat Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 102 Ditto under £l,OOO Great Western, Chester gua. stock, 75 Gt I,Vokt.r. kn,,th W. 1.. ....... K .-.--..-... mut PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 102 Great Western, Chester gua. stock, 75 Gt. Western, South Wales, gua. 5 per cent., 90! London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 97i 7 Midland 41 per cent. pf. stk. rd., 1021 11 S York. and River Dun, 5 per cent. gua., 20l FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • Ditto 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 - Ditto 41 per Cent. ' 1852-53-GO Ditto 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto Account .. Ditto £lOO Bonds 9l Cuba, 6 per Cent. U nilian 6 per C en t. Ditto 4} pet Cent — Colombi an 6 S cr i p £B O pd : Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 9N 100 t: gyptian 7 per Cent - - Ditto, Second Issue It alian 5 per er et.(Maremman a R a ilw a y) 73 21 kexican 3Cent Ditto Acc p ount ITew Granada Ditto 2 per Cent Pe avian 41 per Cent .. I.,itto Account — I)itto 3 per Cent. - Ditto 4f per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account B6 51 Ditto 11 per Cent ..... P iedmontese, .5 per Cent., Ex. 251 — Ditto Scrip (1863) £42Bs. 3d„ paid —pm roitugueBo 3 per Cent., 1853 I )ltte Account .. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, ,o, 'GO, 62,'3 Ditto , Account ................... ..• 4SI n 4tassian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 - 8 D itto 5 per Cent, 1862 It(linian 5 per Cent ! Ditto Account .... Danish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive • ....... t Ditto Account 35 41 51 li r r t s ufsh Cert. of Coup not funded . 1 , uitto Account l3a 1 Ilr kivsh 6 per Cent. 1854 I)itto Account 6l i 8 Otto 6 per Cent. 1862 -liitto Account .. 69} i 9 V bi tto, £lOO B on d s Zezuel a 3 per Cent. to Account Di tto 6 per Cent., 1852 , D ividends on the a b ove paya bl e i n Lond , a. Jj' ys ars : ll . 2} per Cent., E x . 12 G u il 6l : ' t t - tt o 4 per Cent. Certifi ca t es ~. o Peru v ian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. THREE O'CLOCK. .... , Dißol " lone y PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, ac., Metrop. Est., B 6 per cent., 99 London and S.-Western 1} per cent., It 2 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and:Southend, 99} Midland Bradford pref. stock, 94} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 111 Royal Sardinian, 2 San Paulo gua.:7 per cent., 8} FOUEIGIti MINES. Cape Copper, Um.. 10 Cobre Copper, 33 ranuleillo Copper, lini., 2; Yudanantutana of S. Australia, lim., 2; 3 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (line.). 122 6.iHance Bank of Lon .on and Liverpool (lim.), 471 Ditto, new, 321 Anglo Austrian, 51 Anglo-Italian, limited, 5 Bunk of London. 16)6 Bank of Otago, line., 4 3; Brazilian and Portuguese, Hrn., 81 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 111 1 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 44 3 Chartered kler. of India, London, and China, 69 70 East London, line., 7 t English anu Irish (lint.), 134 12/ English and Swedish, lim., 7 European Bank, lint, 81 9 Hindustan, ohina, anclJapan (lim.). 31 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm , 7/ Imperial Ottoman, 184 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 31 1 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 1.11 141 14 London and Brazilian Min.), 58 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 514 London Chartered Bank of Australia; 261 London and Couuty, 561 7 4 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exch., lim., 101 1 London .Joint Stock, 401 1 London and Westminster, 10 Merchant Bank, iim. 111 Mercantile and Exchange, lim., 134 Metrop. and Prov. Bank then.), 24 Midland Bank (lint.), 131 National Provincial of England, Litto, new, 4 Ditto, ditto, 34 Oriental Bank Corporation. 621 8 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lien., 104 10 Union of Australia, Ditto, new, 30/ 3i 1 Union of Ireland (lien.), 19 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, UM., 21 1 Commercial Union tlnsurance;, 9 Contract Corporation, lam, 0 Crystal Palace, 311 Electric Telegraph, 1061 s 6 Gen. Cr( dit and finance of London, lim., 74 Hudson's Bay, 181 International Financial Society, 121 12 114 12 Interoolonial Royal Mail Steam, UM, 7 4 Ditto (all), 54 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1864. MISCELLANEOUS — Continued. Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. IS7O, issued 90, 85 Joint•stock Discount, lira., 61 London Financial Association, lira., 25 41 London General Omnibus Company, London Mercantile Discount, lira., 6f Mercantile Credit Association, lira., 14 U National Discount Company, lim., 111 & Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lira., Oriental Inland Steam, lien , 2$- Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 891 t Ditto, new, 50+ Quebrada Land, Pail„ and dining, lim„ 3i Royal Mail steam. 87+ 66 71 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Rm., / United Kingdom 'telegraph Co. , lim. 21 Universal Marine (Insurance), Rm., 4; LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. coußr OF DIVORCE. (Bafore Sir J. P. Wilde and a Common Jury.) TRTJEFITT V. TRUETITT, AND REED. Dr. Spinks and Dr. Tristram, instructed by Barton, Longdon, atd Co., appeared for the petitioner; and Dr. Deane, Q.C, and Dr. Weanbey, instructed by Messrs. 11. H. Deacon and Son, for the respondent. _ _ This was a suit by the husbani, who claimed damages, for a dissolution of marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent, Mr. Henry Reed, who en tered no appearance. The respondent denied the adultery, but placed no other plea on the record. The petitioner is a solicitor residing at Rutland-villa, Muswell-hill, and the respondent, who was a neighbour, is engaged in commercial pursuits. The parties were married in September 1554, and there were two children issue of the marriage. The co-respondent and his family were on visiting terms with the petitioner, and, until the alleged improper intercourse took place, the petitioner and his wife lived on very affectionate terms. Mr. Welter Truefitt, a relation of the petitioner, proved the marriage, and said that he had visited the petitioner and his wife, whose maiden name was Berridge, up to the time of their separation. They appeared to live happily, and the two children who were females were of the respective ages of nine and seven years. Miss Mary Ann Nicholls said that she was in the habit of visiting Mr, Truefitt and his wife, and staying at their house occasionally, at Rutland-villas, during a period of three or four years. They appeared to be on very happy and comfortable terms. She knew the family of the Reeds, and she met Mr. Henty Reed at Mr. Truefitt's house. She identified the handwriting of Mrs. Truefitt in letters pro• duced, in which that lady admitted having committed her self with the co •respondent on one occasion, and in which she earnestly entreated forgiveness, beseeching her husband to receive her back, and not to publish hor disgrace. In cross-examination the witness said she had been en gaged to be married to Henry Reel, but she herself had broken off the er gagement. She denied that she had accompanied Blrs.Truefitt and another lady to the Kensing ton Museum in April, 1863, or that she had asked Mrs. Truefitt to induce Mr. Reed to renew the engagement. She said that she would see him, but ehe had not seen him or written to him, and she had never asked Mrs. Truefitt to invite her to her house for the purpose of having an inter view with him. Her father was a wine merchant, at Chelsea, but he had also an engagement with Field, the person employed as a detective in these cases. Sophia Jane Adams said that she had been employed as cook at Mr. Truefitt's until last year. Her master was in the habit of going out in the morning on his business about a quarter past nine o'clock, and remaining away until the evening. Between February and May, 1863, Mrs. Truefitt used to leave home at half-past 10 o'clock in the morning and remain out until lunch time, and occasionally later. On one occasion she heard the report of a gun, and atter wards Mrs. Truefitt went out. She remembered there being a party at the house in 1863, and Mr. Reed was one of the guests. Mrs. Truefitt went to her sister's afterwards, and returned. The witness then deposed to having teen pre sent with her fellow servant when Mrs. Truefitt accused her of having been guilty of adultery with Mr. Reed, which she at first denied, but afterwards admitted. Mr. Truefitt said he would forgive her, so far as forgiveness went, and she should want for nothing, but that she should not live with him. Sarah 'Wilson, a housemaid in the service of Mr. Truefitt, corroborated the evidence of the preceding witness as to the admission of Mrs. Truefitt of her criminality with Mr. Reed when accused by Mr. Truefitt. She had seen Mrs. Truefitt and Mr. Reed in the drawing-room together, but never witnessed anything improper between them. Mrs. Truefitt was in the habit of going out very often, and she had seen Mr. Reed at the back of the house in the fields, and he sometimes carried a gun, which he used to fire ; upon which sho observed Mrs. Truefitt on ono occasion leave the house and go by a footpath to where Mr. Reed was. She did not tell Mr. Truefitt that she had seen her mistress and Mr. Reed in the dining-room together. A letter from the petitioner to his wife, dated May 26, 1863, was read. It was addressed to her (luting her absence at her sister's; and the petitioner told her that ho had be come acquainted with the fact of her having been in the habit of meeting Mr. Reed frequently, and that familiarities had taken place between them, which satisfied him that she had been guilty of adultery. He said that she had become the talk of a 4 the public-houses in the neighbour hood, and he also charged her with not paying tradesmen, and concluded Ly desiring her not to return home. Thomas Needle Smith said he had been a foreman at some works at Muswell-hill. He knew all the parties, and had seen Mr. Reed in a field back of Mr. Truefitt's. He had a gun with him generally, and when he fired it Mrs. Truatt used to come out of the house and meet him. That occurred almost every day about last May. They usually walked together in the direction of Wood Green, and they were in the habit of larking. They returned to gather sometimes in the afternoon and sometimes very late. He saw Mr. Reed at Mr. Truefitt's while the servants wee out. Denis Coughlin, a labourer employed by the previous wit ness, deposed to having seen Mrs. Truefitt, who wore a Garibaldi dress, and Mr. Reed, who had a Turkish cap, at the bedroom window at Mr. Truefitt's, and he had seen them on other ocecasions kissing hands to each other from their respective houses. Three other labouring men were examined, who deposed to having witnessed acts of familiarity between Mrs. True fitt and Mr. Reed. Mr. George John Taylor said that he was a trustee and executor of Mr. Reed's father, who left property to the amount of £6,000, which was to be divided equally between the six children at the death of their mother. He had no means of knowing the business of the co-respondent, further than that he used to go to sea, but he was not a sailor. This closed the petitioner's case. The Jury without retiring found a verdict for the peti tioner, and assessed the damages at £3OO. The learned Judge made a decree nisi with costa, TIIE CALAMITIES OF WAIL—An Austrian coun tess of ancient race, who lost four of her sons during the war in Italy, has now been deprived of her fifth and last eon, who fell at the battle of Oversee. In her deep grief she besought a merchant to undertake the mission of find ing and bringing home the remains of her child, and after some trouble the task has been Accomplished. The body was found buried with 66 other Austrians, and has been conveyed to Vienna. SWEETS FOR THE MILLION.—The majority of the clear drops and sweets of all kinds are produced from sugar boiled over the fire in capper pans to a very high temperature. By this means most of the water in the sugar is thrown off by evaporation, and only pure sugar remains. The consequence is, that after their manufacture they are very liable to absorb moisture from the atmosphere, and therefore they are obliged to be kept in bottles, otherwise they would melt and run together. Earley-sugar, for in stance, is the purest form in which sugar can be manufac tured ; hence it is soldered down in tins, otherwise it would deliquesce in a very short time after being exposed to the air, as most of us have experienced. After the sugar is toiled it is emptied out of the copper pans on to the marble slabs, and the colouring matter being added, it is worked up until nearly cold, but yet ductile. It is now formed into any shape that may be required, by means of a little ma chine working two brass rollers, each roller or cylinder con• t eining a number of sunken dies of various designe,the under and upper cylinder exactly corresponding, so as to make the mould complete. The plastic sugar is passed between these rollers as fast as the boy can work the handle, and the sheet of sweets issues out the other side, covered with hundreds of little designs, generally Prince of 'Wales' feathers, crosses, drops, stars, or some simple form, held together by a thin film of sugar, from which they are freed by simply breaking them up and working them together. They are then packed in bottles, and at once corked tightly, to keep out the atmosphere; and so they appear in the retailers' shops.—Ones is Week. THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT.—The efforts th 3 Jews have made, and the sufferings, losses, and humiliations they have borne for the purpose of obtaining sepulture in the Valley of Jehosaphat form a singular fea ture in human history. No other nation has ever thus strug gled, not to live in their own land, but to be suffered to lay their dust therein. Many descriptions have been made of this marvellous place, but I confess none of them ever afforded me a notion of its actual appearance. Wandering alone past the fountain of Siloam and by the arid bed of Keldron, it suddenly opened on me a perfect mountain of graves—a hill side paved with sepulchral slabs. Each stone is small, so small as to lead to the conclusion that the bodies must be buried perpendicularly. At all events, if the multitudes there interred were simultaneously to arise they would form a crowd as dense and compact as it would be enormous. Short Hebrew inscriptions (some evidently of great age) are on all the stones; and these aro laid together with in tervals only of a few inches, as in our oldest city church yards. The slabs are almost on the level of the ground, and of equal height, so that it is literally one large pave ment of death—an appalling, almost overwhelming sight. Fraser's .Ifagazine. bUPERSTITION. — A funeral took place in the per district of Ardcloeh, the other day, at which a strange superstition shoe.' ed itself. The procession had to cross the Fiudhorn in order to get to the churchyard of Ardlach, and a boat was employed in carrying over the mourners; but it b e ing deemed inauspicious to take the coffin over in that convenient manner, four men waded across it—much to their personal inonvenience, no doubt,--Nairn Telegraph. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING, THE GRAND NATIONAL. Steeplechasing has this year received an impetus, of which, if the sport was to hold its own with the rapidly in creasing business of the turf, it stood somewhat in need. To the regret of its many admirers and the joy of its no less numerous enemies, 1, pimping" races were getting rather out of fashion. Light Iss ig lets and courses, cer tainly not selected for the difficelties they :eresented, had contributed to admit a weedy clew of animal posso B ing a co thin turn of speed, with whoa better horses had litael chance. The evils of this were epparent, and many noble men and gentlemen bestirred themselves to effect a refor• mission. Conspicuous among them has been the Hon. W. G. Craven, and to his axes lions in the proper direction it is mainly owing that the altered state of things, of which the present Grand National is tEe first filets, is likely to prevail. Mr. Topham, the handicapper, has, in confor mity with the wish of all but s few interested parties, raised the weights to the old standard, ,and this com bined with some improvements and alterations in the course, recalling in some measure the palmy days of the Liverpool Steeplechase, when the names of Peter Simple, Jerry, Lottery, and Gay Lad, were " household words," has contributed to invest the race with an interest lacking to many of its predecessors. Not that speculation on the event has been at any time very brisk. In that respect it has par taken of the general languor fallen on the sporting world. But of what business has been transacted the Liverpool Las had the greater share. The entry has been a large one—the largest indeed known, and from the publication of the weights Bantam has held the position of first favourite. Emblem, from her great performances last year, had still, despite the weight, many influential friends; but she has gradually retired in favour of her sister and stable compa nion Emblematic. Jerusalem and Sinking Fund, Portland and Wee Nell, have each and all been backed with much spirit, and probably at no time has the fiat of Judge John son been waited for with greater anxiety. Cross-country races are proverbially lotteries, and the sudden change in the weather rendering the ground extremely heavy, has en tirely put to the rout the "morals" and the "certainties" with which the credulous have up to this time been be guiled. Fortunately the snow had disappeared this morn ing, and the stand and enclosure presented a far different aspect from yesterday. The betting was very fluctuating, Jerusalem and Bantam being the buckets in the well, who alternately strove for the premiership. A twice-told tale is but a dull affair. Sufficient to say that 25 came to the post for the great event, which was won for the second time by Lord Coventry, Emblematic, own sister to the last year's victrix, landing his lordship's popular colours in a very easy manner. The Sefton Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes, of 5 soya each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Winners extra, but not to be accumulative. Six furlongs. 53 subs. Mr Jackson's Veterinarian, 3 yrs, sst 71b.... (Cameron) 1 Mr Wood's Rose, 3 yrs, Est llb (Ward) 2 Mr Rich's East Lancashiro, 4 yrs, 78t (Loates) 3 Mr Payne's Tomfoolery, 3 yrs, sst 71b (J. Grimshaw) 4 The following also ran :—Ellerton, Persuasion, Ghillie Callum, and Alice Leigh. A protracted delay at the post was occasioned by several breaks away, in one of which Persuasion and Veterinarian ran to the distance. When the flag was lowered the former jumped away in advance of Veterinarian, Tomfoolery, East Lancashire, and Ellerton to the turn into the straight, when she ran out, leaving Veterinarian with a clear lead ; Eist Lancashire next the rails, with Tomfoolery and Rose at his girths being next in pursuit. At the distance East Lancashire and Tomfoolery were disposed of, Rose follow ing suit in the next few strides, leaving Veterinarian to canter in the winner by 10 lengths. Ellerton and Alice trotted in after the placed horses, followed by Ghillie Cal lum, who got badly off. Persuasion walked in, but did not pass the post. The All-aged Selling Stakes of 6 soya each, with 25 sovs added, for two-yrrolds and upwards. Weight for age, with maiden and selling allowances. T.Y.C. 4 subs. Mr Yardley's Mrs. Nesbitt, 3 yrs (£2O) (Ward) w.o. A Handicap of 40 sovs, for all ages. T,Y,C. 12 subs. Mr Barber's Cutaway, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Loates) 1 Lord Uxbridge's Faphia, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (T French) 2 Lord Bateman's Gipsy Girl, 7st 1 llb (including 71b ex) (J. Grimshaw) 3 Mr R. Backhouss's Mrs. Nesbitt, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Ward) 4 Mr H. Goater's Poland, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b ....(E. Taylor) Mr Owen's Ellerton, 6 yrs, Sat 81b (A. Edwards) 6 Betting-2 to 1 agst Gipsy Girl, 7to 2 eget Cutaway, 4 to 1 agst Erythia, and 5 to 1 agst Ellerton. The three placed got away in advance, Cutaway, on the inside, having a slight lead, which he retained to the half distance, where he drew away and won very easily by a couple of lengths ; a bad third. The others were beaten off. The Grand National Steeplechase (Handicap), of 20 soya each, h ft., with 100, soya added. The second to save his stake. Winners extra. About four miles and a quarter. 87 subs, 26 of whom declared, and two did not name. Lord Coventry's Emblematic, 6 yrs, lOst 6.b (G. Stevens) 1 Mr J. Asrley's Arbury, aged, list 121 b (B. Land) 2 Mr Dalron's Chester, aged, lOst (W, White) 3 Mr T. M. Naghten's Thomastown, aged (h b), 12st (J. Murphy) 4 Captain Lamb's Ocean Witch, 6 yrs, lOst 21b (W, Reeves) 5 The following also ran : Reporter, Sir William, Jeru salem, Hairy, Bantam, 'Wee Nell, Leonidas, Serious Case, Romeo, Little Bob, Portland, Satanella, Bell's Lite, Ireley, National Petition, Real Jam, Brian Borhoitne, Martha, Miss Maria, and Satin. The Czar was struck out at 2.15 p.m. Betting-4 to 1 agst Jerusalem, sto 1 apt Bantam, Bto 1 agst Emblematic, 10 to 1 each agst Wee Nell and Serious Case, 20 to 1 agat Ocean Witch, 26 to 1 agst Romeo, 33 to 1 ouch agat Bell's Life, Thontastown, Ireley, and Harry, 40 to 1 each agst Arbury and Martha, 50 to 1 agst Miss Maria, and 1,000 to 10 agat B r i an B or h o i me . _ _ Exactly half an hour after the appointed time the 25 com petitors were mounted, and having taken their canters they proceeded in a body past the stand, their variegated colours presenting under the bright sunshine a picturo,not seen of late years at Aintree. Mr. M ars h a ll spee dil y go t them in order and despatched them from the post, Ireley being the first away, but as they reached the lane he was headed by Wee Nell, who rushed through her horses and went on with a clear lead, closely followed by Ireley, Jerusalem, Thomastown, National Petition, Arbury, Serious Case, and Portland, who formed the advanced division; then came Bantam, Brian Borhoime, harry, Romeo, Ch es ter, and Miss Maria, in whose wake O cean Witch, Reporter , B e ll's Lite, Emblematic, and Leonid as were seen i n a d vance of the ruck, at the tail of which came Silk an d S at i n an d Si r William. On entering the m ea d ows they gradua ll y se l ec t e d their places and cleared the first obstruction without a mistake, with the exception of Satanella, who fell and re turned home; and at the succeeding fence the numbers were further decreased by the favourite striking the timber heavily, which brought him to grief. Mr. Edwards was soon remounted, but this mishap left him considerably in the rear. Approaching Vale ntine's -brook, WP ee Nell some what increased her lead, and cleared it two or three lengths in advance of Ireley, Serious Case going on third, Portland fourth, close up with whom came Brian Borhoime, Ban tam, and Thomastown, the others following in close com pany. Rounding the flag for B eecher's-brook Ireley headed Wee Nell, and proceeded along the upper ground some half-dozen lengths in front, the nednesford mare still lying second, close up with whom were Thomastown, Bell's Life, Real Jam, Arbury, Reporter, Chester, Portland, and Ocean Witch, followed by Leonidas, Bantam, and Emblematic the latter lying wide of her horses on th e ex t reme right— the others beginning to exhibit a disjointed appearance. The water jump was cleared cleverly, and as they pro ceeded along the canal side the leading hems closed up and ran in company to the fence in the course, Ireley still holding his own, but half way across the common he was headed by Real Jam, who came on with a clear lead and cleared the Bantam, A r b ury, an d R artificial water in front of the stand fir s t, f o ll owe d b y I reley, Thoommeoa,sttohwenr,eaPr beingortlandb,rLouegonhitduap by Jer usa l em. M artha, s Silk and Satin, and Emblematic, in which order they pro ceeded along the meadows to Valentine's -brook, which Arbury cleared in advance, having Emblematic, Thomas -3' as attendants. n e Ireley into the course, A t o rwbnu,i. y C hretained B h r sa nadvantage e t , a t n h d e If fence which the two leaders cleared nearly together, followed by Thomastown and Chester. Portland and Brian Borhoime, less fortunate, fell on landing, and were stopped on enter ing the straight. Emblematic ran up to Arbury, headed him as they cleared the hut dles at the distance, and won very easily by three lengths, a dista nce separating the pair from Chester, who trotted in third, close up with whom was Thomastown, in whose rear came Ocean Witch, who was placed fifth, B an t a m sixth. Leonidas, Wee Nell, and Serious Case were the next lot. ---- TO TIrE EDITOR OP THE SUN. Sin.,—By referring to my notes of Monday last, you will observe that The Sun was the only paper in London or the provinces that repudiated the claims of Bantam for the Grand National Steeplechase, and stood on E m bl emat i c alone as the winner. It g ives me great pl easure to state that the judge's decision accords with the opinion I then expressed. A FRESH MAN, Liverpool, Wednesday, 4 p.m. The following is the extract from my letter in reference to the above:— " Bantam has been the ruling favourite for the last few weeks, and has been selected by almost eery prophet in London as the winner of the great race; but, great horse as he is, as well as being one of the most accomplished fencers, he shall not have my confluence on the present occasion, although he was my selection last week when at Bto 1. No doubt he will very likely start first favourite, but, as Lord Dundreary would say, That's no reason he should win,' Emblem carries the top weight, but \yin give way to her stable companion EmBLENfATIc, who will carry Lord Coventry's money, and if she meets with no accident in the race and runs up to her trial, I shall fully expect the judge to hoist her number as the winner. 4 My final impression ie that tho Grand National Steeple chase will be won by either EMBLEMATIC, Jerusalem, or Wee Nell, and I expcot when the numbers go up the judge will place EMBLEMATIC A Welter Stakes (handicap) of 6 soya each, 2 ft, with 30 added ; for 3.yr-olds and upwards. Mile and a quarter. 9 subs. Mr Clayton's Coverdale, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b.. (Wilkinson) w.o. The Aintree Plate (Handicap) of 50 soya, Entrance 2 sous. One mile. 14 subs. Lord Bateman's Danaus, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (inclu. 71b extra) (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr Barber's Jack's Alive, 4 yrs, Est 101 b . (Taylor) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Danaus, who won in a canter by a length and a half. The Hunters' Steeplechase, of 60 soya each, with a cup, value 100 sous, the gift of the gentlemen of Liverpool, added ; for bona file hunters that have never started for any handicap steeplechase, 12st each. The Grand National Steeplechase Course; about four miles and a quarter —3O subs. Capt. Tempest's Bright Hopes, aged (Owner) 1 Mr J. Aspinairs Dreadnought Mr J. Millward jun.'s Jocular, aged .... Davison) 3 The following also ran Philp, Cholmondeley, Jacob, and Parroquet. Betting-2 to 1 agst Jocular, 3to 1 agst Jacob, 4 to 1 agst Dreadnought. and 6 to 1 age Bunbury. After repeated refusals and falls the race was reduced to the three placed, Bright Hopes winning easily by eight lengths. A head betweak the second and third. Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. Her Majesty's gunvessel Ranger, commissioned at Woolwich by Commander W. E. Gordon on the 29th ult. for the slave preventive service on the West Coast of Africa, is ordered to take in her am munition at the powder buoy off Woolwich Arsenal on Monday, and to swing at Greenhithe for the adjustment of her compasses in preparation for sea. The gunvessel Landrail, Cammander Thomas IL M. Martin, from North America and the West Indies, fitted out and commissioned in September, 1860, was yesterday taken into basin at Woolwich, and commenced stripping in readiness for being paid off. The Aurora screw frigate, Capt. Sir L, M. Clin tack, sailed from Spithead for the north Coast of Scotland on Tuesday evening. The Dee paddle steamer sailed from Spithead on Tuesday evening for Devonport, with the Pioneer screw sloop in tow. The machinery of the Pioneer will b 3 transferred to the Megsera screw troopship, for service in that vessel, which is also coated inter nally with the patent Spence preservative cement. One of the recommendations of the recent Com mittee of Inquiry in the dockyards, has just been adopted at Devonport. The inspectors and leading men are now able to work occasionally with their gangs, in consequence of their being relieved clerical duly, which is to be performed hereafter entirely by clerks. The screw steamship Princess Royal, 89, Cap tain Jones, flag of Rear-Admiral G. St. Vincent King, C. 8., got up steam on Tuesday morning, and preceded from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound, where she exchanged salutes with the Royal Ade laide. She has since shipped her powder, and is preparing to depart for the Cape station, to relieve the Narcissus, 39, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir W. Walker, K.C.B. The following appointments were made yesterday at the, Admiralty :—Capt. Charles Wake, to the Bulldog, commissioned ; Capt. F. H. Shortt, to the Gladiator, commissioned; C Apt. A. Wilmshurst, commissioned; Cornelius W. M•Ddsmott, pay master to the Bulldog ; W. Telmer, surgeon, to the Black Prince; Lawreece A. C. Roberts, Marma duke L. Kelham, Alfred Vautier, and R. F. Hoskyn, midshipmen, to the Bulldog; Gilbert E. Harrison, nominated to a naval cadetship; Richard 0. Jones, mbster's assistant to the Bulldog; George Deveson, clerk, to the Bulldog ; Robert Roughton, chief engineer to the Bulldog ; R. W. Halford, engineer, to the Bulldog; John Adams, John M'Kenzie, and John T. Morgan, assist.-engineers, to the Bulldog. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SHREWSBURY RACES --Tars DAY, COUNTY MEMBERS' PLATE. Sack Ketch Rose cf Denmark .............. 2 Ailesbury Four ran. RACING PLATE. Prescription 1 Reindeer Bright Cloud Four ran. CLEVELAND HANDICAP. Aurelian Earl of Surrey Two rau. HERBERT HANDICAP. Danaus.. Reindeer Bright Cloud SWEEPSTAKES OF 3 SOIIS. Usier Damascus .... Mrs. Nesbitt ... Four ran. HOP HURDLE RACE. Vivandiere Wortham 2 THE ARMY. A memorandum from the Horse Guards states that public notice will be given as soon as the date of the next examination for direct commissions has been fixed, and that the necessary communication will then be forwarded to all candidates concerned. Colonel Shaw's new system of gun-carriage, now complete, was yesterday inspected by the Ordnance Select Committee of 'Woolwich Arsenal. The gun adapted for service without trunnions, and intended for a course of experiments, was manmavred in the presence of the committee and a number of expe rienced officers belonging to the Royal Artillery. The gun is pointed at the port-bole or embrasure by raising and depressing the breach only, the muzzle resting immovably on a pinion. This im provement insures greater safety to those engaged in action, as the apertures for working the guns will with this system be considerably reduced is dimension. The gun and carriage are now ordered to be transported to Shoeburyness to be subjected to a course of experiments. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—A full-length model of George Victor Townley, who was recently tried and found guilty of the feul murder of Miss Goodwin, but re ceived a respite from the capital punishment upon the sup position of being insane, and was afterwards sentenced by the Government to penal servitude for life, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy in Baker-street, FEARFUL WEATHER IN THE ATLANTIC AND LOSE OF LlFE,—News of disasters to shipping continue to reach Liverpool every day by the effects of the recent fearful gales in the Atlantic. A. despatch, dated New York, Feb. 24, gives the following record of shipping disasters :—The ship Onward, Captain Sherman, from Liverpool, which arrived here on the 20th, experienced heavy westerly gales on her passage ; lost head sails, and received other damage. The National Steam Navigation Company's steamer Vir ginia, Captain Grace, which arrived here on the 21st, reports having encountered very severe westerly gales. On Jan. 14. in lat. 49, long. 28, in a terrifio S.W. to N.W. gale, lost lower topsails. which were blown from the ropes, split fore mast staysail and main spenser, and shipped a heavy sea, which stove a quarter-boat to pieces. A seaman, named Egan Thompson, was washed overboard and lost. The ship Queen, Captain Arcus, from Liverpool, which arrived here on the 22d, was irons Jan. 1 to 30, from let. 47 to 54, long. 30 to 45, and expefienced very heavy weather and fearful westerly gales. The Queen passed large quantities of wreck, and a portion of a ship's upper deck, with four beams attached, which had apparently been formed for a raft. The Queen also lost one man, named Thomas Manat. A disloyal anticipation, to the following effect, we observe in a leading article in one of our chief morning con temporaries : " This microscopic Royal Highness,' kicking in the arms of his Grace of Canterbury, and resent ing the Jordan water with heterodox screams and plunges." THE LEAMINGTON MURDER.— Yesterday the Sheriff for the county of Warwick received intima tion from Sir George Grey that the clemency of the Crown would be shown in the case of Ann Eatwell, who had been engaged by her mistress at a statute fair, after being seduced by a man who refused to marry her, and who was sentenced to death last week for murdering their child im mediately after its birth. The Sw.retary of State had been memorialised in this case to support the strong recommen dation of the jury that the prisoner should have mercy ex tended to her, on the ground that there were " grave doubts as to the consciousness of the said Ann Eatwell at the time she committed the offence." HER MAJESTYS I'AGI.IOTINDS.—Ttese hounds met at Cookhain on Tuesday, when they had a bril liant and severe run of three hours. The stag, after being uncarted crossed the Thames below Marlow, and, going direct north, passed High Wycombe, Great Missendsn, Prince's Risborough, Little Hampden, and Wendover to the right and left, and was finally taken at Symbol, four miles from Aylesbury ; distance from point to point 19 miles. The distance passed over by the hounds must have been 25. COUNTY RATES. —A Parliamentary return, moved for by Alderman Salomons, shows the growth of the sums raised by authority of the Quarter Sessions in the metropolitan. counties. In Kent the county rates pro duced £17,656 in 1840—in 1850 the county and police rates produced £22,077, end in 1862, £36,291. In Surrey the amount raised was £ 17,803 in 1840, £16,051 in 1850, and £70.497 in 1862. In Middlesex the amounts raised was £54,261 in 1840, £88,851 in 1850, and £143,125 in 1862. In Essex the advance was much less—the amount raised was £25,599 in 1840, £29,150 in 1850, and £33,661, in 1862, [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — Better than a Fortune.—T beta purely vegetable extracts can be safely and effectively used by ali persons suffering from internal or external ailments. 'The directions wrapped round every pot of ointment and every box of pills are amply sufficient to guide the most diffident and encourage the most timid. W hen illness makes its appearance, and remedies are easily sought atter, none will be found more effectual than Holloway's in alleviating an d assuaging the pains of the diseased and the afflicted. Both ointment and p ill s purify and preserve every component part the human body. It will not do to use them one day and neglect them on the next. Steady perseverance must be maintained till health is restored, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. DEATH OF THE KING OF BAVARIA, (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) MUNICH, INIARcn 10. The King of Bavaria died this morning. TATTERSAII'S—Thi Evening, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STA.KES, 100 to 15 agst Lioness (taken) 10 to 1 agst Blithfiold (taken) 100 to 6 agst Dollar (taken) DERBY. 9to 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) Bank of England Return,•—This Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 9th day of March, 1864: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. : , otes issued Government Debt £11,015,10 Other Securities .. 3.634,000 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,115,310 Silver Bullion .... £27,705,310 £27,765,3;0 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553.000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis mis sioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ao- _ counts) 8.863,361 Other Deposits 12,434,975 Seven Day and other Bills 530,685 £40,179.560 March 10, 1E64. , EPA.RTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,174,584 Other Securities 20.497,727 Notes Gold and Silver 769,079 Coin £40,17g,560 A RSIIALL, Chief Cashier, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. Lord CHELMSFORD presented a petition from the Corporation of Carlisle in favour of an amendment of the law regulating the commencement of legal proceedings in the three parts of the United Kingdom. The LORD CHANCELLOR admitted the importance of the subject, and agreed with his noble and learned friend that same amendment was necessary, but there were great difficulties in the matter ; but with the assistance of his learned friend he did pot despair of surmounting them. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Land :llof fgage Bank of India bill was read a second time. CHIEF RENTS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee, and was reported without amendment. TURNPIKE ROADS BILL. This bill was read a secod time. SIR JOHN LAWRENCE'S SALARY BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Hull Docks—Marple, New Mills, and Hayfield Junction Railway—and Southwark and Vauxhall Water. The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (No. 2) Bill) was read a second time. LISBURN ELECTION AND BERWICK-ON- T WEED ELECTION PETITIONS. The select committee to consider these petitions were appointed, and the first was ordered to sit_ at half-past II o'clock to. morrow. SALE OF LIQUORS PERMISSIVE BILL. A very large number of petitions from different parts of the country were presented in favour of this bill. THE INVASION QF DENMARK. Mr. D. GRIFFITH gave notice that on Monday next he would move that, in the present opinion of the country, as to the outrage committed by the invasion of Denmark, it would be proper to suspend that portion of the law which would prevent the Danes from being supplied with ships from this country. The ftailway Companies Powers Bill and the Railway (Construction Facilities) Bill were, on she motion of Mr. GIBBON, postponed until the 7th of April. PRISON DIETARY.: Mr. BUXTON asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention had been drawn to a statement recently male by Mr. E. Chadwick, before the Society of Arts, that " taking 104 prism returns, which enab'ed a comparison of the twenty gaols where the expense and the quantity of the diet were the lowest, the twenty where the expense and the quantity of the diet were the highest, and the twenty where they were intermediate, the results came out as follows :- 20 Lowest 20 Inter- Prison mediate 20 Diets. Lints. Highest. Ounces of solid food per week 188 213 228 Cost per head per week Sick per cant 3 15 23i Deaths per 1,1 , 00 and whether he would cause any inquiry to be made on the subject ? Sir G. GREY said he had not seen the statement re ferred to, and he could not say m what grounds it had been founded, but the subject should be investigated. RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. Mr. BENTINCK asked the Under Secretary of State for War, upon what grounds the prayer of a petition to the War-office from four companies of Rifle Volunteers, viz., the 6th, 16th, 17th, and 23d, raised in the county of Nor folk, the petition praying that according to the War-office regulations these tour companies should be formed Into a separate administrative battalion, and having been pre sented to the War-office by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Norfolk was refused ? The Marquis of HARTINGTON said that under the present regulations battalions should be composed of six companies. SUB-INSPECTORS OF FACTORIES. Lord J. MANNERS asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps, if any, had been taken to comply with the requests contained in the memorial of the sub-inspect ers of factories presented to him last year ? Sir G. GREY said that the subject had been brought under the consideration of the Government, and on a future occasion he would make a statement on the subject. CONCENTRATION OF THE COURTS OF JUSTICE. Mr. A. MILLS asked the First Commissioner cf Works whether it was intended to introduce any measure during the present session for the concentra ration of the courts of justice: And whether his atten tion had been called to the serious depreciation of property on the site recommended by the Commissioners of 1869, in consequence of the uncertainty which had prevailed during the last three years as to the intentions of the Government on the subject ? Mr. CO WPER said that he wa s unable to give a full explanation on the subject at present , b ut hoped shortly to be able to satisfy the hon. member. Mr. TRACEY asked the Secretary o f the Admiralty whether, having regard to the demand for lieutenants as gunnery instructors having become so muc o h greater than the supply, that during the last five years noofficer had be en allowed to remain in the school of gunnery long enough to obtain a competent knowledge of the subject, it was the in tention of the Admiralty to hold out any inducements to officers to qualify as instructors ? Lord C. PAGE r said that at present he could not state the intentions of the Admiralty, but he trusted he should be able to do so on a future occasion. Sir R. CLIFTON asked the Under Secretary of State for War, by whose authority an order has been made in the storekeeper's department of the 11,yal Military Clothing Depot at Pimlico, by which the pensioner clerks, non commissioned officers, are required to apply for a pass for the police on accidentally lesvihg the building, the same order not existing in the other branches of the establish ment ? The Marquis of HARTINGTON said the clerks were not required to apply for passes, and they . had only to give t h e i r names to the porter's clerk in passing through the building. THE RECENT CASES OF ALLEGED STAR- VATION. In reply to Lord ROBERT CECIL, Sir G. GREY said he could not then state wha, measures would be adopted in reference to this subject. REGIUS PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNI VERSITY OF OXFORD. Mr. G. CLIVE asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to mate any provision for placing the stipend of the Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford on a proper footing, he being appointed by the Crown. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that there was no fund at the disposal of Government available for this purpose. THE PENAL SERVITUDE BILL. consideration of this bill I s r r p . G y R t o y i r J P ;ai d theAK f N u r o h o e N r , should stand over until Thursday next. THE GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES BILL.—STATE MENTS OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EX CHEQUER . Mr. SHERIDAN drew the attention of the house to the statements of the Chancellcr of the Exchequer in regard to the British Provident Society, whi c h he opined were quite unfounded. That society was estab lished only eight years, and had regularly registered their bslanco sheets. The action to which the right hon. gen tleman referred was not an issue sent to a jury, but merely a question tried before the Court of Chancery between the official manager and a shareholder, and there was no foundation for the statement that the shareholders of the society were obliged to apply to the Court of Chancery for protection for their policies. He vindicated himself from personal allusions which had been made to him, and ha trusted he should not again be called on to make any further statement on this subject. The' CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would refer to the documents on which his statements had been founded, and, if in error, he would be prepared to cor rect himself. THE STATE OF THE NAVY. 11r. H. BERKELEY drew the attention of the house to the defective state of the armament of the navy. He said that an improvement had taken place in the building of ships, but he could not say the same with regard to their armament, which he contended was in a detective state. He contrasted the superiority in this department of the Russian and American nations, referring particularly to the feats performed by the Alabama and of the Russians during the Crimean war. He strongly condemned the wholesale adoption of the Armstrong guns, and entered into different details in illustration of his views. LEFT SITTING. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, March 10.—Wind this day at noon—South. Weat ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. BUNDERLAND, March 9.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Queen of the East, for Shanghai. FALMOUTH, March 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrrived—Helen, from London for Bermuda. PORTSMOLTH, March 9.—Wind E.—Arrived—Peven say, screw steamer, from London fur Bermuda. OFF DOVER, March 10.—Arrived—Belions, screw steamer, from New York. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, March 9.—Napoleon, from Gravelines. Arrived, March 10.—Nora, steamer, from Rotterdam. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed.—H.M.S. Supply, from the Mediterranean, for Wool wich—Justia, screw steamer, for Birbadoes—Jor neizz a, for Cardiff—Sylph, for Port Natal —Bolina of Jersey, for Jersey—Rosella, fur Launceston, all from London— Cosur de Lion, from Shield, for Cagliari—Deerfoot, from Shields, for Constantinople—Wye, from Sunderland, for Singapore—John Fenwick, screw steamer, from Palermo —Berkby, from Calcutta, both for London. A ROYAL CHRISTENING IN 1600, The following account, written by a contempo rary and eye-witness of the baptism of King Charles 1., is of some interest at the present moment, inasmuch that, like the princely eldest born of the present Prince and Princess of Wales, King Charles I. was at his birth the son of the heir to the English throne (James VI. of Scotland and I. of England), and of a female scion of the royal family of Den mark. It is literally copied from a manuscript in the Lyons-office at Edinburgh, " written by John Blinsele Hay Herald:— " Upon Wednesday, betwixt eleven and twelve hours at even, the 19th day of November, 1600, the Queen's Majesty was delivered within the Palace of Dunfermling of a man child. God of His mercy make him His servant, give him long and prosperous days to live, both to God's glory and to the welfare of the country. Upon Tuesday, the 23d of December, the King's Majesty came from his chambers to the Chapel Royal, conveyed by the Marquis of Huntly, the Earls of Montrose, Chancellor, Cassils, Mar and Winton ; my Lord Lyon ; Sir George Douglas of Ellen, Knight ; John Blinsele, Hay Herald ; James Borthwich, RothsaylHerald ; and Thomas Williamson, Ross Herald; Daniel Graham, Dingwal Pursevant ; William Makeson, Bute Pursevant; and David Gardner, Ormond Purse vent; our coats of arms displayed, trumpets sounding before us, conveyed his Majesty to the Chapel Royal. And there his Majesty was placed on the east geivil of the chapel. And thereafter my Lord Lyon, Master of the Ceremonies, Heralds, Pursovants, and Trumpeters, came to the Queen's chamber, and there was a pall of gold, silver, and silk, very magnificent wrought (as it was spoken) by his Majesty's late mother, of good memory, which was sustained and borne by six knights—viz., the Knight of Edzell and the Knight of Duddup at one end, the Knights of Trequair and Ormiston at the ether end, and in the midst of the pall on every side the Knight of Black Ormis ' ton, called Sir Mark Ker of Ormiston, and Sir William Balindon of Broughton ; and within the pall the Bairn, borne by Marquis de Rohan, a nobleman of Brittany, who bore the Bairn in his arms from the chamber to the chapel ; and on one side of the said Marquis de Rohan his brother, called M. de Soubize ; and on the other side of him the Marquis of Huntly; and behind him my Lord Living stone, who bare up the Bairn's royal robe of purple velvet lined with damask. The Bairn was covered with cloth of gold and lawn. And behind, the dames of honour, the Marquis of Huntly's wife, the Countess of Mar, with the wives of my Lords Treasurer, President, Secretary, with many other dames of honour. And before the pall was the Bairn's honours borne, viz,, My Lord President bare the crown ducal ; my Lord Spynie bare the laver and towel ; my Lord Roxburgh bare the basin; my Lord Lyon, Master of the Ceremonies, heralds with our coats displayed, trumpeters sounding before us, with sundry other noblemen, We ranked to the chapel till we came before his Majesty; and there, on the north side of the said chapel, the pall and Bahia was placed. The Lady Marchioness of lluntly bare the Bairn within the said pall all the time of the sermon. On the east side of the said pall was two chairs of cramoisy velvet where the two brothers sat beneath his Majesty. On his Majesty's right hand and on the west side of the pall sat these noblemen : The Marquis of Huntly, Chancellor, Cassils, Mar and Win ton, treasurer, secretary, clerk register, advocate, and sundry ether noblemen of the secret council. Upon the south side of the chapel, my Lords Livingstone, Spynie, President Roxburgh, and sundry other noblemen and servants of the two Frenchmen who were his Majesty's gossips. The ser mon and baptism was made by Mr. David Lindsay, Bishop of Ross, and minister of Leith, which was upon Romans 13th and 2d. The time of sermon being ended, Mr : David Lindsay declared it over again in French to the two French men that were gossips, and thereafter he proceeded to the baptism of the Bairn. The pall and Bairn was brought to she pulpit, borne by the said Marquis de Rohan, and his Majesty came in his place to the said pulpit with the said noblemen ; and the minister baptised him, naming him Cnarlea; and then after a Psalm sung, and blessing said, my Lord Lyon proclaimed his styles, and called him my Lord Charles of Scotland, Duke of Albany, Marquis of Ormond, Earl of Ross, Lord Ardmannogh; and thereafter Dingwal Pursevant proclaimed his styles out of the west window of the said chapel, crying with a loud ♦oice— Largess of the most high and excellent Prince, my Lord Charles of Scotland, Duke of Albany, Marquis of Ormond, Earl of Ross, Lord of Ardmannogh. Largesse largesse I largesse I And thereafter John Mineola, Hay Herald, did cast out of the said window one hundred marks of silver to the poor, of the duke's largess; trumpets sounding, tho castle shot nine cannons ; his Majesty ranked from tho chapel to tho chamber as he did before; The pall, Bairn, aad honours wore borne, and the lord's dames ranked from the ohapel to the Queen's chamber, the gossip 'Marquis de Rohan bore the Bairn as he did to the kirk; my Lord Lyon, Master of Ceremonies, heralds, rursevants, trumpets sound. ing before us." SO, HE WILL HAVE IT. !—Messrs. Macmillan. and Co. announce a re ply by Professor Clanks Kingsley to Dr. Newman's pamphlet, " M r . Kingsley and Dr. N ewman ," under the title of " Wh a t, t h en, does Dr. New man teach ?" A RASCAL PROPERLY PUNISHED.—George Arm strorl g r a private of th e 3 0th British Regiment, who took advantage of his l eave o f a b sence to cross to the Ame rican side, enlist there, receive the bounty, and then return to his regiment boasting t,f his rascality, has been tried by court martial, and sentenced to be drummed out of the e‘r vice, and afterwards imprisoned for two years,—Montreal paper. A POLITE CHRISTIAN.—.A lady, who was a strict observer of etiquette, being unable to go to church one Sunday, send her card.—American paper, MARK LEMON'S " Wait for the End" forms vols. 698 and 699 of Tsuchnitz's Collection of British Authors. Lord Macaulay's " History of England" has just been pub lished at Prague, in Hungarian, by Zeleny. THE TRADE OF THE NORTH-EASTERN PORTS. The Customs returns show the following quantities of coals and coke exported over sea from the north-eastern ports in February : —Newcastle .on-Tyne, 124,672 tons of coals, and 12,929 tone of coke, being an increase of 11,702 tons of coal as compared with February, 1863—Sunder land, 6 6 , 39 7 tons, being an increase of 4,391 tons—Hartle pool, 17,541 tons, being a decrease of 12,795 tons. 1./13 th exported 9,491 tons—Warkworth, 3 ,7 27 tons—Seaham, 1,375 tons. In the value of goods oth er than coals an d coke exported there h a s been a decr ease, amountin g to 129,218 at Newcastle —Hartlepool, 1:113,791—and Middles borough, .C 16,242. There was an increase, ho wever, of 6,323 at Sunderland. Newcastle l,377 exportedtnosof coals—Sun to Lond on and coastwise, in February , 62 dorland 160,93 0 —H ar tlepool, 103 , 96 . — Middlesborough, 13,001 —and , Scaham, 34,806 tons. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON M. AND MA XIMILIAN . —lt is reported that th e Em p eror and th e Archduke Maxi milian are greatly plea sed with each other, and that all the difficulties relating to the acceptance of the Mexican throne have been smoothed over and arranged to the mutual satis faction of both potentates. 116 1 14