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

ONEY MARKET

AND

COMMtIiCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELTE O'CLOCK

The mercantile public have commenced prepara-
tions for their accounts, due at the beginning of the
ensuing quarter, and the general discount market
during the next few days will no doubt show
symptoms of increasing activity. This temporary
demand for money will doubtless delay the ex-
pected concession of further facilities. The inquiries
to-day have been of a moderate character, and the
quotations for first class commercial paper still
rules from 51 to 6 per cent.
A further sum of £30,000, in bar gold, was taken
into the Bank yesterday.
The amount of gold reported by telegraph to
have been despatched from Melbourne since the
date of the last mail is £195,000.
It has been announced that the share list of the
Queensland Sheep Investment Company will close
on Tuesday next, the 15th instant.

The City Mercantile Club, it will be seen by
announcements in another place, is preparing for
operation. The application list is on the eve of
closing, and shares were in demand to-day ate 1
prem.

The North British and Mercantile Insurance
Company's annual report for 1863, presented to the
proprietors on March 7, shows the following very
satisfactory results :—Fire Department—The net
premiums for the year amount to £165,192, being
an increase over the premiums of 1862, of £45,600 ;
the losses have been £67,980. Life Department—
The following new business was transacted :—Sums
assured, 1953,839; premiums, £32,702, or nearly
25 per cent. more than the large amount effected in
1862. The claims by death are considerably below
the company's expectations. Setting aside, in sus-
pense, against current fire risks, the sum of £55,064,
there will remain a balance at credit of profit and
loss acemint for the year of £50,597; the reserve
fund now amounts to £243,401. Looking to the
necessity for maintaining a large reserve fund, on
the strength of which the operations of the Com-
pany may be largely extended with advantage to
the Proprietors, at less hazard, the directors recom-
mended that the dividend to be paid shall not ex-
ceed 10 per cent, free of income tax.

The last week's raiiway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are, in round figures, as under:—

1864. 1863.
Groat Western £s4 993 £54,893
North-Western
South- Western
Brighton • 14,210 15,705 S
Midland 43,828 39,635
South-Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire 35,280 31,770
Bristol and Exeter
North Eastern 42,448 48,577
Great Eastern
North British
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 16,488 14,630
These returns, compared with those of the same ;
period of last year, are in several instances of an
unsatisfactory character. On the Great -Western s
there is a decrease of £lOO, the South-Western of
£2,051, the Brighton of £1,495, the South-Eastern
of £2,886, the Bristol and Exeter of £lB6, the
North-Eastern of £6,129, and the Great Eastern of
£568, while the North-Western shows an increase
of £4,972, the Midland of £4,193, the Great
Northern of £3,019, the Lancashire and Yorkshire
of £3,510, the North British of £543, And the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,858.

Two o'cLocx

In the early part of the day the market for the
English Funds was again a little firmer, but the
movement only represented 1-16th per cent., and it
has not been maintained, the latest quotations being
precisely the same as those last reported yesterday
afternoon. Consols for money are 91k, and for the
account, 911 I-. Speculation is very dull, but the
discontinuance of active selling recently induoed,
and a few pure aces have imparted, a firmer tone to
the market, The New Threes and Reduced An-
nuities are 87,- ; Exchequer Bills, par to ss. die.;
India, 5 per Cents. 104,1 1, and Bonds, Bs. die.
There has been very little alteration in the
Foreign Market, and business is conducted on a
limited scale. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are
694 ; do. Consolides, 501- k ; Mexican, 431 4 ;
Greek, 221 4 ; Spanish Passive, 34k 35; do. Certi-
ficates, 13 ; Italian, 661 I-1; Portuguese, 48i ;
and the Confederate Loan, 43 45.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
not bee❑ very animated ; prices, however, are well
Maintained. Great Western have improved 10s.,
and Brighton, Midland, and South Eastern, 55.,
While South Westerns have declined ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without
change of importance as regards values.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet, London
and Westminster being steady at 80-4-. London
Bank of Scotland have improved to 131 141; Lon-
don and County, 56k 57. South Eastern Banking
Company are quoted par to k prem. ; Financial
Corporation, 11 to 2 prem.; Credit Mobilier, 1 to lk
prem. ; Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company, 3k
to 4 prem.; and Quensland Sheep Company, oto
prem.; Imperial Financial, 3 to 31 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto Account, April 8
3 per Cent. Reduced
New 3 per Cent. B9l a
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
Ditto 3 per Cent.. 1859
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i & 3 per Cent par 6 dis
Ditto £5OO
Bank England Stk, 4i per Ct., last hf.-yr 238 40
INDILN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 —
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. July, 1870
Ditto Account....
Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888..
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ..
Ditco 51 per Cent., May, 1879
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861
Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 --
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 8 dis
Ditto under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent....
Ditto 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 1539 and 1859
___

Ditto 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60
Ditto 1863 .. 87i
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds 9l
Cuba, 6 per Cent. ..
Chilian 6 per Cent lO3
Ditto 41 pei Cent —
Colombian 6 Scrip £BO pd
Ditto Scrip, LSO paid
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Egyptian 7 per Cent..
Ditto, Second Issue
It 5 per Cent.(Mareinmana Railway) 73
llexican 3 per Cent
i
Ditto Account 43 4 3
Peruvian 41 per Cent ..
Ditto Account ...
Oat° 3 per Cent.
Ditto 4i per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account
Ditto 1/ per Cent
Piedmontese, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 25f —
Ditto Scrip (1863) £4288. 3d, paid — Pm
Portuguese 8 per Cent., 1853
Ditto
Account
.............
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, x •St —
Ditto 3 per Cent 1859
I)itto 5 per Cent, 1862. 881 9
Sardinian 5 per Cent.... ..........
Ditto Account ......... •
Z panish 3 per Cent
Ditto Passive
-Ditto Account ................ 35 4
P i
sanish Cert. of Coup not funded ......
Ditto Account l3l
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 -
Ditto Account 641 8
Vitt° 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account
v 69/ a 9 9
~.Ditt o, £IOO Bonds
'.)itto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
I)itto Account 59/ GO 59i
Dividends on the above payable in Loud qa,.
Dutch. 2/ per Cent., Ex. Gl2 il 64
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nitto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Ditto Account 661
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 48.
TWO O'CLOclie
Console; Money
biittoApril4.ocount .1 it ......... el I 911 8

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LAW IN'

This Day.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before Sir J. P. Wilde and a Common Jury,
TRUEFITI V. TRUEFITT, AND REEL

Dr. Spinks and Dr. Tristram, instructed by Barton,
Longdon, and Co., appeared for theepetitioner ; and Dr.
Deane, Q.C, and Dr. Wambey, instructed by Messrs. H.
H. Deacon and Son, for the respondent.
This was a suit by the husband, 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, chose 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 oomfortb.ble terms. She knew the family of the Reeds,
and she met Mr. Henry 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 her 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 engagement. She denied that she had
accompanied Mrs.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 she had not been 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 oases.
Sophia Jane Adams said that she had been employed as
cook at Mr. Truefitt'a 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 after.

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. Trut;fitt 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 she observed Mrs, Truefitt on one 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 daring her absence

at her sister's; and the petitioner told her that he 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. lie said that she had
become the talk of all the public-houses in the neighbour-

hood, and he also charged her with not paying tradesmen

and concluded by 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 Mi.. Traefitt's. He

nad a gun with him generally, and when he fired it Mrs,

Truefitt 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•
gether sometimes in the afternoon and sometimes very late,

He saw Mr, Heed at Mr. Truefitt's while the servants weae

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 occcasions kissing hands to each other from their
respective houses.

Three other labouring men were examined, who deposed
to having witnessed acts of familiarity between Airs. True-
fitt and Mr. Reed.

Mr. George John Taylor said that he was a trustee and
executor of Mr. Reed's father, who laft property to the
amount of £6,000, which was to be divided squally 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.

Dr. Deane opened the respondent's case, and was pro.
ceeding when we went to press.

- THE CALAMITIES OF WAR.—An Austrian coati-
- toss of ancient race, who lest four of her sons during the
war in Italy, has now been deprived of her fifth and last
con, 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 hod;
was found buried with 65 other Austrians, and has been
conveyed to Vienna.
SWEETS FOR THE MILLION.—Tho 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. Barley-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
boiled 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 woraing two brass rollers, each roller or cylinder con-
taining a number of sunken dies of various designs,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 aide, 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 a Week.
THE VALLEY OF .TEHOSHAPHAT.—The efforts thn
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 he 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 um 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 atones; and these are 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 ie literally one large pave-
ment of death—an appalling, almost overwhelming sight.
Fraser's Magazine.
SUPEnSTITION.—A funeral took place in the
upper district of Ardcloch, the other day, at which a strange
superstition showed itself. The procession had to cross the
Findhorn in order to get to the churchyard of Ardlach, and
a boat was employed in carrying over the mourners; but it
being deemed inauspicious to take the coffin over in that
convenient manner, four men waded across it—much to
their personal inconvenience, no doubt.—Nairn Telegraph.
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 tons of coke, being an increase of 11,702
tons of coal as compared with February, 1863—Sunder-
land, 66,397 tons, being an increase of 4,391 tons—Hartle-
pool, 17,544 tons, being a decrease of 12,795 tons. Blyth
exported 9,494 tons—Warkworth, 3,727 tons—Seaham,
1,375 tons. In the value of goods other than coals and
coke exported there has been a decrease, amounting to
£29,218 at Newcastle—Hartlepool, £ll3,79l—Und Middles-
borough, £16,242. There was an increase, however, of
£6,323 at Sunderland. Newcastle exported to London
and coastwise, in February, 162,377 tons of coals—Snu•
derlsnd, 160,930—Hartlepool, 103,961—Middleetterough,
13,001—and Seahanh 34,866 tons.