The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-04 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

Judgment deferred.
STENT V. STENT.
This case for dissolution of marriage instituted
by the wife against the husband.
The respondent married the petitioner at the age
of 17, and after that he went to China, and re-
mained there some time. Ha neglected his wife
while he was away and on his return, and finally
he went to Ramsgate, where he lived in profligacy
with another female.
Rnle nisi with costs.

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
In the general discount market there is still a
very active demand, and the rates show undi-
minished stringency. When the mercantile ens•
gagements now dna are paid up the inquiry may
slacken, but there are no indications of a subsidence
at present. A large amount of business is reported
in the discount office of the Bank, and in the Stock
Exchange loans are in request at full quotations.
The amount of specie taken out by the Syria,
Which left to-day for India and China, was
£152,773.

The subscription lists of the Albert Insurance
Company, and the Eastern Exchange Bank close on
Saturday next.
A meeting of the shareholders of the War-
rant Banking Company was held to-day, for the
purpose of confirming resolutions for changing the
name of the institution to the Warrant. Finance
Company—Mr A. D. Depass in the chair. The
previous minutes having been unanimously adopted,
the business of the meeting was ccncluded.
A special meeting of the shareholders of the
London Bank of Scotland was also held to-day.
Mr W. W. Cargill, M.P., in the chair. A resolu-
tion was proposed and carried, that the capital of
the company be increased by the creation of 10,000
new shares of 1,100 each, to be issued pro rata to
present shareholders at a premium not exceeding
£4 each.
A circular has been issued by the directors of the
Oriental Bank, stating, that they have received the
sanction of the Treasury to increase the capital of
the corporation to £1,500,000 by an issue of new
shares of £25 each. It is proposed to allot these
shares at the price of £45 per share, being a pre-
mium of £2O to the proprietors whose names shall
appear on the register on the 20th inst., in the pro-
portion of one in six, i. e., one-sixth of a share for
every share then held. Payments are to be made
as follows; £lO on June 15, £lO on Sept. 1, and
£25 on Dec. 31. Discount at the rate of 5 per cent.
is to be allowed on prepayment, and the new issue
will participate in the dividend for the six months
ending June 30, 1865.
The prospectus of the Tavistock Iron Works and
Steel Orsinance Company (Limited) is issued, with
a proposed capital of £200,000, of which one-half
is first proposed to be issued in 5,000 shares of £2O
each---£1 to be paid on application, and £2 on
; the future calls, made at intervals of two
months, up to £10; which sum, it is at present
-estimated, will be all that will be required, The
company has been established with a view to carry
cut on a large scale the manufacture of Bessemer's
and other patents, to construct steel ordnance, and,
in fact, the manufacture of iron and steel for all
lands of machinery and all purposes. For this
end the directors have entered into an agreement
with Messrs. Gill and Co. for the entire purchase of
their long-established, extensive, and valuable
works at Tavistock. The purchase includes several
important patent rights, contracts, &0., among
which are Crease's Pneumatic Tunnelling Engines
and the Blakely guns, which patents and contracts
alone, the directors are of opinion, will at once pro-
duce a remunerative dividend for any investments.
The directors advert to the increased uses to which
steel is now applied, and the large profits to be
realised by the. improved method of its manufac-
ture, and are of opinion that a sure, large, and re-
munerative business may be done. One half the
shares of the first issue have been already subscribed
for. The names of the directors will inspire every
confidence in the development of the objects of the
company. They are all gentlemen well and favour-
ably known as eminently respectable, and, what is
more, they are all thoroughly practical men.
The share list of the Bonelli Electric Company
is announced to closo on the 7th instant for London,
but, in consequence of some important provincial
negotiations pending, the list will not be closed for
the provinces Eercre the 14th,
A very ingenious contrivance has been patented
by Mr. Tent, of Birchin-lane, City, by which the
troublesome operation of hanging windows and
beds with drapery is quite simplified, by means of
a patent curtain hook, which is so made that the
folds of the curtain are in a side of the hook second secured by one
lace , and the other side is ready for its
pon the cornice or on the pole, Nothing can
be more simple or expeditious fry, the purpose than
this useful invention
remarkabl of Mr. 'fent they are withal
y cheap.

Two O'CLOCK.
B talc! ess recP,onenced this morning in the market
for Consols
pr amidst considerable depression, and
prices gave way per cent. This additional
-line, however, brought in a few buyers, and a
rally of / per cent. has ensued; the present quota-
tions, therefore, are 90-a I for transfer and the sth
inst., and 9114 for the June account. Affair*
appear very unstttlod. Tl.e New Threes are 871
88i, the Three per Cents. Reduced 88.1 &, Annuities
diper Cents. 14/. March Exchequer Bills, 8s to 153
n., and June 93 4s die. ledien 5 per Cents. 104,T,
105, and the Debentures 981.
The Foreign Market opened with a very flat
Appearance, and a decided decline was apparent all
round, but a partial recovery has since occurred,
urkish 6 and there is very little business in progress.
T per Cents., 1862, are 701 714 ; ditto
Consolides, 61 Alexican,43 /; ditto
11 11 dis. ; Greek, 23 1; New Loan,
Russian S Spanish Passive, 34 ;
crip, 1 prem. ; Swedish Scrip, / 1 prem,;
and the Confederate Loan, 65 67.
The operations in the Railway Share Market
have been of a very restricted character, and the
few bargains reported exhibit a further decline in prices. Metropolitan have receded £2, Great
Western, 1.:1, Midland and South Eastern, each 155.;
and Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Brighton, 10s,

great political letter-writer. He has given us a
clever novel, in no way unworthy of his reputation,
but one in no way calculated to enhance the cele-
brity already acquired by the vigorous pea of
"Manhattan.' :

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
COUSEN V. COUSEN.
This was a petition presented by the wife, pray-
ing for dissolution of. marriage en the ground of
cruelty and adultery.
The parties were married at St. James's, Piece.
dilly, and for some time after they resided with the
father of the respondent, who was an extensive
farmer in Yorkshire. In 1862 the petitioner was
at Scarborough, and the respondent at this time
was guilty of great neglect of his wife. Since that
time she had been dangerously ill from nervous
fever, and was too ill to attend the trial. Her de-
position was read.

A domestic in the service of the brother of the
respondent said she had frequently seen the re-
spondent make free with one of her fellow servants,
Ellen Walker, and on one occasion she saw them
under such circumstances that left no doubt as to
an improper intimacy. She also said the respondent
treated his wife with great unkindness, although
he did it with the appearance of kindness.
Ellen Walmer also had seen the respondent guilty
of improper conduct with Ellen Walker.
Dr. S wabey offered no defence.
The Jadge Ordinary said he should consult the
authorities whether the conduct of the respondent
amounted to cruelty, and he should require further
evidence to show that the petitioner was unable to
attend.