The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-30 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

SINGULAR CASE UNDER THE MATRIMONIAL CAUSES
ACT.—A w,man about 40 years of age, of pleasing ex-
terior, besought the magistrate's assistance under the
following circumstances :
The lady said she had been deserted by her husband and
now sought a gratuitous order under the Matrimonial
Causes Act, to prevent her husband, should he return
from taking anything she possessed.
Mr. Paynter—How long have you been married ?
Applicant—Eleven years.
Mr. Paynter—How long has he deserted you ?
Applicant—Four years.
Mr. Paynter—Under what circumstances did he leave
you?

Applicant—We were residing at Hampstead when he
suddenly absented himself and went, as I afterwards
understood, to Bedford Races.
Mr. Paynter—When did you last see him ?
Applicant—Two years ego.
Mr. Paynter—Did he then continue with you ?
Applicant—No; it was a mere visit to tell me he was
going abroad.

Mr. Paynter—Did you consent to his going abroad ?

Applicant—l had nothing to do with it. I had no voice
whatever in the matter. My husband went by the recom-
mendation of his friends. H 3 had indebted himself, and
was in difficulties.

Mr. Payater—Was it your own furniture in the house at
Hampstead ?
Applicant— It was.
Mr. Paynter—What became of it after your husband
left ?

A pplicant--lt was seized by the landlord and sold for the
rent that had been owing.

Mr. Paynter—Have you acquirekl property since he left
you ?
Applicant—Nothing in particular.
Mr. Paynter--Then there will be nothing to make an
order to protect ?

Applicant-1 ant a`,out to establish a school, and am told
that he might come and take any thing. I have main-
tained my children by having pupils. All I have is a
pianoforte and a few other little things.

Al,plicant further said her husband had held an e..cellent
appointment, which he had thrown up for horse racing.
Mr. Paynter—The case is one of much d fficulty. It is
one to which I must refer you to the Court above. I can-
not grant the order.

MARKETS---This Day.

HAY MARKETS. •

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £1 16s to £4 5s Od; clover,
do., £3 lOs to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 12s to £1 16s pet
load. Supply only moderate ; trade slow.
CUMBERLAND.--Mealow ea), £1 16s to £4 5, ; clove,,
£3 lOs to £5 10, Od ; and straw, £1 12) to tl 16s on load.
A slow deman .

W
H ITECHAPEL.—Meftdom hay, £1 16s to £1 ss; Jiti%ca,
do., £3 10. to 15 106 , and straw, €1 12..0 .61 168 per load.
rade dull,

COLONIAL.

The foreign and colonial produce markets remain closed
for the Christmas holidays, and will re-open on Tuesday
next, Jan. 6, 1863.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

LONDON, Dec. 30.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Wcsterly; moderato breez,, and fine weather.
HOLYHEAD, Dec. 29.—Wind fresh gale.—Arrived
—Douglas Castle, from Liverpool, for Bombay; Hannibal,
from Liverpool, for Calcutta.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 29.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Ro-
berto, from Hartlepool, for Naples
GLOUCESTER, Dec. 29.--Arrived—Coral Isle, and Vic-
tory, from Now York.
GRIMSBY ROADS, Dee. 29.—Arrived Henrich von
Gejouen, from the North, for Newport.
MUMBLES, Dec. 29.--Arrived—Deerelayer, and Chile,
from Caldera ; Acacia, from Valparaiso; Ocean King,
from Coquimbo.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.

Arrived—Alliance, steamer, from Havre.
Sailed—Ouse, for IIull; Chenamus, for Newcastle;
Reaper, for Sunderland.
(Dv MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning,
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Arrived, Dec. 30—Perseverance, from Gravelines ; Istam-
boul, from Bombay; Prince Alfred, from Foo- Chow-Foo ,
Ocean Mail, from Shanghai ; Louwine, from Nykiobing ;
Malden, from Tuticerin.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed—William Carey, from Singapore; Othini, from
Canton; Aminta, from Calcutta; Men, from Liverpool;
Bard of Avon, from the west; Ashburton, from New
York ; Drogheda, from the west ; Odin, from New York ;
Lecellin, from the East Indies—all for London.

THE PREACHER AND HIS VOLUNTEER ALLY.—
A half-witted you, h asked his mother if she did
not think it wrong for people to fall asleep at church, and
she replied that she did. Next Sunday, before starting foT
church, the youth
his pocket with appl, Ft. One bald-
headed old man, who invariably went to -lel.) during the
sermon, particularly attracted his attention. Seeing him
at last nodding, and
giving nasal evidence of be, ng in the
" land of dreams," he gave the astounded sleeper a blow
with an apple on the top of his bald pate. The minister and
aroused congregation at once turned round and indignantly
gazed at the boy, who naere:y said to the preacher, as he
took another apple in his hand, with a sober, honest expres•
sion of countenance, " You preach ; I'll keep 'em awake 1"
REFINED HAPPINESS !—We can tell our readers
a story hitherto unedited, end which we think will
not be considered the less terrible for being grotesque. One
Boxing-day, not very long ago, a labouring man and his I
wife were overheard in violent altercation in the street.
'The man was drunk, but he had arrived at the lachrymose
stage of inebriety, and was sobbing piteously. " What's
the matter ?" querulously asked his wife. " I—l—l'm so
unhappy," blubbered the husband. " Unhappy 1 " the
lady repeated, with a profound expression of cont mpt.
" Unhappy I You were drunk on Sunday, you were drunk
on Monday, you're drunk now, and you ain't happy.
What more do you want ? Do you want to be a Rangel ?"
—Daily Te'egraph.
as my father
highly-gifted man, " dear Hartley."
HARTLEY COLERIDGE.— A humble-hearted, I
called him, dreamed thr, ugh a life of error, loving the good,
and hating the evil, yet unable to resist it. His companion-
ship was always delightful to the Professor, and many
hours of converse they held. His best and happiest moments
were those spent at Eillary. My father had a great power,
and exerted it with a kind but firm determination. On
one occasion he was kept imprisoned for some weeks, under
his surveillance, in order that he might finish some literary
work he had promised to have ready by a certain time. He
completed his task, and whenthe day of release came it was
intended he should leave Eillary. But Hartley's demon
was at hand; without one word of adieu to the friends in
whose presence ho stood, off he ran at full speed down the
avenue, lost to sight amid the trees, seen again on the
open highway still running, till the sound of far-off foot-
steps gradually died away in the distance, and he himself
was hidden, not in the groves of the valley, but drinking
among his low companions, where his mind was soon
brought to a level with theirs. Then those clouds would
after a time pass away, and he again returned to the society
of those who could appreciate him, and who never ceased
to love him. Every one loved Hartley Coleridge; there
was something in his appearance that evoked kindness.
Extremely boyish in aspect, his juvenile air was aided not
a little by his general mode of dress—black round jacket,
white trousers, with a handkerchief tied closely round hit
dirk, andw a s expressive,relieved by and
the a
throat ; sometimes a straw hat covered his head, but more
frequently it was bare, showing his black, thick, short, curl-
inghair.
countenance H iseyeswere large,
almost sadinexpression
beautiful smile which lighted it up from time to time.—
Memoirs of Christopher _North.

SERIOUS RAILWAY ROBBERY.—LI,2OQ,STOLEN.
—On Christrnaa•day a serious robbery was effected
on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. By one of the
early morning trains into Yorkshire a number of cashboxes
were sent from the head offices of the company, containing
the wages of the employes at the stations along the line. On
the train reaching North Dean it was discovered that three
of the boxes (those for Bradford Halifax, and Wakefield,
containing £1,200, chiefly in gold and silver) had been
abstracted. The guard did not miss them till he reached
North Dean, and it is supposed they had been taken from
his van during his temporary absence at one of the previ-
ous stations,—Leeds Afercury,