The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-03 00:00:00

(From Pt♦nch.)

THE 'WIFE FOR OUR TASTE.—We see that Mr. John
Saunders has been publ.sbing a new book under the title
of " Abel Drake's -Wife " Abel is to be envied, for it re-
quires no great reasoning, or seasoning of the truth either,
to tell us that a Drake's Wife must be a perfect Duck !
With such a wife, what husband would ever be late for din-
ner?

THE HAPPY MLDIU)L—Our Conservative economists
have been raising a great cry for what they call " the
golden mean" in expenditure. What we want is the silver
mean between " the penny wise" and "the pound fool-
ish."

VERY LllCELY.—llannibal, crossing the Alpsswas (saith
the historian) much annoyed by insects. Mr. Charles
Kean thinks that they must have been Hannibalculis.
A TAPER WAIST.— Lighting the candle at both ends.
FLATTERING REcoQNlTloN.—Madame Rachel, in con-
sequence of her profession of enamelling ladies, and the
exorbitant prices she charges (and she certainly knows how
to lay it on uncommonly thick), has been elected an hono-
rary member of the Skinners' Company.
A REGVLAR MUDLAREf.—The Duke of Buccleuch's
opposition to the Thames Embankment.

WE LIVE TO BE DE CEIVED.—It seems that there isno chance
of securing a cab unless you happen to be a party of three
or four. This is the first time we ever knew a cabman to
evince the slightest reluctance in taking one in.

THE BURGLAR'S ASPIRATION.—A skeleton-key in every
cupboard.

"TAE HEAD AND FRONT" OF WOMA7g'S "OFFEND,.
ING."—Curl-papers.
.

"Ram SINISTER."—The Bar to which men /Ike MR.
EDWIN JAMES belong.

DEFENCE OP CRINOLINE.—MaII should receive it joy-
fully and gratefully as a striking proof that it is physically
impossible for Lovely Woman to contract a bad habit.

SHIPPING-THIS DAY.

SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.
Arrived—Valiant, from Sunderland ; Alhambra, steamer,
from Lisbon;
llopewell, from Portland ; Foyle, steamer,
from London.
Sailed—Atlanta, steamer, for Xersey ; Le Mesange, for
Carenton.

o3y MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH).
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, July 3—Agincourt, from Port Phillip ; Costa
Rica, packet, from Punta Arenas; Millicent, from St.
Thomas ; May Queen, from Charlotte-Town ; George and
Henry, from F.bo-Chow-Foo.
Sailed, July 3—Hanover, steamer, and City of Hamburg,
steamer, for Havre ;
Patith.?,r, steamer, for Boulogne ;
Gustaf `Vasa, steamer, fir Otlenborg ; Dwine, for Yar-
mouth ; Medura, for Batavia ; Glocester, for Cape of Good
Hope; Finella, for Sunderland and Singapore; Yorktown,
for New York,

DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Passed—Velocity, from Kurrachee ; Vernon, from Bom-
bay—both for London; Vooloomooloo2 from London, for
Sydney.
Anchored—Hartstrue, from London, for Cardiff; Roma.
from Sunderland, for Ancona ; Caroline, of Salcombe, from
London, for Swansea.
Put back—George Duncin, for Port Natal.

THE COAL TRADE DF 1861.—The quantity of
coal, cinders, and eulm shipped coastwise in the United
Kingdom, from port to port in the year 1861, was 10,992,597
tons, an increase of 270,C00 tons over the previous year.
The quantity of coal brought into the port of London in the
year was 5,232,082 tons, at increase of 159,000 tons over
1860, The proportion &riving by
inland conveyance is
constantly increasing; in 1858 it was 1,213,463 tons; in
1861, 1,665,080 tons. Theexport of coal, cinders, and culm
in 1861 reached 7,855,115 tons, of the declared value of
£3,604,790—a considerableincrease (533,000 tons) over the
export of 1860. Yrituce twit 1,452,180 tons in 1861.