The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-09 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE UNDER THE MARITAL
CAUSES ACT.-Mr. W. D. Smyth, solicitor, ad-
dressing the magistrate, said—" I have an applica-
tion to make to you of a novel nature, under the
Matrimonial Causes Act, for a protection order to
be granted to Mrs. Mary Ann Elgar. An applica-
tion has been previously made to you and the mat-
ter adjourned. Hitherto it has been held that an
order to entitle the wife to protection the husband
must have bodily gone away from her. That was not
the case in the present instance, and it is my
duty to submit that it is not necessary it should
be so to entitle the wife to the order, for as in the
present case, where the husband renders cohabita-
tion unsafe by personal violence and threa.s, and
sells up his home, avowing his determination not
to live with her any more, he in effect drives her
from his home, and virtually deserts her as much
as though he left her bodily, all his conduct hav-
ing a tendency in that direction. I will prove he
has repeatedly assaulted her, jammed her arm in a
door, saying he meant to break it, and, holding a
poker over her head, threatened to knock her brains
out. He sold up the home, and she left the house
from fear. I will also prove he told Mrs. Dixon
that he had broken up his home to get rid of his
wife, and did not intend to live with her any more.

Evidence of the above was given, and Mr. Arnold,
looking at the case quoted by Mr. Smythe, granted
the order as prayed.

THAMES.

SUCKING THE MONKEY.—William Wilson, a
dock labourer, who was in a deplorable condition,
was charged with an offence which is called in the
port of London sucking the monkey.
Spencer, a constable in the service of the London
and St. Katherine Dock Company, found the pri-
soner last night on the wine quay dead drunk, and
he had drunk so greedily that a quart of port win e
came off his stomach when he was raised from the
ground. Two well constructed tubes adapted for
sucking wines and spirits from casks were found
upon him. Both were stained with wine. The pri
soner was very ill, and almost dead, and the dock
company's servants had much trouble in recovering

The prisoner, in defence, said he really did not
know how he got drunk.

Mr. Benson—Why,
by stealing wine and drink-
ing it. You were so greedy that, not content with
a moderate draught, you drunk so much as to be-
come helplessly intoxicated. It is a most disgraceful
robbery. What business had you in the London
Dock?

The prisoner made no answer.
Spencer—He had no business in the dock at all.
He is not employed there.

Mr. Benson said that he had no doubt the tubes
were in the possession of the prisoner for the pur-
pose of stealing wine, and it was an offence contrary
to law for any man to have them about him. lie
sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment
and hard labour,

SHIPPING INTELLIGEN C This Dap•

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(By Telegraph.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived,-July B.—Gilberi Wheaten, from Nevis ; Helena,
steamer, from Diepps ; Don, steamer, from A.rchange ;
Anne, from Havro ; Shealtiel, Juan, and Durham Packet,
from Guernsey ; Daring, from Iquique.
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DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Passed, July B—H. M. steamer Dee, from Woolwich,
for the westward; Pizarro, screw steamer, from London,
for San Sebastian.

Passed, July 9.—lunisfail, for Leghorn ; Heather Bell,
for Algoa, Bay—both from London.

Achored.—British Tar, for Demerara; Sven, for Queboc
—both from London.

TFIE INDUS VALLEY RAILWAY.—The Indus Val-
ley Railway is already emerging from the land of mere
dreams. A Government committee has begun sitting at
Kurrachee to decide by which bank of the Indus the new
line shall run. There is much no doubt to say for both
sides, but the weight of advantage seems to rest with the
right bank as far as Sukkur. It may cost a trifle more in
the making, but it is certain to command a wider and more
constant traffic through the adjacence of towns like Shi
karpore and Sukkur, and of a military station like Jaco-
babad. A bridge at Sukkur would also be much more
feasible than one at Kotree.—Allen's Indian Mail, July 9.
THE TEA DUTY Is REDUCED —Horninzan's Pure Tea is
cold Bd. per pound Cheaper. This interesting fact will, when
fully known, even further increase the demand fat those
Choice. long-approved Tau. They are not sold loose, but
only in eilickek, siEud " Ilorgithath" landon.