The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-18 00:00:00

SHIPPING-THIS DAY,

LONDON, Nov. l3.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

CARDIFF, Nov. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Josephine,
from Bilboa.

MUMBLES Nov. 16.—Wind E.—Arrived—Port Glas-
gow, hem Quebec.

CLYDE, IsT,,v. 17.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—China, from
Montreal—Champion, from Q uebec—Dra goon, k tea mer,
from Charente.

QUEENTOWN, Nov. IG.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ber-
rania, from Cardiff for Genoa.
BwANSEA, Nov. 17.---Wind
from Cuba.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 16.—Wind W.—Arrived—Caroline
Brown, from Labrador.

RAMSGATE, Nov. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Etna,
rorm Alexandria.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPHS)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived, Nov. 17—Annie, from Nerviel.
Arrived, Nov. 18—Resolution, from Montreal ; Madras,
from Quebec.

DEAL, Friday Morning.
Paseed—Schiller, from Akyab; Golden Fleece, from
Algoa Bay—both for London.

Bank of England Return..—Last Evening.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 16th day
of Nov. 1864:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued ........X27,760,240,

Government Debt X11,015,1C
Other Scpyritinct ll2l
Gold Coin & Bullioll 11,116,210
Silver Bullion ....

X 27, 766,240',

X 27,706,210

4.IIANAING
l'io Capi-
tal £14.553.000 11
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

PA =AUNT.
Governmeit Secu-
rities (including
DeadWeightAn-

nuity) £10,374,5x12
Other Securities 19,305,241
Notes
Gold and Silver 736,115
eCoin

counts) 5.142,363
Other Deposits g ,426,231
Seven Day and
other Bills 556,115

£37,987,753

£37,987,753
MILLER, Chief Caehier.

Nov. 17, 1864.

THE SMOKER'S RETORT.—I remember once ima
parting a terrible shock to the nerves of a lady
belonging to the exceedingly comfortable classes. She had
been denouncing that filthy and abominable practice of
smoking, and boasted that she had just got the parent of a
large family dismissed from his employment because she
had caught him indulging in a furtive pipe. I asked her if
she had ever herself committed the act of eating turbot with
lobster sauce. The imputation was not denied, since the
empty platter which had contained that attractive but per-
nicious mixture was just giving place to another laden with
well-seasoned haunch; nor, to do her justice, did she'seem
desirous to evade any coaclusions that might be drawn
from such an act; when I amazed her by saying that, ac-
cording to my experience, she might indulge herself with a
cigar or a pipe of latakia with much less prejudice to the
digestive functions.—Blackwood's Magazine for November.

LARGE WHALES ON THE FRENCH COAST.—The
steamer 'Ville de Malaga, on its passage from Brest to
Havre a few days back, sighted off Barfleur, at about three
miles from the French coast, two enormous whales, One
wax of such imtuense size that it might have been taken for
a small island.

RIOTS AT DORCHESTER.--The town of Dorches-
ter has been in a very disturbed state since the s:h
of November, when the mob attacked the police, and com-
pelled them to barricade themselves within the Town Hall.
On the night of IN ednesday «cek and on Tuesday night a
crowd paraded the streets, bearing effigies of the police,
making use of violent language, and even throwing stones
at the officers. The borough magistrates have at length
resolved on putting down this state of things, and it is in-
tended to swear in a sufficient number of special constables
for the presezvation of order in the town.
EX-COUNCILLOR MACNISII AGAIN IN TROUBLE.
—On Monday a letter was received from the police
in London by the authorities in Glasgow, requiring them,
if possible, to apprehend Neil Macnish, at one time a Town
Councillor of the City of Edinburgh, on a charge of fraud
or embezzlement. Steps were at once takon'to secure rho
alleged criminal, the result of which waa that the detectives
were successful in securing him the same evening in a
house in town, from which he was conveyed to the Central
Police-office. Of course nothing could be done until more
definite information was received; and consequently he lay
all Tuesday in a cell in South Albion-street. About
one o'clock on Wednesday morning, Sergeant linggett, of
the London detective force, arrived in Glasgow with a war-
rant, in accordance with the terms of which Macnish will
now be formally handed over to the custody of the metro-
politan officer. The warrant sets forth that the accused has
been guilty of embezzling three different sums—the largest
of which is beta een £2O and £3O, belonging to his employer,
Gustave Gich, merchant, London. Though the above sum
is the largest of the three mentioned in the warrant, it does
dot follow that they are the only charges which will be
made against the accused.—Aro; .131 lisle Mad.

A Belgian journal announces that the use of
horse flesh as butcher's meat is becoming common at Ver-
viers in Belgium.
SHOOTING THE MooN.—An officer- down in
Georg
<< Ono night General
wasia tellsut u the following story :
the line, and cheer veil a light on the tnotin-
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u opposite. It was a signal light ofthe enemy,
he i m
I:ktiing llery officer that a hole could easily
bt taro
epr
remarked
tahrkroe ud to h
through
Thinking
an
whereupon the officer, turning to the
corporal in charge of the gun, said, Corporal, do you see
that light Yes, sir,' ' Put a hole through it,' ordered
the captain. The corporal sighted the gun, and when al
was ready he looked up and said, Captain, tlpit's tho
moon !" Don't care for that,' WAS tho captain's ready
response,' put a hole through it, anyhow.' "