The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-01 00:00:00

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, Deo. I.—Wind this day at noon—South-
East ; moderate breeze, and hazy weather.
QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 29.—Wind E.—Arrived—Connel,
from Mauritius.

LIVERPOOL, Deo. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sirowa,
from Bombay.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 23.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Donna
Maria, for Rio Janeiro.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 29.—Wind E.—Arrived—Her Ma-
jesty's ship Supply, from Malta.
CLYDE, Nov. 30.—Wind. S.W.—Sailed—Majestic, fcr
Singapore.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Morning.

The East India and London Shipping Company's ship
Hydaspes, George H. Forster, commander, R.N. from London, for the Cape of Good Hope, Madras, and Cal-
cutta, was off the Eddystone at 1 o'clock this morning. All
well. Wind S.S.E.
She has a mail for the Cape and a full cargo, including a
marble monument to the late Captain Sir W. Peel, R.N.,
to be erected in Calcutta, and a quantity of rare birds and
animals, under care of an officer from the Zoological Society.
This ship has been only three weeks since the time of arrival
from the East Indies, of which eight days were Occupied in
refitting, and the remainder in discharging and loading.
She takes 88 cabin passengers, including, for the Cape,
Staff-Burgeon Chalmer ; for ,'Madras, Lieut.-General Stea
man, 23d Regiment ; Lieutenant R. A. Livesay, Captain
Irving, 60th, Lieutenant Brockman,
R.E., Lieut. Foster,
R A., Mr. Barton, 19th, and Ensign Carroll, 66th; and
for Calcutta, Ensign Bampfield, 34th Regiment, Major
Tisdale, 35th, Ensign Spence, 77th, Ensign Brereton 46th,
Lieutenant Eyre, 48th, Cornet M'Pherson, 2d Dragoon
Guards, and Lieut. the Hon. C. W. Pepys, 60th Rifles.

SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived—Bavaria, steamer, from Hamburg ; Johnny
Boy, from Ipswich; John Clements. and Beaulieu, from
Sunderland; Alliance, steamer, from Havre.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, Nov. 30.—Tartar, steamer, from Lisbon.
Arrived, Dec. I.—Delta, steamer, from Konigsberg;
Hamburg, steamer, from Cronstadt.
DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed—Her Majesty's steamer Supply, from Malta, for
Woolwich ; Earnest, fur Salcomoe ; Ithuriel, for Berbiee—
both from London.

The Earl and Countess Delawarr have left town
for Buckhurst Park, Sussex.

The Earl of Dudley will give a grand ball to-
morrow night at 'Witley Hall, his seat in Worcestershire,
in celebration of the nuptials of his niece with Major the
Hon. H. A. Anson, V.C. _

The Earl and Countess of Bessborough are ex•
pected to leave town on Thursday, on their return to Ire.
land.

The Countess of Eglinton and Winton gave birth
to a daughter on Saturday last, at Eglinton Castle, Irvine.
Viscount St. Vincent has left Long's Hotel.
Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile have arrived
at Barrowby, near Grantham, for tho hunting season,
Lord and Lady William Lennox have joined the
family circle at Barkeley Castle.

Lord Elibank and Lady Elibank have arrived at
the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood.

Count Gurowski de Wczele has left Eaton-square
for Norfolk.

THE IRONGLADS IN THE MERSEY.—It is under-
stood that the customs authorities are busily engaged
in preparing for trial the case of the seizure of the E
Tousson and El Monassir, the iron rams now lying in the
building yard of the Messrs. Laird. The Attorney-General
has not yet filed his information, but the proceedings will
doubtless be instituted under the Foreign Enlistment Act.

THE GREAT SHIP.—On Saturday the money
subscribed by the shareholders towards realising the
£60,000 required to set the Great Eastern afloat again was
returned to the shareholders, and henceforth all the affairs
connected with the vessel will have to pass through the
Court of Chancery.
MAGNIFICENT TRIBUTE TO A MAN-OF-LETTERS.
—lt is not often that a man of letters obtains such
a testimonial is his merits as Dr. John Strang, author of
"Glasgow and its Clubs," has lately received from his fel-
low citizens. This consisted of plate worth 200 guineas,
with a purse cf 4300. Dr. Strang is no longer young and
vigorous, but we hope he may
long enjoy the honour and
popularity he has 80 nobly earned.
GEORGE ELIOT's novels hove
been translated into
French by M. d'Albert Dtuade at Basle—" Adam Bede,"
in two volumes ; " La Fanlike Tulliver, on Le Moulin cur
la Floss," in two volumes ; and 44 Silas Marner, le Tia-
strand de Ravelge," in one,

RESTORATION OF, BATE ABEEY.—It is proposed
to commence the restoration of the Abbey Church at Bath,
known as "the Lantern of Englawl,"
at a cost of between
£6,000 and £7,000, under the superintendence of Mr. Gil-
bert Scott as architect, and a local committee has been
formed in furtherance of the clued.

Mr. Thomas Kerr, of the Grange, 11lonifeith, has
given a donation of £2,000 to the Dundee Royal infirmary.
—Scotsman.