The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-04 00:00:00

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, Nov. 4.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze, and cloudy ; weather much
milder.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 2.—Wind N.W., strong—Arrived.—
Antwerper, from Buenos Ayres for Antwerp, with master
injured.

FALMOUTH, Nov. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sea Bird,
From Pernambuco.

iLFRACOMBE, Oct. 2.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Mary,
from Liverpool for the West Coast of Africa, with bul-
warks carried away.

KINGROAD, Nov. 3.—Wind N. W,—Arrived—Amelia,
from New York; Elizabeth, from Miramichi ; Aid, from
Liverpool for Havannah.

OFF HunsT CASTLE, Nov. 4.—Arrived—Madagascar
from Brazils.

HOLYHEAD, Nov. 3.—Wind s.W.—Arrived—Chanti-
deer, from St. John's, N.B.

DARTMOUTH, Nov. 3.—The Three Brothers foundered
yesterday ; crew saved.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, Nov. 4—lntegrity, from Huelva.
Sailed, Nov. 4—Wye, for Mogador.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Passed—Lasse Beck Sibonier, from the west for London.
Anchored—Wanderer, from London for Jamaica,

M. VICTOR HUGO has two new dramas ready,
"The Twine" and " Torquemada."
DEATH OF THE CITY ARCHITECT.—Mr. James
Bunstone Bunning, the architect to the Corporation
of the City of London, died on Monday, at his residence,
in Gloucester-terrace, Regent's-park, after a lingering ill-
ness. He had held the office of city architect for 20 years,
during which he erected several important public build-
ings, at a cost of about £750,000 in all, and connected, as
he recently stated in a letter to the Court of Common
Council, " with the education, trading, and social interests
of this great city, and he trusted that they would worthily
transmit his name as their officer to posterity." He referred,
among others, to the Freemen's Orphan School, Bil-
lingsgate Market, the Coal Exchange, the New Cattle
Market, the City Prison at Holloway, and the Lunatic
Asylum—all works of magnitude and public utility. Mr,
Bunning had also rendered great services to the corporation
in matters concerning their landed property. He recently
tendered the resignation of his office to the Court of Common
Council, assigning as a reason failing health during the last
two years, and he modestly asked the Court, in just and kind
consideration of his services to them, to grant him such
a pension as they might deem right. On the motion of
Alderman Dakin they passed an unanimous resolution
expressing their sense of the faithful and efficient man-
ner in which he had discharged the duties of his office,
and they appended a request that he would continue to hold
the appointment until arrangements would be made for the
due execution of the department. Mr. Bunning was up-
wards of 60 years of age. He was a modest, courteous
gentleman, and held in high esteem by everyone who had
the pleasure of his acquaintance. The manner in which he
designed and carried out the embellishments of the City of
London in honour of the entry of the Princess Alexandra
was the theme of general admiration at the time, and is still
fresh in the public rbcollection, especially the decoration
of Temple Bar and London-bridge, and the triumphal arch
at the entrance to the city, He designed and personally
superintended the erection of the enormous galleries which
encircled three sides of St. Paul's Cathedral on that memo-
rable occasion, and this he did in so effective a manner that
not a single accident occurred, so far as his department was
concerned, to endanger life or limb among the thousands of
people who congregated there to witness the pageant.
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—The first meet-
ing of the season of the Royal Geographical Society
will be held at Burlington-house on Monday, Nov. 9, at
81 p.m., when the following papers will be read-1. On the
Snowy Mountains of Eastern Equatorial Africa, with map,
by Baron Charles Von der Decken. 2. Last letter of the
late Mr. Richard Thornton to Sir Roderick Murchison,
from Shupanga on the Gambesi.. 3.. The Niger Expedi-
tion, latest intelligence of Dr. Bruin°. 4. Letters of the
late Dr, Vogel from the Interior of Africa,
THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT.—A deputation from
Manchester, consisting of the Mayor, Sir Elkanah
Armitage, Alderman Bennett, and the Town Clerk, have
recently had an interview with the Poor Law Board with
reference to a proposition for loans under the Public \Yorks
(Manufacturing Districts) Act, the object being to apply
for a loan of £230,000 for the employment, of unemployed
cotton operatives under that Act. Ot this sum it is pro-
posed to employed £130,000 in making additional water-
works for the city ; £25,00 is to be expended in buying
land for and in preparing a public cemetery ; and the re-
mainder of the money is to be employed in paving streets
in the townships of Ardwick, Cheethum, and Choriton, in
the city of Manchester.

COTTON FROM ALGERlA.—Accounts from Algeria
state that the plain of El-Outl has been planted
with cotton through the exertions of M. Dolfus, the great
Alsatian manufacturer. The result is remarkable. The first
experiment was made on 40 acres, and with much success,
with Georgian long silk cotton seed. Irrigation is likewise
being introduced into the three provinces of Algeria. It is
said that a joint stock company is to be formed at Algeria
with a large capital, which proposes to irrigate the Metidjah.
Another plan is under consideration for extracting salt from
the Sebkha, in the province of Oran.