The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-07 00:00:00

BOW-STREET—Yesterday.

Anak, the giant, who has been performing at the St.
James's-Hall, appeared yesterday before Mr. Vaughan, the
sitting magistrate, in answer to a summons for an assault.
In consequence of a ruse of the Bow-street reporter, who
stated that the case would not come off before to-morrow,
the ceurt was mostly filled by the policemen of the
Division.

It appeared that two gentlemen called upon the giant
for the settlement of -some trivial account, when he un-
ceremoniously lifted them in his arms, and carried them
out of the house as if they had been children. This was
the assault complained of. The magistrate, after a patient
investigation, dismissed the case, telling them that they
had their remedy in the county court. Anak then bowed
to the magistrate and retired.

SHIPPING INT4LIGE.NCE—This day.

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•(BY TELEGRAPH.)'
GRAVESENb, Thursday Morning.
Arrived—Ann Margaretha, from. Randers ; Vigo, from
Groningen ; John Bull, from Montreal ; Trident, from
Hamburg.

DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Passed, Dec. 6—Amy (schooner), from St. Michael's;
Caroline (schooner), from Marseilles ; Helenor (bark), John
Bull, and Commerce (bark), from Montreal ; Creswell (bark),
from Colombo; Ocean Sprite (bark,) from Falkland Is-
lands; Amelia (ship,) from Belize—all for London.
Passed, Dec. 7.—tialdavia, (ship,) from Marco; Bertha,
from Sydney ; Maria Pia, from Lisbon ; Pegasus (screw
steamer), from China ; Mignonette (bark), from the west
—all for London ; M. A. Stephenson, from London, for
Buenos Ayres.

Anchored.—lcon, from London, for Cape of Good Hope,

RETURN OF THE SHENANDOAII TO LIVERPOOL.
The notorious ex-oruiser of the Confederates— the Shenan-
doah—which left Liverpool about three weeks ago for New
York, arrived most unexpectedly in the Mersey yesterday,
when everybody supposed that she would be all safe in New
York harbour. She appeared to be in a very strained and
damaged condition, and without sails, all having been
blown away in a fierce gale she encountered on the 23d of
November in lon. 25, the wind blowing a perfect hurricane
from the north-west. The Shenandoah suffered so severely
from the effects of this gale that Captain Freeman, her
commander, an old and experienced officer, judged it ad-
visable to return at once to Liverpool and refit.
THE ACCIDENT ON THE VALE OF NEATH RAIL-
WAY.— The bodies of the engine driver and stoker have
been found, and an inquest has been adjourned to Friday
next. Another signalman, named Charles Bartlett, has
been taken into custody on a charge of neglect of duty on
the morning of the accident, he being the signalman at
the New Cut-bridge, which is a short distance from the
bridge where the accident took place. He was taken
before the magistrates on Tuesday and remanded. The
rubbish in the float has now been pretty well cleared, and
traffic has been partially resumed.

The Dublin Express says there are at the disposal
of the Government in Ireland about 10,000 men of all arms
comprising 1,260 artillery, with 48 Armstrong gnus,
2,280 cavalry, and nearly 7,000 infantry—which can be
augmented, if necessary, by the Royal Engineers and Mili-
tary Train.

The following paragraph is going the round of
the French journals : "hArchteological discoveries are nu-
merous in the present day. An Italian collector, return-
ing from Egypt, has brought back the statue of no loss a
personage than Potiphar's wife. An inscription on the
base leaves no doubt as to its authenticity. The features
are said to be exceedingly ugly."

D EAU' OF CAPTAIN PO KE. aptain Fowke,
R.E., the architect of the Exhibition building, 1862, died
suddenly on Tuesday. Ho was a distant relative of the
Fowkes, baronets, of Lowseby Hall, county of Leicester,
and was born about the year 1824. He was educated at
Woolwich, obtained his first commission in the engineers
n 1842, and attained the rank of captain in 1854.

FRENCH SAVINGS BANKS.—The Minister of Agri-
culture, Commerce, and Public Works has addressed
to the Emperor a report on the operations of those esta-
blishments during the year ending Dec. 31, 1864. From
this document, which fills nearly six columns of the Moni-
teur, it appears that the number of these banks in France
was 492 at the end of 1864, seven new ones having been
founded during the year. The total assets of the savings
banks from all sources, after deducting expenses of admi-
nistration, amounted at the end of 1864 to 12,688,420 f.
(rather over half a million sterling), being an increase of
650,195 f. over those of 1863. The number of depositors on
Jan. 1, 1864, was 1,471,509, and 239,326 new accounts were
opened during the year, while 156,684 were closed; so that
the total number on the 31st December last was 1,554,151
being an increase of 82,804 accounts, or nearly six per
cent. For all France there is one depositor to every 24
inhabitants; 28 departments exceed or equal this average,
and 61 fall short of it, the highest proportion being in the
Seine, where there is one depositor to every seven inhabi-
tants, and the lowest in La Vendee, where there is only one
to 329 inhabitants. Though the total of accounts had
greatly increased, there was a diminution of 468 in Paris,
400 at Lyons, 503 at Marseilles, and of smaller numbers in
seven other places. The deposits received during the year
amounted to 175,623,724 f., Which, with the balance of
447,871,5131. from the preceding year, and interest accrued,
make the grand total of 639,744,417 f.; from which must be
deducted accounts paid off and sums invested in Rentes,
177,668,902 t; leaving a balance of 462,075,515 f. due to de-
positors on the 31st of December last. As compared with
the preceding year the balance has increased 11,098,2011.,
or about 345 per cent. The average sum owing to each
depositor for all France was 297 f. 34c. in 1864, against
304 f. 46c. in 1863. This average is exceeded in 64 depart-
ments. The number of accounts under 500 f. is 1,172,361 ;
from 500 f. to 800 f. 185,976 ; from 800 f. to I,ooof. 110,550;
and above I,ooof. 85,264. Of the depositors, 85,099 are
workpeople, 38,698 domestics, 11,305 shopmen and clerks,
7,174 soldiers and sailors, 54,997 of divers trades and pro-
-41,735 minors, and 318 benefit societies.
fessions,

A CARD-SIIARPER IN COURT.--At Port Glasgow,
on Thursday, a man named George Thomson, who
had " fleeced* an Irishman of £55, was charged with
gambling in a railway carriage between Paisley and Port
Glasgow. A colloquy between Thomson and the Bench
is thus reported by the Glasgow Herald:—" Upon the in-
dictment being read, Provost Read said—Well, what have
you to say to the charge ? Panel—Well, your Honour, I
have just to say that I am guilty of gambling in the train.
Provost—What is your business? Are you a general dealer
in cards ? Panel—No, your Honour, I am a dealer in flats
Provost—Did you make any money that night? Panel—
Yes ; a few pounds—the matter of a £lO note ; but that is
nothing. Provost —The man who has lost the money has
said you got a £5O note instead of a £5. Panel—There is
some talk about its being a fifty, but I do not think it was
anything of the kind. Men are not so foolish as to hand
out a fifty instead of a five; however, I will soon know
what it was. Provost—I suppose you could show it
now ? 'We will be able to tell you what it is. Panel—
Indeed, I cannot, because I lost it almost as soon as I
got it. A party in the carriage won it from me—one
f
of the gentlemen who travel with me has it ; but the
is, on my word of honour—ah ! you may smile, bu
it is a fact, I have such a thing, and I pride myself on
my honour—it is all a fib about it being a £5O. Bailie
Lang—The dupes that are taken in by you are to blame
as well as you. They play to win, and to a certain extent
are deserving of what they get. Panel—Now, that is the
right way to put it. Whoever heard tell of a man playing
thepa island I
never
to lose? And when a man plays he is just as bad as we
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and should all be termed the green 'uns.' Provost—This
poor Irishman loft his wits at home, but took his purse
with him. You know that, I suppose ? Fined 40s. with
80s. of expenses, 'which was at once paid. Provost—Now
my advice is, to give up this line of business and become an
honest man. You must feel very much being placed in
this position. Although you don't look like a flat, still, if
you have any of the honour you talk about left you must
feel to face a man after you have done him out of his
money. Panel (putting his hand into his pocket and taking
out three cards)—ls there no possibility of me getting as
much as will take me to Glasgow ? I don't like to walk.
Provost (laughing)—There is no chance of your doing
anything in that line here. The walk to Glasgow will do
you. good, and possibly you may meet with a few flats
on the road. Panel—l dare say the only flats I would
meet would be the soles of my boots, and I am not flat
enough to walk them off my feet. This town has a flat
appearance, so there must be a good many here, and I will
just wait for au hour or so. The card-sharper then left
the court.