The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-14 00:00:00

" Saturday afternoon, Consulate.—Finished load-
ing yesterday, and this morning cleared, Oct. 20,
1860, Alexandria, with the merchant Felix Gibara.
About 12.30 I went to the consulate to get my
papers, in company with Capt. Press, of the Isis, of
Yarmouth. When we arrived there was only one
clerk in the office, reading the El Koran, on the
sofa. We told him our business, and asked him as
a favour to do it for us. He said the other clerks
had not come, and told us to wait their arrival,
which would be soon. - About three• quarters of an
hour after another clerk came, to whom we told our
business, and who transacted it for Captain Press ;
the latter then left the office. This clerk also told
me that the one who did my business had not
arrived, but was expected soon. At 2 p.m. I asked
again when this clerk was coming, and was
answered ' Very soon.' I said I wanted to get to
sea that evening, and requested him to give me the
clearance, as I was very busy and short of time,
but he replied it was not his business, and would
not do it. You must wait till he comes,' he added.
I waited till 3 p.m., and on asking again I was
answered, ' Go, and see.' I looked out, but no one
was there. I heard afterwards that he was up-
stairs with the consul. I asked the clerk present if
he would kindly send for him, as I had been waiting
since half-past 12 to clear the ship, and could not
attend to my business if I was detained much
longer. An Arab said the clerk would be down soon.
The above message was repeated several times be-
tween 3 and 4 o'clock, and with the same result.
At 4 o'clock I asked if I was to be kept there all
day, and said it was quite a nuisance, my vessel
must lie here till Monday through this lax way of
doing business, whilst on Monday I ought to he 300
miles towards home. The clerk I found at the con
sulate on my arrival answered that he would put
me out of the office if 'I did not hold my tongue ; to
which I replied, Give me the papers, and I will go
out with pleasure.' He then got up, and ordered
four Arabs to put me out. Two caught hold of me,
but I pushed them back. The clerk, a tall man,
, seized me by the throat, but I collared Lim. At the
same time the Arabs took hold of my arms, and re-
, leased the clerk, who then struck me on the face and
head more than a dozen times, while the Arabs still
held me, two at each arm, so that I had no chance
of defending myself; and no Englishman was there
'to see fair play. I was covered with my blood, and
had my clothes torn. During the time I was thus
cowardly handled, £2, which I had brought to pay
the consular fees, were knocked out of my pocket.
They then pushed me outside the office door, and I
was not -allowed to look for my money until some
time afterwards, when it could not he founcl.—Jas.
APTER, master of the brig Galatea."
" Consulate, Alexandria, Oct. 24, 1860.—Kirwan
Joyce, an English gentleman, formerly commander
of the Alexandrian police, and now trading in the
Red Sea and Abyssinia, to whom I was recom-
mended, went with me to the British Consulate to-
day, and requested in writing an interview with the
consul, stating that he came with me to have jus-
tice done for the assault I had received in his office.
One of the Arabs, who held me the day I was struck,
took the note upstairs, and returned immediately,
saying in my presence, in the name of the consul,
that the row in question has nothing to do with K.
Joyce. The consul refused to see me when he heard
what I ealled for.—Jas. APTER, master of the brig
Galatea."

DEATH OF MR. G. M. BUTT, Q.C.—We regret to
announce the death of Mr. George Medd Butt, Q.C., for-
merly M.P. for Weymouth, which event occurred at his
residence in Eaton-square on Sunday last. The deceased
gentleman was the son of Mr. John Butt, of Sherborne, and
in early life practised for some years with great success as
a special pleader. In 1830, being then 33 years of age, he
was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner
Temple, and went the Western Circuit, where he soon rose
into reputation, and acquired an extensive practice. In 1845,
during the Chancellorship of Lord Lyndhurst, Mr. Butt
was made a Queen's Counsel, and shortly afterwards was
elected a bencher of the Inner Temple. At the general
election in July, 1847, Mr. Butt offered his services to the
electors of Weymouth, but was defeated, losing his elec-
tion, however, by only three votes. In July, 1852, he again
stood fir Weymouth, and this time with more success, as
he was at the head of the poll, the other candidates being
Col. W. Freestun and Mr. Oswald. Mr. Butt during the
time he was member for Weymouth was rarely absent from
his Parliamentary duties, and was a frequent speaker, al-
though he never addressed the house at any great length.
He professed adherence to the Conservative party, but was
opposed to the re-imposition of a duty on foreign corn. Ike
was in favour of Mr. Spooner's annual motion for an inquiry
respecting Maynooth, and was so far a Reformer that hne de-
sired the removal of all serious blots and anomalies thatthe
representative system. It was confidently expected
Mr. Butt would have been raised to the judicial bench dur-
ing Lord Derby's tenure of office, but his chancen:.vieler
w
came. In private life, and in the profession of hie
some
was a member, Mr. Butt was held in high esteem.
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Company, Cooke. This gentleman was ono of the earliest directors
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garded favourably by a large circle of. shareholders.. Every_
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statement of the board, there will be no demand made upon
the shareholders for increased capital, except in the event
of the company having to pay the demand of £lB,OOO
made by Mr. Scott Russell under the award of the arbitra-
tors. This, however, the directors hope to be able to set
aside, an
d the necessary legal steps to this end will h tl s Or y
be taken,—Observer.
MURDER IN SCOTLAND.—At a late hour last
(Monday) night we received intelligence of a shocking
murder, perpetrated on Sunday night in the usually quiet
village of Alexandria, Vale of Leven, Dumbartonshire. The
details which have reached us are comparatively meagre,
but from what we have been able to learn it appears tat
the fatal deed was the result of a quarrel between two men,
whose names have not been ascertained, the one a shoe-
maker and the other a mason's labourer. The men, whe
are stated to have been Roman Catholicsand fellow-lodgers,
were on Sunday night conversing together on the merits of
Garibaldi, when a violent altercation arose between the
two, terminating in a fight, which their landlord thought
better should be finished outside the house. They accord•
ingly proceeded to the street, and there renewed the ccnflict,
which, however, was soon brought to a fatal conclusion by
the labourer stabbing his antagonist in the abdomen with a
knife. Returning into the house the labourer intimated
that he had put an end to all opposition in the future from
his companion, when the landlord rushed out and discovered
the body of the unfortunate shoemaker stretched lifeless on
the street. The murderer was arrested, and has been lodged •
in the prison at Dumbarton. It is unnecessary to add that
the occurrence hascreated amost painfuleensatiou through- '
out the Vale —.Arorth Pritish Ni(,o