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

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THE PRINCE OF WALES.

PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, 7

Two or three strange ships arrived iu the Sound
early this morning, supposed to be the Hero,
Ariadne, and Flying Fish.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Although seamen are well aware that a
" hard hearted" easterly wind often prevents sailing
ships from entering our channels during even several
weeks, and that there is now no sufficient cause for
anxiety respecting the Royal Squadron, questions
are asked daily to which the following well-timed
letter from Captain Maury, the celebrated Director
of Navigation, may afford a sufficient answer.
While the well-known " liners" crossed the At-
lantic as packets their passages against easterly
winds such as have prevailed lately used to vary
from 20 to 30 days, and finer or better managed ships
seldom sailed.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Nov. 13. It. FITZTtOY, Rear-Admiral.

" Everall's Hotel, Albemarle-street, Nov. 13.

"My dear Admiral,—l sailed from New York in
the Bremen steamer New York on the 27th ult.,
and put into Plymouth yesterday for coals.
" I find some surprise expressed at the non-
.trrival of the Royal squadron, with the Prince of
Wales and suite on board.
" I do not think there is the least cause of uneasi-
ness owing to this circumstance, for the weather has
been such as to render it simply impossible for a
vessel with only auxiliary steam power, which I
understand the Hero has, to make any headway
at all.

"We met these easterly winds 10 days ago,
when we were not halfway across, with a high
barometer and a mottled sky. They blew strong
and steadily, not furiously; but they raised a high
sea, such that canvas, even with auxiliary steam,
could not do more against than simply hold its
ova n.'

" Therefore, while we may look for the arrival
of the Royal squadron every day, I should not be
at all surprised if it did not arrive as long as these
strong easterly winds last, and even for some days
afterwards, for I doubt whether the squadron, sup-
posing it has not run down to the southward for a
port or for better weather, is much nearer these
shores than it was on the day it encountered those
easterly winds with heavy head seas.—Yours truly,
"M. F. MAunY, United States Navy.
"Rear-Admiral Fitzroy."

THE BRITISH CON•ULATE AT

ALEXANDRIA.

Tha Shipping Gazette publishes the following
extract from the official logbook of the English brig
Galatea, Captain James B. Apter, which brings a
serious charge against some of the officials at the
British consulate, Alexandria :

" 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 has 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 be 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
lout 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,
i,eized me by the throat, but I collared him. 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 fill- my money until some
time afterwards, when it could not be found.—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 called 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 f)r 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. He
was in favour of Mr. Spooner's annual motion for an inquiry
respecting Maynooth, and was so far a Reformer that he de-
sired the removal of all serious blots and anomalies in the
representative system. It was confidently expected that
Mr. Butt would have been raised to the judicial bench dur-
ing Lord Derby's tenure of office, but his chance never
came. In private life, and in the profession of which he
was a member, Mr. Butt was held in high esteem.
TIIF. GREAT EASTERN.—It is understood that Mr.
Hope has withdrawn from the board of directoers. ofas the
great alsoen
t some stated
great ship, or that, if he has not already retiretd h h
in-
timated his intention of shortly dodinhgyso•
that the vacancy in the board cause
the earliest directors
Cooke. This gentleman was ono of
weeks since of Mr. Crosskey has been acecoempptea.dnyby.Mdr.
the
the retirement ir'se
of the Great Eastern Steam Navigation
g is
ren in state quo, and no
circle of s are o ers. Every..
thing re-
gardedfavourably by a largo
remains
ry
resumption of his connection with the undertaking undertakingt
the •
thing connected with the ship
According to the recent •
steps have yet been taken for carrying out additional
works that are required. _ published
pdaeyr emand of
statement of the board, there will be nl o demand made upon
the shareholders for increased capita ,
dexcept in the event
£lB,OOO
madeo of the b
y Mr.
companyScotht 'lttvuinssgelltoun the award of the arbitra-
tors. This, however, the directors hope. to be able to set
aside, and the necessary legal steps to this end will shortly
be taken.— Observer.
MURDER IN SCOTLAND.—At a late hour last
night we received intelligence ofshocking a
t d on Sunday
n(rtilordnedra,yp)erpetra e 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 et
the fatal deed was the result of a quarrel between two men,
whose names have not been ascertained, the one a slice-
maker and the other a mason's labourer. The men, who
are stated to have been Roman Catholics and 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 fini•led outside the house. They accord•
ingly proceeded to the street, and there renewed theccnflict,
which, however, was 80014 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
i? 1 the prison at Dumbarton. It is unnecessary to add that
the oC,?Urr ence has created a most painful sensatiou through-
out the )roje —.llrortli kr(tith

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SPIREWSBUILY AUTUMN MEETING—TUESDAY.
The Newport Gold Cup, value 100 sovs, by subscription of
10 sovs each ; the second horse to receive 20 sovs out of
the stakes. About one mile and a half. 36 subs.
Mr. Hodgman's Soothsayer, by Augur, 5 yrs, Gst 51b
( Ginishaw 1
Mr. Barber's Ben Webster, 3 yrs, 6st 101bH. (W. r
Bottom) 2
Mr. Jackson's Sir William, 3 yrs, Est 41b.... (H. Covey) 3
Gladiolus ar d The Nun also ran.
Bc.tting-2 to 1 agst Sir William, 5 to 2 agst Ben Web-
ster, 3 to 1 agst Soothsayer.
Ben Webster made play past the stand, Soothsayer lying
second. At the half-distance Soothsayer took the lead, and
won by three-quarters of a length; a bad third.
The Shorts Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for
two-yr-olds and upwards; the winner to be sold for 30
soya. About half a mile. 10 subs.
Mr. Windsor's Libellous, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (G. Fordham) 1
Mr. Hodgman's Athens, 3 yrs, Gst 101 b (H. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Byrn's Yafa filly, 2 yrs, fist 91b...... (W. Bottom) 3
The following also ran :—Pescatore, Buttercup, The
Duke, Corfu, and Pirate.

Betting-6 to 4 agst Athens, 4to 1 agst the Yafa filly, 5
to leach agst Buttercup and Libellous.

Libellous jumped off with a good lead, and won after a
fine race with the favourite by a head ; three lengths be-
tween the second and third.

The Corporation Plate of 5 sous each, with 30 added ; the
second to save his stake. Three-quarters of a mile. 29
subs.
Mr. Devereux's Earl of Essex, 3 yrs, Est 41b.... (Taylor) 1
Mr. Hare's Clemanthe, 4 yrs, Est 101 b.. (H. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Coverdale's Ataman, 3 yrs, Est 21b ( Midgley) 3
The following also ran :—Romsey, Man Friday, Brandy
Ball, Rara Avis, and the Don.

Betting-5 to 2 agst Brandy Ball, 3to I agst Earl of
Essex, 4 to 1 each agst Clemanthe and Romsey.
Earl of Essex lay in front throughout, winning in a can-
ter by four lengths; three lengths between second and
third.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 soya each. Three furlongs and
a quarter, straight run in. 13 subs.
Capt. Christie's Miss Julia, 6 yrs, 9st 121b(G. Fordham) 1
Mr. Gulliver's Tiara, 5 yrs, Bst 41b
Lord Lincoln's Duplicity, 2 yrs, sst 91b .. (J. Daley) 3
The following also ran :—Dr. Nichol, Bentinck, Calliope
colt, Promotion, Everlasting, Tumult, and Sloth.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Bentiack, sto 2 agst Miss Julia, 4
to 1 agst Tiara, 10 to 1 agst any other, offered.
At the third attempt they got well away, Tiara and Miss
Julia were in front throughout, the top-weight winning an
exciting race by half a length; a head between the second
and third ; Everlasting and the favourite the next two.
The Racing Plate of 20 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 3
sovs each, for two-yr-olds, Est 111 b ; three. Bst 71b ; four,
9st 31b ; five and upwards, 9st 71b ; mares and geldings
allowed 31b ; the second to save his stake. The winner
to be sold for 60 sovs. One mile. 8 subs.
Mr. Barber's Rose, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 71b ...... (Parsons) I
Lord Westmoreland's Jessie Brown, 2 yrs (£3O), 6st 81b
(J. French) 2
Mr. M. Dawson' s Bourgeois, aged (£3O), BstBlb(Custance) 3

Ladybird and Yorkshire Miss also ran.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Bourgeois, 4to 1 each agst Jessie
Brown and Ladybird, 6 to 1 agst Rose.

Won by a head ;:same between the second and third, and
the third and fourth ; Yorkshire Miss was fifth, two lengths
off. The winner was bought in for 55 guineas.
The Abbey Handicap of 3 sous, with 20 added ; for three-
yr-olds and upwards. The second to save his stake.
Three-quarters of a mile. 15 subs.
Mr. T. Hughes's Juliet, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Bray) 1
Lord Chesterfield's Baron Munchausen, 3 yrs, Est
(Drewe) 2
Mr. Ilodgman's Fractious, aged, Est IMb.. (Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Oxford, Lustre, Lady Peel,
Millionaire, Remunerator, Diadem, and Gwellyan.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Fractious, 4to 1 each agst Baron
Munchausen and Juliet, 6 to 1 agst Lady Peel.
Juliet and Baron Munchausen made the running nearly
side by side to the distance, where the favourite made his
effort, but failed to get up, and Juliet won by a neck ; two
lengths between the second and third ; Remunerator was
fourth.

The Copeland Nursery, of 3 sous each, with 50 added;
the second to save his stake. One mile. 42 subs.
Mr. T. Dawson's Black Diamond, Est 51b : (W. Buck) I
Mr. Price's Biddy Nutts, 6st 61b ............ (French) 2
Mr. Ivey's Rosedale, sst 12113 ............... (Parsons) 3
The following also ran :—Recovery, Parasite, Orion,
Jacintha, Ringbone, Flirtation, Auricula, Sharpshooter,
Ancestor, and Brother to Riseber.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Rosedale, 4to 1 agst Black Diamond,
6 to 1 each agst Flirtation and Jacintha.
_ _

Jacintha led until they were half way up the straight,
when she gave way to Black Diamond, who won by half
a length ; two lengths between the second and third; Para-
site, Auricula, and Jacintha were next.

Hurdle Race of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweep.
stakes of 7 sovs each, 5 ft; the second to save his
stake. About two miles and a quarter, over eight
flights of hurdles.

Mr. Owen's Irish Emigrant, 4 yrs, 9st 61b (R. Sly, jun.) 1
Captain Christie's The Dane, 4 yrs, 105 t.... (W. White) 2
Mr. Lewis's Topsy, 6 yrs, 9st (W. Marson) 3
The following also ran :—Pactolus, Magenta, Estella,
Conductor, King William, Catherine, Lambtonian geld..
ing.

THE CENSUS OF 1861.

The Census will be taken by two distinct departments
under the powers conferred by this act of Parliament,
the one applying exclusively to Ireland, the other being
applicable to England, Wales, and Scotland; the islands
in the British Seas through the medium of the Home Office
and the English Central Office. The machinery by which
the objects will be obtained in England and Wales is based
upon the subdivision of the country, as introduced by the
Poor Law and Registration Acts. There are 624 registra-
tion districts, each having a superintendent registrar, which
districts will be divided into about 2,190 sub-districts, each
having a local registrar of births and deaths. These sub-
districts will be for the purposes of the Census again
divided into about 32,000 enumeration districts, each hav-
ing one enumerator, who will be required to complete
his enumeration in one day. Public institutions, such as
workhouses, prisons, asylums, hospitals, &c., containing
above 200 inmates will be visited by the Master, Gover-
nor, or head of the establishment, and those containing
less than 200 will be visited in the usual way by the enu-
merator. In this manner the whole surface of the country
will be divided into suitable districts. Provision will be
made for obtaining an account of all persons residing on
land, as well as of persons on board of vessels in harbours
and navigable rivers, through the ships of the Royal navy
and the Admiralty, and all other vessels through the offi-
cers of the Customs. The first proceeding of the enumera-
tors will be to deliver, in the course of the week preceding
the Ist of April, 1861, to every occupier of a house or tene-
ment a " householder's schedule." The schedule will be
the form which every occupier will be required to fill up
with correct particulars concerning the name, relation to
head of family, condition, sex, age, occupation, birthplace,
&c., of every person who abode and slept in the house en
the 31st of March, 1861, distinguishing how many of thesis
are blind or deaf and dumb. For the use of the poorer
native population of Wales a certain number will be
printed in the language of that country. On the Ist of
April, 1861, the enumerators will visit every dwelling-
house and collect the schedules which they had left. It
then will be their duty to see that the schedules have been
properly filled up, and to ascertain by inquiry that no per-
son who abode in the house on the previous night has
been omitted, and
processtlt noof perthsoen
enumerator
eraabtsoernt
being
included. The
completed by the collection of the schedules, the enu-
merator will then copy the same into a book, and make a
total of the number of persons, houses, &c., and then for-
ward them to the registrar by whom he was instructed. An
examination and revision of the documents will then be
made by the registrar, and subsequently by the superin-
tendent registrars, after which the returns will be trans-
mitted to the Census-office in London, there to undergo a
final revision. In Scotland the Census will be taken
through the agency of the sheriffs of counties, their depu-
ties, and the provosts, and other chief magistrates of
burghs, by whom the enumerators will be appointed. This
requires the service of about 1,000 dividers or superinten-
dents and of 8,000 enumerators, who proceed in the setae
manner as in England and Wales. In addition to this the
number of seamen abroad or at sea in her Majesty's service,
or in British merchant vessels, are obtained by the Regi-
stration-office of Merchant Seamen and the Admiralty ;
of the army, from the Commander-in-Chief, and the
Europeans in the East India Company's service ; and
of British subjects residing in various foreign
States, by the Foreign-office. Within three months after
the taking of de census all the householders' schedules,
amounting to between -1,000,000 and 5,000,000 distinct re-
turns, with the enumerators' books, will have been received
at the Census-office, and in June or July following a state-
ment of the gross population and number of houses, with
the distribution of the people, &c., will be communicated to
her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment, who will immediately give publicity to it. Some
faint idea of the labour that will be incurred in taking the
census of 1861 may be formed from the fact that in 1851
there were 30,610 enumerators, independent of the 2,190
local registrars and superintendent registrars employed in
the revision and examination of more than 20,000,000 ea-
tries, contained on upwards of 1,250,000 pages, and the
weight of the paper used by 1 he enumerators for schedules
and books in Great Britain exceeded 52 tons.

THE PERFECTION OF MECHANISM.—" In short, all the
improvements for our convenience and comfort, dating
from a state of barbarity to one of high civilisation, aro
but the cumulative results of inventive ingenuity; and in
no instance is this more clearly seen than is the history of
those beautiful inventions which hive from time to time
been brought to' bear upon the science of Horology. Trace
its history from the time of the Romans with their clep •
sydra or water-clock, and Alfred with his candles, from
hour-glasses and sun-dials, down to that miracle of inge-
nuity "The "Watch,' and see how improvement has suc•
ceeded improvement, until at last those now manufactured
by Benson, of Ludgate-hill, London, have been charac-
teristically described as, the perfection of mechanism.' "
—Standard. Bensons Illustrated Pamphlet, pest free
for two stamps, is descriptive of every construction of
watch now made. 'Watches safe by post to all parts of the
globe.