The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-05 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—At a meeting of the Ethnological Society
on Tuesday last, owing to a gross personal at-
tack on me by an individual present, apparently
one of those who have for a month past inces-
santly persecuted me by casting doubt upon my
veracity, I deeply regret that, in a moment of great
irritation, I was guilty of conduct most unbecoming,
which is peculiarly contrary to the usages of society,
and which I was never before guilty of.
I hope, therefore, you will allow me, through the
columns of your widely-circulated paper, to express
my deep and sincere apology for what occurred.
I have also felt myself bound to apologise to the
members of the Ethnological Society through their
President.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant,
129, Mount-street. T. B. CHAILLU.

REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO OSBORNE.—Yes-
terday afternoon her Majesty, his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, and the royal family, accompanied by the
Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal),
attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, arrived
by special train on the South-Western line at the Royal
Clarence-yard, Uosport, en route for Osborne. Her Majesty
and the royal party immediately embarked on board the
royal screw yacht Fairy, Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, and
left for Osborne, under the usual loyal demonstrations from
the men-of-war and batteries of the fortifications. As the
Fairy steamed out of the harbour at 5 30 p.m. a strong
southerly gale was blowing, and as she crossed Spithead
she rolled heavily, and storm trysails were set to steady her.
The gale had been blowing, accompanied by incessant rain,
from 11 a.m., and one of Negretti and Zambra's sea-coast
barometers had fallen to 29 35. Shortly after her Majesty
had crossed to Osborne the rain ceased, and the wind,
veering round to west, became more moderate.
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VISIT OF lIER MAJESTY TO IRELAND.—We under-
stand it is the intention of her Majesty the Queen to visit
Ireland towards the latter end of August. Her Majesty
will remain four or five days at the Viceregal Lodge, in the
Phoenix-park, and will probably visit the camp at the Cur-
ragh of Kildare ; thence she will make an excursion to the
Lakes of Killarney. Her Majesty's visit being of a private
character, as was the case in 1853, no public receptions or
ceremonies are contemplated.

HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.—•To-morrow, being
the day appointed for the celebration of the forty-second
birthday of her Most Gracious Majesty, business will be
wholly suspended at the Customs, the Excise, the various
docks and bonded warehouses, the Bank, the Admiralty,
Horse Guards, Ordnance-office, and Somerset-house, and
partially at the Post-office. An inspection of the House-
hold Brigade of infantry will take place at 10 o'clock, on
the Parade in James's-park, by his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge.

According to advises from all parts of France, it
appears certain that the harvest this year will be three
weeks earlier than last year.
THE LOSS OF LIFE AT THE GREAT FlRE.—There
is believed to be too much truth in the rumour of a large
loss of life having taken place during the calamitous fire at
Cotton's-wharf, on the night of Saturday and the morning
of Sunday week, as since then numerous applications have
been made (the majority of them by females who have lost
their husbands) at the police stations in the district of
Southwark Police-court, for their missing relatives. Some
bodies have been found in the river, and a description of the
dress of the persons found has been posted at the doors of
the police stations, which has led to their being discovered
by their friends. A few days ago the body of a well-dressed
man was found near St. Saviour's Church. He had on a
black frock coat, a silk vest, &c. He was about 5 ft. 5 in.
high, and about 50 years of age. The bodies lie at the
dead house of St. Saviours Church.

THE WAKEFIELD PROSECUTIONS FOR BRIBERY.
—We are informed that, at the forthcoming assizes at
York (which will open on the 9th inst.). indictments for
misdemeanour will be preferred by the Crown against Mr.
Mr. John Dodgson Charlesworth, the late Conservative
candidate for Wakefield, and Archibald Crowther, one of
Mr. Charlesworth's supporters. It is understood that Mr.
John Barff Charlesworth, the cousin of the candidate, and
who was put upon his trial at the last assizes, will not be
again indicted; but Mr. J. L. Fernandes, now suffering
imprisonment for contempt of court, will be brought up
by habeas corpus, to give evidence against the candidate.
The causes will be heard before lir. Baron Martin,
and probably in the second week of th 3 commission. The
counsel for the prosecution are the Attorney-General, Mr.
Overend, Q.C., Mr. Monk, Q.C., Mr. Cleasby, Q.C., and
Mr. West.—Manchester Guardian.
DURHAM ELECTION.—The writ was received in
Durham on Wednesday morning, and was proclaimed at 2
o'clock in the afternoon. As three clear days must inter-
vene between the proclamation of the writ and the election,
the nomination will consequently not take place until Mon-
day. Sir W. Atherton is not expected to arrive in Durham
until Friday, and will probably address the electors on that
evening. Strenuous efforts are being made by one or two
individuals to get up an opposition to the return of Sir W.
Atherton, but they are not countenanced in their endeavours
by any considerable section of the conservative party. They
have given it out that they are in correspondence with Lord
Loughborough, a son of Lord Rosslyn, to allow himself to
be put in nomination. A requisition is said to have been
sent round, but it has failed to receive the sanction of any
influential members of the party, who have declined to com-
mit themselves to any such ill-considered proceeding. The
matter is therefore likely to fall to the ground.—Newcastle
Chronicle.

REPRESENTATION OF RTCHMOND.—Mr. Roun dell
Palmer, Q.C., who has been appointed to the office of Soli-
citor-General, will, it is understood, become a candidate for
the representation of Richmond, Yorkshire, which is vacant
by the resignation of Mr. Henry Rich. The borough is a
very small one, having less than 250 registered electors, and
a contest is unknown there. A writ for an election in the
borough was ordered last night, and by Tuesday or Wed-
nesday next the new Solicitor-General will in all probabi-
lity have taken his seat as member for Richmond.
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.—A
meeting of this institution was held yesterday, at its house,
John-street, Adelphi—Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P.,
in the chair. Mr. Lewis, the secretary, read the minutes of
the pretrious meeting. A reward of £l2 was voted to the
crew of the institution's lifeboat stationed at Arklow, on the
Irish coast, for putting off with the view of rendering assist-
ance to a ship which was seen on the 12th ult. in distress on
Arklow Bank, which is nine miles off the land. Before the
lifeboat reached the bank the ship had got off and proceeded
on her voyage. Rewards amounting to £ll 17s. were also
voted to pay the expenses of the society's lifeboats stationed
at Carmarthen Bay and North Dundrum Bay, for going off
with the intention of succouring vessels in distress, which,
however, did not ultimately require the service of the life-
boats. The silver medal of the institution was voted to Mr.
Henry Puxley, of Dunboy Castle, for swimming off, and
afterwards saving at considerable risk of life, by means of
a small boat, four persons who bad been capsized from their
boats during stormy weather off Berehaven, on the coast
of Cork, on the 7th ult. A reward of £2 was also voted to
two fishermen for saving three persons whose boat had
capsized and sunk near Carrickfergus during a gale of wind
on the night of the 15th ult. The three men were found
clinging to the boat's mast, which was only a foot above
the water. It was reported at the meeting that the institu-
tion had during the past month sent a new lifeboat and
transporting carriage to Campbeltown, on the west coast of
Scotland, and that Lady Murray, widow of the late Lord
Justice Murray, had defrayed the whole cost of the estab-
lishment, being nearly £5OO, in memory of his lordship.
The institution had also lifeboats and transporting carriages
nearly ready to be sent to St. Ive's, Cornwall; Aberystwith
and Llanddywyn,in Wales ; Scarborough, and Tynemouth.
A new lifeboat was ordered to be built for Kirkcudbright,
the expense of which, together with a transporting carriage,
had been presented by a benevolent gentleman resident in
Manchester. Lord Selkirk had liberally promised to
build a house for them. The institution also decided
on receiving :the Guernsey lifeboat station into con-
nexion with it', and on completely renovating the establish-
ment. A new lifeboat and transporting carriage for Jersey
were also ordered to be built, the expense of which was to
be defrayed by the States of that island. It was reported
that the Spanith Government had recently ordered Messrs.
Forrest, of Limehouse, to build six powerful lifeboats on
the plan of the institution, to be stationed on dangerous
points of the Spanish coast. It was stated that some
friends of the society at Ipswich were making arrangem, nts
with tho ministers of all denominations in that town to

preach sermons in their several places of worship on a given
Sunday in aid of the important and national objects of the
Lifeboat Institution. It was also reported that the late Mr.
Thornvs Fisher Remington, of Uplyme, Devon, had left a
legacy of £lOO, free of duty, to the Lyme Regis branch of
the institution. Payments amounting to £6OO having been
made for various lifeboat establishments, the proceedings
closed.

THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND THE BIG DRUM.
—Some few years ago the big drummer of an irre-
gular native regiment was taken ill upon the line
of march, and it became necessary either to abandon
the big drum, or to find some unusual means for its
conveyance. The latter alternative was adopted, Here was
one of those innumerable contingencies which, not having
been provided for by a general order, could only be settled
(as it was, after some twelve months' correspondence) by the
appearance of a paragraph in general orders, announcing
that " The Right Honourable the Governor General of
India in Council had been pleased to sanction the payment
of three annas (fourpence-
halfpenny) for the conveyance of
4 big 411.1111 from Deyrab to itajpore,"