The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-10 00:00:00

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TEETOALISM.-Beer, ;its, wine, rum, brandy,
and all other liquors that have the power to inebriate,
turn society topsy-turvy_topside t'other way.)—They
give self-complacent smiles to him who ought to be
stung with remorse ; . they place, in the seat of the
scorner, him that should return into the path of duty
with penitential tears. They cause the shallow-patcd
man, with two ideas, to deliver himself like an oracle.
They add insolence to rags ; and the conceit of pride
to a filthy person, and to beastly habits. They fill the
citizen--the husband-L-and the .father with selfishness.
LA wife anal children perish ! what cares he ? Another
glass I another pint ! He is his own centre and cir-
cumference ; he neither fears God, nor regards men ;
and when he has no money left, he will demand of the
parish his pay, as his right !—a right to he maintained
on the soil on which he was born ! When he has no
garment left to hide his nakedness, he will bring his
wreck of a carcase into the Board-room ; will weep
tears of gin, or swear oaths with the breath of strong
beer !

We have the pleasure to announce the arrival in
London, after an absence of twelve years from Europe,
of Mr. Robert Schomburgh, who, during the last four
years has been engaged exploring in the colony of Bri-
tish Guiana, under the auspices of the Geographical
Society ; in the course of which time he has twice us
cended the Essequibo, and explored that river to its
sources, about 40 miles north of the Equator ; he hae
also examined the Berbice and Corentyn rivers, in tk,e
former of which Mr. Schomburgh discovered the keauti-
ful water-lily now known by the name of *Victoria
Regina. During his last journey, on whil;11 he was
absent about two years in the interior, the traveller
crossed the frontier to Fort San Jexquitn in the Bra-
zils,
atA ascended the Carman tot,untains ; thence re-
turning to Pirara, he journeyed 11 the north-west direction
to Roraima, a remarkably flat-topped sandstone mounta:n.
rixinv 7,000 feet above the sea ; and by a westerly course
to Esmeralda, on the (,rinoco, thereby connecting-Lis la-
bours with thoseof jtaron Humboldt in the year 1800, and
materially chang;.ne the position of the sources of that river
as, laid down sua all our maps. Thence dCscending by,
the 'natural canal of the Cassiquiarc to San Carlos, he
cinbarked on the Rio Negro, and followed its downward
course as far as 11oura, from which place be ascended
the Rio Branco to San Joaquim ; thus completing
part of which
of ,000 miles, a great circle of upwards
was through a country hitherto almost unknown. In
the course of this journey Mr. Schomburgh collected
many rare le eiimens in natural history, among others
the
sudis ems, one of the largest fresh-water fish,
besides several other kinds which will probably be new
to ichthyologists ; in birds, the Helmeted Chatterer,
the Cock of the Reck, &c. ; a large collection of in-
sects,
and numerous plants froli the Rio Negro and
the mountainous region of Roraima. Mr. Schom-
burgh is accompanied by three Indians of different
tribes, from the interior, and has brought specimens of
their arms, implements, and utensils.—Athenerum.