The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-14 00:00:00

proposing three cheers for the Q;:een. Some two or
three parties at the back of the hall ti,,,.llipted an oppo-
sition, but they did not succeed in damping the sincerity
and loyalty of the meeting, and three hearty cheers were
given for the Queen. A cheer, as Mr. Sidney ,Smith
said, always did his heart good when he heard it. It
was a true British cheer, well worthy of the object.
The meeting then separated. The Chartists attempted
to frustrate Mr. Smith in his laudable endeavours, but
they were in a miserable minority.

SUPPRESSION of IN TEMPERANCE

Yesterday a festival and meeting of the City and North
of London Auxiliary for the Suppression of Intempe-
rance, took place at the Canonbury House, Islington.
The extensive pleasure-grounds attached to the esta-
blishment were opened to the company at two o'clock,
soon after which it was thronged by a number of re-
spectable-looking and well-dressed persons. Some of the
company betook themselves to cricket and other athletic
games, while the remainder either strolled through the
grounds, and adjourned to where there was an excellent
band of music in attendance, and tripped it merrily on
the green sward until the bell announced, at five o'clock,
that the tea and other refreshments were prepared fur the
numerous visitors.
Tea was laid in two large rooms communicating with
each other, and every arrangement denoted a strict at-
tendance to the wishes and convenience of those present.
As soon as the company had taken their seats, the
Right Hon. Earl Stanhope, who is President of the So-
ciety, entered and proceeded amidst loud cheering to the
top of the room, where he was handed to a seat by the
Stewards, and presided as Chairman.
After ample justice had been done to the mild beve-
rage which graced the table, and roll after roll, and
round after round had disappeared—[by.-the-bye the
waiters in attendance seemed stricken with something
approaching to awe at the abdominal calibre exhibited
by the Auxiliaries]—the company again returned to
the pleasure-grounds, and resumed their amusements.
The Noble Earl took his seat on a rustic chair at the
upper part of the field, attended by several gentlemen,
and seemed highly gratified with the joyous and animating
scene before him.

At seven o'clock all the party re-assembled in the
rooms where tea had been served, and the Noble Earl
again resumed his position as chairman.
After the Secretary had read letters from several
clergymen and gentlemen, apologising for their non-
attendance,
The Noble CHAIRMAN rose and said, he wished those
who brought the charge against teetotallers of being
melancholy and morose were present that clay to witness
what had passed, and they would find that tee-
totallers were able and willing to enjoy the plea-
sures of life better than others—better, he would
say, because they could not be debased by drunk-
enness, their health or mental capacities injured
by it, and they could not make themselves obnox-
ious to the company by those discords which too fre-
quently disgraced what are called convivial meetings,
even in high places. They were told, on high and holy
authority, that health is better than riches, and none dis-
pute the effect of temperance in preserving it = therefore
the improvement of health was in itself alone a sufficient
recommendation for inducing persons to join those So-
cieties. When he became a teetotaller himself he
strongly recommended others to do the same, because it
improved not only the health of the body, but also the
powers of the mind.—(Hear.) No man had a right
to enter into any inquiry relative to the private habits of
another ; but he should say of himself, that feeling this
to be a great moral reformation, of infinite importance
to the improvement of the people, he rejoiced to bear
his humble testimony to the beneficial effects of tempe-
rance upon both.—(Cheers.) If additional evidence were
wanting, he would appeal to the personal observation of
every one who heard him ; he would ask the inmates of
hospitals what brought them there ; he would seek the
cause of the majority of cases of insanity, and he would
find that they were to be primarily attributed to the
effects of intemperance. From these considerations,
they were bound to be not only temperate them-
selves, but, as far as their example and in-
fluence reached, to endeavour to promote tempe-
rance in others. He considered the spread of tempe-
rance amongst that class whose interests were the
greatest of all, and whose rights he would ever advocate
—lie meant the working men—to be of paramount im-
portance, not only to themselves, but to society in the
aggregate. What this class spent in strong drink ought
to be expended in increasing not only the quantity but
the quality of their food. He would appeal now to the
middle classes of society and tell them that what is annu-
ally expended in intoxicating liquors is equal to, if not
greater than, the whole sum which is collected for
the public revenue yearly. He would suppose the case
of a man who did not consider himself intemperate,
but who drank half a bottle of wine every day (and this
was by no means an unusual quantity); that might pro-
duce no visible effect upon him, but his annual expendi-
ture for wine would amount to 451. In all cases of ex-
penditure, the first question should be, can we afford
certain items, and, if we can, the next should be, could
we not turn them to better purposes. If this expenditure
were for an actual gratification, some excuse might pre-
sent itself, but it arose merely from habit, and that a
habit which is more or less injurious to health,
and lays the foundation of intemperance, which
shortened life, and prevented people from enjoy-
ing it, and prevented persons from making the full
use of their mental faculties. There were many who
said they would drink without being intoxicated. To
those he would say " Beware, lest you fall," for there
was no certain medium point between intemperance and
total abstinence. The Noble Earl then contrasted the
superior physical powers of the Mahometans to those of
Europeans, which he attributed to the abstinence from
wine enacted by their religion, and continued, that he
knew a gentleman who, determining to be very temperate,
ordered his servant to bring only a certain quantity of
brandy mixed with water daily, but his palate be-
coming gradually more accustomed to it and requir-
ing stronger stimulants, he went on desiring the
servant to increase the quantity of brandy and decrease
the water, until at last, one day, upon giving the usual
order to the servant, he was told it was impossible to
decrease the water further, as he had just got the brandy
as it came from the rectifier's.—(Laughter.) It was thus
that habits of imtemperance grew imperceptibly. After
some further observations the Noble Earl concluded an
able and eloquent address amidst loud cheering.
Mr. BUCKINGHAM, the well-known temperance dele-
gate, addressed a long and eloquent speech to the meet-
ing, which we regret space only permits us to give an
abridgment. In alluding to the statement in the
speech of the Noble Chairman, that as much
was spent on intoxicating liquors as equalled the amount
of public revenue, he said, if there was one thing more
than another in which Great Britain was more proudly
pre-eminent amongst other nations of the earth,
it was for her public charities ; yet statistics proved,
beyond doubt, that the income of them did not
amount to more than one million—one-fifth of the
amount spent upon intoxicating liquors. (Hear,
hear.) Mr. Buckingham concluded by saying, the meet-
ing ought to be proud of the Nobleman who honoured
them by taking the chair that night. Ile was the
friend of the poor man as well as the Peer, or of the
magnates of the land. He therefore felt proud in pro-
posing a vote of thanks to their Noble Chairman.
Earl STANHOPE having returned thanks, and several
other gentlemen having addressed the meeting, it sepa-
.ted.

TRICKS OF THE TORY JUDGES.—The Cambridge In-
dependent Press announces that the Duke of Manchester
Lord Lieutenant of 'the county of Huntingdon, has re-
signed, and Chat the Earl of Sandwich has been
appointed in his stead. During the next few weeks
there will, no doubt, be many other resignations, of
which this is merely the forerunner. It is further
stated that at least four Irish Judges, one Scotch Judge,
and one English Judge are all ready to resign, though
they have been for many months—some of them for
years—sensible that they had become inadequate to per-
form the duties of their office, but they would not resign
while the Whigs were in office, because they would with-
hold from the Whigs the power of appointing their suc-
cessors. Now the Tories are installed, they will resign.
These worthy men, then, hold office after they are worn
out, with a view of serving a party. They wish, in fact,
to appoint their successors. With all due respect to
those learned men, we are of opinion that this is a most
depraved ambition, and that their conduct deserves the
severest reprobation.

"CHEAP FOOD MEANS LOW WAGES."—The
Air and Calder Company have just reduced the wages
of their boatmen one-fourth ; and this at a time when
bread is almost at a famine price. Here we have another
practical refutation of the miserable Tory sophistry, that
high-priced food means high wages. Be it remembered
that this reduction in wages is effected by a company
whose wealth knows no bounds. Would, or dare they,
have attempted such a step, bad food been cheap and
trade brisk ? Answer, ye blue- smock'd slaves, who to a
man do the tyrant Company's bidding at the Municipal
Elections. Would ye not have spurned the tyrants, and
sought and found another market for your labour? When
will the working man open his eyes ? Here we have
disgusting exhibition of a Company actually wallow-
and whose shares are paying
more thanloo
cent, interest ; the first to take advantage of the
net A grind down the wages of the poor !—Leeds
I times, 411—
in wealth,
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Times. ING SYSTEM.—Captain Ma
4. of Norfolk Island, c.
onochi, Superintendence THE 5001.5
has lately
`l,e 1 850 doubly
made an experiment upon. ~... f_ . and trebly
convicted felons there, which is v,,? n
rt the attention of
the advocates of the silent and
.separate. systems at
home. On the occasion of her MNesty s butiiday, the
Captain ordered fresh pork to be issued, Instead of salt
meat, rum and sugar to make ac'sunch, a play to be acted by
the convicts (whether the Begg Opera or Jack S.Sheppard
is not said), and fireworks to be let off at
at night.. In
the morning, the whole 1,850 men played cricket,
and other games; at dinner, every man had a bumper of
punch to drink the Queen's health, after which the air
was r,:nt by three tremendous shouts, Captain Moco-
nochie standing by and seeing every glass served out.
The men then resumed their sports, and in due time the
play was acted in the large mess-room. At eight, every
man retired peaceably to the barracks. Not a single in-
stance of tumult, disorder, or accident occurred during
the da nor was a single man in confinement that evening
or nexty, day. It may be thought that Captain Maco-
noclue had gone too far ; that he was incurring a
most tremendous risk by letting loose 1,850 felons in a
small secluded island, with the very trifling means he
possessed of resistance ; but he had exacted from thorn
on the previous day a pledge that decorum should be
preserved ; and that every man at eight o'clock, when
the bugle sounded, would retire to his quarters. He had
told
.them solemnly, that on redeeming their pledge his
future confidence and their welfare would depend ; and
lie had a full reliance that an indulgence never before
granted on the island would not be abused. The event
proved that he was not deceived.--Quarterly Review,