The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-14 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE

SOCIETY.
On Wednesday and Thursday evenings, the first
and second of a course of three lectures, on the
" Scientific Truths connected with Teetotalism," were
delivered by Dr. Carr, of Birmingham, in the large
room of the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street.
The first lecture was devoted to a description of the
structure and functions of the human frame, and
showing that the habitual use of alcoholic beverages
interfered with digestion, and, by destroying the
healthy action of the stomach, laid the foundation of
disease.
In the second lecture, Dr. Carr detailed the dis-
eases which were entirely produced by the use of
alcoholic drinks, and for which no remedy, apart from
the practice of total abstinence, would avail.
In the course of these lectures, the talented Doctor
did essential service to the cause of sanitary improve-
ment, by proving, from good authority, that in pre-
vious attacks of cholera and fever, in this and other
countries, cleanliness and temperance were the best
preventives from their attack.
Great praise is due to the committee of the Na-
tional Temperance Society for securing the valuable
services of Dr. Carr, at a time when the country is
threatened with cholera.
A numerous and respectable auditory testified their
approbation by repeated app!auso.

ASTLEY'S AMPIIITIMATES.—Last night was wha
is termed a juvenile night at this theatre, the pantomime
being played before the other entertainments of the
evening, for the purpose of affording an opportunity to
the young folks of seeing the tricks and gambols of the
motley artists at an hour earlier than that at which
little heads ought to be on their pillow. In consequence,
a great part of the audience consisted of men and women
in miniature, who seemed to enjoy the performances
with unmixed delight, clapping their little hands and
shouting with glee at the audacious thefts of the Clown,
the light-footed dancing of Caumbine, the cuffs and mis-
chances of the old Pantaloon, and the agile capering of
Harlequin. Nor were they less pleased with the eques-
trian teats in the circle, heartily applauding the perfor-
mances of the docile and gracetullyanaged horses,
applause in which the older portion of the audience cor-
dially joined. The house was well filled in every part.
POST-OPTICS ON SUNDAT.—The mayor of South-
ampton has received a communication from the Post-
master-General, in which his Lordship states that the
memorial sent by his Worship, on the part of the in-
habitants, for the closing of the post-office during the
greater part of Sunday, has been complied with.
SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, JAN. la.—The Penin-
sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship
Sultan, George Brooks commander, arrived on Wednes-
day evening from Constantinople, Trebizond, Smyrna,
Malta, and Gibraltar, bringing the Bombay mail and
ten passengers. The Sultan has on freight 41 packages
of specie, value 61,644/. sterling, 72 cases of opium, 12
packages of sponge,
cases of scamony, 49 cases of silk, 6
9 cases of otto of roses, 38 boxes of oranges, 182 bales
of goat's wool, 27 barrel' and 29 bags of yellow berries,
15 tubs of leeches, and 72 packages of sundries. At the
date of the Sultan's departure from Malta no additional
particulars bad been received relative to the loss of the
Avenger. The steamer dispatched by the Admiral to
Galita bad not returned to Malta. The Montrose, with
the Spanish and Portuguese mails, is due on the 15th.
3 he Jupiter will sail on the 17th for Lisbon, Cadiz, and
Gibraltar, and the Forth on the same day with West
India mails.
M. Her* formerly Deputy from the Gironde,
and conseiller at the Court of Causation, threw himself
on Tuesday out of a window on the third story of the
house in which he lived. This desperate act is said to
have been committed at the moment of the entrance of a
huissier, who came to make a levy upon his property
for a debt ineurted by some unfortunate speculations.--