The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-12 00:00:00

TEETOTAL DEMONSTRATIONS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Srn,—The following letter has been received by the
committee who conducted the above demonstrations,
and as a practical testimony that rational amusement
is perfectly compatible (if not greatly enhanced), by the
absence of all intoxicating beverages, we beg most re-
spectfully to solicit its insertion in an early number of
your valuable paper.
T. C. PREBBLE, Hon. Secretaries.
E. GRIFFITHS,
Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens, Aug. 7, 1851.
Sir,—lt gives me infinite pleasure to bear my
testimony to the conduct of the vast assemblage of
persons who thronged this establishment on Wed-
nesday las!. In the first place, I think I am
right in stating that so large an assemblage was
never before congregated in a place of amusement; but
this I am certainly right in, that a more orderly and
decorous one I never beheld. I did not hear of a rob-
bery or quarrel, or even anything that was unpleasant,
a profane word never reached my ear. Now, Sir, when
you take into account the vast number (nearly 25,000),
this will appear (as it certainly is) a most remarkable
event, and one which reflects the highest honour on the
cause you advocate, as well as the general public; for
bear in mind that at least 8,000 persons did not belong
to the Teetotal Society.
Sincerely congratulating you on the success of your
exertions, I am, Sir, your obedient servant.
W. TYLER, Proprietor.
To Mr. W. Tweedie.

ARCILIEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY AT GREAT YAR
stourn.—There is a tradition thut soon after the erection o
the fortifications at the south end of the town, near where
then stood the Blackfriars Priory, and adjoining one of the
towers, was the garden of a convent of nuns; that the Lady
Abbess while walking in this garden overheard four of the
monks talking, and one of them boasting of the familiarity
he had had with her; fearing that her reputation would be
destroyed, she determined to get rid of such dangerous wit-
nesses ; she therefore poisoned the wine they were drinking.
They were seated at a table in the room of the tower, which
is still standing; they all perished; and the tradition pro-
ceeds to state they fell from their seats in the form of a cross,
thus t, and as they fell, so they were buried. The tower
belongs to Mr. George Denby Palmer, who has hitherto been
decidedly opposed to any search being made. But a few
w eeks
since, when in company with some gentlemen, the
conversation turning on the subject of antiquities, Mr. Jay,
of the Market-row, mentioned the above tradition, and Mr.
Palmer gave Mr. J. H. Harrison, who rents part of the pre-
misei, and a Mr. Blythe, a conditional leave to examine the
tower ; Mr. Harrison proceeded to remove the soil from the
lower chamber or cell of the tower, and very shortly came to
the top of a stone coffin lying in the direction north and
south ; the foot of another was soon uncovered, lying in the
direction from south to north; while the foot of a third was
discovered at right angles; evidently proving that there are
four coffins lying foot to foot in the form of a cross. The
tops or lids are of Purbeck, with a double foliated cross, and
pediment of three steps.
To TELL THE NUMBER THAT ANY PERSON
SHALL
THINK OF, BE IT EVER So GEEAT.—Bid the Party double
the number which he has fixed on in his mind; which done,
bid him multiply the sum of them both by five, and give the
product (which he will never refuse to do, it being so far
above the number thought of), from which, if you -- cut off
-
the last figure of the product (which will arrays boa cypher),
the number left will be that first thought upon. As, for
example, let the number thought of be 26, which, doubled,
makes 52 ; that multiplied by 5, produces 260 ; then, if you
take away the cypher which is iu the last place, there will
remain 26, the number thought (A.—Family Economist...
The sentence on Henry Groom, convicted at the
late Norwich assizes of the murder of John Ayton, at Holk-
ham, will not be carried out until the 16th instant, Saturday
next. The convict has fully acknowledged his guilt. The
convict Mary Cage, who was found guilty of poisoning her
husband at Stoneham Apsal, will be executed on the same
day at Ipswich.
RESTORATION OF THE SEPARATE SEE OF GLOH"
CESTER. —The petition for this object has been forwarded to
the Home Secretary, for presentation to her Majesty. Ap-
pended to it are the names of no fewer that 169 of the paro-
chial clergy of the diocese of Gloucester, and 227 church-
wardens, besides which there are the signatures of a large
body of the nobility, magistrates, and resident gentry of the
county, making a total of more than 1,300 names. This
list might have been increased to a very large extent had
it been the desire of the promoters to display mere numbers;
they, however, confined the signatures to those only who
perfectly understood the object of the petition, and really
felt the necessity for its prayer being granted.— Gloucester
Journal.

The Law Amendment Society of Glasgow have
appointed a committee to consider the best mode of begin-
ning the preparation of a report on a general scheme of
amalgamation of English and Scotch law.
The late Dr. Lingard has left his valuable library
to St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw.—Lancaster Guardian.