The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-20 00:00:00

ABSTINENCE FROM SPIRITUOUS

LIQUORS.

A meeting of the Friends of Temperance, or, in other
words, of a total abstinence from the use of spirituous
liquors, except medicinally, was held last night at the British
and Foreign School-room, Marlborough-street, Yew-cut.
APSLEV PELLATT, Esq. having been called to the chair,
Mr. CARR then presented himi•elf, and began a speech
of considerable length, by congratulating the friends of the
Society on the circumstance, that the Press of this country
is beginning to do what has been long done by the
periodical journals of America--viz., to advocate the prin-
ciples of Temperance Societies. In the New World several
papers were entirely devoted to the illustration and support
of these principles. Mr. Carr then contended, with much
power and effect, that nothing less than total abstinence
from ardent spirits by individuals, would secure the object
contemplated by the friends of the Institution. One per-
son, whom he knew, had commenced the moderation plan,
and from drinking moderately, he proceeded to drink
immoderately, and became a confirmed drunkard. Such
was the result of moderation in liquor. Mr. Carr
then referred to the benefits of abstinence. One per.
son had remarked that he could no longer afford to
drink water. " Why," said his friend, " surely water
cannot be a very costly beverage ?" " No," replied
the individual, " but it has given me such an appe•
tite that I cannot afford to drink it longer." Mr.
Carr then read a letter just received from the foreman of
a factory in Birmingham, which stated that the men under
his care had been i❑ a wretched predicament, although
they were receiving good wages, until they saw a paper
which set forth that two glasses of gin per diem, at Id.
per glass, will cost 4/. I Is. per year, a sum which will
purchase two shirts, two pairs of hose, two pairs of shoes,
a fustian jacket, a waistcoat, pair of trousers, garment,
cap, flannel waistcoat, a coarse cloth cloak, neckcloth, two
pairs of cotton sheets, and two large blankets. At the
time this paper was put into their hands by a member of
the Temperance Society, he (the foreman) was in the
habit of paying for them from 20s. to 40s. per week to
the landlord of a public-house which they frequented, and
at which each man expended from 3s. to 61. per week, in
spirits for the morning, and ale for the evening. Since
this circumstance occurred, the men had drank tea and
coffee, spent their evenings at home, and enjoyed greatly-
improved health, and in exchange for ardent spirits, a
much greater flaw of natural spirits. One of the men,
who, before he joined the Temperance Society, was
" destitute of every comfort," had recently sold a fat pig of
30 stone, and now possessed another nearly as large, and
six smaller ones. Nine months ago this individual was
unable to support his wife and family.
Mr. M‘Dolint.n next addressed the meeting, and stated,
amongst other important facts, that in a prison in the
county of Wexford, which, in an official capacity, he vi-
sited for seven years, he had observed that persons addicted
to drinking, on being brought into the prison, were com-
pelled to abandon their practice of consuming ardent spi-
rits; and from that period they were seen to improve in
their health and external appearance. In one instance, a
ruffian who had been the terror of society was so com-
pletely changed in his condition that he could scarcely be
identified by those who before knew him.

Mr. BROWN having been called upon by the CHAIRMAN;
briefly addressed the Assembly.—After which it dispersed.

The Rev. JOHN HARTLEY, Who has tra-
velled as a Missionary in Greece, records in his journal
the following interesting Scriptural illustration :—" Hav-
ing bad my attention directed last night to the words
(John x. 3)—The sheep hear his voice, and be calleth his
own sheep by name, &c., I asked my man if it was usual
in Greece to give names to sheep. He informed me that
it was, and that the sheep obeyed the shepherd when he
called them by their names. This morning I bad an op-
portunity of verifying the truth of this remark. Passing
by a flock of sheep, I asked the shepherd the same question
which I put to my servant, and he gave me the same
answer. I then bade him to call one of his sheep. He
did so, and it instantly left its pasturage and its compa-
nions, and ran up to the hand of the shepherd, with signs
of pleasure, and with a prompt obedience, which I had
never before observed in any other animal. It is also
true of the sheep in this country, that a stranger will they
not follow, but will flee from him ; for they know not the
voice of the strangers. The shepherd told me that many
of his sheep are still wild; that they had not yet learned
their names, but that by teaching they would all learn
them. Ti,e others which knew their names he called
tame."—Penny Magazine.
Count DURNHO!F could not arrive at the
Hague till Friday, consequently he cannot return to Lon.
don before Sunday. His voyage to Toplitz, which is two days'
Journey from Berlin, and the necessity of remaining there
two days, to give the King of PlaussiA time for delibera-
tion, will delay his trip six days beyond the time originally
calculated upon, and before his return nothing definitive
will be determined on by our Government, Prussia having
been appointed the arbitrator by all the Powers which are
parties to the Conference. In the mean time we can as-
sure our readers, from good authority, that the Conference,
with the concurrence of the British and French Govern-
ments, have sent a courier to the Hague, to inform his
Dutch Majesty, that in case he should, in his present
irritation and acerbity of mind, presume to bombard and
burn the town of Antwerp, as he might do whilst occu-
pying the citadel, he shall build it up again at his own
expense, and likewise that he shall pay every farthing of
the expense and charges of the English and French squad-
rons, from the day they sail to the Scheldt, which money
is to be deducted from the principal of the Belgian share of
the Dutch debt, the interest of which amounts yearly to
700,000 florins. His Dutch Majesty being thus com-
pletely in the hands of the Conference, and liable to be
made pay for any Royal freaks or wanton injury he may
occasion, this is thought likely to operate as a salutary
check on the ultra-legitimate whims King WILLIAM I.
might otherwise indulge in.
On the marriage of Mr. MERRY to Miss
WISE :-.-

" One wedding delighted all ears and eyes,
" The lady was beautiful, very !
" And yet 'twas a pity she ceas'd to be Wise,
" The instant that he made her Merry."
—Penny Trumpet.
We are requested, on the part of the Society
for the Suppression of Juvenile Vagra❑cy, to state that the
report of his MAJESTY having conse❑ted to patronise the
institution, was an error, Court etiquette requiring that it
should first be recommended to him by his Ministers.
There is every reason to hope, however, that, with or
without distinguished patro❑age, the institution is likely
to work its way into public favour by the force of its
own claims,

Gentlemen,—l received with the greatest pleasure the
address in which you express the sentiments of your nation
with regard to the election of my well-beloved son, Princo
Otho of Bavaria, to the throne of the country of Man-
acles and Pericles. I appreciate in their true value the
generous vows of a people whom misfortune has taught
their true interests, and I recognize in the steps taken
by their representatives the will of the Most High, who,
in his mercy, has deigned to put a period to the ills of
Greece The will of Divine Providence will be at length
accomplished. The Prince of my blood appars to be
destined to bring peace and happiness to Greece. Equally
with yourselves, I thank God for this great tiletoing.
Your new King will soon be amongst you—his arrival
in Greece will be preceded by the men chosen by myself,
and who, during his minority, will form a Council of
Regency. They, as well as my son, are filled with the
sentiments with which my heart beats for the happiness of
your country.

Give him your confidence—hy so doing you will ensure
yourselves the happy result which his presence amongst
you must produce. This result ought to be the object and
the aim of all good citizens.
I pray, Gentlemen of the Senate, that God may keep
you under his holy protection.
(Signed)
Munich, the 22d July, 1832.

LOUIS.

. .
Custsxxx, Tuesda i enng.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the
Princess Victoria, attended by Sir John Conroy, Lady Ca-
therine Jenkinson, and suite, took leave of the hospitable
mansion of Plasnewydd, and bade adieu to the principality,
for the present, on Monday morning, on their progress to
Claremont, where they are expected to arrive about the
latter end of the month. The Royal visiters carry with
them the best wishes of the inhabitants of Gwynedd for
! their future health and happiness ; and leave behind them
a grateful recollection of their munificent bounty to the
different local charities, and an affectionate remembrance of
the condescension and affability that invariably mark.d
their intercourse with the people.
Having consented to honour our noble neighbour the
Marquis of Westminster with their company for a few
days at Eaton-hall, the necessary preparations were made
to receive the Royal visiters with the honour befitting their
high rank and station, and to entertain them during their
stay with that splendid hospitality for which this princely
mansion is so justly celebrated. The Royal cortege ap.'
proached through the long avenue, and advanced into the
lawn, amid the salute of the cavalry, and the enthusiastic
plaudits of a multitude of the tenantry and the inhabitanta
of the surrounding villages, who assembled on the occasion.
The noble host and hostess met the Royal visiters at the
p ‘rtai s the military band struck up " God save the
fling'' ac Oil alighted from the carriages, and the Royal
Standard of England was hoisted at the top of the man-
sion, in the room of the Union Jack, which usually floats
in the breeze during the residence of the family at E done
The weather, which had hitherto during the day been
rather unpromising, now became o'creavt and lowering ;
the rain fell in torrents, and continued with little inter-
niis4nn until nearly midnight.
A select party of 18 sat down to dinner at 7 o'clock in
the principal salle a manger, in which the table was laid
in a style of more than eastern magnificence, of which
any attempt at description would fall far short of the
reality. The party consisted of her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, Lady Catherine Jenkinson, and Sir John
Conroy, Lord Bagot, the Hon. Mr. Blot, Mr. and
Mrs. Newton Lane, and the Hon. Miss Bagot, Sir Philip
and Lady Grey Egerton, Mr. G. Brooke, and the Revd
Mr. Ayckbowm. The members of the family present
were—the Marquis and Marchioness, the Countess of
Wilton, Earl and Countess Grosvenor, and Lord Robert
Grosvenor. Lady Robert, although doing extremely well
since her recent crecoucliement, was still not well enough
to be present at dinner this day. The young Prin-
cess was too much fatigued by her journey to join the
dinner party, and she therefore dined in a separate apart-
ment with the Baroness Lehzn.

On Tuesday morning addresses were presented by the
Corporation of Chester, and from the inhabitants at large.
Her Royal Highness, in a clear and distinct tone of
voice, and with less of a foreign accent than might be ex-
pected, delivered the following answer :
" Mr. Mayor and Genthmen,—The Pt incess and my-
self are exceedingly sensible of the attention that leads you
to come here, to convey to us, with so much good feeling,
your congratulstions on our arrival in the vicinity of your
ancient city. It shows your loyal attachment to the King,
receiving us, as members of his family, in this manner.
" We hope to be able to visit your ancient city to-
morrow. lam naturally anxious to seize every opportu-
nity to bring under the Princess's observation those things
that may tend to make her acquainted with all that is in-
teresting—your city is peculiarly so,—and to connect her
with the country, by mixing with all classes in it, so as to
identify herself with their interests."