The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.
MALTA, OCT. 16.—The Mediterranean squadron,
which has been cruising for the last five or six weeks
to the westward and northward of the station, has just
been heard of by the arrival of the Scourge steam-
sloop, Commander Lord F. Kerr, with invalids.
Early last month the Admiral, in his flag-ship Queen,
110, Captain 'Wise, joined the other line-of-battle
ships, with Hogue, 56, screw-ship, Captain Macdou-
gall, in company ; orders having been given to try
the rate ()Nailing and the steaming merits of the latter
ship. Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baynes, C. 8., re-
turned to this port, as we have before stated, and the
squadron, consisting of Queen, Caledonia, 120, Capt.
Carter; Powerful, 84, Captain Hon. R. S. Dundas,
C. 8.; Superb, 80, Captain Purcell; Ganges, 84,
Captain Smith ; La Hogue ; Terrible, 21, steam-
frigate, Captain Hope, C.B ; Firebrand, 6, steam-
frigate, Captain Knox, joined in a few days after-
wards by the Scourge, went on their cruise. The
results, we understand, have, on the whole, been
favourable to La Hogue. She sails well under
canvas only, though in the trials she beat neither
of the line-of-battle ships, except Caledonia. Under
sail and steam power, in a smart breeze and
heavy sea, she was little inferior to Ganges and
Powerful. The former ship (Ganges) is said t4be
the best sailer of the squadron; but we believe
there is little difference between her and the Powerful.
Queen and Superb have quite lost their sailing cha-
racters in these trials against them. On one occasion
we understand La Hogue had some trouble with the
apparatus for lifting the screw, otherwise her ma-
chinery served herin good stead ; and in towing
Queen against Firebrand, with Caledonia in tow, she
went ahead rapidly. La Hogue left the squadron in
Cagliari (Sardinia) harbour, for England.
The squadron is represented to be no w very healthy;
the Queen, since she left Malta, had more than a
hundred cases of cholera, and lost thirty men. The
steamers have gone into several ports of Sardinia,
Majorca, and Minorca, in strict quarantine, for a few
hours at a time, and at Palma, Minorca, obtained
refreshments for the ships; the cruise has been chiefly
off the before-mentioned islands, and when the
Scourge left the fleet it was in Mahon harbour under
quarantine for ten days, having anchored, on the 9th
instant, for the first time since it quitted Malta.
We regret to hear that we are not likely to wel-
come the return of the fleet to this port for several
weeks—a matter of great consequence to our retail
trade, at present suffering much from depression.
Rear-Admiral Moresby, C. 8., the new Commander-
in• Chief for the Pacific, returned to Devonport from
leave of absence on Saturday evening, and rehoisted
his flag (blue at the mizen), on board the Portland,
50, Captain Chads, on Sunday morning.
PonrssiouTn, MONDAY.—The Hecate steam; sloop,
Commander G. S. Hand, was paid advance to--day,
and will, it is reported, proceed to Woolwich on
Thursday, to be in readiness to tow the Brisk (about
to be launched) to Greenock, where the latter is to be
fitted with engines by Sinclair and Co. The Hecate
went to Spithead this afternoon.
The Britannia, 120, Captain Yates, was paid wages
to-day.
The Bloodhound steam-vessel has had her bottom
coated over with composition to preserve it from ad-
hesive substances, &c.
The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Warden,
is going into dock to have an additional false keel
added abaft, being found to fly up in the wind's eye,
and unable to carry sail abaft. She is inadequately
manned, and ought to have at least an additional fifty
to her present complement. Her armament is also to
be increased in weight and number of guns.
ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY.—We regret to' an-
nounce the death of Captain Henry, of the above dis•
tinguished arm, which took place on Saturday, at
Bat 1, whither he had lately retired on Admiralty
leave to recruit his health. He served at the capture
of Anhalt, May, 1809 ; at Fort Mobile, 1815 ; the
victory of Algiers, August, 1816 ; and was frequently
engaged with boats in the Baltic, and with the
American troops in the Floridas. By his death First
Lieutenant Henry Edward Dolacombe, of the 'Wool-
wich division, attains the rank of Captain ; and Se-
cond Lieutenant George Le Hardy Burlton, of the
Portsmouth division, becomes First Lieutenant.
PLYMOUTH, MONDAY.—Her Majesty's ship Bel-
lerophon, Captain Baynes, from Gibraltar, hove in
sight outside Penlee Point at nine o'clock this morn-
ing. The weather is very thick, and there is no wind,
so that she will not probably get to her moorings be-
fore eleven o'clock.
The Shannon, merchant steam-vessel, from London,
was off the Start Point at half-past ten o'clock last
night, when she saw a large man-of-war showing two
lights, with her head to windward. In consequence
of the fog the steamer did not reach this port until
eight o'clock this morning.
The crew of her Majesty's ship Portland bent sails
on Friday. She will probably go out of harbour to-
day.
Letters dated Mahon Bay, October 16, have been
received from her Majesty's ship Caledonia; crew
healthy ; fleet continued there ; fresh meat, 9d. per
pound; eggs, ls. 6d. per dozen.

The merchant ship Queen Victoria, Captain N,kon,
which left Quebec on the 20th of September, arthed
here last night. On the banks of Newfoundland, .on
the Ist of October, lat. 43 N., long. 49 30 W., 'pissed'
the water-logged ship Douglas, totally Abandoned;
and 30 miles N.N.W. of Scilly, on the 25th instant,
saw a schooner of about 100 tons register, bottom up ;
had previously passed a quantity of %%reek, including
a chair, a chest of drawers, and a sack of flour, sup
posed to have belonged to the schooner.

-COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, OCT. 28.
The Queen and Prince took their accustomed early
walk this morning in o.,borne Park.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the younger members of the
Royal family, walked and rode as usual.
Sir James Clerk left Osborne early this morning
for London.

Mr. Abbott Lawrence, the American Minister, had
an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-
office.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
offlut from the Governors of the North American
Colonies.

SIR EDWARD BULWEIt LYTTON.

Our readers will share in the cordial satisfaction
with which we publish the &flowing letter. We con-
cur in Sir Edward Lytten's opinion both of the ave-
rage quality of talk and of the rumour in question
(seeing it is, happily, without foundatitln) ; yet we
think the public will hardly regret any circumstance
which may elicit even half-a-dor.,.m lines from the
author of the " Last of the Barons :"
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—A paragraph has appeared hi The Sun, co-
pied from a provincial paper, stating a rumour to the
effect "that I have lost the use of both my ears, and
have been in a very desponding way ever since."
Permit me to inform you that I have as much the
use of my ears as ever I had ; and, if I am in a des-
ponding way (which lam not myself aware of ), it
must be rather owing to the use of my hearing than
to any loss of that faculty, since it does not seem to
me that the average quality of talk (and the rumour in
question is, perhaps, a fair specimen of it) possesses
much that is calculated to cheer the animal spirits or
contribute to intellectual enjoyment. I should rather
say the contrary.—l am, Sir, &c.,

EIMARD BULWER LYTTON.
Knebworth, Oct. 26, 1850.

TEMPERANCE DEMONSTRATION AT
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

Last evening a numerous meeting of the friends
and advocates of temperance principles took place at
this theatre. The boxes were well filled, and the
crowded pit and gallery presented a very animated
appearance ; while, as a further proof of their sin-
cerity in the temperance cause, the scale of prices set
down in the placards indicated the assemblage of a
paying audience.

Mr. Lawrence Heywood, M.P. for Derby, pre-
sided; and on the platform were seen many well-
known advocates of teetotalism.

Previous to the commencement of the business,
letters of apology, it was stated, had been sent by
Lord Ashley, Earl Harrowby, Lord Kinnaird, and
other gentlemen, and last, though not least, a note was
read from the Duke of *Wellington, in reply to an in-
vitation to be present, in which his Grace expressed
himself much concerned that his public duty would
prevent his being in town on the day of the meeting.
The reading of his Grace's note was received with
applacse, though it was manifest that the Duke was
not viewed precisely in the light of "a teetotaller."
The CHAIRMAN having opened the proceedings by
a brief speech,
Mr. CASSELL then addressed the meeting at consi-
derable length, enforcing with much earnestness the
duty of spreading the principles of teetotalism, which
had now taken root in the affections of the people.
He stated that the executive committee of the great
Exhibition next year had decided that among the
tenders for refreshments to be supplied at the Exhibi-
tion, no intoxicating liquors should be permitted, so
that as far as that building was concerned, no one
would be allowed to be " drunk on the premises."—
(Laughter and cheers )
Mr. Gro. CRUIRSHANK was the next speaker, and
claitnedi Shakspere as a teetotaller in principle, quot-
ing in proof the comic appeal of Sir Toby Belch—
whose very name had been made disgusting—in
favour of " cakes and ale," as well as the remorseful
outpourings of Cassio after being seduced into drunk-
ennese.

The Shapcott family, seven in number, performed a
musical piece on the Sax horns at this stage of the busi-
ness, much apparently to the satisfaction of the audi-
ence, by whom it was evidently felt as a relief to the
more serious matters brought before them.
Speeches were afterwards delivered by Mr. Parker,
who described himself as a working man, the Rev.
Mr. Foster, of Kentish-town ; the Itev. Mr. Macree,
and the Rev. George Copway, the Ojibbeway Chief.
The speech of the Ojibbeway chieftain was listened
to with much attention, and excited great applause,
being, in fact, by many degrees the most graphic dis-
play of the evening. He spoke with a good accent,
and his natural flow of eloquence was much aided by
his free and striking gesticulation. His speech had
reference chiefly to the effects of intemperance on the
Indians, caused by the introduction of " fire-water "
by their civilized white brethren, and he was
enthusiastically applauded at many portions of his
address.

One or two speakers followed, after which a vote
of thanks to the Chairman terminated the pro-
ceedings.

EMIGRATIOX.—Within the last two months, two
ships have sailed from Liverpool, taking out nearly 300 per-
sons, consisting of farmers, labourers, clergymen, and military
men, their destination being Milani County, in Texas, the
present property of the Universal Emigration and Coloniza-
tion Company. On arriving at Galveston, the port of debar-
kation, the emigrants are met by one of the directors of
the company and the superintendent, and means of
conveyance and comfort are found for them. One of the
features attaching to the plan i,, that the emigrant need not
cripple his resources by immediate purchase of land, but by
paying 5 per cent. per annum on the amount of purchase
money, he may retain the freehold right and titles for him-
solf and family, and when his means admit of it take the
land off the hands of the company. The land is prairie, and
sells at is. an acre. The emigrant has the option of choosing
his land on arrival out. A ship will be laid on soon from
London. The passage money is very low. The ships gone
from Liverpool are the John Garrow, 800 tons, and the City
of Lincoln, 1,200 tons.

A CABMAN'S Tincx..—The rewards paid to cab-
men upon the immediate restitution of property left in their
vehicles accidentally lead to the exercise of the ugly inge-
nuity of that brotherhood in many ways. A gentleman had
occasion to write to the depot in Broad-street some days
ago, under the following circumstances :—He hired a cab
to take him and his luggage, amongst which was a gun-
case, from Euston-square to the railway terminus at Pad-
dington. When he arrived at the station the cabman,
with the most obsequious activity, proceeded to unload, and
very quickly drove off upon receiving his fare, but scarcely
bad the cab disappeared when the gentleman missed his gun-
case. The consequence was that the journey was post-
poned, and the gentleman returned to his house; but on
his way he was informed by a policeman that the cab-
man who had just left him at the station was by that
time in Broad-street, depositing the gun-case which had
been left in the cab, and to a considerable portion of the
value of which the driver would be entitled for his honesty
in giving it Hp. The owner of the property wrote to the
commissioner at Broad-street, representing the fact that the
cabman had made the " mistake" intentionally, for the pur-
pose of establishing a claim to the reward ; and received an
answer from the depot, expressive of positive belief that the
case was exactly as the complainant had described it, but
submitting that the delinquent must still be rewarded, in
the apprehension that, a refusal would aggravate the system
of robbery which the plan of restitution had been made to
diminish. The complainant was then obliged, before he re-
ceived his gun-case, to pay the (under the circumstances)
reduced penalty of 10s, as a recompence to the rascal by
whom he had been put to expense and subjected to disap-
pointment.

BURGLARY AT BRISTOL.--O❑ Sunday evening,
during the temporary absence of the family, the house of
Mr. W. Turtle, Old Park, Bristol, was burglariously entered,
and a large quantity of wearing apparel and other property
was taken off. The police suspected a man named Haynes,
whom they captured, and in whose rcom they found all the
property, with other stolen articles, and a complete set of
burglars' implements. He was brought before the magis-
trates at Bristol yesterday, and remanded.

INCENDIARISM.—Another incendiary fire took
place last Friday in Cambridgeshire. The rick-yard of Mr.
Eliot Smith, of Vinton, was first fired, but the labourers ap•
plied themselves with such good will to the work of extin-
guishing the flames, when an alarm was given, that only one
stack was consumed,

INCENDIARY FIRE IN ESSEX AND APPREHENSION
OF THE IxcEwmany.—On Friday evening, about half-past
six o'clock, a stack of barley, containing about 30 quarters,
standing on an eminence near the mansion of George
Collyer, Esq., army agent, of Craig's-court, London, but
whose country residence is at Mascall's, South Weald, near
Brentwood, was discovered to be on lire. An Irish lad, who
had just been discharged from Ilford gaol, overtook a carter
coming from London to Brentwood, and told him he was
going up to Cullyer's to endeavour to get some " grub ;" it
appears he did not go, but went and wilfully set the stack
on fire, which was in the course of a few hours entirely con-
sumed. From the description of him by the carter he was
immediately taken into custody by the police. He was very
saucy, and said he did it expressly for the purpose of being
transported out of this country, as he was heartily tired of it.
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mortal remains of the late Lord William Beresford were re-
moved from the Regent's-park Barracks on Friday last,
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Curraghmore, county of Waterford, where the full:l22r-
sequies will be celebrated this day or to-morrow.
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The weekly reviews of the produce markets at
Amsterdam and Rotterdam state that the prices of coffee,
sugar, indigo, rice, and tea were well supported. There was,
however little animation in business, the demand generally
being.for immediate consumption. Java tea was held at an
advanced quotation. The report from Antwerp alludes to an
average amount of business, with firm quotationi tor the
majority vf article&