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

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—A paragraph has appeared in 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, Ste.,
EDWARD 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 %as 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
applause, 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. GEO. CRUIKSHANK was the next speaker, and
clahnedi Shakspere as a teetotaller in principle, quot-
ing in proof the comic appeal of Sir Toby Belch—
%%hose 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-
enness.

The Shapcott family, seven in number, performed a
musical piece on the Sax horns at this stage of the busi-
❑ess, 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 Rey. Mr. Alacree,
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 eb,quence was much aided by
his free and striking gesticulation. His speech had
reference ebiefly 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.

EMIGRATION.—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 arc 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 tls. 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 TBICK.—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-
dingtcn. When be 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
had 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 bad 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 up. 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 depUt, 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 circumstance;)
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.—On 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 room 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 Ginton, 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 INCENDIART.—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, bat
whose country residence is at Mascall's, South Weald, near
Brentwood, was discovered to be on fire. An Irish lad, who
had just been discharged from Ilford gaol, overtook a carter
coming from London to Brentwood, and told him he wu
going up to Collyer'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.
THE LATE LORD WILLIAM BERESFORD.—The
mortal remains of the late Lord William Berestord were re-
moved from the Regent's-park Barracks on Friday last, for
Curraghmore, county of Waterford, where the funeral ob-
sequies will be celebrated this day or to-morrow. The Mar-
quis of Waterford and the Rev. Lord John Beresford, brothers
of the deceased, arrived in London on hearing the news of
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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 quotations f.r)r flit
inkjority of articles.