ALTON.—On Monday a tea meeting in connection with the Alton Temperance Society, was held at the Town Hall, when one hundred persons partook of the cup which ‟cheers but not inebriates.” After tea a lecture in answer to some of the objections to total abstinence was delivered by the Rev. J. Duthie, of Petersfield. A large audience listened to a calm and well-reasoned address.