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5[* POETRY. |
BLOWING BUBBLES. ~3i
BY MISS H. P. GOULD.
Half our sorrows, half dhr troubles,
- Making head and heart to ache,,,Are
tho ri-uitof blowing bubbles,
# Bright to view, but quick to break.
All haye playpd-the child imbecile,
'Breathing hard to swoii the side* Of
a si lining, ilu id vessel
FrSiler than theair.it rides.
=iFrosn the infant's cradle rising, *
X AU the babble Oft
our riah^f Wenllh comprising,
tri the buboles that we blow*.
buoyant, upward going,
Pleased wo mark tlicm in their flight,
Every hue of iris showing.
As they glance along the light.
v^iLittlc castles high and airr,
With their chrystal walls so thin,
J|^^ ^;-Y^^Etach presents the wicked fairy,
^But, when two have struck togetherjp
What of cither do wo find!
?t 50 nmc^ as onc ?a7 feather by *>.'
in g hope has left r ^ J
dT Stfll, the worltfafrfBtSj^blowing
V Every "hue some, empty ball;
; "So the seeds of mischief sowing,
Where to burst the bubbles fail.
-aJone to gather.
Is our cvfl haivcst found, ?
B r Oft with pipo and cup we rather
:|g| : Step'upon 6ur neighbor's ground,
- Thus, arousing oue another
Hip - - While the glittering playthings rh-e,
,J|'8?Si " We roiy doom a friend or brother \
m , To a life of care aiid sigh3.
Jp : Do you doubt my simple rt?-.ry ?
-B Where this hobble making gl<?rr,
& '.?|v 'HaajwM ife fuy? S~ JT^' '
^ Caw?e<l4he world *by giving names ;
W RELIGIOUS.
THEELESH AND THESPIRlfr".
B- Froror Bishop Jer. Taylor's Sermons,
m From the beginning of days Yuan Kath
B" been so cross to the divine commandments,
? that in many cases, there can bo no reason
whjra maft aboukl choose sorncways
f or do some aciidtt^bvit only because they
k nre forbidden* ""When God bhjie the
? ^ 2j**re#fcs<rise up^ against the Canaanites
ft5 and possess tin? land, they would not sdr;]
% : tho-inen Vrere Aaakins, and thecities were
M- impregiiablefand there was a lion in thewaf
K but presently after, when God forbado them
Dp to go, they would-and did go though they
Rf died Tor it. I shafl not deed to instance in
particulars, -when the whojajiie of man is a
perpetual the state of
^disobedience is* cewd^J^o^CQiWandictiori |1
; sinters. r Even the man m the Gospel, that
3 had two sons, they both crossed him, oven
* , he thet obeyed him, and he that obeyed him
Ht not, for the'ope said, he would, and did not;
I the other said, he would not, met die: ana
so do wejwe promise foir, and do nothing;
-and they that,du best, are such as come out
of darkness into light. '?such ns said, they
would not,and at last have better bethought"
themselves. And who can guess at any
? trtiSerrenson, why man sjjoukl irefuse to be
temperate? For he lhatrefuseth the "cornniandment,
first does violence to his nature,
and puts on a prettfrnaturrial "appetite; he
spoifs his health and he spoils his understanding;
he brings to liijnself a world of
diseases and a liealhtncss costitution; sman,
' fend siefcfy uights, a loathing stomach and a
^staring eye, a giddy brain, and a-swelled
belly, gouts and dropsies, catarrhs and
.oppillatiotis. If God should enjoin men- to
suffer ail this, Heaven and earth should
have .heard our complaints against unjust
laws, and impossible commandment* for we,
complain alreadjr, even when God commands
us to drink so long as it good for us,
this is one of the impossible laws: it is impossible
for us .to know when wc are dcy,
or when woneed drink; for if we do know
I am sure it impossible enough, not to lift up
the wioe to our heads.
And when our blessed SavjoujdMUh com'raanded
us to love our enemfes, -wo think
we have so much* reason that
God will easily excuse our di$6b^ience1j||
this case and yet there arc some enemies,
whom God bath commanded us not to love,.
| and those we dote on, we cherish * and "feast
I them; and as St. Paul in another case,
l." upon oisr uncomely parts tee bestow more
a abundant comeliness. For whereas our
m body itself is a servant to our soul, we make
W it the heir of all things, and treat it here al.
E , ready,, as if it were-"in majority; and make
; " that, which at the best was but a weak
J friend-, to become-a strong enetny; and
I henco proceed the vices of the worst, and
F the follies and imperfections of the bes<; the
spirit iseither in slavery,ortn.weakness and
t - when the flesh is not strong to mischief, it is
wenk4o goodness.
Our nature is so weak in order to our
? * duty and final interest, that at first it cannot
^ V move ono step towards God, unless God by
his preventing grace puts into it a new pos'
ability.
- There is nofiiingcreeps npou the, eartb,
no hing thai ever God made. weaker than
< ,? m id; for God fitted horses and'mules with
r wi b strength, bees and pismires with sag
achy, harts and haies with swiftness, birds
| wi h feathers and a light airy body; and
I tb jy all know their times, and are fitted for
"fteir work, and regularly acquire the prop*
Bfc:-. or end of their creation; but man, that was
djsi^ned to an immortal duration, and the
fruition of God for ever, knows not how to
m obtain it. .He is made upright to look up
to Heaven, but ho knows no more how to
purchase it than to climh it. Once, man
^^went to make an ambitious tower to outthe
clouds, or the preternatural
risioflttf the water; but could not do it; Jhe
cannot y^jmise himself the daily bread ol
his the stock of his own wi
or inoustry; an^*slbr going to Heaven, he
W is so far from thctfc ap;urally, that as soor
It: ever he was made,^e became the son o
d ath. ai.d he knew hot taw toget a pardor
.
*??? ?sr3F5*f'
1 II I .11
'' '! 1 ' ' '1 1
for eating of an' apple against the 'divine <
commandment. By naUtre tee are the sons ]
ofvra!?i. That is. we were born J&irs of wit
featii, which death came upon us from Pri
God's anger for'thesin of pur "first parents ^ac
or by wt*re,f\yi is, really, not by help, of pet
fancy, and fiction pfJaw, for so Oecumenius on!
and Tkeophylact expound it; .but because it inf
does net relate to the sin of Adam in its air
first intention, but to the evil state of sin, In- gr<
I which the Ephesfans walked ^fo^ their hoi
conversation. It>ignifies,that our nature ma
of itself is a state of opposihen to the spirit tor
lofgruce\ it is privately opposed, that is. that ins
there is nothing in it that can bring us to mc
v felicity; nothing but an obediential capacity, det
BPur fiesh oan become sanctify J, as Hie an<
U'otkrs can become children unto Abraham^ to
jjbr as dend.seed can become living corn; alp
And s?o it is with us, that it is necessary God suf
/should make us a ncv^creaticm. if means bjn
*} to save us; he "must take^otir hearts of \V
S stone awav. and crive us hegilfcof flesh, he |oai
must purge the old leavoft, Ind make "us a so<
new conversion;' lie nfe destroy the sib
fresh, and he must breathe into us spirit urn, inf
ritac, the celestial breath of life, without cei
which we dao neither live, nor moVe, nor N<
* have our being. mail can come h?
unto (said Christ) unless my Father draw ro\
him, ' . * 'in
Ibif that T may instance in, particulars:? ov<
Our naldral w eakness appears best in two am
thingveven in the two great * instances of tri:
temptations, pleasure ^and pain; in both for
which the flesh is destroyed if it be not del
helped by "a mighty,grace*, as certainly as an<
.. the canes do bowtheir hetfefe, before the ui-j
breath ofa migbty*\vind. oul
I* plepsures wo see H by tbo^pubfic-mis* .be:
ertes anafoUies-of the* world. * me
There is amongst men nothing' perfect, naj
because men crary themselves- as persons on<
that are less than mori*y, servants of gain the
and interest; we are like the fcolish'Poe* that up
'Harace tells of: . 4 ( he
Gestit enim nuaimum in loculos dimitlerc, poe. fie<
thac ' d?
,Securus, ca<ht, an recto slrot fabola talc.* . jn }
Let hint but have money for rehearsing [by
his comedy, he cams not vvhoijjer you like suf
it" or no, and- if a temptation of money fov
comes strong and violent, you'may as well in
tie a wild dog to quietness with 1hs guts wh
of a tender to?,,as suppose that most men het
can do virtuously, when they may sio at a hai
greattpficfe. ' . pre
Men are so inlove with pleasure that they we
cannot think of mortifying or crucifying aln
their iust wo do violence to what we hate, Ho
noUo what we love. But the weakness of be
in nothings much, as ia the .;captiyjty and thir
folly of wise men..^FprVou sh^ll seo some req
men fit to govern a province, softer in tigr
their Counsels wis? <n the condtfot of their nev
aflbirs, men of discourse and re&abn,-fit to con
sit with princes of to treat concern i bg peace ricf
and war, tiie fate of empires, "and the tfrtM i*re
ges of the world; yet these men* shall fawfcng
at the beauty of a woman, as a man dies at for
the "blow of an angel, or. give* up his bee
breath at -the sentence and docrte of is t!
Gtti. .. rf
It is certain in the cfises of -temptations but
to vp!upUiousnesv.a man is naturally, as dire
the pro^tetsaidofEphrat/rk, like a pigeoo, lie i
thatfiath no heart, no C(mragef no" con- too
duct, no resolution-, afr discourse, but falls - ?^3
as Xbe water of-Niluf.when incomes to its
catarac si it falls cnfinately and wiibotit re- . ^
straint. . ,
And it is no otherwise, -when We are/"0'
tempted with pain. We are so impatient
'of para, that nothing can reconcile us to'it; ' .&
not the laws of God, not the necessities of 8661
nature, not the socie;y of all our kindred, ?^s
and of all the wOrid,_noJ-the* interest yf vir- h&tt
tue, not tha hopes'^f Heaven. We wfll jjp
"?itisiwlfii.v,,, IvitMltn knattat If V
suomil to paia upon Iiutviuts^ uut (lie UMtat *
and, most dishone'rable; for if sin brings, to SUP
pain, or affront, or sickness, -we choose that *>is
it be sam ipo retinue of a. lust, and a base ^
desire; but we accuse nature, amlblaspheme ^?n
God, wo marmur and are impatient, when -j0**
paia is sent to us from him, that ought to ^
sCud it, and intends ft a$a mercy, when it '***
comes. But in the matter, of afflictions ?^rei
and bodily sickness, we arc so weak and t0 *
broken, so uneasy and *mapt t* sufkrance, Pe**
that this alone is beyond the cure of the old 7
philosophy. Many can. eudnne - poverty, ^
'and many can retire from shame and faugh
at home, and every man can endure to be a P?s<
slave; but when pain.and-sharpness'are to 9? >
be endured for the interests of virtue, we- ^0(
find but few martyrs; and they that are, ^ror
suffer more wiihin themselves by their fears ^
j and their temptations, by their uncertain tua^
purposes and violence to nuture, than the 'lon
hangman's sword. The Martyrdom is with- ^ b
in; and then lie hatli won his' crown, not t^es
when he hath suffered the blow, but wheu P^ai
he haih Overcome his fears, and made his wh(
spirit-conqueror. U was a sad instance of the
our infirmity, when of the forty . martyrs of **eS{
Capadocia set in ? freezeing lake, ateoet 'jjj*
consummate, an Angel was reaching the ^a'
crown, andplacing it upon their brows, the
flesh failed one of them, and drew the spirit dh?
after it; and the man. was called off from his
. scene of noble contention, and died in warm
.*. . .; c. ;nt
water: m 1
,
Odi artus,' fragilemqne hunc corporis u*v am
Deaertorera animi-?}?t .j
We ca<*ry about us the body of death 1
and we bring evils upon ourselves by our whi
follies, and they know not how to bear them; yoi
ana the flesh forsakes the spirit. Aud indeed mo
-in sickness the nfirmity is so very great that or
in a mannor at that tigte hath reduced all 'see
religion into odo virtue. Patience with its a *
appendages W the sum total of almost all our mu
duty, that it improper to the days ol sorsow; ant
and we shall find it enough to eniertain all Go
our powers, and to emp?oy all our aids; the
the counceis of wise men and the comforts pie
of our friends, the advices of Scripture and slo
the resirfis of experience, the graces.of God the
and the strength of our own resolutions, pat
I are ail then full of employments, and till
; fiind it work enough to. secure that one tioi
f grace. no;
t ?? for
? *For gold was all their aim, and then the play me
^ Might stand or fall?'indifferent were they.
e Francis. ,
lf tThia feeble flame I scorn, it seconds ill Ple
t The Mind's lifgh purposes hud great r^hr*. or
.
; heist's sympathy with his diciples. fimm
it is a comfortable consideration, that he yoi
h whom we have to do, ou> great High wfv
esh who once put away our sins by the to i
rrince of himself, and now for ever ap. gjp
irs in the presence of God ftr us, is. not ma
y possessed of sovereign authority and the
inite power, byt wears our very nature,- yoi
d feels and exercises in the highest de- yoi
iQ fhoso tendernesses* and commissera- tur
cs, which f conceive are essential to fiu- cot
mity in its.perfect state. .The whole his*/ acr
y of his wonderfull life is full of inimitable the
tances of this kind; His bowels were toa
wed before his arm was exerted; he cod, yoi
cended to mingle tears with, mourners, the
cl wept over distrescs which he intended the
relieve. Ho is still tlip-same in-his ex. evt
3d slate; compassions dwell within his del
>reme dignity and perfection efhappincss the
d glory, he stilly feels for.his people.? ex]
hen Saul persecuted the members upon en<
rth, the head complained from heaven: & Bn
HJfef shall the most tender mother sit insen- eid
feii pd inaRenti ve t q the cries & wants of her 'to I
hot, than, will the Lord Jesus bean uncon- or 1
ncd spectator of his suffering children, est
>, with the eye, and the ear, and. the the
art o?.a friend he attends to their sor- abc
vs; hfe counts their sighs, puts'their tears fiot
his bottle; and when our spirits are by
erwhelrrted within us, he knows our path, Js I
d adjusts the tftne, the measure' of our cat
lis, and every thing ihat is necessary vid
our present-' .support and seasonable 9er
Irorance, with hie same unerring wisdom Bp
i accuracy as he-weighed the mountains go<
cales and bills in a balance, and meted of i
t:the heavens w ith a span. Still more, an<
sides his benevolent, he has an experi- disj
ntal sympathy. He knows our sorrows, nos
t merely as he knows all things, but as tiqt
a who has been In oursiiuarion, and who, up
>ugh wi:hout sia himself endured .when loo
!>o earth inexpressibly more lor us than ma
wiff-ever lay upon us. Helms sancli- mu
d poverty, pain, disgrace, temptation, and as
rfft -by paskng through these states; and 'Lo
vbateycr states his people are, they may zee
faith have fellowsip with him in then" pec
feriogs; and he will ? by sympathy and evi
e have fellowship and interest with them Ho
theirs. What then shall we complain? crs
en all our concerns are written upon- bis ma
trt, and iheir management, to the very of t
fs of our head, are under his care and ont
vidence; when be pities us tQbfo thap oih
can do ourselves, and has engaged. his mo
lighty power to sustain and relieve us.^- Ta
wever,*a6 he is tender, he is wise 'also; coa
loves us, but especially with regwdto not
1 best interests. If there we* not some, scr
ig in our hearts and our sici a ;4jpt that do
uired discipline and medicine, h so'tie- too
its. in our' prosperity that we should of r
e> be in heaviness, The' inumerable uen
nfbrts*and mercies with which he en. stin
ies even those we call our darker days
sufficient proofs that he does not wil
[ly grieve ds: but when he sees a need-be
t. :ii ?. : _ J
uilttsuseiircui, nc.wm uui wiucuvnu u yj
*use he loves us: on* .the contrary, that
be very reason why he afflicts. He
I put his silver into the fire to purify it; ' 4
he siis by the furnace as a refiner, to bou
)ct the process, and >o secure the end pa.ii
has in view, that wetnay neither suffer sify
much, nor suffer in vaim wor
^ am, &c. Newton&> Letters. the
lN ANSWER TO THE IMPOR.' .^
TAiNT INQUIRY; . * *
o am I to Intow (okether 1 have the Holy
, nL
f you hnvelhe Holy Spirit; 1, you have
a the evil of. sin ; 2, you have repented .g
in ; 3, you have forsaken sin ; 4, you
: sin ; 5 you watch and pray against
; 6, you have received the spirit of love. ? s<
ou have the Spirit of God, you love God ,on
remely, you love the Father* who gave
Sbn to suffer and die ; you love tfie Son, J?"
Lord Jesus Christ, tor what he hath * ei
e and'fluffered on your account. You
. d//ihe sincere folloyeraof Jesus Christ, confine
mot your regafds to a party cas1
t love the human race at large, as chil- S8*1
a of the same family, and you wish them *C0J
mow the things that belong to their1 t0J
,%A * * V' * ' ' ' ?"4
. You'are of a forbearing and forgiving Teta
per : 8, you pity and.pray for sinners, ev"
>f through blindness and igornauce, op- 81
eat preset^ their own eternal interests; "aI"
ou are of a thankful spirit; you thank aa^
3 for making you to differ, by his grace, ?ff?
n many others; and . you praise him for A?1
*y favour, both of a temporal and spiri. mar
mature; lb, you are zealous for the wou
our of God in the world ; 11, you desire ?p?
ejdice in Christ Jesus, and in all the du- teri
ofChristianity; 12, you eseem the ap- kjo
ise, the pleasure,' and the wealth of the *ift
lie world, as nothing, in comparison with cerj
lnvf?.and hlessinor nf God tHmiiorhOhrist bus!
as. Those are some of the signs ?f ?I
irig the Holy Spirit. (Read with care sior
L. v. .especially towards tfcp close)? gro
i, my dear readers, that the graces the;
re mentioned by the Apostle, in verse tjgg
&c., be in you and abound ; and you oft
prosper in the divine life, and walk isht
be comfort of the Holy Ghost. nov
? ?uol onl;
- hints jpo trEachers. sell
discover no'more of your method than s^s
at.is necessary. Pass no! any thing till "H!
i have bolted it to the hran. Use the
ther-speech and tone, without affeoation l^e
imitation of any man?that you may not tyc
m to act a comedy, instead of preaching ch<*
sermon. Clog not your memory tnopec
ch; it will exceedingly hinder invent?un, jnc
i mar delivery. ' 15e sure that yoaeye ito.i
d, his glory, and the good of souls; having In
day before mortified self and mau- inc
asing. Let your words be soft, few, and hoc
w, and see that they come no faster thar 861
weakest hearer can digest each morsel; in !
;se a little, and look into the child's eye tail
he swallow* his bit. Look to your affec- 181
as most carefully, that they be not feigned, in 1
r forcedly let loose to have their full scope, one
then they will either overrun your judg- mo
int, or be a temptation to vain glory.? w$
each as if speaking or talking to the peo- or \
; look on the people, and not on the walls dec
roofs;?and look on the most mortified) e<J,
; ; " %. -afe v ftZrS.::.
- -L'
58-in the assembly; let ihem know that beep
ir preaching is a real talking whh them,' out I
ereby they may be proted, as it were, mow
mswer you again. <Tako hoed of over, so* gr
rding anything. Bewfcro that you have ngn
de people understandthoroughly' what is ing a
good you exhort ihem to, or the evil ho cl
i dehort them from, before you bring Robi
jr motives and moaus.^ Touch no scrip- mot
es slighly, nor bo many in the same dis- fVom
irse; bat-open the metaphors, and lot one in ot
mture point out inother?thb otto' being ipad
.key of the other. *Lct the serif turns and
ch vou, and not you it. De euro that wsi
x feed yourself upon every passage, with t he r
people, beforayou pass it; oltb U will do aot?
m little "good, and nono r?t all; 0 tasie v?Ht
;ry bit. Take theso four candle*, in or- for,
to find out what to-shy to the people; t|,j
i scriptures unbiased; thu thoughts and ft?y
periencc, of good men; your own experi- ^
:e, and tho condition of the pocplo.r- ?]ia |
M * tU.n ML, M m
!8K OQ ftDy. wicruj ?pwiui uiui iuu uuvii j |q |j
ier oftheso two. inconveniences?cither fCJ.rj
iuddle or jumble together spi ritual thiijgs, wa j
tire, by unreasonable prolixity, the weak- er a
of your flock. Let your doctrine, and ^U(
constant strain of your preaching, be
>ut the chief spiritual things; and let small {J|ter
itroversies and external duties come in sa|e
(he by. Be always on the subject whl^h A
lext'your hoart; and be not thrifty and they
eful what to say next, for God wilt pro- jrefa
e it; it will stink like kept mannaij ii pre- ^ ^
ved through distrust until th& next day. ?
sure that you extrtcatp carefully any to ^
ily point you speak of, put of the terms
d|vicuty;^l9e it will Treeze in your jnouth ^
1 the people's ears. Lci there be?po j^0
figuration of faces, nor snuffling" inUho J
JC, nor teazling'in the throat, nof any anjo
gestures, pretended devotion or made ^aft:
gravtty; .uch thiogs would mako' yon ^en
k like a painted Pharisee, or a distracted u Q'?
a broke out of bedlam/ Do not care so tena,
ich wtjat the people, 9ay or your aocinner*
whether you ana itam. acceptable to the jj,-8 j<
rd. Do not conceive that your -mere ^nts
il and earnestness can prevail with the ^
>pto; but-the force of spiritual reason, the
oence of Scripture, and the power of the pdCet
}y Ghost. Do not think that your hear- (^at
can receive as you conceive, and so ^ i
ke your own comprehension the rule
iealing the l>feaci of life; for so shall you ln? (
y be admired, but not' understood by
Brs; let there be something in every ser- Wfrftf
n to draw perishing sinners to Christ.? ^ 8j,
ke heed that your comparisons be not
itje, Vulgar,-and ridicalous; and yet be rWhic
too shy of homely ones. Study every aye,
iplure.voaaretospfeak beforehand, buf^j,
tor t overburden invention, or presume
wn.k nKnn imn? nmn nnrta
UiUUJ upun jvu4 uwm uuiwr ? ?/vnmv DV IT]
leedless design, needless heads, apd inidoes.
Shun apologies for they always ^atie
k.?Annoymous% 1713. jowrt
INTEMPERANCE. ^
From the New York Observer.' ties 0
IHU MPI1RE Y'S TOUR^NO. XLV7I. the 01
IRELAND. imntl
INTEMPERANCE. halt
L few more facts and estimates I feel
nd to mention, before 1 dismiss thisf t
nful topic ; bat I have not time to claj- <wer?
them?Private, or* illicit distillation,
ks immense mischief, especially among
low Irish, by reducing the price of
skley, and thus enabling thousands of ^or]c
ving wretches Tto prbcune it who conld
pay the regular duty ;and it was the wh0
lion of the best informed friends of tenu arMj c
Lt- ? < - 1' 11 1 iooj
ance, no loogerago impi ioattinaiuie t}g |(
was on the-increase. In a small dis- t,ou?
t, &|he country of Down, and that an paris]
ommonly sober district; too it was sup- era, 1
ed, there were 30 unlicensed stills.? Diibli
rfe of the owners of private stills are in
habit of travelling round the country, ?Thai
3;ing their srftanic apparatus aionffith shoul
, and distilling every bushel of grain ment,
fcan find, at one shilling a 'hundred, in bit
js many small tenants are induced to "migh
t every kernel ofbread-stufls .they can their
into the fire, and thence, come out plage
pions,to sting them and their children that i
leith. whicl
5rocers* licenced, for selling spirits by femal
r?it contribute greatly to increase jhe lishm
s Of intemperance. This was strongly attem
ified by several gentleman before the hamc
liamentary Committee. ",Thereare" house
s Professor Edgar, " peculier facilities Lord
rded*espeecialfy.to females, in grocers'
ps, of obtaining spiritous lfquore-nnd
ly an individual, that I am convinced fLeQt*
dd be ashamed to be seen goingjnto a ft*01"6
it shop, would have" no difficulty in ew o^1*
nir a ornrAM' shnn. 1 It is a well 1 says
a gcsatinereasc of licenses throughreland,
andilappodrs, from testimony to .re;
before me, that no disqualificatiorf is countj
oat, as to deprive any rpsohile Itish- is. 1
of this^iaboiicah privilege of murder, atatas
s many of the king's liege subjects as and S
in* to increase theiyepfnue /?4 Sir thfey I
art Batcson,* says Prof E.4 informed son.
hut he attempted to prevent a man deepl;
getting his licenserenjw ed? who had, count
10 of his fits of drunkendew, taken a as Ire
o nnd sallied forthjsmashing windows land-*
terrifyitfg the whqle neighborhood, he caree
sinco condemned to be executed' for cane<
nurdor of his own fathertyejthis nfes; i'113
rithstanding Sir Robert's effort to pre^ of he
it, obtained^*! the sessions fc license 9nce
ipirks: in fact there is scarcely such
ing as a fiual refusal of a liccuse to
man. ' Jf
nother fact may be taken in.proof of 3?*?;
Excise mania which exists, with regard
aland. When tho Dractice of tinna--U?*"
ng license* frpmorieivoyseto another
menu ioned to the king's commisiJdi). S"110
s a ierious grievance, he replied, thai
the pratico was illegal, he was op,
I to enforcing tho law, because the*
est* of the retenuo is to focilitato the Wj
of spirife, under proper regulations. - fef'ng
s specimens of the manner-in which* usc 0
get qualified for nssuuk and murder in '* shoul
nd, take thedollowing:?A criminal |
to Kilkenny assizes said to the judgtf^ the li
j my, lord, I am guilty i' and pointinf 2?'
is after, added, has l^lhe^e;
e.fi8p> Tt>e fact was, that whether P?yk
starting back, exclaimed, * How can 9re
rJerJfoepoor gentleman V the aged Jvy
SSraTjSSSrS
obtained tor the occasion. * Ho drank bono
'an&he' bloody doed wa#idone. A m
It hear Cahor, having born beaten un- ??JP
ifdlly by the AVhirefect, for 'asjrsting ttQ? r
mdlorti in the collection of sffins smalt dr0. tt
i, th$ rr.agistrafe, in taking his deposi- >h?ch
asked the'poor wounded mipv 4 Had Ih
drahk any thing? 'Heanswered almost lion v
iously, 'Well, I wonder you^'honor,. artd w
a.gonfleman of your knowledge, would irratif
roch q simple question, Si) re,. you do Jftqd,'
hink they would conrfe, withoutprepare tfie-pi
themselves. I will eng;fgo they had bushe
I two or three glasses of whiskeya man, tared'
ever more they might Jiave drunk.'?- drmkj
igle distillery' was Mentioned before ijqts,:
/orarpftjee ol tne nouse m commons, tnere
b pays a dufy oijfixtythousand pounds irolar.
it to the government I In Waterford, monft
NSrtft of 28,000, there were,;.'n thrt)^
orea ***
V qu^' drtol|
; and about two thirds ofPorts legiafc
n Vh'at they drin^ (tusay. nmhing of
riginal cost ofthe spirits,) ?35,000 per buy ai
m, which is nearly seven dollars and a.; .one ift
Shead,"including children ! < \ What
irsdays and Sunday^,'sa id a young man^
late tcmoeraoce rrfeotim? in Ir^od.Nouab
I." Xhe caseof a single workman m of f?
In was meDtfoped tp the Committee, bgpds
earns from 250 te 40 shillings u week,
Iriuks it all up; and parallel casesmight structi
>und all overHrcland. What avail eboulc
;a of industry, and orphan houses, ard Uted,
hi schools,' say the Edinburgh Review- bushel
lo mend the morals of the people in
in, when in oosf street, akpe^t|ro? org
:a?o houses itee^d to 4red i
,* * impibl<yo^Te,' says t2r|
{StrangerinIrtlapd. /^Ajgotenine.V
t as well impose a tax ob coffins, and;
innoculatc all its subjefct# with the thirty
te, to increase the revenue.'. It is said", JbefO*
n the vicinity of St. Stephen la. Green,, befofp
i is a respectable part of Dublin, 300 "****
3 servants resort to whiskey catab- ;
lent almost e/eiy Sabbath, instead of "?~~
hng public worship. By act of Pur- . ^IG
tnl, passed in August. 1833, puhlid fy'jHrt
?s may be opened at *2 o'cjock on the, pb?>h
's day,'and remain open till eleven s Hgbtni
. Sixteen thousand pounds is thought ' water
a low estimate of what is-naid for ar^ iT '& i
spirits, per week in Dublin!?and mucfflP'om *
is sold yn the Sabbath, than any- ter fel
day in the week. '1 have remarked,5 ,?go?
Robert G. White, Esq. 'within the last die ?ffionths,
that [ never saw so many peoi
a state of intoxication, as I have seen with s
5 streets of Dublin of late. AH days er&Ifr
id, but the Sabbpth is the worst.? other,
kennels and its consequences have*,
jht at leastfoiirjifths of the initiates into ^earl
Jendicity Asyluraoftfiat g^ty.,, were
\ Adams, of Dublin, som'e'time sine? raann
zed in proof of the aw prevalence of where
.drinking among the poor, tfiatjn ser- he wa
soup, in the parish of Peters, in Dhblinf. 'obser
jarred to him one morning to ask some dead,
i persons wfipjeam^for the soup wheth;*
ey had taken any spirits that dayW and^n
at the question to the first twenty, eight, ter in
fwhom acknowledgedihe-y hadbought -hf?> a
aken their drams before they came for where
soup,?the price of the dram$v wa$ uftertj
ably. more than the cost of the soup for recovi
h they thus came to beg. Another
emen stated that when preparations jjtf3?
made to meet the approaching chole- ?t l
y giving beds and other comforts Jo thesli
poor in the same district: of 160 of ferfer\
i beds, given out in a day he found, recov
aqu Ain one lanen*Ae same cvming.that ?iV<
f them had been sold again; and the mm
) converted into whiskey! But tliero ,
Id bo no ehd of these sickening and
nin| d^l^ and why should I emarget
' Ttere sbedjes, cryibg tori Jbread Pjjj
h her own ruthless hands are every 8t*t*
eastuw the into distillery, that it may be g?"
muted into poison.. There she lit!*,
Bng the burning waves, as thev iitccra. rx.
y roll over her. There she lies, in the
"b - r- ? ? - ---- wn
fa$t,# he* adds,4 that mechanics' 1?w.r
is not unfrequently get spirits-at gro- P'0'n
?'shops,and have them set down to their *n
bands' accounts' as soap, tea, sugar, dfcc1 ?
t wju decided some time,1 by Commis- Pru?
lers of the Excise, that the union of the ?oui
eery and spirit license was illegal ; but .?
y changed thefr minds, after a deputa- ,j
i of grocers had alarmed the Chancellor a .
he Exchequer with the fear of a dimin- sP,r,t
?d revenue. So common has this union T111^1
v become,that it'has been said,there are
y twehe grocers in Dublin, who do not 0 J
spiritons liquors. Indeed the license '
Lena, in all its foons, is one of the most
htful. causes of misery and crimo ^
jughout Ireland, as it is with us; and A.
re, ai leasi, ine ^viiseeras xo oe great- ^
tn the increase. In Belfast, since the
nge of policy in'the Excise Board, res- _entj
ting grocery licenses, there has been an ~gre
rease of 399 places for the sale ofspir- ^ ^
is liquors, and 2*21 of them grocers,
Dublin, the case is quite as bad. The t^eg(
rease of dram-shops and whiskey- onei
ises is enormous. In 1824, there were 30 0
J; in 1825,1,074 ; in 1826,1,400 fand pric<!
IS28,1,714! In Clonmel, which con- wou
ts 17,000 inhabitAats. there wore, in a|arr
11, 64 spirit shops ; in 1833,129 ; and
1834, there were 150?that is to *fend!
> to every *22 1-2 famHies. In Clare- whic
rns, with a population of 800, there day <
re 50 licensed shops, besides ' siiibeen, traru
unlicensed houses round about.' In- quaf
id, the alarming feet cannot be conceal- ?vel
that within the last few years the re ha? crus]
not jn?m 1|
present her as tne most-intemperate *
ry in the tforld. I do jpot.believesho 4 * /: V*
VhenI cometo give sdme pf Ae j
tics of the ?st$r kfcgdom ofEpgland
cdtiand, il will' probably appear that^
lave nothing to boast of in the.compariSiceedai
appears to be ?$!. more
f inebriated; and, till lately, our own .
ry reeled and staggered quite aS much, g*. >.
ttand is too pbore to compete with Eng. . *
it ^1 f
uiir^tn^o^hsistehce} and aU > > ? ; \
isericaof intemperanceHre aggravated I
mvo her whiskey rations she must^ . \stefj
Hy take tl?m a? >nwatr drink* and ? 33
ng,^hi^ is not^ca^wto ,us^
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