Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-02 00:00:00

thinking that if he could get the patronage of the Queen it would
help him greatly, he resolved to make the attempt. There was
someth ng in his look and manner which at once commended him to
the favour of some of the household officials, who had it in their
power to put him under the notice of the Earl of Carlisle, then
attending the Court as a Minister of State. The noble earl, with his
usual frankness and goodness of heart, sympathised with Donald, and
promised to recommend his case to the Queen. When Her Majesty
came to know it, Donald was commanded to appear in the Royal
presence, and met with a most gracious reception. Not only did the
Queen purchase of his wares, but gave him permission to wear the
royal arms as the Queen's Pedlar, and sent Donald away with a lighter
heart and a heavier purse than he had when he entered the royal
chamber. On leaving, the Earl of Carlisle took him to his room, and
there Donald was presented with a glass of wine with which to drink
the Queen's health. Looking at it, he felt at first a kind of trembling,
bat then, lifting his heart in prayer for Divine aid, he said,—' Your
lordship will excuso me,—l cannot drink the Queen's health in wine,
but I will drink it in water.' The noble earl asked his reasons.
'My lord,' said Donald, I was a drunkard. I became an abstainer,
and I trust by Gad's grace I have become a Christian ; but I know
that if I were to taste intoxicating drink, it would at once r,vivo an
appetite which is not dead, but dying, and I should most likely go
the whole lenFth of the drunkard again. God has only promised to
support me in the path of daty, and that path, in my case, is plainly
to abstain.' The noble lord at once commended Donald for his frank-
ness and honesty, and, in taking leave, assured him that it would
afford Her Majesty the highest satisfaction to know that 5110 had
amongst her loyal and devoted subjects one who, in the midst of such
strong temptations, could maintain his principles with integrity and
honour. Donald left rejoicing to think that he had been enabled to
' drink' to the glory of God."

There is a man at Burnley of the name of John Halden, alias John
Madeagain, who has been imprisoned twenty-one times in Preston
House of Correction, twice in Knutsford Gaol, four times in Maccles-
field House of Correction, once in Lancaster Castle, once in Kendal
Gaol, three times in Northallerton House of Correction, once in
Beverley House of Correction, once In York Castle, once in Manchester
New Bailey, once imprisoned in France, for knocking a Frenchman
down for laughing at his clogs. He has been in 203 lock-ups; has
been before 92 magistrates; has had one lawful wife, seven children
—five of them illegitimate ; has had 29 female associates ; has
deserted from the army six times ; fought 119 pugilistic fights, and
successful in leS ; has spent seven years and 49 days of his life in
different gaols. He is 61 years of age. Notwithstanding the
degraded Character of this man, by the benigx and ennobling
principles of total abstinence, he has been reclaimed from drunken-
ness—which he declared had been the cause of this category of crime
—and is now an inflexible teetotaller. After the reclamation of such
a man as John Halden, alias John Madeagain, by the power bf
temperance, who dare impugn the total abstinence movement, or the
power of total abstinence principles ?
'Drunkenness is unqaestionably the greatest obstacle to civilisation
and the advancement and elevation of society ; consequently, its
suppression would be of immense service in promoting it.
Now, inasmuch as drunkenness cannot be supressed so long as the
present drinking system Is continued, hence teetotalism is the only
thing needed to aid civilisation ; drunkenness being checked by
teetotalism, and finally stopped by legislati se prohibition, civilisation
would move on as rapidly as drunkenness—in the inverse ratio—
retards its progress.
We need not go to the wild Indians for illu'tratiors and scenes of
reckless lawlessness, resulting from drunkenness. A farmer standing
at his chamber window, near Chester, with a loaded gun in his hand,
witnessed five eases laden at his barn door by a party of lawless
drunken depredators, with the hard won fruit of his labours, yet dare
not fire upon them, lest his premises should be set fire to and
be consnmed in the conflagration.
How humiliating to reflect that math scenes are exhibited in the
nineteenth century, and in the very heart of enlightened England,
and that such lawlessness arises from the prevalence of drunkenness,
as is affirmed by the united testimony of gaolers, chaplains of
prisons, and o'herlaw functionaries, as well as of the judges of Great
Britain—and yet so easy of suppression.
Thousands of families who ones endured the pri rations common to
the generality of the working cla ses addicted to habits of Intempe•
ranee, through the aloptioa of the can ,bling and elevating principles
of total abstinence, are now enjoying the blessings of plenty.
To illustrate farther the advantages of total abstinence, at the
public meeting of the National Anianse, on the 17th of June, one
of the speakers said : —There was a parish in the North of England
where there was no public-house, no paupers, no poor rates, no crime.
In three years after the introduction of three licensed houses, there
wan Is. Gd. in the pound poor rates—paupers and crime ; and in three
years after they were removed, their were again no poor rates, no
paupers, no crime.
Between the principles of total abstinence and universal peace,
there is an intimate and sympathetic connection is manifest, in the
fact of so many Christian phi'authropists bete; enlisted in the cause
of temperance, unfurling its banners, and advocating its claims.
What the idolatrous practices of surrounding nations were to the
Hebrew !ace in olden times, the drinking customs of Britain are to
the Christian church; this fact is borne out by the answer received
by a clergyman of tha Church of England from an assemblage of his
b other clergyman, to his momentous question—" What do you feel
to be the greatest obstacle to the meters of your ministerial labours ?',
To this all-important question the reply of ail, without exception,
was —Drunkenness. It is. an equally attested fact, that upwards of
40,000 members of the various Christian churches of Great Britain,
tither retire or are expelled from Chlietian communion annually,
through drunkenness.

In Tahiti, India—and, indeed, all over the world—the wide spread
reign of drunkenness desolates tee Church of Christ. The bountiful
Giver of all Wsdom, foreseeing this from the foundation of th, world
—is it too much to eupposs that, in His revealed word, we should
End some allusion to it? And if there have been Heaven inspired
and appointed awncies and instruments, as there doubtless have
been, for the accomplishment of God's purposes, I do net see anything
wrong in saying that that portion of Holy Writ has reference to the
bane and antidote of the present times. " When the enemy shall
come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard
against it."—lsaiah, xlix. 19.
How betutifully appropriate the figure, " When the enemy comes
in like a flood," to the devastating influence intemperance has upon
the Church of Christ, sweepii g away, as it were, thousands a nnually
by the fl of,d of intoxicating liquors. And the popular figure of
temperance advocases singularly coincides with that employed by the
prophet, when the calamity overtook the church the Spirit of the
Lord was to lift up a standard of deliverance. How delightful, I say.
is the figure of the prophet, and how anaTagons to the temperance
movement the rallying point of the Christian, to al abstainin; advo-
cate, philanthropist, and patriot of the present age, as the only
effectual barrier against the fi ,od of evils drunkenness pours out upon
the Church of Christ.

(To be continued.)

ROORIA MOORIA ISLANDS-GUANO.

The following letter has been received from the master
of the Credenda, by his owner in Liverpocl :

. I9land of Jiblnca, 7th Oct., 1857.

" I beg to inform you that the Credenda arrived at the
Island of Helaaneea on the Bth Sept., in company with
several other vessels, and the following day landed, and
found a plentiful supply of good fresh water, the south
west monsoon still blowing strong ; and on the 20th
September sailed for this, and came to anchor on the
north east side, within a hundred yards of her Majesty's
steam-ship Cordelia. lat once landed with Mr. Stanlaey ;
and, with a bag and shovel on each of our shoulders, took
possession of the largest cave, and are of opinion there
will be in it sufficient to load the Credenda, and another
vessel of the same size, if here. There is a large quantity
of good guano on the island, bus will require a deal of
labour, as it is a long distance to carry it. It is impossible
to form any accurate estimate of the quantity on this
island, but the general opinion is half a million of tons.
It is found good on the plains,' and not so damp as in
the caves. I have already got several tons on board, and
two hundred tons ready for shipment; and as soon as
Captain Ord returns with labour, we shall get on ra-
pidly. He left here for Muscat on the 4th instant, in
an open boat, to engage and bring labourers from
thence. I can give no information respecting Haski
and Ghurzoud, no ono having yet been able to
land. I forward this letter by the barque Amiens, which
arrived this morning from Aden, with all her crew sick ;
and the master, finding he could do nothing for some time,
and his vessel not being chartered, proceeds for Bambay
this evening. Samples of guano from the island, as well
as from the caves, I forward by this opportunity. lam of
opinion that the vessel will have a good cargo, and hope
you will have a vessel or two here to load the remainder of
my cave ; at the same time, consider the guano on the
plains as good as that contained in the caves. Having
nothing more particular to add, I remain, gentlemen your
obedient servant, "WILLIAM FLETT."

~mugeat,pctober 9th, 1857.

"My Dear Sir,—l left the islands in an open boat on
the 4th instant, and reached hare on the 9th, with the
view of procuring labour, for the want of which we were
at a stand. I found the Imaum of Muscat from home,
but his minister gave me a most cordial welcome, and has
rendered me very efficient service in procuring labourers
To-morrow I shall leave for the islands, with 159
strong men, provisions, and some cattle in a native craft
I have chartered for the purpose, and hope to reach
the islands in ten days hence, by which time I
hope the natives will have come from Macullah, when we
shall commence shipping the guano on an extensive scale
I left at the islands her Majesty's ship Cordelia, the
merchant ships Virginia, Paxton, Saxon Queen, Oceans,
Cr slenda, and others.
"You may be of good cheer—our prospects are mo:t
promising ; there are not less than half a million tons cf
good guano, equal to upper Peruvian, on the island of
Jibleea alone. (Signed), "JOHN ORD."
The above is an extract of a letter addressed to Joseph
Hindson, Esq., of Liverpool.

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