The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-06 00:00:00

Mr TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.

We give the following facetious article from the Nett
York Commercial Advertiser of the Sth ult.
NIAKCH OF MIND IN VIRGINIA.—An Anti•Tempe-
r,ince Society has actually been formed in the county of
Elizabeth City, and State of Virginia. We are not jok-
ing ; the fict is so. The resolutions p o.srd at the meet-
ing at which the Society was formed may be numheteil
itnong the curiosities of the day. We quote the follow-

ing:—
" Resolved, That we look upon intemperance as a
destructive vice to individuals, but Temperance Societies
as destructive to communities—the Scylla and Charybdis
bath equally to be avoided."
If communities in Virginia are farmed of individuals,
is in most places is the fact, we should Ilk:. to know what
will become of the one when the others have been de-
stroyed ? By what process of reasoning can it he proved
chat ca'd water will have the same destructive effect upon
individuals collectively that whisky has upon individuals
individually? The fact, if so, will form a curious addi-
tion to the science of physiology.
" Resolved, That the world is already governed too
much, particularly by fanaticism, and that, if left alone,
' example' will correct its vices, and not .
If we understand tois resolution, taken in connection
with the object of the Society, which is to oppose tem-
perance, the example of a drunkard will go farther to
correct vice than the counsels of a sober and ternperans
man. Thus the shortest way for parents to inculcate
iessons of temperance upon their children would he to g. t
drunk now and then, and roll in the gutter.
" Resolved, That we believe that temperance consists in
the proper use of, and not the total abstinence from, the
gifts of the Deity."
The beneficent Author of all rood has never mingled
ardent spirits with his blessings. The Bible gives no re-
;ye for the process of distillation. The gen le dews are
distilled from Heaven, it is true, and flowers are said to
istil their odours, but whisky never ran from a celestial

alembic.
" Resolved, That we cherish liberty, rel'gion, and
practical piety; but abhor licentiousness, fanaticism, and
the excess of preaching and prayer."
This resolution forms a strange jumble of divers m it-

rers and things. We should like to learn from the Chair-
man and Secretary of the meeting, however, what they
consider " an excess of prayer ?" The Holy Spirit, by
•he mouth of St. Paul, has commanded th "to pray
atithout ceasing."
We cannot conclude this article without chronicling the
names of the officers presiding over this meeting, and the
Committee who drat:et' the resolutions; they are as fol.
lows :..—Samuel 13. Servant, Chairman; James Gamine!,
S-cretary ; John Cary, C. M. Collies, Thomas G. Whit-
ing, Thomas Skinner, John C. Whiting, Thomas Lowry,
John Saunders, Cary Wood, Wm. Dye, Baley T. Eli tt,
J. K. Wray, and P. H. Lively, Committee. Th.al
Atrtots should stand high upon the drunkards' calendar,
ind the rubicund nose of every toper klhoulti wax blue with
felight whenever they are named ; for they are, no doubt
ma worthy a Company of " individuals" as ever ‘• reeled,
tad staggered, and fell," as Counsellor Phillips would say.

We lately stated that the sawyers here, had
made a strike for an advance of prices. We understand
that they and their masters have come to an agreement,
and that they are now nearly, if not altogether, employed
at an advanced rate. Formerly, they were paid Is. MI.
oer 100 feet—now they generally receive 2s. sa. for the
.ame quantity, or 2s. 3d. with an additional draught, the
first draught in a log being reckoned two. The great
.carcity of wood previous to the late arrivals tended to
accelerate this arrangement.—Edinburgh Advertiser.

A few days ago a student of the military
~cllool at Saint Cyr, overtaking a waggon on the road,
..ntered into conversation with the driver, and, after
-alking of his having had dis=entions with his family,
,sked him whether, if he was to throw himself under the
wheel, it would kill him? The waggoner replied there
.•ould he no doubt of that, since it...was very heavily loa.-1.41.
A few minutes afterwards, while the man had stepped
aide, the youth seized the opportunity and threw him-
self before the wheel, which went over his head and
ciushed it to atoms.
The great western Railway between Bristol
ind London, as proposed in the plan, is to have a double
ine as fir as Maidenhead, passing direct in one, and by
Kingston, Staines, and Windsor on the other ; thence to
Reading, Wantage, with a divergence to Oxford at the
55th milestone; to Swindon, Wootton Bassett, Chippen-
am, Bath, and Bristol, south of the Kennet and Avon
Canal. There is to be another branch road trim the 82d
wile-stone, by Cirencester, and near Stroul, to Gloucester.
LANGHOLM, AUG. 26.—The Duke and
Duchess of Buccleugh and Qieensberry, and their tt.vo
nfant sons, with Lady Ann Scott a.,d Lord and L tdy
Horsham, left the lodge yesterday, after a residence of
%early three weeks ; her Grace, &r., went direct ftr
Drumlarig Castle, where the Duke, who is gone on a shrift
visit to Bowhill and Dalkeith Palaco, intends to rejoin
hem. Lord Douglass and Lord Ramsay were also of the
family party during the most part of their Graces' stay
icre. The Duke had some good sport on the Moors ;
nd last Friday enjoyed an otter hunt on the banks cit the
Esk ; but his Grace's time was chiefly occupied in the
trrangement of local business with his Chamberlain,
Alexander Harley Maxwell, Esq., and particulatly in
rlanning and superintending the execution of sevt-ral iins
provements on the adjacent woods and scenery ; in which
:e was actively assisted by his amiable, judicious, and
accomplished Duchess. His Grace and the other Noble.
nen spent two days last week in Lifid!esdale, on a shoot-
mg excursion ; and on Saturday forenoon he accompanied
%Ir. Burn', the architect, to survey the ancient romantic
ruin of Hermitage Castle, upon which it is in comet-ivies.
:on to make certain repairs. Besides many acts of private
charity, the Duchess, unsolicited, left with the clergyman
,if the parish 101. for the
,poor, kindly requesting ttim
4ive it to "the Hall)? distressed and respectahle.". oe
Duke of Buccleugh, upon passing through Burns,
Tuesday, accompanied by his architect,
principal het itor
;nee Ilisr...Grace's late
.pc,Led the pt:;ish church,
eppointnic.nt of the Reverewnhdichili:-th-Ve abilace; is wand
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