Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-08-12

from his hand. and among these not more r,
than ONE HUNDRED have resigned it a
back. His toll has been unremiued, and 5
his department such as becomes Cristian a
and the man. The blessings of thou
sands who We're perishing, are upon him. d
:" His Immediate family consists of four
brothers and sister. One ofthose broth
ers, Mr.. Thomas Mathew. is proprietor Of 5
a large distillery at Castlelake, in the t
county of Tipperary. Two others, Chas.
and John have shares In this establishment,
and have property embarked in it to a
considerable amount. Each of these has
suffered more by the present movement
than perhaps any other persons In Ireland.
But this is not all. The sister, Gertrude I
| Mathew, is married to another extensive
distller, Mr.. Hackett, OF Middleton, county
of Cork. Mr. Charles Mathew is married
to Miss Hackett, whose fortune is en-
barked in the Middleton dlstiIlery. Thus
! there is not single member of his family |
on whom he has not inflicted serious
injury by his advocacy OF temperance.
Mr. Mathew is somewhat under the mid
die size-we should say abou. five feet
eight-somewha corpulent, but not SO as
to render him 10 any degree inactive. In
his countenance there is peculiar express
, ion of benevoIence. We will undertake
f TO saw that no one ever yet sat for an hour
in his company and left it his enemy.
: His manners are simple and unaffected,
his conversation always interesting, often
Instructive"
There are now three societies in Lon
: don claiming to be National
Isl. The BRITIsH AND FoREIGN TEN
It pERANCE SOCIETY, (ardent spirit pledge
d onlv.) On Satulday, May 81, the annual
e general meeting ofthe above society was
;. held in the Queens Concertroom, Han
l. over-square, the Bishop of Norwich, In
e the absence of the Bishop of London, IN
e the chair. The greater portion of the
e authority was composed of fashionably-
: dressed ladies, who appeared 10 take a
J. great interest in the proceedings. Ga the
!, platform were noticed the Bishop OF Chi
l. chester, Lord Teignmoulh NJ. P, Al
miral Sir J. Hitler, the Rev. Chancello
g, Raiker. Sc &c The chairman, OIL TAX
of ing the chair, sexpalated at great length
OF and in the most eloquent manner, on tn
n i'll effects OF intemperance- His LordshiI
fv in closing his address, said tha; there Wa
y. supposed 10 be in Great Britain, 23,00O
-ol 600 souls, who had consumed 25,00O,0 90
o. gallons of ardent spirits among them :
en- the cost Of bread, for the support of TIL
". number of people, would be t25.000,00t
he whilst the money expended for the aboy
es. quantity of spirits amounted to L44,00(
Nv, 0OO This quantity Of spirits would for
re- river 100 miles long, 80 feet deep, al
lly as wide. The secretary then read the r
uh port, from which it appeared that durir
,lic the year ending January, 1899, 3O86>
- SOP gallons Of spirits paid duty for hon
ion consumption for England and Scotlan
Upwards of $1,000 public houses a
est At 900 beer shops were licensed in En-
ath- land and Wales; 2O,237 persons We
ap- taken in custody for drunkenness a
son upwards of 100000 persons were relic
ed by the hospitals, 81. &C., large p
e of ton Of whom required this aid in con
G: quence of the use OF ardent spirits. L
ear report, after showing the low state OF
At of funds, stated that the consumption in S.
: of Its had greatly decreased, but that OPT
age, was being used in the m ,nufacluring {
hav. trcts in great abundance
dies, "a. The BRITIsH AND FOREIGN
Ca CIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF INTi
3 at peaANcE, two pledges, both total alb
rned nenee as to personal haoHs, oot one !
hch mlls membership WINE rnah'"9 Ve"u
i Of and giving alcohoL) The annvers
as meeting of this society was held yes
vices day evening in the large room in Elk
zsns. Hall, where there was large assembl
hem of persons. The Right Hon. Earl S
,hich hope took the chair, and, In speecf
than considerable length advocated the ella
su0i. of the society. denounciLg the indulge
:, Eve in intoxicating drinks and opium as ecu
ms 10 fatal, and expressing his hope that s
# his habits, would, in no long time, De su
m the seeded by those of temperance. The
ion TO rotary then read the report, IRON Will
never. appeared that 81 auxiliary assocla
effect had been formed. and that nearly loo
struct .racls had been Distributed. Mission
cIo,ht. had been sent throughout the cou
,r;,ata and the results of their labors had
most gratifying. The number of tetotal'
70 in of strict abstinence men and womer
,;na,ed the u lited Kingdom at the present
'onired ment, was estimated at three million
confer a quarter; of which upwards OF two
ieis were natives of Irelard. The
4 ,thew was unanimously aGoP'eo.
ded in 3D. lHE NE" DRIIiSh
unding EIGN IEaPERANCk 0oci Ely v
= sng. American To.aI Abstinence pledge.
:, ;oji- Fourth General meeting of this 5
IbIish a was neio Ia the ia'9o '0o"'' ~,
that be on FRIDAY evening l'',i Ny
MIS- and chair was taken at SIX ueo0A'
nnmbier Janson. Esq. The hall was d
of the :
the vice crowded large hu,l1ei ~
| at the OF friehds were P'ee1''' -
st them. audience were seo