New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-16

al, s. r.s-,n s-sinsr wholly prohibiting the sale Of
.-.cri...;-- uovo-. The Chancellor Of IA, TX
,b,,,s- nav be expected 70 cone forward ami say:
g. r. .,sr-or WITH nv colleagues IN DESTROYS Of PIT,
..,- IN fri 20 tie LIBERALIZATION arising from the
lie n intoxicating liquors; bu. .he fnanca con
ditcu Of tie country unhspPiiy Prevenfsour aeceins
40 .Le proro.,l Tie money annuity securing 10 t1e
4pvlHc Revenue from The dui! on British SPIRITS
. alone .nl wholly Independent Of tie amount real
D. led bv the duty on wine and foreign spirits Is SIX
millions sterling Tie duty on malt Is over I'VE
millions more. Taking lie duties on spirits, malt
,pd wine they bring al least fifteen millions sterling
mo the Treasury. or considerably more than one
. fourth If the whole revenue collected for the pub
lie expenditure" This may be true enough. inan-
,i,lv but substitute can easily be found for the
op drink and we would venture 70 hint that economy
and retrenctueut in the expenditure Of the public
money. such a. Mr. Golden has suggested would 20
fsr 20 supp, the deficiency. In 1873, the public
epre Of Great Britain and Ireland was not much over
fftv millions sterling: in 1852 il exceeded thai
amount by seven millions and half
Il Is fearful 20 think OF the immense qunnt;ty of wine
and spirits consumed in the British Islands. In the
wear ending January 5 Isl 1.-THE latest for which we
have return nearly 26-o0oOoO gallons of proof
spirits we're distilled and consumed IN England Scot
land and Ireland on which were paid duties to the
amount Of G59isi67. In the sane year. over eight
million gallons Of foreign spirits were imported into
tie British Islands OF which FIVE million gallons
were herein consumed. The duties On rum. brandy
and Geneva slone exceeded 100000. In the same
wear over nine million gallons of foreign wine were
consumption. and the duties amounted 20 within tribe
Of 100000. Here, then We have 81 100000 gallons
Of spirits consumed in one year with nearly six and
half million gallons of foreign wine The whole
amount thence accruing TO the public revenue i.
fifteen millions Sterling. 4 large sum to be surren-
dered-but surrendered it viii be, in spite Of army
Of drinkers on side reinforced by 2,527 licensed
brewers in the British Islands of 81 persons H.
censed to sell spirits and vine and Of 3s65s licensed
to sell beer.
In aid of the arguments which the Temperance
League are low casting over the whole Of England,
in public speeches and by means of the press curl
auxiliary in the way of undisputed facts has been
publishedby Parliament We take the following from
Al English paper
The House 4 Commons recently granted 20 Nlr Hume
return Of the number Of porons apprehended for being
drunk and guilty Of dsordery conduct in LONDON, Elm
buIeh and Glasgow respectively. for series Of year. mp
10 the close of Taking the last year embraced ia
this curious return appears that the number OF persons
drunk and disordely picked up in London or more pro
Icry tie whole metropOli-l was 2f2O the population
being 25.C693-or about in lO6 in Elinburgh with
Iorula n Of lff CO., the number 27giOr about in
60 while IN Glasgow, with a population Of JJJ35' the
number was ii-5O-or in ~ Ia Other words GlasgoW
seems be three times given to n,oxication than
Edinburgh end five tmcs more drunken than LONDON
With such data before them. the friends Of Temper
ance in England do well in pushing for the Maine Law
Noting les than total extirpaton of the gangrened
part can cave the whole body polite. Gradual" or
prospective abolition viii not do: it must be rooted
ont. wholly and Internationally.
BAD % is the case in England, however, it can be
raralleled on this side of the water Take Liverpool
for example as place which may he fairly compared
with New-York as a commercial city but with pOpu-
ation only laf as great recent calculation states
tlat the criminal convictions in New-York during
.Iss2 reached 500; in Liverpool they reached only
GIO In 1851. Liverpool licensed 1924 places to sell
II liquor; New-York 5,75i and there were 65l I'M
licensed rum holes. In Liverpool the rum shops
were closed on Sundays; in New-lork they remained
.opeIr Whether in Ncwlork or Liverpool, in the
New World or the Old the traffic in strong drinks
should be put down. wholly inconsistent with the
Happiness OF tie people and the national prosperity
An Fnqlish writer says with the force OF truth;
Every day II Is impovcrshin, and degrading the peo-
lc Ivory day. fortunes health iappines and life are
was- away under IT. maign influence Every hour the
IrocCs goes without easintne conversion OF virtu
ous. lft.ent and Industrious mon and women, useful
member Of society into the vicious ignorant idle. and
Trofgafe, who are q burden to the community Your
aims house. eu0s nolientares and penal colonies are
g ni the vrol,hei victims OF the wicked system which
has been FOR many generations tolerated and sustained IN
ue United Kincdorn-he Manufacture and traffic in in
toxCatirg drinks That traffic benefits body under any
Crcums0rce- promotes legitimate trade or interest 81
soceiy-whle II cures the nation and the world with
more aud greater wis than all other Of evil com
hiLed
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