The Straits Times of the 16th November, contains the affidavits, taken at the British Consulate, Batavia, of five men, the servi obey.
A law which does not command of yat's crew of the ship Luxine, whic the respect of the people, not only loses left North Shields on the 11th June last, with its moral power, but is positively injur coals for Aden, When she was less than two rious. A man does not lose his self-respect, months out, after she had encountered a nor the respect of others, by drinking con-heavy storm, her cargo of coals were found trary to the law. Tn"certain circumstances to be on fire and she had to be abandoned. it may be disreputable, but it is not so because The captain, officers, and men, 31 in all, left thi 'a man who is determined to drink he does it against the law, and as long as in three boats. What may have become of two of the boats is not known to the survivor will evade any law that human ingenuity who were picked up by " Datch vessel, an can frame. The great thing is to educate Tanded in Batavia, and who have told a the public sentiment, so that it will not onl: harrowing story of their own experiences, disgrace for a man to get drunk—it is They loft the ship on 9th August, and tri that now—but that it will be a disgrace for 3 to make St. Helena, but "though they mantogetrespectably drank, (Hear.) As long reckoned that they were within 30 miles of as man'sphysical uatureis what itis, we cannot the island at one time, they failed to reach it, hope to reach the Paradise of cold water; but and then steered for the coast of Brazil. there is much to be done, and muck that we can do, in correcting the serious and deadly evils that spring out of the abuse of dri upsetting of the boat on the 18th day—27th By refining and elevating the tone of public August, losing at the same time two of their tought, by wise and charitable work, by number, their mast and sail, sextant and com-tender sympathy toward those who are The remaining six nen managed to falling, we can help to bring about a state right the boat, which fortunately had water-of things so that avy man whose moral tight compartments. Four days later, i.¢., sense tells hin that cold water is his only alter they had been in the boat three weeks, safety, will have no temptations or influences long-continued hunger and thirst drove the to swerve him from his purpose. One of men to the last extremity of sacrificing one of the direct influences that is often pressed their number as food for the others. We here the argument of the cost of drinking. ion of the story told by the second The newspapers put it in this way: Archer, who was in charge of the save ten cents a day from my drinks," ra-hardly any minated old Reduose, it will be $36.50 a jows that year, and in fifty years it will be $1,825, and unfortunates cared but little for their li then I can marry Mary, dear ' Mary and accepted the sacrifice of their companion (Laughter) But the thing goes deeper only as a matter of dire necessity. than' this; the cost in "some cases On Sunday, 30th August, thirst and hunger is a serious matter, and the argument intense; we commenced. to drink salt water, must have great weight in moly minds; oth On the lst August, Muller sot August Muller drinking more than any of the but the cost is much more than money, it unfits a man for the duties of life. It not delirious; this was probably brought about by only renders him incapable of gaining a com. his drinking 20 much salt water. fle declared petent living, but makes him incapable of that he offered his body as food for the others, fling out an honest manhood, and of getting and entreated the others to kill and devour out of lifo all that is precious and_substanti him. We did not heed him. After a time mit, Let a man put his thought upon and see if he is conscious that the alcoholic the man Manus Schutt proposed that they should cast lots who should fall as a sacrifice habit he has, is acquired; then let him discover for keeping the others alive. To this we all has it in hand. If he has not, let him consented. Having no other means to make be sure that it is a growing habit, and that a lottery, we hit upon using small sticks of he will wake up some morning and find that different sizes, deciding that the one who drew he is in the embrace of a disease that will not the smallest should be the victim. After Jet up on im as long as there is quivering having made the sticka ready, I held them in nerve of physical energy in his body. This my hand while the others drew. On comparis the kind of men, all the way along in the ing them together, I found that the Italian, degrees of their downward walk, that the Francis Shnfas, held the smallest stick.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.