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.!DDRESS TO THE WORKING CLASSES. tru ly intelligent in Europe•and America, by I v:len publicly called upon, now admit o f t hose principles, which I have advocated to the introduction of a new system i ment of mankind. Hitherto, no indi either in this country or abroad, who pc4. knowledge of the theory and practice of men, or of forming their character, has t o prove error in any one of the principles is the " new view of society." On close they are all found to be Nature's laws, foie unassailable. all m en have from infancy been forced to think as if other notions are true, and, as they have seen any part of mankind placed under cir-, in which they could act on those princi which, they are now obliged to admit, are true irs ., t hey very naturally, from past experience, de that, although the principles of the " New 1 " are capable of the most evident demonstra er cannot be applied to practice. All this, means no more than that they who come ro:ic1:1:ion, are incompetent to reduce correct into beneficial practice : and the, persons thus hastily decide without having sufficient ‘iich to form any accurate judgment, would the same.raudom assertion respecting any improvements in science, prior to their ,on. Such individuals forget that it is a inveation to enable one man, with the aid of :team, to p erform the labour of 1000 men. wolfid these unbelievers in human improve <;;v, if the truths of the Copernican System for the first time, to be introduced to their But we will leave them to brood over their ;oh• fancied wisdom until facts shall over- disbelief; for the time is at hand when win behold with astonishment the simplicity Atif:l order of those movements, the combi- , o f which they now deem to be impossible. berm change, so much to be desired by you by evcy other class, from the highest to the can be permitted to take place, one formida must be removed. From infancy you, have been made to despise and to hate ho differ from you in manners, language, and You have been filled with all uncharita and, in consequence cherish feelings of anger your fellowmen who have been placed in to your interests. Those feelings of anger , withdrawn before any being who has your interest at heart can place power in your hands. rms.. be made to know yourselves, by which alone you can discover what other men are. will t::en distinctly perceive that no rational azger exists, even against those who by the present system have been made your epptessors and your most bitter enemies, multiplicity of circumstances over which td not the smallest controul, placed you where 2, and as you are. In the same manner others your fellowmen have been formed by circum equally uncontrollable by them, to become ,ies and grievous oppressors. In strict jus- no more to be blamed for these results than are, r,or you than they ; and splendid as their may be, this state of matters often causes to suffer even more poignantly than you. They -.fore, an interest, strong as yours, in the which is about to commence for the equal of all, provided you do not create a more for counteracting interest on their parts ; of result must be, to prolong the existing of both classes, and to retard the public good. the e..isting order of things has placed some of in situations of power and emolu ,and in the possession of privileges on which lave been taught to set a value.• While you 'your conduct any desire violently to dispos of this powei, these emoluments and privi ,ii it not evident that they must continue to re- zrra with jealous and hostile feelings—that the Sri between the rich and the poor will never oia end, and that whatever relative changes may i:;,lace amongst you, there will ever be the same , ress . am of the weak by the party who has attained • ? Pxfore your condition can be ameliorated ':;atical and useless contest must cease, and must be adopted in which both parties may substantial interest. Then will anger and op on subside, and those arrangements which now impracticable to the inexperienced, be carried Isily into practice. And these changes are at a crisis has arrived new in the history of 11. " e "Peritn• ce of ages has now developed truths vh demonstrate that all men have been forced by circumstances which have surrounded them `ire,,, to become mere irrational localized ani and who in consequence have been compelled th 'nk and act on data directly opposed to facts, 0, cours e to pursue measures destructive alike of sn liappiliess and of the happiness of human Ittre I . rdci well :mate of the feelings which the t of this truth will at first excite in those now deemed rich, learned, and powerful, ' 4 d n ail tLev ") have been taught to imagine , . some knowledge. Ahls truCr., 11,) ~e v" • .r, is not thus declared to inflict '4l3zy pa4a on a single lowl1 owl being. On the contrary, it is hold Op to theligtit of the world Weill to shew mankind the first step of knowledge whicli can lead them to rationality, and out of the iino ranee and misery in which they have hitherto existed. The pain which the developement of this all impor tant truth must create will be transient, and pass away without real injury to any one ; while the sub stantial benefits which it will produce will be perpe tually experienced by the whole of human nature through all succeeding generations. It is from a thorough knowledge of this truth and of the infinite beneficial consequences which will re sult to mankind from its being universally known, that I now bring k for your minds, not as an ab stract theory to amuse speculative men, but to shew you the source of all the errors which afflict society, and which must be removed before your condi tion can be ameliorated. There is no knowledge except this, which can make human nature truly be nevolent and kind to the whole of the species, and, with the certainty of a mathematical demonstration, render all men charitable, in the most enlarged and best sense of the term. It will force on the human mind the conviction that to blame and to be angry with our fellow-men for the evils which exist, is the very essence of folly and irrationality, and that no tions which can give rise to such feelings, never could enter into the composition of any human being that had been once made rational. Are you then prepared to look upon all your fel low-creatures in power, and out of power, rich and poor, learned and unlearned, good and bad, as beings formed solely by the circumstances of their birth, and who have been made as they are, whatever they may be, from causes which exclude the possibilityi of the smallest controul on their parts, in the forma tion of those faculties and qualities they may happen to possess? If you cannot see and comprehend this truth, then is the time not yet come for your deli verance from the depths of mental darkness and phy sical misery. But I trust the light is not now too strong for you to receive without injury ; for I have been gradually preparing you for years for its re ception, and if the experience which I have been permitted to acquire of human nature does not very much deceive me, it is not now a premature disclo sure. If yon then can bear to be told that human beings, possessing the most attractive form, and the highest intellectual attainments which the world has yet seen, can justly claim no ottier appellation than that of localized animals, peculiar to some of the innumerable districts into which irrationality has di vided the world, and if your minds can now com prehend the principles which place this truth among those, which are capable of the easiest demonstration, then is the time of your deliverance from mental sla very come, and the period is approaching when you may acquire some title to be considered rational crew• tures. if you are in this advanced mental state, so much to be desired for your happiness, then yon will at once cease to blame others for the evils which you suffer ; anger, revenge, and hatred, almost to the very recollection of them, will be withdrawn from your feelings; you will not longer dissipate all your energies in attempting to find the cause of your mise ries among any of your fellow-men, and thus destroy your minds and happiness by creating unceasing use less irritation. No—in all respecti your conduct will become the very reverse of this. You will regard all your fellow men, without distinction, as beings who are soon to become your friends, and active co-operators in the attainment of the substantial happiness to which human nature is evidently destined. You will say to those who are now in possession of riches, honours, power, and privileges, which they have been taught to value, " Retain these in perfect security as long as you can hold them in estimation—our whole con duct and proceedings shall be a pledge to you that we will never attempt to dispossess you of any part of them—nay, while yon can desire pleasure from additional wealth, we will add to that which you now possess—the cause of contest between us will hence forth cease—we have discovered its irrationality and utter uselessness. We will not, except to acquire ex perience from it, recur to the past, in which all have been compelled to act an irrational part; but we will earnestly apply ourselves to the future—and, having discovered the light of true knowledge we will hence forward walk by it." All this you may with confidence say to the higher classes whose supposed privileges you will soon cease to envy. For, without entering into contest with them, without infringing on any of the imaginary pri vileges which prior circumstance:have placed in their hands, a new view of your interests shall be speedily opened to you, by which, without interfering with the rights of any class, without exciting any - feeling of opposition to your proceedings, you shall be ena bled to relieve yourselves and your descendants from poverty, from ignorance, and from the innumerable causes of misery to which you have hitherto been victims. When you shall thus be enabled to under stand your real interests, you will have no desire for any of the fancied advantages now possessed by the higher classes. Had those who are of this order in the civilized world been permitted to discover what human nature really is, they would have distinctly known long ago that, by being raised, as it is termed, to the priv,ileged ranks, they are placed under .cir cumstances which render their successors, except by some extraordinary chance, increasingly useless to themselves and to society. They are taught from infancy to set an inordinate value on themselves, because they possess, what are miscalled, privileges, the only real effect of which is to surround them by circumstances which must in evitably make them .more helpless and dependent than other men. They are trained from the cradle (and therefore call for our pity, not blame) to take pride to themselves for pursuing measures which deprive the great mass of mankind of the most essen tial benefits that belong to human nature, in order that they, a most insignificant part in point of num bers, may be distinguished by advantages over their fellows. The feelings which this absurd conduct generates throughout society,, keep the whole popu lation of the world in a lower degree of enjoyment and rationality than most of the animal creation.— They are the very essence of ignorant selfishness. You will now soon pass this error. You will dis • cover MO his so MlNVelson been the result' of inch conduct and the pleasure to be derived frost the most active erections is give to all your fellow creatures the same privileges and benefits which you yourselves possess, and by this means, solar increase the aggregate of human enjoyment that the least gifted member of society will experience a larger share Of continued and permanent happiness than has hitherto fallen to the lot of the most fortunate. The motives which lead to the former conduct are altogether irrational and will not bear the glance of an enlightened mind ; while those which will com pel you to adopt the latter are in unison with every sound principle and just feeling, and defy the most rigid scrutiny to detect in them any error. Let me however guard you against 'a mistake which exfits to a great extent amongst the unprivileged orders.--az The privileged classes of the present day, tluougboet Europe, are not, as this mistake supposes, influenced so much by a desire to keep you down, as by an anxiety to retain the means of securing to themseloeir a comfortable and respectable enjoyment of Let them distinctly perceive that •the ameliorations which you are about to experience, are not,intended or calculated to inflict any real injury on them or their posterity, but on the contrary, that the same measures which will improve you, must, as they assuredly will, essentially benefit them, and raise them in the scale of happiness and intellectual en joyment, and you will speedily have their co-opera tion to carry the contemplated arrangements into effect. It must be satisfactory to you to learn that I have had the most evident proofs from many indi viduals high in these classes, that they have now a real desire to improve your condition, but from the unfortunate situation in which they have been placed by birth, they cannot, of themselves, devise mea sures by which you can be benefited, and their own circumstances improved. Such changes must pro ceed from practical men. What has been said is sufficient for your minds to digest at one time. When you are prepared to re ceive more, it shall be given to you. Heed not what men, with fanciful theories, and without practical knowledge, may say to you.— Many of them, I have no doubt, mean well. But be assured, that whatever tends to irritation and violence, proceeds from the most gross ignorance of human nature, and evinces an utter inexperience in those practical measures by which alone society can be relieved from the evils which it has so long suf fered. My fixed intention bas long been to develope truths which it is of the utmost importance to the well-being of mankind to make publicly known at this period; and I have been gradually preparing the public mind to receive them. Where great darkness has ever existed, a sudden admisdon of strong light would destroy the infant poivers of vi sion. Unless the most salutary truths, when they are opposed to centuries of prejudice, are introduced with due care to those whose minds have wandered in a labyrinth of error from their birth, the tender germ of rationality would likewise perish, and igno rance and misery must continue to prevail over knowledge and happiness. As you become ac quainted with these truths, cam after the other, your long injured minds will acquire strength, and your rational powers gradually expand, „until that know !Age of human nature which now appears-so incom prehensible to you, will discover itself:to-be as simple as any of the other facts which surround you, and, with which you are now the most familiar. What I have now stated is intended to prepare the public mind for the following conclusions: Ist. That the Rich and the Poor, the Governs= and the Go verned, have really but one interest. 2d. That the notions and arrangements, which at present pre vail throughout society, are necessarily destructive of the happi ness of all ranks. 3d. That a correct lbeeededge of human nature, will destroy all animosity and anger among men, and prepare the way for. new arrangements which will be introduced without violence, and without injury to any party, and which will effectually re move the cause from which all the errors and evils of society now proceed. 4th. That the Higher Classes in general, no longer %% hit to degrade you; but, in any change that may be proposed for your benefit, they demand only that advantages should be secured to theft, at least equal to those which they now possess: And this feeling is quite natural, it would be your's if you were in their situadoe. Sth. That you now possess all the means which arc necessary to relieve yourselves and your descendants to the latest period, from the sufferings which you have hitherto experienced, except the Knowledge how to direct those means. 6th. That this Knowledge is withheld from you only until the violence of your irritation against your fellow-men shall cease; that Is, until you thoroughly understand; and are influenced in all your conduct by the principle," That it is the circumstances of birth, with subsequent surrounding circumstances, an form editor the individual (and over which society has now a turn pike esetrol), that have hitherto made the past generations of guakb&into the 'rational creatures exhibited in history, and fashioned them, up to the present hour, into those localised beings of country, stet, class and party, who now compose the population of the girth." lth, and Lastly. That the past ages of the world present the history of human irrationality only, and that we are but now advancing towards the dawn of reason, and' to the period when the mind of man shall be born again. New Lanark, Deb March, Isl 9. ROBERT OWEN. Ma. HUNT u " Tua Nsw Mime—The Loan CHIRP JUSTICE has appointed the Trial of the Indict ment against JOHN STODDART EDWARD QUIN, and ANDERW himHsu, for a Libel on Mr. Hun?, pub lished in The New Times, at Guildhall. on Saturday next. Mr. HUNT has attended the Crown Office this day to reduce the Jury, as he conducts the whole pro- ceedings in person, without the assistance of Counsel or Attorney. • Letters from Petersburgh of the 15th ultimo men tion, that Prince Gust.An's of Sweden (son of King Guar.trus IV.) has obtained permission of the Em peror, his uncle, to proceed to England, for the pur pose of completing his studies at Word. It is said 'that w great Potentate has settled upon Prince Oils viva* an allowance_ ' . .of L'2,000 sterling per.annirm durinrthe reside*e_it the hitter in Enitand, and that 'ob the 'return of HiOness IA the Continent he isto isPouse his /IOUS; a Princess of H assit-C A 113 aL who, if rumour be correct, has lately rejected a matri sitouial alliance with the new Swedish Dynasty. V. I TDREss -. tru ly Intel: suet,e . „ o f those the Fovernmer either in am knOW le4 rfiring men, ::ipte d t o pror is the they . ,f or e mus r e; a ll men has , ; c: as if other .er seen any p :sea c,:s in whi Ti c ) ) , they s‘ • -r, they vet ;; that, alt . . e1 ;" arc Opal: cannot • means rn coachl:ion, •:,c;des into be] thus hastily 1 on which to f se made the san e glut imprc :o.'.act:on. Su( scorn invention :T an, to . 2a: would :hest i f .; sav, if the now, for the • ,e?' But we N cholv fancic disbeli ',:r Win behold beautiful orde o f which t berm this the by evcny othi west, can be per obstacle must e others, have t who differ fr .;;Inents. You 1 -,s, and, in col .uds your fell, ::nsition to your be withdraw interest at be; a must be ma s alone you c will Clen di; .nd for ar.ger MOTS Cf the pi est oppressor endless mnitip :had not the ST :are, and as yo your fellowmc ces, equally u , enemies and they are no mo; are, r.or you : .enor may be, 'alto suffer eve therefore, as • which is ; • of all, pros counterm the result 'try of both cla Tue existing or fellowmen in • , and in the have been t by your cons ' them of this r it not evil • :zott with jen betwee 'Pm end, and • ?lace among r :l . Tesi'dt of the 4 imeen? Pvfor, irrational ar re 3 must lat `a sub stantia rztioa sub:lde, .;;t1; practi c. - , Py tun `Qs f,r a crisis I tzkind. erperienct ernonstra circurastan o to birth, to be and wh o think and art of course to A Sliappli: 441 re• ..tni „ ho .: - ...saL of a. " now 4j I R 4 .4 04, 7' L..he Y p ,, ss t l / 4 . 1'1;4 true::, lt- 4 4:au pai; SPOR77VG VN7'ELLIG. tVOlt NEWMARKET CRAVEN mr.ETI: infx ' APRIL 14. Sweepstakes of 100 gs. each, h. ft, Bet. 71b. R.M. 1 I/tied Marls; or untried stallions, allowed 31b. If both, c l b. Lord Esher's bay colt Snake, Bst. 41b. Mr. Andrews's colt, by Orville, Bst. 41b. - - - 2 Mr. Payne's colt, b y Smolensk°, vst. 41b. - - - . 3 Two .paid,--2 to I agst Snake-5 to 4on Mr. Andrew's eolt. Mr. Crockford's Sul an, Bst. 21b. beat Lord Jersey's colt.by Juniper, Bst. 71b. Ab. ill. 11u0gt.-5 to 4 on Sultan. Sweepstakes of lOt ga. each. Ab. M. Duke of Grafton's Alirach Bst. 71b. - - - - 1 Mr. Andrews's colt by Orville, Sat. 41b. - - - 9 Mr. Payne's colt, by Truffle, Bst. r. to 2 on Miracle. Sweepstakes of 100 gs. end), L. ft. Bst. .51b. D. 31. Mr. 'Thornhill's filly Sill Mr. Payne's sister to Crispin - , One paid-5 to 2oh Sall, Subscription Plate of X5O, for 2-yr-olds, 7st. 3-yr-olds, list. 'lb. and 4-yr-olds, 9st. T.Y.C. Mr. Prince's bay colt Marfroi, 4-yr-ohls 1 Lord G. H. Cavendish's thee.. It by Zodiac, 3-yrs-old Mr. llouldsw'orth's ch. colt Nitiliam the Third, 3-yrs-old 3s. Sir J. Shelley's brown colt by Comus, ST-yrs-old Mr. Crockford's bay colt Tablet, 2-yrs-014 Mr. Lake's Gazelle, 4-yts.uld Mr. Wyndhanis grey colt, by Skiddaw, 2-yrs-old Mr. Cussans% brown colt &mead°, 2-yrs-old Mr. Forth's bay colt hospitality, 3-yrs-old Duke of Grafton's bay colt Classic, 2zyrs-old Mr. W. Rutler's bay colt Cetes, 2-yrs-old Mr. 11.1101% black colt, by Sorcerer, 3-yrs-old The Judge placed but three—Even betting on Ilfanfirei. Third Class of the Outlands Stakes of 50gs. each Is. ft. D. L Mr. llouldworth's Magistrate, 4-yrs-old, irst. 61b. - I Lord Rous's Zenith, 3-yrs-old, 6st. 1010.• - - • S. Duke of Rutland's colt, by Walton, 3-yrs-old, 7rt; - 3 Mr. Rush's Schwartzenburgh, 4-yrs-old 7u. 61b. - 4 Lord Exeter's Captain Candid, 5-yrs-old, est. alb. - Mr. Lake's colt, by Seymour, 3-yrs-old, 7ss. - Twu paid—liven on 111agistrate. _ - A number of the Yorkshire sportsmen went up to Newmarket, to see the match betwixt blagistrate and Fitz-Orville, as barge sums had been betted upon the former, as being the Yotk shire horse. FAILURE OF THE TANDEM MATCH. Mr. Barron started on Hounslow-broth Mill yesterday morn ing, very private, to drive a couple of horses tandem to *fah hatch, on the Rath-road, twenty-four miles, in two hours. The horses, however, not pacing well together, broke from the trot twice in the first six miles, and the turns together having occu pied snore than an hour before ten miles were performed, he reigned. Tha maul was for 100 guineas. HUNTING. Royal. Hunt —Monday the Royal Stag Hounds were :4- pointed to hunt. Winkfield Plain being the place appointed far the deer to be started, a numerous assemblage of sportsmen were in attendance at an early hour, together with several hun dreds on foot, :Ind great numbers in chaLe-carts, Scc. At half past ten o'clock, a remarkably fine deer was turned out of a cart far the day's sport, by the Royal huntsman. Immmed:- ately the deer started with great speed across the plain towards the wood, to St. Leonard's Hill, taLing to the left toward! the New Lodge, when. Its ran with very great speed through enclosures to the Thames, and crossed it near Surly Hall. The sportsmen and hounds were in consequence obl:ged to ninkelor the town of Windsor, which they passed through to the gtiah amusement of the inhabitants and passengers, and also through Eton. Soon after the chace was resumed across the countr , , making for the Bath road, to the left of Salt Hill, leaving Bu.- strode to the right, crossed the Uxbridge road, taking to fro right through the fields and enclosures in the line for \Vat:L.l'd, in Hertfordshire. The deer then took his coarse rather to the right, and passing on some distance, it was taken near Harrow, after a must excellent run of upwards of four hours. Most of the sportsmen were knocked up and thrown out. There were but very few up when the deer was taken. During the chore the deer crossed several canals. ANGLING. • On Saturday morning, a poor man, named Sprinkling, while angling with a common hair line ? in the river Medway, a littlo below the Gibraltar Lock, near Maidstone, caught a carp, weighing eight pounds and a quarter. Re sold the fish for 3s. and a pot of beer, to the Lock•keeper. GRAND PIGEON MATCH. A Grand Pigeon /latch, by three Gentlemen of the Midgbana Club, against three of All England, took place on Monday. on Farnham Downs, at us birds 21 yards distance from the gun, fur ISO guineas aside, charge unlimited. Messrs. AORTIC II „s -ass., and Hoer, were selected from the crack Club, against Messrs. KING, SHORT, and KEAN& The sports were as follows : Mr. ADAMS killed 19 birds, and the remaining two were se verely hit. It • killed 18, but lost one three yards out r" bounds, and Mr. flocs. bagged 16, making a grand total of 52 front 65. The Club was at lust backed to win, but the Lcg land shots were now backed freely at d to 4, as they were ccu sidered safe eigkeen bird men. Mr. Kim. killed 20, but lost two out of bour.ds. Suoar missed his first three, which brought betting to two to one on the Club, but he killed the next 17, and missed the last bird. Mr. Kassa had 17 to tie, and 18 to win, and he was backed at 5 to 4 and at 2 to 1, after eleven birds in succession. Ile, however, missed the 17th, and had to kill the other four to win. He succeeded, and the prtre was won by one bird. It was, altogether, the most interesting match of this sort known for years. PEDESTRIANISM. FIFTY MILES IN nein HOIMS.—JONAINAN WEST started from Backbites-road yesterday morning, to go on foot 50 miles in eight hours, on the Lcilver Kent-road, out and in. The Pedes trian did rather over 14 miles the first two hours, and he per the other six utiles an hour with apparent indifference, and returned to St. Georges-fields at eleven o'clock, as if.he had been taking a morning's training. PUGILISM. Last night, at the Amateurs Long Room, Gtars the limey had a few "gay esomeats." The attraction was, a remuneration for the Mailer of the Ceremonies, " add Jox Noe von," one of the most ancient and striking appendages of the English gymnastics, not only gaited for his etiquette of the Ring, but fOr his prevention of what is termed rudeness; and in his capacity of caterer upon this occasion, he furnished his audience • with considerable novelty. PAINTS& set-to with HAKIM and displayed great improvement in his system of tactics • and the complaint which formerly existed respecting his arms being died, as it were, to his shoulders, his opponents now declare is posi tively removed, as some oitheir nobs can testify. It was an ex cellent trial of skill on both sides, and received universal applause. Caavrise and Anon' :--this was the first exhibition by Young since his defeat by the Ges-esass, when he took, the lead Ina a eak high and scientific style ; and it was thought that had he acted in the same stopping, hitting, and getting away manner at Hadley Hurst, when he was opposed to the four-pound Wiser, be might have stood a good cloud of clouding some of =s r rays of brilliancy. A bout which claimed more than attention took place between Eavraans, (only eleven ,sastae, and open to all the world of that weight), and ADAMS, in which the former shut up the left egk of his friend. Some minor heroes amused the Amateurs • and the concluding combat, be tween a new one from the litly land, called Pitatoes, and Job • son, was of so laughable a description, that Oans t smst,. In his highest moments of fun, could not have produced more aterri pant than Paddy did, from his relay-poky *ode of attack; and althosigh be Was often compelled to turn his back from the Woos and severity of his assailant, yet he renewed 'the charge whit so much of the impetuosity and fury of a elision, that Josses was eq ually glad when Put-he's retired from the corms. Noire*, " quite politely," returned thanks icibir gamipsay fix • their patronage. - • The word " Dandy" apears to hiVelmiten from a small silver coin, struc k by King Hasiav VII. of • little value, called a dandy -pelt l and lessee Bishop FLEETWOOD observes, the term is applied to worthless and contemptible persons. - In the neighbourhood of Maidstone vegetation is in a very forward and promising state. The wheit looks remarkably will. There is at present every expecta tion of a good crop of fruit. Mr. FIELD, of Bearsted, near Maidstone, the week before last ; dug up a peck of new potatoes. •