Star. — London, England, 1817-08-29 00:00:00

MR. OWEN'S PLAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. 49, Charlotte•strest, Portland• place, August 27. 9l2—The enclosed was given to me yesterday. It ought not to br withheld from the Public. Your in ner' ion of it, therefore, will confer a favour on, Your obliged, RODEUT OWEN. Ste—The following sentiments were intended to • be spoken at your last Meeting. The confusion that took place prevented this design; but if they can be still of any use I send them to you. Since w r iting the enclosed 'I have pondered with attention your last Addreis t . I now distinctly per ceive the principle on which ! your theory moves, and 'more and more admire :the majesty of your plans, and the enlightened.benevolence of your motives.— On the other hand, I more and more perceive the gross ignorance of your opponents, and regret the narrow prejudices which seem to have closed up their begets against conviction. • I distinctly percsive the' truth of what you told them, that " the; d.• not yet understand the first .elements of politital act.nomy." They do not even comprehend the tent'ency.of their own principles ; it they did, I am convinced they would be ashamed to avow them ! My first object in putting these papers into your possession is to give you the means of ascertaining how Ear • ur senuments4ccord, and how , far yon think I can tinder you service. • My second is to offer you every w•sistance in . my power, which I beg you will do me the justice freely to command. Sir, your humble servant, JOSEPII WESTON. GINTLZIAIN—Perhaps it will save tro..ble and prevent inter ruption, if I begin by saying something of narked. I belong to co party either in Church or State. I know neither Mr. Owen nor Mr. Waitliman, nor any other .° ntseinan whisbas spoken on this question. I love my country, and hate tyranny of every kind. Having said thus much of myself, my neat duty is to sey something of Mr. Owen. Mr. Owen is All enthusiast ! good I-- He is a visionary ! true ! No one ca• benefit mankind unless be is an enthusiast—and no one can be Impelled by the ardent and benevolent feelings which actuate Mr. Owen without be lieving that mankind are like himself ! Ibis opinion may gene sate hater that are indeed visionary—perhaps It will be well for .the world if it does nut generate in Mr. Owen's mitid—feerr that are desponding. But what 11,1 of enthusiast is Mr. Owen Gentlemen, I will first tell you what on of enthusiast be is nit He is not a hair-brained enthusiast descended from the—Moon— bearing a commission to teach mankind the secrets of another world, the mysteries of a future existence, or the wild and incomprebeitsible doctrines of spirits and demons. No, Geis tkmen bad such been tke peen osiona of Mr. Owen, with half his sea l, with half his industry, with one liundreikb part ut his talents, and with not one grain of his honesty, he would have had his thousands and ten thousands in our streets proclaiming the glad tidings, shouting Hosannabs to his name, and hearing him In triumph to the Temple of Honour. He is no such pretender. He tells us he is a plain, plodding, natter-of-tau nun, who, atter thiity-five years' experience, bas perfected a plan which is calculated to put food into our stomachs, and sense into our beads ; and that too with the least postale disturbance to our existing ins:ltutions. • l'lns plan he has not endeavoured to smuggle into die world in a sly and suspicious maitner. He convenes a public meeting. He imparts the great ou line of his scheme, for the purpose of rack log universal benevolence. lie demands a Committee of yuur best and wisest members; to whose sober and discriminating judgment he yropor.es to submit the &tab of Lilo plan ; winch details he very properly tetra us are too abstruse and complicated for our present comprehension—studded as our minds are by :the chains of error, and the prejudices of education. • Gentlemen, we are offended by this insinuation ? Bat why Because we fancy we know every thing, who n, In fact. we kaoer: nothing ! nor ever shall, If the voice of truth is enemies to our ears. Suppose, Gentlemen, it were possible for Euclid, or Kepler, or Newton, or Curler, to propose for the first time to this assembly the stupendous truths with Which they have ago. Disked the would! Is any one so arrogant as to believe be could e tome. bend them, without attending, in the first place, to the long chain of reasoning •on which they depend, and the tedious history of facts by which they are-eupported? &lure this, great lights appeared, there was tiothing but darkness and die e,ordance in day world, as to the several objects which they MSC. Sesdvely illuminated. But Low, every peppling is acquainted with their sublime discoveries, and pod, a willing assrut to the doctrines which support them. • Contrariety of opinion is the itsfaiik svwplea y Pier—because truth of every kind is capable is, demonstration. 'the diversity of opinion that prevails on the subjects of refigion—pulicy— Searernment—political economy, Sec. is a proof that we do not at present comprehend three matters, and that all visiting sys tems are founded on error—for it founded on truth, they would be capable of demonstration, and uo discordance of opinion mid exist un the subj et. Why may not a Columbus—a Newton—or a Cuvier arise to explore this unknown region, and make us acquiesced with the things that most nearly concern us ? But, Gentlemen, there never yet appeared a great benefactor of the human rate, from Orpheus down to Doctor lobules'', but be inetantly became the object of ridicule, suspicion, and persecution, to all those who have a pleasure in being deceived, or ate interest in deeeiving mankind. This lamentable fact is again exemplified ! Why do we resist the teen of this good man ? Can any ti ing be moor easy Can any Mae be more reasonable than what be proposes ? Let us Meet a sakient number of those in whom we place confidence. Let his pleas be temperatey examined. Let them, if false, be consigned to that contempt which impertinence drawees ; but if true, let us not, 10 GOD'S Lame, and for pity's sake, reject a scheme. the meet benevolent ! the most intercedes ! and the most important, that has ever been proposed to mankind. Gwen end beneficent ea tarot of the world ! Sheathe light of moos mew dawn on benighted WA—with the capacity which thou but given him co explore every region—to penetrate the Merets of Nature—to subject all creatures, and even the very dements, to his use. .1 o exceed his researches into ocher worlde—to measure planets and circumscribe their course, shall be never understand the science of his own happiness —never be delivered from the labyrinth of error and the gulph of misery ? Shall his only delight be to persecute his fellows, and torment his nee 1h powers to control nature, and Create thee. dance, shall be want daily bread ? It &swat kik/ will , it ought not to beaus. Gentlemen—l proceed next so give you my opinion as to the dose of our present sufferings. I agree with Mr. Owen in oseribiNg k in part to the extensive use of maeleisery. I agree with hie opponents in ascribing it In part, to mismanagement in the Government. I agree with the Government, in ascribing it its part, to the inevitable calamities of the late war. But the true end efficient cause will be found in a quarter to which no one has adverted—a •eaUSe which has always operated troth the beginning of time, which can never cease to operate while the present system exists. It will be found, Gentlemen, In Me eelfuhiess of mankind. I will mention unly one instanee. The burden of the late war was progressively shifted linen one class to another, till at length it fell (as It always ui!!) upon the poor. Peace returned with her flattering smiles; and if every thing had been left to its natural course, the burden, (as it always ountti) would have fallen on the rich. Them came the Corn Bill, that pernicious measure which acted like a barrier to the course of events It prevented the return of the great wave whose powerful ebb alight have entombed the ' created by the storms Our countrymen wanted food. ' continental rations waited clothes, sod had nothing but food to give in ex change. phis natural commerce was forbid !• The nations grew ang ry, proWribed our manufactures, and we ourselves became sailed and starved by their useless accumulaaion. Thus did this imprudent regulation prevent the flow of plenty into oar fa mished laud; but it could not prevent those who had mese, the evil Irons towing ," with a full-moon tide" where plenty m i g h t be found. Thousands of our gentry have dissipated in foreign hu l as the lot likening. of our poverty; and when they , return , they return Aden with the pyoduce of other realms ; thus wig& ' = ti t &scour, and destroying the very germ of hope to our lation. blow, Uttar:men, what is the source of tids and sinatiar 1.1„, eta t Igkolanee, arbing.frona bad edscaelen. ft Ise mistake to ogisese Set man Is been with a perversity of deposition. It le as WO Os bb Maker to suppose it. It le edify the fruit of ate NI My. We cultivate only the bad peasloos of our na l:Mt Mims wisely implanted Itor our reeftwatien, bet by no imams Winded to fern are cAarertee. Noddy, swim, =bitten. fear, hypeurby, deceit, vanity, sferation, and insoleace: these are thiderfings we foster and encourage, while justice, honour, temperance, lose, and charity. are regarded as mere empty names, flt only "to point a mural or adorn 11111311." Hence the insupportable insolence of the great, the slavish dependence of, the hale, the fierce and cruel strife of cone aim imerests which' 'separates man from man, opposes naticlarigaiest nation, ;nd fills ' the world with discord and misery. Gendemen, I shall say one word only in reply to en (*Rabin started against the plan of Mr. Owen. It is that founded on the incrtsgrpaelien. I agree with Maier Tomos la the belief that ton would rapidly increase under a better order of things; but Is there no mut for such Increase? But suppose the period arrived when the whole earth can no longer allow an increase. is it not possible to restrain it. by resources less cruel and oppressive than those *Ma pervade our present systems.— it would be better even to separate the two sexes (I mean jr • swan). than to live thus in perpetual misery. Besides, You do not prevent this increase by keeping people poor. It is the only comfort you cannot rob them of—the only appetite you cannot restrain ; and it is a notorious lict, that the families of the poor are always more numerous than those of the tick It Is not h. Teri!, but harry that destroys the powers of procreation. Bet If yea will neither believe me nor your own experience, turn to your great apostle Mr. Adam Smith, and be will teach you pre dsely the same doctrine. But why not leave the matter to the wisdom of posterity, and provide for the wants of the present generation ? Why not leave it to the care of Paovtoe Net, who has provided a remedy in the immutable laws of Nature, which we can neither akar nor contrast _ _ . As to the danger apprehended to our feeds's, every thinking man web knows that our boasted freedom has dwindled Into a mere name; that it consists merely in the liberty of censuring others, and tormenting ourselves. But If there be truth in Mr. Owen 's assertions, the liberty which be pretylises is desirable in deed. It promises a deliverance from the fear of want—from the slavery of ignorance —the dominion of bad passions- the dls grace of poverty—the shame of dependence. A freedom Lite this would be true enjoyment. It might not satisfy those enraptured souls who pant for an eternity or unbounded bliss; but tt would dispose every good man to be content with his condition here— to be grateful to his Mazza for present happiness, and to resign his Isle to the best of hiateas with pious composure, satisfied with the reflection. that barren what may, be bas not been created in vas. Whether or not Mr. Owens plan wiU realise these expectations I know nor, but I almost believe it will accom plish mach good, and that alone is a sufficient reason tor giving it my decided support. AMERWAN PAPER& CFROU THE NORFORE HERALD OF THE 21ST OF JULY.] CAPITVLATION o 1 Titi ISLAND OF AMELIA. Brigadier-General *Gregor, Commander in Chief of all the Forces, both Naval and Military, destined to effect the independence of the Floridas, duly au thorised by the Constituted Authorities of the Repub lics of Mexico, Buenos Ayres, New Grenada and Venezuela, offers to Dou Francisco Morales, Cap tain del Regim:nts de Cuba, and Commandant, Civil and Military, of the Island of Amelia, the follow ing terms: i. The Commandant, Civil and Military, Don Francisco de Murales, shall lorthwitk surrender the garrison of the Island, with all the urns sad munitions of war belonging to the King of Spain. & All the Officers and troops of the garrison shall intender as prisoners of war, to be sent to Augustine cc to the Haminnab, with their private baggage, which shall be respected. a The lives and property of all private persons, whether friends or foes to the system of independence, shall be sacred and inviolate; sad to these who do not dame to join the standard of Independence, six months shall be allowed to sell or otherwise 4iispuse of ibex property. 4. The Glean al also am to tbeinhabliants of Amelia, whe ther friends or foes, who have absented themselves on acco.at of the present circumstances. the privilege of returning to their homes, and enjoying the benefit 9f the third Article of Capitula tion, and passports will be Ireely granted to all who wish to depart. the preceabig were agreed to between the Commandant Don Morale, and the Secretary of General M•Oreem. Fernaudlua, June tt9, Ibl7. fRAIICISCO MORALE/. JUMPY DI 111 . Attested, BIRNAIDO Seam Approved, orteoon Walser, R. (YAM THE SAME PAPER up JULY 254 • CHARLES EON, JULY 16. Extract of Artier from an Officer in the Patriotic Ar my to his friend in this place, deted Amelia Island, July 9:—" We arrived here on the memorable 29th of June, and after a march of ten miles through the swamps, breast deep, we stormed the garrison with 70 prisoners. We are now in peaceable possession, and the inhabitants are well pleased. In a few days we move forward to storm St. Augustine, where there are 50t) men in a strong garrison, and are determined to drive them out of it. Our 22 gun frigate, with 250 men, from New York, is off the Bar. We have taken two valuable tehooners at Fernandina." By the passengers in the sloop Hermit, arrived yesterday front St. Joha's and St. Mary's, we gain intelligence that a small military port on the St. John's River, called Fort Nieholai, was evacuated on the 4th instant by the Spaniards, who made their escape in two gon-boats, after having burnt the houses, spiked the guns, and destroyed a tlw small arms and military stores, which they could not eon veniently carry with them. The measure was adopted through absolute dread of (;corral M'Gregur's forces, whose name spreads terror through the country. An advance party had been stationed at a posit on about eight or ten miles from Amelia, called the Neurowo, to countermand its entrance. St. Augustine will next command the attention of General Id , Gregor t it will be attacked as soon as teinforcemetits arrive from the North, which are hourly expected. The Governor, Mr. Cop pioger, is represented to be a spirited officer, and will nuke a stout resistance, if his troops can be Induced to it. A frigate of guns, and upwards of 300 men, was hourly expected at Amelia from New York, when our informant sailed. A Portuguese schooner (formerly the Roger privateer, of Norfolk). and a large schooner, were at Amelia at the time of its cap. tore ; the former was condemned, and the latter, having but a few packages of goods, and a number of passeugers, released. A pilot boat schooner (for. merly the Rebecca, of this port) had received a com mission, and sailed on her first cruize, being the only vessel of war fitted out since the establishment of the new Government. M'Gregor has established a Post- Office Department and a Court of Admiralty, of which John D. Heath, Esq. formerly 'an eminent lawyer of this city, has been appointed Judge. We also learn, that a Newspaper, printed in English, is shortly to appear. ( PROM Til3ll2W YORK MINING POST Or JULY 24.) Some of the Buenos Avesta privateers ate hover ing along our South Sea bound, and are paying handsome prices for supplies. Captain Schuyler, of the schooner Governor Shelly, arrived yesterday from Port-aulPrince, informed us that, in lat. 2.5. SO. long. 72. 90. he was boarded by the United States' frigate Congress, Captain Morris, 24 stays from the Belize. The baring Officer in formed the Congress was bound to Port.aurPrince, to demand satisfaction of the President Petion for having ordered the execution of an American seaman, as detailed in the Papers some time ago. (110,1 TUX 1111111 YORK ADVIIIITISIR, Or JOLT 26.) New YORK, JULY 24.—The Spanish Corona hefeby' gives public notice, that pursuant to the directicns of the Aynotaineuto of Vera Cruz, communicated by the Governor, under date of the Ist of April last, the temporary permission which was lately granted for the admission of for . kign vesiels, with provisions, into the Port of Vera Cruz, will cease from and after the first day of October:.lBl7 and. that no foreign' vessel arriving at the said port, after the said Ist of October, will be permitted to enter the same. 1 t- . GERMAN PAPERS. HAMBURGEI I AUGUST !I. Yesterday evening their Majesties the King and (*mitt Denmark, with the two Princesses their delight( rs; art ived at Altona. Their Majesties had passed through the Duchy of Lauenburgh, whine inhabitants, though but lately become their subjects, received. them with every mark of respect and atuch ment, and with that true German frankness, for which they have been so very remarkable. Their Majesties Will remain in Alton:. till Frid.y ; during their stay the town is illuminated every evening, and the inhabitants endeavour, by all possible means, to testify their joy at seeing their Sovereign again, after the years of hardship that have passed since his last visit. CARLSBAD, AUGUST 2. The revered Field-Marshal Prince Schwartz:mberg left this place yesterday for Tarp iu order to use for a time the baths of that place. The Russian Minister of State, Count Cap° d'ls tria,goes twin this place on the 12 Is instant to Fran zenbrunn, and befuse the end of this mouth will re turn to St. Petersburgh. ST. PETFRSI3URCII, AUGU ST G. General Baron Tayll is appointed Russian Mini. ster to the American Stater, and will soon depart for America. Prince DAshkov; is already recalled. LEGHORN. AUGUST It. The solemn ceremony of - delivering up the Arch duchess Leopoldine to the Portuguese Minister took place this morning. The Prince of Metternich will continue for some time at the waters of Lucca, where it is said Cardinal Consalvi will meet him to settle im portant affairs. It is said that,• in the event of the Pope's death, this Cardinal is generally expected to be his successor. VIENNA, AUCIUST 14. The following is the manner in which authentic letters from the frontiers of Turkey describe the diath of the celebrated es-Chief of the Servians Czprni, Georges, who since the last treaty of peace between Russia an the Poste in 1812, had retired to the for mer country, where the Emperor conferredupon him the rank of General and the decoration of the order, of St. Anne. Czerni•Georges had arrived about the end of June in Gallicia, coming from Russia. Scarcely was this known at Vienna, when the Government gave orders to the Austrian Authorities to watch him rigororsly, and not to permit him to enter:rake, through the Austrian territory. He found means, however, to evade the orrorillante of the authorities. He traversed Hungary, and passed the Danube at Vepaltinka, where he paid 250 ducats for his passage. Scarcely was he arrived on the Servian territory than he was arrested at Semandria by order of the chief of the Servians, Mrlos Obrovics, and decapitated on the 27th of July. His head was immediately sent to Constantinople. PUIVATE LIMTII4 DATSD concern, AUGUST 12. " Here has been a magnificent review of troops by the King of Prussia and his son the Hereditary Prince. The air of his Majesty appeared during the time to be very melancholy; and I have now heard from respectable authority, that he had received the news of his second son (now in Russia) having been bit by a mad dog. Every method had been taken to preserve his Royal Highness from the consequences of this unpleasant accident by applying the knife. Both the King and the Prince expressed great satis. faction at the appearance of the troops, and particu larly at that of the Landwehr, who, though they had been practised but a short time, displayed the greatest precision in their maseuvres.• " The Prussian and Dutch fortresses are repairing (the former with greater, and the latter with less ac tivity) throughout the Low Countries, and the parts of Germany bordering on them. Ehreubreitstein, still so impregnable by nature, is recovering from its ruins ; and the Government is lavishing upon it whatever additional strength art can bestow. " Emigrations continue from hence, and from all the other parts bordering on the Meuse and the Rhine. A town is building on the Mississippi, with permis sion of the American Government, to be called Nouvelle Liege, on account of the great number of emigrants from Liege on the Meuse : thither they carry their mechanic arts and manufactures. " The Portuguese Government from Rio Janeiro had sent to purchases number of fusils from Liege on the Meuse; but not being able to find a sufficient supply there, the full demand bad been made up from England. " Bread is still dear on the Continent, and the want of warm weather begins to be felt by the grapes on the borders of the Rhine." STOCKHOLM, MMUS r 15. Prince Oscar has now been also introduced into the Norwegian Council. of State here, on: which oc casion the Minister, Peter Autter, made a speech, of which the following is so extract : • Staa—Your Majesty' this day gives *s and the Norwegians a new proof of yoor_paternal regard to our interest, both. present and future. The Prince who also will one day inherit these sentiments, toge ther with the Throne, takes his seat today in the Norwegian Council of State, as he has before dose in the Swedish. u We venture at the same time, in agreement with the wish - of our countrymen, and in the lull conviction of your Majesty's gracious will to fulfil ,it a► far as possible, to consider the introduction of the Hereditary Prince into your Majesty's Council, AS the first step towards making him better acquainted with the affairs of Norway; ,and particularly, if being , graciously appointed itiyicauy, hi comes to direct , tit iu person. We have, indeed; nothing to offer Mm bit Inviolable fidelity and sincere athelimz:nt, In our Capital he will miss not only the , sp!end the Court and of the Royal residence, ho' •i: , of the charms of the Arts and of social life, th, „.. of which neither youth nor advanced age a 4. witted to depreciate. ga But xre should be happy even if circumstArv et had not refused us these advantages, rather t nounce them, and if our beloved Prince sh •old fioj an indemnity for. What he would otherwise modest contentment, simplicity, purer morals, a. greater sincerity. If the Romans, the summit prosperity, easily consoled themselves for the w oa Grecian refinement and Asiatic luxury, so hav: equal causes to do so in comparison with the pr. ; of the South, not precisely because history spew: the North generally governs the South. and Lt.. , • I preponderance gives arts and enjoyments same time with gold, but because we rt.:: among other Roman examples, that tte true ness and happiness of a people depends upun t..., pe►ance and voluntary abstinence, and became cl.i'.!. hood, though the age of enjoymeut as «•r;i . •. innocence, nay, even the first years .•f y wan err.:•• rally set little value on many expensive plc....ta s which manhood, that ought wire more prudent, tc• gards as necessaries. " Seldom visited by our former Sov..reigos, v e were, before our uni••n with Sweden unJer Majesty's scepter, often little better known by th , v. Sovereigns than by those of the rest of abode of his Royal Highness the Here.t awing us, and his active participation in 'tie tf of the Kingdom, will chew the greatness 01 yen.. ivsty's cos,fiJence and love to your Norwegian people, and Me hope equally prepare the summit of our happiness." TIIE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1817. PRICE OF STOCK'S THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK s &Seduced SW—Calmtr, money,Boif—Do. fur Act co;t. 4 per Cent. 91144-24:ary, 10Sfj--luslk Bonds 122 124 pr. kichequer tab, Sis. 35.. pr. The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived this moraine. The following are extracts : PARIS, AUGUST SS. At eight o'clock this morning, two salutes of ar tillery, from the Terrace of the Tuillcries and that of thelnvalida, announced the Fete of St. Louis. At half-past ten the King received a visit from the Count de Ruppin, who came to offer his felicitations on the occasion. His Majesty afterwards received the congratula tions of Monsieur, Madame, the Duke of Anson leme, the Duke and Duchess of Berry. the Duke and Duchess of Orleans, the Duchess Dowager of Or leans, Mademoiselle Orleans, the Prince of Conde, and she Duchess of Bourbon. After Mass the King received the Ministers, the Musitals, the Cardinals, the Officers of the House hold., and of the Royal Guard, &c. At six there was a grand dinner. A number of distinguished persons, admitted by billets, had the honour of encircling the table at which the King and Royal Family were seated. The musical band of the King's Chapel, stationed in an adjoining apart ment, performed a variety of airs during the repast. The rain, which fell during nearly the whole day, made it necessary to postpone till Sunday next, the diversions and sports which were to have taken place in the Champs Elysees, Towards evening, the weather having become more serene, an immense crowd repaired to the I'huilleries in the hope of enjoying a sight of the King. The expectations of the public were not deceived. After dinner, his Majesty, accompanied by the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family, sheaved themselves at a window, and were hailed with the most joyful acclamations. Many of the public edifices were illuminated, par ticularly the hotel of the Minister of Police, which presented a most magnificent appearance ; but it ap pears that the general illumination is deferred till Sunday neat. . The French Academy, reverting to its ancient usages, yesterday honoured the memory of the Holy King, Chief of the House of Bourbon, by a religious fete, the first which it has had since MO. The Members of the Academy, under the Fresidenc: of the Duke de Levis, assembled about mid-day in the Royal church of St. Germain Auxerrois. Among the Aftmedicians we observed the Duke of Riche lieu and a number of the Peers of France. A:tor mass, Abbe Frayssinons mounted the pulpit and de livered a discourse on the irreligious spirit of modern times, the design of which was to prove that no social order can subsist under the evil doctrines disseminated by the false philosophy of the Eighteenth Century, and that there is no safety for France but in a return to that Christianism under which it flourished fot so man/ ages. Alluding to that common maxim of the day that we must follow the progress of the age—" said the Abbe, " let us go along with the age in a;1 that is not incompatible with the maintenance ef put-- iic tranquillity, with the peace of families, with tfte existence of society : let us go along with the age ia the progress of the arts, in the discoveries of scirrce— in ,stsch new institutions as may result from the new relations which time has formed among the diffireet classes of men : but let us not go along with the age in its evil manners, or in its evil principles ; for evil manners and evil principles would end in destreyirg society itself, and all the brilliant advantages which l it procures us." After this religious ceremony, the Academy re paired to the Palace of the Institute, when the MY ts IL