Star. — London, England, 1817-07-30 00:00:00

IF love hitherto been dormant in their hands, and in 'bete of their predecessors.' If they will study the subject as it deserves to be studied, and afterwards make A proper use of their power in legislating on the principle of prevention, under the influence of a peii.evering well-directed kindness, the distress of the i.ountry will be found to vanish, the ignorance, po verty, and misery of the lower classes to disappear, though it were by a miracle ; and they would tlii a look in vain for disaffection, discontent, or op position to any of their meAsurcs. The present period :s of allothev the best adapted to introduce the change, every circumstance now imperiously calls for its to mencement. I would here rivet the attentinhUf the'world 1 It .tai been said that there are numerous difficulties in I:3 iiing children to good habits and right conduct, rveu previous to their having reccimak - -any contrary bi t s: but here is a proof that the most deep-routed and Inng-continued habitz of depravity may be easily speedily overcome by a system of kindness, v • Ic! , , when properly directed and persevered in, no "11,f1 beings have ever yet been found long inclin ed t., resist. This principle, wlien it shall be well understood rightly acted upon, will effect more for the sub. happiness of mankind than all the moral and ragiblis systems that have ever yet, at any period, o r in any country, been forced upon the human mind. Hitherto the world has been tormented by useless tailing—by much speaking; all which has proved to he of no avail. Henceforward acting will render pre cepts unnecessary; and, in future, systems for the government of mankind will be estimated and valued by their fear in /practice only I I must tone refer to that which is mereerary. Imme diately before and after the late meeting at the George and Vulture I discovered that some secret emissaries v.-err at work to counteract'my progress, by insinua tions ef various kinds, which evidently produced the '.Feet intended on. the minds of some who had pre vi nisly eyprelsed themselves favourable to the plan. All tl.'s se:•1 eery natural ; no ordinary individual canli attack the errors and prejudices of mankind, at I !rive done, without enco u n t er i ng a t eac h step opposition of every dpicription. When the weapons used in this warfare, however unfair and illegitimate they may have been, were directed agaiset the individual only, they were disregarded. I cittedi o 'ithd Ido still care, as little for- the individual it fifty of his oppo. nests did or c.-n. I make him, si they shill now be made, an imtroment to ferwarirtneasnies for our mutual, and the general benefit.' j liti has been hi that° r' employed, without regard to his vanity or self-rontequclice of any kind; and until the object shall b etFect;:ally secured, he shall continue to be so. But as the absurd and ridiculous insinuations now set afloat are intended to retard the work I have un dertaken, they must be met ; and they have deter. mined the neat step that I shall adopt, and about which I was deliberating. It is, that a public meeting shall be held at the City of London Tavern, on Thursday, the 14th day of August, to take into consideration a plan to be proposed to relieve the -country from its present dis-1 tress, to re-moralise the poor, reduce the poors'-rate, and abolish pauperism, and all its injurious conse-, quences. At that meeting I invite those parties, and any others whom they can enlist in their cause, to come torward and make every thing they have to say 4gainst.snepublicly known. I with to gratify them tO.trla• Utterlllo4 of their desires; and as they may not pos.ess all 'the requisites for the purpose, I will give thein•the chic by which they mny pursue and discover all the errors of my past life. I was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire; left it and came to Lond , ti when about ten years of age; soon after went to Mt. lotted M'Guffog, of Stam ford, in Lincolnshire, where I remained upwards of three years; returned to town, and Was a short time with Messrs, Flint and Palnier's, London-bridge. went afterwards' to Manch es t er , a nd was sometime wish Mr. John Sattersfield, whom I left, while yet a boy, to commence business on a limited scale, in making machinery and spinning cotton, part of the time in partnership with Mr. Jones, and part on my own account; afterwards I undertook to manage the spinning establishments of the late Mr. Drinkwater, .4 Manchester, at the latter place, 'mania Norwich, in . Cheshire, in which occupation I Wmeined three or four years. I then formed a part*Ership to carry on 'cotton spinning business with Illesin:Abblion and &earth, of Manchester I built the Chaflton Mills, and commenced a new firm under the designation of the Charlton Twist Company, along with Messrs Borradaile and Atkin son , o f Londcin, and Messrs. H. and J. Barton and Co. of Manchester. Sometime af terwards we purchased the mills and establishments at New Lanark, where I have been before the public foe 18 years past, and I am now 46 years old.— Hers is a ciao to my. whole life for' any parties who may with to make' use of it ; not because the con duct of the individual, whether it has been the best or the worst, can alter one tittle of the truth or false. hood of the principles and prastices for which I con. tend s these stand solely on their own foundation, and will ultimately resist the shock of ages. Nor be. cause be has acted better, or with more wisdom than the average of persons at the same time of life, and under the same circumstances; far he has never, in a single instance, set any value on himself, or on any of his actions. But, because I wish that every thing which can be said against fir individual may be urged by those who are desirous so to do, in order to have dote with these trifling and insignificant personalities, and that I may proceed onwards to the accomplish ment of that which is of real practical utility. Let them, therefore, at such public meeting, bring for. ward every saying and action of mine that has di:- pleased them ; I only ask that the attack shall be fair, open, and direct ; it shall then be met, and it shall be overcome. In the mean time I ask no favour ; let them be in dustrious and be prepared to secnre . all the success at which they aim. I shall not ask for,.ur accept any quarter ; my purposes have long betn Axed, and my dtttrmination is, not to give any quarter. to the errors and evih of the existing systems, civil, political, and religious, until they shall become so obvious as that their removal shall be desired by all parties; even by these who seer feel the strongest interest in, and in. ctination, to, support them 1 The Rubicon is passed, and the - public will soon experience the beneficial consequences. ROBERT OWEN. P. S. A more complete view" of the plan, acconpe sled by pee welt.% &wrap. sod a fell detail of all its practical advaatases, %al be Aunty submitted to the public. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1817. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK s Reduced 79j—Consols 791i—Consols for August ;SC 4 per Cent. 961-5 per Cent. Navy, 103 ii India Roods 112 pr.—Exchequer Bilis 244.885. pr. The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived last night. The unfortunate General LACY, having arrived at Majorxa, was shot, on the .sth instant, at fnur o'clock in the morning. The Spanish Government must be yreak and tottering indeed, when it dare not execute a convicted criminal at the seat of his alleged offence, but is obliged to resort to the disgraceful expedient of conveying him away to a distant island, and put ting the sentence into sudden execution, at an hour when the clouds of night still lowered over thelcene. A full publication of all the particulars of this ill fated individual's trial, condtmnation, and execution, seems very necessary to vindicate the conduct of the Spanish Government in this matter. The celebrated General Kosacsso arrived on the 12th inst. at Lausanne. The Austrians are beginning at last to evacuate the Kingdom of Naples. Accounts from Lisbon, dated the 4th of July, state that several other persons implicated in the late con spiracy, which was vet y extensive, have been arrested. Some of the persons in custody are Ecclesiastics ; and important discoveries have been made by a Lieu tenant of the 16th Regiment. The accounts from Switzerland continue to be very distressing. All the convents and large build ings in the eastern part of Switzerland, which have suffered most by the late inundations, are filled with houseless and starving individuals, whose meadows have been inundated, and their cattle drowned.— These unfortunates are for the present sublisted on 4 444 4 1 , - Anothgr Military Officer on half-pay, °keel BE. *milt, has been arrested at Paris ! He had come to Paris without leave, and was detected intriguing with seditious persons. On Friday last the Minister of Police shut up seven bakers' shops in Paris. for fraudulent practices. French Funds, 25th July-6 fr. 75 c. Accounts have, we understand, been received in town from General Bow'Aft, which represent the cause of the Independents as in the most prosperous state, and fast approaching to its ultimate triumph. The General is concentrating his forces on the Orinoko, and has little doubt of driving the Royalists before him. It is in order to join him that the Pa triot troops, as we stated yesterday, have evacuated the Wand of Margaritta. Charleston Papers to the ht July arrived this morning. The following is the only article in them of any interest " CHARLESTON, JUNE 117: " By the British schooner Henry and Robert, Tedder, five days from Nassau, we are informed, that a short time before she sailed a privateer brig, under the Carthagenian flag, was wrecked noon Cape Florida. The crew, with about 140,000 dollars in specie, were saved by the Providence wreckers, and brought to Nassau. The Government ordered them to be arrested as pirates, when a part of the privateers men seized upon a small wrecky vessel (the Venus), put the specie on board her, and effected their escape. Themeeatainder, about 18 or 20 in number, were eominitteit to gaol, and their trial was going on when ,the Henry tailed. The first Lieutenant was a resident of Itissau, and was among the number that made their escape." The Brazil Packet, which arrived on Monday, has brought no official details or proper confirmation of the restoration of Pernambuco, though she left Rio Janeiro on the 28th of May, and B4hia on the Bth of Juice. The Liverpool Merchanti are still dubious on' this affair, because they had three ships in Pernam buco loaded and ready to sail, when the Revolution , commenced, and if the embargo ceased by the re capture of the place, they are astonished that these vessels have not made their appearance. The following is an eztract of a letter respecting Buenos Ayres affairs, dated Rio Janeiro, May 27 : 44 The Portuguese are still shut up in the fortress of Monte- video, undoubtedly ter the want of bones, for the natives ate 'sowers of the whole country round. The Portuguese hare wadi a few military excursions 'without the walls, for the purpose of collecting cattle and wheat, but , their efforts were node's, as Ar cisme people have destroyed every thing. Lately as have re ceived'advices, that the Gaucho. have obtained posseslion of 1500 horses the Portuguese bad stationed on the mount ; and if this is true, they will certainly pass a disagreeable winter , for they al ready experien ad the tocutiveuieiscies and hardships of a meet rigorous siege.*ce Owing to the excesses and outrages of the Carthz. genian privateers against the lawful commerce of all nationi, the Republican Admiral, &am, has issued a notice, that no respect should be paid to any oral zer's commissions which should not be signed by himself. Some privateers, acting in defiance of this notice, have been seized as pirates, and will be dealt .with accordingly. The Saucy Jack privateer - has has been taken by the Pique frigate,. and carried into Port Royal, Jamaica. We trust that these ma ritime cut-throats will be punished as they deserve ; and that a few signal examples of the foremost crimi nals may suffice to intimidate the remainder. The Governor of Trinidad has made known by Proclamation, that any of the inhabitants of that+ island, detected in supplying articles contraband n war to the Spanish subjects in arms against their _Sovereign, will be exposed to confiscation and to ba-' nishment. tint if A.* 7. - . • , ---- .. Saturday detachments if invalids from the Royal Artillery, the 4th, 6th, 7tll (Fusileers,) 35tli, 95th (Rifle) regiments of Infantry, and several other corps, were landed at Dover from the British army in France, for the purpose of being disbanded. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. visr INDIA SHIPPING. The Company's ships Patavtortecs, from China; and LADY CARDINGTON, horn Bengal, arrived off the Wight yesterday ; they sailed from St. Helena 11th June, and left there the SOVEREIGN, Bmtiwoartr, and MANGLES, which were expected to follow next day. Extract of a Letter from the Agent to Lt.ortia. at Savannah, dated 2Sd June: " The entrance to St. Mary's will be pretty well attende." by Pilots, from the number of privateer and other vessels expec•ed at Amelia, which place and St. Augustine are expected ►hortly .o be in possession of General WC& tome, for the new Republican Government of South America. That General is pretty active, and we have ro doubt will possess himself of Amelia I,land at all events, immediately." LIVERPOOL, JVLY 28. Accounts had reached Charleston on Ist July, that Sir GIieGUR MCItF(IOIt had taken possession of Amelia Island, St. Wiry's, &c. A north country built brig, with Moors on board was - seen off Corunna on the Sth instant. FALMOU TH. JULY 27. Arrived the Blucher, MiLt:on, from Buenos Apes in 103 days, for Hamburgh, and a man of war schooner, name unknown. The Thomas, GitsysoN, was to sail from Buenos Ayres for Liverpool, a few days after the Blucher. Also arrived the Lady Louisa packet, with a Mail from Malta and Gibral tar—left the former the I Ith of Shoe, and the latter the 13th of July.--Wind W. PLYMOUTH, JULY 22. Arrived the Etk, Hannah, and Hope, from Lon don for Quebec ; Ernest, from London for Fayal ; and Prince 'Edward, CHANDLER, from New Bruns. w ick.— Wind W.• PORT3MOUTH, JULY 29. Arrived the Emily, BLACKWELL, from the Downs for Baltimore. The Milton did not put back 1 ester day as stated. Sailed the Lune transport, for Chat ham.—Wind S. DEAL S JULY 29. Arrived and sailed for the River,.the Atlas, Stmt. from Bengal; Ranger, RIMIIIINaron. from Dan.i rata ; and Neptune, Aasotora, from St. Domingo. Carve down from the River the Orpheus, for B.,nrt bay ; Camillus, for Quebec; and Recovery, for the South Seas.—Wind W. LIMINOTON, JULY 29. Passed by to-day for the River the Lady Carring ton, and Providence East Indiamen, from China, la+t from St. Helens, where they left the Mangle., Bul wark, and Sovereign. The Purser of the Providence landed with dispatches, and proceeded immediately for London. GRAVESEND. JULY 19. Arrived the •Prince of Orange, Tiller, from Barbadnes ; Water loo, Munro. from Oporto; Dorchester, Hedge, from Watertord ; Consolgslo, Zoraeh, from Bilbao Charles Moulton. *Timitiv. from, Oporto; Three Friends, Scott, ►rom Charan•e; and Nancy, Patterson, from Teneriffe.—Sailrd the Hope, White, tor Am sterdam ; Mary Ann. Johnson, tor New Brunswick ; Iliztheth and. Mary. Wilson, for Calais; Williams, Redduck, fur Dasuzic ; and Hercules, Molaader, for Stockholm. CUSTOM-HOUSE; JULY 29. Sates ENTItaiD INMA2OII--Tbe Princess Amelia, Bealson, from China ; Windsor Ca.tle, Hornblow; and Astell, Creswt-11, from Calcutta ; Planet, Weyoton, from Jamaica; Duke of Kent, Pound, from Rotterdam ;, Elizabrit, --, from Cork ; Genf re Canning, Tripe, Iron) Cadiz ; Duke of Marlborough, 11..lictr, front the Cape of Good Hope; and the Daphne, Appieby, Stunt the Isle of France. OUTWARDS-411e Constance. Tyne, from Elsineur and Dant sic ; Duke of Wellington, Martin, and Neptune. •:tranadt, for Ostend; Eliza, Capp, Th..mas, Wright, and Viscount Economia, Harvey, fur (kilo. and Leghorn; Iris, Herber:, tor the Cape ..t Good Hope; Lurd Liverpool, Aylesbury, for Calais; .Maria, Smith, for Eitineur and l'eteriburgh ; Moraingfi Id, Price, foe Elsineur and Riga; Nrlly, Lawson, for Pillar, Kuning.be.g, and Elbing ; Probity, Cuoper, fee Lisboa, and 1 lames, brown, tor Hamburgb. The 'Bel/More Patriot says-4 , The Brit;sh vesiel Angelicelately foundered while on her passage fines the Cape of Good Hope to the Isle of France, and all On board perished. Among these unfortunate per. sons were John James Armstrong, Esq. late Amer i can Consul at Tenerife, and his family, consisting of Mrs. Armstrong. seven children, two nephews. and servants. Mrs. A. was formerly Miss Dameste. a native of this city." Extract of a letter from Quebec. dated June 12. says- 4 4 The arrivals and clearances at the pc.rts of Kingston and York, on Lake Ontario, and of buffalo, on Lake Erie. amount to upwards of SO schooners and other small vessels, in the course of about a tort night; there are besides two large steam boats, for goods and passengers, which are now plying on. Lake' Ontario and we understand one has been Milt or is building on Lake Erie. Thirty years ago. these Lakes were navigated only by Indiamanoes, hartearrx, and two or three small vessels, chat' employed in con veying goods for the fur traders. Their banks, and the shores of St. Lawrence. beyond 50 miles above Montreal. were then inhabited only by the occupiers of a few houses built in the vicinity of the military posts. At the present day the population in these parts cannet be much less than halt a million. The majority of the population is, indeed, within the Limits of. the United States; but their outlet to the sea, the great highway of all new countries to a market, isby the St. Lawrence. The natural facilities which this river and the lakes offer to navigation, are unparal leled, extending. With a few interruptions, nealy 2000 miles. They can badly be rivalled by any canals, which pre. always accompanied with enormous ex penses.'' . • WININOI4 JULY 29.—Sir Joseen BANKILI arrived at the Castlelsom Spring-Grove yesterdarmoraing on a visit to her bliarxrx and the PRINCESSILS, and afterwards was taken in her Maissry's garden-chaise through the sew plantations, to see the improvements at Frogmore and in the Little Park : tie returned tr, his house this afternoon. This morning, about one o'clock, her MAJwari. accompanied by the Princesses Amman and ELIZABITII, and a Lady in waiting, went -to visit the Princess CUARLOTTIS and Prince Cowman, at Claremont, where they partook of an e arly dinner, prepared for them. P iRATI....S . IN •TIIE INDIAN SOS*. . --;--- The rollowinjg are extracts of lettrfa 'received by the Gmvernor at Poit Louis, frotn the Right Honour able the Governor in Council at MAdras: EXTRACT OF A LETTiHt FROM TUC ItEsiDIDIT AT BUSIIOI% DATED THE NTH NottEMISER, 1818. " They have now at sea fifteen Lail of boats erlaiZ ing to the Southward, between Cape Rasele..te and Muscat; five sail up the Gulph. between-Cape Ver &sten, Bushire, and Bussorah, and four sail ready for sea, lying off the town, lnd intended to sail in a few days to cruite .the Qulph: besides these, they have about forty or f.fty sail. of vessels in the harbour for emergencies. theJoasmers will now consider all further ties of amity at an end. there can be little doubt, aid that t':ey will attack all vessels they my meet with. All merchanr-ships, therefore. conking to the Gulellkou2hr ol be advised to he on their guard, and he capable to rt.pcl attacks from boats." EXTRACT of A r.ryrti: Fnom CAPTAIN H. P. IMIDOII. OF Ills MAJFA'Y's SHIr CIIALL'NCER, wirnol,:r DATE. " Their power at toa, in and out of the Golf, is very great, comparatively with our Merchant ves seb., who, without doubt, will be all captured, if they come singly, as /he Lascars in gtneral have an idea that it they do not fight at a:1, ti.eir lives will be spared ; every ship must fall without a chance of escape. The Chaikneer will do her utmost to pro tect the trade, and can do it completely with one or two cruizqrs. Voi!r Excelleccy will understand it to be my intention, till I receive fut ',her orders from you to arrange regular convoys. between Muscat, Bushire, and Bussora!t, and a; I am aware of the number of ships likely to come up the Gulf, I hope . to be able to ensure the safety of the Bi itish trade, till your Excellency' s int ent i on of humbling these horrid pirates can be carried into execution." BRIGifION. JULY 29. Yesterday, Sir Cum'Les KNIGHTLY and suite, and twenty-two other passengers, arrived from Dieppe. We can never learn from the French Journals even recent circumstances with any degree of accuracy; but Isom travellers, the information is somewhat in ter,:aing, as it regards the political feelings of our Norman neighbotirs For instance, even the repre sentation of a Comedy' at the Theatre of Dieppe, • will disturb the•peace'Of a whole town. Opposite views are prevalent, And' the pique of the inhabitants against the militratrilf:Dieppe is the more blameable ; because the Play on Sunday week, ordered to be per. formed by the citiz -xis. had been expressly prohibited by the Director General of Police in Faris. Thd elnillition of parties is now terminating in a trial of remonstrances to the Government, and a memorial for the removal of the National regimlnt ; and the disbanding of the Gens-d'Ariries, at Dieppe, will probably silence all antecedent animosities. The price of bread has fallnr at Rouen, but still the people complain as it the change of Gov..rnruent had caused the last bad harvest. In tact maay complain with intellectual weakness, that the seasons have changed with their rulers. Several district: have lately suffered from tempests, which have destroyed the produce of their apricots, nectarines, end peaches. but all accounts corroborate our previous inform*. tion, that the earth never exhibited more blessed crops of bread corn. Along this coast of Albion's shores, nothing can be more grateful than the prospect of plenty...price of bread is falling in this district. The Duke and Duchess of RUTLAND have arriv4 at the Pavilion. from their tour in the Isle of Wight. The venerable Bishop of Winchester arrives to nu,n row, fur the benefit ol the coast siir. Yestertlay afternoon, the Duke of Yonc. after as teniiog the tiniNcr. It: to.:N•r, left town at hatil-pait tire cluck for litigtaton. Lord Snw.tot'c liad a long audience yesterday of the Mown lt , ..t.orwr, at Carlton House, upon his . i sa rival m England. • YetterdAy fr l mel Nit.t.earrart arrived at the Co. lani.d Other, Dotvaing-street, with diipAtthes two; the &fauteuils. It is Mr. Cookr, - )flee Under Secretary of State for the Foreign 11PpartnOivi, whu has tesigneds and not Mt. liamirrag.-44rAILanta bucceeds him. k Yesterday 4, Cabinet' Council was had, which was attended by alt ttieNiiiisteis except Lord CASTLE. 1114011. His Lordship continues at Fout's Cray, aal his accident now appears to have been very serioas. The sinews of the first .end Lecond fingers have been divided by the animal's te.qh, and the first articula tion. with the nail of the fir.t finger upon it, a:e nearly separated. There is an extensive laceration in the hand beside!. His Lordship was in the act of preventing the dog from attacking another dog, when it bit him. It was always remarked as an ill-tem pered and ferocious animal—it came as a present to Lady CASTLERFACM from S:utgard. Lord CASTLEREAOH has been hardly used by the brute creation. He was kicked in France by a Lour s and has been bit at home by his own dog The election for Limerick terminated on Saturday, Jttly 19. when Major %/calms was declared du:y elected. Mr. TtattiLL has entered his protest against the return. Kitvo's THEATRE —The Opera of Dm CilMpaerai last night, was not less numerously attended that during the whole of the present season. Among those present we noticed Dukes of Bedford and Grafton ; Mike and Duchess of Leeds, Duke and Duchess of Argyll; Duelleroes Richmond and Marl borough; Marquis and Marchioness art Winchester, Marquis sad Marchioness of Worcester; Marchionesses of Downshire a n d T av i stoc b ; Lards Witichel•ea, Btiir , lake, 5111fteibUllft Wm. Ru.sell, Harrington, P.iimerston ; and L a d y Thaw. Lord and lady Ludlow, Lord and lady Berwick; Ladles Maty Benstock, Essex, Titbkion, lirownlow, G. C aven di s h , Argiii, R lts n m ei o ur re e: F H . y. w. dr . ry~skaiyeyd, Fitzroy, Jones Ellerborougb, and Sets, 14gotis.. , A. C. Smith; sirs L. SkeeLegtoll,.C. H'ils "113Ullylde, J. I.arighorii, H. Dastawood, F. Baker, W. hillof, J. Moiler, C. flint ; Mrs. Rigby. Yesterday a. sevisSerlous Opera was read in the Green-room - of. the. PAplish Opera House, for the first time, said tOlir St Mr. Nt ate, of Liverpool. CORN-EXCHANGE, JULY There have been no fresh arrivals of Wheat since M , lid,iy, and the wea ther being showery, caused an increased demand for that of fine quality, and a few simples obtained an advance of 25. per quArteribit*thegeueral sales were upon the same terms. 35 on Monday. B.irley, Peas e Brans, and o.tts, also fully support tse;r prices —and for 0 tts there was a ready sale. ur ads :ussetesi on Monday, .5.4 persack. TI A