The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-09-09 00:00:00

1 OUV\I ckA _ stut-Aiosocelw ~~_.. 4 to o ina. r arD, rot,* Tirraitiorrs . A DI,ANS. . , „iatrefTED motel end iraiieetabl. 41, pap Niro.* of Oils he kliffteaD for sor CNOOt • 1 ti at u ll' a viv sier . smet o wolorinaploor. on 41 . 1 410 41 T. brio vim of " • , togoollty Ills ths Corome retell or the 111%,=MoWsio boompoomiorkgab at toparator.'pootiosid). so If. Ita lig' """ ' —Mop Gi NMI • mom loattai stalkol. as _ aid Noviadiat. kaoiWedea 4itt kb. tip* • priodOsi sad' e. Militia demist not *se iettetie eelsiiole, eieept eon these foemal risks J the VbsoMPAffe Of Presbytery., wise*. nosenibly tO their ansnill= a t only inquire' mop wise anistelligibM . dos bowbt, astir hoer ask whit veal k Mon Me ss Ili far mom . of - did teat state Of these' WWI* OA* are . vi 6 IMleisfils house. than a great i pedal date intellignit pieta the population of Europe sad Lisestea. In seastiquestse of Ms ignorance, combinid with his Prtinikest he le wholly loseespeteot to give a ra shest opinion rtiOsed i eg dim. Now as to the isloilin andAdoeption which' these Rev. ileatlessea allege tilt I bete practised • upon the public. .=tesdag the Need atskaef kW ishabitinta of New Le; It is ver s pe s p ossi ble I ma 4prep q sietsed in favohr of 'these paOple. 1 do waafttrer ii in mypower to over some. is toy men mad, prejodices of *eery deseriptica, testis all cheeksodesvose to drill my . eonclosioris fr og tow close.'hag studying tots.* a 'Won intend Mae of one aster", I da ate*, hosiever, that t !SAW not sees, Ii say part of tie wield In which I have been, an equal pc. polatton bf work* people so nniforiely industrious, esbet,l holiest, &Wady sad well sendsteted is all respects as - the to:' babitaats of New Lanark have beet for many years pa • sod I speak set figittly epos thew: copious. The populatioo of New Lass& le now doable what it was 24 years ago; sod before that peeled the Justice of Peace Court legator ly oont-' pied during egged parrot every sitting lis taking conisansee of the petty squabbles and trial-practices of the villagers; ant this balms ematinued to increase up to the day when my parterre and myself brat purchased the Establishosest.— Now. It is asobjert of surprise to the Magistrates If a single ammo's before them from New Lanark. while, from the test of the neighbourhood, they have' as mach betimes as ever. There is also a regular daily register kept of the eonditet of every one who is. employed in the mills; this account extends to (Mir degrees of comparison, vie. excellent. good, indifferent or. bad, as applicable both to their moral and working character: and it gives me pleasure to state, for many years past more than 19 out of 20 have deserved the first character, or excellent; that move than 19 out of 20 of the remainder have me rited the second character. or good ; that the third cha racter is seldom given to any one for more than one day, and that the fourth character, or bad, is scarcely to be blond for a single day in the columns of any department. The appeanee of this popeladon, as they go to and re tarn from their work, is quire seicient to convince any intelligent observer that the inhabitants of New Lanark are very superior, In their condition and general conduct, to ney other working population to be found in any part of the kissed's& There is no public house in the vilksge, nor does any religious animosity exist among them; from the youngest to the oldest they exhibit in their daily.prac tiee a love to (lad and to their neighbour, such as I bare no where else ever witnessed. A quarrel among the chil dren is a very unusual occurrence ; and even the young est are seldom heard to cry either in the street or in the schools. Hut how should Mr. Menzlis know any thing of these peo pl.: t He scarcely ever visits them, except at a funeral, a bap tism. or a wedding, when he is obliged to attend. 1 am told be has not regularly visited the %Wagers, in his official capa city for more than eight yeses, and that he has not exaslued Isis parishioners in New Lenark for more than 20 years. I know he has not entered the houses of some of the most coo slant of his hearers for more then 10 years. I believe the real truth to be, that he found the inhabitants of New Lanark to improve so rapidly In general good conduct, while he could discover no material change In any other part of the parish, that he directed the whole of his ministerial powers to improve the latter, amongst whom, I hope, be has bad great seeeess.— The tact is, he has derived his information respecting Nett Le. nark, not from personal inspection, but from the reports of say individuals whom he could discover to be in any way disaf- Anted to the establishment, and who were always sure to ex perience his countenance and friendship; more particularly, a poor young woman, who was for a short time employed in the schools, with a view to give habits of cleanliness and neatness to the little girls, but whose usefulness was almost totally de stroyed by an unfortunate propensity to iotermeddas withevery thing ; a propensity arising, as it wen appeared, from a de rangement of her faculties on the subjeceof religion. This she has already so often changed, that her mind has become entirely unsettled, and bereft of all charity for those who may differ from her present opinions, as is evident from the letters which her friends, or rather her enemies, have induced her to publish respecting New Lanark. But Mr. Menzies and the Committee of the Presbytery say: " there is one species of vice very prevalent at New Lanark, -illicit intercourse between the sexes, as the parish records abundantly testify, which frequently comes under the cogni sance of the Presbytery, but which is not recognised or checked as such by the principles of Mr. Owen." There is no single report which Mr. Menzies and the Coin-' mlttee of the Presbytery of Lanark have been so active in cir culating as this. Fortunately, however, the fact is easily as certained; for every illegitimate birth here has been regis tered for many years past. When this list comes to be ex amined, with reference to the disproportionate number of young females who are employed in the mills, and when It Is considered how the population was first oollected, It must as , tonish every unprejudiced person, that under such circuit'. stances any female population of the same eXtent, could ha trained to be so chaste end circumspect in their conduct, as the females of New Lanark have been for massy years past. The facts are these:—The number of illegitimate chil dren, born in the village of New Lanark, fur the last 12 Tears, is 66; or averaging between five and six a year., flee number of unmarried females liable to such a misfor-: tune is 630; consequently, the number of illegitimate children born in New Lanark for 12 years past, does not amount in the year to one in a hundred of such young per sons. Of these, the fathers of 28 belong to the village; of 19 to the town of Old Lanark, and 19 are strangers. And this the Committee of the Presbytery calls a prevalent vies at New Lanark. Truly they seem to have had some diffi culty in finding any prevalent vice among them. For my .l ow part. I can say that the conduct of the female portion of our population, as well as that of the inhabitants gene rall7, has been such as I never expected to see realized in practice, while they were .snrroonded by so many unfa vourable circumstances as still exist at New Lanark, one of the greatest of which is, its vicinity to Old Lanark, and to Mr. Menzies, To Old Lanark—because it is the usual station for the' Volunteer Corps of the County, when ow duty, and all know bow nnfavootrable a military . station , is to female 'chastity; and beratwe nn notional plan has yet been adopt ed in practice, for the proper training und employm4nt of the population there. And to Ir. Menzies—lmmense the opinions and sentiments which he holds, anti which be con- scientiotrsly considers it his duty to assent:in ste;are such as cannot fail to stir rep son i to foment religious animosities, aid to retard the general kntrotlactiaa of kind, jot. and charitable feelings, which otherwise wduld, have been, loog Niece estahliiheri In this liboriet: • In reply %elite utiorepresectatinne of the Comtniftee of the Presbytery of Lanark, I peg leave to inform. then, ilsat a osori false report orfltg at 911114 ectiqol was newel be. foie ptiblishea. l aauvoniciiliat surprised, tketmen Nemo. sing goo(' end, eliaritablo. s pritiqiplea.. could hnie set Melt moues to's . sttte l ifelt wleck sonytine, tixt roAttin e its teure:'' The Committee state With regret that fittleyos no attention seems to be paid to the religious in traction of • • qienunft routax w ns. .ff' -VOLLASTON, WINEMEIIC4IA NT, ,1176,Titearasiantreal. sear clawiatte; bits always on' raged AM P.' Mk.; pa bawl; tilaparben Sherry,- ef *PIM ; .264 Cr:ma:l4o4l4m . the Guest evar imported, • Iple Ow Abe,: Teseellk, Atwell's. Lisboa, eaz Mewls Claret. .(Bt. Julian) Ob. ow. Ma. (01eSseis ela. per dez.; Mantes', Mr.taa.liellalLf Old eed Port Warranted. fear• misMillebbolib. pram. . . Osilaired Owe otommo, o,lllinift vow? buoio* } Z er sooluft kolo ab=tr eed ok' O!.;, Amos to4l6l l :si t il but Ike. 1. 0f,e4nt4449 14 Arai% 4ber • ideas ?sir ' teitLesidiging749Fre,irimiillolo% 0,44,1 ,11.0 the mat rot. Clirresowitto At Xises' softtool4ihi florobttilmoitio. ert Cotomtile.ily ..-1111X70* liss ell PAM , eb• saga ous !OM KM. i z= SIIIIERRY, alo. , pc . d on CAPS, ,1 la 104 Ii Swops, at leo. Or ses. A = 4 4l 4. ..st i tio ei o do. ot ANL of 11WoboviviStioos, bowies, 'Kb! 1 ordo4l 06 rocOot of 01. ; fit WO dare Gooolistolvo, 100 le. for W. ; Madeira, Uolkoliellloroolsina Ara 11- for doom— ritojiltUVll _—•Frook. imioo4 W Pion alwayo on. WA' rra• • ma Cogisio• &tardy; Illo.• iii. per rain.. 14 &WIN - lgol. 1111. Id. por ipolioa.-0111AMPACINES, l ootloodtd. No. per doses. •,stoorosi• NEW* of die Moos Noy bo • whited ; Old port.ls. per boils; nervy, lb.; Cap* Madeira, 1..6d. be. Nosy to be psl4.-101 Clotit. • • • noillloYdr Doosodolio Moe, hi tog quart bet**, 78.6 d. per 4•0011 , 4114P.1PY 'ft. dam. , - . ... . . ‘. , . 4- 4 . ' '• r ' .... N • (t! ., j 7( , I t • .r. . . . • -. 'i T .. _ , , , . ; . . _t. e i -10 ...• ' . . .. ~ I I li t - I . - • ir% 7 ' 1 1 31110 Ara • ) . t ‘ .. N \ • , I 1 / 4 .• •'t • . „... ••• •7 . • 41 1 / 1 1* 0r ... ,- . P _ _ _ ...‘l.ll,.4,lllitilikailWirli.l4ll.llolo leg SIRIRI4 VIVO'S - . (---- . Ilii'Mlildemi at ibis selseled." it the Cominittee hadnimi . s* AtiediehletriAbaluted with 'the rent fait!. they mast ,lye' mei bare dieeoverod thdt dieffeitese of this Statement wits . ,Hpetillirlyltiie, sod Oat dkrei is tit the Semi number of 'obildren to be found in anywise.% within the British Em g=hali Ally praetke. for sulatileare peat, has et aced So ;It a kaowledge of reel reli on, not the religion of %Simi endorsees certainly, fur 1 s hould regret 'Utensil) if else of threes should elms exhibit the some spirit 'of dish). 4inloonsdess. and all . tseharitabletiess, which pet ... rade& 410 repo now n ot o o f ised the Cos ta. zi e t:ee th o o f w t ho be i lla s 6 iiiiir obi k ec P t reil in bity,kertryo.rerl Hiltah; , heforlitkei world,. for it igloo' I otptittant to be made a V_Otty 4VeestioaketWien an individual and the Minister and, Pres byterY4f Linark. or Sven the General Aiseasibly of Sept- ISs4 'The best interests of society are deeply Iltrolac 4 is AWiss'n• of these proceedings: ! The Misistiti of Lanark, the Preshrteij of Lanark, aid the General Assemtiliof Scotland, have led theysiblic to iinptiose • " thai they . had been unatiecessfel in treiatitti: Mr: Qwhill•ittempti tie exclude the scriptaiei front Ws 'it imoit at Moe Lenerle The obeli ,of tMa stilmelduk IS folk ; there; is sot • wbPd of tiothin it, fee L iiiistr,, Ibr a morisent, had the Most distant Mee or oritiiiiriiiiog. the scriptures from the 'Schools; lot iodooti because I deem thaw a proper school itotati but Manse the' petiole of the children have. been edisedtedio lie Oilainisti,,and to think it right that their cblidieniihoold read the seriptitise in schen& The Minim/ and Coniedued of the Preallytery of Lan ark nay that I hake deceived the world ai to the moral state of the vilibto it New laselatk. . . This is false. 1 have never given to 0. puldie .itsch a repreventation r of'the general toed conduct of thee? mile as their cinetant; daily, superior behaviour, Weida Itiiitif . N. They charge the population of .Nee Lanark with hvi particilaily addicted to die vice •of illicit iniereouise, ho tween•the sexes. • • The statement which I have given prone - tots to be 4o unfounded slander On the . character of yon they whose conduct, under the circumstances in which are placed. is most exemplary, and not to be surpassed, if equalled, by any such population ib the world. They state " that little or no attention seems to be paid to the religious instruction of the children in the schools." VI the inhabitants of New Lanark, and all strangers who have taken the trouble to make themselves aelnainted with these schools, know; that a more syrect falsrb sot was never penned ; and I am trolly serpneed that any men could be found to put their names to a statement sibkh so many thous and persons can any day disprove. The Minister and Presbytery of Lan irk, and a tualorfty , of the members of the General Assesuhly of Scotland. might know that there is not a population of the seine fa , tent, associating every day as the inhabit4nts of Now Linark I must do to carfy on their occupations, whOse moral And religions character, and good will and kind conduct t • each other, can be paralb led In any part of the Britis:i . dominions. . And it is this very superiority that has tallied the i,l s will and angry animadversions of these Ilevetend Gentle men ; otherwise, they would have foetid fault with all tho-e • manufacturing establishments In Scotland, in uNich no aide , quite provisna for the education of ilia children is made br 1 the proprietors, where vice and immortality proceed en . checked, where the scriptures are never u:sest on a weekday, I and wi.ere the illicit Intercourse of the sears is twenty or I thirty fold greater. I would however spin express how strongly I feel that I these Rev. Gentlemen are Dot to be blamed, but greatly to be pitied. It is a law of human nature that children ma/ be trained to believe any thing : as witness the A fatigue:- ' o dan Chinese and Pagan children. Now, these (indenter), t , have been taught from infancy that knowledge atudiroe , religion and good conduct Can proceed only from mote , rids, which were forced at that period Into their teitdec • minds. I have long been impressed with contrary notions, • and have beefs forced to believe that these Gentlemen, like 1 the children of the Hindoos and Pagans. hive been taught ' mysteries and not facts, that, in consequence they hare been brought up in ignorance, and trained to force the SWIM lira notance upon others. and that by reason of this grieveus error. ignorance, poverty, vice and misery are nfinecesiardy perpetuated among mankind. My real offence, in their eyes, is that I have considered • it my duty to follow an opposite course to that which tLey recommend; and that in consequence, the inhabitants ut 1 New Lanark have derived the greatest benefit. even from the very partial change of system which 1 have in troduced. I would here distinctly state my conviction that the ch,l - dren here, and the population generally, are as mach i wits rior to what they would become under a completely, r.i tional system of 'training, that should surround them witit favourable circumstances only, as they are at present stye. rier in habits, dispositions and general information...to the most neglected Individuals to be found any where in society. My principles I have no Wirth to disguise. They are true or false; agreeable to facts or opposed to them; and I at willing to meet the General Assembly at Sty time and place they may appoint, for the purpose of discussing, in an ,brit and frieidly manner, those points wherein the principle: which I advocate, may differ front those which they have been taught to entertain, and which in consequero r they deem it their duty to teach to cotters. Should these Gentlemen convict me of holding on* Perin ciple which is not in strict accordance with ever3lctiowsi fact, or of which the practical application is no: cirecilv calculated to increase the knowledge, the virtue and tae happiness of mankind, I will at once. before the world:III - - knowledge my min. But should Ihe able eatisfactorik to prove that the system which I recommend will soon lila tt every individual beyond the reach of poverty, will etillive ally exclude temptasion to evil, will permanently estahl•sts the virtue, and continually promote the happiness of Jos• world, then shall! expect that the time is arrived when the: reverend body will no longerregard my advocacy of see!, system as an offence, but will cordially unite with me iii rendering their fellow creatures, daily aod hourly wiser an l happier. . If the General Assembly will not adopt this short anti decisive step,. to bring before the tribunal of the public what they must consider a dangerous heresy, l. must con, elude that they are not desiroos of having the principie4 and practices of the two systems placed on fair and open comparison. if fair it ran he called, when every possiirleal , vantageis proposed wise given to the old systeni,..and Whets the new shell be advocated against their united learning, il i . on. nnlearoed individual. . My extreme anxiety on this subject arises from a sie , acre th;l4,e.irroti which now prevail in society, an ttii,s Miseries yrlo are experieoced by so many millions of !one fellow crenturPe.,bite..a . i he. liteitish Empire. shoat) .not continue to exist one day longer than is &beaten* ungintitletlic• , is ,, J -. ~..,/ .-_l, I I: l ...Russar Wu.," New iianpzlt;Wtk .A4E0'4,1823. • : ' • •91? I 1 ~-- 1 ask ll i a Or p ti An alatnalegebo.broki one 'of, Sotidity• si ett; 1 1 VI el eve n a nd twelve...sloe's. at .the hook* otbir. Acir ,IM; InatTY:gooks4lo. it: , Guinea Street', Citypiihi L 6, a 4tilesedrotilise stit, homer,: andAlnw44o , 4lmae . z: The activity of the firemen, and a good supply o ir e ? prevented the fames fr ; m doing firtherininry. THS.OLO , 11:111 1 AOLISHID FLOOR CLOTH AND CAR . *sr ,VIMIXMOUSZ, 1 IS. Lugo Acta. Tiit , fleibility. Gentry, and the Public are respect.' My herbed to hoppet WHAVER*B extensive Stack of ea seslmmid FLOOR CLOTHS. which he flatters himself will Mt !bead wheefee mad better, than say attic* of the bled ra Om. to apealsa I se also a great variety of BRCS SRL& eadl KUNICRIMINSTER CARPET-. .Uio,toillsb for Heim* a( petters. richoess and depth of eo lw.sonslibelmiselled la ate siqtropoUs. Hearth Rags. sad *left 'IMMO,. Ommigpts, bp comtlaqes to offer at a great Wades fa Owe. T. W. IMP )eala l• Mira Welshmen thanks for dm Astir ''Ke er Miriele b Z s :al " ! .413.1 1: 1 ' aild rge t rX hilit alpat WieTrleture favours. • Viotti+ Rags provided * asatsb asp particular were.. at. a MI booms Jostler. , , • EFINRD /ART pREASE.—This iSII- proved Coakosiikoo I. recommended to lianufestantee, lifey Owners, sod all Persons using Steele Engines, Mills. Nimbieery, Carriagss,Stage Coaches. illagesod Mail-rood 6 11110 M. WAN emery sitiscreptle• of A riestitovel lesploutents. 'from tbo asters of its composition, it is particularly sdapted for lit• purpose of counteracting the incalculable ads ehlefoccasioned Who Iviag of Axles, Attrition, and Corrosion ~issfpsnoral. Ills easily applies!, and cossiderably diaper than MXltbts Preparation yet offered to the Public. Price One per cot. 11•411 Tans arm Mr. M'Adass's Improved System ; shovels, riftiet tools„ Sieves, rsettoeits, hemmers, mud scrapers, asd Mies of every deseription, harrows with iron wheels, &c. Tne tools are well Misled, and will be found much more durable *se the geamallty of these articles. Surveyors requiring large quantities will be supplied at SS per cent. under the usual priest. Gunpowder, patent shot, an 4 paints, oils, and colours of even description. Manufactured and sold by Robinson, Tailor. sod Co. (snecessors to M'Adam and Co.), Willow- Irked. 87, Backside, Boeshwark. ripWENTV-DIVE per CENT. SAVING on GEN .& ThEUEN'S CLO rH.Es.—.l. ALBERT, Woollen drape. Tailor and Habit-maker, 47; Fish-mreet-hlll, seven doors inn the Monamest, most respectfully acquaints the Nobility and Gentlemen of Fashion, that he manufactures every description of woollen goods, warranted in point of fasiMie, geality, &c. equal to any house at the west end of lbw town: He entreats a comparison, which will at once con. view the most credulous that at no house of character in the metropolis can they be served upon such low terms as at 17, Halt-street-hill. The extravagant charge of those who sre ne htssitated to take and give long credit has been the subject of matplalat for many years—J. ALIMIT, conducting his bust. IS.. upon a teady money principle, Is enabled to sell for less limy than other houses purchase their goods for. Gentle- NWs elegant seperfine Saxony wool black or blue coats. made la the first style, from 31.3,. to 31. 135.; gentlemen's , roper ditto, 3 8 s. to 48;.; doubled milled kerseymere breaches, frost lbs. to 951.; black and buff kerseymere waistcoats, from les. to 145.; fancy waistcoats, new patterns, from 7s. to 12s. ; •Amblorolde trowsers, from 113 s. to 305.; ladies' and gentle sea's box coats, with capes, 91. 10s. to 3/. ; a suit of plain li- M 7,41. A large and froltioneble assortment of gentlemen's cod boys' clothes of every description constantly on sale, at J. Albert's, 47, Fish-street hill. Army, Bevy, India Company's Officers. and Merchants' "dors executed with despatch, sod a liberal discount for ready . Money. Boat, riding, or driving cloaks, and box coats in great tatlety.-47, Fish-street-hill. IBY tis Majesty's Royal Letters Patcnt.—l,EAKE'S Pilulie Setabula. One small Pill is a !lose; and the taking of one box, in a recent case, will soon convinee the Patient of the certainty of his sp eedyl recovery. No !hint can be better contrived, more safe, or more convenient "bee Ibis culnedy, for such as are obliged to go jonrnies or to sea, u it needs no confinement or restraint of Diet : and Open experience (In an extensive practice) has proved ILK It will effect a Cere, when all other methods avail no pier. For the Scurvy and other chrenical disorders, this Medicine has not its parallel. Upwards of 40.000 persons, of both sexes, have been radioally cured within the lest eight Ilsrs.' PI/pared and sold by the sole Proprietors, T. TAT.- Loa .zed Sox. Surgeons,* at their house. No. 9, New Bridge ' *all. In boxes of only 2s. NI. each, duty included. T"ey are also sold by their appointment, with copious directions. 111 Mr. - Hepburn's Toy Shop, 193. Oxford - street; Mr. '1314- 1 heolligh . ll. 7. Vish-stryiet, , nearly *welt,. the Mono. meat ; at Mr. Baxter's, Edinburgh ; Mr. Neu h -cr.% Deb- Ih one person In every considenthie Town ie (leelt ndlt Ireland. Monte gratis to persons taxies the. or other of the Proprietor's medicine-% . s .Statlos published list, by the Royal Coltegec.l Lorwleis. respectfully Wl* the atreatids,..of Owe) i n ticted. to Ida peculiar and ell . ..crest enedb*ri• qr i&g. P., though he will not presume In ea every description pf case, yet as far as rectirdlcal lust surgical yiprrience. Can .1?e app ii 4 1 Jte ispeedy• mad permanent 'reiteration.— —pr. 4 / 6 114 ileedelly it No. - 313c Deati'-'street.'Selqi.,atiii; 1.14 Ad.: direet4ll4testesti.sireer; Bliekfrferi Waterloe 4 riders..„?l' fus►atsac both 'sexes.' • Wei e, letters. Cpasy paid) - re-: IMMO • fee, meet aulapestahle attention lorietuttl'irraeirldd; iterciPp4slrisetAmultyvoide et iticald'atert Ilrnec.l directly to I,llattleldstreet. ,~. !,, ~LONDON, tUH3DAI Tke Comer, ekilek lIiIiMPD Bler fell is Tanta KWTOit or 1245;toobss , co OONICI •turi Tam lIIaXTUT 101 LIXMILit, *am" opencast. AssaultLT or Tan COMMIS or soottuatto. sin highly initilled that a k opperttralti tit hark premises itself at sthstetiog so t4 prejudices whieli. (or.esyeral Yeagftiatt. hat. loom aeentantatiag In the tol 9f the key. Mr. Menzies of Old Lanark. reirethig iht blishateit at' ?few Laws& t sato( disaloasieg the the senterone reports wbish, i. oanatqwwwo of Ott. iodises, he has donned it hie ditty. sloes the pier IBIS b. circulate, with grest induitty. far and near. It is knows to all reSeedwg in.. to be a law of eet satatic ftiti .MU% the mind et awativaneed period of life is filled with priindien. the jiligosent biomes ottetstrod, and often worse than toeless. This law of oar ossansee stature at ones discloses tits might of the letter, whisk, (Sr. wtostely for the ceuerer moan sad for the improvement of society, Mr. Menzies has given to the public. Hole out to. be blasted for itr bets gvestly to Mr pitied on account of bisi awn *lingo. At the same ,U h• lee ittsweet. onitasete inlay, the instrasse*hy which mach Write will be Atom to tito world. Me has so doubt beat desivous. of giring tin Moth, sod- the - *hole math, Is. the AAA statonsaut which be has pot forth tmak yet , it as happens that, from bieginaiug to "Mewd. it tiatalus *thing but error •aadmisrepressamtion. to bs azomustedlorsolp by the st unt to which his prtjedims have led hiskiosilop sad jodg-, mint zany. li la wrident that•ile. Manisa basesstawansiestod his pre. justices to the Presbyter a h„ 'that the Pres. 'bytery t= aid Monk have them to the General Anemia, of Scythed t the vest& M. that a statement has been concocted, witichltawathaawiaosholyte their friends to Ivor I bare been publicly mewed of ezelodinte the Bible from the Missals-at the insatiate,. fee the formation of Charge• for at New Lanark. where little or no attestion is said to ,* paid to poNgivoolostractims.sed-aipeomising dolosioo and deception os the public, rerapsetlog the moral state of that Allege, the females of which aro seemed of being less-chaste than others. le so hero these iliiitrella Irian directly contrary le. fact. • hem bees leg oeseeiests of the tyranny to ,lelekth the human Naiad has every where been subjected. said of the evil thus prodested. It is. t erefore, a principle 2. If which I bays always been overcool tenacious, that all my fellow creatures sheaddowjey foll rty of couschusee ; rand I have been equally scrapalose in sot infringing. is my 'own practice, upon the conscience of ear one. Ti.. Jake 'Manes of New Lasok Wag almost all - Calvinists, I con shaded dal they wools! wish their children to be brought up in this creed. I therefore. from the thus this establish ment came under my direction, 24 years ago, have allowed the Scriptures, toad the Catechism of the Church of Scot land, to be regularly mad sad taught in the schools. I have done so solely in otsesitmee to the g I principle I bare jest ittoted ; sad I sever. for one moment, had the most *Wont intentioa of withdrawing either! If the inha bitants of the village had bees Roman Catholics, the scrip tares, on the same priori*, should have been excluded ; or, if Jews, the New Testament should sot have bees is trodueed ; or, if they lead been Maliornedans, the Komi simeld bare b ees taught. For I hold it sot only I. be unjust, het doweright4opetisse and tyranny to force spas a people aoy thing coottory to their consciences, or to 'Heir hold from them what they conscientiously believe to be essential to their roksions• welfare. Never for a mouseneltd I suppose that any Mini.ter, or body of religious mem to this country, could imagine that they had any right to labelers with a private school, which jurisdiction. was in no way whatever under their erisdiction. and not' even supported by one Calviaist. Nor hare they any right. l I tell them now that they have se more authority to inter fere with the New Lanai' schools than with the arrange meats of my private boas.; sew bare they any to meddle with the coetwience of say owe, whether Christian. Jaw, Turk, or (Wei, as they may term him. Any of oar fel low subjects in India have as emu right. were they here , to establish schools for the instruction of their children is the Gimlet) mysteries, as the General Assembly of Scotland possess to establish Wools to instruct children in the mysteries of Calvinism' sad, were it otherwise, I fur one would leave a meetly where such religious despotism pre vailed. Out Mr. Menzies. whatever might be his desire, never ventn red to make any oath representation to tunas he states in ids letter, respecting the allege! prohibition of the Scriptures In our schools. Nor did any Member of the Presbytery ever mention the subject to me. These gentlemen well knew they had no right to do it. All that everpassed between Mr. Mensies sod myself, ou this subject, happened ene day when he was coming into the village. and I was returning from it. On meeting him, after the usual salu tations and enquiries, he said, "I hear in Lanark, Mr. Owen. that you do not allow the Scriptures to be used in your schools. Is it true?" The question appeared to me so very absurd, (for I had not than heard that such an idea bad been entertained by any one,) that I replied. with some emphasis, •• Mr. Alenzies, I recommend one general role to you in these matters, which is. that you never give any credit to a report in Old Lanark, respecting tine proceedings et New Lanark, for not one in twenty of them is tine;" and we immediately separated. Now this is all that ever passed between Mr. Sleazies t or the Presbytery of La- I nark, and myself, on the subject of withdrawing the Scrips tore.. The mistake which was so eagerly seized upon by the enemies of the system which l advocate, was a very sample ,one. I wished to impr..ve the minds of the children in the schools, by giving them a general knowledge of i Natural History, lieueraphy, and Ancient and Modern History ; and I had nude urnepreparstioos fut this par ' pone, and Kleen some general instructions to the masters on these su bjects, just before I get out on a journey, on which I wen likely to he absent souse months. On the morning of any departure, I looked into the schools, as Is my usual practice, to say god bye to the children, with whom I spend as ninth time as possible when I am at home, beliering,as I do, that the right education of the rising generation is the most important duty that society can perform. Jost as I was coining away, one of the masters, Mr. Slendell, who is very religiously inclined, said, " If we give these lessons in lieugraphy and History to'ihe children, there wilt be little time to read the Scriptures, i satl to each the Catechism." The latter was then taught _an saterslays. I instantly replied, as I was leaving him, “ Theo let the Catechise, he taught on the Sabbath, in the Ilitailay Schtikls." The' Sunday schools are held three Ltitriesmach Sabhank,•witon 'the Seriptares are mil, and the Catechism taught. I heard nothiag more on this subject .until I met Al-. Menzies, as I have tnentioned, many months attet %revile. It seems the master, **Hi whom alone I had the conversation, soppreti that the Scriptures, as well as the catechism, tie re:ro be read-on Sunda • s only, but even this mist a ke cf Ale: Armond's 'was recti fied br Mr. degg, rcemoo asle Was lilt:wined of .it, A' few days oftvroarda, and mosey' totornhstoefieeel b.Avd a 'Word elmial fld sitter. It is probable Velinuld Vit out bail lietied time: seal; a mis take, bid eyeriecedietAlf the supborierti of 'tbe:org Orin.. oftbezatorki bert .4ork 0 . 04'104 thet‘ it traa . pitssibli they might make iteneeldo*, Of iri 'TO. the ataa(lyantiag; Ar Ay Mewlranark ibltaldistinftekrbrit this 'itte m Oi, 1ta t a1 . 64 4 whit h have preceded it, will only tentl to render thh' new _~., i