The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-06-03 00:00:00

BRITISH AND FOREIGN
PHILANTHIMPIC SOCISTY.

Saturday t►e Find Geae►nl Meeting of the British and
Foresee Philasibropie &tiesy, established for the verve.
of afEirdiee pennants,* relief so the I..troorote classes, was
held et the Freentasoes Ha 1. Cr.., Q.seen•aheet. The
Meeting muss stiendrd by some of the most dissiogelslied
public charsetesa, sad a moot fashionable and uumrreus as-
*ambler of

At War ...duet the Earl of Alesinton, Lord Torrington,
Air Thomas Leibbrillse, N I', Mr. W. Williams, M.P.. Mr.
Alstrivell, M.P., Mr. Cube, MY., Sr, W. De Ceespisoy,
and several ether gentlemen, Members of the Committee,
marred lb. room.

Sir N. DE CRE-SPIDTCY moved, that Lord Torriegtoe
do take the chair, which was carried stnanimously.
Lord TOItRINGTON said be should out hesitate to obey
the wishes of she Mresior, slthseg► pe.f.ctly unprepared so
'Meets them. He aborid thervf.rr merely state, that the
Meeting was convened to recei►e the Report which had been
drawn up ►y the Cumniiime which had been appointed at
the G I Medial lately bald at the City of Loodua
Tierra.
The Earl of BLESINTON mid, that, as one of the
Meallbere of the Coainnittee, be bad been selected to address
/hew. mid be Lambeth/ the best course he could pursue would
be to read the Report, and next move obit it should be adopt-
ed by the Alleellim.—(Hear, hear.)
The Noble lard (lieu read the Report, from which the fol.
h►wing is as tzsreet:— •

" The circoessiarces which more imperstively call for the
eaperimenn of ass•eiatieg the lower ureters in • way to meet
their aece•.ltirty hays lon some of their athictiog fore,.
Ode Irish teethes."' are at this moment redone( the essaispli-
rated ►orrors of want, disease, and iinalornity. The dura-
tion of the agricultural di-tress in this part of the kingdom,
and the ever recurring difficulties of the mansfscturiag
classes, are equally illesetrative of the utinatorol slate is
which the country sow finals itself, cod poseseut the ►xtra-
ordinary and alarming anomaly, of • population subject to
the severest privations is the mid.t of abundance, and
actively loomed assinsfactoriag district., where the must
industrious aad excellent workmen ate unable to maintain
the* families. The Committee will refrain from dilating
Nether upon such a■ accumulation of sulferine, and she
moral evils which are the inevitable result : bat they beg
leave to observe, that to step forward to the relief of these
useful members of society—to furnish employment to the
healthy, sad relieve she weans of the necessitous—to aid the
recovery of the sick, and to improve the morality of all,
are the Important and ostensible duties to which the endea-
smote of the Society see devoted. Is the format too 0( plans
best adapted to the ■ttatomeot of these objects, the Corn.
mine, ►ave been favoured with the most libel al commonica.
lions from Robert Owen, Esq of New Lanark, is whose
humane mei enlightened mind onginated the plans which
have since (ender his prudent mainagemeat) been brought
into socriessfol practice, and to whose beisovolence, public
simile, and practical knowledge, the public are indebted fur
the most valuable collection of farts, and successful expe►i-
meats, that have ever been attended to to the reuse of
suffering bursousity. They world therefore consider it •
elerelict,oe of duty, not to coats. the high sense they cater-
tsie of Mr. Owetes intelligence, modulo., mot obliging
courtesy, in submitting all his plasm to their moat scrutie z-
ing examination. And although it has beta thought adieus.
able nut to embrare the whole of this rewire' eta's proposi-
tions, the Cnnimittee feel no Itcsitniou in deciarine, that
the parts abandoned might possibly nut be con•iitei eel as of
• nature to obstruct the beneficial operation of his system.
Without entering further into this discosnon, as totally
irrelevant to the great object is view, the Committee are
folly persuaded that the plan, which, after the most deliberate
and unbiassed consideration, they have adopted fur the pet-
moneut relief of the labourites( classes, offers the following
essential and important induceme•tt fur at. adoption:
" Ist. That this plan offers to those propi levers of lead
who may be inclined to adopt it •n ample security for the
paruseot of rent, mud the persnauent improvement of the
soil; stud to t►e movie.' interest • safe sad profitable mode
of inverting capital.
" 2d. That, without prematurely disturbing the existing
relations of society, it presents • prsctir•bk method of ex-
tinguishing the poor 's rate in Ragland, and preveuti•g the
necessity for it in !related; since in whatever parish or dis-
trict one of the proposed coo amenities shall be established,
the poor'. rate will be roosiderahly reduced; and if the
'lumber of the Communities beer a just propottio• to the
population, will altogether erase.
•` 3d. T►at although the active members of these com-
munities will, wilder the proposed arrangemeute, firs stint the
most valuable productions with the least possib!ir labour,
sod thus add to the mesas of bureau happiness mud wealth:
yet the supply sad demand will be so effectually regulated,
that the producer and the consumer will be equally *rue-
Steel.

r• 4th. That the moral and religiose priocipleo acquired
by early edatatiou, and the improved habits sri•isg from
ramp', and judicious employuwot, will offer the best 'e-
mity against the m dietary evils of society.
" Upon thew comiderations the Committee ore domin/it to
observe, to those landed proprietors who may adopt she plan
artist British and Portico Philanthropic Society an their own
eitatesoltat the communities there established would be
able to pay ao equitable rent for the laud sod building., is
congers f possesaiag not only the means of retinae
auffie.eat for their ow* subsistence, and exposes of pi-whee-
lies, but also from the facility of realising a surplus of both
agricultural and snaaufacinred produce, fee exceeding any
fluctuation of 'due that might Greer. Is those rases shave
a sufficient somber of individuals say soli( together, either
as porch ( land or as renters at long kawni, the rain-
talsat will have an opostetsasity of inveining his money in the
oneareptionable rummer, by bonds besriag legal tote.
rest, and reared upon the property of the community, a
security which would annually iiicresee is value, by t►e