The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-12 00:00:00

CONFLAGRATION. OF FOR EsTs.

BANGOR (MAINE), 3E1.T.,- 8,---The, fires in Lite
woods continue to -4.e.ge, destroying every thing with which ~
they come in contact. -The whole country, from Passadunkeag
to Matnawcook, on both Sides of, the Perlobseot river, is. one
,general conliagration, so that, it appears like a 2ta of.
The islands in the river do not escallop ; the Matnawcook islands
have been completely burnt over., The distance of the rage of I
the tire on the river is about thirty miles ; the vfikill% cannot ,be
•ascertained.
In the vicinity of the heaviest( fire the ground actually trem-
bled ; and the roaring of the fire, which sounded like thunder,
was heard at the distance of tweAve.or.filteen mike.
We have to state the burning of the house ar,tl harm of James
Campbell, jun., in Kilmarnock, with most of their contents..'
In Maxfield, the house and barn of Joseph Al4intosh ; a.sehool,,
house, a house and barn owned by Thomas. D•2witt„ a house
owned by John Lunt, and one owned by :Morse, with .
`its contents, except • a small quantity of clothing. The crops
!'and fences of the above farms are almost entirely destroyed, and.
the soil itself much . injured. A saw and grist-mill, owned by
T. Al.`lntosh, and the mill-house occupied, by, Win. sweat, and
I a barn of Dlr..Lindsey, in gebocis, were also burned. - •
A son of Winbourn ri.Sweat, of Milo, returning from
school, through the w,ooilit, was so. badly burnt ,that his life is.
despaired of.
Hawks and other birds were found dead, killed by the fire ;
)aod.even. theiddi in the river did ,not escape. !),,L'lntoth.
states, that twenty bass, weighing from 2U to 4U pounds,,and
numerous young salmon, shad, trout, and other small fish,
`were taken out of the shoal water and found dead on the shores
of the Piscataquis. ' . • • -
The Are .is.,runniag,in this town within a mile and a flalf a
where lice now write—it has done much damage to the wood-
I. lands, and 'occasioned considerable alarm for several houses
I and: barns.—( American' Paper. )

19 11.. OWEN.

Oc:r. the Ist inst.. Mr.
OWEN left Liverpool for Nevi York. life crpsses!
die: Atlantic as ye, nnderstand in the confident_
expectation 'of establishing the New System of,z
social equality founded on principles which a.rp.
sure produce permanent union, and he states,
that no. other principles can produce unioo, charity.,
or good, 1611,, among
,the human race.. It. appears
Owen is to, return to this country gvery,
surnsner,,apd is on the most amicable (opting wit,h,,
hiS ,paromq#:.. ;Mr. Qwen..has ,confidently stated,
to .his.friendsvthat,, upon his Teturn nergt year to
this,. coontry,„ he will have his measures. so far
matured,; as .to Create an. almost general desife,„
anum4,lloe inhabitants of Great Britain and,.tre,;
land to „adopt the system of social. equality and,
independence, and of happiness, Rod to. be anxii,
ous to relipquish the present individual system p,C
inequalityond of consequent disunion. lie .adds;
that.tlte- present powers of production are .far
more than arerequisite,to saturate th.e world, with.
.that
wealth, and at as population increases, the power.
of production will increase in, a geornettical ratio
with That. increase, for many centuries to come.
•fle;also expects the most important results from
an entirely different system of education, com-,
mencing ininfancy ; the science of theformation
of-character, which has been his study for so many
years, he says is now so complete, that the cir-
'CumStances to form any character may be easily'
obtained in practice, and. that it will lee solely
.the fault of the government of. any country, if
hereafter any vicious or inferior character. should
be formed within their dominions. He has also 4
we learn, just before his departure, pledged
himself, now that he finds the -operative classes
are acquiring real knowledge and benevolent
'feeling, to• demonstrate the •means by which a
capital from 6001. to 10001., according to the
number of the family, shall enable them, with
'ease, to obtain permanent advantages for them
'selves and descendants, much greater than any-
family can possess under the present sys-
tem, with .an _expenditure of six thousand a
year, and that he is sure also that the produce
tive and middle classes will. eagerly adopt the
change as,soou as the.practice of it shall be ex",
plained. The funds which are now wasted in
enmity will• be sufficient to enable those .parties
to secure_ .to,thernselves the means of speedily..
effecting _the Changes from one system to the
other,