The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-18 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR. OF TILE SUN.

haveittst aeon, in the. Morning, Reratil of this day,
an article relating to the Opera at Bath and hasten to inforni you
of the contract between Mr. Lodes and us. About two months
ago Mr. Loder engaged with ps to have threrrepresentations
of the opera 11 Turco in. Patio, and three representations
of the opera It Barbiere di Stiltlie': and there has been no
engagement with any other Prima Donna ; Tiotillat in, the
Tare, and Eigina, in' Le Barbiere, An the parts destined to
)10time Routs dv.Begnis ; and I entreat you, Sir, to -believe
that we haVi not consented to play in an opera In wide!,
-Madame Ronsi de )30pis Shall not have the first part. I,beg
you'll hare
,the goodness to insert this otplanation, and receive
the diatinguiihed sentiments with•which I um, Sir; s • - •
Your very obedient, Ace.
- Oct. 17. GUISEPPI DE BEGNIS.

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MB.. OWEN, TBE REV. MR. LAMB,
AND THE PRESBYTERY OF 4ANARK.

To the EditOr'qf :the Glasgow Chronic*. )
§1h—As the misconceptions of the Rev. Mr.
'Menzies, and of all the Reverend Gentlemen who compote the
Committee of the Presbytery of'Lenark, have been made evi-
dent by documents which may be inspected by any one ; and as
the public have bad such goad cause td find that these Gentlemen
were in error from .the commencement of their statements to
'the end of them ; it 'nb* only remain% fee me to reply to that
part of the Rev. Mr. Lamb's letter, in which he gives what he
supposes to be a correct view oi' the system which I advocate,,
in opposition to the existing system of the world..
It is necessary to inforth lllr. Lamb, chat although he
stated some. of the principles of this iysteni eorrectly, he bas=
yet erred very much in his conjectures respecting it generally.
Mut many most absurd notions on this subject have been given
by various other-writers. It therefore become; of importance
that full develOpennent of the. principles of the'New System
should be fairly placed before the public mind.' • .
If that system shall prOve to be opposed to nature and to
feet, no one can be more anxious than myself that it should be,
immediately rejected by every one. But if, upon a dispas-
sionate, and, as far as it is practicable, an unprejuiced'extintina-'
tion, it shell prove itself to be in strict accordance with nature,'
and with every fact which the human istind is competent to in.
vestigate and to ascertain ; .anti if it be Also found calculated to
ensure a more extended anti a more immediate and rapid im-
provement in the condition of all classes, than any system
which has yet been promulgated, then am I desirous that it
should receive such sanction , ikom those who govern civilized
society, as shall be the means of enabling the population of the
the world to obtain thicimpOrtant amelioration,, in the shbrtest
possible time, without violence or opposition, or suffering of
any kind, except that Which may arise' front -the reluctance to
relinquish old irrational notions, however injurious these may
have proved themselves to be. ' •
I will,as briefly as I can explain this ,novel subject to the
public; ,but as it would occupy too many columns in your paper
te'give the whole in one day, I shill divide the subject into
three or four letters, each of convenient length for one day's
publication ; and I hope to have the first of these ready, for the
paper which you publish CM Thursday next.
lam induced td adopt this course the more willingly, 'in
order to put an end 'to the useless and senseless discussions,
which, I understand, frequently occur, respecting the prin.
_ciples of the new system, and the practices which it is calculated
to produce.
To 'these letters I request.the calm attention of all classes,
sects, and parties. And it becomes the duty of those who shall
be able to detect an error in any one of them,' to'cotne forward
and expose it to the public ; more especially that of the Clergy
and the Governments of all countries, who, in fact,
a are e
en.
trusted with the formatiod'of the'human character,iand th
direction of human affairs.
ROBERT OWEN.-
New Lanark, ilth Oct. 1823.