The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-05 00:00:00

PEMBROKESHIRE.

TO BE RESOLD. i'inrsuant to a Decree and an Order of
the COUit'r‘ of CHANCERY of the Great Sessions for the
wend Counties of Carmarthen, Pembroke, and .Cardigan,
the County of the Borough of Carmarthen, and Town and
County of Haverfordwest, in h. Osttse, VOYIX D. PHIL.
LIPS, with the approbation of the Register of the said Court.
at the Sign of the . WHITE HART, in the Town of
NARBETIL in'the COinity of Penibroke, on MONDAY,
the lat Day "of December next; between the Hours of Three
and Tour o'Clock in the Afternoon,
IN SIN LOTS, •

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Valuabk FREEFIOLD ESTATE, situate
• in the. Parish of LAMPETER VELFREY, in the
Countyof Pembroke, consisting of a Al ansion-House, Orchards,
and Gardens i Capital, and -other Farms, Lands, Meadows.
Fields, and Premises, of good ,quality, and mostly free of
Lease, of which immediate Possession will be giA;.en.--The
31ansion.House is situated in the Village Of Lampeter Velfrey.
aforesaid, and a great part of the Estate nearly adjoining is
within 3 Miles of the Market and Pot-Town of Narbeth,
(through which the London Mail passes daily--10 Miles of the
Fashionable Watcring.place .Tenby—and 12 of the Assize-
Toivn of Havertbrdwest, and within an easy distance of Cool
and Culm. The Lands are, for the most part, of very excel-
lent quality, well sheltered, and generally well watered. The
neighbourhood abounds with .Gaine and River-Fish. There
are also LimestoncQuarrics near the Mansion-House, and
Plantations of young Timber, 'and other Timber, growing on
a great part of thastate. The whole of the Property is capable
of great Improvement, at an easy Expence, and is well worth
the attention of the Gentleman, Fanner, and Grazier.

Particulars whereof may be had of Mr. Evan Davies, and
Mr. Lewis Evans, Solicitors, Cardigan ; Mr. Thomas Perkins,
nQuna,idoy.stnredeo.
t,nHaverfordwest ; and Nit. Bicknell, No. 1, Staple.
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That the population and establishment. were in this condi),
+-ion could nut be imputed as a fault to any one. To carry on,
the spinning business as it was necessary to have work people
and children, and such only could be obtained as were willing
to come, or es in the ease of the children frorn the peorehoise,',
eoub not avoid-eaming. It watt with great diMcnity, mod at
great expellee, that any respectable work.people could he in.
duced to settle in this new spinning colony, and the parties,
who had the management of it, could never procure ns many
as were required.
. The population, therefore, knew their own value, and would
not allow themselves t- be governed contrary to their old habits
and inclinations, and the managers were obliged to do with
them as well as they could, and to submit to what it was not
in their power to amend.
Mr. Dale wes one of the most benevolent and best intention..
ed men that S4otlanti, or perhaps any.conntry ever produced ;
and then whom he appointed to superintend the establishment
Were men of the wet respectable character; but what could ,
inexperienced pereone, with the best intentions do, in such cire
cumstences, under the old system of society ?
It became necessary, therefore, that the wholesystem should
be chenged and remodelled, for the pureoses I had in view. •
I was a etraregee to the peculiar language., habit*, customs and
notions of thetie people, and came to them from a country,
againet the inhabitants of which they bad very strong pre u.,
dices. But it was of very little consequence what was the elute
racter of the pootdation, or in what circumstences they lied
been placed.. lwes going to }me into practice principles never
before acted upon, and which I conceimi, if properly applied,
could not fail to alter the character of any people.
My first concern was, to examine attentively the circom.,
stances which did" exist, to ascertain their influence upon the
populatiOn, and to become acquainted with the extent date
evils ageinst which I had to contend. This occupied the first
year of Inv residence among them. I then commenced the,
work of refortinteon, which was of course directed in the fast
iastance, to of the circurristareees as appeared to me to be
productive of the greatest injury. These were the public houses
and small retail shops, both, as they were then conducted here,
being copious sources of crime and-policrty.
Pe degrees these demoralizing eireornstances were removed,
and at length superseded by a general store, the good etfeets
of which pr.:dewed to less than two yeam those only can fully
understand, who were eye witnesses of the change which fol.
lowed in the condition and 401)c...trance of the population,
I had also, during these first years of the experiment, en.
tirely to remodel the manufacture, f3O that no part of the
original works remained, except the walls and. floors of the
?penning
While these alterations were in progress, such arrangements
were introduced, es were a check upon the former malpractices
of the people, until at length they found it to be more for their
interest, and more pleasent to themeelves, to be },onest, sober,
cleanly, intlus:rions, and faithfulein their general conduct, than
the reverse,

T then began to consider whatimprovements could be made
in the trait,trig tf Oa,: children, and utter trying various modifi-
cations of the old plan, and giving much attention to the sub-
ject, I was lt.l t:) c2nelude that,ll,e :whole existing system of
education was' fottruied Upon the most erroneous notions, and
, tir, ) An
that
ennogrri:,r tu nitel
ellitci:liti I
prepared to
oncosuldtake place in society, until it
carry
this.okicet
into
exc.
cation, Laid to eff...v witheintprjudice to 'lit: commercial suet it -
cess of tlits establiAnnent. For, i'i 4)rder to secure the means
of accnmi:liihitig what I had in view, it was necessary diet I
'should,
Would return what commercial men
ould, as.a cotton spinner, be what the world calls success-
ful; or, in other words, that I should form such arrangements
in the manufacture,
conceive tti be a fair remuneration in profits, for the use and
risk of their capital. This has been amply effected,' through
the twenty.four years during which theconcern has been under
my directica.

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I was
ob4geti_,, __ nu.„....ii&ss, to. encounter the prejudices of
' c 4,
mercantile men in seme of my, partners. who naturally thought
their business was to make money by the'eotton manufacture,
and nut to enga d fu
their tirne end in an attempt to fin-
prove
,the
worm!. I,3oerai of them could not comprehend the
principal upon which my measures proceeded, and twice I had
to s,.,parat. fioui them and fr,.etti other connections.
t
As it was not to be expected that a tlesire to improve the
general condition of society could be a very active principle in
those in whom the commercial Spirit predominated, r found it
necessary, in forming the last EVivciation, which commenced
in January., 1814, to unite myself with gentlemen, whose desire
to meliorata the state of society exceeded their desire to accu.
nutlate wealth. I fortunately met with individuals of very
high character and reseeetsbaitY in their respective situations :
men, whose love for their fellow creatures was greater than their
love of gain—and a partnership wws formed between us, new,
in some respects. in the annals of commerce. Its chief object I
was rot gain, but the adoption et* men/tires on an extensive i
scale, to prove that society te capable of great immediate ame-
lioration.. and as a preliminary step, to show
. by a living ex.
ample, that the condition of the working classe* may be at
once, essentially improved. The partnership in short, was
really formed with a view to aid and support me in the great