The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-28 00:00:00

MR. OWEN.

GLASGOW, S CPT. Owrr sets off to.
day for Derby,. on his way to Liverpool, to embark for the.
'United Status. Ile goes for the express purpose of treating;, for
the purchase of Rapp's celebrated settlement of Lfarmotty, in-
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chiding all the landed property and buildings upon it. The }lto-
perty contains more than 20,000 acres,, 3,000 of which are al-
ready under cultivation. About .1,000 acres more are rich mea-
dow land on the banks of the Wabash. HiS object is to erect
communities upon it, similar to the plan to be pat in execu-
tion at Alother well: The colony is situated upon the southern
extrenlity of the •Static of New Indiana. The site for Mr.
Owen's new establishment at Motherwell is fixed. It is to
be a square, each wing of which will 'be one thousand feet
long, and the whole covers about twenty-three English acres.
The quantity of ground bought from Mr. Hamilton of Dalziel
ie five luxdred and twenty-six Scots acres, and cost from
27,0001. to "ow. A part of the land is inferior frOm want
of cultivation, but it is all highly improveahle. The delay id
commencing building is owing to some important improve-
ments having taken },lace on the original plans. As soon
as the plans are fixed on, the preparatory steps of quarry-
ing, making sewers, digging the foundation, &c., will
begin. It is calculated that the grand square or parallelo-
gram, with all the cooking apparatus, will cost above 100,0001.
Each side of the quare will contain about 600 people, making
about 2000 altogether. The principal improyement iu the new
plim is, that each side of the.square, as it is completed, will be
ready for the inhabitants, and no delay take place in putting
the new scheme of society into full operation, while the other
wings are in progress. Each side of the square is to have
a public kitchen, two dining rooms, and a public room—
in the Inside of the square there will be two octagonal build-
ings, with two hot and two cold baths on each side, for the use
of • both sexes. Those tradesmen that enter the community
are to have the same rate of wages as are general in the
country. A managing Committee is to fix the rate of wages,
and the proportion that the members shall have it in their
power to draw, which includes the value of their food and cloth-
ing. A certain proportion of the wages- of every individual
is to. be retained and placed to their credit as community
stock in the books of the community, This surplus will
be applied to repay the purchase money and the -cost
of the buildings. The agricultural operations meantime are
going briskly forward, and a considerable quantity of land has
been improved. The improvements will be greatly extended
in the spring by the trenching and laying out of the ground._
The brick-making commenced this year principally for the pur.
pose of ascertaining the quality of the soil, and about 300,000
bricks have been sold, as they were not required for the esta-
blishment. A good moulder will make 4,000 bricks a-day ;or
from 40000 to 600,000 during the working season. Hence,
we may calculate the enormous quantity of bricks made around
this city in a year.-.-(Glasgow Chronick. )

There ure now living in Folkstone Workhouse
nineteen wrsons whose united ages amount to 1447 years. A
gentleman looking over the tombstones, in the churchyard of
that town, remarked to an old inhabitant the great number of
deaths beyond 70 years; the latter replied, you will be more
surprised when 1 state to you, that there are now living in the
town .180 persons above that age, and one couple who have been
wedded upwards of 70 years, 'and whose ages amount to 183,
and their daughter. who attends on them, 02. The air in the
neighbourhood of Folkestone has been long famed for its purity,
and this circumstance is a strong proof. The population of the
town is only 4,000.--(Keqt Herald.)