The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-26 00:00:00

MR. OWEN'S PLAN.

The pressures on the Country are so great
that we deem it our duty to draw public attention
to whatever may promote their alleviation; we
therefore insert the following
CONSrnERATIONs on which the application is made to Parlia-
ment.for the appointment of Commissioners to kxamine Mr.
OWEN's Proposals for improving the condition of the Poor,
and to investigate the facts existing at New Lanark, on which
these Proposals are founded.
The Noblemen, Freeholders, Justices of the Peace, Conimis-
. stoners of Supply, and Clergy of the county of Lanark, at a
public meeting especially convened, agreed to petition both
Houses of Parliament to investigate the plans which Mr. Owen
has now to propose for the relief of the poor and working classes.
The petitions were afterwards individually signed by the Chief
Magistrates of all the towns in the county, of Lanark; including
the Lord PrOvoit of Glasgow—by a great -majority of the land-
ed Proprietors—by 37 Justices of the Peace—by the Principal
and all the Professors (except two) of the University of Glasgow
who were entitled to sign them—and by upwards of 20 of the
most respectable Clergy in the county.
. These petitions were agreed to, and signed by the parties in
consequence of their local knowlede of the substantiid benefit,
which Air. Owen's plans have produced, and are now
exhibit-
in_g in practice at • New Lanark, and of the expectation that,
upon a full and impartial investigation, some of those plans
might be found applicable to the general improvement of the
condition of the poor. _

in consequence, Mr. Maxwell has given notice of a motion
to be made on Tuesday next, (this day) June 26, for a com-
mission to visit New Lanark, to examine the facts said to exist
there—to obtain such further information on the subject as Mr.
Owen is prepared to communicate--and to report thereon to
Parliament at the commencement of the next session.
The measures intended to be recommended by Mr. Owen are
founded on a conviction, created and con firmed by thirty years
daily extensive experience, that every species of charity is incal-
culably injurious to the poor : and that every attempt to relieve•
them, or improve their condition, exec pt through their own
labour, judiciously applied, must prove.abortive. Mr. Owen
therefore proposes,
1. To demonstrate the means by which the poor shall be en-
abled, and rendered willing, to support themselves. •
2. To well train and 'educate their children:
3. To liay the interest of th‘e capital, and gradually the capi-
tal itself, requisite to put their industry into activity.
4. To accomplish the preceding objects through arrangements
that shall permanently improve the moral habits of the working
classes.

And, lastly. To introduce this change upon a limited scale,
without disturbing the existing arrangements of society, and to
prevent its extension until experience shall denicnstrate its be.
nefieial effects to the entire satisfaction of alt classes.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ETTING-ROOM, Jurxr 25.
LEGER.
10 to 1 agst Sandbaek
14 to 1 agst Colwell
15 to 1 agGt Charnpaigne.
DERBy, 1822.
15 to 1 agst Marseilles. •
JULY STAKES.
3 to 1 agst the D. of Grafton.

STATE OF THE ODDS.-:
SAINT

3 to 1 agst Gustavus
6 to 1 agst Spina
8 to 1 agst Arabella

The ensuing Buxton races are tinder the patronage of his
Grace the Duke of Devonshire, whose anxiety to contribute to
the amusement of the Nobility and Gentry resorting to Buxton,
can only be equalled by his public spirit, unboUncled liberality,
and amiable affabilty.
A pack of fox-hounds is about to be establishedin Suffolk,
upon an :'extensive scale, under the patronage of sonic of the
principal Nobility and Gentry of that County. •
Oswcstry Cricket Club • resumed its sport at the Wc•ston
Ground, on Tuesday last. The seacm closes in the race week:
Captain S3ITTICS match to trot his horse, rode by himself,
and to carry fourteen stone, was decided yeSterday morning over
a 2-mile circuit, at Peath, in Huntingdonshire.. The match
was for 200 guineas, to do 15 miles in one. hour, a task equal
to the performances of the Phenomenon and ti lo Manchester
mares of recent date. It was performed in 55 min. i see. The
last mile was done easily in four minutes and twenty seconds,
winning the match by more thanhaila minute. •
RYMER, 'a runner from the. 'Staffordshire potteries, was
hacked for 100, guineas on the • same .ground, to accernplisl)
'm miles in one hour, and he wcri try going it in 55

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THE LONDON JOURNAM.

DAILY EXTRACTS FROM TUE ,MORNING• PAPERS
June 26.

[BRITYSIi PRESS.]
There does not appear, as- far as it i 3 Yet pos-
sible for us to judge, much sympathy between the
Christian inhabitants of the northern and of the
southern provinces. The spirit of revolt seems
to animate the great mass-tf the people of
G-reece, properly so called,,- but the standard of
liberty waves ineffectually among-the more slug-
glistr,descendants of the Daciaus and.Thracians.
Son districts of Bulgaria, indeed, are said to
have declared themselves . hostile to the Turks,
and that 1,-2,090,me5i, .eX *WI 10'041 zeal of a
Bishop, have enrolled themselves as .champions of
the Cross ; but seeing now the falsity of the
previous accounts, which represented Ypsilanti
as commanding an army pretty well appointed,aad
consisting of 40,000 men; we must not only doubt.
the numbers of this Christian force, but question
even the existence of the-warlike Bishop himself.
--Of Ypsilanti there are no tidings deserving
of any confidence ; but we learn,that a brother of
his, named Derpetrius, has; after many ." hair-
, breadth 'scapes," succeeded in joining the Pelo-
ponnesians in arms, and has addressed an ener-
getic .proclamation to the Greeks. Much of the
spirit that now breathes in the inhabitants of the
southern provinces is attributed to the revival of
some learning among them, and to their conse-
quent knowledge of the deeds of their ancestors.
The history of their country is indeed spirit-stir-
ring, and ought to enflame them with grief, shame,
and indignation, that barbarians and slaves should
lord it over the sons of the heroes who fought at
Marathon, Salamis, and Platwa. The Greeks
require only a-leader of enterprise and skill to
ensure their success, for the• Turks themselves'
have taught them to look to resistance alone as
affording a hope of -safety, and have shown by
the slowness and imbecility of the Government,
that they have not much to dread from the once
formidable empire of Turkey.

[MORNING POST.]
In the House of Peers last night, the Marquess
of Lansdown took a view of the conduct of the
different Powers who pledged themselves at the
Congress of Vienna, and by subsequent treaties,
to effect the complete abolition of the Slave
Trade. ITe shewed, that, with the exception of
the United States of America, and of the Arabs
on the 'Persian Gulph, none of the Contracting
Powers has fulfilled its promises, or kept its en-
gagements. France, in particular, has carried on
the Slave Trade so openly and to such an extent,
that in one single year not less than 60,000 Slaves
have been forcibly torn from the coasts of
Africa, and conveyed to the West Indies, under
the French flag, and under circumstances of
peculiar infamy and atrocity. His Lordship
moved an Address to his Majesty on the sub-
ject, in which Earl Bathurst agreed, and which
was carried nemhe contradicente.—The policy
of our Navigation Laws underwent a discussion
in the House of Commons. Mr. Wallace ex-
plained the heads of a plan for the simplification
of those laws and for effecting such alterations as
would allow of a greater extension of commerce,
by removing every mmecessary impediment
which now existed, and putting an end to every
restriction which was not essential to the support
of our maritime power. We have no room for
recapitulation, and must therefore refer our
readers to the report. The plan, though gene-
rally approved of in principle, was objected to
by some Members as to prove extensively
injurious to certo;.n articles of English and Irish
manufacture'. The question is to come regularly
before Parliament in the next Session.—The Bill
for making the grant originally proposed to the
Duke of Clarence was read a second time. The
question was carried by a majority of 61 to 14.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The Election of Sheriffs for London and Mid-
dlesex, afforded another opportunity for the, ex-
pression of public opinion on the Mock Consti-
tutional Association. Mr. Alderman Rothwell,
the Treasurer of this precious Association, and
Sir John Silvester, its learned and philosophic
eulogist, were received with hisses, groans, and
vociferations. Mr. Garrott, one of the persons
put in nomination, is a Subscriber to the Asso-
ciation, and the public feeling with respect to
him was manifested in a vcry unequivocal man-
ner. This is as it should be. The man who be-

longs to a combination for the, purpose of de-
stroying the independence of the Press, has cer-
tainly no claim to the favour or confidence of
Englishmen, and whenever he dares to make his
appearance in any popular• assembly, be ought to
be received as these persons were received 'by
the Livery, and as Mr. Murray was lately re-
ceived by his follow-parishioners. A seal should be
set on every one of them. The people who honour a
Subscriber to the Association dishonour them-
selves. From every situation of trust he ought to
be excluded, but most of all from a situation at
once judicial and ministerial. 1f an Associator is

to serve as a Juror,he must, as w•,as observed

by Mr. Galloway, be still more unfit to return
Jurymen. We trust that. the Livery of the City
,of London will not, on this occasion, show them-
selves less attached to the liberty of the Press, or
more determined to discountenance- all attempts
against it, than the Parishioners of St. Andrew;
Holborn ; and that they will not entail on. the City
of London the disgrace of having a Sheriff from
amongst the Bridge-street crew. A Poll has
been demanded ftir the Bridge-street subscriber..
We arc happy to'see that, at the close of yester-

day's poll, he was below Mr. Crook; and we
hope that the independent Citizens of London
will exert themselves during the remaining days,
in such a manner as ultimately to defeat the ex-
pectations of this enetny to liberty.

[TIIR TIMES.I
It is understood that her Majesty has present-
ed a memorial to the Kink in Council, formally
preferring her claim to be crowned as Queen-
Consort, in like manner with her Royal prede-
cessors, as a matter of right which she is not en-
titled to wave. This claim, which-the Queen
makes respectfully but firmly, resolves itself into
a question of constitutional law, touching the pre-
rogative of the Crown.

Et.:•xvi-7zat:s.j- -
The Common Hall held yesterday for the
Election of Sheriffs, though more respectable
than usual, _yet was found to decide, as usual,
directly contrary to the
.known wishes of a great
majority of the Livery. A poll therefore be-
came necessary, in order to place two men in this
important office, who would rather reflect honour
than disgrace upon it. A first clay's poll in' the
City of London is well known to' be no criterion,
except of the strength or weakness of the "rab-
ble rout." We believe Alderman Bridges was
more than two hundred votes behind his compe-
titors fOr the Mayoralty in 1819, but he
afterwardsmore outpolled them by than
1,000 votes; Mr. Garratt had yesterday only
nineteen votes less than his opponent. Wesup-
pose; it is quite unnecessary for us to urge •our
readers to exertion in this cause. A more obvious
question was never presented to them ; but we
would intreat them. not to .let contempt get the
betterof their zeal : let them remember that, even
in the best cause, it is always safest to consider--
that nought is done while aught remains to do. It
is understood that the scheme of the Radical
Faction is to disgust the King, and render it im-
possible for him to visit the City, as usual, after
a Coronation. This end they calculate to effect
by forcing up Waithman to the. Mayoralty, and
making Crook and Galloway Sheriffs. It may
reasonably be expected, they Oink, that if Crook
be returned, the Alderman will not serve with_
him, and so an opening. will be made for'Gallo-
way. The scheme is an ingenious one ; but like
most other very fine spun projects, 'it is likely
to break off in the very beginning. Mr. Crook
admits, that though he
.is not officially and by
name Sheriff's Broker, yet it does so happen
that he very., often. sells goods under Sheriff's
writs, indeed we believe those sales form no in.-
considerable part of his business. Now, really,
is not this derogatory from the dignity of the of-
fice.? . Is there not something rather more than
awkward in it ? And what does Mr. Crook mean
to do with his Auctioneership? Is it to be in
abeyance during his Shrievalty ? Is his pulpit
to be deserted, and his hammer unite ? Or will
he practice in both lines at once ; and step across
from Guildhall to the Mart, and back again ac-
cording as his incongruous duties call him Shall
we read advertisements of goods to be sold by
the Sheriff, under an order from the Sheriff?
Will he, after the manner of buouaparte, " make
war support war," and buy a new chariot and
liveries for the office out. of the sales which the
office will furnish ? Either way, we see questions
of great difficulty and delicacy presenting them-
selves, and without imputing to 'the worthy
Knight of the Hammer any sinister motives, we
do think he would.act wisely in placing a curb
on his civic ambition.

Mr. TIAINER,, the celebrated Blacking Manu-
facturer of London, has arrived in this town, on his usual
round, in a machine hitherto unknown in the annals of travel-
'ling. It is a four-wheeled carriage (invented by a 2,1 r. John-
son) which, though as neat and- easy as a phaeton or curricle,
from having no iron springs, avoids the duty on spring ear-
riages, by coming under the appellation of a " stage waggon,"
anti as such is regularly licensed at Somerset-house. The
wheels are extrimely neat and light, with patent axletrees, and
stand upright, by which a considerable degree of friction is
avoided. The axletrzcs are iron : from the hinder one, near the
wheel, on each side, is fixed a bar of lancewood ; 7 flies: meet on
the centre of the fore axle-tree, and .serve at once hie connecting
pole 'and springs., the body of the carriage being poised in -
the middle of Them. The -.front axle-tree turns on a small
circular plate, and is neat and secure, though entirely without
the framework in the front of currieles and other carriages. The
shafts, which are of the cabriole construction, arc immediately
attached to the axletree by joints'. But the greatest novelty and
advantage (if, indeed, so ingenious an evasion of the duty be
not of tantamount imlortanee) is the. manner by which the
horse,- should he be restive or run of, may be instantly detach-
ed from the carriage by a simple operation of the driver. This
is contrived, without any sacrifice of neatness, or of ease to the
horse or rider : the traces are short ; attached to each is a small
plate of iron so formed as to embrace three socks of the square
shafts ; through the parallel sides of these irons is a hole, as
there also is through the shafts, to which they are consequently
easily affixed by means of an iron pin. Directly over this
there is a curve or 'bridge of brass screwed to the shaft ;
through the top of this arch a strap leads, faStened to the
top of the pin, so as to pull it . straight out ; when the
pins are inserted :mother strap is put through them in , the
manner of a lincir•-pine to prevent them from starting out :
the straps are, at a convenient distance, united, and lead along
the shafts to the front of the carriage, like a bridle. On
this, the straps that faeten the pins below, being the shortest,
disera:age themselves ; and the upper dries then draw out the
pins : the horse, with his harness, is thus at freedom in a mo-
ment.; and the shafts, as the rein does act draw along them
in't,anraiissendcfcrUMWthY etogrpe.'utinl do.n
ebwolhtos
I,e amr ea,
clhl teh,
irf
he
ofepretrah etirc.
wh
is neatly painted and decorated, and is as handsome as any ctn.-
rick, weighs 0n1.7 about I,!.ewt. and may be dragged about by
a schoolboy. 'The
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The body e the-same as dint of a gig.- In the
front,' according to the act, is the far-famed owner's untie, and
the number of the waggon; and above it, in P.IIININO, but
not conspicuous letters, is painted, What may be seen an the
street corners of every town in Great Britain hornthe Land's
End to .folinny (:rout's House, 'a Use Turner's Blac.4,kifig."—
(Liverpool Mercury.)

In consequence of the importance of To:Jiwis's
Picture Lottery, it is to be decided liy a Draw-
ing separately: from that of the State Lottery, the
State IvViwels of which will be used on the occa.
sion, and Comtnissioners for the eN press purpose
are appointed by Government. Tht DrEisviug
will take place en the 24th July.

FOR THE SUN.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

Mn. EDITOR—It seems to me iropoisible to
look impartially at the Agricultural Report, csaa.-
tained in your SUN of last Saturday, without
acknowledging, it to be the most " stupendous
monument" of plain common sense, of accurate
observation, arsd of clear deduction, that can be
produced from the whole range of parliamentary
investigation.

It is not a MINISTERLAL Report—yet it fully
justifies the whole trait of policy which Ministers
have pursued ; ori having incultatedi would gave
pursuedilf permitted. It is true that it recom-
mends diminution of expenditure and reduction
of taxation ; but these are not the diminution and
reduction for which Opposition have been and
are so clamorous.

Upon the whole, it appears to me that if every
" Ministerial" and every " Independent" Mem-
ber, as it is now the fashion to designate them,
who voted affirmatively on the first reading of
the HORSE TAX BILL, had read this ,Report
before called on for his vote, he never would
have sanctioned a measure, the only result a
which must be to embarrass Ministers, and the
finance of the country, to a certain extent, with-
out rendering any commensurate relief to the
farmer.

In short, Mr. Editor, comparing the just yet
lecisive, the cautious yet liberal facts, conclu-
sions and principles, laid down, in that report,
with all that I have seen or heard of fair and
rational political economy, not only in Britain,
but in the four quarters of the Globe, it seems
perfectly clear that there can be no legislative
relief beyond aiding and supporting, cautiously,
a return to that state of FARMING OCCUPANCY
which existed when prices were the same as at
the present moment. high prices threw TEN
farms into ONE : but low prices will not support
and maintain that system. The division of
farming occupancy must then accommodate it-
self to diminished prices. In such a case, our in-
dividual farmers will not drink wine, nor keep
their gigs : but .there will be les3 agricultural
distress felt by jive farmers holding two hundred
acres each, than by one farmer holding one thoio-
sand ! ,But there is one powerful obstacle to a re-
turn to that system—the destruction of farmhouses
and homesteads upon the ag,;regated farms.—Be-
fore an humble Industrious Yeomanry, not a race o:
Esquires, can occupy small holdings, these farm-
ing accommodations must be rebuilt : but then
neither the landlords nor proposing tenants
have the means of building them ! What then
to be done ? Why, simply this—That Govern-
merit, under certain modifications, must be en-
abled to make loans when wanted, and whaß
such loans can and will be judiciously laid out.
Then see the consequences! Farms will be
gradually reduced to that state which will cowl,
teract distress, by making LAnoun form great
part of our agricultural capital, instead of being,
as now, merely an adjunct—that pauperism in
agricultural districts must diminish, and gocin
nearly cease—and that a great source of active
employment will, even in the first 'instance, be
found for masons, carpenters, &c. &c.
Yeaem,

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