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misrcptestotitiorv. 11:.;c1 been Rut forth. Mr. Owen
had been softly oppies..esi by has enemies, and it was
only a sere of justice and humanity that now called
upon him to inttrpose in his behalf. Never had any
gr..nd scheme kr the impaova-ment of mankind been
lorward, whoa w.:s not opposed by all that
ignos•tice. malice, envy, aiid prejudice could st iggest.
It must naturally be expected, that this wol:ld be I:ac
recsptiam g;ven to any s.;cth plan, from the numerous
patties interesteJ in combining to overthrow .and de.
.ti:') it. He was proseeding to chew that those who
were opposed to Mr. Owen had defeated there... Ave::
that they were refuted by their own reasoning ; whet:
the noise which, from impatience to adktuin (as it
was near seven ..'clock), had been great before, be-
came so loud, that to tattaianottier word distiactiy
was impossible.
Mr. Owex came forward. and desired that the
present Speaker, whom he had never scan before.
whum he bad never spoken to, and whose name he
hael only heard that moment, might experience the
same indulgence which had been eaten.led to all who
had pieced:4l him. •
Eitence ensued, but it was of short duration. Be-
fore Mr. JoNa could resume his speech, the uproar
was as hied as ever. He endeavoured, but in vain,
to r.r. card. Dr. Midmost neat sprung on the table,
out was rout attended to.

/lifts much tumult a.id confulien, the amendurnt
no►ved by Major Tenassos was put to the vote, and
lest by a peat majority. Mr. Wernists's Caine
Lest, Pnd that being carried by a small majority, the
business of the Ja► concluded with a vote of thanks
to the CUALIO4.*.N. which WAS moved by Mr. WAITH-
UAW, a Kesnluuotr hftving been previonbly ct me to
that the result of the d r)'s business should be pub-
lished in thepaily Palate.

THE EVENING STAR,.

• LONDON.

FRTDAY, AUGUST S 2, 1817.
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The adjouttied hleeting to consider Mr. OWEN'S
1 proposed PLiti for refornsmg the vicious, and rooting
up pauperism, tuna place yester.lay at the City of
Lunelot Tavern. The details which we have laid
before our Readers, under their proper head, are vu
ample that little tenuous to be added here. The
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Meeting was very numerous, and a large portion of
it may be said to have been several times renewed,
by the withdrawing of numbers who could no loneer
bear the pressure and heat, and the entrance of others
who occupied the stairs Ind avenues to the I trg,
roem. Aminig those who withdrew we hete no
doubt were m any who would have been for sendiro!
Or Flan to a Cununittee; but this was big .tivi.d by
a considerable majority of th se who occupied th..
room at seven o'clock; for it was half an how kovr '
before the hireling broke up.
Many different opinions will no doubt he • found.
respecting the proposed plan and the proceedisigib
that have taken place. In some respects it nolt how.
ever be asserted. that the Meeting decided without
any thoron6lt examination. The whole of Mr.
Owsti's publications, and all that he has yet stated
orally to the rublic. possess more of the character of
a sketch for consideration, for discussion, for amend-
ment, for filling up—than of a regular plan ready
for the adoption of a large public assembly. Major
CARTWiIIGUI% remark was correct—that it was f‘ a
plan which no one could understand. and which was
bnfit to be discussed in this or any similar meeting,
from the complexity of its character and the infinite
variety of interests it involved.".—The obvious
course then ought to have been that which is
generally followed under similar circumstances—
The appointment of a Committee to examine the plan
in its details, and report whether the plan possessed
any merits to entitle it to a trial ? Whether the ble-
mishes that might attach to it were of a nature to be
remedied ? Or whether, on the contrary, the scheme,
on examination, might be found altogether visionary
and impracticahle t
On one point we could not exactly understand Mr. 1
Owert's views s nor do we stand alone in this re- I
specs. He is the advocate of universal toleration— •
and in this all good men will agree with him ; but if
he maintains that any Religion is to beidtntified with
i;s professors, nothing can be more untrue. He ap.
pears to us to have assumed that all the vices and un•
sociable qualities to be fund among men sr~ du:fruits
land necessary consequences of their religion; whereas 1
they are truly the result of their want of religion—their
inattention to its precepts—their ignorance of its doe_ 1
tutors. He seems to have confounded sectarian tenets',
and pr actices with the dictatesof the codeon which each
sect pretends to found its dogmas.—We here employ
tl:e terns " Sect" and •I Sectarian" in their general
sense—as terms equally applicable to national este-
i
hlishments and to dissenting communities. It is ob-
I views that the practical exhibition of the different pro.
1 Elisions is very shfirrat, though all Christians acknow •
h dge but mode. These differences then can only rest
on the gfc,tter cc less de/larterre of each sect/este thepi-
alifiti eiathiuti-ar. Whether then may the greatest
dewee of unity be expected to be effected from a re-
' cuttence to the dictates of the code whence all haver
more or lees, deviated ? or by abandoning the code
entirely ? Nut by the latter assuredly.
1 But this very code directs what ought to be done,
when men differ conscientiously. They should bear
with each other. There should be no Fitsrsetution
iof any kind. The Christian religion is a religion of
Iwace. :tnti if era vases V conyaid crowed are es.
Lablii:.CJ, they can only acquits: mid maintain this