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      Robert Owen And The Exhibition Of 1851. ...

      instant . A large number of persons partook of tea , and » t half-past aeten the chair was taken by the Reverend E . R . Larken , by whom the meeting was addressed , as well as by Mr . George Dawson , M . A ., Mr . Glover , of BuYy , Mr . Joseph Barker , Mr . David Green , Mr . Deriton , & c . The report , which was read by Mr . Hobson , secretary to the society , was very 'favourable as to its position and prospects , anil was well received On the platform , besidesthe speakers already enumerated , were the Beverertd Messrs . Wicksteed and Conder , Mr . Edgar , & c . A full band , vocal as well as instrtrrnental , was in attendance , and performed several pieces with beautiful effect . The late hour at which our report arrives , prevents us giving more than the

      following of Mr . Dawson ' s speech : —Mr . George Dawson commenced by saying that it had been his wiBh for some time past that he might have an opportunity of publicly encouraging this society , as he had been much interested in it on account of its objects and persistency . It had been said that the society had no thing to do with politics , but he thought they had , as they appeared to have something like conservatism in their object . When he Was a lad , he was often told that Reformers , Radicals , Levellers , and grumblers , were only those that had nothing to lose ; and that if he had only a piece of land , he would , like other folks , soon settle down into a quiet Tory , satisfied with the present state of society . And if they only knew the secret workings

      and progress of society , they would certainly find the old Conservative doctrine , that if any of them were Radicals , it was because they had no land . Therefore , they might take them at their word , and claim additional sympathy and respect on account of their Conservative exertions . He held that the land of a country should be in the hands of the community , and not monopolized by a very few . He considered our social evils resulted to a very great extent from the evil land-laws , and the land arrangements established in this country . If those views were considered subversive , he was led to them by the Bible ; it having been his duty once to study the laws of Moses upon that subject . He had no wish to advise the people of this aee to revert to Judaism ; he would leave

      that to them who wished to enforce a better observance of the Sabbath ; but the spirit of the Judaical law was , that a rich man was commanded not to glean the corners of his corn fields , nor to strip his vine-trees . And , why ? So that the poor might participate in the plenty . The land of Judea was given by the Almighty not to a few , but to the people , and the laws were studiously arranged for keeping it amongst the people . Thus it was commanded , if a man should pawn his tools , they must not be kept after sundown ; and so , if the land were mortgaged , at the expiration of some years , it again reverted to the original owners . He had long had faith in the doctrine that any man had a private , irremovable possession of the land . The land belongs to the people ; and

      if the land goes into certain hands , it has certain duties attached ; it ought to support the poor of a people . If the land belongs to the people , and the people have it not , what should be done ? He would not advocate physical force , —he had little sympathy with that , —but he saw in the organization of societies like this a quiet and effectual means of accomplishing that object . He aptly exposed the evils of the entail law , which he would recommend to be abolished ; and alluded to the gross neglect of the palpable and practical Christianity of some of its most babbling , formal , self-satisfied , and pharisaical professors . There were two ways of raising £ 100 . One man might give £ 99 , others might make up the other pound . And

      again 100 people might subscribe £ 1 each ; now , which would indicate a sounder and a better state , although the totals are the same ? Some say we are the greatest nation on earth . If England is the greatest nation , on the whole , she yet ha « a number of poor and wretched with which few countries compare . It is said En ^ aiid is a very fine nation ; tho Bun never sets upon its dominions ; they send tracts , and print Bibles by the ton ; but what information does this afford about the individual members of that nation ? I like this society because it is subversive of the old fallacious plan of looking to tho total . It Indicates that men are growing tired with the doctrine of totals . It was a curious thing , but he had tried the experiment , that many were profound in knowled

      a ge of tho Hindooa ; were clever in the various doctrines of Uudhism , UrahinlniSm , and Paganism ; . ind yet , if these persons were asked as to the condition , belief , uml habits of some of the poor in the baokHlums of Leeds , they would answer , " Don ' t know . " 1 hough deeply skilled in the art and mystery of Chinese domestic and other knowledge , yet if they were asked now their poor countryman , with a wife and seven children , managed to live upon 6 s . a-week , he could not inlorm you . The speaker himself confessed that hu even could not explain that mystery ; he considered that we ouRht to look more at home , and let the enquiry bo , not now are the peeplc on the whole , but how is the people I'ladc up . The best king England ever had , old King

      - ^ Ured , understood this doctrine well enough . When he < "une to reign In England the people were all dunces to-Ki'tlu > r ; he could not find u clergyman that could read "is own prayers . He was an old barbarian they knew , "iii'l reigned before the modem and-enlightened views of voluntary education , and he sent an embassy to Frances to 'Uch a learned mm and britiK him over , and he jrot NDine and net . thorn to work iiratmoting the people . Now , I' Allred had piitertahined the totality theory he might iuiv founded

      " a university , with a half-dozen learned "IP " , und Hai ( l , Knu ; lund is a learned nation . Another J ! " !> K for whi < m I like tliiw KOcioty is its unpopularity . J world wiiH never yet saved but by what huv < : been r < 1 Kardrd i ' oolinli , ex tin vacant , Utopian , and ccri'iitrio ' "X'triiM'H . Conformity i' < s ^ ornl in irn plane , renpeotatile , iiud ( ie < : ent . -lookiirg ; it . folds h « robe . n tustcfully , and tle-Ct ' r - *' ( ' ow " to die . Hut it in these novel ideas , mid "" ""Willed , devoted , aud eccentric men that aave . Again , * 1 'ke this society , because , despite'past failure , you urc

      determined again toTry the noble experiment , and brave the jeers of enemies who say such schemes havs always failed . But iio one has tried your experiment . Your society is under different circumstances to the past , and you may be successful . Social Hall , Manchester . — Since my last commu-, nication to the Leader our institution has been going on well . We have had a succession of lecturers from London ; Mr . Lloyd Jones , Mr . George Hooper , and Mr . Walter Cooper , have each in turn lectured to large and attentive audiences , the hall in the evenings being crowded to overflowing . The subjects of Mr . Cooper ' s ' lectures were " Alton Xooke " the " Socialism of Literature . " We have now entered upon the second quarter . The number of our members encreases and our regular audiences get more numerous . We have also been negotiating with some of the isurrounding towns for the purpose of sending them lecturers , and are in hopes to ha \ e this division of Lancashire organized by the first Sunday in March , at which time the next conference meets . —John McKenzie , Secretary . Galashiels Store . —The annual soiree and ball of this flourishing association was held on the evening of New Year ' s Day . The large hall in which they met was crammed almost to suffocation . After tea , speeches , music , and dancing , the meeting separated , highly pleased with the entertainment of the evening .

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      v Owing to a press of matter in other departments of the paper we are obliged to crave the indulgence of our correspondents until next week .

      Health Of London During The Week. (From ...

      HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . ( From the Registrar-General ' s Report . ) In the week ending last Saturday 1023 deaths were registered in the districts of the metropolis . In the corresponding weeks of the 10 years ( 1841-50 ) the average was 1102 ; compared with which the present return exhibits a favourable result . And if it could be safely assumed , notwithstanding the effects of various epidemics , that the population has encreased yearly at t ' ie rate of 1 . 55 per cent , ( the annual rate of encrease observed in London between the two censuses of 18 . 31 and

      1841 ) , and the above average were proportionally augmented , the comparison would show the public health of the week in a still more satisfactory point of view . But it will be found on examination that , in five out of the ten corresponding weeks , the returns differ little from that of last week , or fall much below it , whilst an excessive mortality presses on other parts of the series , the deaths rising to 1460 at one period , when influenza was on the wane , at another , when cholera had broken out in Drouet ' s institution , and thus swelling the account above what an average state of health would produce .

      The last week exhibits a marked improvement on the first week of the year , chiefly in the decline of feve < and the epidemics to which children are subject , but also in the diminished effects of diseases of trie respiratory organs . In connection with throe cases of typhus , which proved fatal in three different parts of the . metropolis , tho registrars call attention in their notes to the circumstances in which these events occurred—here " a filthy and overcrowded court , " which had been repeatedly complained of as the nursery of disease ; at another place , " miserable huts , " which had been constructed without regard to comfort or decency ; and in the third case , a small back room is described , where six persons had been sleeping , and into which air could not penetrate either by means of the chimney or other chunni'l . The births of 71 ) 2 boys ami 7 HH girls , and in all 1 /"> HO children , were registered in the week . The average of nix corresponding weeks in 184 , 5-fiO was 1 , ' }/](> . Ti-n VV . M'kn Wi . uk

      of IHU-. ) U . of lN . ) L Zymotic DiuunuoH - ; i ~ 7 l ) - •¦ l 7 i Dropsy , Onncer , uml other disease * or micertain or variable Kuat .. - - J" ' " Tubercular Oinoufies .. IH' )( ' ir >' J Diseases of the , Jirniii , Hpinul Marrow , Norvea . and HciiHeH .. - - ' •» ' ' ' ••' DiaoaatM o ( tlu ) Heart and Itlood-vertriclH .. 3 'JN 11 Diseased of t jus Lungs aud of tl »< : othn Organs olltefpiration - ¦ - •¦ " * ' - ' - > - ••' l ) imiun < -H of tlio Stomach . Liver , and other OrgaiiH of Dilution .. .. .. <> ' <> .. -- * > DiymmcH of tho Kidneys , & c HHi 12 Childbirth , diaoiises of tint Uterus , . * , « :. _ .. Mil 7 Itheniniitiiun , di ^ e asim of tho Itoneii , Joints ,

      & ,. - Kl ¦• - ' Diw'iiHOH of tht ! Skin , Cellular Tinaue , « Stc . .. II .... I Malformations .. .. .. - - «'•' .... 1 I ' rrinitturi ) Mirth and Debility .. .. i ! 20 : j <) Atrophy ' ;> 13 a-,- " <' ' ¦ - •! — <>; t Hii'rirtan 1 H > - - Violence , 1 ' rivation , Cold , and Inteinporanco 230 , 17 Total ( including- unspecified causes ) ,. JKJ 21 1023

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      Money Market And City Intelligence. Fkid...

      MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Fkiday . The English Fund Market was firm , and prices had an upward tendency in the beginning of the week . On Wednesday , however , a decline took place ; yesterday the market continued heavy to the close , -and Consols were \ lower . This morning the market opened dull . The range of prices during the week has been as follows : — Consols , 96 | to 96 |; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents ., 98 4 to 99 ; Exchequer Bills , 55 s . to 60 s . premium . The Foreign Stock Market has not displayed any marked

      feature during the week . The dealings yesterday included Mexicans , 33 to \ , ex div . ; Brazilian , New , 1829 and 1839 , 87 ; ditto New , of 1843 , 84 ; Buenos Ayres , 48 ; Equador , 3 . J . In European State Stocks the business transacted included Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents ., 57 § to 58 ; ditto Four per Cents ., 90 £ to | ; Danish Five per Cents . 101 to i ; Spanish Three per Cents ., 37 J to 38 | ; ditto Five per Cents ., 17 4 to |; Belgian Four-and-aHalf per Cents ., 90 i ; Portuguese Five per Cents ., 85 ; ditto Five per Cents . Converted , 36 J ; Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents ., 96 ] to $ . Mark .-lane , Friday , Jan . 17 .

      We have no variation to report in the state of trade during the present week ; the supplies of grain are moderate , and the amount of business doing is limited at the prices previously current . The English Wheat , owing to the continued mildness and dampness of the weather , is most of it very much out of condition , and for such it is difficult to find buyers on any terms . At the beginning of the week a good many cargoes of Polish Odessa Wheat changed hands at the very low price of 32 s . 6 d , including freight and insurance . Since then , however , the importers have been less willing to

      accept so low a price , and it is probable that at present purchases to a large amount could not be made under 33 s . ( This wheat being of inferior quality , ai » n the quantity . greatly exceeding the consumptive demand , the value of it is reduced considerably below its usual proportion to other descriptions . ) At the Country Markets held during the week , the trade has been quiet and without alteration . The first qualities of Malting Barley bring rather better prices ; other kinds continue to meet a slow sale . The Oat trade continues without any animation .

      Arrivals from Jan . 13 to Jan . 17 : — English . Irish . Foreign Wheat .. .. 1690 8020 Barley .. .. 2840 1480 Oats 3810 11570 3750

      British Funds Folt The Past Week. (Closi...

      BRITISH FUNDS FOlt THE PAST WEEK . ( Closing Prices . ) Satur . Mond . 2 ' ues . Wedn . \ Thurs . Frid . Bank Stock 214 2 l . > 211 2111 211 | 3 perCt . lted .. 07 i ' . )?§ OT- i 07 g < m iJp . C . Con . Ans . % i 96 § l » t > i «) 0 ^ UGg 3 p . C . An . 1726 . 9 *» i ¦ : { p . Ct . Coti ., Ac . !> 6 . i < Ki 2 'Ml W > } i >(> 5 $ { p . Cent . An . U & 3 S ) 8 i' i »!> 'J 8 : l 08 . 3 ¦ New !> per Ota . LousyAiis ., 18 ( 50 . 7 13-16 ~ 3 7 13-1 ( 57 13-iC 7 ; , lnd . St . 104 p . ct . 207 ' - ' 08 Ditto Honds .. 74 p 7 ( 5 p 7 ( 5 p 77 p 73 p Kx . Bills , 1000 / . 58 p fi'J p 5 ( 5 p 5 ( 5 p 58 p Ditto , f ) W * .. T ) 8 p 51 ) p € 0 p 515 p 57 p Ditto , Sinai' 58 p f )<) p . I . > 7 y . — -

      L'Orelun Kuinds. (Last Official Quotatio...

      l'ORElUN KUiNDS . ( Last Official Quotation durinsr the Weak eixlin ; , ' Thursday Evening . ) Austrian 5 per Cents . 05 Mexican 5 per Ct . Ace . 33 lielsfian Bds ., 44 p . Ct . — Km ; ill .. .. --Hrunilian 5 p «; r Onta . — Neapolitan 5 per Ont-. s . — Bueno * Ayrtia 0 p . Cts . 48 l'ciiiviaii 1 \ per C . ciiIh . —• Chilian 3 per Cents . .. — l ' ortii ^ uesi : . ) per Cent . Nf > Danish 5 per Ccntri . .. ¦ ¦ ! pe . r Cts . . ' < . )| Dutch 24 . per Cunty ... & 8 . — Annuities -r-4 per Cents . .. ' . W < i Russian , 1822 , 5 p . Ct . i . — Ecuador HondH .. 3 . ^ Span . Ae . lives , f > p . Cts . 17 !} French 5 p C . An . atl ' uris— . — 1 'ns . ^ ive . .. — : —3 p . Cta ., Jan . 10 , — . — Deferred .. —

      Sharks. Last Ohlcial Quotation For Tin; ...

      SHARKS . Last OHlcial Quotation for tin ; Week ending Thursday Evening . IIaii . wavh . Hanks . Caledonian .. .. KM AufllnilitHian .. .. ' . W \ Kdrtti'in Counties .. < i / j Hritifih North American •—Edinburgh and OhiHgow 1 !' . ) Colonial .. .. .. — ( irrat . Northern .. .. 17 { Commercial of London .. — ( irnat North of Eiiirlimd - ¦• London and Westminster ~ 'i \ ( ji-fiilH . & W . ( I rotund ) -10 London Joint Slock .. 11 ) ( Jreut Western .. .. 7 H , '| National of Ireland Hull and Hflby .. .. 101 National Provincial Lancashire ami Yorkahiro ¦>>> $ I ' rovincial of Ireland .. — Lancaster mid Carlisle 71 Onion of AiiHtrnliii .. ' ¦'•' ¦' Lond ., Hrigltton . & K . Coam 1 ( 1 ( Union of London .. 12 ;{ London mid Klackwull .. ( i ^ Minkii . London and N .-Weuterii 1 ^ 1 HolanoH .. Midland .. .. .. 48 lira / iliuu Imperial North Hrilinh .. .. HI Ditto , St .. John de . 1 Roy — UoiUli-Eustn n and Dovor 23 | , (; ol ) i »> ( Jop |) ei .. Soiilli-Woatent .. .. 78 M ihoki . i . anhomn . York , NewniiB ., & . Hnrwick 18 ^ AiiHtralian Agricultural —¦ York and North Midland ^ ' 2 / i Canada Dookm . ( Jeni'ial Sleam .. l '' . ant , iiud Went India .. — I ' eniiiH . ^ t Oriental Kteain London .. .. .. — Royal Mail Hleain .. 12- { St .. Kuthaiine ,. .. — South Australian

      Flour. Towii-Iii ..<]<: Per Back Kin . T...

      FLOUR . Towii-iii .. <]< : per Back Kin . to 13 m . Second ;! - * 7 — ; 1 <> l' > . e ., \ aud Hulfnlk , on liouril chip , 33 — . ' 1-1 Norfolk rtrut Stockton 3 (» 3 . ! Ainerican .., por'lmrrul 22 —¦ 2 ; t Cnnadlan » 21 — 2 J AYIH'aton Bread , 7 d ; the lib . loaf , ilounehotdii , Cil .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 18, 1851, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18011851/page/21/