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I I found ; that no plan can be effectual which lias not for its main object the creation of moral habits and social feeling's in those classes : That none have - -hithereto been proposed -of which it is so much the object as the
. present orre ^ that there is at least a sufficient prospect of the proposed establishment succeeding" to warrant a trial ; that no alteration of th « laws is asked for $ that Ho evil is to be apprehended , whether the Committee ure right or wrong in their
anticipations , but that incalculable good fncist follow if they are r-ighft , and that if they should suceeed no further than in shewing by one more-example that it may be even profitable to themselves for our manufacturers to apply time , money and attention to the improvement of the comforts , feelings and happiness of their
workmet ) , the whole of the money required would be well bestowed * Under ti * ese circumstances , aad on these -grounds , the co-operation of all who sincerely desire tfere welfare of all ranks of -society , and especially the improvement of the general character of the labouring classes , is most earnestly solicited „
APPENDIX . GENERAL ADVERTISEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE . London ^ August 11 , 1819 . Plan for Providing Employment for the Poor * The < 7 omtnittee appointed at a CJeneral Meeting " , convened to consider Mr . Owen ' s
plan , held at the city of London Tavern , July 26 , 1819 , have proceeded under the persuasion that the public mind is fully impressed with a conviction , that the increased and increasing evils of pauperism call for some adequate remedies .
They apprehend that such remedies will be most readily found in any plan that may provide employment for the poor , principally in agricultural labour , "which , while it shall tend to secure industrious habits , may be rendered conducive to a
system of training up the young in improved moral conduct , and in dispositions calculated to counteract and prevent the continuance of the evils generally admitted to be inevitable from the very defective system of ' our parochial work-houses .
The Committee consider that the plan proposed by Mr . Owen combines many practical results connected with the advantages above stated , and therefore are of opinion , that , an establishment should
be formed by way of experiment , ajod which , it is computed , < tnay , in the first iitdtfftiee , -require an advance of capital Hot fext&Mtwg ^ 100 , 000 . And without entering iwto ^ tetail * , which would exceed
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the limits of an advertisement , thpy Earnestly recommend a subscription of the above sum by way of loan at £ 5 per cent , interest , a large , proportion of which will be vested in land , and progressively itn-. proving- in value-by the most . < careful cultivation .
The Committee are persuaded , that the sum so applied will be a $ * pJly . sufficient to eifect the object proposed with a view to the employment and benefit-. of 1000 per , sons at least , and also to pay the interest and provide for the gradual repayment of the capital subscribed . They are like *
wise of opinion , that the proposed experiment , in its numerous and beneficial results , cannot fail to . afford a salutary example for the future application of parochial relief , and in that confidence they rely on the si * ceess of this appeal to the public .
Subscriptions of £ 50 and upwards will constitute the subscriber a manager , and as -such entitled to the usual privilege of acting * and voting- on the business of the society . Subscriptions of £ 10 and upwards will he also entitled to the interest of £ 5 per cent , p * r armura , uotH they are paid off .
When the sum -of £ 20 , 000 is subscribed , a meeting" of subscribers will be called , and the Treasurer and Trustees appointed . Subscribers' names will be received by Messrs . Siaitfi , -Payne . and Smith $ Messrs . Williams and Co . % Messrs . Spooner , Altwood and Co . ; Messrs . Drummomi and Co ., Ra « kers .
Communications « tre requested to be addressed to the Secretary , at No . 3 Holborn-Court , Cray's-Inn . JAMES MILLAR , Hon . Sec . pro . temp *
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644 Intelligence . —Miscellaneous .
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A Society lias been formed for tlie Reputation of Infidel Publications , of which Sir James Bland Burgess is ajt the head . The object is l > y means , of subscriptions to publish and circulate ^ plain and incontrovertible refutations of the
blasphemous allegations now seat forth by'Deists -. and . Atheists . " Every sincere Christian must wish success to such an association , which coiitcmplates tbe true and only successful means of combating *
infidelity . One well-argued , temperate and charitable pamphlet , in defence of Christianity ., , is of more value thai * all the speeches that were ever made agai us t blasphemers by aUovney ^ generals and kingV counsel .
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Tire Rev , T /* i < xmas -JMqr&ajk , tib ^ riatt to Dr . Williams ^ libra ry w . ReddO-t o ** Street , has received f 1 om < % \ ie Uv \ iwemty ef Aberdeen the diploma of Huh * P » W ' testimony of i ^ ppect was bestowed vfon
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1819, page 644, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1777/page/56/
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