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      TO MR PROUT , 229 . STRAND . ' No . 208 , Piccadilly , London , Oct . 19 , 1817 . _Sj-t _, _ T . t is now tlncc - _jc-aa' aad « f ealf -itnecs l _^ nas sorely _aSicted with Rheumatic Gout , the suffering _froA ¦ _ffnCch induced me to try all the proposed remedies that extensive medical _experience cenld devise , without _ebtaieing any satisfactory relief from pain . During one of the paroxysms a . tread advised me to try Blair ' s Gout and _Rheumatic Pills , observing that he had in some severe esses taken them himself , and they proved very EurceEsfnL I instantly adopted his advice , and to my Joy the excruciating torment soon began to abate , aud e _. few boxes restored me to health , cinee whieh I have had no return of the complaint . I trust yoa will give publicity to my case , that _sufferingTiumanity may know how to obtain a remedy for this distressing disease . j

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      FAMED THB 0 U 6 H 0 UT TBS 6 L 0 BB _, _HOLLOWATS PILLS . A CASE OP DROPSY . Extract ofa Letter from Mr William Gardner , of Hanging Haughton , Northamptonshire , dated September llth , 1817 . To Professor Holloway . S 3 , —I before informed yeu that my wife hadbeen tapped three times for the dropsy , but by the blessing of God upon yourpills _, and her perseverance iu taking them , the water has now been kept off eighteen mouths bj their _awans _, which is a great mercy , ( Signed ) Williuc _Gaum-a .

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      ' _/^^ _^ _sS _y THE BEST // ' JS _&&& _AV _HEBICINE Thi . medicine has been before the British P _° _™» « n ' y » few years , and perhaps inthe annals of _*? _*«] . _* _* i s . ner-J seen success equal to their progress ; tie tdrtues of this Medicine were at once acknowledged w herever mea , snd reoommendation foUewed w _^ _'f _^^' A _^ _dcedshadsoon toacknowledge _thatPaw'sLire Piurhad saved them , and were loud iu their praise . The startling facUthatVerecontinually brought before _»• * rg * B " t enceremovedany prejudice which some may have felt the continual good which resulted from their use -pwa _* _* elr fame far and wide , at this moment there xs scarcely a country on the face ofthe globe whieh has not heard of fer _#

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      UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE , PERFECT FREEDOM FROM COUGH , * In Ten Minutes after nse , and a rapid Cure of Asthma asd Consumption , and til Disorders ofthe Breath and Lunge , is insured by DR LOCOCK'S . PULMONIC WAFERS . The truly wonderful powers of this remedy have called forth testimonials from all ranks of society , in all quarters ofthe world . The following have beea just received : —

      Cafiob* Of A Moorish Pirate.—By The Arri...

      Cafiob * of a Moorish Pirate . —By the arrival at _Southamptoa _, on Saturday morning last , of the Pacha steamer , frem Gibraltar , the llth inst ., we learn the _captun of the brig Three S'sters , inthe Mediterranean , by Moorish pirates . Tha crew sueended in reaching Gibraltar , from whence the Poly phtmua was sent in pursuit , and the brig was recaptured after a . smart _ao-. ion . She was defended by 600 men . Of the crew of the Polyphemus , Lieutenant _Wasey ( commander ) and three men were wounded .

      Eotal Destruction Of The ^Delphi Theatre...

      EOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE _^ DELPHI THEATRE . AT GLASGOW . ; .

      We & ave to announce the total destruction , by fire , ofthe Adelphi Theatre , which ocoupied part of an unenclosed area in front of the _western approach to toe-Green . The entire edifice was consumed in such a short space of time that it is rather difficult to arrive at the true facts connected with the origin cf the conflagration ; bnt eo far as we have been able to _lesrn . tha are as follows :-A few minutes after one o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon , rehearsal , as usua l , wasgeingon upon the stage of the theatre . The play , by a singular _ooiaoidence _, was the 'Ocean Monarch , or tho Ship on Fire '—and ona nf the actors who represented Captain Murdooh , was addressing a speech to tha supposed passengers and crew on

      the impropriety and danger of _smoarag _, wn . n ne observed a sudden glare of light in the north west corner of the tipper gallery . He had scarcely time to utter an exclamation of alarm , when the _fl-mes shot along the whole , range of the gallery seats , and the stage waa in an instant deserted by all the player ? , who consulted their safety by a precipitate retrea * . Hardly a minute elapsed till dense volumes of _smeke were observed i _? suing from all parts ofthe roof , almost immediatel _*/ afterwards followed by flames , and is a very short time the entire building was enveloped in fire . Immediate information was Bent to the police office , and the Glasgow fire _brigade , West of England , and _Gorbsls engines , under , the charge of Mr Forsyth , were aeon after on the spot , hut before thny

      had reached the scene of _coifligration it wai evident to every one that all hope of saving any part of the theatre was entirely gone . The fire brigade , therefore , directed their efforts altogether to the preservation of the property contiguous to ths burning edifice ; and it _msy be mentioned that , but for their speedy arrival , the extent of damage would have been muoh greater than what it is , as some wooden sheds and booths to the south of the the -tre had aotually caught fire , and part of the roofing of St Andrew ' s Espiscopal Church , though at some distance , got bo far ignited from tbe intensity of the heat to which it was _eipoaed _, ' tbat a hose had to be detached for the purposo of playing on the building . The backs of the houses in Steel Strett were exposed to danger , acd a great macy panes

      of window glass there were destroyed by the hear , though away from tbe burning tbeitre a distance of at lewt 150 yards . In fact , tho heat wbb so intense _atonep-riod that the firemen had the _gKatest diffi colty in working their engines , and a poor horse , while _pas'ing within a few yards ofthe ftMues _, was so much scorched that the hair was _actua'ly burned eff its back . After playing on the adjoining tenements for upwards of an hour , and when no further danger was Apprehended in that quarter , the firemen ' turned their pipes on the burning _building , whioh was now almost entirely consumed , but , without the least effect in checking the progress of the _fUmes , whioh continued raging with tbe _utmost fury until every vesttee of the theatre had been entirely do _stroyed . / Chief Superintendent Miller and Assistant Superintendents Wilson and Mackay w _^ e ° n the

      ground very shortly after the alarm was given , and , with the asaUtatca _ofa strong body ol police , were of much service ih facilitating the operations of the fire brigade . Not above an hsur and a balf elapsed from the moment the flames were first observed till there was nothing left standing ofthe Adelphi but a few blackened stumps , wbich still rose amid tbe smoking ruins ; Bnd little or nothing ef any value was saved , with tbe exception of a few stage dresses belonging to Mr Calvert , the lessee of the theatre . His loss must be severe , aa no insurance , we understand , wae _effected apon any part of the properties . Tbe net amount of damage we bave hot been able to _accertsio , but we believe ii will amount to between £ 2 . 000 and £ 3 , 000 ; and we regret to say tbat the loss to private parties will be very heavy , the building bt in ? entirely _unicsu ' rr d .

      It is almost impossible to account for the on jm of the fire , as * no one had keen in that part of the gallery where the _fhmes were Erst observed , with ihe exception ef two workmen , who , about eleven . o ' clock inthe forenoon , were employe ! in executing some _repairs near tbat part of the house . The . above < Sere a somewhat singular parallel to the destruction of Mr Anderson ' s theatre , four years ago . in an _eqaally sudden manner , and in the immediate vicinity of the Adelphi Cooke ' s Circus , which tteod at the south-east corner of the same area , was , likewise _dcttroytd by fire between three and four years ago . —© swot * Courier !

      Horse ?Teat,***O St. A Disbbrtino Preach...

      Horse ? teat , _*** _o st . a _Disbbrtino Preacher . — Daring thB night of the 1 st cf the month , & stable in the occupation of Mr Bljtb , of WeaseHham , was entered and a black mare , with saddle and bridle , stolen therefrem . Five pounds were offered for the apprehension of the thief , and Lewis Smith , the superintendent of the Ludbsm district set off in pursuit of the robber . Tbe first information Smith obtained of the mare was near Yarmouth , where one answering the description iu every ( articular to that stolen from Mr Bijth had been seen in the possession of a man , who , from , bis dress and demeanour , was represented asa 'dissenting p & tson , ' being attired in a suit' of black , a white cravat , a broad brim hat , and having with him a capacious Umbrella . A

      clue having thus _tsen obtained of the mare , Smith prosecuted his search with renewed vigour , and ultimately mcceeded in tracing the mare to the _stablo ot the lung _' B Head Inp , at Ipswich . He fii _- st took possession of the mare , and likewise _thesadile and bridle , and after making inquiries Smith repaired to the dissenting chapel acd quietly waited until the service was concluded , when amongst the congfega tion who were taking their departure he recognised a man _answerim ? to the descripion of the one he was looking after , ' __ Smith at once took him into custody , when , after a little equivocation , be Rave his name as George Smith , but afterwards eaid it was George Bnck , which , in fast , is his real name . Upon taking Buck to the stable . Smith asked the estler who the

      person was tbat had left the mare , when , before tbe ostler rould reply , Buck said ' I left it . aud it is my mare . ' The prisoner was then taken to Fakencam , and remanded for further examination . While at Fakenham , Smith , observing in the Police _Gmirn that a horse had been stolen , on the 16 ; hof October , in a similar manner , from the stable of T . C . Oldham , Esq ., oi Louth Park . Linonlnshiro _. which horse had been sold by auotioc , at Fakenhan , on the 19 th , made some further inquiries , and ascertained that the prisoner came from Louth , where he was in tbe receipt of £ i 0 per annum , as dissenting preacher . Smith immediately suspected tbat he might also be tha person who had stolen that horse , and upon t : ingquestioned upon the subject , heat once _confessed , and alio to _eel'ing it at Fakenham . Buck was further remanded until Wednesday W .

      in order to obtain the necessary evidence for the identification ofthe two horses , and also to procure witnesses for the purpose of tracing the t Sender from place to place with the horses in his possession . On tbatdsyhewas taken before F . W . Keppell _, _E-q „ at Lexham , and fully committed for trial on both charges , MrBlythand Mr -Old ham having clearly identified tho hones as their property . The prisoner has for many years been a preacher of the eospel at various dusenting chapels in that part of Lincolnshire . In his possession were found papers and _correspondence , most of which were of a religious character . On tbe day he was apprehended at Ipswich he had been three times at chape ] , and irom his puritanical demeanour would never hive been suspected of being bo _accomplished a thief .

      _Shipbebck and Lobs of LiFB .-On Tuesday , in . _diligence reached Lloyd ' s ofthe total loss ofthe ship Prince Charlie , of London , together with Beveral lives . It appears , from the _etatersen t of i he master ofthe vessel , Captain J . Thomas , tbat she left Honduras on the 9 th of September , bound for London , with a cargo of mahogany and cochineal On the 25 . h of September , they cleared ihe Gulf of Florida . when it commenced blowing a furious hurricane , the ship broached to whilst wearing , falling on her beam ends on tbo port Bide—the masts were cut away , and sha partly righted , when three heavy seas struck her successively , ' washing nine of the crew overboard ; _sevin , however , _regained the vessel . The crew remained lashed to tho main rigging till morning , heavy aeas continually breakioc over the shin wa-. h « , H th „

      _poip away , and completely -jutted the cuddy ; the _captam ' _a wife and child here perished . The crew remained in this Btate , the _vessel being waterlogged , until the lst of Ootober , subsisting en cocoa nutsi that occasionally floated up from the wreck , when they were taken _» ff by the Norwegian ship Owns , CaptMn Jacobs , nnder whose kind _treatment the ? were restored and landed at Ramsgate in . Monday . The ?„ Thl e _u- ° _r' _^ ho hai ? f A ost ? 51 _•*•* _Poised , speak in the highest terms of the Norwegian captain Whhok of ihe Ship Saiuu Crisp Br FirkfHiaiESN Lives _Losi .-The late arrivals from Canton announce the distressing loss of the English & _/ h ra \ £ " ? P' _k fire _« witi * tfle _^ orifi ce of no fewer than thirteen of her unhappy crew . The _ahin which was between 300 and 400 tons burthen wis on a passage from Monlmein to Hong Ron * wUh a came of teak timber , when in lat 1880 N w 114 39 E , on tho i _ 6 : uof August last , brl ™ _" _*

      unexpiaiQ-a _. _a- irebroke out in the after nart of the ship : she burnt fiercely for many h _^ _iSt l _^ sprung up and she was _capsiz . d , thirteen seamen _feing » tthe _« The seas that _spbsfquentfcbroke over her had the effeot of extinguishing the flames , and the remainder _™ _ftwEft ? * ° . WKck fM _twentyfirSa and nights with scarcely any provisions and very little rain-water , and their sufferings were of a _mmt Shocking description . They _Were _SZl y _^ eS by the schoinr EmmaSherratt from Swan Tver , whioh conveyed them safely to Canton . The ship is insured at Lloyd ' s ; the amount is not mentioned A Cubiiw _S . HOBT _WKioui-The looal authorities of Marylebone have resolved , under _theorovi _. eionsof their district Aet of Parliament , to publish the names of aoy tradesmen ofthe district who shall have been three times convicted of using falieand fraudulent weights and measures , and to cause the name , residence , and calling , and the circumstances attendant on thecosviction , to be publicly advertised io tbe principal morning newspapers _.

      K Universalpermanent.Government, Constit...

      k UNIVERSALPERMANENT . GOVERNMENT , CONSTITUTION _^ AND CODE OF LAWS , BASED ON \ THE UNCHANGING LAWS OF NATURE , FOR THE WORLD , IN WHICH THERE IS BUT ONE REAL INTEREST FOR ALL ITS POPULATION WHEREVER SITUATED : AND ALSO FOR EACH STATE OR NATION SEPARATELY , UNTIL THEY ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM OF FEDERATIVE UNION .

      _mmoDVOiiw . The period for introducing the permanent rational system of society , based on the > ascertained laws of nature , for remodelling the character of man , and for governing the population of the earth in unity , peace , progressive improvement and happiness , is rapidly approaching j and no human power can long resist the change . The governments of the world will , therefore , soon be compelled , in their own defence , to adopt this superior system , to prevent being involved in anarchy , war , and ruin .

      This change will root up and utterly destroy the old vicious and miserable system of ignorance , poverty , individual competition , and contests , and of national , war , throughout the world . And will introduce in place - . hereof , the rational system of society , in which competition , strife and wars will cease ior ever , and ell will be trained , from infancy , solely to promote each other ' s happiness . This system can be . the best commenced by convincing governments , of the truth of the principles on

      which it is founded . There must be also a sufficient number of individuals instructed to acquire its genuine spirit of charity , affection , and philanthropy for man over the world ; and taught the best mode of applying it to practice . They must likewise possess patience , and perseverance to overcome all the obstacles which the prejudices arising frora ignorance , will oppose to their progress ; and , above all , they must be united , have full confidence in each other , and be directed by one heart and one mind .

      It is now deserving of the most profound conisderation , that under the irrational system of society , hitherto alone known and devised in opposition to nature , almost all the external circumstances formed by man . are of a vicious or inferior character ; but that under the proposed rational system , formed in accordance with p ature , all the circumstances under human control , will be of a good and superior character . Also , that under the existing religious , political ,

      commercial , and domestic arrangements of Great Britain , 250 individuals cannot be supported in comfort on a square mile of land : while under the proposed system , with much less labour and capital than are now employed , 500 may be immediately supported in abundance ; and in a few years , after the new arrangements shall have betn matured , 1 , 009 , 1 , 500 , and probably , without any additional new discoveries , 2 , 000 individuals , may be so supported upou every square mile of land , of an average quality .

      Such will be found to be the difference between the rational system of society , based on the unchanging laws of human nature , and iormed in accordance with them , compared with a system based on falsehood , and constructed in direct opposition to the ascertained laws of humanity . Under the latter , the earth is gradually approachiug toward a pandemonium while under the former , it willrapidlyadvance , without retrogression , toward a terrestrial paradise , for the creation of which Nature has new provided the most ample materials .

      A rational government will attend solely to the happiness of the governed ; to attain which it will ascertain what human nature is—what are the laws of its organisation and existence , from birth to death—what is necessary for the happiness of a being so formed and matured—what are the best means to attain those requisites , and to secure them permanently for all the governed . It will devise and execute the arrangements by which the conditions , essential to human happiness , shall be fully and permanently obtained for all the governed—ahd its laws will be few , easily to be understood by all the governed , and perfectly in unison with the laws of human nature .

      1 —WHAT HUMAN NATURE IS , Human nature , in each individual , is created , with its organs , faculties , and-propensities , of body and mind , at birth , by the incomprehensible Creating Power of the universe—all of which qualities and powers are necessary for the growth , health , progress , continuation of the species , excellence , and happiness of the individual and of society ; and these results will be always attained when , in the progress of Nature , men shall have acquired _suffi . cient experience to cultivate these powers , physical and mental , in accordance with the natural laws of humanity . But they may be misunderstood , misdirected , and perverted by the inexperience of society , and thus made to produce crime and misery , instead of goodness and happiness .

      Through want of knowledge in our early ancestors and tfceir descendants , this perversion of man ' s natural faculties has , so far , been universal among all people , through aU past time . The natural organisation of each individual , irom birth , may be , therefore , rightly or wrongly directed by society ; and from misconception of its powers has been , hitherto , wrongly directed . It has now , in the progress of Nature , for the first time in man ' s existence , to bs rightly directed through the life of all . Human nature , its organisation , and existence , are , consequently , a compound of natural faculties at birth , which may , from that period , lie welt or ill-directed by society . Thus Nature and society are alone responsible for the character and conduct of every one .

      2 . —WHAT 13 NECESSARY FOB THE HAPPINESS OF A BEING SOORGANI 6 EDBY NATURE AND MATUKEDBY 60 CIEIY .

      Conditions Requisite for Happiness . 1 st . To have a good organisation at birth , and to acquire an accurate knowledge of its faculties , propensities , and qualities . 2 nd . To have the power of procuring at pleasure whatever is necessary to preserve the organisation in the best state of health , and to know the best mode by which to produce these things for ourselves , and to distribute them to others . 3 rd . To receive from birth the best cultivation of our natural , powers—physical , mental , moral , and practical—and to know how to give this training and education to others .

      4 th . To have a knowledge of the means and the inclination to promote continually , and without ex caption , the happiness of our fellow beings . 5 th . To bave the inclination and means to increase continually our stock of knowledge . 6 th . To have the power of enjoying the best society—and more especially of associating , at plea _, sure , with those for whom we feel the most regard and greatest affection . 7 th . To have the means of travelling at pleasure with pleasure . 8 th . To have full liberty to express our thoughts upon all subjects . 9 th . To have the utmost individual freedom of action , compatible with the permanent good of society .

      10 th . To have the character fonsed for us to express the truth only in look , word , and action , upon all occasions—to have pure charity for the feelings , thoughts , and conduct of all mankind—and to have a sincere good-will for every individual of the human iace . llth . To be without superstition , supernatural fears , and the fear of death . 12 th . To reside in a society well situated , whose laws , institutions , and arrangements , well organised and well governed , are all in unison with the . laws of human nature ; and to know the best means by which , in practice , to combine all the requisites to form such society .

      Universal Constitution And Code Of Laws....

      UNIVERSAL CONSTITUTION AND CODE OF LAWS . Section I . PROVIDING FOR AND EDUCATING THE POPULATION . Law * 1 . Every one shall be equally tprovided _, through life , with the best of everything for human nature by public arrangements ; which arrangements shall be also made to give the best known direction to the industry and talents of every one . Law 2 . All shall be trained and educated , from birth to maturity , in the best manner known at the time . . Law 3 . All shall pass through the same general routine of education , domestic teaching , and employment . Law 4 . All children ,- frora their birth , shall be under the especial care of the Associated Society or Township in which they are born ; but their parents shall have fiee access to them at all times .

      Universal Constitution And Code Of Laws....

      Law 5 . AU chUdrtni _# he « ame society shall be trained and educated . ' tbgether , _as children of the same _famiiyjand _shall ' be _eatfy taught a knowledge of the Jaws of their nature , '" -il Law 6 . Every individual shall be encouraged to express his feelings and convictions , as he is compelled by the laws of his nature to receive them ; or , in other words , to speak the truth onlyon all occasions . .. . Law J . 'Both sexes shall have equal education , rights ; privileges , and personal liberty ; their marriages will arise from the general sympathies of their nature , well understood , and uninfluenced by artificial distinctions . ; Section II .

      LIBERTY OF MIND OR CONSCIENCE . Law 8 . Every one shall have equal and full liberty to express the dictates of his conscience on religious and all otber subjects . Law 9 . No one shall bave any . other power than fair argument to control the opinions or belief of another . Law 10 . No praise or'blame , no merit or demerit , no reward or punishment , shall be awarded for any op inions or belief . Law 11 . But all , of every religion , shall have equal light to express their opinions ' respecting the Incomprehensible Power which moves the atom and controls the universe , and to worship that power under any form or in any manner agreeable to their consciences , —not interfering with equal rights of others .

      Section III . THE PRINCIPLES AHD PRACTICES OP THB RATIONAL RELIGION . Law 12 . That all facts yet known to man indicate that there is an external or internal cause of all existences , by the fact of their existence ; that this all-pervading cause of motion and change in the universe , is that Incomprehensible Power which the nations of the world have called God , Jehovah , Lord , & c , & c , but that the facts are yet unknown to map . which define what that Incomprehensible Power is .-

      Law 13 . That it is a law of nature , obvious to our senses , that the internal and external character of all that have life upon the earth , is formed for them and not by them ; that in accordance with this law , the internal and external character of man is formed _pon him and not by hira , as hitherto most erroneously imagined , and , therefore , he cannot have merit or demerit , or deserve praise or blame , reward or punishment in this life , or in any future

      state of existence . Law 14 . That the knowledge of this fact , with its all-important consequences , will necessarily create in every one a new , sublime , and pure spirit of charity for the convictions , feelings , and conduct of the human race , and dispose them to be kind to all that has life—seeing that this varied life is formed by the same Incomprehensible Power that bas created human nature , and given man his peculiar faculties .

      Law 15 , Tbat it is man's highest interest to acquire an accurate knowledge of those circumstances which produce evil to the human race , and those which produce good , and to exert all his powers to remove the former from society , and to create around it tbe letter only . Law 16 . That this invaluable practical knowledge can be acquired solely through an extensive _sesrch after truth , by an accurate , patient , and unprejudiced inquiry into facts , as developed _^ by Nature .

      Law 17- That raan can never attain to a state of superior and permanent happiness , until he shall be surrounded by those external circumstances which will train him , from birth , tj feel pure charity and sincere affection towards the whole of his species—to speak the truth only ou all occasions , and to regard with a merciful disposition all that has life . Law 18 . That such superior knowledge and feelings can never be given to raan under those institutions of society which have been founded on the mistaken supposition that each man forms his own feelings and convictions by his will , and therefore has merit or demerit , or deserves praise or blame , or reward or punishment , for them .

      Law 19 . That under institutions formed in accordance with the rational system of society , this fuperior knowledge , and these superior dispositions , may be given to tbe whole of the human race _, without chance of failute , execept iu case of organic disease ; Law 20 . That in consequence of this superior knowledge and these superior dispositions , the contemplation of Nature will create in every mind feelings too high , sublime , and pure to be expressed in forms or words , for that Incomprehensible Power which acts in and through all nature-cverla 8 tingly composing , decomposing , and _recom posing the elements ofthe universe , producing the endless variety of life , mind , and of organised form .

      Law 21 . That the practice or worship of the rational religion will , therefore , consist in promoting , to the utmost extent of our power , ' the well-being and happiness of every mac , woman , and child , without regard to class , sect , sex , party , country , or colour ; and in those inexpressible feelings of admiration and delight which will arise in all , when made to become intelligent and happy by being surrounded by superior circumstances only .

      Section IV

      GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE POPULATION . Law 22 .. Under this system of society—after the children shall have been trained to acquire new feelings and new habits , derived from tbe laws ot human nature—there shall be no useless private property , now the cause of so much injustice , crime , and misery , Law 23 . As soon as the members ' of these societies shall have been educated from infancy in a knowledge of the laws of their nature , trained to act in obedience to them , and surrounded by circumstances all in unison with them , there shall be no individual reward or punishment .

      Law 24 . These societies shall be composed of associations of men , women , and children , in their usual proportions , from five hundred to three thousand , the latter being the greatest number that can be most beneficially united under one scientific arrangement , to perform all the business of life . Law 25 . As these societies increase in number , unions of them , federatively united , shaft be formed into circles of tens , hundreds , thousands , & c , until tbey shall extend over Europe , and then to all other parts of the world , uniting all iu one great republic , with one interest . Law 26 . Each of these societies shall possess as much land around it as will lie sufficient for the support for ever for all its members , when it shall contain the maximum in number .

      "Law 27 . These societies shall be so arranged as to give to all the members of each of them , as nearly as possible , the same advantages ; and also to afford the most easy communication with each other .

      Section V . GOVERNMENT OF THE POPULATION , AND

      DUTIES OP THE COUNCIL Law 28 . Each society shall be governed in its Home Department by a general council , composed of all its members between the ages of thirty and forty ; and each department shall be under the immediate direction of a committee , formed of members of the general council , chosen b y the latter in the order determined upon ; and in its external or foreign department , by all its members frora forty to sixty years of age . Law 29 . After all the members of the society shall have been rendered capable of taking Vbeir full share of the duties of the general government , there shall be no selection or election of any individuals to offices of government .

      Law 30 . All _\ he members at thirty years of age , who shall have been trained from infancy in the society , shall be officially called upon to undertake their fair share of the duties of management iu the Home Department ; and at forty ihey shall be excused from officially performing thera : at forty they will be officially called upon to undertake the duties of the external or foreign department ; and at sixty they will be excused from officiall y attending to them . Law 31 , The duties ofthe general council of the

      Home Department shall be to govern all the circumstances within the boundaries of its society , to organise the various departments of production , distribution aud formation of character , to remove all those circumstances which are least favourable to happiness , and to replace them with the best that can be devised among themselves , or of which they can obtain a knowledge frora other societies . The duties of the goneral council of the external or foreign department will be , to leceive visitors or delegates from other societies , to communicate with other similar societies , to visit thera and arrange

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      with them the beat means of forming reads and co yeying surplus produce to eaeh other ; to travel _T give and receive information of inventions , dis veries , and improvements , and of every kind ° _' knowledge that can be useful ; and also to _reiM f aud assist in the establishment of new societies posed of their surplus populations , and to send d ' legates to the circle of societies to which their n shall be attached . " _^ Law 32 , The general councils , home and forei shall have full porrerof government in a // 1 _^> under their respective directions , as long as shall act in unison with the laws of human natu which shall be their sole guidance upon all o- > .

      Law 33 . All individuals , trained , educated placed , in conformity with the laws of their natii must , of necessity , at all times , think and act Usually , except thev shall become physically inn * lectually , or morally diseased , in which case « council shall remove them into the hospital / 8 bodily , mental , or moral invalids , where they si remain until they shall be recovered b y the mild * I treatment that can effect their cure . * "" Law 34 . The council , whenever it shall be riece _* . sary , shall call to its aid the practical abilities and advice of any of the members of the societv .

      Section _VL ON THE ADJUSTMENT OP DIFFERENCES , Law 35 . If the general councils should tvet at . tempt to contravene the natural laws of humanity- _^ which is scarcely possible—ihe elders of the society * who have passed the councils , shall call a general meeting of all the members of the society between sixteen and thirty years of age , who have been trained from infancy within if . This meeting , called aft er a month ' s notice , shall calmly and patiently investi gate the conduct of tbe general councils ; and if a

      majority shall determine that they have acted , ot attempted to act , in opposition to these laws , the gene . rai government shall devolve upon the members of the society who have passed the councils , and are above sixty years of age , united with tbose wbo have not entered the councils , and are between twent y and thirty years of age . With parties trained ra _« tionally from infancy , and placed from birth with ' a good and superior circumstances only , it is scarcely possible to conceive that this clause will ever he _required ; but if required , it can onl y hi of temporarj application .

      Law 36 . All other differences of every descrip _. tion—if _indeed it be possible for any to exist among a population once trained to become rational i {| feeling , thought , and action—shall be immediatel y determined and amicably adjusted between the parties , by a decision of the majority of the three members who have last passed the councils .

      TRANSITION GOVERNMENTS . The inhabitants of Europe , under all its separate governments , have had their characters so misformed , in consequence of society being , from tig beginning , based on false principles , tbat innumerable errors and evils have been created in practice . A new state of society for Europe has , therefore , become an immediate , irresistible necessity , to calsi the excited feelings and passions of its population ' and a rational government is required to graduall y supersede those governments which experience has proved to be most irrational and injurious in

      practice . But the characters which have been created under the old governments , have been made to become so inferior and irrational , and their practices so injurious , that without a new training and education , the people are unprepared to rationally govern themselves , or to be rationally governed ; nor can they be educated to become competent to well _g- „ vera themselves while they shall remain within the arrangements and institutions emanating frora the false fundamental principles on which the entire sy & tenx of society over the world has been alone based .

      In consequence transition governments , to reeducate and gradually new place all the inhabitants of Europe , are now required as the first practical measure to meliorate the present sad condition qj its population and make it rational ; and thus prepare it to live under the universal rational government , which has been previously given in detail . To establish these transition governments peaceably and rationally , they should emanate from the existing governments , whatever may be their present form , that the change may be effected gradually , in peace , with order , foresight , and sound wisdom .

      These governments remaining undisturbed , like the old roads during the formation of tho railway , which were to supersede thera , should select a certain number—say seven , more or less—of the most intelligent practical men they can find , to be a committee _, council , or called by any other name , who should have entrusted to them the creation of the new arrangements , under which , in the new state of society , all the business of life is to be conducted , - arrangements devised to create and distribute wealth , form character , and govern in a very

      superior manner compared . tvith existing arrangements , formed with the view to attain these results , This committee should begin the change by enlisting all the present unemployed into a civil army ; to be trained under new arrangements , in order that they may create their own supplies ol every description , be re-edueated , become defenders of their Rountry in case of invasion , and maintain peace and order at home , while the regular army shall be employed abroad , as long as a regular array shall be necessary .

      This civil army to be well drilled , disciplined , pro * perly officered , and instructed , to create the new arrangements required to re-organise society upon true principles ; arrangements purposely devised to perform all the business of life in a superior manner . Thus gradually , peaceably , and wisely to supersede the present injurious and most miserable state of human existence by a scientific and rationally constructed society , far superior to any past or present " , for permanently producing health , knowledge , and happiness to all . These transition arrangements may be made not to interfere with any existing government or public or private interests ; but gradually to supersede tbem , as the railway superseded the old road , most bene * ficially for all the members of old society .

      The reasons for each law of the new general constitution for the world or for any particular district , shall be given iu subsequent numbers . Robert Owen . %

      As Ovykdiio Cvbats. —The Clerk Of A Vill...

      As _OvyKDiio CvBats . —The clerk of a villa * church iu Derbyshire g > iv < - out one S _inday morning—• Let us sing to the praise and glory of _Ujd—psiia one hundred and twenty-twa . ' All was dumb . Tninking the singers had probably not caught tha number of the psalm to be tung , he repeated his * announcemecit in a louder voice . All wasdunb again . At length a _brzw D . ' _rbyshireman thrust hia head out of the gallery above , and whispered audibly ; — * Itcanaa be done , mon j Jick ' _sno here . _BesideJr wo hauna got our bowk * . ' The old mm turned round upon them with angry e' ° 8 , and with an air of offended dienity , replied : — ' Ye might ha towdone sooner then . ' _DiTtoBABM * _Iosobaxce is E . _voutiD —During the examination now going on relative to the plunder of timber inthe Ne _< v _F-rest , _CnaWes Ilayter , s , lad eighteen years of _age , waa examined . _^ The following is extracted from his cross-examination : — ' Ml !

      Pocock : Cjmo , my friend , yon need not be afraid ta answer , you know—just give a plain answer . B 3 you know whether _Aunuat , or June , or Ootober _fsU lows _January ? Witness : ' Noa , beant certain . — ( Laughter . ) What month does the spring begin in ? Can ' c say exactl y , Dies it beRin in AU ( JD 5 t ? DOu' 6 know ; _ueTer h ard . Do yon _fcnow aa much of the seasons as the other people in the Forest ? Oh , ye _?» yez And they know as much as you ? Ytz . Dj yoa _Unow when the New Year be-ins ? Y . z believe it be in Juue- ( _Roars of _Lighter . ) Oil , on the 24 th perhaps ? Yez , that be it . Dj you know any particular _dajs in tho year , euch as Christmas , foC instance ? Oh yez , ( with a superb _chuckleas if

      recollecting the good cheer of the period . ) Any other day ( No reply . ) New Year ' s Dav ? Ytz , _Ariy otber ? _Y-: z , Monday and Friday . Where do you live in to 9 Forest ? Doesn ' t live in the Forest at all . Not in the Forett—where then ? Comes from _Gourlej—( laughter . ) ( Gourley is on the exaot border ot tha New Forest , a hedge or ban ' s just _marking the division . ) Were you born there ? Noa . How oW are you ? Eighteen . Ilaveyou ever been to sohool f Yez I suppose you were put to school by "fl parson * The witneBB hesitated , and Mr Cromptoa _ecquired—What is the name of the clerevm » n ot your parish ? We aint got a clergyman ? _Wnat _can he mean ? Noa , we've got » vicar . ... th _*

      Pearli beforb Swiss—A _fisherwoman was » other day on a professional visit to a lady in Io ?«* ness . The latter , after presenting her friend witn * KlasBof some kind of cordial , handed her bread spreaa over with marmalade , which , however , the op * _* _^ guest threw down with a countenance expressive " * , the utmost disgust . Not understanding the cause _, the lady asked what was the matter . ' Na , na , ' f _«« the other , ' ye may give that ( o yer _Highlan d to » as lang as ye like ; but I ' m nae _gaeu to eat » aft _*** o ' my bread l ' -Elgin Courant . , . Upwards of £ 1 , 400 has been collected in Maoc . eS _ntld towards tho _establishing of baths atd _sasl _*' _bomB for tte people .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25111848/page/2/