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    • ¦ ^¦—1—»—P———^—^M^^^M^^^MM^^M rOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE ADELPHI THEATRE, AT GLASGOW.
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      _ ___ ISO MR P R O TJ T , 229 , 5 TEAHD . . No . 208 , Piccadilly , London , Oct . 19 , 18 « . Sm , —It is now three jera and a half since I was sorely afflicted ir iih Rheumatic Goat , tht suffering fro « Which hldUfcid ai « to try al > the proposed reiKe . i : es that extensive medical experience cauld devise , without « btaming asy satisfactory relief from pain . DnrioR ono of the paroxysm * a friend advised ne to try Blair ' s Gout and Khtmnatic Pills , observing that he had in some severe cases titea them himself , and they proved wry successful . Iinctantly adapted his advice , and to my Joy the excruciating torment soon began to abate , and a few bora restores me to k » alti , since which I have had no return of tha complaint . I trust you will give publicity to my case , that suffering humanity may knww how to Obtain a remedy for this distressinc disease . 1 am , Sir , your obedient humble tenant .

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      PAHSD THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE , HOLLOWaFs PILLS . A CA 3 E OF DROPSY . Extract of a letter from Mr Wil . 'iam Gardner , of Unngine Haughton , Northamptonshire , dated September To Professor Holloway . 8 a ,-I before informed yen that my wife had been rapped three times for the dropsy , but by the blessing of » od upon your pills , and her perseverance in takingthem , me water his now been kept off eighteen months by their Means , which is a great mercy . ( Si gned ) William Gabdheb .

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      Cafidbi of a Moorish Pibate . —By the arrival atSoutbAinptoa , oa Saturday morning last , of the Pacha steamer , from Gibraltar , the 11 th inst .. we learn the wptnra of the brig ThMB Sistett . in the Mediterranean , by Moorish pirates . Toe crew sucoetded m reaching Gibraltar , from whence the Poly phtmua was sent in pursuit , and the brJg WM r \ m captured after a , smart eotion . She waa defended byoOOmea . Of the crew of the Polyphemui , iSed ? 7 ( comaander ) and three men were

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      We have to announce the total destruction , by fire , of the Adelphi Theatre , whioh ocoupied part of an nnenolesed area in front of the western appreach to the Green . The entire edifice was consumed in such a short spacB of time that it is rather difficult to arrive at the true facts ' connected with the origin of the conflagration ; butta far as we have been able to learn , they are as Mown : —A few minutes after one o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon , rehearsal , as usual , was geing on upon the stage of the theatre . The play , by ft singular coincidence , wag the * Ocean Monarch , er the Ship on Fire '—and one of the actors

      who represented Captain Murdoch , was addressing a speech to the supposed pateensers and crew on the impropriety and danger of smoking , wh < n he observed a sudden glare of light in the north weat corner of the upper gallery . He had eoaroely time to utter an exclamation of alarm , when the fl » mes shot along tht whole , range of the gallery «« atg , and tbe stage was in an instant deserted by all the plajerp , who consulted their safety by a precipitate retrea * . Hardly a minute elapsed till dense volumes of smske wereobwradissuing from all parts of the roof , almost immediately afterwards followed by flames , and ia a very short time the entire building was enveloped in fire . Immediate information was sent to the police office , and the Glasgow fire brigade , Went of Eneland

      and Gorrals engines , under the charge of Mr Forsyth , were soon after on the spat , but before they had reached the scene of cm flagration it was evident to every one that all hope of Bavins any part of the theatre waBentirely gone . The fire brigade , therefor ? , directed their efforts altogether to tbe preservation of the property contiguous to the burning edifice ; aad it may be mentioned that , but for their speedy arrival , the extent of damage would have been much greater than what it is , as some wooden sheds and booths to tbe south of the theatre had aotually caught fire , and part of the roofing of St Andrew ' s Espiecopal Church , though at some distance , got so fsr ignited from tbe intensity of the heat to which it was exposed , that a note had to be detached for the purpose of playing on

      the building . The backs of tbe houses in Steel Street were exposed to danger , aid a great many panes of window glass there were destroyed by the beat , though away from the burning theitie a . distaste of at lout 150 yards . In fact , the heat w » b so intense at one period that the firemen had the greatest diffi oulty in working their engines , and a poor horse , while passing within a few yards of ihe flames , was so ranch searched that the hair was aotually bnrned off its back . After playing on tbe adjoining tenetmmta for upwards of an hour , and when no farther danger wasapprshehded in that quarter , tbe firemen turned their pipes on the burning building , whioh was now almost entirely consumed , bat without the least effect in cheoking the progress of tbe fhraea ,

      whioh continued raging with the utmost fury until every vestige of the theatre had been entirely destroyed . Chief Superintendent Miller and Assistant Superintendents Wilson and Mackay were on the ground very shortly after the alarm was given , and , with the assistance of a strong body of police , wera ci much service in facilitating the operations of the fire brigade . Not above at hsur and a half elapsed from the moment the flames were first observed till there ¦ was nothing left standing of tbt Adelphi but 3 few blackeied stamps , whioh still rose amid the smokii K ruins ; and little or nothing ef any value was saved , with Me exception of a few ttage dresses

      belonging to Mr Calvert , the lessee of the theatre . His loss must be severe , as no insurance , we understand , was effected upon any part of the properties . Tbe net amount of damage we have not been able to ascertain , but we believe it will amount to between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 ; and we regret toaay that tbe loss to private parties will be very heavy , the building being entirely uninsured . It is almost impossible to account for the origin of the fira , as no one n * d been in that part of the gallery where the flames were first observed , with the wceptinn ef two workmen , who , about eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , wew employed in executing some repairs near tbat part of the bouse .

      Tne above offers a somewhat singular parallel to the destruction of Mr Anderson ' s theatre , four years a ^ o , in an equally sudden manner , and in the immediate vicinity of the Adelphi . Cooke ' s Circus , which st * od at the south-eaBt corner of the same area , wan , likewise destroy * d by firo between three and four years ago . —Glisgou Courier .

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      fL—^ Hobsb Fthalwo by a DissBjiTiKG Pbeacheb . — During the night of tbe 1 st of tbe month , a stable in the occupation of Mr Bljth , of Wcasenbam , was entered and a black mare , with saddle and bridle , stolen therefwm . Five pounds were f ffered fer the apprehension of the thief , and Lswis Smith , the superintendent of tbe Ludhsm district set off in pursuit of the robber . The first information Smith btained of the mare was near Yarmouth , where one answering the description in every particular to that stoknfrom Mr Blytn bad been seen in the possession of a man , who , from his dress and demeanour , was represented aa a ' disBonting parson , * being at ; tired in a suit of black , a white cravat , -a broad brim hat , and having with him a capacious umbrella . A

      clue having thug been obtained of tbe mare , Smith prosecuted his search with renewed vigour , and ultimately succeeded in traoing the mare to the stable ot the king ' s nead Inp ,. at Ipswich . He first took possession of the mare , and likewise the saddle and bridle , and after making inquiries Smith repaired to the dissenting chapel and quietly waited until the service was cmoludel , when amongBt the congrega tion who ware taking their departure he recognised a man answering to the degoripion of ( he one be was looking after . Smith at once took him into custody , when , afters . little equivocation , be gave his name as George Smith , but afterwards eaid it was George Buck , which , in fact , is his real name ; Upon taking Bock to the stahle , Smith asked tbe ostler who the

      person was that had left the mare , when , before the ostier rould reply , Buck said I left it , aad it is my mare . ' The prisoner was then taken to Fakenbam , and remanded for further examination . While at Fakenham , Smith , observing in thePoiics GiZHiiB that a horse had been stolen , on the 1 C . h of October , in a similar manner , from the stable of T . C , Oldham , Esq ., oiLonth Park , Lincolnshire , which horse hsd been sold by auotion , at Fakenhan , on the 19 tb , ssade somo further inquiries , and ascertained that the prwocer came from Louth , where hs was in the receipt of £ 40 per annum , as dissenting preacher . Smith immediately suspected tbat he might also be tin person who had stolen that horse , and upon being questioned upon the subject , he at once confessed , and also to seeing it at Fakenham . Buck was further remanded until Wednesday last .

      in order to obtain the necessary evidenoe for the identification of tbe two hones , and alto to procure witnesses for the purpose of tracin ? the offender from place to place with the horses in hia poBsossion . On thatdayhewas taken before F . W . Keppelt , Esq ., at Lexham , and fully oommitted for trial on both charges ,. Mr Blythand Mr-OIdhamhaving clearly identified the horses as their property . The prisoner has for many years been a proaoher of the fH » pel * t various dissenting ohapels in that part of Lincolnshire . In his possession were found papers and ooirfrspondence , most of which were of a religious character . On the day he was apprehended at Ipswich be had been three times at chapel , and from his puritanical demeanour would never have been suspected of being so accomplished a tul 6 t .

      Shipsreck and Los 3 oy Lifb . —On Tuesday intelligence reaehed Lloy d ' s ot the total Iobs of the ship rnsce Charlie , of London , together with several lives . It appears , from the statement of 1 I 19 master oi the vesst ] , Captain J . Thomas , that she left Henduras o * the Oik of Soptember , bound for London with a cargo of mahogany acd coohineal On the ia . h of September , they cleared the Gulf of Florida . ff !; en ^ commenced blowing a furious hurricane , the ship broached to whilst wearing , falling on her beam « iids on tbe port side—the maBtawerecut awav and she partly righted , when three heavy seas struck hp *

      successively , washing , nine of the erew overboard kt * b , however , regained the vessel . Theorew remained lashed to the main rigging till morning , heavy seas continually breaking over the shi p washedI tK ponp away , and completely gutted the cuddv the captain ' s wife and child hero perished . The craw » mained in , this state , the veJ 8 el being watorW-d " until the 1 st ot October , subsisting on cocoa nuhtfi oeouumaUr floated Bp from the wreck , Then £ were taken * tf by the Norwegian ship Ocma , OaotS Jacobs , under whose kind treatment they Vrer « . ¦ torrd and landed at Ranupto < n Monday Tha poor fellow , who have lost all they mm * 1 % . " , ? i

      n » e nignest terms of the Norwegian oapta n F Wkbckofthh Sh , p Sabah Crisp btjw Thirtekn Livas Losi—Toe late wnvata fr » m Canton annsunce the distressing Joss of tb * k r ? ship Sarah Crisp , by fire , with tha ¦« ££ „ ? h h fewer than thirteen efherunhnpny orew ThA- ° which was between 300 and 400 tons burt £ P ' on a passage from Moulmein to HoneKonJ l \ Z ™ oarao of teak timber , when in iat V \ n at , 8 114 30 E ., on the 10 ; hof Augus last 11 ? * loDg > un . xplained . a fire broke outk « , a £ T ^ fT ship : sheVurn : fiercely for ma % hou £ f ^ sprung npand she was o > p » s d , thSteX « * being attheraoment washed ovo < hn ^ a a e mea The seas that sub Muently bX » it I * \ m ?* ' tffect ofexticguishinBiheKes and th " ^ of tbe crewclung to the CHor tlent ^* ^ and ni ^ s _ wuh scar « ly any ^ HSISd tSt iiiue waitr eir

      ram- , ana w sutterinKS were nf « * ' shcoking description . They wer ^ 7 SSS £ iSi by the gohocn-r Emma Sherratt from Swar . T ed whioh conveyed them safely te CaZ W is insured at Lloyd ' s ; the amount is not nSLfiP ' K A CURB FOB &HOBT WbIOHT . —TflB lnflal nnH , " ties ol MMylebone have resMved , uS £ ^ sions of their district Aet of Parlismenf to K the names of any tradesmen of the district » & »«{ , » have been three times convicted of usine fal « n » 1 fraudulent weights and measures , and to cause the name , residence , and calling , and the circumst » nno attendant on the conviction , to be puBJiS tiBed in the principal morning nowgpapex ? ,

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      1 UNIVERSAL PERMANENT GOVERNMENT , CONSTITUTION AND CODE OF LAWS , BASED ON THE UNCHANGING LAWS PF NATURE , POR 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 . INTRODUCTION ,

      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 ; 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 anarcbv , 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 thereof , the rational system of society , in which competition , strife and wars will cease for ever , and all will be trained , from infancy , solely to promote eaoh 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 from ignorance , will oppose to their progress ; and , above all , they muss be united , have full confidence in each other , and be directed by one heart and one mind .

      It is now deserving of tbe 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 nian , are of a vicious or inferior character ; but that under the proposed rational system , formed in accordance with pature , 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 tban are now employed , 500 may be immediately supported in abundance ; and in a few years , after the new arrangements - shall have been matured , 1 , 009 , 1 , 500 , and probably , without any additional new discoveries , 2 , 000 individuals , may be so supported upon every square mile of land , of an average quality .

      Such will be fouud to be the difference between the rational system of society , based on the unchanging laws of human nature , and formed 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 approaching toward a pandemonium ; while under the former , it will rapidly advance , 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 tbe 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 . I t will devise and execute the arrangements by which the conditions , essential to human happiness , shall be fully and permanently obtained for all the governed—and 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 13 , 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 sufficient experience to cultivate these powers , physical and mental , in accordance with the natural laws of humanity . But they may be misunderstood , misdirected , aHd 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 their descendants , this perversion of man ' s natural faculties has , so far , been universal among all people , through all past time . The natural organisation of each individual , from 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 ba rightly directed through the life of all , Human nature , its organisation , and existence , are , consequently , a compound of natural faculties at brth , which may , from that period , be well 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 OP A BEING SO ORGANISED BT NATURE AND MATURED BY SOCIETY .

      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 tbe best mode by which to produce tbflse 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 ception , the happiness of our fellow beings . 5 th . To have 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 pleasure , with those for whom we feel the most regard and greatest affection . 7 th . To have the nrtans 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 formed 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

      i ace . 11 th . To be without superstition , supernatural fears , and the fear of death . 12 th . To-reside in a society well situated , whose lavs , institutions , and arrangements , well organised and well governed , are all in unisen 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 .

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      UNIVERSAL CONSTITUTION AND CODE OF LAWS . Section I . PROVIDING FOR AND EDUCATING THE POPULATION . Law 1 . Every one shall be equally ^ prov ided , through life , with the best of everything for human nature by public arrangements ; which arrangements shall be also made t o 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 , ? from 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 .

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      Section V . GOVERNMENT OF THE POPULATION AND DUTIES OF 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 by the latter in the order determined upon ; and in its external or foreign department , by all its members from forty to sixty years of age . Law 29 . After all the members of the society shall have been rendered capable of taking their 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 the members at thirty years of age , who shall have been trained from infaicy in the society , shall be officially called upon to undertake their fair share of the duties of management in the Home Department ; and at forty they shall be excused from officially performing them : 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 of the general council of the Home Department shall be to govern all the circumstances within the houudaries of its society , to orgaaise the various departments of production , distribution and 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 from 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 comnmiucate with other similar societies , to visit thew . and arrange

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      with them" ft * best means of forming roads and con veying surplus produce to eaeh other ; to travel , to give and receive information of inventions , disco . veries , and impro « ru « &t 8 » and d every kind Of knowledge that can be osC * 'j » also to ^ reguij ^ and assist in the establishment . ° ' societies com . posed of their surplus populaiioj ^ and to send de . legates to the circle of societies t < i K hich their own shall be attached . Law 32 , The general councils , home fl » d forei gn , shall have full power of government in all things under their respective directions , as long a ' s they 3 hall act in unison withthe laws of human nai ire ¦ vhich shall be their sole guidance upon all occni ' Bions .

      Law 33 . All individuals , trained , educatefl , and placed , in conformity with the laws ot their nature must , of necessity , at all times , think and act ra ' tianally , except they shall become physicall y , intellectually , or morally diseased , in which case the council shall remove them into the hospital for bodily , mental , or moral invalids , where they snan remain until they shall be recovered b y the mildest treatment that can effect their cure . Law 34 . The council , whenever it shall be necessary , shall call to its aid the practical abilities and advice of any of the members of tbe society .

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      As Offbsdbd Clerk-The clerk of a villae church in Derbyshire gavj out one Sunday mornine--1 Let us sing to the praise and glory of God-ps ^ im one hundred and twenty-twa . ' All was dumb . 1 tanking the singers had probably not caught tha number of the psalm to be sung , he repeated hia announcement in a louder voice . All was daub again , At length a brow Darbyahireman thrust his head out of tha gallery above , and whispered audibly ; - It canna bs done , mon ; Jack ' s no here . Besides , we hanna got « ur bowks . ' Tha old in < m turned round noon them with an srye } os , and with an air of offended ^ nitj , replied : —• Ya might ha towd one sooner then .

      Deplorable Iosokance w Esqund . —During the examination now goi « g on relative to the plunder ot timber in the New Fjrest , Charles % yter , a lad eighteen years of age , was examined . The following is extracted from his . croBs-wcamination;— ' Mt Pocbok : Come , my friend , you need not be afraid to answer , you know—just give a plain answer . Da you know whether Aigust , or June , o r October feU Iowb January ? Witness : Noa , beant certain .-( Laughter . ) What month does the spring begin in ? Cant say exactly . Does it besin in August ? Don'fc know ; never k , ard . Do you know as muoh of the seasons as the other people in the Forest ? Oh , yez , yez . And they know as muoh B 8 you ? Y , z . Doyou

      know when the New Year beuinB i Ytz , balieve it be m June-tRoars of Laughter . ) Oh , on the 2 ± ; a perhaps ! Yez , that be it . Do you know any particular days in the year , suoh as Christmas , foe instance ? Oh yez , ( with a supsrb cauokle as if recollecting the good cheer of the period . ) Any other day ? ( No reply . ) New Year ' s Day ? Yez , Any other ? n ' rl l ay 8 Bd F '' d » y- Where do you live in the terot ! Doesn ' t live in the F « estatall . Not in ihe * oreet-where then ? Comes from Gourley—( laughter . ) ( Gourley is on tbe exaot border ot tb . 8 New Jj orest . a hedge or bank just marking tha division . ) Ware you born there ? Noa . How old are you ? Eighteen . Have joa ever been toBohooli Xez . I suppose you were out to school by tha

      parsonf The witness hesitated , and Mr Crompton ei quired-What is the name of the clerevman of yourparish ? We aint gota clergyman ? What can he mean ? Noa , we ' ve got 8 vicar . mnu BBMBB Swinb—A fi 3 h « womau was tha other day on a professional viiit to » lady in Invef ness . The latter , after preaanting her friend with a glassof some kind , of cordial , handed nor bread spread over with marmalade , which , however , the offended guest threw down with a countenance expressive of the utmost diBgust . Not underatandine the cause .

      the lady asked what was the matter . ' Na , na , said the other , ye may give that to yer Highland folk as lang as ye like ; but I ' m nae gaen to eat Baft sape o ' my tread V—Elgin Courant . $ Upwards of £ 1 , 400 has been collected in Maccler fi » ld towards tho establishing of . baths acd wash ' , housei for the people ,

      ¦ ^¦—1—»—P———^—^M^^^M^^^Mm^^M Rotal Destruction Of The Adelphi Theatre, At Glasgow.

      ¦ ^¦—1—»—P———^—^ M ^^^ M ^^^ MM ^^ M rOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE ADELPHI THEATRE , AT GLASGOW .

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      * o Xx ¦ ' " V THE NORTHERN STAR . " November 25 , 1848 .

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      Law 5 . All chUdren'in thCsanie society shall be trained and educated together , as children of the lame family , and shall be early taught a knowledge of the laws , of their nature . 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 wordi , to speak the truth only on all occasions . Law 7 . Both sexes uball 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 .

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      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 other subjects . Law 9 . No one shall have any _ oiher 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 opinions 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 .

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      Section III . THE PRINCIPLES AJtD PRACTICE 3 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 P « wer which the nations of the world have called God , Jehovah , Lord , &c , &c , but that the facts are yet unknown to man which define what that Incomprehensible Power is . Law 13 . Tbat it is a law of nature , obvious to

      our senses , tbat 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 for him and not by him , 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 .

      " 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 has crsated human nature , and given man his peculiar faculties . Law 15 . That 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 the latter only .

      Law 16 . That this invaluable practical knowledge can be acquired solely through an extensive search after truth , by an accurate , patient , and unprejudiced inquiry into facts , as developsd by Nature . Law 17 . That man 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 , t ) feel pure charity and sincere affectian towards the whole of his species—to speak the truth only on 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 man 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 superior knowledge , and these superior dispositions , may be given to the whole of the human race , without chance of failure , execept in case of organic disease ;

      Law 20 . Thai 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—everlastingly composing , decomposing , and recotnposing the elements of the 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 man , 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 .

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      Section IV . GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE POPULATION . Law 22 . Under this system of society—after the children shall have been ttamed to acquire new feelings and new habits , derived from the 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 iu 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 , shall be formed into circles of tens , hundreds , thousands , &c , until they shall extend over Europe , and then to all other parts of the world , uuiting all in one great republic , with one interest . Law 26 . Each of these societies shall possess as much land around it as will be 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 .

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      Section VI . ON THE ADJUSTMENT © F DIFFERENCES , Law 35 . If the general councils should ever at . iempt to contravene the natural laws of humanity-, which is scarcely possible—\ he elders of the societ y , who have passed the councils , shall call a genera ] meeting of all the members of the society between sixteen and thirty years of age , who have been trained from infancy within it . This meeting , called after a month ' s notice , shall calmly and patiently investigate the conduct of the general councils ; and if a ma *

      jority shall determine that they have acted , or at * tempted to act , in opposition to these laws , the general government shall devolve upon the members of the society who have passed the councils , and aie above sixty years of age , united with those who have not entered the councils , and are between twenty and thirty years of age . With parties trained rationally from infancy , and placed from birth within good and superior circumstances only , it is scarcely possible to conceive that this clause will ever be re * quired ; but if required , it can only bi of temporary application .

      Law 36 . All other differences of every description—if i ndeed it be possible for any to exist amoag a population once trained to become rational in feeling , thought , and action—shall be immediately determined and amicably adjusted between the parties , by a decision of the maiority of the three members who have last passed the councils .

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      TRANSITION GOVERNMENTS . The inhabitants of Europe , under all its separate governments , have had their characters so miaforraed , in consequence of society being , from the beginning , based on false principles , that innuraer . able errors and evils have been created in practice . A new state of society for Europe has , therefore , become an immediate , irresistible necessity , to calm , the excited feelings and passions of its population and a rational government 13 required to gradually 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 go . vern themselves while they shall remain within the arrangements and institutions emanating from the false fundamental principles on which the entire system of society over the world has been alone baaed .

      In consequence transition governments , to re . educate and gradually new place all the inhabitants of Europe , are now required as the first practical measure to meliorate the present 33 ( 1 condition , of its population and maVe 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 gavernments remaining undisturbed , like the old roads during the formation of the railway , which were to supersede them , should select a certain number ~ say seven , more or less—of the most intelligent practical men they can find , to be a committse , 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 ol 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 fvith existing arrange , ments , formed with the view to attain these results , Thi 3 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 of every description , be re-educated , become defenders of their country in case of invasion , and maintain peace and order at home , while the regular army shall be employed abroad , as long as a regular army shall be necessary .

      This civil army to be well drilled , disciplined , properly 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 them , as the railway supersede d the old road , most beneficially for all the members of old society .

      The reasons for each law of the new general con . stitution for the world or for any particular district , shall be given in subsequent numbers . Robert Owen .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1498/page/2/