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    wb & ft they might here project and Execute , would secure success bpfh wftfc"Etiropea &* and Natives . I pledge myself to the Unitarian , public in England , that if tfrey wift send o « t > Missionaries to India , and adequately support them in thefr labours , frtik sball not be wanting . They will hot have ' to lofck , and long , and wait , and at lost be disappointed . The fields " are white already to harvest . "' The attendance on Mr

    worship has greatly fallen off , nor do I expect that we can do any thing * with etife & t in this way till the Chapel is built . The habits and' whole structure of society here forbid such an expectation . But when we shall have a regular place of worship , I am confident of ' receiving- the most decided support from gentlemen of the first respect lability for station and character . Until , therefore , we realize sufficient subscriptions for the purchase of ground and the erection of the Chapel , you may consider us as almost entirely at a stand . The amount already subscribed , principally by Native oentlemen , and most of these wealthy Brahmuns , is about four thousand Rupees . I

    have thought of undertaking a voyage to Europe for the purpose of collecting-the remainder , procuring subscriptions for our school , and using the necessary means t ' p interest the Unitarian community in the prosperity of this infant cause . But I am unwilling to take this step until I hear from you in reply to my former letter . If your letter should arrive in time , and I should theo / judge it advisable , I will leave this country for England about the beginning or middle of March , Otherwise , I shall wait till next season , when I shall also have the advantage and pleasure of Rammohun Roy's Company . W . ADAM .

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    No . II . —Mr . Cooper ' s Annual Report of his Proceedings at Newcastle and its Vicinity . Dear Sir , Newcastle-under-Line , flfay ~ L 4 th , 1823 . * I find the time is come for me to acquaint you with my proceedings in this district during the last twelve months . My last Report was dated May 18 th , 1822 . This I shall commence with a review of what has since heen done at Newcastle .

    You are aware that our society in this place is small , and I am concerned to add , that I see no great prospect of an immediate increase . Hereafter we may see better days . The town is populous , and the few friends we have are zealous . They , bowever , agree with me , that , in our present circumstances , we are called upon to give the main part of our strength to the Potteries , where a wide field for usefulness presents

    itself aiid where it is plainly of the highest importance to get the cause well established in the first place . Atone time , we had thoughts of trying the effect of a Sunday evening Lecture at Newcastle during the summer , but the fear of injuring the Hanley interest induced us to relinquish the design ; the consequence has been , that vie have only been able to have service on a Sunday morning through the whole year 5 a time when we have not much ground to expect strangers .

    Han ley . Here I have preached three times a week , through the whole year : twice on a Sunday and on a Wednesday evening . For a short time during the middle of the summer , our congregations were unusually small , but as this was the case , at the same period , even iii the reputed Orthodox churches , we do not look back to the circumstance with feelings of any \ ery great surprise , and especially as we have , on the whole , much cause for thankfulness . Our numbers have increased , and there seems

    every ground to hope that this will continue to be the case . The wealthy , however , keep aloof from us , and we have good reason to believe , take measures to make their dependents do the same . In some cases they succeed , but not in all . Methodism , ia one form or other , is here the prevailing religion of the day , and almost every working-Mian is expected to be a Methodist , But , to the alarm of our opponents , a spirit of , inquiry is diffusing itself on every side , and cannot fail to produce important results Clamour and misrepresentation are , as usual , employed against us ; but which I cannot

    doubt will in the end tend rather to the discomfiture of the enemy than to our disadvantage . In the course of the late winter I delivered , on a Sunday evening-, a nuinher of lectures chiefly on doctrinal subjects , which were far better attended than we had any reason to expect . On many occasions our place was crowded to excess , and great numbers were obliged to go away unable to get into the room , an ^ d I , believe that

    nad we possessed a chapel as large as that at Parliament Court , it would nave Deen ^ vell filled . HanJey does indeed afford very great ad vantages for the delivery of lectures ; it is situated in the heart of the Potteries , and contains w ith ** its own limits not less than > fifteen thousand souls . Newcastle and the Potteries are believed to cm * ^ iaabliAiit Bi ^|^ iI ^ il ^|^ d « > I mention this to shew one reason , amongst others , for o « r Procuring without farther delay , a larger and more conv ^ ient place of worolunjlft ^ **^| W ^ to » tat

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1823, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1714/page/21/