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June 4th, 1819.

Parramatta.

My dear Madam,

I have just received your letter dated November 16th
1818, and as a ship sails next week for England, I embrace the opportunity
to drop you a line. I think you would receive letters from me before the
end of November last, as Mrs. Cartwright had arrived at the downs about the time
you wrote. I have just received letters along with yours on the same day [original crossed out] from
Otaheite and New Zealand. The missionaries wrote from Otaheite, that Pomare
has built [?] [?] church which will contain 3 times the number of persons that
St. Paul's will hold. It is 760 feet long. The great meeting was to take place there in
May, when all the chiefs of the different islands were to assemble for the purposes
of devotion. I apprehend nothing like this has occurred since the apostle's days.
I hoped they would have a real pentecost, and that the Holy spirit would be poured out
upon all [original crossed out] above measure at the success of the mission; never were there perhaps
more weak and unlikely instruments than have been employed in this work. Previous
to my return to England, the missionaries had relinquished the work twice. Two only remained
the last time, when I arrived in N.S. Wales I found the missionaries again in the colony,
they told me they could not return again. Their Labours were all in vain. I wanted to
know why they had left their Stations with a resolution never to return again. They
stated their reason, which I have no doubt satisfied them that the South Sea Islands