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nations to such matters is proved by the enclosed copy of a letter from the Commodore of the French

squadron in China.

Your Lordship entirely superseded

on

the necessity for any observations

my part, in reply to Mr. Smith's strictures on the delay in the provision of a Protestant Episcopal -Church of suitable structure, by the very true remark, that the members of the Established Church have already been taught to depend too

much upon assistance from the Public, and too

little on

their

own

spontaneous exertions, and that

to this cause must be ascribed the mortifying

contract between the efforts which they have made for the advancement of religious worship and instruction, and those of other religious bodies. " being built.

A handsome Colonial Church is now

I have the honor to be,

"With the highest respect, Your Lordship's

Most Obedient,

Humble Servant,

Is Dani

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