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DEFENCE

OF THE

MISSIONS IN THE SOUTH SEA,

AND

SANDWICH ISLANDS,

AGAINST THE MISREPRESENTATIONS CONTAINED IN A LATE NUMBER

OF THE

Quarterly Review,

IN A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THAT JOURNAL.

BY WILLIAM ORME. &

Usually the best friends of mankind, those who most heartily wish the peace
and prosperity of the world, and most earnestly strive to promote them, have all
the disturbances and disasters happening charged on them, by those fiery vixons,
who really do themselves embroil things, and raise miserable combustions in
the world."-BARROW,

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR B. J. HOLDSWORTH,

18, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD.

Mar 27, 1947

PREFACE.

THE statements contained in the following sheets, ought to have appeared some time ago, and under the name of Mr. Ellis. While there was reason to hope that the antidote might be administered through the same medium which conveyed the poison, delay was properly exercised. But when it became evident that justice was not to be expected in that quarter, it was necessary to resort to the only means of defence which was left-a separate publication. The circumstances of Mr. Ellis, and his constant engagements in the service of the Missionary Society, rendered it impracticable for him to prepare a full answer; the task has, therefore, devolved on the individual who subscribes the following letter. This task he has endeavoured faithfully to perform, from notes and papers furnished by Mr. Ellis, and other documents within his reach.

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