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To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
of the Lift of Diflenting Congrega- 
tions ; and many of your readers, as well 
as myfelf, will, no doubt, think them- 
felves obliged to the doétor, for his fea- 
fenable communication. It will, how- 
“ap be recolleéted, that I have not 
merely copied from this MS. I have,ac- 
cording to my original peo endea- 
deavoured to fupply omiffions, and cor- 
reGi errors. The aggregate number of 
congregations, in each county, according 
to the MS. has been publithed already, 
in the appendix of Dyxr’s Life of Ro- 
binfon. And, by comparifon, it will ap- 
pear, that: additions have been made to 
every county lift; and fome of thefe-ad- 
ditions have been confiderable ; as in 
Cambridgefhire, the additions make more 
than one-third ; and for Cornwall, more 
than doubled. But notwithfanding thefe 
endeavours to make the lifts accurate, 
after publication, additional information 
has been received; and [I have found, 
that fome of them are not correct. What 
is here remarked, refpecting the incor- 
rect ftate of fome of thefe lifts, appears 
applicable to the lif for Devon, accord- 
ing to your correfpondent J. W. If, 
however, your cote eae Sones 
fome errors, he dces not preferve him- 
felt free from mittakes s,.as will appear 
from his account ‘ot the Weftern Aca- 
demy. Anacademyjhas been fupported, 
for many years, in the weft of England, 
by the congregational fund in London. 
When the rev. Mr. Lavington was paf- 
tor of an independent congres ation, at 
St. Mary Ottery, he was chofen to fu- 
perintend this feminary, He. continued 
to officiate in this eapacry, till he was 
yemoved from this world, in the year 
1764. The young men were then place d 
under the care and infiruction of the 
rev. J. Rooker, of Bridpert, and the 
rev. 8. Buncombe fucceeded Mr. La- 
vington in the paftoral office at St. Mary 
Ottery. On the death of Mr: Rooker, 
the rev. J. Reader, 
appointed, in 2780, to fucceed him, as 
tutor to the young men fupported by 
this fund. .Mr. Reader dying in June, 
Ae the young men who had been 
fome time under his tuition, were re- 
moved to Axminfier, to finifh their aca- 
demical ftudies, under the direction of 
the vey. J.omall. 
The fame fund which fupported the 
young men during their academical fu- 
@ies, granted exhibitions to the rey. Qe 
Lift of Diffenting Congregations....Hand- Mills. 
of Taunton, was 
‘[June, 
“Buncombe, of St. M lary: Ottery, to in- 
firud fuch young men as were intended 
if HAVE read Dr. TouLMIN’s account * 
for this academy, in grammar and claf- 
fical iearning. Thus the pupils were 
prepared to enter upon their academical 
fLudies with confiderable advantage. It has 
been faid (though it is much to be defired 
that it may be without foundation) that. 
thefe exhibitions are fufpended, if not 
finally withdrawn ; and that young men, 
in future, are to enter, as foon as under 
their patronage, immediately upon their 
academical lectures. 
J. W. obferves, that “the Lifts of 
Diffenting Congregations mufi,be pecu- 
liarly acceptable toa numerous clafs of 
your readers; but that they would be 
ftill more fo, if accompanied with feme 
notices of their prefent ftate, the reli- 
gious perfuafion, anecdotes of former mi- 
nifters, and the names of the prefent.’” 
I have by me feveral county lifts, where 
the congregations are arranged into their’ 
re{fpeGlive denominations ; together with 
the names. of their prefent minifters.— 
Thefe ¥ fhould have fent for infertion,. 
if I had not been apprehenfive of inabi-, 
litv to perfevere in this mode. I have, 
therefore, continued to communicate 
thefe lifts as at the beginning. I hope, 
however, that the infertion of thefe lifts 
in the Monthly Magazine, will be intto-. 
ductory to other communications of the 
like nature, that we may be able to form 
a more extenfive and accurate idea of the 
former and prefent ftate of ie 
diffenters in this kingdom. 
Wareham, - B.. Grin eee 
May 5, 4797: 

or 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazize. 
SIR, 
peOM my own experience, as well as: 
that of feveral of my friends, I dm 
enabled to confirm the fentiments and 
remarks of your correfpondent, Mrso- 
PONOS, p. 261, refpeCting the inutility 
of hand-mills for grinding corn. In- 
deed, when the labour and weight which 
is neceffary to be employed in “this bufi- 
nefs is confidered, the fcheme appears 
impraéti cable, or, however, to be attend- 
ed with fo many inconveniences, as to. 
rendet it pee ufelefs; in fhort, it 1s. 
fomething like attempting to make a 
thing heavier than itfelf, which, asa fen-. 
fible writer obferves, ‘¢ has fpoiled many 
a hopeful proje& for difcovering perpe- 
tual motion.” But, though thefe hand-. 
mills are very imperfcé, and, after every 
improvement which can be made, not 
likely to anfwer any valuable purpofe, 
yets, 
