1801. } 
been given to the fettlement, was foon 
changed into that of Fulnec, aftera {mall 
village in Moravia, from which country 
the United Brethren were formerly,on ac- 
count of their religion, obliged to emigrate ; 
and in the {pace of a few years, the number 
of its inhabitants amounted to above 600. 
Various manufaétories were ereSted, and 
the enterprifing fpirit and induftry of the 
colonifts were fuch, that they quickly 
found them productive of much profit. 
The cloathing-bufinefs, in particular, was 
carried on to a very larce extent, the 
greater part .of the fingle men, whofe 
number amounted to above 150, being 
employed in that line; whilft the ma- 
’ jority of the fingle-women, of whom, 
more than 200 inhabited the /jfers’-hou/e, 
gained their fubfiftence by fpinning. 
But, although the novelty‘of the doc- 
trine* of the United Brethren, in conjunc- 
tion with various: other circumftances, 
had enticed many to fettle in the place, 
2 great part of the new-comers foon loft 
their relifh for the principles. of the Bre- 
thren, and found their reculations too ri- 
gorous and auftere. Unaccultomed to 
any religious conftraint,. and unable to- 
fubmit to the obfervance of orders and 
inftitutions, many of which they confi- 
dered as a ufelefs reftraint, or even mili- 
tating againft the dictates: of reafon, a 
large number was induced to quit the 
Society, and to go elfewhere in queft of 
thofe advantages which they had vainly 
koped to find amongtt the United Bre: 
thren. Thus, by degrees, the number 
of inhabitants in Fulnec has dwindled 
away; and at prefent the place contains 
only 400 perfons.. In the prefent age, 
when nothing is more decried than the 
very appearance of religious controul, and 
when freedom of opinion and toleration of 
principle is fortunately growing daily more 
predominant, few will, perhaps, be tempt- 
ed to join the faciety of a feét, whofe 
principles, it cannot be denied, require, 
above all things, an implicit obedience to 
their Minifters, and an entire vefignation 
of many things which a liberal mind jis 
apt to confider as lawful and perte&ly in- 
nocent. 
It would, perhaps, found ridiculous, 
were I to {peak of the State of Literature 
rr rt rernienn egret ea, 
* For a full account of the religious prin- 
ciples of tke Brethren, I refer your Readers 
to a work, entitled, ‘* dn Expoftion of 
Chriftian Dottrine,-as taught in the Proteftant- 
Church of the Unitas Fratrum, or Unitcd Bre« 
abren, by de G, Spangenberg . 
/ 
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Account of Fulnec, a Moravian Settlement. 
It 
inavillage; and yet, even in this particu- 
lar, Fulnec is,. comparatively fpeaking, 
far beyond moft villages, Whilft few, if 
any, of the wealthier part of the neigh- 
bouring village to which Fulnec belongs, 
have enjoyed the benefit of a univerfity 
education, there are a tolerable number in 
this fettlement of the United Brethren, 
who have profecuted their ftudies with no 
fmall fuccefs in foreign feminaries of learn- 
ing. Amongtt thefe, the Rev. Mr. Hartley. 
jultly deferves to be named. His fermons 
from the pulpit are manly, eloquent, and 
perfuafive ; and the liberality of his fenti- 
ments, free from the {malleft tincture of 
bigotry or myfticifm, has juftly gained 
him the applaufe of his {mall congrega- 
tion, by whom he is univerfally admired 
and revered, Under the infpection of this 
worthy gentleman, whofe talents as a 
fcholar and divine are equally great, the 
boarding-fchools of Fulnec have attained 
toa great and jaft- repute in the neigh- 
bourkood, Convinced of the importance of 
the education of youth, Mr. Hartley has 
fupplied his f{chools with able teachers, 
and has provided them, for the education of 
boys, with feveral gentlemen from the 
univerfity ; fo that the youth have an ex- 
cellent opportunity of acquiring, befides 
the ufuual branches of {cience taught at 
boarding-fchools, a competent knowledge 
of the languages, both ancient and modern; 
of the mathematics, and of natural hif- 
tory, and natural philofophy in its fulleft 
extent. In the regulations of this inftitu- 
tion, he has wilely avoided thofe two dif. 
agreeable extremes, which fo often cha- 
racterize boarding-fchools, and has exhi- 
bited a plan of education, the principles 
of which are equally remote from a bar- 
barous feverity and a licentious freedom, 
Nor have his labours been unfuccefstul ; 
the large number of young people of both 
fexes who have frequented the fchools of 
Fulnec fuficiently prove that their pa- 
rents and guardians are convinced of the 
utility of his plane and approve of the > 
means by which it is executed.——I was 
once the happy father of two hopeful 
children, whom, previous to my acquaint- 
ance with the settlement of the United 
Brethren, I placed, at the recommenda- 
tion of a friend, in the fchocl at Fulnec ; 
and I had the inexpreffible pleafure to fee 
them, after having ipent cheir time at 
{chool, return home to their tamily, with 
a confiderable fiock of learning; and, 
what was of more fatistaction to the fond 
parent, with minds uncontaminated by 
thofe.vices which are fo eafily to be ace ’ 
quired at a public {chool,—There is one 
ey . Cz things 
