Having thus given your Lordship a brief sketch of the circumstances which led to the establishment of the Sunday Evening Welsh Lectures, at St. Martin’s Church, I shall now proceed to the discussion of the expediency of the measure; in answer to those who contend, that the acquirement of English, by the Welsh people who come to reside in the principal towns of England, would supersede the necessity of providing them with the means of religious instruction in their native language. But, before I enter upon the subject, I beg to observe, that though I may be, in some respects, better qualified than others, to prove the great usefulness of such an Institution; yet, my Lord, I labour under some disadvantages.—Being so closely connected with the Lectures, it would be unsuitable for me to enter into detail. I shall, therefore, endeavour to forget myself, and discuss the subject on principle. I am only the instrument, my Lord—a separable accident attached to the Institution—and my connexion with it partakes of that uncertainty, which characterizes all human engagements. But, the Institution itself, is of a permanent nature; and as long as the Institution shall continue, its capacity for doing good will remain; and the same results will be secured. Now, my Lord, let us proceed to the examination of the method proposed—“Let the Welsh learn English, &c.” Viewing this abstractedly, candour compels me to admit, that it is an object highly desirable to be accomplished. However fondly attached I may feel to my native language, and however I may admire it; still, my Lord, impressed with the conviction that every language ought to be valued in proportion to the degree of knowledge, of which it is the medium; and deeply sensible of the almost infinite superiority of the English, in this respect, I am far from wishing to exclude my countrymen from the enjoyment of all its advantages. The liberal hand of patriotism, having unrolled before my eyes the ample page of English literature, I should consider myself unworthy of the privilege, were I not to feel desirous, that every Welshman should enjoy the same. I am fully aware of the immense benefit which an acquaintance with English would confer upon the inhabitants of Wales; and whenever it can be proved, that the purposes for which the Cambrian Society was established, may be as effectually accomplished through that medium, I hope I shall be found to possess sufficient candour to admit, that its continuance is no longer an object to be desired. But an experience of six years, in the discharge of the important duties connected with my present situation, has fully enabled me to state, that that period has not yet arrived.—However pleasing it may be, my Lord, to expatiate on this subject in the regions of theory, and to indulge in a prospective view of it, yet, when we come to reduce it to practice, we are presented with innumerable difficulties.