Mr. and Mrs. Judson landed at Calcutta on the 18th of June, 1812, and
were hospitably received by the venerable Dr. Carey, who immediately
conducted them to his home in Serampore. There they found a delightful
mission family, consisting of Messrs. Carey Marshman and Ward, with
their wives and children who welcomed them most cordially, and invited
them to remain until the arrival of their brother missionaries. Of the
arrangements in this truly Christian family--the schools, the religious
exercises, the cultivation of the gardens belonging to the
establishment, and the instruction communicated to the natives, they
express themselves in the highest terms of eulogy.

Hitherto the course of our missionaries in their enterprise had indeed
run smooth, and they had begun to flatter themselves that they had
over-estimated the trials and dangers of the life they had chosen; but
sad reverses awaited them. They had been in Serampore but ten days,
when Messrs. Judson and Newell were summoned to Calcutta, where an order
from government was read to them, commanding them immediately to leave
the country, and return to America. The British East India Company were
at that time unfriendly to missions, and especially intolerant to
missionaries from America. The idea of returning, without effecting the
object for which they had left their native land, was too painful to be
endured by the missionaries, and they immediately attempted to gain
permission to go to some country not under the company's
jurisdiction.--Burmah, the field to which they had been assigned by
their brethren at home, seemed, for various reasons, utterly
inaccessible; but they finally got leave to take passage in a ship bound
for the Isle of France. The vessel would, however, accommodate but two
passengers, and the health of Mrs. Newell requiring that she should be
in a place of quiet, it was agreed that she and her husband should
embark in it. For three months the rest of their company remained in