(From'our oitm Correspondent.) Some time ago I forwarded you an account of the addresses delivered by several Mormon elders in Dunedin. Their chief contention was that they had come with " great truths " for the people's acceptance, and that the teachings of Joseph Smith were the " teachings," and inspired by God. The labours, -however, of the Mormon missionaries referred to do not appear to have had any effect on the Dunedin people, as no converts have as yet come forward, who were struck with the soundness of the " great truths." Nor is -there likely to be any converts made unless the elders pay a visit to the -Lunatic Asylum, and prey on the weak minds of some of the inmates. Their teachings might have some effect in the establishment referred to, though it is quite possible that even the insane might be unable to discover the great truths of Mormnnism. In America, however, Mormoniam appears to prosper, as the following extract from a Sydney paper will show : — According to the " Courier des Etats Unis," Mormonism, so far from showing symptoms of decay, is largely on the increase. Its recruits are found in Great Britain, chiefly Wales— lrelaud furnishes none — Denmark, Sweden, and Norway — and consists in the main of the most ignorant classes, who believe the Mormon missionaries when they represent Utah to be a second Canaan—" a land fluwinn with milk and honey." To the ' discredit of England it baa to be stated \ that English subjects and their families form a third of the total population of Utah. The foreign head- quarters of Mormonism are at Liverpool, where there is an emigration agency and a monthly review entitled the " Latter Day Saints' Millennial Star." Out of the 143,000 inhabitants of Utah 112,000 are Mormons. There are 6000 in Colorado, and 1900 in Arizona. There are also colonies of " the saints " in New Mexico, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming, as in Georgia, Tennessee, and other Southern States. On the whole, therefore, it would seem that the view taken by the "Courier" is not ill founded — " the saints " are evidently on the increase.
