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4th Month, 18th. Meetings for worship being held at the three different meeting-houses in this city, I attended that in Pine-street, and afterwards, being kindly invited, I dined at N. W.'s, in com-pany with a large number of friends, from different parts of the continent. In the afternoon, I attended the seventh sitting cf the yearly meeting, when it was almost imme-diately agreed, that the report from the committee on Indian affairs should be read; and it turned out very interesting and satisfactory to the meeting at large. After this sitting, I drank tea and spent a pleasant evening at W. A.'s, in company with J. S. a worthy minister, and a broom-maker; a humble occupation, like that of the apostles of old. 4th Month, 19th. I attended the eighth sitting, when the minutes of the last yearly meeting were read; also the report of the committee on the revi-sion of the discipline. In consequence of this report, it was agreed that any friend paying money in lieu of personal service in war, even though the money thus paid should be applied to the uses of the parochial poor, would infringe upon our testi-mony against that dreadful evil. In the afternoon, I attended the ninth sitting, which was mostly occupied about money concerns; when it appeared that the national stock had a