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of this assembly, I understood that great exertions had been used to preserve order, especially through the night; and, that, at ten o'clock in the evening, patrols went round the encampment to see that all were in their proper tents and places. Those who had not a birth within the camp were sent out. Their meetings had been kept up for several days with almost incredible zeal, from early in the morning until late in the evening; and, even after they had withdrawn into their huts and tents, numbers of them continued in prayer through a great part of the night. It may well be supposed therefore that the preachers were a good deal exhausted; especially as their language and gestures were generally violent. Some of the most zealous would quite exhaust themselves in less than an hour; but, there being a considerable number on the stage on which they preached, their places were sup-plied immediately on their siting down. I observed that a great number of Negro families attended; and many of them in handsome carriages. The whole number of persons composing this meeting was said to be 5000. 10th Month, 3d. I spent the last four days at Merion. We have lately had the agreeable com-pany of divers friends, some of whom left Phila-delphia on account of the yellow fever, which prevailed in the city.