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leave the doors unlocked, although the town stood upon one of the most public turnpike-roads in America, only about 7 miles from Philadelphia, a city containing considerable more than one hun- dred thousand inhabitants. 1st Month 3d. I attended Merion Preparative Meeting, where a discussion of a rather singular nature took place, by which it appeared that, ad- joining to Friend's burying ground, there is ano- ther grave yard, set apart by Friends, for the use of people of other persuasions who incline to bury in it. For many years past, a number of the neighbouring families had availed themselves of the privilege; but not satisfied with burying only, they had taken down nearly the whole of the stones which composed the wall that separated the two grave yards; and had placed them at the head and feet of the graves, by way of tomb-stones, and thus the two burying groups had nearly become one. Many Friends of the Preparative Meeting thought it was necessary to build up the partition wall, whilst others were for having the remains of this wall entirely taken away. However, as it appeared on discussion, that persons of other persuasions were in the practice of using certain ceremonies at their burials, and of erecting tomb-stones, &;c. it was at length concluded that it would be right to rebuild the wall, in order that the peculiar testi-monies of Friends, in these respects, might be