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increase still continued to be so great, that the establishment of a new yearly meeting in those parts, began to be seriously thought of. 4th Month, 25th. I attended the eighth sitting of the yearly meeting, which began at ten o'clock this morning, and the whole of it was employed the consideration of the report brought in by the committee appointed to revise the discipline. In the afternoon we met again, at three o'clock, being the ninth sitting, and proceeded in the con- sideration of the report of the committee on the revision of the discipline. 4th Month, 26th. We met again at nine o'clock, being the tenth sitting. Friends were occupied during the whole time on the revision of the dis- cipline, but chiefly on the subject of using and dealing in spiritous liquors, and of friends keeping inns. Much was said to discourage the practice, on account of the exposed situation of the families of those engaged in this line of business. On the other hand, it appeared to some, that were all inns in the hands of steady, consistent friends, it would be a great blessing to any country, and would have a tendency considerably to check that torrent of profligacy and dissipation, which too generally prevails in inns and taverns.