date, with numerous corrections and erasures; it was addressed, and appears to have been submitted by Locke, to his friend Mr. Furly, before publication. The other MSS. of note consisted chiefly of original letters from Locke, on various political, religious, and miscellaneous subjects; and of some original familiar letters of Algernon Sydney, Lord Shaftesbery, and others. There were also some medical letters and prescriptions of Locke, who was himself educated for a physician, and who appears, by his sarcasms, to have known how to appreciate the real and pretended merits of physic at the period in which he lived. Some of Mr. Locke's correspondence is dated from Amsterdam, during his exile, and relates to the strange and unremitted persecution with which he was assailed. Mr. Locke's genuine love of liberty is expressed in a note written by him on the sacrifice of Sydney, at the bottom of one of the letters of the latter, dated from Marseilles.

Another bundle contained the MS. correspondence of Troupe, author of "Emendations in Suidam;" of the late Mr. Richard Gough, the antiquary, and a curious MS. work on coins by Stukely; some curious critiques of the story of Sir John Hawkwood, of Sible Hedingham, by Gough; and a large correspondence between the Hon. Thomas Pitt, first Lord Camelford, from Naples, and the late Benjamin Forster, resident at Bloomfield, in this country. There is also a MS. relating to the origin of the Abbey of St. Neots, in Cornwall, a Syriac MS. and other miscellaneous papers. But what is most remarkable is, that it seems evident from a passage in one of Locke's letters, that he has somewhere left an unpublished metaphysical work on Cause and Effect, entitled "On perceiving all things in God," which has either been lost or suppressed.

The original letters are by far the most interesting portion of the MSS. as they will serve to verify certain dates, and to fill up some chasms in the life of Locke. Most of them are dated from Oates, in Essex, in 1691, then the seat of Sir Francis Masham. It appears that his celebrated "Essay,"

which bears date 1685, was that year confided to other hands as a measure of security, for we find written in the first leaf of it, "To Edward Clarke, of Chipley, Esq., James Tyrrell, of Oakley, Esq., or Dr. David Thomas, of Salisbury," as if it had been sent away and confided to them, a circumtance rendered more probable when it is considered that it was in the same year that the English envoy at the Hague deraanded the surrender of Locke, on suspicion of his being concerned in the unfortunate enterprise of the Duke of Monmouth.

We may, in all probability, yet publish some further particulars, with the permission of the possessor, relative to dates and localities, as the long residence of Locke in this country will render any anecdotes of him interesting to the inhabitants of Essex. It appears that he died at Oates, suddenly, in his chair, on the festival of St. Simon and St. Jude, in 1704, in his 73d year, while Lady Masham was reading to him, and that he was buried in the church of High Laver, in this country. Chelmsford Chronicle.

Andrews, and the Rev. Mr. Stone from Maryland, were present. Morning service was attended at half past ten o'clock A. M. in an upper room, where prayer was wont to be made. The first lesson was Ezra iii. and the second lesson, Ephes. ii. The Psalms were taken from the office for the consecration of a church or chapel. A numerous and splendid procession was then formed, and proceeded in order to the foundation, when the 68th Psalm, 3d part to verse 28th, was sung, and the following service was performed:

Minister. O Lord, the helper and protector of all who trust in thee, may thy blessing of grace and favour rest upon us.

People. As our eyes wait upon Thee, O Lord our God.

Alin. Our help is in the name of

the Lord.

Peo. Who hath made heaven and earth.

Min. Into thy merciful hands, O God, we commend the work of this building, and all those who may be employed in the workmanship thereof. Peo. May they be precious in thy sight, and may thy mercy be over the

work of their hands.

The corner-stone was then laid by the Rector, saying

In thy name, O God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I lay the cornerstone of thy holy Sanctuary, to be erected on this foundation, to thy honour and glory, and consecrated to thy holy worship for ever.

Peo. Amen. So may it be. The stone was then plumbed, squared, and levelled; and the following

service resumed:

Prayer. We regret, however, to find that it is too long for insertion in the Watchman. A prayer of sufficient length, and well adapted to an occasion like this, will be found recorded in our 6th number, page 47.]-Watchman.

Five verses of the 132d Psalm were then sung-after which an appropriate address was delivered by the Rev. George B. Andrews, a Presbyter of the Diocese of Connecticut.

Washington College Commencement.

ON Thursday of last week, August of this Institution was celebrated in 6th, the third annual commencement the Central Brick Church. It is understood that an unusual number of persons from a distance were present at the exercises. Among others we noticed the venerable Bishop of Virginia, the Rev. Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Rev. Professor of Biblical Learning in the General Theological Seminary-besides a number of Episcopal Clergymen from several of the States. The house was

thronged by an immense concourse; and throughout the performances of the day, so far as we had an opportunity to witness them, the respectable character which this youthful College had already acquired, was amply sustained by the orators who appeared upon the stage. To enter into a statement of the comparative merits of the several speakers whom we had the pleasure of hearing on this occasion, or even to specify the peculiar excellencies of any, would be an invidious, and, to the public, an useless task. shall therefore be content to remark, that the abilities displayed by the young gentlemen, and the literary entertainment afforded to the audience, were equal to the highest expectations which we had formed, and honourable to the Institution.

We

The degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on the following young gentlemen, Alumni of the College :

Park Benjamin, Joshua G. Wright, Samuel S. Lewis, Samuel Starr, James W. Gordon, Edward P. Philpot, Hobart M. Bartlett, Richard C. Moore,

* See Christian Journal, June, 1829, p. 177.

In the Diocese of Connecticut. The Right Rev. Bishop Brownell, in his recent visitation has administered the holy rite of confirmation in the following parishes, viz. In the parish of Salem, to 26 persons-Waterbury, 26-Watertown, 15-Woodbury, 10 -Washington, 3-New-Preston, 12-NewMilford, 8-Sharon, 14-Kent, 5-Salisbury, 13-Milton, 8-Northfield, 6. In all, to 146 persons.

On Thursday, the 3d of September, in the Church of Woodbury, the Rev. William Lucas, Rector of that parish, was admitted to the Holy Order of Priests, by the Right Rev. Bishop Brownell. Morning prayer was read by the Rev. E. Huntington; the candidate was presented by the Rev. F. Holcomb, and an appropriate sermon was delivered by the Bishop.

On Saturday, the 5th of September, the Rev. Harry Finch, Rector of the Parish of New-Preston, was admitted by the Right Rev. Bishop Brownell to the Holy Order of Priests, in St. Andrew's Church, in that parish. Morning prayer by the Rev. G. B. Andrews; presentation by the Rev. E. Huntington; sermon by the Bishop. On both occasions a considerable number of Presbyters from the parishes in the vicinity were present and assisting.

In the Diocese of New-York. On Friday, the 28th of August last, Zion Church, Avon, on the Genesee river, was consecrated by the Right Rev. Bishop Hobart, who preached on the occasion. Morning prayer by the Rev. Mr. Gear, of Palmyra, and the Rev. Mr. Hubbard, of Sodus.

On Tuesday, the 1st of September the Bishop consecrated St. Mark's Church, Hunt's Hoilow, Alleghany county, and administered confirmation. Morning prayer by the Rev. Mr. Smith, of Batavia, and the Rev. Mr. Bayard, of Geneseo. Sermon by the Bishop.

On Thursday, the 10th of September, the Bishop held an ordination in St. Matthew's

Church, Moravio, Cuyaga county, and admitted Mr. James Seiking, late of the Methodist firmation was administered at the same time. connection, to the Holy Order of Deacons. ConMorning prayer by the Rev. Mr. Williston, of Ithica; sermon by the Bishop.

In the Diocese of Pennsylvania.

in St. John's Church, York, Mr.John H. Mars On the 14th Sunday after Trinity, Sept. 20, den was admitted to the Holy Order of Deacons by the Right Rev Bishop Onderdonk And on the following Sunday, Sept. 27, in St. Luke's Church, Germantown, the Bishop admitted Mr. Robert W. Goldsborough to the same or der.

In the Diocese of South-Carolina.

On the 10th Sunday after Trinity, August 23, 1829, in St. Michael's Church, Charleston, the Right Rev. Bishop Bowen admitted to the Holy Order of Deacons, Mr. Paul Trapier, an alumnus of the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

In the Diocese of Ohio.

The new church edifice at Ashtabula was, on Sunday, the 16th of August last, consecrated by Bishop Chase to the service of Almighty God, by the name of "St. Peter's Church.”

Obituary Notice.

Died, on the 27th of September, at the residence of his father, in Bristol, Rhode-Island, the Rev George Griswold, eldest surviving son of the Right Rev. A. V. Griswold, D. D. and late rector of Christ Church, Alexandria, D.C. The ministry of this interesting and gifted servant of God had, for some time previous to his death, been interrupted by a disease which had already removed six members of his father's family; and the closing passages of his life had been more than usually darkened by the bitter circumstances of exile and bereavement; so that, although death never comes to the young and the talented without its terrors, it has yet in this case come in mildness and mercy to unfold the portals of a brighter world to a spirit prepared and panting to be gone. Upon his aged father and afflicted family the visitation falls heavily; yet even for them the promises of God are in the place of a thousand earthly props, and may they find them more powerful to console and to sustain than they have ever yet been able to conceive. The Church is also a severe sufferer. Badly can she sustain the loss of such a son, when so few are found like minded to minister at her holy altars. But here, most emphatically do the promises of God come in for our support. Let our prayers be redoubled for the supply of labourers in our vineyard, and then the many losses which we have of late sustained shall be more than made up to us.

A Pastoral Letter to the Members of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, from the Bishops of the same, assembled in General Convertion, in the city of Philadelphia, August 20th, 1829. [Continued from page 306, and concluded.] We ought to be aware, that in promoting the cause of religion we are bound to take an interest in it beyond the spheres in which we move, either as individuals or as associated members of congregations. In our political Union there are very few States, if any, in which there are not districts of so sparse a population, and of such comparative poverty, as admit little probability of their being furnished with the preaching of the Word and the administration of the ordinances, unless aided by the co-operation of those who possess the advantages of greater numbers, of more favourable opportunities of counsel, and of sufficiency of means. To no case can there more aptly apply the intimation of St. Paul, that "the members of the body should have the same care one for another;" and that, "if one member suffer all the members should suffer with it." In various vicinities of the character alluded to, there is rising a generation, without any visible mean of instruction in the most essential truths of religion, or of the practice of any of its duties; and

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the growing evil; and while we pray for success to their labours, propor tioned to the demand for them in the necessities of the Church, and in the condition of society at large, we cannot refrain from holding up, as what should press on the consciences of all the members of our communion, the duty of furnishing to such bodies their pecuniary contributions, in measures suited to the means which a gracious Providence has bestowed.

There is a larger field for Christian labour and beneficence within the bounds of the Federal Union. To the west are the immense regions on the rivers Mississippi and Missouri, and on their tributary streams; in which, within the memory of man, there has been the beginning and an unexampled increase of population, progressing to a point, at which, to present appearances, they will contain a mass of inhabitants equal to that of many combined kingdoms and states of the old world. South of the States recognized in our ecclesiastical constitution, there is an extent of country, consisting of recent acquisitions of our federal legislature. And to the north-west, there is another of great extent, inviting our attention, not only by a gradual increase of emigrants from the original members of the Union, but by giving access to what remain of the sons of the forest, the descendants of the original possessors of the North-American soil, and affording opportunity of making some amends for the feebleness of the efforts hitherto put forth, to extend to them the blessings of Christianity and of civilization. When the United States, which now make so considerable a figure in the civil system of the world, were in the infancy of their colonial character, it became no small 41

part of the concern of their parental country, that they should not be abandoned to barbarism, and that the emigrants should carry with them, to their new seats of settlement, the faith and the religious practices of their forefathers. This is a consideration which ought to bring on our consciences a debt, no otherwise to be discharged, than by affording to the present emigrants from the early settlements the like aid to that which the latter receive ed from the common ancestry of both. The sphere for religious sensibility to act in, is not yet opened in its extent. We live at a period when there are put forth prodigious efforts for the evangelizing of the world. With out pronouncing our opinion as to the individual merit of each of these enterprises, it would be a great oversight to omit to impress on our members the duty of participating in the great work of spreading the Gospel. It is well known, that many are of opinion, that inasmuch as the destitute portions of the earth are the objects of the benevolent exertions of those Christian nations who have not so loud a call for domestic operations, as are presented in the immense districts of our country destitute of spiritual aid, it is not the duty of the American Episcopal Church, under present circumstances, to extend their beneficence beyond our own bounds. There are others who think, that not neglecting the calls to missionary enterprise at home, our zeal in the work of propagating Christianity among the Heathen nations abroad should be awakened by the example of other communities in various kingdoms and states of Christendom; of which no small proportion is from bodies of professing Christians among ourselves. We have already adverted to this fact, as evidence of the excitement of an extraordinary measure of religious sensibility, calling for the directing of it to the purpose to which it points. The immense and populous realms of India, heretofore known only as a field inviting cupidity of wealth, are now open to the extending of enterprise, for the announcing of the glad tidings of salvation. Degraded Africa, so long visited in no other character than

that of a nursery for distant bondage, may now cherish the hope of the redressing of her wrongs, by the imparting to her of civilization and of science, and of the more precious light of a heavenly dispensation; under which, in respect to privilege, there is "neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free, but Christ is all and in all." In islands of the Pacific, and in islands of the Southern Ocean, dissevered until lately from the rest of the world, there have been visitations with the Gospel message, and their idols have been seen prostrate before the Cross. In Greece, the seat of some of the earliest successes of apostolic preaching, in later ages, under the yoke of Mahomedan oppression, and enduring, like their sister churches on the opposite countries of Asia, the removal of their candlesticks from their places, there are incipient endeavours for the replacing of them, with such a blaze as was originally kindled by a Paul, a Barnabas, a Timothy, and other founders of the Eastern Church, In addition to these immense openings for the efforts of missionary zeal, there are, nearer to us, in the newly organized republics of our western hemisphere, opportunities not possessed till lately of instructing the population in the religion of the Bible, hitherto not published to them, except with the intermixture of opinions and of rites hostile to its general spirit, and the growth of those ages of igno. rance which witnessed the first efforts for the colonizing of the newly dis covered western world. Other openings might be recited; but, it is trusted, that those presented will be suffi cient to show, that a new era has risen on the world; and that it is a new call on the zeal, on the labours, and for the pecuniary contributions, of Christians.

If it should seem to any, that the prospect here pourtrayed originates in too sanguine a contemplation of the subject, our answer is, that there has been already an impression made on the state of the world, which, according to experience, and to observation of human nature, cannot but progress