Mr. Robert Porter, a ruling elder from the Presbytery of New Castle, and the Rev. Calvin Colton, from the Presbytery of Genessee, appeared in the Assembly without commissions; but satisfactory tes timony was given that they had been chosen Commissioners to this Assembly, whereupon they were received as members, and took their seats accordingly.

The Rev. Stephen N. Rowan, D. D. was chosen Moderator; the Rev. John M'Dowell, D. D. was chosen Permanent Clerk, in the room of the Rev. John E. Latta, deceased;-and the Rev. John Chester, D. D. was chosen Temporary Clerk.

Dr. Ely, Mr. Weed, Dr. Brownlee, Mr. Swift, Mr. Speer, Mr. M'Clelland, Mr. Wylie, Mr. D. L. Perry, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Williams and Mr. Baldridge, were appointed a committee of Bills and Overtures, to meet in this church to-morrow morning, at 6 o'clock, and afterwards on their own adjournments.

Dr. Chapman, Mr. Ostrom, Mr. John B. Hoge, Mr. Duffield, Mr. Cuyler, Mr. Vansinderen, Mr. Robert G. Johnson and Mr. Nixon were appointed a judicial com

mittee.

Adjourned till 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. Concluded with prayer.

May 20th, 9 o'clock, A. M. the Assem. bly met and was constituted by prayer. The minutes of the last session were read. Rev. Abiel Parmele, from the Presby tery of Genessee, Rev. Ezekiel J. Chap. man, from the Presbytery of Ontario, and Mr. Harvey F. Leavitt, a ruling elder from the Presbytery of Albany, appeared in the Assembly, and their commissions being read, took their seats as members.

Mr. Christian Adrian, a ruling elder from the Presbytery of Baltimore, appear ed in the Assembly without a commission; but satisfactory testimony was given that he had been chosen a commissioner to this Assembly, and he was received as a member and took his seat accordingly.

The minutes of the last Assembly were read.

The committee appointed to lay the articles of correspondence, agreed upon by the last Assembly, before the German VOL. III.-Ch. Adv.

Reformed Synod, presented as their report the following Extract from the minutes of that body, viz.

"Extract from the minutes of the Synod of the German Reformed Church, in their meeting held at Bedford, Penn. September, 1824.

A letter was received from the Rev. Wm. Neill, clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, relative to the proposed correspondence between this Synod and the General Assembly:whereupon, it was resolved, that this correspondence be established, and that two delegates be now appointed to attend the next meeting of the General Assembly.The delegates are the Rev. Samuel Helfenstein and George Wack."

The Rev. Samuel Helfenstein appeared in the Assembly, and took his seat as a delegate from the Synod of the German Reformed Church.

Resolved, that it be the order of the day for Monday next to receive reports on the state of religion.

Mr. Breckinridge, Mr. Magie, Mr. Dickson, Mr. Emerson, and Mr. Hovey, were appointed a committee to prepare a narrative of the information to be received on the state of religion.

Resolved, that it be the order of the day for this afternoon to receive Synodical and Presbyterial reports.

Mr. Fisk, Mr. Jennings, and Mr. J. M'Farland were appointed a committee to receive these reports, examine them, and read to the Assembly those parts of them, which they may judge necessary to be read for the information of the Assembly, and also to prepare a statement to be transcribed into the Compendious View.

Resolved, That the General Assembly, and such persons as may choose to unite with them, will spend next Wednesday evening in this church, as a season of special prayer for the outpouring of the Spirit on the churches, and in other religious exercises. Dr. Cathcart, Dr. Ely, and Mr. Duffield, were appointed a committee to make arrangements for the evening.

Mr. Weir, and Mr. Hawes, were ap pointed a committee to receive an accourt of the miles travelled by the Commission3 B

ers to the Assembly, and to make an apportionment of the Commissioners' fund, agreeably to a standing rule on the subject.

Mr. Latta, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Slaymaker, were appointed a committee to examine the Records of the Synod of Genessee.

Mr. Janvier, Mr. Studdiford, and Mr. Weir, were appointed a committee to examine the Records of the Synod of Ge

neva.

Mr. Cooley, Mr. Gray, and Mr. Breese, were appointed a committee to examine the Records of the Synod of Albany.

Mr. Russell, Mr. Biggs, and Mr. Massey, were appointed a committee to examine the Records of the Synod of New York.

Mr. Sanford, Mr. Whelpley, and Mr. Chase, were appointed a committee to examine the Records of the Synod of New Jersey.

Dr. Brownlee, Mr. Baldwin, and Mr. Hays, were appointed a committee to examine the Records of the Synod of Philadelphia.

Mr. Fisk, Mr. Saunders, and Mr. Hunter, were appointed a committee to examine the Records of the Synod of Pittsburg.

Mr. Magie, Mr. Beers, and Mr. Conger, were appointed a committee to examine the Records of the Synod of Virginia.

Mr. Frost, Mr. Steele, and Mr. Roy, were appointed a committee to examine the Records of the Synod of North Carolina.

Mr. Francis, Mr. Osborn, and Mr. Wygant, were appointed a committee to examine the Records of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia.

Mr. Kennedy, Mr. G. B. Perry, and Mr. Caldwell, were appointed a committee to examine the Records of the Synod of

Kentucky.

Mr. Monteith, Mr. Osborn, and Mr. Sayer, were appointed a committee to ex.. amine the Records of the Synod of Ohio.

Mr. Jones, Mr. J. N. C. Grier, and Mr. Stanley, were appointed a committee to examine the Records of the Synod of Tennessee.

A letter was received from the Rev. Dr. William Neill, resigning the office of Stated Clerk, on account of his removal from this city, and his resignation was accepted.

Resolved, that the committee on Psalmody be continued, and that the Assembly direct that five dollars be paid for the books procured for their use, and that Dr. Blatchford be appointed Chairman, in the place of Dr. Romeyn, deceased.

The Delegates appointed by the last Assembly to attend the General Associa

tions of Connecticut and Massachusetts reported, that they all attended, were very cordially and respectfully received, and were much gratified at witnessing the talents, piety, zeal, and usefulness, of those Ecclesiastical Bodies.

The Delegate appointed to attend the General Association of New Hampshire, and the General Convention of Vermont, reported, that he had attended the former, but not the latter; and that he had nothing of particular interest to the Assembly to report.

The Delegates appointed to attend the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church reported, that they attended the meeting of that body, were received and treated with politeness and cordiality, and were pleased with the proceedings of that body.

Resolved, that the Rev. Eli F. Cooley, and the Rev. Charles Hodge be a com mittee to act with a committee of the Board of Trustees of the college of New Jersey, in disposing of certain monies in the hands of said Trustees; and the said committee are hereby instructed to inquire into the tenure by which this General Assembly holds the said funds, and to give any information respecting the usual mode of disposing of the same which they may think proper.

The reference from the Presbytery of Cayuga which was recommended to the attention of this Assembly by the last, was taken up and committed to Mr. Weed, Mr. Woodbridge, Dr. Blackburn, Mr. Slaymaker, and Mr. Morrison.

Mr. Wylie, Mr. Ostrom, and Mr. Adrian were appointed a committee to inquire into the reasons why the publication and distribution of the minutes of the last As

Sembly were so long delayed; and why the statistical accounts were not published with them as ordered by the last Assembly, and to consider and report to the Assembly what alterations can be made in the present system, so as to expedite the publication and distribution of the minutes hereafter.

Adjourned to meet this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Concluded with prayer.

Four o'clock, P. M. the Assembly met, and was constituted by prayer. The minutes of the last session were read.

The Rev. Benjamin M. Palmer, D. D. from the Charleston Union Presbytery, the Rev. Ansel D. Eddy, from the Presbytery of Geneva, the Rev. Samuel D. Hoge, from the Presbytery of Athens, and Mr. Frederick Erringer, an elder from the Reformed Dutch Church, appeared in the Assembly, and their com

missions being read, took their seats as members.

Agreeably to the order of the day, the Synodical and Presbyterial reports were received, and handed to the committee appointed on this business, this morning.

The clerks informed the Assembly that there had been put into their hands, an appeal from a decision of the Synod of Geneva, by Mr. David Price; an appeal from the Synod of Albany, by Mr. Amos Hawley; an appeal from the Synod of Genessee accompanied with a complaint by Mr. Newton Hawes, and a complaint against a decision of the Synod of Genessee, by Mr. Harvey Chapin. The above appeals and complaints with the accompanying papers were referred to the Judicial committee.

Dr. Green and Dr. Miller, the committee appointed by a former Assembly to prepare a history of the Presbyterian Church, requested to be released from that appointment. This subject was referred to Mr. Jennings, Dr. M'Dowell, and Dr. Ely, to report what course ought to be pursued by the Assembly in relation to this business.

The committee of Overtures presented an application from the Presbytery of Abingdon, to be annexed to the Synod of Tennessee. This overture was referred to Dr. Blackburn, Mr. Lowry, Mr. J. B. Hoge, Mr. F. M'Farland, and Mr. Van Lear.

The committee of Overtures also presented the following question from the Synod of New Jersey, viz.

"What ought a church session to do with members in communion who have been absent for years without having taken a certificate, and the session cannot learn the place of their residence, and therefore cannot cite them for neglect of duty, in the mode pointed out in the book of discipline?"

After discussing the above question for some time, it was committed to Dr. Miller, Mr. Biggs, and Mr. Ward.

The committee on the overture from the Presbytery of Abingdon, made a report, which was laid on the table.

The committee of Overtures submitted a proposition to appoint a committee annually to correspond with the Protestant Churches in France.-This Overture was laid on the table.

A communication was received from a joint committee of the Trustees of the Theological Seminary, and of the directors of the same; recommending to the Assembly the adoption of the two following resolutions, viz.

1. Resolved, that the Board of Directors retain, with the exception of the safe keeping of the property belonging to the General Assembly, in New Jersey, and the due improvement of the monies that may be deposited in the hands of the Trustees, the same powers and privileges which they had before the acceptance of the charter granted by the Legislature of New Jersey.

2. Resolved, that the Trustees be, and they hereby are instructed, to direct their Treasurer to pay, out of the funds in their hands, on the order of the Board of Directors, any sums which the General Assembly may appropriate for meeting the expenses of the Theological Seminary.

The above resolutions were adopted by the Assembly, and the clerk is hereby directed to furnish the Trustees of the Seminary with an attested copy of the above resolutions.

Dr. Green, Dr. M'Dowell and Dr. Chester, were appointed a committee to examine whether it may not be proper for the Assembly to take some additional measures relative to the duties of the Corporation, created by law in New Jersey, for holding the property belonging to this Assembly in that state, and the Board of Directors that superintend the Theological Seminary there: and if additional measures shall appear to the committee to be necessary, to specify these distinctly in their report to the Assembly.

Adjourned to meet to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. Concluded with prayer.

May 21, 9 o'clock, A. M. The Assembly met and was constituted by prayer. The minutes of the last session were read.

Rev. James H. Thomas, from the Presbytery of Hudson, Rev. John Glendy, D. D. from the Presbytery of Baltimore, Rev. William D. Snodgrass from the 2d Presbytery of New York, and Mr. Ephraim Banks, a ruling elder, from the Presbytery of Huntingdon, appeared in the Assembly, and, their commissions being read, took their seats as members.

Mr. Thomas was appointed on the committee to which was referred the Synodical and Presbyterial reports, in the place of Mr. Jennings, who requested to be released from that committee.

The committee appointed to examine the Records of the Synod of Albany reported, and the book was approved to page 250.

The Assembly proceeded to the choice of a Stated Clerk, in the room of the Rev. Dr. Neill, resigned, when the Rev. Ezra Stiles Ely, D. D. was chosen.

(To be continued.)