Zion Church, Frederick, has one church of stone-the minister's salary depends upon voluntary contributionthe congregation is small, but is increasing in numbers, and it is hoped in piety at present there is no clergyman. St. Paul's Parish, Kent county, is without a minister at this time. There is but one house of worship in the pa rish, of brick, and in tolerable repair. The vestry, for the support of a minister, must depend upon voluntary subscriptions. When a minister has been engaged, the salary allowed to him was from 250 to 300 dollars.

St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore county, has two churches and two ministers, who are supported from the rents of pews, the parish having no other fund. The vestry have two dwelling-houses, which are for the use of, and are occupied by the rectors.

The number of families is upwards of four hundred.

During the last session of this Convention, its attention was drawn to the consideration of the expediency of establishing Parochial Libraries. Presuming that the minds of the convention have been directed to the subject, the committee now offer a canon for their consideration:

It shall be required of the vestry of every parish and separate congregation in this diocess, where there is a resident clergyman, to make annual collections, the proceeds of which shall be employed in the purchase of theological books, to be considered as the property of the parish, but for the use of their minister, and under his direction to be loaned to

his parishioners. And as far as the same is practicable, the books purchased shall be from among the list recommended by the House of Bishops. And he shall be authorized to receive such donation in books as may from time to time be made, and place the same in the said library. And each clergyman shall report annually to this Convention the amount collected, and a complete catalogue of the books and the state of the library.

The committee, in common with the Convention, were reminded by our venerable Bishop, that the canons of the General Convention had rendered it his duty to publish for their benefit a pastoral letter. Anxious to avail themselves of it here, and to expedite a provision for their good, the committee recommend that each parish be hereafter required to furnish $1 to defray the necessary expenses incurred in printing the same.

known to the vestries of the different It was resolved, that it be made parishes and congregations in this state, that it is proposed to amend the fifth article of the constitution, by striking out the words "resident in Maryland," and inserting in the place thereof the words "of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States."

The following resolutions were also passed:

Resolved, That it be recommended to each parish in this diocess, to increase their contribution to the Deputies' Fund one dollar; and that the said additional contribution, together with any surplus of the Deputies' Fund which may at any time exist, be applied to defray the travelling expenses incurred by the members of the Standing Committee.

And be it further resolved, That each member of the Standing Committee present to the Convention the amount of his expenses in that office during the preceding year.

Resolved, That a committee be appointed for the purpose of inquiring concerning glebe lands and funds given for the purpose of supporting the ministry of the Gospel, in any of the parishes of this diocess, which may have

Jonas Clapham, Esq. was unanimously re-elected Treasurer of this Convention.

Resolved, That the next Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Maryland should meet at Baltimore.

The thanks of the Convention were presented to the Right Rev. the President, and to the Rev. Secretaries of this body, for their services.

The business of the Convention was concluded with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Wyatt.

From a list of parishes in the diocess of Maryland, attached to the Journal, it appears that they are 61 in

number.

A list of clergy of the diocess, also appended to the Journal, contains the names of the Bishop, 38 Presbyters, and 8 Deacons.

Remarkable Fact attending the Execu

tion of Dr. Dodd.

[From the Christian Guardian for Nov. 1820.] THE Rev. Dr. Dodd was son of the vicar of Bourne, in Lincolnshire, and a member of Clare Hall. He possessed classical taste, poetical talent, and theological knowledge; and published a variety of works, among which was one entitled, The Frequency of capital Punishments inconsistent with Justice, sound Policy, and Religion.' Becoming a popular preacher, and his publications obtaining a wide sale, he was tempted to an indiscreet style of living, and the pride of life' was his ruin. He was chaplain to the Bishop of St. David's, and afterwards to the King; a prebendary of Brecon, and rector of Hockliffe, Bucks. The rich living of St. George's, Hanover Square, falling vacant, he anonymously offered the Lord Chancellor's lady £3000 to obtain the pregentation by her means; but the ap

plication was detected, and his name erased from the list of his Majesty's chaplains. Under this disgrace he retired to Geneva, where Lord Chesterfield, who had been his pupil, received him kindly, and even presented him with the living of Winge, to hold in connexion with Hockliffe. At length, to relieve his embarrassments, he forged his noble friend's signature, was tried and condemned, and, though an unprecedented number of persons pe titioned for mercy, it was withheld by the inflexible justice of the Sovereign. In contemplation of his fate he was humbled and penitent, but his repentance did not seem so genuine as that of Bishop Atherton in like circumstances.* Dr. Johnson, who visited him in prison, described him as being" without cant." In his "Prison Thoughts" there is certainly much evangelical sentiment. But we turn from decision on his actual state before God, to notice an occur rence as he was led to the place of execution, on the 27th of June, 1777.

Certain lewd fellows of the baser sort" seemed to exult at the condemnation of a dignified ecclesiastic; and a woman reproachfully called out to him, "Where is now thy God?" He instantly referred her to the seventh chapter of Micah, 7-10, "Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the hear me. Rejoice not against me, O God of my salvation: my God will mine enemy: when I fall I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me: I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me; he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her that said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? Mine eyes shall behold her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets." The wretched woman, proceeding to witness the execution, was thrown down in the pressure of the throng, and literally trodden to death!

Bishop of Waterford, executed at Dublin in 1649.

York.

1 Linus

2 Cletus, or Anacletus

3 Clemens

4 Evaristus

5 Alexander

6 Sixtus, or Xystus

7 Telesphorus

& Hyginus

9 Pius

10 Anicetus

11 Soter

12 Eleutherus 13 Victor 14 Zephyrinus 15. Calextus 16 Urbanus 17 Pontianus 18 Anterus. 19 Fabianus

20 Cornelius

21 Lucius

22 Stephanus

73 Tatwin, do
74 Nothelm, do
75 Cuthbert, do
76 Bregwin, do
77 Lambert, do
78 Athelard, do
79 Wulfred, do
80 Theogeld, do
81 Celnoth, do
82 Athelred, do
83 Plegmond, do
84 Athelm, do
85 Wilfhelm, do.
86 Odo, do.
87 Dunstan, do

88 Ethelgar, do
89 Siricius, do
90 Alfric, do
91 Elphigus, do
92 Livingus, do
93 Agelneth, do
94. Eadsinus, do

95 Robert Gemetic, do

96 Stigand, do

97 Lanfrane, do

98 Auselm, do

50 Anastasius the 2d 51 Symachus

99, Rodolphus, do

100, William Corbiel, do

101, Theobald, do
102 Thomas Becket, do
103 Richard, do

104 Baldwin, do

105 Reg. Fitzjocelin, do 106 Hubert Walter, do 107 Stephen Lancton, do 108 Richard Magnus, do... 109 St. Edmund, do 110 Boniface, do 111 Rob't. Kilwardy, do 112 John Peckham, do 113 R. Winchelsea, do 114 W. Raynold, do 115 Simon Mepham, do 116 I. Stratford, do 117 John Ufford, do 118 T. Bradwardin, do 119 Simon Islip, do 120 Simon Langham, do 121 Wm. Witlesey, do, 122 Simon Sudbury, do 123 Wm. Courtney, do 124 Thos. Arundel, do 125 F. Chichley, do 126 John Stafford, do 127 John Kemp, do 128 Thos. Bourchier, do 129 John Morton, do 130 Henry Dean, do 131 W. Warham, do 132 Thomas Cranmer, the first Prot. Abp. 133. Reg. Pole, do 134 Matt. Parker, do 135 E. Grindal, do 136 John Whitgift, do 137 R. Bancroft, do 138 George Abbet, do 139 William Laud, do 140. William Juxten, do 141 Gilbert Sheldon, do 142 W. Sancroft, do 143 John Tillotson, do 144 Thos. Tennison, do 145; William Wake, do 146 J. Potter, do 147 Thomas Herring, do 148 Thomas Secker, do 149 Cornwallis do 150 John Moore, do

This last Archbishop, (Moore), with the assistance of William Markham, Archbishop of York, and several other Bishops, consecrated Dr. William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Samuel Provoost, Bishop of NewYork,, in Lambeth Chapel, February, 1787; and Bishop White, of Pennsylvania, with the assistance of Bishop Provoost, of New-York, and Bishop Jarvis, of Connecticut, consecrated the present Bishop of New-York, in Trinity Church, in the city of New-York, in May, 1811.

The above concatination has been put together with much care, and has been since compared with some of the best authorities. It agrees perfectly with Dr. Cave, as far as he goes, to the period of Constantine, A. D. 312,314 and also with Eusebius, who runs down to Gregory the Great; and with the learned Bishop Pearson to the same period.

It will be recollected that Gregory the Great, with the consent of King Ethelbert, sent into England, A. D. 597, Austin, the first Archbishop of Canterbury, who took with him 40 presbyters. The laws framed on the conversion of Ethelbert will be found in Wilkins Laws of the Anglo Saxon Church, (library of the Diocesan Seminary, in St. Paul's). The chain of succession is preserved through the See of Canterbury down to the consecration: of the American Bishops.

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Historical Documents and Reflections on the Government of Holland. The active benevolence of the king on this occasion is commendable.

"On the 12th of January a shock like that of an earthquake was felt at the Hague. A light in the horizon announced a terrible fire. It was in the direction of Leyden. The king was. hastening thither, when he learned, by the return of one of his aides-de-camp, that a barge laden with gunpowder had blown up in the midst of the city. He. hastened his journey, ordered out the garrisons of the neighbouring places without arms, and, on his arrival at Leyden, was greatly struck with the sad spectacle that exhibited itself to his eyes.

"The Rappersburg is the principal canal in the city. Its finest houses are built on the quays that border it. Most of them were beaten down, and choked up the canal; the rest of the houses that were still standing, threatened to fall; and from the ruins of those that had fallen in whole or in part,, issued, smoke and flames. A similar spectacle occurred in almost every quarter of the city. Eight hundred houses were thrown down, or damaged. Many of the inhabitants, in great consternation, knowing neither how to act, nor what they had still to fear, wandered about the streets with looks bewildered. Others remained under their tottering walls with an air of stupid unconcern ; and seemed unaffected at seeing the fall of the neighbouring houses, which their own threatened soon to follow. One called for his father, another for his wife or child. Some stood on the ruins listening for the cries of the wretched victims not yet stifled, crowded round the spots where the voices were heard, and too frequently, their eagerness proved fatal to the poor creatures, by pressing down the ruins upon them. Here was a girl wildly seizing the burning frag ments, and demanding speedy assistance to remove the immense weight pressing upon her mother, whose voice she fancied she heard beneath this tomb; and, without being deterred by the fear of sinking down the terrible heap, and thus stifling the last breath. of her whom she sought, labouring alone

at the impracticable task of clearing away the rubbish. Engines were brought from all quarters to check the progress of the flames. The members of the regency, almost all of whom had to mourn the loss of one or more of their family, were obliged to forget their own misfortunes, to solace those of others, while the painful suppression of their grief was sufficiently perceptible in their countenances. It was impossible to give assistance to all at once. I perceive my father through the ruins; but if you do not hasten to assist me in removing the vast weight that presses upon him, he will quickly perish and with this the distracted child filled the air with his lamentations. I hear my mistress's bell,' said a servant girl; she is buried alive under the ruins of her house, she calls me, she cries for aid, help me to get her out, help me to make way into the ruins, for she is suffocating. On a sudden a man comes up with the news that they have just found one of the principal and most respectable men in the city, the father of a family; but that his legs only are extri cated, and as they are endeavouring to draw out the rest of the body, it gets buried the deeper in the ruins. In another place nothing is heard but the prayers and complaints of a whole school of young children, to whom it is impossible to render any assistance: on people's attempting to clear the ruins on one side, the fire suddenly bursts out between their feet, and puts a stop to any farther search. A terrible crash is heard, mingled with fresh shrieks of alarm: it is a building, already tottering from the accident, that suddenly tumbles down. Every window in the place was broken, or smashed to atoms; and thus all the bread, wine, flour, and food of every kind, was rendered useless and dangerous.

"As soon as he arrived, the king, accompanied by the magistrates; the director-general of the watterstadt, Twent; his aide-de-camp, Krayenhoff; the colonel of the burgesses, Cuneus; and some officers, traversed this horrible theatre of devastation. He divided the men called to assist into three parties, one for each side of the canal, the third for the rest of the city. He in

creased the number of fire-engines, sent for all that were at the Hague, and required assistance from Amsterdam,Rotterdam, and Dordrecht. He ordered the troops in the first place to attend to nothing but getting the sufferers out from beneath the ruins; gave a reward of ten ducats to every person who assisted in rescuing any one; and had the satisfaction of saving the lives of many. All who were hurt, when got out, were conveyed to the hospital. He ordered his Wooden-house between Leyden and the Hague to be opened, and appropriated to those families whose dwellings had been destroyed.

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During this time the engines were playing with much benefit: the royal guard and burgesses distinguished themselves by their zeal, courage, and delicacy, of which they gave eminent proofs on that fearful night. The grenadiers of the guards descended into the abyss formed by the burning ruins, to fetch out the sufferers, at the risk of being unable to extricate themselves. They assisted the working of the engines; and the extinguishing of many partial fires, and the deliverance of many individuals, were owing to their exertions.

"The king, witnessing their zeal and efforts, bestowed on them the highest praises. To every citizen who came to ask assistance, he gave fifty or a hundred men, who set off under the direction of the citizen concerned for the recovery of his family, and they were almost always successful."

PSALM XXIV. The bringing of the ark of God to mount Sion by David, 1 Chron. XV. gave occasion to this Psalm. The removal of the ark was celebrated in a great assembly of the people, and with suitable mony. The Levites lead the procession, splendour during every part of the cereaccompanied by a great variety of vocal and instrumental musick and this ode appears to have been sung to the people when they arrived at the summit of the the supreme and infinite dominion of God, mountain. The opening is expressive of arising from the right of creation. Bp, Lowth.

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