To obviate the difficulty under which they labored, the Revd Mz White came out with a pamphlet entitled, "The Case of the Episcopal Churches considered," in which he proposed among other things, a temporary organization eonferriag on a Convention composed. of representatives, to be elected from the Vestry or congregation of the several churches within a given district, the power to choose a permanent president, with other clergymen to be appointed by the body who might confer Holy orders and enforce discipline inthe church.? A copy of this pamphlet was sent by the author to M® Stuart, who admitted that it opened a new field of thought, and added--" Notwithstanding I am still clogged with all my old prejudices in regard to the Divine right and uninterrupted succession of Episcopacy ; yet I must confess that youhave said more and with greater plausibility than the subject, at first view seemed to promise. JI admireand reverence that spirit of moderation and candour that breathes through the whole performance, and at the same time lament the period [is] so unfortunate as to require the exertion of such talents in such a cause. Ihope the present complexion of the times will free you from having recourse to such an expedient which I am confident nothing but necessity can have forced you to adopt."

The subsequent acknowledgment, by England, of the Independence of this country having obviated all existing difficulties in the case, Mr, Stuart's friends entertained the hope of winning him back to labor among them, and Dr. Griffith, bishop elect of Virginia, invited him to settle in his diocese. But notwithstanding the dulcedo natalis solis, Mr, S. declined the proposal. Writing in 1785, he says :--