The writer of this paper commenced by stating his purpose of viewing Dr Chalmers as a public character only, and to avoid all questions which belonged to the peculiar relations in which he stood to his own religious communion; and after a brief outline of the various circumstances of his life, and the dates belonging to each, the paper proposed to consider Dr Chalmers,—

I. As an Author.

II. As a Political Economist.

III. As a Speaker.