iiO MEMOIR OF DRURY. 



together with all the sacrifice of prayer and praise 

 that a grateful heart can give." 



Mr. Drury obtained from his creditors a certificate 

 of discharge in April 1778. After recommencing 

 business he proved most successful, his friends and 

 former customers vying with each other in promot- 

 ing his interests and testifying their respect for 

 his character. In his letters of this date, we find 

 many expressions of gratitude for the sympathy 

 and support he was receiving : among others is the 

 following : " I have got reinstated in my business, 

 which I really think is much greater than it ever 

 was; the civilities and kindness I have received 

 from the public are beyond conception, and I have 

 no doubt but a few years, if Providence allows me 

 health, will place me in a much happier and better 

 situation than I ever was. Would you believe it ? 

 The Queen herself, to whom I am goldsmith, has 

 been so very kind as to say that " She hoped I 

 would do well again." Thus you see Providence 

 never permits an evil to befall us but it also has 

 some good in store, and in that light I now view 

 my late misfortunes." With these pleasing pro- 

 spects, we leave, for a while, the consideration of 

 Mr. Drury's commercial relations, to which indeed 

 we shall have little occasion again to refer, as enough 

 has been said to show the position he occupied in 

 society ; and proceed to view him in a capacity 

 more appropriate to our purpose, and which alone 

 has brought him under our notice on the present 



