LIFE OF 



on their boots. He returned little pleased with his jour- 

 ney. His friends had been mistaken ; the bounty of an 

 individual calls forth a sense of kindness, as well as of 

 dependence : that of a society has the virtue of charity 

 perhaps, but it wants the grace. He now wrote to Mr 

 Simeon, stating what he had done, and that the benefi- 

 cence of his unknown friends was no longer necessary : 

 but that gentleman obliged him to decline the assistance 

 of the society, which he very willingly did. 



This being finally arranged, he quitted his employers 

 in October, 1804. How much he had conducted himself 

 to their satisfaction, will appear by this testimony of Mr 

 Enfield, to his diligence and uniform worth. " I have 

 great pleasure," says tliis gentleman, " in paying the 

 tribute to his memory, of expressing the knowledge which 

 was afforded me, during the period of his connection with 

 >Mr Coldham and myself, of his diligent application, Jiis 

 ardour for study, and his virtuous and amiable disposi- 

 tion. He very soon discovered an unusual aptness in 

 comprehending the routine of business, and great ability 

 and rapidity in the execution of everything which was 

 entrusted to him. His diligence and punctual attention 

 were unremitted, and his services became extremely' valu- 

 able a considerable time before he left us. He seemed 

 to rae to have no relish for the ordinary pltasures and dis- 

 sipations of young men ; his mind was perpetually em- 

 ployed, either in the business of his profession or in pri- 

 vate study\ With his fondness for literature we were 

 well acquainted, but had no reason to offer any check to 

 it, for he never permitted the indulgence of his literary 

 pursuits to interfere with the engagements of business. 

 The difficulty of hearing, under which he laboured, was 

 distressing to him in the practice of his profession, and 

 was, I think, an inducement, in co-operation with his 

 other inclinations, for his resolving to relinquish the law. 

 lean, with truth, assert, that his determination was mat- 

 ter of serious regret to my partner and myself." 



]Mr Simeon had advised him to degrade for a year, and 

 place himself, during that time, under some scholar. He 

 went accordingly to the Rev. Grainger, of Winter- 



