&7 4 
of fimplicity, which befpeaks candour, and 
$s the ufual attendant on fincerity. In 
converfation he wascheerfuland animated 5 
the extent of his knowledge, and natural 
good humour, made him a pleafing and 
entertaining companion. He was never 
swarm, but when rudely attacked, or op- 
pofed with illiberality ; and when, as it 
fometimes happened in mixed company, 
ignorance was united with obftinacy, or 
prejudice barred the way to conviction, he 
could then, and then only, be roufed to re- 
fentment. After he has raifed himfeif from 
his chair, with a deliberation that befpoke 
fomething of confcious fuperiority ; his 
fpetacles lifted with his left hand to his 
forehead, his right arm elevated and bent; 
the writer of this article has heard him, 
with a firm tone and ftrong voice, exprefs 
‘@ remonfrance and rebuke, fo pointed and 
fevere, as to make his antagonift, like one 
confounded, fhrink from all farther notice: 
but the refentment he exprefled was of 
fhort duration, and he {oon returned to 
his wfual compofure and cheerfulnels. 
He was much attached to the exercife 
ef walking, and employed as great a por 
tion of his time as conveniently could be 
fpared, in this way. Nothing but necef- 
fity could induce him to ule a carriage; 
excepting in extreme hot weather, he ha- 
bitually wore a great coat, with pockets 
of an unvfual depth, for the convenience 
ef carrying books about him; we have 
known him, on a fummer’s cay, attend an 
appointment full ten miles from London, 
to meet his friends, and take a circuit 
round, by bye-ways, to increafe the dif- 
tance, and enjoy an author with lefs inter- 
guption. This he often-did, when he 
was confiderably turncd of filty. Ac the 
houfes of many men of great opulence and 
refpegtability, he was a welcome vifitor 5 
but what he mof enjoyed, was a fmall 
eicle of feleét friends, where ecnverfation 
took a lively turn, and might be wholly 
pnrefirained : in fuch focieties many of 
' his evenings were pailed, either occafion- 
ally, or at ftated feafons, until within a few 
Memoir of the late Dr. Fofoph Towers, 
years of hisdeath. This was the kind of 
relaxation he moft relifhed ; for he had no 
trifling purfuits, joined in no frivolous 
amufements, partook of no pleafures 
which reafon difallows ; nor did he ufual- 
ly aifociate, or cultivate an acquaintance 
with any, of whem it might not with truth 
be faid, they were, in fome confiderable 
degree intelligent or ftudious. 
A review of the life of Dr. Towers 
naturaliy leads us to confider the numerous 
advantages, which may be derived from 
induttry and application. That unceafing 
efforts in literary purfuits, efpecially when 
accompanied with moral habits, and pru- 
dent economy, will ulvally be crowned 
with fuccefs, daily experience evinces. 
The fubje&t of thefe memoirs emerged 
from ob{curity, and obtained no fmal} 
fhare of notice and celebrity*. He laid 
in ample ftores of knowledge, and became 
ufeful; he alfo acquired the fame his la- 
bours merited, and lived in habits of 
intimacy with, and was highly regarded 
and efteemed by, many diftinguifhed for 
their talents, and theirvirtues. 
The lives of {uch men are among the 
moft ufefui articles of biography ; which 
may be_confidered as a beacon raifed at. 
once to mark the fhoals and rocks, on 
which multicudes have {ylit, and to light 
the path that leads, through literature and 
the arts, to competence and fame. 
* He was, in December 1790, (in the 
room of the Rev. John Palmer, deceafec) 
chofen one of the Truftees of the Charities 
of Dr. Daniel Williams; who founded 
and endowed a public Library for the ufe 
of the Diffenters; and left very confiderable 
property fer charitable and ufeful purpofes. 
This was a mark of diftinction, which is 
ufually paid in London to the moft eminent 
of the Prefbyterian denomination. He was 
alfo one of the firt and mot adtive members 
of the Humane, now ftyled the ** Royal Hus 
mane Society;” and took great pains to en- 
courage and extend that highly beneficial in- 
fitution. . ; 
BEE EA iain cpinnameieansiemiediniaetoed — 
—— 
METEOROLOGICAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
~~ ee 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine, 
SIR; gay 
AVING clof&d my Meteorological 
Journal for the year 1803, I have 
fent you the abftraét as ufual. (See Monthly 
Mag. vcl. XVI. page 3. 
On examining the yasiations of the 
weather more particularly for this laf 
half year, I have found that there are 
many confiderable alterations which the 
monthly average does not difcover by the. 
extremes generally compenfating for each 
other; [ have therefore divided the months 
into three parts, which will enable us to 
trace thefe anomalies feparately, and be 
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