worthy patron, which happened not long after the expiry of his indenture, saw himself placed at the head of one of the most lucrative practices in the capital.

Jonathan now looked around for a partner for life, which he found in the person of a respectable lady, by whom he had a son and daughter, who both arrived at majority. His daughter died unmarried, and in the prime of life; but Jonathan lived to see his son in the sole direction of his extensive practice. Jonathan, a considerable time before his death, purchased a handsome landed property, started his carriage, built a handsome mansion; and having lived to a good old age, he left his son master of an income of about L.1500 per ann.

Such was the unprecedented good fortune of Jonathan Fairweather, who, from abject poverty, rose to eminence, not only in the line of his profession, but, in respectability of character in society. Indeed, so very poor were Jonathan's parents, that they could hardly afford him the necessaries of life when at his education. fact often afforded conversation to Jonathan in his better days; and he frequently entertained his friends with a detail of the

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many difficulties he had to encounter in the outset of life; and not only spoke with becoming gratitude of those who befriended him in his difficulties, but even settled an annual pension on some individuals who had often supplied his wants; but were, in their turn, reduced to poverty in their old age. Jonathan never, for a moment, forgot his origin, nor the companions of his youth; and his table was always open to his countrymen who visited the capital.He paid the most marked attention to the sons and relatives of his old friends who settled in the capital, and, from his kindness and affability to all, he lived esteemed, and died regretted by a numerous circle of friends.

NATHAN FAIRWEATHER, Son to the former. This gentleman was son of Jonathan Fairweather, whose memoirs have been already related, and from which it will be perceived that Nathan's fate was very dif ferent from that of his father, altho', at his outset in the world he was left a handsome fortune. It was naturally to be anticipated that Jonathan would give his son the very

best education the capital could afford; and so it happened. For Nathan, after going through the previous courses of education, was put to the university, and having completely finished his education, was bound apprentice to his father in his own line. It would be superfluous to add, that sufficient care was taken to instruct Nathan in all the accomplishments of a modern gen. tleman, and introduce him by times into the great world. This is a part of educa tion specially attended to, more particularly in regard to an only son. Indeed, it may be accounted a weakness incident to the best of men, that they have a pride of seeing their sons and daughters shining in the great world before they have acquired judgment sufficient to enable them to guard against its many dangerous temptations. The consequence too frequently is, that young people fall into its snares, and acquire notions far above their station and circumstances in life, and affect the fine gentleman, to use a vulgar phrase, “before they are out of the shell."

This but too well applied to Nathan, who, being the only son and heir, was early indulged in all the fashionable fooleries of the

day. He was early introduced into all the fine fashionable and extravagant companies of the capital, and learned to consider himself a man of fortune when but very young. He was early supplied with pocket money, which enabled him to attend the playhouse, balls, assemblies, and to join the society of those who were inclined to spend their money freely; so that before he was master of his fortune, he had been taught every species of extravagance.

Soon after his father's death, Nathan, who was but young, marrried the daughter of one of the most eminent lawyers of his time. This naturally raised his pride; and being master of all his father's fortune, for his sister died some short time after her father, Nathan imagined that he could not possibly spend his fortune. He, in consequence gave himself up to every kind of extravagance-sported his carriage and livery servants-entertained numerous partiesand omitted nothing that might make him appear great in the eyes of the world.But Nathan had not carried on this ruinous mode of living for many years, until he discovered that the profits of his business and rents of his landed property were insuffi

cient to defray his annual expenditure; he had therefore to burden his estate with loans, the interest of which soon swallowed up his land rent, so that he had to confine himself to the proceeds of his practice; this also soon failed him; and as he still had to borrow money to defray his annual outlay, it ultimately turned out that Nathan was so completely sunk in debt, that his whole effects were inadequate to pay a shilling in the pound of the principal sum, after selling off his landed property and whole moveables.

The conduct of the son is a sad contrast to that of the father, having in the course of a few years dissipated a handsome fortune earned by the father, during the space of a long life, by diligence and sobriety in the pursuit of his lawful employment. But there was still a greater contrast between the dispositions and conduct of the father and son. Jonathan would have been respected altho' he had not realized a shilling, on account of his warm and hospitable feelings; whereas, Nathan completely neglected all his father's old friends and benefactors, and endeavoured to remove every object that tended in the smallest degree to