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60 DE LA COUR. anxious to render the last tribute of respect and gratitude to the memory of a pastor so eminently distinguished for his piety and virtues. His published works are: “Jehu's Eye-Glass on True and False Zeal;” “Nathan's Message to David, a Ser mon;” “Two Fast Sermons, 1776;” “A Letter to a Baptist Minister;” “A Reply to Parmenas, 1776;” “The Rejoinder, on Baptism, 1777;” “Hints respecting the Utility of some Parochial Plan for suppressing the Profanation of the Lord's Day, 1777;” “Two Fast Ser mons, 1778;” “Seduction; or, the Cause of injured Inno cence pleaded, a poem, 1782;” “The Seducer convicted on his own Evidence, 1783;” “Christ Crucified, 1791, 2 vols.;” and a Sermon preached at Hawkstone Chapel, at the presentation of the standard to the two troops of North Shropshire yeomanry cavalry, in 1798. JAMES DE LA COUR, OR, DE LA COURT, An author of some ingenuity, was the second son of Robert De la Cour, Esq. of the county of Cork, and was born at Killowen, near Blarney, in that county, in the year 1709. He received his education at Dublin univer sity; and being early captivated with the writings of Mr. Pope, (which were then as highly esteemed in Ire land as in England,) he neglected the dull society of the fathers for the more agreeable company of the muses, and dedicated a l l the hours h e could spare from the indis pensable duties o f the college, t o the study and practice o f poetry. His genius supported his inclination, a s , before h e had attained the age o f twenty, h e produced a poem, entitled, “Abelard and Eloisa,” i n imitation o f Pope, and which was thought t o possess a considerable portion o f the spirit and harmony o f that master. From this period h e con tinued t o publish minor poems and sonnets, which were a l l favourably received. I n 1733, h e gave the world his principal work, “The Prospect o f Poetry,” which h e