ST. THOMAS'S, SOUTHWARK.-English Presbyterian. to Lord Shelburne, as a proper person to superintend the education of his lordship's two sons. After a mutual agreement upon terms, he entered upon this honourable employment, and continued it till Lord Wickham, the late Marquis of Lansdown, went to the university of Oxford. During the time that Mr. Jervis resided in this noble family, the late Dr. Priestley occupied the post of librarian to the same noble lord. About the year 1785, Mr. Jervis settled at St. Thomas's, and continued pastor there till 1796, when he removed to Princes-street, Westminster, to succeed Dr. Kippis. There he continued twelve years; but in 1808 accepted a call from the congregation at Mill-hill, Leeds, to succeed their late pastor Mr. Wood. Mr. Jervis has published several single sermons, as one on the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Kippis, 1796; and another on the acceptance of the pastoral office at Leeds, October 20, 1808; a sermon for the benefit of the Generel Infirmary at Leeds, Nov. 19, 1809; and a volume of sermons, 1811. JAMES TAYLER.-Mr. Jervis was succeeded by Mr. James Tayler, who had been a member of Dr. Kippis's church, from whom he received some assistance in his education, which was of a private nature. He settled at St. Thomas's in 1796, and published "Dominion over the Faith of Christians discountenanced," in a sermon preached on Sunday July 3, 1796, being the first sermon after the acceptance of the pastoral office. He afterwards removed to the High Pavement meeting, Nottingham, and since his residence there has published a funeral sermon for the late Mr. George Walker. JOHN COATES.-Mr. Tayler was succeeded by Mr. Coates, who is a native of Bristol. He commenced his studies at Warrington, and in 1781 removed to Mr. Coward's seminary at Hoxton, under the direction of Doctors Savage, Rees, and Kippis. He first settled as assistant, and after CHAPEL-COURT.- Methodist. wards as co-pastor, with Mr. Scholfield at Birmingham, from whence he removed to St. Thomas's, and is the present pastor. THOMAS KENTISH.-He is a native of St. Alban's, and received his education partly at Daventry, and partly at the New College, Hackney. His first settlement was at Plymouth. He afterwards removed to London, and became afternoon preacher at St. Thomas's, till the end of 1802, when he removed to Birmingham, to be co-pastor with Dr. Toulmin. CHAPEL-COURT. METHODIST. THIS HIS place was erected about the year 1775, by Mr. JAMES THWAITES, who built the whole court, where it is situated. It is a good brick-building of a moderate size, with three galleries, and has a burial-ground adjoining. Mr. Thwaites was originally a glazier, but marrying a lady of considerable property, he engaged in the shipping business, and resided at Enfield. He commenced his career as a preacher in Mr. Wesley's connexion, but becoming congregational in his sentiments, he left it and built the present place. After preaching here about twenty years, he relinquished the ministry, and attended Mr. Wesley's chapel in Snow's-fields, till his death, which happened in 1801. He was buried in the ground adjoining the meeting-house. His successor was Mr. JAMES DOWNES, a potter by trade, and LANT-STREET.-Calvinistic Methodist. by religious profession a Baptist. He was at this place about three years. Mr. THOMAS DAVIES, a Welchman, followed him for a short time, and is now at the Three Cranes, Thames-street. The next settled preacher here was Mr. JOSEPH HARTLEY, who, after a short time, removed to Dundee, and is now a preacher in the New Methodist connexion. After the removal of Mr. Hartley, which was in 1800, a lease of the place for seven years, was taken by the managers of the New Methodist connexion, who occupied it for about six years, when they removed to Church-street, Bethnal-green, and let the meeting-house in Chapel-court, to a Mr. JOHN HURST, a young man who travelled a short time as an itinerant preacher in their connexion, and afterwards settled in London as teacher at a school. LANT-STREET. CALVINISTIC METHODIST. THIS was originally an Assembly-room, and was con verted into a place of worship more than thirty years ago, for the use of Mr. JOSEPH CARTWRIGHT, who had preached for some time in Snow's-fields. He had been formerly a Baptist, but made an attempt to get into the established church, and failing, fitted up this place in the manner of the Church of England, using the liturgy, &c. In order to raise a congregation, he encouraged a variety of preachers to supply his pulpit, and met with tolerable success. He preached here till his death, which happened November 5, COLLIER'S.RENTS.-Independent. 1800, at the age of fifty-two. (0) He was succeeded by JEREMIAH LEANHOLT GARRATT, who came from Leicestershire, where he itinerated in different parts of the county. He has since left this place, and has let it to the present occupier, it is said, on condition that it should not be used again as a preaching place. COLLIER'S-RENTS. INDEPENDENT. THIS HIS was formerly called Bridewell-afley, and afterwards Angel-alley, and now usually goes by the name of Collier'sRents. The church assembling here was first embodied December 16, 1726, and consisted both of Baptists and Podo-baptists, on which account they retained the practice (0) Mr. Cartwright was interred in Bunhill-fields, where á stone may be seen with the following inscription: In memory of The Rev. JOSEPH CARTWRIGHT, Southwark; Died Nov. 5, 1800, aged 52 years. What if death my sleep invade Should I be of death afraid What if beams of opening day Shine around my breathless clay The above lines were written by himself in his illness, in July, 1799. COLLIER'S-RENTS.-Independent. of mixed communion. The three first pastors were of the former denomination; those that succeeded, Independents. Some few of the first members were such as left Miles'slane to follow Mr. Guyse, but afterwards left him. The first pastor was Mr. Clendon Dawkes, who had a full congregation; but it declined under his successors, till the time. of Mr. Rogers, who revived the interest, which is now in a respectable state. It appears from a memorandum in the church book, that in 1730, a proposal was under consideration for an union with the church at Turners'-hall, and it seems to have been agreed to; for on June 21, it was determined that the trustees of each church should have an equal vote in the choice of a pastor; and they agreed to invite Mr. Thorowgood. We do not know what church this could refer to, for Turners'-hall was then, and long afterwards, occupied by a society of Independents under Mr. Bentley. Perhaps it might have been a separation from that society. The old meeting-house in Collier's-Rents, which was a wooden building, was raised about 1726. The lease expiring in 1766, the congregation was in great danger of losing the place, the ground upon which it stood being city land, was advertised to be sold, together with other parcels of ground adjoining; but by the interest of a friend, the Bridge-House Committee granted a renewal of the lease for 61 years. It was at first designed to repair the old place, but considering the expence with which it would be attended, it was judged most advisable to build a new meeting-house. The present handsome place was accordingly erected at an expence of eleven hundred pounds, of which only one hundred pounds remained uncollected at the time it was finished. It is a remarkable circumstance that the first stone, both of the old and the new meeting-house, was laid by the same person-Mrs. Mary Haddow, who was one of the first members of the society, and died in 1784. The present building was raised upon the same spot as the old one, only is somewhat larger. It is a good square brick-building |