In the November number of our last volume--which contains a brief memorial of this revered and beloved servant of Christ--it is intimated as "probable, that some account of our departed friend will appear in another form." This account is contained in the small volume now before us. It has been prepared by the members of his family, by those who are engaged in proclaiming the truths of that blessed gospel which was the theme of his ministry, and the solace of his dying hour. Hence the sorrows of the mourning relatives are alleviated by the most joyful anticipations, even while "with tears they cast this wreath of filial duty and affection on his tomb." We can, however, assure our readers that this tribute of natural esteem to the memory of a deceased parent--a feeling not always to be trusted in sketches of this description--has not produced in this instance an overcharged exhibition of his character. If filial affection has held the pencil, modesty and fidelity have guided its delineations. In a letter dated from St. Alban's, 1834, Mr. W. Upton thus writes:-- "I would just remark, that neither my dear brother nor myself, I am sure, pretend to eulogize our father as a faultless man, or a faultless minister. In him the effects of a depraved nature were seen as well as in others, but in him also were seen, to a far greater degree than in most, the counteracting and restoring influences of the gospel and the grace of God. We feel therefore bound to say--not indeed with any design to attribute unmerited honour to him, much less with a view to borrow splendour from his rays, but with a desire to glorify God, to encourage others, and to excite a holy emulation--that "he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith;" while by his instrumentality "much people was added to the Lord." p. 100. In accordance with this sentiment, the elder brother, the principal writer of the memoir, observes: "Now the Head of the church has called him to his rest, it would be improper not to make the attempt to 'glorify God in him,' by gathering such facts respecting his early history and subsequent course, as our slender materials for such a purpose will furnish." The scantiness of the materials which the life of this excellent man has supplied to his biographer, though to his friends a matter of regret, will be none of surprise to those who knew him. Modesty and diffidence seem to have been the native elements of his character; and humility, inducing a deep sense of his own unworthiness, constituted a characteristic feature of his renewed nature. To our departed brother, SELF had no attractions. It was not the idol of his idolatry; it was not even an object of his complacency. It was therefore scarcely to be expected that he should contribute much to perpetuate the memory of one of whom he habitually entertained so lowly an estimate.