Biographical Sketch of the late Dugahl Stetvart^ Esq. 197 



pages, was read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh on the 

 28th January and the 18th March 1793, and is pubhshed in 

 the third volume of their Transactions. It forms one of the 

 finest examples of biographical composition, and, independent 

 of the value which it derives from its luminous exposition of 

 the principles of Dr Smith's philosophy, it is rendered inte- 

 resting by the numerous anecdotes which it contains of the 

 great men which had a short time before adorned the literary 

 history of Scotland. 



At the request, we believe, of Dr Robertson himself, made 

 a short time before his death, Mr Stewart undertook to draw 

 up an account of the life and writings of that illustrious his- 

 torian. It was read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh 

 in March 1796, and was afterwards published in a separate 

 volume in 1801. To the memory of Dr Reid, Mr Stewart 

 felt it his duty to pay the like homage, and he accordingly com- 

 pleted, in 1802, his account of the life and writings of that 

 eminent metaphysician. , * i 



In the year 1796, Mr Stewart was again induced to receive 

 a few pupils into his house, and at this time the present Earl 

 of Dudley, the Earl of Warwick, the late Lord Ashburton, 

 the son of Mr Dunning, Lord Palmerston, his brother the Ho- 

 nourable Mr Temple, and Mr Sullivan, the present Under Se- 

 cretary of War, were placed under his care. The Marquis of 

 Lansdown, though not under Mr Stewart's superintendence, 

 was at this time studying in Edinburgh, and was honoured 

 with Mr Stewart's particular regard. Their friendship conti- 

 nued unabated, and Mr Stewart had the happiness of seeing 

 theMarquis of Lansdown, Lord Dudley, and Lord Palmerston, 

 members of the same Cabinet. Mr Brougham and Mr Horner 

 were at the same time two of the public pupils of Mr Stewart. 



Mr Stewart had been long desirous to deliver a course of 

 lectures on Political Economy, but it was generally understood 

 that he was deterred from carrying this design into effect by 

 the peculiar character of the times in which he lived. In 1800, 

 however, when the effervescence of political speculation had sub- 

 sided, he gave a course of lectures on Political Economy, but 

 we believe they were not repeated more than once in subse- 

 quent sessions. 



