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some flattering prospects held out to him, 
he was induced to go to India, where he 
practised his art with success for several 
‘years, at the time Lord Cornwailis was 
Governor-general. He afterwards pro- 
ceeded on a voyage of discovery in the In- 
dian seas with Capt. Wilson, who discover- 
ed the Pellew Islands, where the ship was 
lost. On his return to England he painted 
the large picture of “ Tippoo Saib’s sons de 
livered as hostages to Lord Cornwallis,” (of 
which transaction he was an eye-witness) 
with portraits of the principal persons pre- 
sent ; which, with those of the “ Death of 
Nelson,” and “the Barons swearing to sup- 
port Magna Charta,” place him ina high 
rank in the historical department of art. 
The grace, beauty, and delicacy with 
which he designed and finished his por- 
traits, (particularly his females and chil- 
dren) render his works in this line equally 
worthy of admiration. In fact, Mr. Devis, 
both as an historical and portrait painter, 
was an ornament of the British School, and 
the death of such an artist is to be con- 
sidered as a national loss. 
In Pall Mall, 59, after a severe and 
painful illness, the Rev. Hdward 
Daniel Clarke, LL.D. Professor of Mine- 
ralogy, and librarian of the University of 
Cambridge. Soon after taking his degree 
Dr. Clarke accompanied the present Lord 
Berwick abroad, and remained for some 
time in Italy. The classic scenes he there 
met with, and his own inquisitive genius, 
stimulated him to enter into a wider field 
of research ; and, shortly after his return 
to England, he embarked on those travels 
which have rendered his name so cele- 
brated throughout Europe, indeed, we 
may add, in every quarter of the civilized 
world. To enter into any description of 
them is needless—they are before the pub- 
lic; they have been, and will continue to 
be the delight and solace of those who 
have not been able to visit other coun- 
tries. Dr. Clarke has somewhere men- 
tioned all the excellencies which must 
unite to form a perfect traveller: he must 
have the pencil of Norden, the pen of Vol- 
ney, the learning of Pococke, the perse- 
verance of Bruce, the enthusiasm of Sa- 
vary—of all these Dr. Clarke united in his 
own person by far the greater share. No 
difficulties in his progress were ever al- 
lowed to be insuperable; and upon all oc- 
casions he imparted to others a portion of 
his own enthusiasm. It was upon his re- 
turn from this extensive tour, during 
which he had visited nearly the whole of 
Europe, and parts of Asia and Africa, that 
Dr. Clarke presented to the University 
those memorials of his travels which now 
decorate the vestibule of the library ; and, 
as some return for the splendour which his 
name has conferred on the University, he 
was complimented in full senate with the 
Dr. Clarke.—John Stewart, Esq. 
[April 1, 
degree of LL.D. From that moment the 
residence of the traveller was confined to 
Cambridge, and he shortly after com- 
menced those public lectures in mineralogy, 
which, if possible, have made his name 
more known and honoured, both in this 
and in foreign countries, than even his 
long and interesting travels. Natural 
history was his earliest and most favourite 
study, and that particular branch of it 
which refers to the mineral kingdom soon 
engrossed the whole of his attention. In 
the delivery of his celebrated lectures, 
Clarke was without a rival—his eloquence 
‘was inferior to none ; (in native eloquence, 
perhaps, few have ever equalled him in 
this country ;) his knowledge of the sub- 
ject was extensive ; his elucidation clear 
and simple; and in the illustrations which 
were practically afforded by the various 
and beautiful specimens of his minerals, 
he was peculiarly happy. Most of those 
specimens he had himself collected, and 
they seldom failed to give rise to the most 
pleasing associations by their individual 
locality. We may justly apply to him in 
the delivery of his lectures what was en- 
graven on the monument of Goldsmith, 
“ Nihil quod tetigit, non ornavit.’ Of the 
higher qualities of his mind, of his force 
and energy asa Christian preacher, of the 
sublimity and excellence of his discourses, 
his crowded congregations are testimony 
sufficient. For the estimation in which 
Dr. Clarke was held by foreigners, we may 
in the same manner refer our readers to the 
various Honorary Societies in which his 
name stands enrolled ; and we may safely 
say, that to no one person has the Uni- 
versity of Cambridge been more indebted 
for celebrity abroad during the last twenty 
years, than to her late librarian Dr. 
Clarke. 
Feb. 29, after a short illness, John Stew- 
art, esq. commonly known by the name of 
Walking Stewart, or the traveller. Mr. 
Stewart was born in or near London, in the 
year 1744, and being educated at the 
Charter-house, was sent out early in life in 
the civil service of the East India Company. 
He served theresome time, and made some 
money, but setting up as a reformer, and 
not being able to make good some charges 
he had brought, he quitted the service and 
travelled over various parts of India. He 
was taken prisoner by Tippoo Sultan, and 
was for some time in the Mysore service, 
and employed in some expeditions against 
the country powers. He quitted that ser- 
vice as soon as he could, and entered into 
that of the Nabob of Arcot, to whom he 
acted as one of his secretaries, and who 
became indebted to him in a considerable 
amount. On quitting the Indian service he 
returned to England by a very cireuitous 
journey. For some time after his arrivai, 
he appeared in an Armenian dress which 
he 
