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he had worn in his travels; for Stewart 
through life afiected siugularity. - He 
brought over with him only a moderate 
fortune, which he invested in the French 
funds, and those soon after failed. This 
greatly distressed him, but he was re- 
lieved by the generosity of a sister’s hus- 
band, till the French began to pay the 
dividends, by which he found his income 
reduced two-thirds. With this, however, 
by great frugality he lived. Here, how- 
ever, he met with a check; the French 
would not pay the dividends to a person 
residing in England. Stewart withareso- 
lution and firmuess which marked his cha- 
racter, instantly embarked for New York, 
residing there long enough to become an 
American citizen; aad, after sending to 
France a certificate thereof, he returned to 
England. While in America he supported 
himself by lecturing, but his strange me- 
taphysical notions, were not likely to suc- 
ceed in that country. Fortunately for him 
a commission was issued under the autho- 
rity of parliament, to investigate the Na- 
bob of Arcot’s debts. Mr. Stewart assert- 
ed his claim, and had a very censiderable 
sum awarded him by the commissioners. 
The stock created for this he sold, and in- 
vested great part of his money in a life 
annuify, on which he was enabied to live 
ina genteel style. For some time he gave 
weekly dinners, with a view, as he said, to 
draw all the intellect round him; but this 
he afterwards~ changed to concerts and 
lectures on a Sunday evening given by 
himself. For many years he had employed 
himself in writing and priating works 
which no one would buy and few would 
read. His intellects were not deranged, 
but his notions were very extraordinary, 
owing perhaps to an affectation of being 
the founder of a sect—to a love of novelty 
and the want ofa regular education ; but 
even his enemies allow he was correct in 
his morals. His works have all very quaint 
titles; as “ Travels to discover the Source 
of Moral Motion, and the Apocalypse of Na- 
ture, whereby the source of Mora! Motion is 
discovered.” This was printed as long ago 
as 1759. “ The Tocsin of Britain, with a 
Novel Plan for a Constitutional Army,” 
1794. ‘Good Sense, addressed to the 
British nation ;” “the Philosophy of Hu- 
man Society ;” ‘ the Moral or Intellectual 
Will and Testament of John Stewart, the 
only Man of Nature that ever appeared in 
the World,” 1810; “ the Scripture of 
Reason and Nature,” 1813. The last 
work he published, had for its object to 
prove that the liberties of all countries 
were in proportion to the taxes they paid. 
Thus, said he, Britain has the heaviest 
taxation, and is the freest country of Eu- 
rope, Holland the next, &c. With these 
notions he amused himself; but much of 
his writing and his conversation, proved 
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that his mind was executive, wavering, 
and illogical. 
In Sion-place, Bath, 66, C. H. Parry, 
M.D. F.R.S. highly and deservedly lament- 
ed. Dr. P. received his general education 
at Warrington, and his medical and philo- 
sophical instructions in the schools of 
Edinburgh and Loudon. Atan early age 
he married Miss Rigby, of Norwich, whose 
brother, Dr. Rigby, has lately terminated 
an honourable and distinguished profes. 
sional life. About forty years ago Dr. 
Parry commenced his medical life at 
Bath, from which period, during the first 
dawning effulgence of his extraordinary 
powers, and the shining meridian of his 
matured knowledge, he gradually advanced 
his character as a great practical physician, 
and medica] philosopher, till his useful and 
active powers, were destroyed by a sudden 
attack of palsy in the year 1816; and the 
effects of this attack were so complete and 
universal as to annihilate bis faculties and 
usefulness. His first professioua! literary 
effort, was in a communication addressed 
to the Medical Scciety of Londor, on the 
nature and pathological history of certain, 
commonly called, nervous affections of the 
head, for which he recommended compres- 
sion of the carotid arteries, on a priveiple 
which subsequent observations on these 
diseases, have confirmed and extended. 
The genius and original power of cbser- 
vation in the author were manifested in 
this tract, and were the foundation of fur- 
ther improvements in pathology. In the 
year 1797, he published a treatise on An- 
gina Pectoris, the leading and essentially 
important part of which was first commu- 
nicated to him by his old and distinguished 
friend, Dr. Jenner, though it received ad- 
ditional demonstration from his own obser- 
vations. This essay was received by the 
profession as an additional indication of 
Dr. Parry’s original talents, and is recog- 
nized as a standard work of excellence. 
Dr.Parry’s next work was one that evinced 
his general knowledge asa natural historian 
and physiologist, its title, “ a Treatise cn 
Wool.’ The circumstances which led Dr. 
Parry, to the contemplation of, and a series 
of experiments on this interesting branch 
of natural history and national importance, 
are too curious not to be slightly detailed. 
The late King, George II. had sent two 
Merino rams, of the purest breed, for the 
use of the Bath and West of England 
Agricultural Society, then in its infancy, 
with a view to ascertain the possibility of 
the production of the finest Spanish wool 
in England. Dr. Parry, impressed with 
a conviction of the absurdities of those 
opinions which attributed to the climate of 
Spain exclusively, the power of production 
of this wool, determined to submit, his opi- 
nion to the test of experiment, and accord- 
ingly, though occupied with the increasing 
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