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impaired in his Jatter years, we insert the 
following spirited lines, which he com- 
posed at the age of seventy-nine :— 
Since even Newton owns, that all he wrought 
Was due to industry and patient thought, ° 
What shall restrain the impulse that I feel, 
To forward, as I may, the public weal ? 
By his example fir’d, to break away, 
In search of truth, thro’ darkness into day? 
He tried, on venturous wing, the loftiest flight, 
An eagle, soaring to the fount of light! 
4 cling to earth, to earth-born arts eonfin'd, 
4 worm of science of the humblest kind! 
Our powers, tho’ wide apart as earth and heaven, 
For different purposes alike were given : 
"Mo? mine the arena of inglorious fame, 
Where pride and folly would the strife disclaim, 
With mind unwearied still will [ engage, 
In spite of failing vigour and of age, 
Nor the conflict till 1 quit the stage; 
Gr, if.in idleness my life shall close, 
May, well-earned victory justify repose ! 
For several years he was a principal con- 
tributor to the Monthly Review, and some 
of its most interesting articles between 
tie years 1774 and 1784 were of his com- 
position. But he was more particularly dis- 
tinguished for his genius in mechanical in- 
ventions, and his discoveries in that branch 
of science have greatly contributed to the 
commercial prosperity of the country. 
From them the manufacturers of Man- 
chester are at this time reaping immense 
advantages. The application of machinery 
to weaving is of his invention, for which 
he took out a patent in the year 1786, ‘The 
use of his machine for weaving formed a 
new epoch in the history of our manufac- 
tures; for, before that period, no other 
method was employed but the simple one 
which had continued from time immemo- 
rial. His invention also included the art 
of weaving checks, which the most skilful 
mechanics had till then deemed to be an 
utter impossibility. He had, however, 
fo struggle against the clamorous op- 
position of the working mechanics, and 
the fears of the manufacturers, who 
were not only deterred by the threats of 
incendiaries, but by the actual burning 
down of a newly erected manufactory, for 
the reception of 500 looms. In conse- 
quence of these adverse circumstances, 
the patent elapsed before he reaped the 
‘benefit which he had reason to expect; 
and, notwithstanding its subsequent ex- 
tension, and a liberal grant of 10,0001. by 
Parliament in 1810, the pecuniary losses to 
himself and his family, in bringing his ma- 
chines to perfection, as well as in main- 
taining his inventions in the courts of law 
against piracy, have beenincalculable. Dr. 
Cartwright also took out patents for comb- 
ing wool and making ropes, and was, be- 
sides, the author of many improvements in 
arts and agriculture, for which he received 
yarious premiums from the Society of 
Arts and the Board of Agriculture. It 
being to be presumed, that the patent 
of a Mr. Hull, early in the last century, for 
a steam-boat which had long sunk into 
oblivion, was as uukuown to him as it was 
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till lately to the public, we may affirm 
that the idea of propelling carriages on 
Jand, and vessels on the water by steam, 
was an original invention of his own. It 
is well known in his family that, thirty 
years ago, he communicated the plan of a 
steam-vessel to the American engineer, 
who afterwards introduced it into the 
United States. Until his last illness, which 
was not of long duration}he was occupied 
ina discovery which, if he had lived to brmg 
to perfection, would have been one of the’ 
most extraordinary ever promulgated in 
mechanics, ‘Till within only a few days of 
his death, he preserved unimpaired the 
vigor of his mind, and that unwearied zeal 
for improvement which cliaracterized him 
from his earliest years, Dr. Cartwright 
was a younger brother of John Cartwright, 
esq. the father of reform, better known by 
the title of Major ; he was also brother to 
Capt. George Cartwiight, who, after re- 
siding sixteen years on the coast of Labra-’ 
dor, published in his journal,’ in the year 
1792, the first authentic account that ever 
appeared in print of the Esquimaux na- 
tions. They were all sons of William Cart- 
wright, esq. of Marnham, Nottinghamshire. 
—Dr. C. was twice married ; first, to Alice, 
daughter of Richard Whitaker, esq.” of: 
Doncaster, by whom he has left one sor’ 
and three daughters; and, secondly, to 
Susannah, youngest danghter of the: Kev.’ 
Dr. Kearney, a dignitary of the church in 
Ireland.—Tihe following stanzas, written. 
by Dr. Cartwright on his 72d- birthday, 
may not be unacceptable to our readers, 
as affording an idea of his habitual turnot 
mind. 
To fame and to fortune adieu! 
The toils of ambition are o’er; 
Let folly these phantoms pursue, 
1 now will be cheated no more, 
Resignation be mine, and repose,— 
So shall life be unclouded at last; 
And while I pirpare for its close, 
I will think with a smile on the past. 
But, as still to the world must be given 
Some share of life’s limited span, 
The thoughts that ascend not to heaven 
I'll give to the service of man. 
The lute Dr. Baillic.—The father of Dr. 
Baillie was the Rev. James Baillie, some- 
time minister of the Kirk of Sholts (one of. 
the most barren and wild parts of ‘the low 
country of Scotland,) and afterwards pro- 
fessor of divinity-in the University of ° 
Glasgow. His mother was the sister of 
Dr. William Hunter and of Mr. John 
Hunter. In the early part of his’ ednca- 
tion, he enjoyed great advantages; and, 
finally, he was in the. whole course of it 
peculiarly happy. From the college of 
Glasgow, he went to Baliol College, Ox- 
ford, where he took his degrees; and 
came under the superintendance ‘of his 
uncle, Dr. William Hunter. By him he 
was brought forward into life; and, through 
his influence, was made -pbysician to St. 
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