The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-04-01

trio ceased its music Of humanity at once. There
was glee Of three parts-and il was stopped
Walking Stewart is dead
We have been tempted /" to consecrate pas
sage" TO him, as John Bunkle expresses il. from
our regard for the man, and from the opportuni-
ty which whimsical little book,-a tinv pamnh-
let,-allows US of giving few particulars of his
life and travels. We cannot spare much ROOM
but we will take care that he rests as comforta-
bly, in nook of our Magazine, as ever he sat in
the stone arbour of Westminster bridge.
The pamphlet we have alluded TO Processes TO
be The Life and Adventures of the celebrated
Walking Stewart, including his Travels in the
East Indies, Turkey, Germany, and America x
and the author, who states himselfto be " Rel
alive" has contrived TO Guido bis subject d get
ting over the ground, for he manages to close
his work at the end Of the sixteenth page This
IS famous lesson Of condensation--and we will
attend to it rigidly.
John Stewart, or Walking Stewart, was born
OF two Scotch parents, in 1749, in London, and
was in due time sent TO Harrow, and thence to
the Charter House,--where he established him
self as a dunce-no bad promise in boy we
think He left school, and was sent 10 India, as
few others of his fathers countrymen were a.
bout the same time. Here his character and
energies unfoded themselves as his biographer
tells US, for his mind was unshackled by educa-
ton.
He resolved to amass $4,000 and then to re.
turn to England No bad resolve To attain
this sum he quilted the Company's service and
entered Hyder Ally's. He now turned soldier.
and became general. Hyder's generals we're
easily made and unmade. Stewart behaved well
and bravery, and paid his regiment without draw
backs, which made him popular. Becoming
wounded somehow and having no great faith ia
Hyder's surgeons IA sensible misgivinr), he beg
ged leave to join tie English for medical advice.
Hyder gave Poionius kind Of permission. quiet
ly determining to cut the traveller and his Jour
neg as short as possible,--for his own sake, aud
that of the invalid Stewart SMILED the inten-
ton of Ally the knew as we know, that all allies
are suspicious land taking an early opportunity
of cutting his company before they could cut him,
he popped into a river literally swan for his life,
reached the bank, ran before his hunters ike an
antelope, and arrived safely at the European
forts. He got in breathless, and lived ian En-
glish surgeon cured him.
Hitherto he had saved little money. He now
entered the Nabob Of Arcots service, and became
Prime Minister. The sixteen pages ofs the Rel
atives letter-press do not say how. They treat
only of etects--c' les are ont Of their sphere.
AT length he to- leave Of India, and travelled
over Persia and Turkey on foot fin search of a
name il should seem, or, as he was wont to say,
~ search Of The Polarity Of Moral Truth ~ &
after many adventures why are not one or two Of
them related , arrived IN England. He brought
home some money, and some g doctrines" as his
biographer calls them-but what these dcct-
rines" were, we are left to surmse. He com
menced his London life in an Armenian dress.
" to attract attention :" but finding the people
got very hungry after his philosophy, he resolved
on enlightening the Americans, who refused his
mental glass as perversely.
The Relative here drops the narrative, and
tries his band at the phiosophical--but ue do
not get very clear notion Of his meaning.
Stewart, on his return from America, \ made
the tour Of Scotland, Germany, Italy and France,
| on foot, and ultimately settled il Paris" where
he made friends He intended to live there but.
after investing his money in French property.
he srnelt the supher cloud Of the Revolution, and
retreated as fast as possible, losing considerable
property 10 his fight He returned to London
and suddenly & Unexpectedly received flO,00O,
from the India Company, on the liquidation of
the debts of the Nabob of Arcot He bought
| aunuities, and fattened his yearly income. The
Relative, in speaking of these anuuities, saws,
oddly enough,
Ohc VI us dukutUeS was purchased from the
County Fire Office at a rate, which, at the end was
proved 70 have been paid three and nearly four times
over. The calculation of the life gentry was here
completely at fault every quarter brought Mr. Stew
art regularly at the cashiers whom be accosted with
Wen, man alive am come for my money!" This
matter formed Of Mr. Stewards pleasantries for
he well knew how his longevity disagreed with these
Spectators Of death"
Mr.. Stewart now gave entertainments--ha
musical parties-conve observation-disclosures. The
writer is a little more distinct here.
This sudden and large increase Of wealth enabled
Mr.. Stewart 10 commence series Of entertainments
calculated to afford the highest treat to those friends
and acquaintance by whom he was surrounded Eve
ry evening Conversations was held at his house.
enivened by music and on Sundays, he gave dinner
TO select few, who were likewise grat6ed in add.
ton by discourse from the philosopher and in the
evening, concert of vocal music was added for the
guests pleasure. This generally consisted of sacred
music selected from Handers COMPOSITIONS. to which
the philosopher was highly partial. He often turned
to the person seated nearest him. and would descant
on the wonderful merit of this great master whose
music combined melody with HARMONY making the
latter subservient rule in the present day totally neg
lected by professors, who sacrifice all for science be-
trayng little or no melody in their subjects. These
concerts always concluded with the dead march In
Saul. another favouse Of the philosopher who gave
it the most serious attention.
Stewart was attached to the Kiuc-ard lived
peaceably, until the late Queens arrFal,-ghen
the Occupations of Operative Sawyers and other
mechanical movements, alarmed Stewart, and
awakened his walking propensties again. His
friends had great difficulty to prevent him from
going to America. He smoked another revolu-
ton. He wrote letter in the Sun, and became
easier.
"The Relative" says that " the declination of
Mr.. Stewards health was apparent to his friends