A.

Academy, Durrumtollah, annual examination of the boys educated at, 781. Adam (Mr. John), address of the British residents of Calcutta to, 231. Africa, account of the travels of M. Rüppell in, 511-review of Denham and Clapperton's travels and discoveries in the interior, 613-invasion and conquest of the country by the Arabs, 731-progress of the new mission in, 814. Agency establishment (Indian) declared illegal, 388-said to have received the condemnation of government, 522. Americans, Mr. Buckton's view of their origin, 384.

Animals, tenderness evinced by the Ori.. entals towards, 730.

Antiquities received at St. Petersburgh, from Egypt, 66-discovered at Arracan, 512-collection purchased by the Emperor of Austria, 620-Burmese, presented to the University of Cambridge, ib.

Arabian morals prescribed by Abu Zaid, the chief of the Sassanites, 583. Arabic language, its copiousness, 215. Arbitration, observations on the Punchayet, or Hindoo form of, 475.

Army (British) serving in the East, promotions and changes in, 144, 313, 436, 557, 696, 815.

(Indian), observations on the transfer of European officers in, 581-considerations on the supersession of Lieut. Colonels, 607-general orders issued to-also promotions in-see Calcutta, Madras, &c.

Arnot (Mr.), debate on his case at the EastIndia House, 114. Arracan-descriptive sketch of the country, 38-discovery of a remarkable image of Gaudama, 62-prices of commodities, 83-sickness, 244, 404-overland communication to Prome aban.. doned, ib.-climate, 385-celebration of a masonic festival on St. John's day, 390 -antiquities, 512-relief of troops, 622 -serious charges preferred by Dr.Tytler against the hospital branch of the Commissariat department, 632. Artillery, new arrangement of, in Bengal, 73-new organization of, under the Madras presidency, 393.

Asia, remarks of M. Klaproth on the existing maps of, 65, 621.-answer to his remarks, 717-travels of M. de Koros in, 763,

Asiatic Journ. Vol. XXI. No. 126.

Asiatic Journal, answer to the charge of plagiarism against, 745.

Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland -proceedings in November and December, 67-in January, 223-in February, 383-in March, 515-in April, 688-in May, 773.

of Paris-proceedings in October, 61-in November, 214-in December, 384-in January, 510-in February, 619-in April, 760.

of Calcutta-proceedings in July, 213-in September, 509-in November, 618.

Assam, progress of the war in, 17, 513descriptive sketch of the country, 491. Astronomy, Hindu-Mr. Bentley's view of the system, 205-reply of Mr. Colebrooke to the attack of Mr. Bentley, 360 -errata in Mr. Colebrooke's reply, 456. Australia-see New South Wales, and Van Diemen's Land.

B.

Bagdad, inundation at, 403-unpopularity of the Pacha, ib.

Bailey (Col.), topics of his controversy with

Lord Hastings discussed, 1-debate on the subject at the East-India House, 405.

Barnes (Archdeacon), address of the British inhabitants of Bombay to, previous to his departure for Europe, 646-piece of plate presented to, 648. Baroda, dispute at, between the Brahmins and a caste of Purbhoos called Coyest, 528-new bridge building at, by order of the Guicowar, 649.

Barton (Bernard), review of his verses on the death of the Rev. Mr. Lawson, 737. Batavia- -see India (Netherlands). Bayley (W. B.) nominated a member of council at Fort William, 622. Bencoolen, rapacious conduct of the Dutch government at, 97-value of the settlement not adequately appreciated by the Dutch, 401-about to be placed under the residency of Padang, 402. Bentley (John), review of his historical

view of the Hindu astronomy, 205-reply to his attack on Mr. Colebrooke, 360, 456.

a,

Bhagaruttee, on the navigation of, 762. Bheestee, petition of 81. Bhurtpore, disturbances at, 389, 521magnitude of the British force assembled before, 631-detail of military operations at, 632, 786-taken by storm, 788, 804.

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Bibby (Capt.) presented with a silver vase by the underwriters of Liverpool, 435. Bidenauth (Rajah), noble donation of, 762. Bintang, doubt as to the cession of that settlement to the British, 736 Births-see Calcutta, Madras, &c.—uncommon, 528.

Bishop of Calcutta, (Dr. Heber), consecrates the new church at Poonah, 88also the new church at Tannah, 90-has an interview with the Syrian metropolite at Bombay, 239—embarks for Ceylon, 240-his visitations there, 400, 529 -returns to Calcutta, 521-expected to visit Madras, 792.

Bombay Government (General Orders of) -services of Lieut. Col. Brooks, 86allowances to Brigadiers, ib.-transfer of duty of paymasters in native regiments, ib.-alterations in the engineer department, 397-allowances to acting adjutants, 398-political control of the fortress of Aseerghur, 525-shares of offreckoning fund, 526-uniform of officers, ib.—alteration in facings of regiments, ib.—claims for unclaimed prizemoney, 641-resignation of Sir Charles Colville, ib.-new member of council, ib.-staff allowances, 794-mutinies on board free-traders, ib.-clerical duties, 795-estates of deceased officers ib.civil, ecclesiastical, military, and marine appointments, 87, 398, 526, 641. Bombay miscellaneous and shipping intelligence, births, marriages, and deaths, 88, 239, 398, 527, 643, 795.

Sessions-cases before the court on 25th July 1825, 27-statements of the Chief Justice in regard to the police establishment, 701.

Auxiliary Bible Society-annual meeting of, 649.

School Society, annual meeting of, 649.

Church Missionary Society, meeting of, 796.

Bonaparte worshipped by the Chinese, 621. Borneo Proper-death of the Sultan, 93tyrant conduct and death of his succesib.-hostilities between the Dutch and the Chinese gold miners, 531death of the Dutch resident of Sambas, ib.

sor,

Boys (Rev. T.), his Key to the Book of Psalms reviewed, 506-letter from, to the editor, on parallelism in the Sacred Writings, 726.

Bridges, Shakspearian, their great utility in India, 82.

Bryce (Dr.), his dispute with Mr. Dickens, 234.

Buckingham (Mr.), debate on his case at the East-India House, 245, 657-the case decided by ballot, 694-numerous misrepresentations in his Oriental He

rald, 235, 527, 635, 640-parliamentary debates respecting him, 811. Budhuism-account of the system, 570period of its entering China, 621-definition of Fo, or Budha, 61.

Bungalows, staging, ordered to be constructed between Sherghatty and Patna, 635.

Burman Empire-descriptive sketches of the country, 38, 491-account of the tribe of Nagahs, 178, 727-execution of a native, 639. Burmese War-historical narrative of the transactions in Ava, 17-report of the occupation of Munnipoor by Gumbeer Sing and Lieut. Pemberton, 100-appointment of Mung-cra-cro to be generalissimo of the Burmese, in lieu of Bundoola, 101-disposition of the British army in Ava, 388-number and position of the enemy in the neighbourhood of Prome, 403-conclusion of an armistice between Sir A. Campbell and the chief minister of the court of Ava, 514, 533-sickly state of our troops at Arracan, 244, 404-conduct of the Bengal government in regard to the war, 469-operations of Lieut. Neufville, in Assam, 513, 514-audacity of Siamese pirates on the coast of Mergui, 513account of the meeting of the British and Burmese commissioners at Nembenziek, 533-proposed independence of Pegu, 636-rupture of the armistice by the Burmese, 655-transactions which preceded it, ib.-feelings of the Burmese respecting the war, 656-events which followed the breaking of the armistice, 689, 804-conclusion of a treaty of peace, 764, 806.

Burrampooter River, observations upon the source and course of, 52, 186.

C.

Cabul, military operations in, 81, 652. Cadets-debate at the East-India House on the subject of their education, 277observations of a "Madras retired officer" on the subject, 370-Dr. Gilchrist's reply to the observations, 492, 740number sent out to India from 1821 to 1825, 775.

Calcutta Government (General Orders of), sale of the estates of deceased officers, 73-arrangements for filling up vacancies in the senior list, ib.-grant of additional pay to assistant surgeons, ib.— new arrangement of the artillery, ib.formation of an eighth troop of horse artillery, 75-retrenchments of servants' bills towards the Civil Service Annuity Fund, 225-formation of two troops of horse artillery, ib.-character and services of Major-Gen. Sir David Ochterlony, ib.-period of service necessary to entitle an officer to hold a staff situation, ib.-new five per cent.

new

loan, 233-claims against the Egypt prize-money, 518-allowances to civil servants, ib.-new commander-in-chief, ib. remittance of effects of deceased officers and soldiers, 519-medical appointment abolished, 621-augmentation for the sappers and miners, ib.allowances to officers second in command with the six extra regiments of Native infantry, ib.-new member of council, 622-relief of troops, ib.-conduct of the Governor-General's body guard, ib.-establishment of temporary station hospitals at Barrackpore and Chittagong, ib.-the extra light cavalry regiments, 623-appointment of inspectors of hospitals to his Majesty's forces, ib.-courts-martial, 226, 387, 519-civil, ecclesiastical, and military appointments, 75, 226, 387, 520, 623. Calcutta miscellaneous and shipping intelligence, births, marriages, and deaths, 80, 231, 388, 521, 631, 770.

Supreme Court-extraordinary remarks of the Chief Justice after passing sentence on Appah, a Chinese, 628case of Caroline Lavinia Wickede v. Luis Jos. Barretto, for a breach of promise of marriage, 629-case of Maria Jane Christiana, v. ditto, for the same offence, 630-Sir A. Buller on the administration of oaths to natives, 779.

Asiatic Society, proceedings of, in July, September, and November, 213, 509, 618.

Oriental Literary Society -its formation, 81.

Marine Society, its formation, 522 -scheme of the society, 782.

Phrenological Society, meeting of, in September, 522.

Benevolent Institution, tenth report of, 235.

Ladies' Society for Native Female Education, public examination of, 781.

Church Missionary Association, second annual meeting of, 781.

Benevolent Institution, examination of, 782. Campbell (Sir Arch.), with his staff, nearly lost in the steam-boat between Donabew and Surrawa, 523.

(Sir Alex.), honourable testimony borne to his character by the Duke of York, 639.

Canara, account of the original landed tenures in, 50.

Canton-removal of restrictions on the importation of rice, 242-account of the forcible entry of European merchants into the city to present a petition to the Viceroy, 591-proclamation issued by the Viceroy on the subject, 653-conflagration in the city, 654-loss of the H. C. ship Royal George, at Whampoa, 654, 800-prices of opium, 801.

Cape of Good Hope-discovery of coal in a tract of land between the rivers Gamtoor and Kromme, 99-arrival of the Enterprize steam-vessel, 104, 243-determination of his Majesty's Ministers to make no alteration in the currency of the settlement, 696-public dinners given to Lord C. Somerset previous to his departure for England, 803.

Cargoes of Company's ships arrived from India, 315, 698.

Carnatic, death of the Nabob of, 639, 793. Celebes, military operations of the Dutch in, 511.

Ceylon-tribute to the memory of the late Mr. Moon of the Botanic Institution, 91-alteration in the currency, 240visitations of the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, 400, 529-proposals for establishing a mission college at Jaffna, 652— Tunnel near Kandy opened, 652-civil appointments, 240, 400, 798-births, marriages and deaths, 241, 401, 798. Chess, origin of the game, 620. China-Account of its dramatic literature, 40-translation of the 6 Orphan of Tchao,' a tragedy, 41, 157-ink-making ranked among the liberal arts, 215,translation of a state-paper, being an address of the minister Hew-Hang, to the Emperor Ching-Tsung, 484-method of making varnish, 510-importance of education, 565-first introduction of Budhuism, 621-the number five, 761-locusts, 762-divination, ib. -Danish trade with, 813-see also Canton.

Chinese Language, peculiarities of, 720. Cholera Morbus, use of cajeputa oil in the cure of, 65-twelve hundred people carried off by it in four days at Colapore, 90-makes dreadful ravages among the natives at Benares, 233-a missionary's receipt for the cure of, 386-rages at Chunar, Jessore, and Dinapore, 522also at Baroda and Kaira, 649. Civil Appointments— -see Calcutta, Madras, &c.

Civil Service Annuity Fund of Bengal, its numerous subscribers, 81-government order respecting its establishment, 225-cases intended to be submitted to the Court of Directors, 234-general meeting of subscribers at Calcutta, 521. Clapperton (Capt.), review of his travels and discoveries in Africa, 613. Cochin-China, review of Mr. Finlayson's account of the British mission to, 197description of Hue, the capital 203account of the inhabitants, 204-extraordinary discrepancies between the account of Cochin-China manners given by Mr. Finlayson, and the American Lieut. White, 205.

Colebrooke (H. T.), his reply to the at

that a letter has been received from Tiflis, in the hand-writing of M. Allard de Saint Tropés himself, in which he announces that he is in Lahore, with Mr. Ventura-that they are very happy, loved and esteemed, and have the rank of general, with a pay amounting to 6,000 francs per month.

The country in which those two French officers are settled is quite unknown to geographers, and we have hardly any information concerning it, beyond that which was transmitted to us by the historians of Alexander, whose conquests ended with the Pundjub, which forms part of the dominions of Runjeet Singh. We may therefore hope to receive one day information concerning those countries, which will be important to science and to commerce, and cannot be indifferent to the English-the present possessors of India."

DEBTORS IN INDIA.

A petition from Mr. Henry Howell, a free merchant of India, presented to the House of Commons, April 25, calls the attention of Parliament to the hardships endured by prisoners confined for debt in the gaols of India, where (there being no bankrupt or insolvent laws) debtors are at the mercy of their creditors. It states that there are debtors in the gaol of Calcutta who have been confined from eight to fifteen years without hope of release; one man has declared that his prisoner should never leave the walls alive, unless he paid his debt. The extension of the British laws respecting debtors would, the petitioner states, protect the creditor as well as the debtor, since the property of an insolvent is often seized by one individual, to the exclusion of the rest of the creditors. The petition represents the state of the European debtor in the East Indies as worse than that of a slave in the West-Indies, being cut off from his kindred, immured for life in a climate where confinement is peculiarly dangerous, and depending on charity for his daily meal.

AFRICAN MISSION.

The following extrac from a letter received from the Surgeon of H. M. ship Brazen, dated Badagry, 27th November 1825, appears in the Aberdeen Journal:

"Our travellers, when at Cape Coast, purchased a large canoe to carry them up one of the creeks of the Formoso to Benin. When they arrived at Wydah, they had the good fortune to meet with Mr. Houston, the merchant who was instrumental in procuring permission for Belzoni to travel through Benin, he having just arrived from America. The mission was instructed by Government to request this gentleman's

assistance, and if necessary, to appoint him their agent, with a suitable salary. Mr. Houston was reluctant to sacrifice his commercial prospects, but at length agreed to become their agent. From his knowledge of the country, and acquaintance with many of the native chiefs, he will be able to render very important services to the mission. He proposed their route from this place through the kingdom of Hio, as the most likely to be crowned with success; but thought it necessary to send a messenger to the capital to request permission of the King, an arrangement which would occupy the space of twenty days.-When the Brazen arrived at Wydah, Captain Clapperton and Mr. Dixon went on shore, to inquire if the messengers, which the King of Tohatoo promised to send to this place, had arrived.

They were received with great coolness by the King and a rich Brazilian named De Suzza, resident at his court, no doubt in consequence of liberating the slaves which belonged to the Spanish schooner. But they conducted their negociations with so much address, that they both declared themselves friendly to the mission, and breakfast, where the King of England's invited them next morning to a grand

health was drank, with military honours, succeeded by the King of Dahomey's and other Chiefs, according to their supposed rank. De Suzza has so great influence among many of the African Princes, that he deposed the King of Popoe, who had offended him, and placed the next heir on the throne; and he has promised to do all in his power to forward the mission through Dahomey. He even offered to accompany Mr. Dixon to Abomey to request permission of the king. This was too favourable a proposal to reject; Mr. Dixon went on shore the same evening, with orders to proceed to the capital without delay, and return again to the coast to communicate the result of his visit to Captain Clapper

ton.

Mr. Houston has just come off with the pleasing intelligence that there is no objection to their proceeding through Badagry to Hio, and thence to Niffy, a large town on the banks of the Niger, not many days journey from Sokatoo, where Captain Clapperton terminated his last journey. Captain Clapperton intends despatching a messenger to-morrow morning, to instruct Mr. Dixon to proceed through the kingdom of Dahomey to Sokatoo. On leaving England, the mission thought the greatest obstacle to their proceeding from the sea-coast, would arise from the influence of the Portuguese and Spanish at the native courts. It shows, therefore, how admirably adapted the members of the mission must be to accomplish their perilous undertaking, to have conducted their arrangements so ably at the outset, as to convert the greatest obstacle to their progress into a protection and support to

them

them in their adventurous journey. A more worthy persevering character than Captain Clapperton could not have been sent out, or one more likely to accomplish the important objects of the mission. Every step has hitherto succeeded beyond his most sanguine expectations. Two tracts of country, containing extensive kingdoms scarcely known by name in Europe, will be traversed by the divided mission, if the unhealthiness of the climate do not arrest their progress. Even in this respect they are fortunate; the rainy season is now over, and the country comparatively healthy. Captain Clapperton has perfectly recovered from the consequences of his last journey, and is now in excellent health and spirits, as are all his companions.They commence their peregrinations to morrow morning."

Accounts have reached Cape Coast of the death of Capt. Pearce, R.N., and Dr. Morrison, the companions of Capt. Clap. perton, who had reached Soudan, 160 miles in the interior, nearly in lat. 8 north, and was, by the last advices received of him, descending the north of the Kong Mountains on his route to Timbuctoo.

COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS.

His Majesty has been pleased to appoint A. Baxter, Esq. to the office of Attorney General in the colony of New South Wales, and James Holland, Esq., late Attorney General of the Bermuda Islands, to be Solicitor General and Commissioner of the Court of Requests in the same colony, in the 3 tead of J. Stephens, Esq., promoted to be a Puisne Judge.

LOSS OF THE PERSEVERANCE.

The free-trader Perseverance, Best, was lost on the Whale Rock, working out of Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the 12th March-Passengers and crew saved.

ARCHDEACON OF BOMBAY.

The Rev. John Hawtayne, some time since appointed Archdeacon of Calcutta, is now appointed Archdeacon of the Presidency of Bombay.

PROMOTIONS AND CHANGES IN THE BRITISH ARMY.

(SERVING IN THE EAST.)

4th Light Drags. Capt. H. Master, from h. p., to be capt., v. T. D. Burrowes, who exch., rec. dif. (27 Apr.); Corn. E. Harvey to be lieut. by purch., v. Richardson prom (4 May).

13th Light Drags. Capt. T. P. Lang, from 8th F., to be capt., v. Maitland, who exch. (20 Apr.)

16th Light Drags. Lieut. J. Douglass, from 81st F., to be lieut. by purch., v. Smyth prom. (22 Apr.)

2d Foot. Lieut. G. C. Mundy to be capt. by purch., v. Ford prom. (13 May); Ens. S. N. Fisher to be lieut by purch., v. Mundy (13 May);-Mac Mahon to be ens., v. Torrens dec. (10 Sept. 25); M. W. Lomax to be ens. by purch., v. Fisher (13

May); Assist.surg. D. Campbell to be surg., v. Alexander app. to 6th Drags. (27 Apr.); Assist. surg. W. M. Wilkins, from Ceyl. Regt., to be assist.surg., v. Ralph dec. (20 Apr.)

3d Foot. Lieut. S. Ridd, from h. p. 60th F., to be lieut., v. Wheatstone app. to 53d F. (13 Apr.); Lieut. E. W. Antrobus, from h. p. 13th F., to be lieut., v. Ashhurst, whose app. has not taken place (27 Mar.)

6th Foot. Assist.surg. to forces P. Campbell to be assist.surg., v. Hood, whose app. has been cancelled (20 Apr.)

13th Foot. 2d-Lieut. C. White, from Ceyl.Regt., to be ens., v. Pearson dec. (13 Apr.); Hosp. Mate P. Brodie to be assist.surg., v. "Henderson prom. in 87th F. (20 Apr.)

14th Foot. Brev. Maj. M. Everard, to be maj., v. Tidy prom. in 44th F.; Lieut. H. B. Armstrong to be capt., v. Everard; Ens. B. V. Layard to be lieut., v. Armstrong, and Lieut. J. Grant to be adj., v. Armstrong (all 4 May).

16th Foot. T. Douglass to be ens. by purch., v. Kellett prom. (22d Apr.); Ens. W. F. Hannagan, from h. p. 76th F., to be ens., v. J. M'Intosh, who exch., rec. dif. (20 Apr.)

30th Foot. Ens. C. H. Marechaux to be lieut., v. Gregg dec.; and E. R. Gregg to be Ens., v. Marechaux (both 6 Apr.)

40th Foot. Hosp. Assist. J. Mackenzie to be assist. surg. (12 Apr.)

41st Foot. Ens. J. G. Inglis, from 54th F., to be lieut. by purch., v. Gray, who rets. (22 Apr.)

44th Foot. Ens. A. A. Browne, from 13th F., to be lieut. by purch., v. Hawkins prom. in 89th F. (13 Apr.); Brev. Lieut. Col. F. S. Tidy, from 14th Ft. to be lieut. col., v. dec. (4 May.)

46th Foot. J. Lacy to be ens., v. Cumming dec. (20 Apr.)

47th Foot. Lieut. C. Walker, from h. p. 4th F., to be lieut., v. R. Cochrane, who exch. (27 Apr.)

54th Fot. Ens. R. Burton to be lieut. by purch., v. Crofton, who rets. (12 Apr.); Lieut. F. Tincombe, from h. p. 30th F., to be lieut., v. Thomas app. to 26th F. (13th Apr.); C. Daintry to be ens. by purch., v. Inglis prom. in 41st F. (22 Apr.); Lieut. J. Gray to be capt., v. Grindley dec. (20 Apr.): Ens. G. Holt to be lieut., v. Considine dec. (12 Sept. 25); Ens. R. Dodd, from h. p. 20th F., to be ens., v. Holt (29 Apr.)

78th Foot. F. Montgomery to be ens. by purch., v. Holyoake prom.; and Hosp. Assist. J. Thomson to be assist. surg. (both 13 Apr.); Ens. T. M. Wilson to be lieut. by purch., v. Vassall prom.; and T. Wingate to be ens. by purch., v. Wilson (both 13 May); Ens. J. E. N. Bull to be ad., v. Cooper, who res. adjtcy. only (4 May).

88d Foot. Qu. Mast. J. Stubbs to be adj., with rank of ens., v. Swinburne prom.; and Serj. J. Rusher to be qu. mast., v. Stubbs (both 20 Apr.)

87th Foot. C. Urquhart to be ens. by purch., v. Ramsay prom. (13 Apr.)

89th Foot. Lieut. W. Gorse, from h. p. 3d W. I. Regt., to be lieut., v. Palmer app. to 65th F. (22 Apr.); Lieut. T. W. Stroud, from h. p., to be lieut., v. W. Butler, whose app. has not taken place (27 Apr.); Assist.surg. J. Henderson, from 13th F., to be surg., v. R. Daun, who rets. on h. p. (20 Apr.); Ens. Gray to be lieut., v. Olpherts dec. (4 May); Ens. J. Dewes to be ens., v. La Roche, whose app. has not taken place (3 May); C. Lee to be ens., v. Gray (4 May).

Ceylon Regt. 2d-Lieut. H. V. Kempen to be 1stlieut., by pur. v. Dempsey, who rets. (22 Apr.); W. Hope to be 2d-lieut., v. H. H. White dec. (12 Apr.); J. Deaken to be 2d-lieut., v. C. White app. to 13th F. (13 Apr.); 2d-Lieut. T. W. Rogers to be 1stlieut., v. Lord W. Montagu prom.; and J. Edwards to be 2d-lieut. by purch., v. Rogers (both 4 May).

Allowed to dispose of their half-pay. Capt. W. Kelley, 40th F.; Lieut. W. R. Knevett, 11th L. Dr.; Lieut. H. Green, 67th F.; Capt. G. Price, 46th F.; Capt. W. H. Burroughs, 69th F. (all 13 May); Ens. J. L. Clarke, 44th F. (20 May).`