tack of Mr. Bentley on the subject of Danish trade with China, 813. Hindu Astronomy, 360, 456. College, East India, at Haileybury, exami- nation at, Dec. 2, 1825, 69.
of Fort St. George, report of the Board of Superintendence for, 70-ad- dress of the governor to the students on the 11th July, 1825, 72.
of Fort William, speech delivered by Lord Amherst to the students of, on the 27th July, 1825, 216 — works patronised by the college council, 222. in Tasmania, subscription raised
at Madras for, 525. Colville (Sir Charles) resigns the command- in-chief at Bombay, 641-account of a farewell entertainment given to him at Poonah, 643-at Bombay, 646. Combermere (Lord) assumes the command- in-chief in India, 518.
Comet seen at Calcutta in Oct. 1825, 522 -seen in various parts of the East, 763. Congreve Rockets, correspondence respect- ing, 595 entire failure of those sent out to India, 634.
Cook (Capt.), dagger with which he was killed, brought to England, 620. Coral Bank, discovery of, in the Bay of Bengal, 761.
Cotton, travels of a pound of, 23-fecun- dity of the plant, 385.
Court of King's Bench-writ of error from the Court of Common Pleas, Mellish ". Richardson, 103-decision, Bucking- ◆ham, v. Banks, for a libel, ib. Court Martial on Assist. Surgeon Watson, 32d Bengal N. I., 226-on Lieut. Ximenes, 20th Bengal N. I., 387-on Capt. Lane, 7th Bengal L. C., ib-on Hannah Fitchett, camp follower, 519- on Capt Cole, St. Helena Regiment, 654.
Crabs, natural phenomena observed in, 66. Cricket revived at Bombay, 399-match -played at Palaveram, 525.
Crimea, account of the south coast of, from the journal of a Russian officer, 26. Cursetjee Manackjee, statement of the case of, in answer to what appeared respect- ing him in the "Oriental Herald," 342-answer of Capt. Moore to some remarks in the foregoing statement, 587. Cutch, disturbances in, 88-defeat of a party of Meyannas by Capt. Sandwith, 89, 527-politics of the country, 367 -magnitude of the British force order- ed to, 399-attack on Nugher Parkur by the Scindians, 527-abstract of late treaty of alliance with the British Go- vernment, 774.
Damaun-improvements in the territories, 399-arrival of Vicomte Richemont from France, 649.
Davis (Lieut. J. B.) drowned by accident at Bombay, 88.
Deaths-see Calcutta, Madras, &c. Debates at the East India House, Dec. 21st. -expences incurred for support of the East India volunteers, 113-half year's dividend, ib.-confirmation of the grant to Mr. S. Arnot, 114-instruction in Hindoostanee, 120-rates of ton- nage of the Company's shipping, ib. -case of ex-Lieut.-Col. G. Strachan, 126-government of Lord Amherst, and state of India, 129-Jan. 18th. case of Mr. Buckingham, 245-enquiry respecting the Oude Papers. 272-Jan. 25th.-motion for a new regulation respecting the education of cadets, 277 -salaries to professors, 307-encou- ragement of publications in the Oriental languages, 308-Feb. 8th., Company's shipping, 405-consideration on the Oude Papers, ib.-March 22d. enquiry respecting the Company's military equipments, 537-return of Sir J. E. Colebrooke to India, 539-East India writer's bill, 510-the shipping system, 548-case of Mr. Buckingham, 657- election of Directors, 687-May 5. East India Naval Force Bill, 765-East- India Writers' Bill, 772-flogging in India, ib.
in Parliament, on India affairs- Burmese war, 433-liberty of the Indian press, 434-affair at Barrackpore, 434 East India Jury Act, 435-exports and imports of Singapore, 533-writers in India bill, 534-juries in India bill, 535, 694-returns, 535-East-India Naval force Bill, 808-East-India Writer's Bill, ib.-magistrates of New South Wales, 810-Lord Charles Somerset, 810, 812-J. S. Buckingham, 811- Currency of the Cape, 812.
Debtors in India, petition respecting, 814. Deccan Prize Money, meetings held at the treasury respecting, 103, 309-copy of the treasury minute deciding the case in favour of a general division, 310. Dickens (Mr.), nature of his dispute with Dr. Bryce, 234.
Directors of the East India Company for 1826, 687.
Divination, Chinese, 762.
Drama, state of, in China, 40-The Orphan of the House of Tchao, a tragedy, 41, 157-amateur perform- ances in India, 80, 529, 634. Durbar, Governor-General's, 782.
East India House, debates at, 113, 245, 405, 537, 657, 765-goods declared for sale at, 146, 315, 437, 698, 817-elec- tion of Directors, 536, 687-ballots at, 695-Directors for 1826, 687.
Education, progress of, in British India, 317-importance of, in China, 565. Egyptian antiquities, 66, 620-marine, 385 -manuscripts, 762-telegraphs, 762. Elphinstone (Governor), address of the native community of Bombay to, 650. Enquiry, Colonial, 776.
Enterprize (steam vessel), its arrival at the Cape of Good Hope, 104, 243-arrives at Calcutta, 633-purchased by the Indian government, 634-departs for Rangoon, 785-government letter to Capt. Johnson on its arrival in India, ib. Epidemic makes dreadful ravages in India, 233, 522, 649.
Epigram from Audonus, 47-imitation from Martial, 180.
Exchange, rates of, at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, 99, 309, 404, 656. Exports to the East and West Indies, com- parative value of, 483-value of British manufactures exported to Asia, during ten years, 500.
Eyles (Capt.), of the ship Malcolm, piece of plate presented to, by his passengers, 695.
Fables, Hindu, remarks on, 189-speci- mens of the tales in the Pancha Tantra, 190.
Farquhar (Lieut. Col.) receives a gold snuff-box from the Emperor of Austria, 536-is presented with a piece of plate from the Chinese inhabitants of Singa- pore, 696.
Finlayson (Geo.), review of his mission to Siam and Cochin-China, 197.
Five number highly regarded in China,
Fo, or Buddha, definition of, 61-tenets of the religion as regards transmigration of souls, 215-account of the religion 570, 621.
Fog-compass, Lieut. Lindesay's invention of, 385.
Foresight, curious species of, peculiar to the Isle of France, 512.
Frank (Sir John) sworn in a puisne judge of the Supreme Court at Calcutta, 521. French Officers in the East, 813.
Gage (Rear-adm.) appointed to the naval command in the East Indies, 437. Gaieties at Calcutta, 80, 634, 748-at Bombay, 90, 529—at Madras, 238, 638, 792.
Gaudama, remarkable image of, discovered at Arracan, 62.
Gender of the East India Company, 386. General Orders by the Indian governments -see Calcutta, Madras, &c. Generosity, Indian, 235.
Gerard (Capt.), account of his travels in the Himalaya Country, 333, 457. Gilchrist (Dr.), his reply to a ''Madras retired officer' on the subject of the education of Cadets, 492, 740.
Goods declared for sale at the East India House, 146, 315, 437, 698, 817. Grant (Charles), monument erected to, in Bloomsbury Church, 435.
Grindlay (Capt.) notice of his "Scenery, Costumes, and Architecture of Western India," 759.
Gypsies, Indian, account of a distinct caste of, 385.
Haileybury College, examination at, in De- cember 1825, 69.
Hainan, account of the Island of, 15— meaning of the word, 156.
Hamasa, a collection of Arabic poems,
origin of, 580-elegy from, 582-verses of Abou Noama Katary in, 754. Hastings (Marquess), topics of his contro- versy with Col. Bailey discussed, 1-de- bate on the subject at the East India House, 405-his policy in India, 312— amount of funds collected at Calcutta for procuring a picture and statue of his Lordship, 390.
Himalaya Country, travels of Capt. Gerard in, 333, 457.
Hindoos, specimens of their fables, 189- Mr. Bentley's view of their system of astronomy, 205-Mr. Colebrooke on their astronomy, 360, 456-specimen of their poetry, 454-observations on their system of Punchayet, or abitration, 475. Home Intelligence, 103, 309, 433, 533, 694. Horses, uncommon fidelity and intelli- gence of those in Arabia, 215-obser- vations on the different races in the Malayan Archipelago and adjacent countries, 597-of Africa fed entirely on milk, 621.
Hospitals at Arracan, inquiry respecting certain abuses in, 632.
Huaco, use of the shrub as a remedy against the poison of serpents, 64. I.
Imaum Reza, description of the mauso- leum and shrine of, 58.
India (British)-policy to be adopted to- wards the Burmese Court should success continue to attend our arms, 17-ac- count of the original land tenures of Malabar, 48-Canara, 50-the Tamil Country, 170-and Telingana, 345- remarks on the determination of Minis- ters to appoint King's Servants to the Indian government, 89-ignorance of our countrymen in matters relating to India and to Indian affairs, 149- opinions on the British government in India, 154-Col. Macdonald's observa-
tions on the policy of extending our empire in the East, 194-progress of education in India, 317—on the efforts of the Missionaries in, 441-conduct of the Government in regard to the Bur- mese war, 469-present circumstances and condition of the East-Indians, or Indo-Britons, 561-corrupt character of native servants, 601-itinerant preach- ing in, 748-unitarianism in, 784- Trade with Sweden, 812-progress of the war with the Burmese, 17-official despatches which have appeared in the London Gazettes relative to the war, 100, 102, 513, 689, 764.
India (not British)-politics of Sind and Cutch, 366, 586-disturbances at Bhurt- pore, 521, 631-political agent obliged to leave Ajmere, 527-operations of the British forces before Bhurtpore, 632, 786 -account of the Sindian cavalry, 650 -fall of Bhurtpore, 788, 804-warlike operations of Runjeet Singh, 797-force ordered against the Colapore Rajah,
(Netherlands)-reflections upon the late treaty with the Dutch, and upon their commercial system in the East, 94-acts of the Dutch government at Bencoolen, 97-price of commodities at Batavia, 98-insurrection against the Dutch authorities in the interior of Java, 98, 242, 402, 590-state of the govern- ment finances, 242-Bencoolen about to be placed under the Residency of Padang, 401-operations of the new Dutch Company at Batavia, 402-ac- count of the insurrection in Java, 451, 530, 800-operations of the Dutch in Celebes and Borneo, 531-death of the Resident of Sambas, ib.-aspect of affairs in Java in Dec. 1825, 652- remarks of the Singapore Chronicle on the subject, 799-ports of Batavia opened, 800-marriages and deaths, 242. Indigo exported from Bengal during 1825 and 1826, 784.
Indo-Britons, observations on their present condition, 561.
Ink-making ranked among the liberal arts in China, 215.
Irrawuddy River, several branches of, suspected to fall into the Bay of Ben- gal to the Northward of Cape Negrais, 102.
Island, new, discovered in the Pacific, 620.
Japan, dissertation on the literature and language of, 213.
Java-see India (Netherlands).
Katary (Aboa Noama), his courage and contempt of death, 754.
Kesitha, account of the Hebrew coin so called, 511.
Macdonald (Col.) on magnetic variation, 54-on the extension of our Indian empire, 194-on the conduct of the Bengal government in regard to the Burmese war, 469-his answer to the attack of Mr. Barrow on telegraphic communication, 750.
Mackenzie (Col.), inquiry respecting his literary relics, 482.
Madagascar,-edict of King Radama in order to encourage trade with his do- minions, 245.
Madras Government (General Orders of) -sentiments entertained by the Court of Directors regarding the government of Sir Thomas Munro, 85-tribute to the "Instructions" written by Sir John Malcolm, 238-advances to officers suc- ceeding to half-shares of off-reckonings, 392 allowances to Brigadiers, ib.- Army allowances, il.-alteration in the pay of Adjutants, 393-new organiza- tion of the Artillery, ib.-.Revised Re- gulations for His Majesty's forces, 524- medical aid to surveys, ib.-strength of native regiments, ib.-formation of eight companies of drivers and draught bul- locks for the service of the European artillery, 788-interest on estates of per- sons deceased, 789-augmentation to the army, ib.-Lieut.-Gen. Bowser, ib.-
civil, ecclesiastical; and military appoint- ments, 238, 393, 524, 790. Madras, Answer of the Governor-in-Coun- cil to the memorial of the inhabitants for providing a Town-Hall at, 525- public assembly at, 638-races, 639, 792.
-miscellaneous and shipping intelli- gence, births, marriages, and deaths, 85, 238, 395, 525, 638, 792.
-Supreme Court-first charge of the new Chief Justice to the grand jury, 85-Sir R. B. Comyn takes his seat as puisne judge, 238-Mr. Harris and Mr. Gorden admitted as attornies, 396.
Apprenticing Society-objects of the institution, 639.
Malabar, account of the landed tenures of, 48.
Malacca, extent of the territory belonging
to, 166-revival of trade in the harbour, 241-circumstances attending the ces- sion of the settlement, 497-deaths, 241. Malay language, remarks upon, 348- labours of Mr. Marsden and Captain Elout, 349.
Malay Peninsula, account of, 166. Malayan Archipelago, observations on the different races of horses in, 597. Malcolm (Sir John), tribute of the Madras Government to the "Instructions " written by him, 238.
Manufactures, British, exported to Asia during ten years, 500. Manuscripts, Egyptian, 762- Hercula- neum, ib.
Marine, formidable, kept up by the Ptole- mies, 385.
Marriages-see Calcutta, Madras, &c. Masonic festival celebrated at Arracan, 390-lodge opened at Bombay, 796. Mausoleum of Imaum Reza in Persia, description of, 58.
Medicine, new doctrine of, 511. Melville Island-inhospitable nature of its soil, 532.
Meteorological phenomenon observed at Calonhaven, 64.
Meteor, remarkable, observed at Calcutta, 634.
Meyannas, depredations committed by bands of, in Cutch, 89, 399. Military Appointments-see Calcutta, Ma- dras, &c.
Misrepresentations of the Oriental Herald, 235, 527, 635, 640. Missionaries, their efforts in India consi- dered, 441.
Monkeys, white, seen at Siam, 201.
Moon (Mr.), tribute to the memory of, 91. Moorcroft (Mr.), arrives at Bokhara, 84- notice of his death, 609, 786-his adven-
tures in Toorkistan, 609, 709-his ac- count of the language of Tibet, 618. Morals, Arabian, prescribed by Abu Zaid, 583.
Moth, large, caught at Arracan, 66. Munro (Lady), rout given by, at Madras, 638.
(Major J.), his opinion on Pun- chayets, 715.
Munnipoor taken possession of by Lieut. Pemberton and Gumbeer Sing, 100— account of their route from Banskandy to Munnipoor, ib.
Mussulmen, their insolence in caricaturing the magistrates at Baunspole, 234.
Neelgheries, proposed accommodation for invalids on, 794.
Nepaul, account of the religion of, 509. New South Wales-audacity of the bush- rangers, 98-average prices of commo- dities at Sydney in July 1825, ib.- account of the penal settlement at Nor- folk Island, ib.-testimonies of respect to Sir T. Brisbane, 801-Shipping in- telligence, births, marriages and deaths, 99.
Nicobar Islands, report of the expedition despatched to rescue the crews of vessels wrecked there, 241.
Nuts, a tribe of Indian gypsies, account of, 385.
Oaths to Natives, Sir A. Buller on the administration of, 779.
Ochterlony (Sir David), notice of his death, 84-biographical memoir of, 181 -testimony of the high respect in which his character and services are held by the Indian Government, 225-subscrip- tion opened at Calcutta for erecting a monument to his memory, 391, 522. Oude, another loan advanced to the Com- pany by, 235.
Oude Papers, topics of, discussed, 1- debate on the subject at the East-India House, 405.
Oriental Herald, error in the title-page of, 235-numerous misrepresentations in, 342, 527, 635, 640.
Passengers of ships to and from India, 144, 313, 436, 557, 697, 816. Pegue, measures said to be in progress for establishing the independence of, 636. Penang-arrival of Cochin Chinese war- ships, 91-the commanders pay a visit of ceremony to the Governor, 92-im- provements going forward in Province Wellesley, ib.-arrival of free-traders with military stores for Siam, 93, 401- apprehensions of an invasion from Que. dah beginning to subside, 93, 401-im- provements in George Town, ib.—ship- building, 241-Cochin Chinese tenacity in making bargains, ib.- Commerce with Siam, 401-arrangements for ma- naging the conquered districts of Tavoy and Mergui, 401-proclamation issued to the inhabitants, 798-births and deaths, 401, 799.
Persia-description of the mausoleum and shrine of Imaum Reza at Meshid, 58- curious letter from Prince Abbas Mirza to the Rev. Mr. Wolf, 61-the King's reception of the French Embassy, 243- atrocious murder of Simon Hyrapiet at Julpha, 402-scarcity, 403-operations of the Prince of Khorassan against Mahommud Khan, Prince Kamran, and Mahommud Ruheem Khan, 652— embassy from the Court to the Indian Government, 796-another earthquake at Shirauz, 801.
Persian Gulf-account of a survey of the Arabian shore of, 63. Phenomenon, meteorological, observed in the forest of Calonhaven, 64. Philology, Malayan, 348-labours of Mr. Marsden and Capt. Elout, 349. Plagiarism, charge of, against the Asiatic Journal, 745.
Poetry-verses to a Lady, 22-The Chohans
of Delhi, 25-The Suicide, 33-The Bee inclosed in Amber, 57-The Visionary, 60-From Claudian, 165-To melan- choly, 169-From the Hindoostanee of Meer Tuqee, 175-The Voyage to India, 176, 358-Mocaddimah from the Bous- tan of Saadi, 332-From a Rissallah of Saadi, 341-Indolence, 344-a Hindoo song, 351-To a Motherless Infant, 359 -The Joys of Life, 366-From Seneca, 453-Friendship, 470-What is Wo- man like? 474-Lines to ...... on receiv- ing some Violets, 496-African War- song, 576-Elegy from the Hamasa, 582
-Lines spoken at the first annual exa- mination of the Head School in the new building at St. Helena, 600-The Cara- van, 608-Paraphrase from Suidas, 716 -Vox et Præterea, 719-Fatalism Qua- lified, 726-The Conquest of Seu, 747. Poetry, Hindu, remarks on, 454. Police, examination of Sir Edward West's statements in regard to the system pur- sued at Bombay, 701.
Pompeii, account of an ancient painting discovered at, 51.
Poonah, consecration of the new church at, 88-farewell entertainment given to Sir C. Colville by the society there, 643. Powell (Capt.), piece of plate voted to him by the society at Hyderabad, 396. Preaching, itinerant, in India, 748-The Rev. Mr. Warden's defence of the practice, ib.
Press, new regulations promulgated at Bombay for, 90--contentions amongst the editors of, at Calcutta, 234. Price Current of East-India produce for December, 146-January, 316-Febru- ary, 440-March, 560-April, 700- May, 820.
Privy-Council-appeal before, in the mat- ter of the East-India Company v. the widow and children of the late Nawaub of the Carnatic, 435.
Proverbs, Hindoostanee, 215.
Publications, new, and works in the press, 145, 432, 517, 688, 778.
Punchayet, or Hindu form of arbitration, observations on, 475-opinion of Major John Munro on the subject, 715.
Races at Calcutta in December, 635, 784 -at Madras, 639, 793.
Rocket, Congreve, claims of Capt. Parlby to have a share in its invention, 595- entire failure of those sent out to India, 634.
Review of Books-Finlayson's Mission to Siam and Hue, the capital of Cochin- China, 197-Bentley's Historical view of the Hindu Astronomy, 205-Moore's Views in the Burman Empire, 212- Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. I. Part ii., 375-Stewart's Con- siderations on the Government of India, 503-Boys's Key to the Book of Psalms, 506-Denham and Clapperton's Nar- rative of Travels and Discoveries in Africa, 613-Barton's Missionary's Me- morial, 737-Wheatley's Letter to the Duke of Devonshire on Colonization, 755-Grindlay's Scenery, Costumes, and Architecture of Western India, 758. Rienzi (Chevalier de) visits Bombay, 240. Runjeet Singh, warlike operations of, 797. Rüppell (M.), account of his travels in Africa, 511.
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