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-miscellaneous and shipping intelligence, 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 cession of the settlement, 497-deaths, 241. Malay language, remarks upon, 348labours of Mr. Marsden and Captain Elout, 349.

Malay Peninsula, account of, 166.

tures in Toorkistan, 609, 709-his account 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 Punchayets, 715.

Munnipoor taken possession of by Lieut. Pemberton and Gumbeer Sing, 100account of their route from Banskandy to Munnipoor, ib.

Mussulmen, their insolence in caricaturing the magistrates at Baunspole, 234.

N.

Nagahs, a wild tribe in the Burman Em-
pire, account of, 178, 727.
Napoleon worshipped by the Chinese, 521.
Nautches, Native, 783.

Nautical notices-discovery of Nederlandich Island, 620-description of Roe's Coral Bank, in the Bay of Bengal, 761. Nazaroff (Philip), account of his journey to Khokand, 352.

Malayan Archipelago, observations on the Necrology-Commodore Joseph Nourse,

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- Herculaneum, ib.

Marine, formidable, kept up by the Ptolemies, 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, Madras, &c.

Misrepresentations of the Oriental Herald, 235, 527, 635, 640.

Missionaries, their efforts in India considered, 441.

Monkeys, white, seen at Siam, 201.

Moon (Mr.), tribute to the memory of, 91. Moorcroft (Mr.), arrives at Bokhara, 84notice of his death, 609, 786-his adven

34-Maj. Gen. Sir David Ochterlony,

181.

Neelgheries, proposed accommodation for invalids on, 794.

Nepaul, account of the religion of, 509. New South Wales-audacity of the bushrangers, 98-average prices of commodities 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 intelligence, 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.

0.

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-subscription 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, 1debate 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.

P.

Pagets, a species of cigar pipe, becoming
fashionable in India, 83.

Parallelism in the Sacred Writings, 726.
Parliament- -see Debate.

Parliamentary Papers - Relations with
Cutch and Sind, 774-Writers and
Cadets, 775-Tea, ib.-Silks, 776—
Colonial enquiry, ib.

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
Commerce
in making bargains, ib..
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 melancholy, 169-From the Hindoostanee of Meer Tuqee, 175-The Voyage to India, 176, 358-Mocaddimah from the Boustan 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 Woman like? 474-Lines to on receiving some Violets, 496-African Warsong, 576-Elegy from the Hamasa, 582

-Lines spoken at the first annual examination of the Head School in the new building at St. Helena, 600-The Caravan, 608-Paraphrase from Suidas, 716 -Vox et Præterea, 719-Fatalism Qualified, 726-The Conquest of Seu, 747. Poetry, Hindu, remarks on, 454. Police, examination of Sir Edward West's statements in regard to the system pursued 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.

R.

Races at Calcutta in December, 635, 784 -at Madras, 639, 793.

Rocket, Congreve, claims of Capt. Parlby to have a share in its invention, 595entire failure of those sent out to India, 634.

Review of Books-Finlayson's Mission to Siam and Hue, the capital of CochinChina, 197-Bentley's Historical view of the Hindu Astronomy, 205-Moore's Views in the Burman Empire, 212Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. I. Part ii., 375-Stewart's Considerations on the Government of India, 503-Boys's Key to the Book of Psalms, 506-Denham and Clapperton's Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Africa, 613-Barton's Missionary's Memorial, 737-Wheatley's Letter to the Duke of Devonshire on Colonization, 755-Grindlay's Scenery, Costumes, and Architecture of Western India, 758. Rienxi (Chevalier de) visits Bombay, 240. Runjeet Singh, warlike operations of, 797. Rüppell (M.), account of his travels in Africa, 511.

to June.]

Russia-death of the Emperor Alexander, 104-state of the mechanical arts in the empire before the era of Peter the Great, 329-dimensions of the empire, 762.

S.

Sandwich Islands, arrival there of H. M. ship Blonde, with the bodies of the late king and queen, 532-account of the islands, 568.

Saracenic remains discovered in France, 385.

Securities, Indian, prices of, 99, 309, 404, 656, 807.

Sepoys, their attachment to the government, 395, 792.

Shakspeare (Mr.), his Pont Roulant Mili-
taire described, 82.

Shipping, notices of-launch of the Am-
herst sloop of war, at Bombay, 89-
loss of the Lotus, Field, on the Sand
Heads, 144, 235-loss of the Aurora, of
700 tons, near Zanzibar, 144.-loss of the
Stedcombe, Barnes, at Melville Island,
ib.-loss of the Nereide cutter, off Ne-
neta river, ib.-loss of the Arab ship,
Fulke, on the coast of the Northern
Concan, ib.-loss of the Betsy and Ca-
roline, off the Texel, ib.-loss of the
Theodosia, on the coast of Ganjam, 239
-loss of the bark Jops, on Cannonier
Point, 314-loss of the Royal Charlotte,
on Prince Frederick's Shoal, ib.-loss of
the Rambler, on the coast of Madagas-
car, ib.-seizure of the American brig,
Governor Endicott, by H. M. ship
Larne, 390-loss of the Nassau, on the
island of Tristan d, Acunha, 437-loss
of the Hope, off Anjeer, ib.-loss of the
Hydery, ib.-loss of the Ariel, in Viza-
gapatam Roads, ib.-loss of the H. C.
ship Royal George, at Whampoa, 654
-loss of the Perseverance in Table
Bay, 815.

,

arrivals and departures-see Cal-
cutta, Madras, &c.
Ships trading to India, and eastward of the
Cape of Good Hope, 147, 315, 438,
818-East-India Company's, trading to
India and China, 439, 559, 699, 819.
Siam, review of Mr. Finlayson's account
of the British mission to, 197-degrad-
ing servility exacted from the Siamese
towards their superiors, 200-prevalence
of leucæthiopic habit on the coast, 201
-manners and customs of the people,
202-trade of the kingdom, ib.
Sickness prevails to a great extent through-
out India, 233, 522, 649-at Arracan,
244, 404.

Silks remaining warehoused in Great Bri-
tain on 25th March 1826, 776.
Silk-worm, culture of, revived in Prussia,
66.

Sind, politics, of, 368, 586-account of the
Asiatic Journ., VOL. XXI, No. 126.

country, 650-copy of treaty between the Company and the Ameers, 774. Singapore-arrival of trading prahus from Borneo Proper, 93-arrival of an American student, ib.-signal station in the Straits removed, 94-formation of establishments for building and repairing ships, ib.-increase of cultivation, ib.immorality of the law regarding gambling-houses, 156-speculation in ores of antimony and tin, 241-account of the numerous specics of snakes found on the island, 386-seizure of an American ship by H. M. ship Larne, 390-shipment of warlike stores for Siam, 401the Resident hoists the British flag on all the adjacent islands, 529-establishment of the Raffles club, ib.-enquiry respecting the real founder of the settlement, 550-exports and imports of the settlement for three years, 583-Deaths, 94. Snakes of Singapore, account of, 386. Societies Asiatic, of Great Britain and Ireland, 67, 223, 383,515, 688, 773-Asiatic, of Paris, 61, 214, 619, 760-Asiatic, of Calcutta, 213, 509, 618-Oriental Literary, of Calcutta, 81-Wesleyan Missionary, for Madras, 396-Marine, at Calcutta, 522-Phrenological, at Calcutta, 522-Madras Apprenticing, 639

Auxiliary Bible, at Bombay, 649School-book, at Bombay, 649-Linnæan, 760-Zoological, 760-Ladies' at Calcutta, for Native Female Education, 781-Church Misionary, at Bombay, 796.

Sound, progress of, 510.

Sparrow (J. J.) appointed a provisional
member of council at Bombay, 641.
St. Helena-proposed emancipation of
slaves, 403-reduction of port charges,
ib.-lines spoken at the first annual ex-
amination of the head-school, 600-
court-martial on Capt. Cole, 654-im-
provements, 801-house of entertain-
ment for strangers, 802-lectures on
chemistry and botany, ib.-theatricals,
ib.

Stamps, unpopularity of the Bengal regu-
lations with regard to, 523.
Steam-gun-trial of its extraordinary pow-
ers, 62.

Stereotype, invention of a new kind of,

214.

Stewart, (Lieut. Col.), review of his considerations on the government of India, 501.

Stocks, daily prices of, for December, 147January, 316-February, 440-March, 560-April, 700-May, 820.

Sugar, East-India, meeting of merchants interested in the growth of, 235-enquiry respecting its cultivation, 599. Sumatra, eruption of a vulcano in the interior of, 577-see also India (Netherlands)

5 0

Suttees, 33, 389, 522-the practice sanc-
tioned by the law of India in the time
of Alexander the Great, 347.
Sweden, trade of, with India, 812.
Syria-prohibition of the exportation of
silk, 98 death of the Christian prelate
M. Gandolfi, ib.-miserable state of the
inhabitants on the shores of the Eu-
phrates, ib.

Syrian Metropolite, his interview with the
Bishop of Calcutta, 239.

T.

Tamil Country, account of the landed
tenures in, 170.

Tannah, consecration of the new church
at, 90-description of the church, ib.
Taylor (Hon. J.), admitted a member of
council at Madras, 396.

Tea, parliamentary papers respecting, 775.
Telegraphs, letters of Colonel Macdonald

to Mr. Barrow on the subject of, 750-
established in Egypt, 763.
Tenures, account of the ancient system of,
in Malabar, 48-Canara, 50-the Tamil
Country, 170-Telingana, 345.
Termites, or white ants, mode of destroy-
ing them in South America, 241.
Theatre-amusements at Boitaconnah, 80,
634-at Chowringhee, 80, 235, 523-at
Bombay, 529-at St. Helena, 802.
Thermometer in Nipal in March 1825,
215 at Madras, 215, 793.

Thibet, sketch of the language of, 618-
variety of letter used in, for familiar and
religious purposes, ib.

Thoms (Mr.) translation of a Chinese state
paper by, 484.

Toorkistan, account of Mr. Moorcroft's
travels in, 609, 709.

Transmigration according to the tenets of
the Fo religion, 215.

Trotter (Mr.), his agency scheme declared
illegal, 388 the scheme said to have re-
ceived the condemnation of government,
522.

Types, metal, of the Chinese character
lately cast at Paris, 386.

U.

Unitarianism making great progress in
India, 784.

V.

Vaccination, effects of, in India, 399.
Van Diemen's Land-resources of the co-
lony, 801-complaints against the Lieut.
Governor, ib.-bush-rangers, ib.
Volcano, account of the eruption of one in
the interior of Sumatra, 577.
Voyage to India described-leaving Eng-
land, 176-Passage to Madeira, 358.

W.

Weather at Cannanore, 396-at Baroda
Belgaum, and Cutch, 529—at Madras,
793.

Wheatley (John), review of his Letter to
the Duke of Devonshire on Coloniza-
tion, 755.

Widows, immolation of, 83, 389, 522.
Wood (Major), suicide of, 435.

Writers, number of, sent out to India
from 1821 to 1825, 775.

7.

Zoological Society, its formation, 760—
extract from the prospectus of the So-
ciety, ib.

END OF VOL. XXI.

FEB 1 6 1920

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