rald, 235, 527, 635, 640-parliamentary debates respecting him, 811. Budhuism-account of the system, 570

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, 87-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 successor, ib.-hostilities between the Dutch and the Chinese gold miners, 531death of the Dutch resident of Sambas, ib.

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

period 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, 277— observations 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-ciI vil, 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, 652Tunnel 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 '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

in Tasmania, subscription raised

at Madras for, 525. Colville (Sir Charles) resigns the commandin-chief at Bombay, 641-account of a farewell entertainment given to him at Poonah, 643-at Bombay, 646. Combermere (Lord) assumes the commandin-chief in India, 518.

Comet seen at Calcutta in Oct. 1825, 522 -seen in various parts of the East, 763. Congreve Rockets, correspondence respecting, 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-fecundity 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, 519on 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 respecting 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 ordered to, 399-attack on Nugher Parkur by the Scindians, 527-abstract of late treaty of alliance with the British Government, 774.

D.

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 tonnage 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-encouragement 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, 657election of Directors, 687-May 5. East India Naval Force Bill, 765-EastIndia 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, 811Currency 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 performances in India, 80, 529, 634. Durbar, Governor-General's, 782.

E.

East India House, debates at, 113, 245, 405, 537, 657, 765-goods declared for sale at, 146, 315, 437, 698, 817-election 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, comparative 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.

F.

Fables, Hindu, remarks on, 189-specimens 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 Singapore, 696.

Finlayson (Geo.), review of his mission to Siam and Cochin-China, 197.

Five number highly regarded in China,

761.

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.

G.

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.

H.

Haileybury College, examination at, in December 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 controversy with Col. Bailey discussed, 1-debate 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-observations 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 mausoleum and shrine of, 58.

India (British)-policy to be adopted towards the Burmese Court should success continue to attend our arms, 17-account of the original land tenures of Malabar, 48-Canara, 50-the Tamil Country, 170-and Telingana, 345remarks on the determination of Ministers to appoint King's Servants to the Indian government, 89-ignorance of our countrymen in matters relating to India and to Indian affairs, 149opinions 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 Burmese war, 469-present circumstances and condition of the East-Indians, or Indo-Britons, 561-corrupt character of native servants, 601-itinerant preaching in, 748-unitarianism in, 784Trade 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 Bhurtpore, 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, 797.

(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 government finances, 242-Bencoolen about to be placed under the Residency of Padang, 401-operations of the new Dutch Company at Batavia, 402-account 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, 652remarks 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.

Irrawaddy River, several branches of, suspected to fall into the Bay of Bengal to the Northward of Cape Negrais, 102. Island, new, 620.

discovered in the Pacific,

J.

Japan, dissertation on the literature and language of, 213.

Java-see India (Netherlands).
K.

Katary (Aboa Noama), his courage and contempt of death, 754.

Kesitha, account of the Hebrew coin' so called, 511.

L.

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 succeeding to half-shares of off-reckonings, 392 allowances to Brigadiers, ib.Army allowances, ib.-alteration in the pay of Adjutants, 393-new organization of the Artillery, ib.-Revised Regulations for His Majesty's forces, 524medical aid to surveys, ib.-strength of native regiments, ib.-formation of eight companies of drivers and draught bullocks for the service of the European artillery, 788-interest on estates of persons deceased, 789-augmentation to the army, ib.-Lieut.-Gen. Bowser, ib.