INDEX

TO THE SEVENTH VOLUME.

A

Adam, Mr. John, Departure of, from India, 144. Resolution of the Court of Directors on the death of, 170. Meeting at Calcutta for the purpose of voting an Address to, 548. Speech of Mr. Ricketts on the Occasion of, ib.

African Manufactures, 172.

Almorah, the Ship, Details respecting her Seizure at New South Wales, 163. Antients, Illustrations of the various Customs, Phrases, and Opinions of the, from Oriental Sources, 439. Prevalence of the Opinions of Spiritual Agency, ib. Apprenticing Society at Calcutta, 147.

Arnot, Mr. Sandford, Memorial of, to the East India Company, 174.

Arabian Nights' Entertainments, 117. Remarks on M. Von Hammer's New Series of the, ib. Proofs in support of the Superiority and Genuineness of the old Collection, by M. Galland, 118. Criticisms on the alleged Forgeries of the latter, 119.

Arracan, Capture of 156. Symes's Account of the City, ib. Attack on the Chambala Stockade by the Squadron under Commodore Hayes, 157. Failure of ditto, ib. Abandonment of the Stockade by the Burmese, ib. Particulars of the Fall of, 367. Intention of Government with respect to the Province, 368.

Asiatic Society of Calcutta, Meeting of the, 354. Account of the Literary and other Curiosities procured by Mr. Hodgson from Nepaul, 355.

Asiatic Society of Paris, Labours of, (4th Article,) 105. On the Papers respecting Independent Tartary, ib. M. Klaproth's Notions respecting the Language of the Bokharians, ib. Curious Manuscript, 106. Policy of the Russians towards the Petty States of Central Asia, 107. Commercial Route from Astracan to Khiwa and Bokharia, 109. Antiquities of Siberia, 110. Antient Tribes of the Kirghis and the Khazars, 111. Persia, 296. Antient Inscriptions of Persepolis, ib. Memoir on the Arsacidan Princes of Persia, ib. M. de Sacy's Note on the History of Shah Abbas, 299. Philological Discussion as to the Analogy between the Arabic of Barbary and the classical Dialect of Syria and Egypt, ib. Analysis of the celebrated Historical Work of Ibn Khaldun, 300. Essay on the Commerce and Relations of the Arabs and Persians with Russia and Scandinavia during the Middle Ages, 301. The Arabs in Spain, extracted from the Oriental Historians, ib. M. Reinaud's Notice on the Life of Saladin, 302.

B

Bahama Islands, 219. First Discovery of, by Columbus; Cruelty of the Spaniards, ib. History of Black Beard the Pirate, 221. Naval Heroism, 222. Capture of New Providence, 224. Description of the Town of Nassau, 225. Population of the Island, 228.

Bengal, Summary of the latest Intelligence from, 144. Extracts from Private Letters, ib. Feelings and Opinions of Calcutta Society, 145. Remarks on Sir E. Paget, Sir S. Whittingham, and Colonel Stevenson, 146. State of Public Opinion in India respecting Lord Amherst's Fitness for his Situation, ib. Disgust excited by the late General Order addressed to Commanding Officers, 147. Population of the old Territory of Bengal, 148. Meeting of the Ladies of Calcutta, ib. Letter from Bauleah, mentioning the safety of Mr. Gonger, who is in the hands of the Burmese, ib. Humane Proclamation of the Birman Chief, ib. Disturbances in Central India, 346. Orders sent by the Government to Sir David Ochterlony to withdraw his Troops, ib. His Disgust and Resignation in cousequence, ib. Injurious Effects produced on the Minds of the Natives by our Defeat at Bhurtpoor, ib. Injunction of Silence imposed on the Press, 347. Reports of the Disposition of the Burmese to Negotiate, 384. Interesting Letter from Rangoon, 348. Uncertainty respecting the real Proprietors of the Calcutta 'John Bull;' Comments on some of its Remarks on the Calcutta Journal; ' Sending Letters to the Newspapers; Domestic Slavery in Calcutta ; and the Transportation of European Women from the Country, 354. Termination of the second Campaign against the Burmese, 536. Account of the unhealthy Situa

INDEX

tion of Prome, ib. Panic at Penang on the Passage of the Siamese Armament, ib.
Failure of Supplies already experienced at Prome, 639. Mr. Trotter's Proposal
for a grand Agency Association by the Company's Servants, ib. Losses of the
latter from the low Rate of Exchange, 542. Effects of the Company's Regula-
tions on the Trade of the Country, 543. Missionary Converts, 544. Prevalence
of Cholera at Dinapore and Patna, 545.

Bhurtpoor, Disturbances at, occasioned by the Death of Rajah Bulder Sing, 149.
Particulars of the Affairs at, 362. Description of the Siege of, by Lord Lake, 363.
Account of the Town, ib. Causes of the Failure of the Siege of, 520. Disaffec-
tion at, 537. Report of an Attempt to draw other States into Combination
with, 549.

Birman Territory, Military Operations in, 550.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 197, 396, 609.

Bombay, Mr. Secretary Warden's Character of the Bar at, 369. Quarrel
between Mr. Norton and Mr. Brown in Court, ib. Belief of the Natives respecting
the Monument erecting to the Memory of Lord Cornwallis, 374. Visitations of
the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, 554. Education Societies, ib. Mr. Warden's
Manifesto in Reply to some Observations in No. XIV. of this Work, 556. Re-
marks on the Outcry raised by the Barristers respecting a Paper in No. IV. of
ditto, 558.

Buckingham, Mr., Further Disclosures relating to the Destruction of his Pro-
perty in India, 569. Consequences of the Suppression of the Calcutta Jour-
nal, ib. His Letter to the East India Company, 570. Correspondence between
Mr. Buckingham, his Agents, and the Indian Government, respecting the Cal-
cutta Journal,' 574. Second Letter to the East India Company, 581. Answer of
the Directors, 583. Appeal to the Board of Control, ib. Answer of, ib. His
Reply to the Remarks of the Calcutta John Bull,' 559.

Bugis, On the Trade of the, in the Indian Archipelago, 141. Situation of the
Country of the Wago Tribe, ib. Singular Nature and Freedom of their Govern-
ment, ib. Number of the Wago Vessels carrying on Foreign Trade, 142. Na-
ture of their Exports, ib. Probable Abandonment of the Spice Monopoly, ib..
Enumeration of the Commodities carried away by them from the European Settle-
ments, 143.

Bundoolah, the Burmese General, Death of, 550. Supposition of his being an
Englishman, and once a Major in the 86th Regiment, 567.

Burmese Artillery, 154. Mode of Warfare, 155.

Burning of Hindoo Widows, Opinions entertained Forty Years ago on, 527.
Extract from Dr. Gilchrist's English and Hindoostance Philology' respecting,
528. Proposal for easily and safely eradicating the Practice, 529.

Burmese State Carriage, 568.

C

Calcutta, "Peace, Harmony, and good Order of Society" in, 545. Quarrel
and personal Altercation between Lieut. Macnaghten and Captain Husband, ib.
State of the Press at, 355, 362.
ducting it, 356. Squabbles between Mr. Greenlaw and Mr. Macuaghten, 357.
Account of some of the Persons engaged in con-
Loan opened by Government at, 361. State of the Money-Market, ib. Expec-.
tations of the arrival of Specie from England.

Cape of Good Hope, 167. Consternation produced by the Order in Council for
the Payment of the Rix-dollar in Specie, ib. Deterioration of Property in con-
sequence, ib. Royal Proclamation, directing that a Council shall be established
in the Colony, ib. Languor of Trade at, 375. Appointment of General Bourke
to the Lieutenant-Governorship of, ib. Redress granted by the Colonial Office
to Mr. Greig, 562. Petition of the Inhabitants to the King in Council respecting
the Changes in the Currency, ib.

Central India, War in, 362.

Ceylon, Origin and Progress of the Introduction of Trial by Native Juries in, and
highly beneficial Effects of on the Moral and Political Disposition of the Peo-
ple, 231.

Chinese Language, On the Study of the, 522. Advantages expected to be de-
rived from the Use of a Universal Character and Language, 523. Examination
of that in Use among the Chinese, 524. Public Library of Chinese Books esta-
blished by Dr. Morrison in London, 526.

Civil and Military Intelligence, 194, 390, 600.

Civil Servants of the Company, New Rules adopted for the Furlough and Re-
tiring Funds of, 549.

Cochin China, 160. Frohibition of the Exportation of Rice, ib. Rise of Price

in consequence, ib. Departure of Messrs. Vannier and Chaigneau for France, 160, 560.

Colonial Press, State of the, at the Cape of Good Hope, 562. In the West Indies, ib.

Commercial Intelligence, 198, 398, 612.

D

Deccan Prize Money, 377. Abstract of the Property acquired by the Operations of, and Captures made by the Army of the Deccan, 511. Correspondence of the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Arbuthnot with Sir T. Hislop, 514. Gross Mistake respecting the Amount of Property claimed by the Army, ib. Injustice of refusing its Agents Access to the Company's, Accounts, 515.

Discipline, Comparative State of, in Ships of War and East Indiamen, 138.

E

East India Directors, Anticipated Changes in the, 563.

East Indian Club, Proceedings of the Meeting of, at Calcutta, 349. Formation of, at Madras, 368. At Bombay, 373. Literary Society at Calcutta, 543. Education, General Progress of, and Obstacles to its Introduction into British India, 482. Facilities for, at the present moment in this Country, ib. General Progress of, in Europe, 483. In America, 484. In the South, 485. In British India, ib.

Egypt, Researches on Antient Inducements for the Study of the Remains of Antiquity of, 37. Review of the Second Volume of Sir W. Drummond's Origines,' ib. Existing State of the Agricultural and Commercial Resources of, under the present Ruler, 258. Scantiness of Materials for forming an Estimate of the Rise and Progress of Commerce in the various Countries of the World, ib. History of Mohammed Ali Pasha, 259. Accounts of the Country by Antient Writers, 260. Its Extent, 261. Soil and Climate of, 262. Formation of Canals, 263. Its Population, 264. Character of the People, ib. Tyranny of the Pasha, 265. Produce of the Country, 266. Checks on the Industry of the Inhabitants, ib. The Viceroy's attention to Manufactures and Agriculture, 465. Increase in the Cultivation of Cotton, 466. Amount Exported to Europe, 467. Its Rivalry with that of America, ib. Enumeration of the most important Articles of Commerce in, 468. Imports of ditto, ib. Commerce of Alexandria in 1824, ib. Traffic in Slaves, 469. Number of Arrivals of Ships at Alexandria in 1824, ib. Number and Destination of the Departures from ditto, ib. List of the Arrivals and Departures in 1823 and 1824, with their Flags, ib. Account of all the Departures from Alexandria in 1824, with their Destination and Flags, 470. Amount of the Pasha's Revenue, ib. Sources of ditto, ib. Errors of his Government, 471. Description of the Inhabitants, ib. Resources of the Country, 473. Illiberal Policy of the Viceroy towards his Subjects, 474. Changes that have taken place in the Face of the Country, 475.

Elphinstone, Governor, Judge Chambers, and the Banished Bombay Editor, Mr. Fair, 129.

Essay on a Common-Place Topic, 477. Progress of Innovation, ib. Observance of the Sabbath, 478. King Charles's Declaration concerning, 479. Consistency, 480.

Europe, Incidents and Events in, connected with the Eastern World, 168. Rumour of an Over-Land Despatch received at the India House, ib. Continued Silence of the Directors respecting the Destruction of the Sepoys at Barrackpore, ib. Probable Recall of Lord Amherst, 171. Rumour of the Appointment of the Duke of Buckingham in his room; Arrival of the Moffat and Juliana from Quebec, 172.

F

Forget-me-Not, for 1826, Review of, 517.

Frazer's Travels in Khorasan, 98. The Author's Route, ib. Exactness and Fidelity of his Description of the Turcoman Tribes, ib. Anecdote of Shah Abbas at the Pass of Lasgird, 99. Tyranny of the Governors, and State of the People in Persia, ib. Picturesque Appearance of a Caravan setting forward, 100. History of the Foundation and Fortunes of the Village of Abbassabad, 101. Desola➡ tion of the City of Mushed, 103. Description of the Scenery in the Neighbour hood of the Caspian Sea, 104. Views of Calcutta, 533.

Friendship's Offering, Review of, 517.

G

Gilchrist's, Dr. J. B., Explanation of his Opinions as to the Practicability of Teaching the Oriental Languages in London, 378. His Universal Character, 519 Table of, 520

Governor-Generals, Past, Present, and to Come, 169.

Governor-General, New, Speculations as to the Appointment of a, 375. Offers
to the Duke of Buckingham, 376. Wishes of the Directors respecting Sir Thos.
Munro, 565. Remarks respecting the anticipated Appointment of the Duke of
Buckingham, ib.

Greece, State and Prospects of, 305. Apathy in this and other Countries re-
garding her present Struggle, ib. Difference between seeing and judging of a
Country, ib. Sufferings of the Greeks under their Turkish Rulers, 307. Know-
ledge acquired by them in spite of their subjection, ib. Mr. Waddington's Hor-
ror of the Revolution, ib. Their Offer of throwing themselves into the Arms of
England, 308. Different Modes of exciting Enthusiasm in favour of, ib.

Gretna Green, Visit to, 268. Mode of Electing the "Blacksmith," 269. De-
scription of his Person and Manners, 270. Number of Marriages solemnized at,
ib. Account of the Method of Performing the Ceremony, 271. Introduction
of the Act of Parliament for the Suppression of Private Marriages, 271. Con-
demnation of the Facility of contracting Marriages in Scotland, 273. Proposal
for a Reform, ib.

Guzerat, Insurrection of the Coolies at, 160.

H

Hastings, Lord, Controversy between, and Col. Baillie, the late Resident at
the Court of Lucknow, 401.

Hindoo Widows, Burning of, on the Funeral Pile of their Husbands, 566.
Number of Sacrifices in Bengal and Bombay during the last Four Years, ib.

Hyderabad, Picture of the Native Government of, by an Eye Witness, 7. Re-
commendation to Retired Indians to produce any Literary Stores in their posses-
sion to forward the great Work of Improvement in India, ib. Description of the
Person and Habits of the Nizam, ib. Extent of Power vested in the British Resi-
dent, 8. Arbitrary Methods of Collecting the Revenues, ib. Consequences of
ditto, ib. Establishment of the Bauk, 9. Pensions allowed by the East India
Company to the Officers on the Nizam's Establishment, ib. Disturbances at,
caused by confining the Tailor of an English Officer, ib. Loss suffered by the
English Troops on this occasion, 10. Imprisonment of the Nizam's Son, ib.
Murders and Arbitrary False Imprisonments by the Native Government, 11.
Villany of Govind Bucksh, 12. Estimable Character of the Resident, 13. Conduct
of England towards this State, ib.

India House, Debates at the, 380.

I

India, Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the British Power in, 338,
No. IV. Losses of the French by the Treaty of Pondicherry, ib. Death of Dupleix,
ib. Infringement of the Treaty by the English, ib. Their attack on the Districts
of Madura and Tinivelly, ib. Subsequent refractory Disposition of, 339. Attack
on, and Capture of Calcutta, by Suraja Dowla, ib. Confinement of the English
in the Black Hole, and horrible Death of the greater Number, ib. Appointment
of Col. Clive to the command of the Expedition for the recovery of the City, ib.
Destruction of the Maharatta Pirates, b. Retaking of Calcutta, 340. Arrival
of the News of the War between France and England, ib. Fears in consequence, ib.
Treaty with Suraja Dowla, ib. Conduct of Col. Clive towards the French, ib. De-
tail of the Plot formed against the Subahdar by the English, 341. Disappointment
of their avaricious Expectations, ib. Affairs of the Carnatic, 342. Capture of Ma-
dura, ib. Arrival of Count Lally with his Fleet in the Roads of Fort St. David,
ib. Engagement with the English, ib. Successes and Bravery of the French Ge-
neral Bussy, 343. Unfitness of Lally for the Station to which he was appointed, ib.
Bombardment and Siege of Madras, ib. Arrival of the English Fleet, ib.
Lally's Retreat to Pondicherry, ib. Taking of the Island of Seringham by the
French, 345. Defeat and Retreat of Lally, ib. Quarrels between him and the
Governor in Council at Pondicherry, ib. Surrender of the Town to the English,
ib. Return of Lally to France, ib. His barbarous Execution, ib.

Indian Army, General Mistake respecting the Uselessness of a superior Edu-
cation in an Eastern Career, 124. Effects of the continued Altercations between
the Court of Directors and the Local Government, 125. Demoralizing tendency
of the Oaths extorted from Officers holding Official Situations, 126. Hardships
experienced by such as have Families, 127. Amount of Troops in the Pay of the
Company, 128.

Indian Press, Report of his Majesty's Privy Council on Mr. Buckingham's Ap-
peal against the Laws for Licensing, 172.

Justice, On the Administration of, in British India, and State of the King's

Courts there, 22. Comparative View of the Checks on Juries in England and in India, ib. Salutary Control of the Jury over the arbitrary Power of the Judge in England, to. Inefficiency of ditto in India, ib. Great Power possessed by the Indian Judges, and absence of Juries altogether in Civil Cases, 24. Mischief produced by, 25. Difficulty of discriminating between the true and false Statements of the Natives, ib. Origin of the Perjuries of the latter, 27. Practice of the Courts in coming to a Decision, ib. Curious Case in Illustration, 29. Superiority of Native Juries, 33. Happy Results of their Introduction into Ceylon, ib. Injustice of excluding the Natives from performing the functions of Jurymen, 34. Difference in the mode of administering Justice in the King's Colonies and the Company's Territories, 229. State of the Colony of Sierra Leone, 230. Origin and Progress of Trial by Jury in Ceylon, 231. Proofs of its inestimable Results; 236.

L

Language, On Symbolic Writings, and the great Utility of Latin, 15.

Latin, On the Value of, as a Medium of general Communication, and imperfection of the Present Mode of Teaching it, 332.

Law and Constitution of India, Observations on the, 61. Falsehoods contained in the Preface to this Work, ib. Proof of ditto, 62. Colonel Stewart's calculation of the enormous Amount of the Land-Tax levied by the Government; ib. Absurd Calculations and false Deductions of the Author, ib. Small Amount of Rental left to the Proprietors at the formation of the Permanent Settlement, 63. False Statement of the Author regarding the Expectations of the Inhabitants of the Ceded Provinces, ib. Cause of the Increase of the Revenue of ditto, 64. Extract from Mr. Tucker's Work in proof of the superiority of the Zumendarry over the Ryotwarry Settlements, ib. Minute of the Madras Revenue Board, showing the Cause of the decline of the Revenue and Misery of the People in the Carnatic, ib. Extract from Sr Thomas Munro's Report recommending a remission of Revenue, 65. Fallacy of the Author's Objections to a Permanent Settlement, 66. His false Notions of the probable Effects of Colonization in India, 67. Conduct of the Company's Servants toward the British Indigo Planters, 68. Opinion of the Author respecting a Free Press in ludia, and the Effects produced by the Discussions in the Calcutta Journal, 70. The Effects ascribed to their true Cause, ib.

Learning in the East, On, 39. The Restoration of, 82. Bequest of the Rev. C. Buchanan, ih. Poems of Messrs. Grant and Wrangham, ib.

Louis XIV. On the character of, 72. Death of the Grand Dauphin, ib. Ancedote of the Duke of Burgundy, ib. Horror and Dismay produced by the Death of the Dauphin, Dauphiness, and their Son, 73. Suspicion of Poison, ib. Grounds for believing the Duke of Orleans guiltless, ib. Probability of their Deaths being occasioned by an Epidemic then raging at Paris, 74. Extraordinary Will executed by the King, 75. Details respecting it, 76. Substance of ditto, ib. The Abbé Maury's Summary of the Glories of his Reign, 77. Sophistry of this Eulogium, 78. Servility of the Courtiers to the Duke of Orleans on the approaching Death of the King, 79. Conduct of the Populace at his Funeral, ib.

Lynn, (Captain) Nautical and Astronomical Tables, 43. Immensity of the Labour bestowed on the Work, ib. Creditable Conduct of the East India Company and Corporation of the Trinity House towards the Author, 44. Recommendation to the Board of Longitude, Officers in the Navy, &c., to patronize the Book, ib. Prominently useful Features of ditto, 45.

Lucknow, Recital of the Sufferings of the distressed Citizens of, 584.

M

M'Culloch, Mr., Errors of Doctrine in his Discourse on Political Economy, 55. The Ricardian Theory of Profits, ib. Strictures on his Assertion, that Political Economy is" a Science founded on Fact and Experiment," 56. His Mistakes respecting the true Source of the Errors in the Wealth of Nations,' 57. Inaccuracies in his Abstract of Mr. Malthus's Work on Population, 58.

Madras, 158. Unpopularity of the Burmese War at, ib. Apathy respecting Steam Navigation, 159. Noxious Nature of the Prickly Pear Jungle, ib. Reply to the Madras Courier' on some Remarks made by it on a Paper in a former Number of this Work, respecting Lawyers' Fees in India, ib. Meeting at, to solicit the aid of Government towards the Erection of a Town-Hall, 369. Despatch from the Court of Directors to Sir Thomas Munro, on his Determinatiou to continue in his Governorship, 552. Important Decision in the Supreme Court