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Absentee Allowances, Abstract of the Report of the Committee of Corre- spondence, 605. Alphabet, Hints towards the Formation of a perfect one, 100. Great Defec- tiveness of our present System of Orthography, as regards the English Language, ib. Observations on the Classification of Vocal Sounds, 102. Explanation of the Table of the Universal Alphabet, 103. Advan- tages to be derived from its Adop- tion, 104.
America, Celebration of the Landing
of the Pilgrim Fathers in, 81, 83. Early attempts of the English to settle in the United States, 82. First Settlement of the Sect called Puri- tans in America, ib. Anacharsis's Travels, Original Letter of the celebrated Author of, 507. Ancients, Illustrations of various Cus- toms, Phrases, and Opinions of, from Oriental sources, 203. Rich Stores contained in Asiatic Authors; Divination, ib. Curious particulars in ancient Magic, 208. Supersti- tions of various Nations, 209. Anna, French Ship, safe arrival of, at Madras, 563.
Arabian Nights' Entertainments, His-
torical, and Critical Account of, 522. M. Von Hammer's German Transla- tion of those Tales, which have not appeared in a European Language, ib. Loss of the French Version from the Arabic MS. in its way to Lon- don, ib. On the Contents of the twelve MSS. of the Thousand and One Nights which are known to ex- ist in Europe, ib.
Arabs, The, a Tale, by H. A. Driver, 290. Curious Confession of ditto, ib, Specimens of the Poetry, ib.
Oriental Herald, Vol. 6.
Asiatic Society of Paris, Labours of, 44. Analysis of the original Ar- ticles in the first 5 vols. of the Jour- nal Asiatique de Paris;' Ancient History of India, and, in particular, the Historians of Cashmere, ib. Explanation of the five Medals of the ancient Musulman Kings of Bengal, 46. Historical Sketch of Bengal at the period to which they refer, 47. Theological Papers, 50. Travels of MM. Duvaucal and Diard in India, ib.
Assam, North-eastern Frontier, 134. Operations of the Army; Difficulty of proceeding with a heavy armed Force, ib. Arrival of Blair's Horse, 135. Extract from Bernier's Voyage to Surat, 136. Surrender of Rung- poor to the Troops under Lieut. Col. Richards; Details of the Capitula- tion, ib. Offer of Poorunder Sing in the event of his restoration to the Sovereignty of Assam, to become tributary to the Company, 347.
Bengal, Summary of the latest Intel- ligence from, 121, 319, 553. De- scription of the Country about Ran- goon; Character of the Natives, 121. Search for Treasure about the Pa- godas, by order of the British Com- mander-in-Chief, ib. Sufferings of the Army, 122. Curious instance of the arbitrary Conduct of Mr. John Adam, ib. Further Courts-Martial on the residue of the Sepoys who survived the Massacre at Barrack- pore, 125. Neglect of the British Indian Government in providing for the Conveniences of the People, ib. Their Liberality rendered almost useless by Restrictions, 126. Op- pressive Tax levied on Articles brought into the city of Calcutta for sale, ib. Calcutta Newspapers, 127. Discussions respecting the Dutch Treaty for the cession of Sumatra ; Partiality of the Indian Government in their Censorship on the Press, 128. Death of the Helter-Skelter 2 T
Magazine;' Probable cause of the termination of its existence, 128. In- troduction of the study of Phrenology at Calcutta, ib. Curious Police Case at ditto, 129. Insurrections at Calpee; The Departure of the Hon. D. A. Overbeck from Chinsura, ib. Extension of our Territory to Assam not desirable, 319. Deficiency of the Native Army, and unwillingness of the Men to enter the Company's Service, ib. Gloomy Aspect of Af- fairs, 320. Opinions on the Barrack- pore Massacre, ib. High estimation of Lord Hastings's character in In- dia, 321-2. Hasty and inconsiderate commencement of the Burmese War, 322, 553. Abuse of Patronage, 323, 555. Cruel and unjust conduct of the Indian Government in the case of Mr. Chew, 324. Abortive Scheme to procure a supply of Bul- lion for the payment of the Army, 325. Hygrometrical effect produced on Lord Amherst by the various events of the War, 553. Arrival of the Proceedings of the Court of In- quiry into the causes of the Barrack- pore Mutiny, 554. Injustice of the Commissariat Department towards the Sepoys; Latitude allowed in its Proceedings, ib. Formation of Sir E. Paget's and Commodore Hayes's own Dark-Green Marines, from the Sweepers and low Caste Men, with Increase of Pay over the Veteran Soldiers, 555. Effect of the Chauge of Governors to the Company and its Servants; Ignorance of the Com- pany respecting the Conduct of its Servants, 556. Caution of our In- dian Correspondents, ib. Pheno- menon of the Calcutta John Bull' advocating "Free Discussion," 558. Necessity of the local check afforded by a free Press over the Servants of the Company in India, ib. Boa-ted
Reforms at the Serampore College effected by the John Bull's "Free Discussion," 559. Confession of the Indian Bull' that he has been mis- leading the People, 560. Remarks from the Edinburgh Times' on the mode of conducting our Indian War, 561. Eagerness with which assist- ance is looked for from England, ib. Establishment of a "Dinner Club" of Indo-Britons at Calcutta ; Departure of Gen. Adams from Jub- bulpore, 562.
Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Bengal, 197-8, 405-6, 606-7. Bombay, Latest Intelligence from, 137. Splendid Entertainment given to J. H. Crawford, Esq., ib. Mr. War-
deu's Speech on the Occasion, 138. Mr. Norton's ditto, ib. Blessings that would accrue to the Natives of India by the introduction of the Arts and Sciences of Europe, 139. Ex- tracts from the interesting Report of Mr. Assistant-Surgeon Richmond, H.M. 4th Drag., on the Success of of his Operations for Cataract, ib. Report of the drowning of Runjeet Sing and his Army, 140. Fleet of the Imaum of Muscat; Insurrections in the North. Div. of Guzerat; Fears entertained of a Scarcity of Water at Bombay, ib. Visitations of the Bishop of Calcutta, 141. Governor and the King's Judges of, 305. Note of the Editor, 306. Scandalous In- fluence of the Government on the Press, in ordering a false Quotation of the Discount on the Government Loan, 326. Article in the Bombay Courier' on the Suttees, or Burning of Widows, 572. Call of ditto on Mr. Buckingham, &c., to contribute their Mite towards the Dissemination of Education among the Natives; Neglect of the Company out of their enormous Revenue to provide for the latter, ib. Mr. Sec. Lushington's Book on the Charities of Calcutta, 573. Establishment of the Sanscrit College, ib. Abolition of the Prac- tice of Burning by other Christian Governments, 574.
British Commerce, Evils to, produced by the East India Company's Mono- poly, 299. Letter VI. The Use of Coffee and Cocoa in place of Tea, the only Remedy against the Extor- tion of the Company, 301.
British India, Sources of Revenue in, 21. Mr. Tucker's Defence of the Salt and Opium Monopoly, 22. Fre- quent Preference of Turkey Opium in China, &c., 24. Malwah Culti- vation of ditto, 25. Bad Effects of licensing the Sale of Spirituous Liquors in India, 26. An Excise inapplicable to the State of India, 27. Effects of the ill-judged Restrictions on the Freedom of Trade, ib. Gross Produce of the Customs of Bengal and Madras. The Customs a miserable Burden on the latter, 29. Evidences of the dilapidated State of the Com- pany's Finances; Grand Object of the Company, 30. The Ryotwarry System, 211. Mr. Law's Pamphlet, ib. Merits of the Ryotwarry and Zumeendarry Settlements discussed, 212. Evil of the Ryotwar System established by Sir T. Munro, 217. Misery and Ruin consequent on its Operation, ib. Impossibility of the
Ryot's obtaining Justice in his Ap- peals, 220. Infamous Character of the Officers employed to collect the Revenue, ib. The Oppression of the Ryotwar System the principal Cause of the slow Increase of the Popula- tion of the Country, 220. Enormous Amount of the Revenue exacted from the Cultivators, 223. Benefits of Colonization, 224. Review of the Events of the past Year in, 537. Brutus, Marcus, On the Character of, 31. Tendency of young Minds, in reading History, to attach themselves to a particular Hero, ib. Reasons for believing Marcus Brutus to have been descended from the old Junian Stock, 32. Refutation of the vulgar Notion of his being Cæsar's Son; Sketch of his early Life and Habits, ib. Reasons for his siding with Pom- pey in preference to Cæsar, 33. Ex- culpated from the Charge of having improperly disclosed the Retreat of Pompey, ib. Comparison of the Minds of Brutus and Cicero, 34. His Attachment to the Stoic Philo- sophy, 35. Opprobrium attached to his Name accounted for, 36. The Lawfulness of putting Cæsar to death when he had become a Traitor to his Country, 38, 39. Defence of Brutus from the Charge of Ingrati- tude in killing Cæsar, 39. Cicero's Opinion of this Act, 40. The last Hours of this great Man, 42. Buckingham, J. S. versus J. Murray, for a Libel in the Quarterly Re- view.' See King's Bench Court. Buckingham, J. S. versus Bankes, Senior, 396. Libel contained in a Letter written to Mr. Murray; Non- attendance of the Special Jury; The Cause set down as a remanet: Post- ponement in consequence; Refusal of Mr. Bankes to try by a Common Jury; The Cause to stand over to the October Sittings, 396. Burnett, Mr. Bishop, Petition of, pre- sented to the House of Commons, on the oppressive and ruinous Conduct of the Governor at the Cape of Good Hope towards him, 184. His Ma- jesty's Fiscal versus, 600. Trial on the Charge of Libel against Lord C. Somerset; Mr. B.'s Defence, ib.
would accrue from an alteration in the present System, 90. The Age of twenty still better than eighteen, 92. Objections as to the Difficulty of ac- quiring Languages at a later Period, controverted, ib. Dislike to the pro- posed Change on account of it being. an Innovation, 93. Considerations of the Editor on the same Subject, 94. List of Improvements consider - ed necessary in the Mode of edu- cating and despatching young Men to India, 95. Observations on the foregoing List, ib. Backwardness of the Directors to effect Improve- ment of any kind, 97.
Calcutta Apprenticing Society, Public Meeting of, 326.
Cape of Good Hope, 343, 578. Symp- toms of Reform; Arrival of the Owen Glendower with Despatches for the Governor; His probable Re- turn to answer the Charges against him, ib. Singular Account of a
Caffree Tribe near Lieut. Farewell's Station at Point Natal, 578. Sur- prise of the Chief at the sight of a Horse, 579. His Cruelty and Des- potism, ib.
Carnall, John, Petition of, presented to the House of Commons, on the oppresive Conduct of the Govern- ment of the Cape of Good Hope towards him, 182.
Ceylon, latest Intelligence from, 141. Character, On the Knowledge of, 225.
The Fountain from whence Success is derived; Impediments to the Study, ib. Necessity of freeing the Mind from Anxiety and Prejudice to study with effect, 226. Intoxica- tion, Anger, Sickness, unfair Periods at which to form a Judgment of any Man, ib. Persons who live affecionately, or much together, not always the greatest Proficients in this Knowledge with respect to each other, 227. Conversations, or even Actions themselves, not always to be depended on; Character a Man gains in Society by his Actions, not his real one, ib. Few Persons ca- pable of discovering the early Bud- dings of Genius, 228. The latter like a late Spring, 229. The Art of Pleasing, ib. Means of acquiring it, 230. Division of Meu into Classes; Necessity of correct Discrimination, ib. Aristotle's Story of hereditary Irrascibility, 231. What constitutes Character in Men, ib. The Counte- nance no certain Indicator of the Passions, 231. Resemblance of some Men's Minds to a Mirror; Impossi- bility of judging by a front View, 232.
The Passions and Affections the Keys to the Soul, 233.
Chairman of the East India Company, Election of, 313.
China, Failure of Crops, and Ravages of the Cholera Morbus, 575. Chinese Literature, 107. Exposure of the Unfairness of M. Klaproth's Critique on Dr. Morrison's Gram- mar and Dictionary, 108. Defence of Dr. Morrison's Method of Draw- ing up his Chronological Table, 109. Notice of the Publication of a Chi- nese Work, with Latin Translation, 110.
Chinese Miscellany, by R. Morrison, D.D., M.R.A.S. 558.
Chinese and Greek Tongues, on the various Opinions entertained as to a Connexion between, 525. Note of the Editor, 527.
Chittagong Force, Movements of, 132. Position of the Army; Evacuation of Mungdoo by the Burmese, ib. Account of the Burmese Stockade at Ramoo, 134. Proceedings of the Army, 338. Arracan likely to prove a second Rangoon; Orders for the Erection of Barracks at Chittagong; Difficulties of the intended Opera- tions, ib. Advance of the Troops on the Arracan River, 564. Variation in the Accounts of the Numbers of the Enemy in the Arracan Fort; Report of the Destruction of the Gun-Boat Squadron of Dark Green Marines by the Enemy; Incorrect- ness of the Maps with regard to the Mayoo River, ib. Difficulty of transporting Baggage, 565. Impri- sonment of the Chief of the Mug Sirdars at Arracan; Reported Mas- sacre of the latter; Difficulty of supporting the Troops at Arracan during the Monsoon, ib.
Christianity in India, Propagation of, 58.
vil and Military Intelligence, 194, 400, 604.
Commander-in-Chief in India, Re- markable Origin of, 119. Memoir of Major-Gen. Stibbert, ib. Commercial Intelligence from India, 199, 406-7, 607-8. Correspondence, Indian, distinguished Traits of, 117. Advice respecting the Transmission of Letters to the Editor, 118. Letter showing the Danger of expressing Opinions openly, ib. Cowper, Col., of the Bombay Army, Memoir of, 307.
D Drummond, Sir William, Researches
on the Origin of Empires, States,
and Cities, 268. His Estimate of Public Taste, not applicable to the present Day; Hopelessness of any farther Insight into the History of the Early Ages of the World, ib. Uselessness of such Disquisitions, 269. His Mode of Studying the Fragments of Berosus, 271. Trifling of Etymologists, ib. Sir W.'s New Version of the Story of the Confu- sion of Tongues, 272. The Pa- triarchal Form of Government the First after the Deluge, 273. His- tory of Semiramis, Queen of Assy- ria; Observations on the Reign of Nynias, ib. Sir W.'s Credulity and Scepticism on particular Points, 278.
Deccan Prize Money, 147. Conduct of the Commissioners, 148. Cor- respondence of Sir T. Hislop with ditto, 149. Opinion of Counsel on the Refusal of the Commissioners to allow the Captors Permission to In- spect the Statement of the Booty fur- nished by the East India Company, unless under certain Restrictions, 150. Remarks from a Pamphlet on the Subject, ib. Ditto from the
Globe and Traveller,' Evening Paper, 152. Causes of the Delay in the Distribution of the Prize Money, 154. Petitions to Parliament on, 351, 590.
Direct on, Candidates for, 157. Capt. Seely's Requisites for attaining the Dignity of Director of the East In- dia Company, 158.
E East India Accounts, 347, 466. Im- possibility of forming a correct idea of the Financial State of the Com- pany from their Perusal, 347. Duty of Parliament to compel a Full and Fair Statement of the Accounts of the Company to be laid before them, 348. Revenue and Expenditure in India, 466. State of the Revenue during the latter Years of Lord Hastings's Administration contrast- ed with the same under Lord Am- herst and Mr. Adam, ib. Surplus at Bombay in 1823-4 accounted for, 467. Improvement in Revenue un- der the Marquis of Hastings, in 1822 3, compared with Lord Minto's most prosperous Year in 1813-14, 469. Table of the Company's As- sets at Home and Abroad to 1st of May 1823, 470. General Abstract View of the Annual Revenue Ac- counts of British India, 471-3. Education, Pernicious System of, pur- sued in our Great Universities, 502. Opinion as to the Expediency of
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