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Capt. Robert O'Brien, late of his Majesty's ship Cornwallis, who was dismissed from the service in the East Indies, for some informalities in assuming the command of that station, on the decease of Rear-Admiral Sir George Burlton, is reinstated in his rank.

The Conqueror, 74, is arrived at Portsmouth, from Sheerness, completely fitted and stored for St. Helena, to wait the arrival of Rear-Admiral Plampin, with his final instructions from the Admiralty. The Rear-Admiral, we understand, is daily expected at Portsmouth, to re-hoist his flag, and proceed. Sir Pulteney

Malcolm will return home in the Newcastle. Admiral Plampin will continue on the station three years. John Elliot, Esq. (brother of Captain Elliot, of his Majesty's ship Scamander) has been appointed his Secretary.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. House of Lords, Tuesday, Jan. 8th.At an early hour this day the Session was opened by a Speech from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. At a few minutes past two o'clock, his Royal Highness, attended by the usual state officers, ascended the throne, and delivered the following speech :

"My Lords and Gentlemen,

"It is with deep regret that I am again obliged to announce to you, that no alteration has occurred in the state of his Majesty's lamented indisposition.

"I continue to receive from Foreign Powers the strongest assurances of their friendly disposition towards this country, and of their earnest desire to maintain the general tranquillity.

"The hostilities to which I was compelled to resort, in vindication of the honour of the country, against the Government of Algiers, have been attended with the most complete success.

"The splendid achievement of his Majesty's feet, in conjunction with the squadron of the King of the Netherlands, under the gallant and able conduct of Admiral Viscount Exmouth, led to the immediate and unconditional liberation of all Christian captives then within the territories of Algiers, and to the renunciation by its government of the practice of Christian slavery.

"I am persuaded that you will be duly sensible of the importance of an arrangement so interesting to humanity, and reflecting, from the manner in which it has been accomplished, such signal honour on the British nation.

In India, the refusal of the Government of Nepal to ratify a treaty of peace, which had been signed by its plenipotentiaries, occasioned a renewal of military operations.

The judicious arrangements of the Governor-general, seconded by the bravery and perseverance of his Majesty's forces and of those of the East-India Company,` brought the campaign to a speedy and successful issue; and peace has been finally established, upon the just and honourable terms of the original treaty.

"Gentlemen of the House of Commons, have directed the estimates for the current year to be laid before you.

"They have been formed upon a full consideration of all the present circumstances of the country, with an anxious deblishments which the safety of the empire sire to make every reduction in our estaand sound policy allow.

income and expenditure to your early "I recommend the state of the public

and serious attention.

"I regret to be under the necessity of informing you, that there has been a deficiency in the produce of the revenue in the last year, but I trust it is to be ascribed to temporary causes; and I have the consolation to believe that you will find it practicable to provide for the public service of the year, without making any addition to the burthens of the People, and without adopting any mea sure injurious to that system by which the public credit of the country has been hitherto sustained.

"My Lords and Gentlemen,

"I have the satisfaction of informing you that the arrangements which were made in the last session of Parliament, with a view to a new silver coinage, have been completed with unprecedented expedition.

"I have given directions for the imme diate issue of the new coin, and I trust that this measure will be productive of considerable advantages to the trade and internal transactions of the country.

"The distresses consequent upon the termination of a war of such unusual extent and duration, have been felt, with greater or less severity, throughout all the nations of Europe; and have been considerably aggravated by the unfavourable state of the season.

"Deeply as I lament the pressure of these evils upon this country, I am sensible that they are of a nature not to admit of an immediate remedy; but whilst I observe, with peculiar satisfaction, the fortitude with which so many privations have been borne, and the active benevolence which has been employed to mitigate them, I am persuaded that the great sources of our national prosperity are essentially unimpaired, and I entertain a confident expectation that the native energy of the country will at no distant period surmount all the difficulties in which we are involved.

"In considering our internal situation,

you will, I doubt not, feel a just indignation at the attempts that have been made to take advantage of the distresses of the country, for the purpose of exciting a spirit of sedition and violence.

"I am too well convinced of the loyalty and good sense of the great body of his Majesty's subjects, to believe them capable of being perverted by the arts which are employed to seduce them; but I am determined to omit no precautions for preserving the public peace, and for counteracting the designs of the disaffected and I rely with the utmost confidence on your cordial support and co operation, in upholding a system of law and government from which we have derived inestimable advantages, which has enabled us to conclude, with unexampled glory, a contest whereon depended the best interests of mankind, which has been hitherto felt by ourselves, and it is acknowledged by other nations, to be the most perfect that has ever fallen to the lot of any people."

On the return of the Regent, the populace, having increased in number, broke out into acts of tumult, and assailed both the Prince and military with the most foul and scurrilous language. Stones, and other missiles were flung at the royal carriages, and the glass of the door of the state carriage was smashed at three several vollies.

Feb. 4.-Viscount Sidmouth announced in the House of Lords, a message from the Prince Regent, which was read by the Lord Chancellor as follows:

"G. P. R.-His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on behalf of his Majesty, has given orders that there be laid before the House of Lords, papers and documents, containing information of certain meetings, practices, and combinations, in the metropolis, and different parts of the kingdom, tending to alienate the affections of his Majesty's subjects, to endanger the public tranquil lity, to bring into hatred and contempt the Government of the country, and to overturn the whole system of our laws and constitution. And his Royal Highness recommends to the House of Lords, that the House should take these papers into their immediate and serious consideration."

Viscount Sidmouth in the House of Lords, and Lord Castlereagh in the House of Commons, severally insisted on the alarming allegations contained in the message; but in consequence of the delicacy necessary to be observed in instituting an inquiry respecting them, declined entering into any explanation of the proofs, and Parliament conceding in their opinion, the papers were ordered in each house to be referred to a Committee of Secresy.

Thanks to the Marquis of Hastings, &c.-In the House of Lords, February 6, the Earl of Liverpool said, that in rising to call their Lordships attention to the subject of which he had given notice, the motion was not intended to commit the House in any opinion as to the justice and expediency of the Nepal war; but he thought it right to observe, that there was no difference of opinion in India as to the justice and necessity of the steps taken against that government; and the East-India Company at home thought, that if the encroachments of that power went on, nothing but war could be the consequence. It was not one encroachment or one grievance that led to the war, but a series of encroachments and grievances. The evil of her aggressions, it was true, pressed not upon Great Britain, but upon her allies. Great Britain, however, was bound to succour them. The contest was severe, and from its nature called forth the exercise of judgment, stability, and spirit. By the perseverance of British arms all difficulties were overcome, and a treaty of peace was signed by the plenipotentiaries of both countries, which the Nepal government refused to ratify. In this situation there was no alternative but the renewal of hostilities, which, being adopted, led to the conclusion of peace upon the same terms as before. His Lordship then moved→ "That the thanks of this House should be given to the Marquis of Hastings, MajorGeneral Sir David Ochterlony, and the officers and men engaged in the Nepal War."

The motion was carried nem. dis.

Mr. Canning, in the House of Commons, rose to call the attention of Parliament to the same subject.

We are sorry that our limits preclude our copying the arguments of the President of the India Board in his exposition of the justice of the British cause, his historical details of the rise of the Gorkha power, of the immense sweep and increase of its usurpations, and its daring, and hitherto successful insults to the British Government.

He concluded by moving "That the thanks of this House be given to General the Marquis of Hastings, K. G. GovernorGeneral of India, for his judicious arrangements of the military exertions against the State of Nepal, by which the war was brought to a happy conclusion, and peace established upon secure and honourable foundations"-which was carried

nem. con.

A vote of thanks to Sir David Ochterlony, and the troops engaged under his immediate command, was also moved by Mr. Canning, and carried nem, con.

Also a resolution, generally approving

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To the Right Honorable Hugh Elliot, Governor in Council.

SIR,-We have the honor to submit, for transmission to the Honorable Court of Directors, a general Report of our proceedings in conducting the affairs of the College of Fort St. George, for the year 1815.

We shall divide our Report under the following heads:-1st. Junior Civil Servants;" 2d. "Head Native Masters, Teachers, and Students;" 3d. "Judicial Establishment;" 4th. "State of the College Press;" and, 5th." Actual Charges for 1815." Under the first head we shall state the result of the several examinations held at the college, for the purpose of ascertaining the progress of the junior civil servants in the acquirement of a knowledge of the native languages, and of the laws enacted for the civil government of these provinces; under the second head, we shall notice any alterations that may have taken place in the native establishment attached to the institution; under the third head we shall report the progress of the new establishment, entertained for the purpose of preparing law officers and pleaders for the several courts of judicature under this presidency; under the fourth head, will be found our correspondence with govern

ment on the subject of such Oriental works as have been referred for our re

port, in the course of the year; and, under the last head, we shall take a concise review of the charges attending the institution during the year lately expired.

JUNIOR CIVIL SERVANTS.

On the 15th of June last we had the honor to submit to the government the result of the first examination, for the year 1815, of the students at the college.

Our general course of examination having been fully explained in former reports, we merely stated on this occasion, that we had shortened considerably the exercises for translation, from a conviction, that the oral examination in reading, construing, and conversing, and in the grammar and construction of the several native languages, would best enable us to ascertain the extent of each student's acquirements, and the particular branches of study in which he had been most successful. We added, that in the Tamil examinations we directed the conversation of the students to a variety of subjects, either connected with the revenue and judicial systems of administration in India, or having reference to common dealings and familiar intercourse with the natives.

The result, in the classification of the

students, according to their relative proficiency in the different languages to which they had applied, was subjoined in the following lists:

TAMIL.

First Class.

Mr. H. Chamier, Mr. H. Viveash,

Second

Mr. C. M. Whish, Mr. J. Dent, Mr. A. Sinclair, Mr. E. Uhthoff, Mr. J.D.Newbolt, Mr. J. T. Anstey, Mr. H. T. Bushby, Mr. G. Phillips, Mr. J. G. Mason, Mr. N. S. Cameron.

Third

Study when commenced. 21st July, 1813. 15th July, 1812.

Class.

2d September, 1813.
21st July, ditto.
2d September, ditto.
21st July, ditto.
30th June, ditto.
2d September, ditto.
2dSeptember, ditto.
6th October, 1812.
14th August, ditto.
2d September, 1813.

Class.

19th July, 1812. 21st July, 1813.

Mr. E. B. Wrey,
Mr. W. Mason,
Mr.N.W.Kendersley, 14th October, 1814.
Mr. A. F. Hudleston,
Mr. W. French,
Mr. D. Mierre,,
Mr. B. Horne,
Mr. J. Hutt,
Mr. G. M. Ogilvie,
Mr.H. Montgomerie,
Mr. J. Thomas,
Mr. W. Adamson,
Mr. H. M. Elliot,
Mr. A. Crawley,
Mr. B. Droz,

21st Sept. ditto. 11th January, 1815. 27th July, 1814. 6th October, ditto. 23d March, ditto. 2d September, 1813. 21st July, ditto. 8th March, 1815. 22d July, 1813. 4th October, 1814. 27th July, 1813. 6th January, ditto.

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observed, so far surpassed all the other students, that they formed a class of themselves; the name of Mr. Chamier was placed the first, because he had arrived at the same stage of excellence as Mr. Viveash in a shorter time than that gentleman.

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Mr. Chamier, we observed, sessed a well-grounded knowledge of the grammatical construction of the Tamil, especially of its difficult and most important parts, the permutation and elision of letters, and the use and formation of the irregular and auxiliary verbs. His trans

lations both from and into Tamil, were of the highest order. He read a very difficult and ill-written paper on official business without hesitation, and rendered its meaning throughout, with accuracy and fluency. In conversation his style was elegant and idiomatic; he had a great command of technical terms, as well as of words in more general use; and his pronunciation was so accurate, as scarcely to be distinguished from that of a native.

In Teloogoo, as in Tamil, the name of Mr. Chamier was first upon the list. He read, translated, and spoke that language with ease and correctness, and possessed a knowledge of it, considerably above what is required for the general transaction of official business.

We considered it as not the least part of Mr. Chamier's merit that he had attained this honorable pre-eminence, both in the Tamil and Teloogoo class, within two years from the commencement of his studies.

In making our report to the Govern. ment on Mr. Chamier's admission into the College, we had stated that his proficiency in the Persian language was considerable. This language, we remarked, had never formed a part of Mr. Chamier's regular studies in the College; but the laudable industry which had led him to cultivate his acquaintance with it at his leisure hours, had, we observed, been rewarded by very material improvement, both in the colloquial use of the language and in the facility and correctness of translation; he was examined at his own request, and we were happy to state our conviction, grounded on the result of the examination, that a few months of study would raise Mr. Chamier, as a Persian scholar, to the same degree of eminence as that which he had attained by his knowledge of the Tamil and Teloogoo languages.

Mr. Viveash, we remarked, was thoroughly acquainted with every part of the Tamil grammar; with its terms and its minute peculiarities. His translation into Tamil we thought perhaps the best composition of the kind that had come under our review since the establishment of the College. He read official papers with ease, and rendered their meaning

correctly. His knowledge of the language being rather from study than from practice, he was in conversation occasionally at a loss for technical or idiomatic expressions, but on general subjects he spoke with great propriety and correctness; and possessed as Mr. Viveash was of a systematic knowledge of the language, which can be attained only by study, he would, we thought, readily acquire and confidently avail himself of idiomatic terms, which the intercourse of official business would be daily adding to his stores.

We had great satisfaction in presenting Mr. Viveash to the particular notice of the Right Honourable the Governor in Council, as the first student at the College who had attemped and made a most laudable proficiency in the study of the Mahratta language: of the utility of this language, we deemed it sufficient. to state, that in many of the collectorates under this Presidency it is the common medium of communication with the native servants in the revenue department, and the language in which the accounts of the principal cutcherries are kept. Notwithstanding the want of elementary works, and other serious difficulties with which he had to contend, Mr. Viveash, we observed, had acquired a knowledge of Mahratta little inferior to that which he possessed of the Tamil. He translated correctly both from and into this language, he read and explained official papers with facility, and conversed with great fluency.

We considered Mr. Chamier and Mr. Viveash as having, by their superior attainments in Tamil, fully established their claim to the honorary medal, to be granted, under the orders of Government of the 7th of December 1813, for eminent proficiency in any of the native languages; and we accordingly begged leave to recommend that the Right Honourable the Governor in Council might be pleased to confer upon each of those gentlemen that honourable mark of distinction.

Mr. Whish was examined in Tamil and Maliyalem; in the former language his translations were highly creditable. He possessed an extensive knowledge of the grammar, he read with considerable fluency the most difficult of the official papers which were selected for the examination, and rendered correctly its general import. In conversation, he understood and replied well to questions on all common subjects, but we found him occasionally deficient in technical terms and idiomatic expressions.

Although Mr. Whish in the knowledge of Maliyalem was not quite so far advanced as in Tamil, he was, we observed, fully competent to the transaction of public business in that language also,

Mr. Dent's studies, we remarked, had likewise been directed to the Tamil and the Maliyalem, and that gentleman merited high commendation for the progress he had made in each; we were well satisfied with his exercises in Tamil translation. He read with ease and fluency the most difficult cutcherry paper, and shewed a very good comprehension of its

contents.

He possessed a considerable knowledge of the grammar, especially of such parts as are of more general application. His conversation was fluent and idiomatic, his accentuation proper, and his pronunciation good.

Mr. Dent's knowledge of the Maliyalem we stated to be very satisfactory, and quite sufficient to enable him to conduct public business in that dialect. Although it was not a language spoken by the people among whom he had been resident since his arrival in India, he had acquired a facility in conversing, and readily comprehended whatever was addressed to him.

The acquirements of Mr. Sinclair, Mr. Uhthoff, Mr. Newbolt, and Mr. Anstey, both in Tamil and in Teloogoo, were upon the whole so equal, that we considered it most just to their respective merits, to bracket their names in the listtheir acquaintance with the general construction and ordinary style of those languages was, we observed, considerable, but we added that further study was required to enable them to acquire a competent knowledge of their nice peculiarities, both of etymology and syntax.

Of the four gentlemen above-mentioned, Mr. Sinclair, we remarked, excelled in grammatical knowledge. Mr. Uhthoff and Mr. Newbolt in reading and explaining petitions, and such other papers as are generally presented on official business. Mr. Anstey and Mr. Newbolt in the colloquial use of the two languages.

In full confidence that these gentlemen would continue to exert their best industry and talents for the attainment of the eminence within their reach, we begged leave to recommend that the highest rate of college allowance might be granted to each of them.

It gave us sincere pleasure to state, that considerable progress in Tamil and, in Teloogoo had been made by Mr. Phillips and Mr. J. G. Mason since the last examination; Mr. Phillips' application to study, we observed, had been attended with very creditable success, and although Mr. J. G. Mason was labouring under severe indisposition when he passed his examination, we considered his various performances as entitled to commendation; we had the honour to report that each of these gentlemen was qualified for the transaction of public business in Tamil, and we hoped that, by continuing

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