suit the Poet to describe map as indiscrimi- | obey the claim. Even in that stage of denately born cadence, when the failure of the frame no longer allows bodily activity, he will be sensible that he still may inculcate and watch, and warn, and prompt and encourage, and lead younger intellect to a conception of its high destinies. Thus will he earn the last and best of mortal consolations. Looking forward in calm and humble confidence to the hour in which the Great Giver of good shall require from him the entrusted talent, he will hope that he may surrender it not ungratefully misprized, not idly overlooked, not sordidly un “Dare you, when the meed is thus displaved to you; dare you refrain from contending for it? Since refusal to make the effort must argue either a soul too grovelling to appreciate the object, or an internal consciousness of despicable destitution of menus. I will not-I cannot-I do not suspect that any one whom I am now addressing is capable of shrinking from the exertion. Should an ingenuous doubt of powers intimidate any one of you, let him take courage; let him trust that he will find in himself energies, on which he has never yet ventured to calculate. The struggle will give you strength — strive and succeed STATE OF THE COLLEGE, CALCUTTA. "high to bear his brow, "To drink the spirit of the golden day, "And triumph in existence:" but the observation must be dull indeed, which has not satisfied you, that to uncultivated man, there is no such glowing sentiment. The propensities of his nature are selfish and violent. His qualifications make him only the most mischievous and dangerous of animals. Hateful to others, and knowing that he is so, he never can raise his thoughts above petty plots for the molestation of his fellows, or miserable pre-employed. cautions for his own security. It is only through culture, that he can arrive at any sense of his duties, aud through that sense of his duties, at any estimation of himself. And that first important step gained, what an infinity of gradations remain! Is it nothing to remove yourselves almost universally from the lowest line of such a scale? Is it not excellent to reach the top of such a progression, and to enjoy over so large a portion of your kind, a pure, a noble, an undisputed exaltation? undisputed, I say, because it is so deliciously fascinating to the human heart to receive such instruction as will make it buoyant, and help it to soar from the dirt and dregs, and depression, of this earth, that it will always repay the boon by enthusiastic submission to whosoever can bestow it. Superiority of mental powers is the warrant of the Almighty for command, and man will eagerly bow to it wheresover his judgment acknowledges the stamp and signature. Ought I to stop here? Not so. Having attained that summit, think what an expanse must be spread beneath your eye. Think how your eagle ken will range around. How distinct will be your view of the universe; that view which necessarily lends the mind from nature up to nature's God: upon that pinnacle man breathes a purer air; he becom ́s in some degree a denizen of the rial regions, before he has shaken off his mortal coil. Not by a selfish divorce from society, or by a chilling abstraction from earthly concerns. Oh No! The capacity to which he has raised himself, of gazing more steadfastly and more fervently on the ineffable glories of the Creator, will only teach him to read more distinctly the part which Almighty wisdom has assigned to us here below. He will feel that fulfilment of earthly relations is the great obligation imposed on our existence in this world; he will confess that no period of life can be exempt from it-the energy of youth, the steadiness of maturer years, and the experience of age, are alike bound to In consequence of having given Lord Minto's Speech at length, we can only insert extracts from his discourse, as visitor of the College, after the distribution of the medals and prizes. The following passages are from various parts of that discourse. I may with confidence assert, that since the institution was placed upon its present footing, not any one year will bear a comparison with the present, either in the number of the Students eminently qualified, in the degree of proficiency and the rapi dity of acquirement displayed by them, or in the numerous extraordinary instances of individual merit. Twenty degrees of honor have been bestowed this year for high proficiency in different Languages; and I understand, that this number is far beyond what has ever been awarded at any former Examination. At the last, only fourteen were distributed, but even that number was matter of exuitation. There is however, a greater cause of exultation in the present year, derived from the astonishing progress which has been made in mastering those very difficult languages, the Sanscrit and Arabic. Not less than four degrees of honor have been awarded in the Arabic, a number hitherto unexampled; and two have been awarded in the Sanscrit, nearly the first occasion in which such high proficiency has been attained in this language. To render as effectual as possible the correctives for idlenes and insubordination, I have lately, in coucurrence with the other Members of the Government, taken measures to introduce a provision into the Chapter of revised Statutes, enacted for the College; it is therein provided, that whenever it may be found necessary to remove any Studeuts for misconduct or confirmed neglect, they shall be removed under the stigma of disqualification; their allowances shall be limited to S00 Rupees a month; and they shall be debarred promotion of any kind either in situation or in salary, until they shall have passed an examination, and be reported qualified for the public service by their proficiency in two of the Native Languages. Having alluded to the new Chapter of Statutes, it may perhaps be necessary that I should notice another alteration introduced into the forms before observed. It had been usual to call on the Students for an annual or half yearly report of the state of their debts; such a practice I conceived to be objectionable, as it was apt to lead the young men into disingenuous subterfuges. I have, therefore, abolished this custom, and have directed instead, that when ever it may come to the notice of the College Council, that any Student is incumbered with debt, they should report the same to me as Visitor, and I shall not fail to regard such Student as labouring under disadvantages almost amounting to a disqualification, when he may offer himself as a candidate for any situation of trust and responsibility. Thirty Students have been admitted permanently to the advantages of the institution. [as military Students.]. By requiring, as the condition of admission, attested habits of application, and some degree of previous proficiency, the indulgence has been guarded from abuse. To give efficiency to this College in proportion to the increased demand for instruction, an addition has been made to the establishment, and to the number of the Professors; Captain Weston has been appointed assistant to Dr. Lumsden in the Persian and Arabic department: Lieutenant Price assistant to Dr. Carey, in the Bengalee and Sanskrit; and Lieutenant Martin, assistant to Captain Taylor, in the Hindostance. 1 feel it incumbent on me, in this address to express the high gratification I have received, from observing that the literary honors of this year are not confined to the institution of the College. Two successful candidates have appeared for the reward which has been offered by Government for the study of the Laws of India in their Messrs. original abstruse Languages. Wynch and Sutherland, whose names have been enrolled with honor in the annals of this College, have now justified the promise of their earlier years, and have shown by their eminent acquirements in the Arabic language, and the law of Mohummud, that the honors of this institution are the real index of worth; aud that the same talents and same habits of attention necessary to obtain them here, will secure to a young man every object of laudable ambition that may present itself in his career through life. It is highly gratifying indeed, to observe the extensive progress made in the study of the languages of this country, by the Junior Members of the Company's Service, as it cannot fail of qualifying them most effectually for the high duties about to desatisfactory pledge of their being disposed volve upon them; it affords also a most to discharge those duties sedulously and successfully, and evinces their entertaining a proper sense of the serious claims made upon them by the service in which they are engaged. If indeed we wish to know a nation, it is peculiarly desirable to possess an independent and extensive familiarity with its Language, and this must be an object. more than desirable, it must be indispensable, when in the bosom of that nation we are charged with the execution of the most serious and solemn offices of human life-Convinced, therefore, of the magnitude of this duty, and wishing to impress a similar conviction upon the minds of young men about to launch into the honourable career of the Company's employment, wishing also to impress the value of habits of steady application, and serious reflection, I take this public and early opportunity of announcing it to be the intention of this Government, always, as far as possible, to respect and reward industry and talent, and to turn a deaf ear to claims that are unsupported by diligence and desert. The College is the test, by which, as far as respects the rising branch of the service, the characters of the claimants can best be ascertained, and by which their pretensions can best be adjusted; on the conduct and character therefore of the student in Col lege will depend the favorable or unfavorable circumstances under which his public career will commence, and the greater or less attention that will be paid to his wishes or his views. I hope therefore, that on every future meeting of this kind, I shall be able as I have happily been able to-day, to revert to the past transactions of the College with pleasure and approbation; and to hail, in the continuance of its high character and credit, the brightest prospect of national honor and public prosperity. CATALOGUE OF LITERARY WORKS, THE PUBLICATION OF WHICH HAS BEEN EN- 1. A Hindostanee and English Dictionary, by Captain Thomas Roebuck, Examiner and Assistant Secretary in the College of Fort William, containing all the words and phrases to be met with in the various Hindostanee works, both prose and verse, that have hitherto been published; including also the words in the valuable Dictionaries published by Dr. Gilchrist, Dr. Hunter, and Dr. Harris. 2. A Persian, Arabic and English Dictionary upon a new plan. This work seems well calculated to facilitate the acquisition of the Persian Language, and will include the technical terms employed in business throughout India. By Ensign Houghton, of the Bengal Military Establishment. 3. Hudeequtool Bulaghut, a Treatise on the rhetoric and Prosody of the Persians, edited by Muoluvee Jan Ulee, o the Arabic Department. 4. Pooroosh Pureechai or the Test of Man. A Work containing the moral doctrines of the Hindoos; being a translation from the Sunskrit into that dialect of the Hindoostanee language generally spoken by the Hindoos in the Upper Provinces of Hindostan. By Tarineechurn Mitr, Head Moonshee in the Hindostanee Department of the College. intendence of Dr. Lumsden, Professor of Arabic and Persian in the College. Notes are added, to illustrate all peculiar allusions and beauties, and references are made to other passages iu Persian; or to analogous passages in European works, by which the Student may be at once interested and informed. 7. Qamoos, a well-known Arabic Lexicon; to be edited by Shuekh Uhmed, a learned native of Arabia, at present attached to the Arabic Department of the College. 8. A Grammar of the Telinga Language, by the Rev. Wm. Carey, Professor of the Sunskrit, Bengalee, and Murhutta languages in the college of Fort William, This work has just been published. 9. A Chinese Grammar, by the Rev. Mr. Morrison, Chinese secretary to the Canton. This work is likely to prove Honorable Company's Supercargoes at one of the most valuable results of Euroopened a path to the acquirement of the pean application and ability, which has yet difficult, and almost unknown language of which it treats. 10. Nuloduyn, a celebrated Romance: to be edited by Babooram Pundit, formerly translated by Fuezee into Persian verse, under the name of Nuldumun. BOOKS AT PRESENT IN THE PRESS OR PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. 1. A Translation of the New Testament into Arabic, by the united labours of the Rev. Thomas Thomason, and Nathaniel Sabat. It is printing in a beautiful new Arabic type, and the work is advanced as far as the fourth Gospel. This version was originally commenced by the late learned and indefatigable Chaplain, the Rev. H. Martyn, who having been compelled to leave the country for the benefit of his health, committed the further revision and superintendence of the work to Mr. Thomason. No pains are spared to render this version as faithful to the original, and as idiomatical as possible. 2. Khirud-ufroz, or the Enlightener of the Understanding; formerly translated by Muolovee Hufeez-ood-den, Moonshee to the 5. The second volume of Mr. Haring-Resident at Dihlee, from the Persian Tyari ton's Anylasis of the Laws and Regulations enacted by the Governor General in Coun cil. 6. A Translation of the Story of Soohrab, into English verse, by James Atkinson, Esq. This is considered one of the most beautiful and interesting Episodes in the Shahnamu of Firduosee; the original Persian will also be annexed, taken from a manuscript copy collated under the super Dunish or Touchstone of Knowledge, written by the famous Ubool Fuzl, by order of the Emperor Ukbur, It consists of 16 chapters. 1st. Contains an account of the work, as given by the famous Philosopher, Boozoorchimihr. 2d. Gives an account of Puzroiyu, a Physician of great eminence, and a man distinguished for his learning and accom plishments, who was prevailed upon by Nuosherwan the just, King of Persia, to undertake a journey into india for thepurpose of obtaining this celebrated book, Sd. On the folly of attending to the reports of Tale-bearers. 4th. On the punishment consequent to bad actions, and the wretched end of an illspent life. 5th. On the happy effects of agreement among Friends, and the support they afford to each other. 6th. On the necessity of watching the movements of an enemy, and being aware of his hypocrisy and wiles. 7th. On the mischief of inattention to the object we profess to pursue, or being remiss in the pursuit. 8th. On the fatal effects of precipitation. 9th. On foresight and policy, and by what expedients we may contrive to escape the evils which our enemies seek to bring upon us. 10th. On the necessity of guarding against malevolent persons, and of placing no dependence on their smiles. 11th. On the excellence of forgiveness, being one of the greatest virtues of a King. 12th. On the retribution with which crimes are usually pursued, 18th. On the bad effects of aspiring at what is above our sphere, while our proper business is neglected. 14th. On the excellence of knowledge and modesty, and the good effects of mature deliberation. 15th. That Kings ought to beware of the representations of dishonest and deceitful men. 16th. That temporal vicissitudes are not to be regarded, but every thing referred to God's sovereign will and absolute decrees. Sipahees. This work, besides the History of Ramu, contains an abstract of almost all the arts and sciences known to the Hindoos, and is considered generally as one of the most valuable and curious works in the language: by Mirzaee Beg, a native of Uwudh, under the superintendance of Captain Roebuck, Examiner and Assistant Secretary to the college of Fort William. 4. A Punjabee Dictionary, explained in Persian and Hindostanee, by Moonshee Kasheeraj, a native of the Punjab. The following Work has just been Published. A Translation of the New Testament into the Hindoostanee Language. 1. Deewani Juhan, by Bunee Nurayun, undertaken at the suggestion of Captain betical list of most of the Hindoostanee Roebuck. This work contains an alphaPoets, with specimens of their various styles, giving at the same time, a short account of their lives. 2. Wuseetoon Nuho, a valuable treatise upon Arabic Syntax, by Muoluvee Toolab Ulee, Oriental librarian to the College. Several works formerly mentioned in the discourses of the Right Honourable, the Visitor of the College, have been since published. EXTENSIVE CHARITY. It will gratify every admirer of benevolence, and well wisher to the cause of humanity, to learn that the late John Baretto, Esq. who was cut off in the prime of his youth, gave previously to his death, a munificent proof of what might have been The above gives only a general idea of expected from him, had he been spared to each Chapter, which contains many beau- his friends and the community. In his tiful tales expressed in the finest dialect of Will, he left five lacks of rupees to be disthe Hindoostanee language; and as most tributed for the benefit of religious and of the terms of thought and speech emcharitable institutions. Of the interest ployed by the superior class of natives, are raised on this sum, 3000 rupees per annum to be found in this book, reduced to the are bestowed on that admirable establishstandard of common life, and adapted to its ment, the Native Hospital: 3600 rupees most familiar incidents, it is presumed that per annum on the Portuguese Church; the perusal of such a work, containing a 4700 per annum on the Protestant churches variety of phrases and easy modes of ex-in Calcutta; 1400 per annum on the Chapression cannot fail of being useful to those, who are desirous to converse with elegance and propriety in Hindostanee. 3. Ridya Durpuu, or the Mirror of Science, from the Uwudh Bilas; originally written in the Poort ee Bhasha, by Sree La Kuvi, about 170 years ago, and now for the first time translated into that peculiar dialect of the Hindee usually spoken by the rity School; 1400 on the Portuguese Poor; and annual sums to a considerable amount on the Portuguese churches at Bandel, Bombay, and Goa. The allotment of these very liberal donations is entrusted to the Master of Equity of the Supreme Court, acting in conjunc tion with Joseph Baretto, Esq. uncle and executor of the deceased. 1 NEW SOUTH WALES. State of the Colony. Accounts from New South Wales to the 19th of October state, that the cattle in the settlement have multiplied so considerably that beef was 4d. the pound. Wheat was likely to be very deficient. It seems that the last year it was sold as low as 4 to 5s. per bushel, and the farmers, in consequence of this discouragement, did not find it their interest to continue the cultivation. The trade of the colony was improving, and wool was considered the principal article of merchandize. The improvement in the general accommodation 'at this remote establishment was not inconsiderable; and a road, 25 miles in length, over the mountains, which had lately been traversed and explored, was among the faci Kities afforded, by recent exertious, to cultivation and subsistence. Distressed Condition of Ten Sailors left on an Uninhabited Island; on a Seal-catching Enterprize. Arrived from a sealing voyage, after a sixteen months absence, the colonial schooner Governor Bligh, Mr. Grono master, with 14000 seal-skins, and about three | tons of Elephant oil. This vessel brings from the west coast of New Zealand a gang of men consisting of ten persons; left by the brig Active, Capt. Baker, so long ago as the 15th Feb. 1809, in charge of Mr. David Lowrieston.-The Active weut from hence on the 11th Dec. 1808, and having landed her people on an island about a mile and a half from the main of New Zealand, sailed again for Port Jackson, but doubtless perished by the way, and has never since been heard of. The people who were left as above described were reduced to the necessity of subsisting for nearly four years upon the seal, when in season; and at other times upon a species of fern, part of which they roasted or boiled, and other parts were obliged to eat undressed, owing to a nausea it imbibed from any culinary process. They were left upon the small island, with a very scanty allowance of provisions, and the vessel was to come to Port Jackson for a further supply. They had a whale boat, and their only edged implements consisted of an axe, an adze, and a cooper's drawing knife, In a short time they procured 11,000 skins, part of which Mr. Grono has brought. In hopes of finding upon the main some succour which the small island did not afford, they went thither, but were nearly lost by the way, as some of the lower strakes of the boat were near falling out, owing, as was imagined, to the nails being of cast iron. Op their arrival, however, they found an old boat on a beach, which it subsequently appeared had been left there by Mr. Grono additional boat, being both repaired, they on a former voyage. With the aid of this projected an excursion towards some of the more frequented sealing places, and were on the point of setting out, when a tremenboats, and put an end to their hope of redous hurricane in one night destroyed the lief. The only nutritive the place afforded was a species of the fern root, resembling the properties of the cassada. This they a yam when cut, and possessing some of could only procure at a distance of six or the sea side: had it been plentiful it would seven miles from their hut, which was near have been a desirable substitute for a better diet; but it was unfortunately so sparingly scattered among other shrubs, as to be found with difficulty; and they solemnly affirm that they have for a week at a time had neither this nor any other food, whatever. With the assistance of a canoe made up of seal skins, a party visited their former island, and found their stacks of skins much injured by the weather, but they did all they could for their preservation, This was their seal depot, and out of the usual season they now and then found a solitary straggler; in some instances when they were so reduced by famine as to be scarcely capable of securing those that Providence threw in their way. With their axe, adze, and drawing knife, they afterwards built a small boat, but with immense labour, as without saws they could only cut one board out of each tree; the hoops upon their provision cask were beaten into nails; and by the same patient and laborious process they at length projected the building of a small vessel, and had provid ed 30 half inch boards for the purpose, cut in the way above described. The fortunate accident of Mr. Grono's touching there has, however, preserved them from farther suffering and peril, all CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The following are among new regula tions sanctioned by the Governor. We are happy to see the principles of the British Constitution so far prevail; and in reference to the tax on income, perhaps, the mode here adopted might be found not inapplicable to the parent country, under proper regulatious; at least, it may afford a hint, should that burden be renewed; of the necessity for which there is too strong a probability. For this cause, as well as |