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.

B

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.

C

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