On the 4th the quarterly sessions of oyer and terminer were opened by the hon. Sir James Macintosh, knt. and his associates Paul Shewcraft, Esq. mayor, and Patrick Hadow, Esq. alderman, when the following gentlemen were sworn of the grand jury:

William Orawford, Esq. Foreman.
John Williams, John Pavin,
John Lence,
James Falconer,
Luke Ashburner,
Edward Nash,

Wm. Maughan, Wm. Manwaring, J. G. Remington, John Leckie,

Michie Forbes, Thos Malcolm, Jonathan Michie, Levi Phillips, Thos. D Beatty, Capt C. Jones, Pat. Gardiner, & G. Barnes, Esqrs. The hon. the recorder having shortly stated the nature of the crimes which the kalendar contained, the jury retired, and soon after returned with a true bill against Julal, syrang, Rufeek, tindal, and Kussab and Munoo, lascars, being part of the Danish brig Laerta, for an assault on board that vessel, while prosecuting her voyage on the high seas, about fifty miles distance from Bombay. The prisoners were found

guilty; but in consequence of some favourable circumstances in the case of Munoo, lascar, the jury recommended him to mercy. The hon. the recorder immediately sentenced Julal, syrang, to six months' hard labour in the docks of Bombay, with a label on his breast, in the native language, descriptive of his offence, and Rufeek, tindal, and Kussab, lascar, to the same punishment for four months. Munoo, from the regard paid to the jury's recommendation, was dismissed, after a suitable admonition, on entering into a recognizance to keep the peace.

The grand jury having likewise found a true bill against Mawjee Cajah, for murder, he was placed at the bar; but it appearing that he was a Mussulman, and not a Hindu, as described in the indictment, Mr. Thiepland moved to quash the proceedings; which being assented to, as of course, another bill was immediately found against the same person. His trial was put off to a future day.

On the 21st January, a session of oyer and terminer, and general gaol delivery, was held at Fort St. George, which closed the day following.

Thomas Robinson, a private in his Majesty's 50th regiment of foot, was found guilty of the murder of corporal Singleton, of the same regiment, and received sentence of death.

Vencatasawmy was found guilty of a rape, and received sentence of death; but we understand that his

case will be referred to his majesty in council;

John Hickey, a private in his majesty's 34th regiment, found guilty of manslaughter, to be fined and imprisoned one month.

Seven natives having been found guilty of grand larceny, were sentenced to seven years transportation to Prince of Wales's Island. One native to be transported for five; four for a lesser period; three to be whipped, and discharged; and 34 were discharged by proclamation.

BENGAL.

Robert Brown,

Robert Thomas John Glyn,
William Fairlie Clark,
George James Romney, and
Henry Ellis.

Prizes and honorary rewards were presented at the same time to the following junior students remaining in college :

Alexander Fraser Tytler,
Edward Richard Barwell,
Alexander John Colvin, and
Thomas Sisson.

The particular prizes adjudged to each student will be found in the annexed report. After the prizes and honorary rewards had been distributed, the honorable the visitor was pleased to deliver the following speech :

"Gentlemen of the College of Fort

William,

"The duty imposed upon the patron and visitor of the College of Fort William, of addressing its assembled officers and students, on the occasion of the annual disputations, becomes a service of cordial gratification, when a review of the general conduct of the institution and of the labours of its students enables him to address you in the language of applause and approbation. But the satisfaction of expressing the sentiments of praise on these occasions is augmented by the reflection, that the merits which demand it, at once afford a proof of the actual attainment of the objects of this institution, and justify a confident expectation of its continued prosperity and success. Reviewing the public examinations of the past year, I am happy to observe the attention which has been afforded to that important branch of study, the vernacular language of Bengal, and the general proficiency which has resulted from it, beyond the experience of former years. A similar observation is applicable to

the study of the Hindostanee lanand I remark, with satisguage; faction, that the general progress in the study of the Persian language, which has uniformly been cultivated with distinguished diligence and success, has equalled the proficiency of former years. I have great pleasure in being enabled to state, that the diligence and attention of all the professors of the college, in promoting and assisting the study of those branches of knowledge which they respectively superintend, has been such as to demand the expression of my public approbation.Among the students whose industry and proficiency in the acquirement of the Oriental languages have been particularly distinguished, I deem it an act of justice to name the following gentlemen :-Mr. Robert Brown, Mr. Robert Thomas John Glyn, and Mr. Henry Ellis. Although these gentlemen have not been attached to the college one year and a half, Mr. Brown has attained the first rank in the Persian, and the third in the Hindostanee classes; and Mr. Glyn, the first in the Hindostanee, and the second in the Persian classes; and have received degrees of honour in both those languages. Mr. Ellis has attained the second rank among the students of the language of Bengal, and has received a degree of honour in that language. I notice also, with peculiar satisfaction, the great proficiency of Mr. Brown, in the useful acquirement of the art of Persian and Nagree writing. With reference to the short duration of their studies, I consider it my duty to notice the meritorious example of these gentlemen, as a subject of general imitation. Exclusively of the gentlemen above named, Mr. Romney and Mr. Clark, among the students now about to leave the

college,

college, have been distinguished by degrees of honour, and the former of these gentlemen has manifested an extraordinary degree of skill in the art of Persian writing. I am happy to avail myself of this occasion, to manifest the satisfaction I derive from the proficiency which these gentlemen have acquired in the objects of their respective studies. Among the gentlemen now about to leave the college, I am concerned to observe the names of some, whose proficiency in the prescribed studies has not been proportioned to the period of their residence in the college, and to the advantages which it has afforded them. To these gentlemen I earnestly recommend the exertion of their endeavours to retrieve the deficiencies of their anterior application, as the means by which alone they can reasonably expect to participate equally with others in the benefits and distinctions of the public service. To the gentlemen who have meritoriously prefited by the opportunities of study afforded to them in the college of Fort William, and who are now about to engage in the line of the public service, I recommend an assiduous attention to the preservation and improvement of the advantages which they have acquired. Their diligence and application in the college, afford a presage of successful assiduity in the duties of the situations to which they may be appointed, and of that distinction and prosperity which attend the honourable efforts of zeal, industry, and ability. To the students who remain in the college, I recommend an emulation of the merits of those gentlemen whose assiduity and acquirements have entitled them to the distinction of public approbation and reward. Under the recent arrangements for

the regulation of the college, their early transfer to the duties of the public service will depend upon their proficiency in the prescribed objects of their studies, and their future interests will be materially promoted or impeded in the degree in which they may qualify themselves, by the successful prosecution of their studies, for the labours of an official situation. The arrangements to which I have adverted, and which embrace a limitation of the objects of study prescribed by the original institutes of the college of Fort William, are founded on the preparatory collegiate institution established in England, under the immediate patronage of the hon. the court of directors. The purpose of that institution is, to afford to gentlemen destined for the civil service of the company an early opportunity of acquiring those branches of knowledge which the service requires, and which are more easily attainable in England than in this country, and of becoming initiated in the elements of those studies for the attainment of perfection in which the college of Fort William is exclusively calculated. The objects of the college of Fort William, therefore, must derive permanent support and assistance from the institution of the college at Hertford. Upon these principles of co-operation the arrangements for the regulation of the college of Fort William have been finally determined by the authority of the court of directors, which has now confirmed the intimation conveyed to you in my address at the last public assembly of the officers and students of the college, that the Oriental seminary founded in England was not intended to supercede the college of Fort William, but would be

directed

directed to support the efficiency of this institution, and to accelerate its operation. Of the literary labours of the past year in the college of Fort William, my attention has been attracted to the following works: A Persian translation of the Hedaya, now in the press. The publication of this work may be expected to afford essential assistance both to the honourable Company's servants, and to the natives of this country, in the study and application of the Mahomedan law. A concise view of the Copernican system of astronomy, the labour of Moulavee Abool Khyr, and executed under the tuition of Dr. Wil liam Hunter, the secretary to the council of the college, whose eminent proficiency in various branches of science and Oriental study, and whose zeal and ability in the discharge of the duties of his station, and in the execution of literary works which have engaged his talents and attention, demand a public testimony of applause and approbation. It may be expected that this useful and ingenious compilation will be followed by other elementary works, calculated to diffuse among the natives of India the knowledge and advantage of the improved sciences of Europe. When I had last the honour of addressing you, I noticed, with sentiments of merited applause, an elementary analysis of the laws and regulations for the government of the British territories in India, the work of Mr. John Herbert Hartington. I am happy to learn that Mr. Harrington, notwithstanding his important official avocations, has continued his labours in the prosecution of that useful work, with the same ability and success which distinguished its commencement; and I understand, that previously to the

publication of the second part of the analysis, (that which relates to criminal law) Mr. Harrington proposes to prefix to it a view of the Mahomedan criminal law, as modified by the regulations of government, constituting an important and valuable addition to the original work. Although my duty merely requires that I should notice the works which are undertaken and executed under the auspices of the college, I cannot refuse myself the gratification of adverting, on this occasion, to the recent publication of a work, executed by Mr. Edward Colebrooke, the second judge of the court of appeal and circuit for the division of Patna, entitled, "A Digest of the Regulations." The great practical utility of this work, in facilitating not only a reference to the laws and regulations applicable to every subject of internal arrangement, trial, and adjudication, but also the acquisition of an accurate and comprehensive knowledge of the system under which the laws and regulations are administered; and the industry, judgment, and ability manifested in the execution of that work, entitle its ingenious and highly respectable author to distinguished commendation. On an occasion which demands a review of the progress of study in the college of Fort William, my duty requires me to advert to the 'general conduct of the students, which, under the operation of the original principles of this institution, equally with the progress of erudition, is a subject of vigilance and observation; and I am happy to find, that no instances of deviation from the paths of virtue and morality have occurred of a nature to require animadversion, and that the general conduct of the students is entitled to the praise of rectitude and propriety; I am con

cerned,