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ALLOW me to return the volume containing the evidence on the state of Ireland, which you so very kindly lent me. It is, I presume, impossible for an uninterested person to peruse it as it is, and not come to a determination to second the cause of Catholic Emancipation; I content myself with an appeal to your humanity and good sense. I regret very much that I, who am heartily anxious to co-operate with you in all religious and secular matters, should be compelled to differ so widely from you in this single but im · portant point. As there is I fear no chance of any change in our respective opinions on this subject, I hasten to conclude this with my fervent wishes for your health and success in all your views and undertakings in India, and remain

Yours very sincerely,

November 23, 1827.

No. VII.

RAMMOHUN ROY.

MY DEAR SIR,

I HAVE been with infinite satisfaction given to understand by Col. Watson, that you opposed the emancipation of your Catholic fellow-subjects merely for the sake of argument, probably to know what the other party could advance in support of it. I was however at a loss till yesterday that a person like yourself, so liberal in every other point and so kind even to a humble foreigner such as I am, should be unfriendly towards his own countrymen,

and should be indifferent about their political degradation under the cloak of religion. I am now relieved from that anxiety, and wishing you with all my heart every success both at home and abroad, I remain

Yours very sincerely,

December 8, 1827.

RAMMOHUN ROY.

MY DEAR SIR,

No. VIII.

HAVING been for the last three months confined to the house by a return of my old and oppressive complaint, the asthma, which has oppressed me during the cold season most unmercifully, I regret I have not been able, in consequence, to do myself the honour of paying you my respects in person for a long while, but I hope to be able to do so shortly, as I imagine my cruel companion will leave me on the change of the season.

I am inclined to think the enclosed is intended for the individual bearing that name, who is employed at Colonel Imlack's office, and not for me, as the misnomer evinces, but it having been erroneously given me, I beg to return it herewith. Being still suffering under my distressing malady, I am totally unable to serve on the jury this session, but would be most happy to attend at the next.*

I trust that your honour and all the members of your family are enjoying perfect health and felicity, and remain with much respect and deference,

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This refers to a summons to serve on the petty jury; the writer is a man of

the first respectability and talent. — Ed.

The following letter is from a Hindoo banker of rank and respectability in Calcutta, to a gentleman now resident in England, and is given as a striking example of the attainments native Indians are capable of; since this letter, be it remembered, is not the result of a life devoted to literature or science, but the off-hand production of a man of business, therefore the more remarkable for its grammatical purity- the ease and elegance with which it is expressed and consequently a proof of the astonishing proficiency made, and making, by native gentlemen in acquirement of the English language.

MY DEAR SIR,

Calcutta, 26 May, 1829.

I HAVE been favoured with your kind communications, dated London, 30th September, and the 3rd of February last. I am, indeed, so far from being disposed to charge you with a want of civility in your having left India so abruptly, that I, on the contrary, rejoice on your having done so; as the ceremony of parting is at all times, and under any circumstances, a painful one, which would have been the more so in the present instance, when we were to be torn from each other perhaps for ever. The high terms in which you have spoken of me, are only so many marks of your liberal disposition; and I feel not a little grateful to you for your very generous offer to undertake any commission which I may have for execution in England — an offer which I would be proud to avail myself of whenever I should have occasion for the same.

I have remembered you to Rammohun Roy, and he, in return, presents his respectful compliments to you. As he is about to proceed to England, you will no doubt consider him more fortunate than we are, in treading on a land which none of our countrymen ever did, and his presence there will doubtless be a novelty. This circumstance, too, will supersede the necessity

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of my adverting to his opinion regarding the question of Catholic emancipation, as you will, in all probability, see him on his arrival there, and have an opportunity of holding a personal discussion with him on the subject.

I am glad to learn that Mr. Ferguson is about to go into the Direction. On your seeing him, you will do me the favour to remind him of his promise to do every good for Bengal; and as he will, in his new situation, have ample power in his hands, he will, I trust, now redeem his pledge, the more particularly, as he is so much indebted to this country. I hope we shall soon hear of your also being in a similar situation.

I have the pleasure to inform you of a scheme for establishing a general bank in Calcutta having been lately broached. As the particulars of it will be written to you by others, I refrain from entering into an explanation about it, and conclude by wishing you every health and happiness.

Yours very sincerely,

To Browne Roberts, Esq.

DWARKANATH TAGORE.

PART IV.

AN

EXPOSITION OF THE RESULTS

OF THE

EAST INDIA COMPANY'S TRADE

IN A

POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL POINT OF VIEW,

From 1600 to the Present Time.

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