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    INTELLIGENCE

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    LITERATURE IN INDIA.—The following is an...

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    Intelligence

    _INTELLIGENCE

    Literature In India.—The Following Is An...

    LITERATURE IN INDIA . —The following is an extract from a late speech of Sir G . Barlow ' s , Governor-General in India , from the Visitorial Chair of the College of Calcutta : — " In reviewing the literary works

    published under the auspices * of the College during the last year * I notice , with sentiments of peculiar satisfaction , an elementary analysis of the laws and regulations for the government of the British territories in India . The facility which this work is calculated to afford to

    the study of the laws and regulations , and the practical advantage which may be derived from it , is peculiarly valuable both to the college and the public . The design and execution of the work are equally creditable to the zeal , industry , and ability of its distinguished author ,

    Mr . John Herbert Harringtonj the second judge of the Court of Sudder Dewanny and _Nizamut Adawhits , and professor of the laws and regulations of the British Government in India . Mr . Harrington _' s application of the inconsiderable portion of leisure time , which the duties of his arduou ; and im >

    portant public situation have afforded * to tke accomplishment of this laborious undertaking , manifests a degree of public spirit , and individual industry , to which , perhaps , no other parallel can be found than in ths eminent exertions and

    scientific labours of his colleague , Mr . Henry Thomas Colebrooke , to whom the College and the public are indebted for various important additions to the general stock of literary knowledge and instruction . The assiduous attention of both

    these able and respectable public _officers to the interests of this institution , both as profe _sors and members of the council of the college , _reflects the highest _credit upon their character and talents , and establishes their claim to the public approbation and applause . Other works _pf great utility and merit have also distinguished the literary labours of the

    past year : ? ' A FXinHostanc Dictionary now in the press . *' . A General History of the Hindoos . * A Review of the Manners and Customs of , he Hindoos . " For the two last * _mentioned work _% We , are _indebted _\ o the _labour and ability

    Literature In India.—The Following Is An...

    of some of the learned natives attached to the College . It is highly satisfactory to me to observe the native , officers of the _College , imbibing the spirit of literary industry , and employing their talents and acquirements in the-cultivation and diffusion of literature and science .

    There are also various other useful and ingenious works , which * under the patronage of the College , have engaged the labours of several scientific persons antecedent to the past year , _amliiave either been actually published , or are now in the press . I deenv it an act of justice to the _industry and ability of ] Vfr .

    Matthew JLumsden _, the first assistant t _<> the Persian and Arabic professor , to _notice , in terms of peculiar approbation , the grammar of the Persian languag _e which has long _engaged the labours of that gentleman . The _acknowledged

    defects of every work of tk _-t description now extant , have rendered the cons truer tion of an accurate grammar of that language peculiarly _desirable . Mr . _JLumsden ' s extensive knowledge of Arabic and Persian-has enabled him to

    discover the true principles of the dialect of Persia , as it at present exists in it % condition of intimate combination wirh the language of Arabia , and with singular judgment _% and discernment , Mr JLumsden has adapted the construction of the Persian language to the principles of general grammar . The completion

    of this valuable work will materially facilitate the acquisition of the Persian language , will constitute an important addition to the existing stock of philological knowledge , and will reflect distinguished c edit on its author , and on the institution which has encouraged _^ and promoted it . 1 have received , with

    great _satisfaction , the information , that _uader the patronage of the Asiatic Society , the Society of _Missionaries at the Danish Settlement of Scramporc , aided and superintended by the ability of Mr Carey , Professor of the Shanscrit and Bengalee _languages , has _undertaken the tr . an lation of some of th _^ mo _* , t

    ancient and authentic works of literature , in the former of tho ' _-te languages . The greatest _advantages may be expected to the interests of eastern literature from this co-operation of the Asi itic Society with the college of Fort William , it *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1807, page 667, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02121807/page/47/