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AUG. I 6,-fgo:s7

An_; ddresi from.the Students of the College of
Fort William to the Most-NO* Marquis WELLES-
LEY, of: which the annexed is a Copy, having been
presented on the 6th instant, 'his Lordship was pleas-
ed to transmit the Answer which is published after
it, to the Gentlemen of the College •
To the Most Nolte the Marquis IL ellesley, , X. B.
&c. &c. &c.

MY LORD, . .
We have already had the honour of uniting with
the British Inhabitants of Calcutta -in a public ac-
kno*ledgment of the general benefits which have
been ,experienced under your Lordship's. Govern-
ment, but wefeel that those who have partaken in
the advantages arising from tthe College of Fort Wil-
liam, have still a peculiar dig to perthrrin, in con-
veying to your Lordship thi''lipression of their re-
speCt, affeCtion,•and gratitude
Convinced, by personal experience, of the'advan-
tages which have been already, derived from this In-
stitution, we presume to express our hope that the-
ultimate expectations of your Lordship will not be
disappointed, but - that, under the continued .and
certain operation of the same liberal, benevolent,
and comprehensive system, the Students of the Col-
lege of Fort William may become. useful .instru-
.ments 'in' securing the prosperity of these opulent
Provinces, and' in augmenting' the happiness and
confidence of their Inhabitants. •
- But whatever may be the future progress: and
success of this InStitution, we shall constantly retain
a lively reColleaion of the obligation conferred upon
,us by your Lordship, and •shall most gratefully ad-
knowledge the high sense which we entertain of
the advantages afforded to us under your Admini-
stration.
• The interest which • your Lordship -has 'professed
'. to feel in our honourable progress through life, will
never cease to be a powerful inducement to zealous
exertion in the discharge of our public duty; and
an anxious desire to deserve and to, maintain the
good opinion of your Lordship; will animate ()Ur
endeaVours to diffuse those benefits which it 'was
your obje& to perpetuate by the institution of the
College of Fort William.
• There are many, my Lord, who haVe with us par-
, taken in the benefits of the Institution, whose ab-
sence prevents them from joining in this tribute of
gratitude and esteem; our. knowledge, hoWever, of
their general sentiments, justifies.uS in assuring your
Lordship, that they, cordially participate in the . feel-
inaS which we have presumed to express, and that
they unite in the fervent hope, that you may long
live to enjoy the just reward of your great and splen-
.did services, in the consciousness of their beneficial
effe&s, and in the merited -appiause, and admiration
.of your country, and of mankin;...
' - We have the honour to be, with the greatest re-
.
spea, . '' My Lord, . •
Your Lordship's most obedient •
and, faithful Servants,
(signiqt) Wm. Scott, H. Hodgson, R. C. Plowden, Wrn.
B. Bayley, Thos. Perry, J., Wauchope,. I. Walker, George
Swinton, W. Morton, I. Littledale, Hugh Hope, C. It. Lind-
say, M. H: Turnbull, H. Alexander; H G. Christian, C.H.
• ' Hopper, Alg, Reveler, W. Dorin, W. W. Bird, H. Newn-
., ham, C.Chapagan, F. D. Gordvn, W. Loch; A. Mackenzie,
M. Ricketts, las. Ewing, john Eyre, W.C. Ward, E. Parry•
Thos. Packenham, J. L. Savage, W. B. Gord,n, P. Monk-
ton,Thos. C. Scott, G. 1. Siddons, H. A.-Williams, N. f.
Halhed, I. kwer, R. B. Gardiner, W. Wright, W. F. Clark,
Walter
Ewer, W. C. Smith, H. Wood, C. Lushington,' R.
Walpole, A.
Blagrave, H. Oakeley, I.T. Watson,atson, I. Rober.
dean, R. B. Burney, I. Shunt, C..llawes, F. Maxwell,
Robt. Vansittart. . -
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Fort Wilkiain, August 6, 1805. . .

To the Gentlemen of 'the College of Fort William.

GtNTLEMEN,

I request yOu to- accept.my sincere thanks for the
grateful and affe6tionate :marks of kind attention
with Whicli y9u have honoured me in .your letter of
the 6th August.
The advantages afforded .by the 'College of Fort
William have been confirmed and augmented by
the favourable disposition of
.'the Students at every
Period of time since the foundation of the institu-;
tion ; and, I am happy to' find, that the same zeal,
industry, and spirit of emulation, Which have re.,
peatedly demanded my approbation, continue to ani-
mate the Students in the prosecution of their pre-
scribed course of study.
The merit of your condu6t in the 'public Servite.
will ever be an object truly interesting to my heart ;
-and will afford the most satisfactory proof of your
kind remembrance, and of your personal regard
for me.

Your successful progress in the honourable ca-
reer of your respe&ive public duties will, ,I trust,
contribute to preserve the memory of my admi-
nistration, together with the integrity of the Bri-
tish name, and the prosperity of the British interests
in Asia. Nor can I contemplate any reward equal
to the gratification *bleb I expel to derive from
observing the improvement of these provinces, un-
der the operation of a liberal and comprehensive
system of Public Education, aided by the happy in-
fluence and proteling care of a wise, just, and bene-
volent Government.

•
I have the honour to be, with the most 'sincere
regard, and with the most earnest anxiety for your
welfare and honour, Gentlemen,
Your faithful Friend and Servant,
(Signed) WELLESLEY.
Fort William, Aug. 10, 1805.

In addition to the ravages of the storm, near Lon-
don, we haVe to add, that the warehduses, Nos. 4,
5, and 7, at the West India Docks, Brackwall, had
the copper covering carried away a considerable dis-
tance; the damage is calculated at 10,0001.: and on
Thursday morning several transporis and craft were
by the storm blown from .their moorings near the
Vi&nailing Ottice, Deptford, to the opposite shore
at Mill Wall, Limehonse, and sustained much da-
mage.,

At the General Quarter Sessions for Wilts,held
at Devizes, on Wedne.sday last, George Young, of
Trowbridge, was convicted on the trial of an indict-
ment preferred against him, under the dire&ion of
his Majesty% Commissioners for the Afbirs of
Taxes, for assaulting and .ohstruCting Joseph Mor-.
ris,, Colle&or of Taxes for . Trowbridge, and John
Burgess, a Constable, in the due discharge of their
duties, and sentenced to three months imprisonment
in the Comnion Gaol, to pay a tine. of IC and to
give security; with two responsible persons, for his
good behaviour, dicc. for two years.