The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-15 00:00:00

BENGAL.

First Class-1. Chapman, 2. Grant, 3. J. 11. B.
Colvin, 4. Muspratt, Z. J. J. Grey, 6. F. R.
Cockerel), 7. 13rodhurst, 8. B. W. Colvin, 9. Law-
ford.

Second Class.-10. J. M. Lowis, 11. Coulthurst,
2. Spencer, 13, F. C. Forbes, 14. Pollock.
No third class.

MADRAS.
First Class-1. T. A. N. Chase.
BOMBAY.

No first class.
Second Class-1. G. S. Forbes, 2. Nearc.
No third class.

The CHAIRMAN then rose to address the students,
who, with the rest of the company, also rose as a
mark of respect to the chair, and remained standing
during the whole of Sir E. Galloway's express. He
said—Gentlemen Students,—lt is with much satis-
faction my colleagues and myself have the pleasure
of meeting you here this day, because the Court of
Directors have received from the Rev. Principal a
highly favourable report of the exemplary manner in
which you have conformed to the rules and disci-
pline of the college during the past term, and of the
proficiency you have attained in your studies. In
the name of the Court of Directors, therefore, I now
express to you their cordial approbation of your
conduct. As was to be expected, your progress
has been equal to your diligence. From 80 stu-
dents in college 411 English essays have been
given in, several excellent, none which have
not merit. Of those 80 no less than 61
have obtained honours. This is a most satisfactory
result, and I am sure you will gratefully listen to me
in expressing, as I do most cordially, the acknowledge-
menta of the Court of Directors to your highly gifted
and distinguished Principal, and to the distinguished
professors of this college, for the manner in which
they have discharged their arduous and important
duties—a proof of which is manifested in the success
with which this institution has fulfilled the noble
purpose for-which it was founded. Gentlemen, the
Principal of this college is your guardian while you
are here. It is his duty to watch over the moral and
religious training of your youthful minds, as well as
your progress in learning. He has proved himself
eminently worthy of the high station to which lie wai
chosen, by the admirable manner in which he bas dis-
charged his arduous duties. My young friends, let
me entreat you not to neglect the counsel of such a
man ; hundreds of thousands hive been edified, and I
trust many saved, by listening to the sacred eloquence
of Mr. Melvill. And, my young friends, attend to
the instruction which your learned professors so
anxiously desire to convey to you, that
so you may be worthy of that noble ser-
vice to which you are destined. I observe by the
report of the Examiner, that 17 students, 10 of whom
have gained the highest honours, have been found
qualified to proceed to India, to take a part in the
administration of that Government. The Govern-
ment of India is one of those mighty instruments
which Divine Providence has raised for the civiliza-
tion of the human race, and well has it been for India
that the Almighty Disposer of Kingdoms has made
England that instrument to her—moral, virtuous,
intellectual, just, generous, magnanimous England I
It is the purpose of this institution to train you for
taking a part in the administration of that Govern-
ment, a Government which rules with paternal affec-
tion 100,000,000 of our fellow-subjects. A higher
object of ambition I cannot conceive could be pre-
sented to !generous mind than the power of taking
a distinguished part in so noble a course. Then, let
me beseech you, my young friends, strive to attain
those qualifications for the discharge of your high
duties which this institution offers you. Gentlemen,
you are for a time to quit this institution. I trust you
do so with a deep sense of its singular value. Let me
intreat you who return to college to do so with an ar-
dent desire to prosecute successfully your studies.
Gentlemen, there is no part of your course of study
which is not highly valuable; but as most of you will
be employed in the revenue and judicial branches of
the service, I strongly recommend to you the study
of the law of India, both ancient and modern ; for
through that you will be able, more than by any
other means, to trace the nature of the public laws
and institutions of the country. Among the modern
works on law, I recommended to you to study the
work issued under the sanction of Government by the
Law Commissioners when I last had the pleasure of
addressing you. I earnestly repeat this recommen-
dation. 1 also recommend to your notice the very
useful volume of Mr. Henry Carr Tucker. As an
office companion to an official man in the judicial or
revenue branch of our service in India, its value ap-
pears to me to lie very great, to the young civilian
most especially. I likewise recommend to you, my
young friends, to acquire some knowledge of those
• practical sciences, as chemistry, mineralogy, geo-
logy, mechanics, civil engineering, which would
enable you, in the important stations to
which you will rise, to aid in developing the
resources of the country, and to direct the labour,
which will be at your command, with skill
and ability in the construction of public works. I
have known many of our civil servants who have been
remarkable for their success in this' important duty,
end what is no less important, for their tact in ob-
taining the assistance of natives of rank and wealth
in their operations. The present Resident at 'adore,

the capital of the,once powerful .Chief Holkar, Mr.
Hamilton—and I mention his name with honour—has
been one of the most successful, because his bbours
have been unceasing. He has been v:alously intuu-