The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-27 00:00:00

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Joliette*, which irks a living one. Thby alight as
well, he said, send persons to do general dutimin
England, who, Instead of the English, language,
were only acquainted with Hebrew. The htitiooral?le
menibei then complained that, notwithstindingihe ac-
knowledged superiority of Dr. Gilchrist% totem 'of
education, a different'Oite 'should be blindly persever-
ed in at the Company's colleges at Addiscombe anff
Haleybury; so that, io point of fact, those who had
studied at home were obliged, on their arrival in In-
dia, altogether to depirt freer their' previous line of
study, an adopt thatbf Dr.-Gilchrist, which was alone
taught in India. All'wll9 were acquainted With the
Oriental ladruagei knew that there were two modes of
teaebing their redibsentl--4ie was Sir Nut. Jones's,
and 'which cobsistedi fdr 'the purpose of acquiring the
proper prolateiatio nertties„lor giving. to. Roman
cliaraeters a .-selbotabllni that in use
;intoned,* naltiniii7 'plan wastomplex, 'for' it be-
came necessary that letters should be accompanied, ac-
cording to the old elan, with marks of accent above

and heiow, so as to denote one, two, or more sounds of
which they were susceptible. Now Dr. Gilchrist's was
a far easier and more comprehensive plan, and had en-
tirely exploded Sir Wm. Jones's in India. Sir James
Mackintosh, Lieutenant Irvine, and several other •ifi-

vial persons in India, who had turned their attention
to the subject, had pointed out the advantages which
Dr. Gilchrist's plan possessed over every other in pre-
vious practice. It was quite preposterous, he thought,
that the Company should teach Hindostanee according
to one plan in England, and upon a different one in
India. The Hon. Member enforced his opinion of the
value of the Doctor's plan by pointing out its adop-
tion in Dr. Hunter's valuable Dictionary, and Mr.
Campbell's Grammar; and said that for one book print-
ed upon Sir Wm. Jones's system, there were 300 upon
Dr. Gilchrisre. From the fullest enquiries, he (Mr. H.)
had had in his power to make, and from his own actual
experience, he knew no man who had so strong a
a claim upon the Company as the gentleman lie had
named. Dr. Gilchriet's abilities and services had been
repeatedly submitted to the Court as entitling him to
their most marked attention. The Doctor was the
first man, after the Company had subjected for 50
years to their authority the native troop, who trans-
lated for the latter the articles of war. Colonel Scott
in the year 1796 quoted that circumstance among other
meritorious services of a similar nature performed by
the Doctor ; and in the year 1861. t.:!ien ill health
compelled him to leave India, the Governor in Council
(the Marquis IVellesley) transmitted to the Court of
Directors the strongest reeomine idation of the Doctor's
services. Ile referred to these facts merely to show
that the present mark of attention conferred on Dr.
Gilchrist was buts sesall,iswor in return for services
performed ander Itch flattering circumstances many
years alto. That tribute was due from him (Mr. H.)
to Dr. Gilchrist, for he knew that much of his pro-
gress in India was attributable to the instruction in
'the native languages which he bad derived from that
learned and respectable individual. When the pro-
posed remuneration was considered, it should not be
forgotten that Dr. Gilchrist had been five years in his
situation in India, when ill health compelled him to
leave the country he beeen seven years, accord-
ing to the college regulations, he would have been en-
titled to retire upon a pension of 700/. a year, and he
had now but a 120/. a year pensioa for all his past ser-
vices. The present addition was, however, extremely
proper. though it fell short of what such a luau's services
deserved. He (Mr, flume,) when lie enforced the
necessity of the Company's adopting Dr. Gilchri-t's
plan of teaching. the Hindostanee to all their servants
going out to I ndia, by no means wished to damp the study
of the higher oriental languages which might he con-
sidered inure as branches of accomplishment, than as
acquirements of immediate practical utility. These
would always lind students and admirers, as classical
learning uniformly did : all he meant was, that the
'study of the c illuquial language in common use should
be deemed an indispensable acquisition, and he intend.
ed to have submitted a motion upon the subject ; hs
would however, for the present, merely snggest the
blanguages.
he adopted,
subject to the reconsideration of the Court of Directors.
in the confident bope that they would see the evident
utility of adopting his suggestion. From the year
1793 to the year 1812, when their charter was re-
newed, there bad been 4,728 cadets sent out to India,
and 592 assistant surgeons. In the year 1813, 3,467
cadets were all that remained in Bombay and Madras :
and had Dr. Gilchrist's plan been then more generally
they might have reckoned on the whole
hadnom-
alluded to fully understanding the native
How was it in the present year? Of 496
sent out to India, only 55 had been educated at their
college; fortunately, however, in the year 1819, 165
had been educated by Dr. Gilchrist, at an expense of
2001.. being equal in proportion to twice the number,
whose education bad previously colt 20,0001. In 1820
he bad educated 228 ; and iu MI, 226 ; all value-
able to the Company's service in proportion to their
power of discharging their duties with more efficiency
and satisfaction, according to their knowledge of the
people among whom they had to live. It was the want
of so necessary an acquirement which made the ad-
mission of strangers into India objectionable ; let them
merely qualify themselves to commune with the inha-
bitants by a knowledge of their language, and then
hr, for one, saw no danger to their residence in India,
Many of the evils which arose from the misconduct of
Europeans and the vain osasequeoce assumed by them
parties could have better communicated with each
among the natives would bare been obviated if the
other. When it was teeridered that previous to going
out to India an attendance for two mouths upon Dr.
Gilchrist would obtain the necessary elementary know-
ledge, it was surpulsiag that so valuable an opportu-
nity should be disregarded. The Only objection be
had ever heard was, that it would e;pase inexperi-
enced youths to the dangers of a 2 months: residence,
perhaps at allistanoe from their families* ascii a me-
tropolis as this. It was asked " Would yootoyeep a
boy in biers* amtA cwt Jug ear 42114 !VP". -fn.
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