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tinction of the Pindairics lias bereaved 

 him of one of his main supports. In- 

 deed, his future existence depends on 

 his faithfully adjuring to the engage- 

 ments he has contracted with the Eng- 

 lish. On tiie other liand, several allied 

 states, as Boundee, Cotash, and Bo- 

 paul, have received an augmentation 

 of territory; and the five great states 

 of Rajpoutand have been admitted into 

 the federative alliance. 



The British possessions in India, 

 taken collectively, may be calculated 

 at 553,000 square miles; and, including 

 all the recent acquisitions, at 83,000,000 

 of inhabitants. Of these, under the 

 three oldest establishments, or presi- 

 dencies, may be rated for Bengal, 

 628,000 square miles, and 57,500,000 

 inhabitants ; for Madras, 154,000 

 square miles, and 15,000,000 inhabi- 

 tants ; and, for Bombay, 11,000 square 

 miles, and 2,500,000 inhabitants. The 

 totalofEnglishpossessions, and of their 

 allies, may be computed, by approxi- 

 mative calculation, (for but few correct 

 official details have been published,) at 

 1,103,000 squaremilcs, and 123,000,000 

 of inhabitants; and, the grand total of 

 Hindostan including Lahore, Sind, 

 Cabul, &c. at 1,280,000 square miles, 

 and 134,000,000 of .inhabitants. 



In conclusion, it may be inferred, 

 that the English dominion in India is 

 more extensive than any of the ancient 

 dynasties, not excepting the Patau or 

 the Mogul, although those princes had 

 nothing to fear from the Hindoos, 

 while tliey abstained from religious 

 persecution. Nor does there appear 

 to be any state capable of giving um- 

 Ijrage to the English ; the population 

 is, for the most part, united in one 

 grand confederacy ; and the Supreme 

 Government is inculcating and dif- 

 fusing jusfer sentiments, and more 

 equitable princi[)les, throughout coun- 

 tries that have been long the prey of 

 anarchy. 



In India, the privileges of acquiring 

 landed property is not enjoyed by the 

 legitimate descendants of Europeans 

 long settled there ; and probably, on 

 this account, they are less considered 

 by the native casts. The Christian 

 population, of ancient descent, amounts 

 to about half a million, almost all de- 

 scendants of the first Europeans ; but, 

 compared with the other classc.*, 



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living in a sort of degradation. The 

 native Europeans keep these, their 

 humble brethren, at a distance; and 

 the consequence is, (hat both the 

 Mahometans and Hindoos treat them 

 with a marked disrespect, which is 

 not evinced to the Christians of Eu- 

 rope. A change of system, with re- 

 spect to the Creole Christians, would 

 probably be found to combine and se- 

 cure advantages not hitherto contem- 

 plated, and without subjecting the 

 Indian administration to any kind of 

 risk. 



The population of the principal 

 cities of Hindostan, which, in general, 

 are within the English pale, by an 

 approximative estimate, has been rated 

 as follows. Benares, 600,000; Cal- 

 cutta, 500,000; Surat, 450,000; Ma- 

 dras, 300,000 ; Lucknow, 200,000 ; 

 Hyderabad, 200,000 ; Dacca, 180,000; 

 Bombay, 170,000; Delhi, 160,000; 

 Moorshcdabad, 150,000 ; Pound, 

 120,000; Nagpoor, 100,000; Barcda, 

 100,000; Almcdabad, 100,000; Cash- 

 mire, 100,000; I'urruckabad, 70,000; 

 Mirzapour, 60,000; Agra, 60,000; 

 Bareily, 60,000; Burdwan, 54,000; 

 Bangalore, 60,000; Chupra, 43,000; 

 Seringapatam, 40.000 ; Broach, 33,000; 

 Mangalore, 30,000 ; and Palliampour, 

 30,000. Five of these, Lucknow, 

 Hyderabad, Nagpoor, Bareda, and 

 Cashmire, are not subject to the 

 English. 



There are several other cities, such 

 as Lahore, Jeypoor, Bhurtpour, Au- 

 rungabad, &c. of considerable extent 

 and population, but no estimate has 

 been made of them. 



In 1805, a list was completed from 

 official documents, of English resi- 

 dents in Hindostan, born in the coun- 

 try, of English parents, amounting to 

 31,000 individuals. Among these, 

 were 22,000 in the army, as officers or 

 soldiers ; free merchants and mariners 

 allowed to settle in India, about 5,000 ; 

 300 magistrates, and others, in the 

 courts of justice : the remainder con- 

 sisted of adventurers, living, by their 

 industry, in different occupations. 

 Since the above period, no particular 

 report has been published ; but the 

 total number of resident subjects, born 

 in the country, of English parents, 

 may be fixed at under 40,000. 



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