578 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



lation after he was gone, and that 

 instead of lamenting, they ought 

 rather to give thanks to the Al- 

 mighty for the prosperity with 

 which he had been crowned, and 

 for the powerful friends by whom 

 he and they were supported both 

 in India and in England. That 

 the same line of conduct which 

 first obtained those blessings, 

 would preserve them ; and that he 

 had nothing left to wish for in 

 this world, but a long continuance 

 of that prosperity, which God had 

 been pleased to shew his family, 

 before he took him to himself. 



Such was the piety, such the 

 resignation, and such the dignified 

 morality of this dying believer in 

 the religion of Zoroaster. His 

 loss has not been confined to his 

 family and friends ; it is felt by 

 the natives of every description. 

 His wealth and his knowledge 

 gave him great power ; and he 

 was liberal of both without osten- 

 tation. From the earliest period of 

 his life he was trained up in mer- 

 cantile pursuits ; and, of all the 

 Asiatics we have ever known, he 

 was eminently the best acquainted 

 with our language, our customs, 

 and our laws. This enabled him 

 to adjust many disputes among 

 the rich, which might have in- 

 volved them in ruin 5 and to re- 

 lieve many of the poor from that 

 pride of oppression, which is so 

 generally connected with the aris- 

 tocracy of mere wealth. As the 

 representative of successful in- 

 dustry, wealth indeed cannot be 

 too much respected ; but how 

 many accomplishments and how 

 many virtues ai'e lequired, to re- 

 tine it into that respectability, 

 which can only result from a 



proper use of the power which it 



bestows. 



He was possessed of a very 

 noble figure, an admirable ad- 

 dress, and a copious flow of lan- 

 guage. No man could possibly 

 present himself in a more dignified 

 or prepossessing manner J and the 

 impression he made from such 

 natural advantages, was uniformly 

 supported by the resources of a 

 sound judgment, and a great va- 

 riety and extent of information. 



From the time his fortune first 

 enabled him to lay out money on 

 building, even to his last illness, 

 he continued to beautify the town 

 and island of Bombay, with houses 

 and gardens ; and he may be truly 

 said to have created that taste for 

 an ornamental disposure of their 

 wealth, by which the natives of 

 this coimtry have contributed so 

 much to the comforts of the Eu- 

 ropean population. The gentle- 

 men who have inhabited his nu- 

 merous and stately houses, will 

 bear ample testimony to the libe- 

 rality with which he uniformly 

 met their wishes, and adopted 

 their suggestions of improvement, 

 or even alteration ; and the greater 

 part of a very considerable fortune 

 is actually vested in this manner. 



The day before his death, we 

 understand, he made and publish- 

 ed his last will and testament, in 

 which he displayed his usual good 

 sense ; and left his affairs in the 

 most orderly arrangement. He 

 adopted his eldest grandson. Da- 

 dabhoy, as his own son, according 

 to the custom of his nation, but 

 left his very handsome fortune to 

 be enjoyed equally by both his 

 grandsons, the children of a be- 

 loved daughter, whose early loss 



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