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2. ' Statements respecting the University of London, 1828. 

 prepared at the desire of the Council by Nine of the Pro- 

 fessors.' 



3. ' Letter to the Council of the University of London, 

 by Leonard Horner, Warden of the University. 5 



4. ' Observations on a Letter, &c., by L. Horner, Esq., 

 &c., &c., by Nine Professors.' 



During the vacation of 1829, Mr. De Morgan spent a 1829. 

 few weeks in Paris, chiefly at the house of Colonel, after- 

 wards General John Briggs, of the Madras Army. Col. Colonel 

 Briggs and his father, Dr. Briggs, also of the Indian 

 army, had married two Miss Dodsons, sisters of Mr. De 

 Morgan's mother. They were, therefore, his uncles by 

 marriage. Col. Briggs, who, as a young man, had served 

 under Sir John Malcolm during the time of the dissolu- 

 tion of the Mahratta Confederacy, afterwards held suc- 

 cessively a diplomatic post in Persia, and that of Resident 

 at Nagpoor, and finally, for a short time, the place of 

 Senior Commissioner of Mysore. He was an able officer 

 and an indefatigable student of Eastern language, history, 

 and Science. His work on the Land Tax of India was 

 one of the earliest protests against some points of British 

 misrule in the East. In the bringing out of this work his 

 nephew Augustus gave him a good deal of assistance. 

 Besides this work, General Briggs was the author of 

 ' Letters on India,' an excellent guide for young men 

 entering the army, even now when the army is under 

 different rule ; and besides the ' Ferishta,' already men- 

 tioned, he translated the work by Ghulam Hussein on 

 the 'Decay of the Mogul Empire.' His knowledge of 

 Eastern languages and Science had brought him and 

 our friend Godfrey Higgins into intimate acquaintance. 

 They visited my father together at Stoke Newington, 

 and their animated discussions were always amusing 

 and often instructive, though the two had a tendency to 

 differ about Hindoo temples and topes and remains, which 

 Mr. Higgins declared had been built and decorated 



