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the Report before us, the epitome of the deeds of those among them who were 

 the most conspicuous for their learning and talent ; passing by such names as the 

 Raja of Tanjore, whose merits, however great, were those of a patron rather than a 

 labourer in the field of Oriental research. 



" Dr. Adam Clarke was born in the county of Derry, in Ireland, about the year 

 1760, and commenced his studies as a minister in the Wesleyan connection, at the age 

 of eighteen. It was not till long after this period that his attention was turned to 

 the study of Oriental literature : but he eventually acquired a profound knowledge of 

 the Hebrew language and its sister dialects, ample proof of which is afforded by his 

 highly esteemed commentaries on the Old and New Testaments. This was his prin- 

 cipal work, and it extended to eight volumes quarto. Another work of great research 

 and value has been published since the death of Dr. Clarke, with a continuation by 

 his son, the Rev. J. B. B. Clarke, containing a view of the succession of sacred liter- 

 ature, from the invention of alphabetical characters to the year 1300. 



" On the return of Sir A. Johnston from Ceylon, in the beginning of 181 8, he brought 

 with him two young priests of Budd'ha, who were anxious to increase their knowledge 

 by a visit to England ; and on their arrival in this country, they were placed by that 

 gentleman under the care of Dr. Clarke, who had very liberally offered to receive them. 

 They remained with him for two years, when they returned to their native country. 



" The life of Dr. Adam Clarke has been so fully detailed in the auto-biography 

 which has been recently laid before the public, that it is unnecessary to dwell more 

 particularly on it in this place. He continued attached to the study of Oriental liter- 

 ature to the latest years of his life, which was brought to a termination in the autumn 

 of last year, by an attack of cholera. 



" As Secretary to the Madras Auxiliary Society, the connexion of Mr. James Ltjsh- 

 INGTON with this body was of an intimate and important character. When, on the 

 arrival of the late Governor of Madras at that Presidency, he proceeded forthwith to 

 carry into effect the suggestions with which he had been furnished by this Society for 

 the re-organization of the Literary Society of Madias, his private secretary and second 

 son, the subject of this notice, was selected for the situation of Secretary to the Asia- 

 tic department of the Institution ; and the manner in which the duties of that office 

 were performed amply proved the propriety of the choice. To the possession of ta- 

 lents of no common order, he united great industry and zeal. The active share he 

 took in the promotion of an object which this society had much at heart, namely, the 

 continuation and completion of the Historical and Antiquarian researches of the late 

 ColonelMACKENZiE, cannot easily be forgotten ; and the Council has to regret that by 

 his death an interruption has occurred in the prosecution of this design. He expired 

 at Laulpettah, near Vellore, on the 12th of September 1832, after a tedious and pain- 

 ful illness, at the early age of twenty-eight years. 



"The late Lieutenant-Colonel John Baillie entered the service of the Ho- 

 nourable the East-India Company in the year 1790, and arrived in India in 1791. He 

 applied himself with great diligence to the study of the learned languages of the East; 

 as a proof of which, it may be mentioned, that in the year 1797, at the desire of the 

 then Governor-General, (Sir John Shore, now Lord Teignmouth,) he undertook the 

 translation from the Arabic of a copious digest of Muhammedan Law, so arranged as 

 to comprise the whole of the Imamea code, as applicable to secular matters. This 

 work it was originally contemplated would extend to four volumes in quarto, but of 

 these the first only was ever published, and that without the preliminary discourse or 

 table of contents. It comprehends only the laws of commercial transactions. 



"On the establishment of the College of Fort William, Colonel Baillie was appoint- 

 ed professor of the Arabic and Persian languages and of Muhammedan Law, a post which 

 he filled with high credit until the year 1807, when he was appointed resident at the 

 court of the Nawab Vizir of Oude, in place of Colonel^COLLiNS. During the period 



