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Monument to the late Lord Metcalfe, a Vice President of the Asiatic 

 Society of Bengal. 



The Editors gratefully insert a fac simile with which they have been 

 favored by Mr. Bushby, of the tablet lately erected in Winckfield 

 Church, Berks, to the memory of the revered Lord Metcalfe. The 

 inscription is from the classic pen of Mr. Macaulay. 



Lord Metcalfe was elected a member of the Asiatic Society on the 

 4th September 1819— a Vice President on the 2nd of January 1828. 

 His exertions for the advancement of the Society and the promotion 

 of the noble ends it should pursue, were cordial, constant and effective. 

 Many of his most intimate friends became members of the Society 

 at his instance. He advised and encouraged them to active co-ope- 

 ration in its labours. The correspondence and records of Government, 

 on all scientific and literary topics, were by his directions rendered freely 

 available for publication under the Society's auspices. 



After a separation of several years, while the ruler of another 

 vast dependency of the British Empire, where this great and good man 

 designed to found an Institution for the advancement of similar pursuits, 

 the writer of this brief notice heard him refer with pride and affection 

 to the Asiatic Society of Bengal as the model by which he desired to 

 construct the Institute of Canada. 



While busts and portraits record the services of other Vice Pre- 

 sidents of the Society, the insertion of this slight memorial will at least 

 evince that the grave has not obliterated the grateful sentiments with 

 which the memory of Lord Metcalfe should be held among us. 



