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Government there, can be brought to move or to aid in any move- 

 ment having for its object the attainment of a scientific end, its 

 cooperation or assistance is almost invariably obtained through the 

 pressure of some of those numerous Societies which are the pride of 

 our country ; and it is no cause for wonder, if such is the case in 

 England, that the same rule should hold good in this country, and 

 that we should find it necessary occasionally to remind the Govern- 

 ment of India of the duties it owes to the important interests we hold 

 in our keeping." 



In conclusion, he trusted that he had made it clear to the meeting, 

 how intimate was the connection of this Society with the movement 

 that was now taking place in the Punjab, and how deep an interest 

 it had in its success. He gave it as his opinion that the neglect of 

 oriental studies in India had now reached the culminating point, and 

 that therefore it was incumbent on this Society to give to the new 

 movement its most cordial and most hearty support. 



Mr. Campbell said — " I entirely concur in thinking that this Society 

 cannot take upon itself to express, as a body, any opinion on questions 

 of a properly Educational and Departmental character, and on that 

 account I have somewhat regretted that, going beyond the address, 

 which is the subject of the motion, other papers raising such ques- 

 tions should have been read. I would also especially deprecate our 

 saying or doing anything which should seem to take us back to the 

 old divisions of Anglicists and Orientalists. I have felt that caution 

 is necessary in regard to one or two of Mr. Macleod's expressions 

 which seem to point that way, the more so as the learned mover of 

 the proposition before us also used some such expressions. "While 

 admitting that there is great force in much that has been said by 

 Major Lees, I can in no way assent to those parts of his observations, 

 which would appear to make us partizans in those ancient and almost 

 forgotten battles of the year 1835. As regards all that then passed, 

 I would say, ' Let the dead bury their dead.' Even supposing that the 

 Government of those days were the rude and barbarous Goths that 

 Major Lees represents them to be, (the name of the chief offender being, 

 it appears, that of Macaulay), he has also told us that the work of 

 Oriental Publications has not been altogether neglected. Barbarians 

 as they were, the Government made a pecuniary grant for the pur- 



