42 



Col. Lushington, and Mr. D. Pollock. Capt. Harkness was elected 

 secretary. 



The members and their friends dined together in the evening at 

 the Thatched House Tavern, Mr. Wyna in the chair ; supported by 

 the Rajah Ram Mohun Roy, Prince Czartoryski, Count Neimce- 

 wicz, Right Hon. H. EUis, Sir A, Johnston, Sir H. Willock, Sir 

 Edward Owen, Sir Ralph Rice, Chevalier Don Lopez de Cordova, 

 &c. &c. 



Proceedings at a meeting of the Madras Literary Society and 

 Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society held at the Society's Rooms, 

 at the College, on Thursday evening the Sth August 1833, 



Present, 



The Right Hon. Sir F. Adam, k. c. b. Patron. 

 The Honorable Sir R. Palmf>r, President in the Chair. 

 The Venerable Archdeacon T. Robinson, a. m. Vice President. 

 Lieut. Col CuLLEN, Lieut. Col. Napier, 



S. Sam, Esq. Captain T. Maclean, 



Revd. Mr. Spring, • A. Dunlop, Esq. 



Dr. J. Strachan, Lieut. Col. Coombs, 



Revd. Mr. Harper, Dr. T. H. Davies, 



Dr. Ben ZA, C. V. Lutchmiah, and 



Captain Chase, J. C. Morris, Esq. Secretary. 



An able and interesting paper on the rise and early history of the 

 Syrian Christians on the Malabar Coast by the Venerable the Arch- 

 deacon, was read to the meeting by the learned author, to whom 

 the thanks of the Society were unanimously voted. It was further 

 resolved that the paper in question be adopted by the Society and 

 be set aside for publication. 



It was then proposed by Lieut. __^CoL Coombs and seconded by 

 Lieut. Col. Cullen. 



That it is desirable with reference to several interesting memoirs 

 and papers which have already been submitted to the Society, and 

 to others which may hereafter be received, to adopt means for giving 

 them earlier publicity than the necessarily distant and slow publica- 

 tion of the Society's transactions will admit ; and, that indepen- 

 dently of papers read before the Society and of notices of their 

 meetings and proceedings, the publication under the auspices of the 

 Society of a monthly or quarterly Jo rnal, similar to the Asiatic 

 Journal of Calcutta, would by affording a suitable vehicle for occa- 

 sional essays and papers connected with subjects of oriental litera- 



