n 
AN INDEPENDENT AND NOBLE MINDED NATIVE. 
bon& fide pupils of the College, all other arrangements in regard to their distribution I 
leave to your discretion. 
Yours very sincerely, 
Calcutta, 2ith March, 1836, (Signed) Dwarkanauth Tagore. 
We have great pleasure in bringing to the notice of the public the above letter from 
Dwarkanauth Tagore to Principal Bramley, We have watched with pleasure the liberality 
and deep interest this native gentleman takes in the enlightenment and prosperity of his 
countrymen. Whether in the cause of bursting the shackles of the Press, establishing a Fe- 
ver Hospital, or that of Education, Dwarkanauth Tagore is the foremost, consistent, and 
devoted advocate. Another of his countrymen* has followed his noble example, and we 
have no doubt a feeling throughout India will be excited in the native community in 
support of the great cause of Medical Education. If one circumstance more than another 
would prove to government that it loses nothing in the end by founding valuable establish- 
ments for the benefit of the people, the institution of the Medical College affords that 
proof, What is the expense after all — a mere drop in the ocean when compared with the 
vast ulterior benefits to be attained, and we shall be astonished if similar institutions are 
not forthwith established at Madras, Bombay, and in Central or North Western India. 
But we again repeat that the Government should liberally pay its professors : — splendid 
talents, honorable and responsible situations are thus paid in all parts of the world ; and 
the means, extravagant as they appear to one who is ignorant of the principles of political 
economy, in the end are proved to be the cheapest. Professors Goodeve and O’Shaughnessy 
at the present moment cannot, without leisure, devote themselves to other pursuits, and 
consequently their salaries we could venture to prove are insufficient to cover their 
expences, much less to enable them to purchase those works and instruments so indis- 
pensably necessary to their own as well as their pupils edification. 
We conceive it to be the duty of an enlightened Government to be the first to lend the 
helping hand, and in time, no doubt, and the period' is not distant, the Medical 
College and' similar institutions will lapse into the hands of the public for support, and the 
stigma be removed, which is now reflected on British India, that she is without a University. 
IMPORTANT DISCUSSION AT THE MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL 
SOCIETY’S MEETING. 
We beg to call the attention of our contemporaries to an important discussion at the 
meeting of the Medical and Physical Society. The facts elicited from Drs. O’Shaughnessy 
and Stewart should be brought to the notice of all shipowners and Captains of ships. 
We had intended to have offered some observations on the subject, but want of space 
compels us to defer them till our next, when we shall embody what we have to say in ou^’ 
review of Dr. Stewart’s paper on Colica Pictonum in the seventh volume of the Transac- 
tions of the Society. 
MR. JOHN TYTLER. 
We understand Mr. Tytler is a candidate for the situation of agent in London to the 
Upper Orphan School ; if he succeeds to the appointment, he will resign the Medical 
Service in England. 
BENGAL MEDICAL RETIRING FUND. 
We are happy to learn that our brethren at Bombay are attaining promotion by the 
operation of their Medical Fund, that being in so flourishing a state it has already furnished 
* Baboo Uamgopaul Ghose. 
