" Suith as appertain to the civil swage, being lows strongly recommended, and °Rea finding nag old acquaintances of their families On the spot, l• quire but little advice.; nor does the cadet stead much in need. of instruction, as to the moaner* which he should provide hbaself with a hem. All he has to do, is, to wait upon the tows-n*0r, at NI office in Fort-William, when he will. receive the na cessary order for his admission into the Cadet at Barnet, about sixteen miles from Calcutta.
" He who has not these advantages, must do the best his circumstances may afford ; he will find tie. penance to be not only cheap, but indispensable; for, if he should act so indiscreetly at the outset as to is. lure his health, a thousand and a certain' increase of difficulties, must follow. The first point must necessarily be to get under cover. This will not be found so easy, as those who have never pit ted England may suppose.. It will be after much* search, that a small house will be had, and then only the bare walls ; for no such thing is known is ladle as a. furnished house to be let ; and lodgings are, if possible, still more out of the question. Ferniest*, there are, among the European shopkeeper* in Cal. cutta, some most respectable characters ; mendis tinguished for their utbanity, philanthropy, sod Raw nerosity. Application should. be humidly made to one of these firms, for aid and advice. The case should be candidly stated; sad, in order to Mem confidence, a deposit of money should be task either with them, or at one. of the banks. The eet• sequeneei will be, that, in a few hem" some null tenement will be obtained, either on hire, or Val* ed as a temporary accommodation, and the whole of the artieles really necessary will be provided, at some ene or other of the outdone which day take place within the central parts of the town." Calcutta is the great emporium of the east. By means of the Ganges, and its tributary streams, it has an uninterrupted water communication with the whole of the north of Hindostan, on the one hand, and with the whole of Europe, Africa, America, and great part of Asia, on the other. Thus advantage ously situated for commerce, it trades extensively with almost every country in the world, and numbers of vessels of every form and description are constant arriving or departing from the river, which, in the vicinity of the town, presents the busiest scene ima ginable. Numerous dock-yards have also been esta blished, in which are built vessels of great burden and of admirable construction. Piece-goods, shawls,
indigo, silk, sugar, opium, and rum, are the staple commodities of export. Treasure is imported from all quarters. From London, the imports consist principally of articles of consumption for the Euro pean inhabitants, consisting of porter, ale, confection and, generally, of all the finer manufactures.' In 1808 a bank was established at Calcutta, under the name of the Calcutta Bank. Its capital amounts to 50 lacks of rupees, of which ten were subscribed by Government, and the remainder by individuals. There are twelve Insurance Companies. Several newspapers are published weekly. The charitable institutions are numerous. Of these the principal are two schools for the education and maintenance of . the children of Europeans in the military service of the Company, one for the children of officers, and another for those of privates ; a free school at which . about 100 children are educated, and a native hos pital or infirmary. The Asiatic Society still con tinues its sittings, and publishes its Transactions, which contain much interesting matter concerning the history, literature, languages, and antiquities of Asia.. An Auxiliary Bible Society has also been established at Calcutta.
The Supreme Court consists of a Chief-Justice and two puisne judges, all nominated by the Crown. Its jurisdiction extends to all British subjects in India, and to all civil actions between natives, or be tween natives and Europeans. Criminal cases are tried in this Court by a jury, consisting exclu . sively of British subjects; as also all criminal char ges against the Company's servants, and all civil actions in which the Company, or any of its servants, are concerned; but it takes no cognizance of the land revenues. The law practitioners attached to this Court are fourteen attornies, and six barristers.
The College of Fort William, for the education of the junior servants of the iast India Company, which promised at one time to be so great an esta blishment, is now reduced to a few lecture rooms in the Writers' buildings. It was begun in 1801 by the Marquis Wellesley, then Governor-General, and its object was to remedy the evils which had arisen from the ignorance of the Company's servants; to fill, if possible, the important situations of the Empire with men of learning, talents, integrity, and moderate ha and along, with a just administration of govern mint, to spread the influence of literature, science, and the Christian religion, over the eastern world.