Chandpaul ghaut.
H. T. PRINSEP, Secy, to Govt.

CAPT. W. R. FITZGERALD, Civil Architect.

Sir, We have to apologize for the unaccountable delay which has taken place, in replying to your letter of the 16th August last.

The Committee for the "Metcalfe Library" request us to state with reference to your communication, that they would be content and thankful did the Government permit them to build the proposed edifice on the semicircular space of ground before the Town-hall, or opposite to the Ochterlony monument, immediately to the south of the Durrumtollah tank, opening upon the new cross road, or adjoining to the new reservoir near

Sir,-We have the honor to acknowledge the receipt Calcutta, 21st Oct. 1837.

of your letter of the 12th instant, informing us that our application in behalf of the Committee to be put in possession of the ground in Tank-square selected for the site of the proposed building of the a Metcalfe Library, has been referred to the Government law officers.

You will oblige us by ascertaining the pleasure of Government on this communication, and informing us at your earliest convenience of its decision. We are, &c.

CARR, TAGORE AND CO. Secs.

Sir Charles Metcalfe and suite reached Allahabad on the 15th instant, and the steamer Megna having arrived miscellaneous on the following day, and discharged a cargo of matrons, maids and packages, was immediately prepared for his reception. Mr. Colvin gave a ball to Sir Charles on the evening of the 17th, on leaving which he embarked in the steamer, and sailed early next

SIR CHARLES METCALFE'S VISIT TO ALLAHABAD.

relinquishing his high functions of Lieutenant-Governor would overwhelm me with shame and sorrow, should I of the north western provinces, the residents of Allaha- ever do any thing unworthy of sentiments which you bad, comprising all the heads of departments and many have so generously expressed. of the uncovenanted servants of Government, with some of the officers of the station, proceeded at noon, on the 17th instant, to the Honourable Baronet's tent, which place he had appointed to receive them.

Among those who have honoured me on this occasion, are some of the most eminent of my fellow servants; who are at the head of the great branches of the public administration in these provinces; and whom I have always regarded as colleagues in the government entrusted to my charge. With such efficient co-operation, the task of administration was easy, and was cheered with every prospect of success. The government is now in the stronger hands of the Governor-General, and I entertain a confident expectation that with his Lordship's beneficent and enlightened views, and with such powerful aid as he will derive from the controlling authorities to whom I have alluded, and from the integrity, zeal and ability pervading every grade of the public service, the prosper. ty and happiness of these provinces will be greatly ad vanced; provided, as I bumbly hope, it may please the

HON'BLE SIR,-We, the residents of Allahabad and its vicinity, desire to wait upon you on this occasion, with our assurances of regard for your person, respect for your character, and sorrow for your departure.

My administration in these provinces has been exclusively civil; I have not had the usual authority of a Go.

The immediate cause of your withdrawal, in the full vigor of your strenght and faculties, from the discharge Almighty Giver of all good to grant more favourable of those high functions in which you have evinced so seasons, and remove the drought and dearth, which predeep and constant an interest, we have learned from your vail to a most painful extent in some districts; but here, published reply to the address of our fellow-country- I am happy to see, in a less degree, than in those from men at Agra, on quitting the seat of your Government. which I have recently come. On this point, thus openly declared and set at rest, it would hardly become us to inquire or to remark further. But under any circumstances, we must deeply regret the loss of an experienced, high-minded, and able Gover-vernor over the army. It is only, therefore, to those officers, military, as well as civil, who have acted un. nor, whose established reputation, intimate acquaintance with the concerns of every public department, sound and der me in a civil capacity, that I am at liberty to exextended policy, and tried administrative skill could not press the thankfulness which I feel, for their valuable fail to secure to you the fullest confidence of all under assistance and support. I notice this circumstance, your authority, and, especially, to stimulate and encour-party because it precludes me from paying officially the age those who have been entrusted with the subordinate tribute due to the merits of the military branch of the public service, for which I have always entertained conduct of the various branches of the public service. heartfelt respect and affection, and to which we owe the We beg you to accept our grateful thanks for the hos- acquisition and preservation of our Indian empire; and pitality and social virtues displayed during the brief partly because I am proud to state, that, notwithstandperiod of your sojourn at this station; for your ready aiding the want of those powers which are usually attached to every benevolent object; for that kindliness and to the administration of a Government, I have invariably courtesy, as well in official as in private intercourse, received from the officers of the army, consideration, which never fails to conciliate affection, and command attention, and courtesy, to the utmost extent that could esteem, and which will not speedily be effaced from our have been expected, if the millitary as well as civil remembrance. powers of government had been vested in me-I may say Your judicious measures for the relief of the distressed to a greater extent, for there has been more than mere pupulation during the present calamitous year, and stren-respect for station-there has been the greatest personal uous exertions to obviate the threatened scourge of the kindness, such as I must ever acknowledge with grati last, form a suitable close to a long career of enlightened tude. This grateful feeling, although the expression of benevolence, and cannot, we feel, fail to call down on it is called forth on the present occasion, by the friendyou the blessings of those who were ready to perish. iness which I have experienced in these provinces, extends beyond local limits. It is not confined to one We now, with all regard and regret, bid you farewell presidency, not to any one branch of the army, nor to We trust you may long be continued to be a blessing to any particular description of force. Wherever I have all those within the sphere of your influence. We feel served in India, I have always found, on the part of assured that, whether you may again engage in public, or enjoy the quiet of private life, you will possess that assu-duties the most zealous co-operation, and the most hearty every portion of the army, without exception, in public rance of the confidence and effection of those over whom desire to uphold the civil power; in social life, uniyou have been called to preside, and that satisfaction in formly, the utmost hospitality, cordiality, and kindness. the recollection of a life spent in the service of mankind, The impression made on me by what I have witnessed which, to a benevolent mind, is a never-failing spring of in these respects, can never be effaced, and I trust that pleasing recollection and present enjoyment.

it is not presumptuous in me to avow my sense of it. The greatest part of my life has been passed in situations, in which the society has been for the most part military;

SIRS,-I beg you to accept my warmest thanks for the and the consequence of the intimate intercourse has been honour conferred on me by this address. on my part a degree of admiration and attachment, which I cannot adequately describe; but, nevertheless, cannot wholly refrain from declaring, on the last opportunity that I may ever have, of giving public expression to such sentiments.

After a few words expressive of his entire approval (individually) of all the Lieutenant-Governor's public acts, and of his pleasure at having been selected as the organ of communicating the sentiments of the meeting, the Chairman (Mr. R. M. Bird) read the following: ADDRESS.

SIR CHARLES METCALFE'S REPLY.
To the Residents of Allahabad.

The assurance of approbation and esteem, at the close of a long public life, is the most gratifying reward of honest service. The expression of such sentiments in this conspicuous manner, is a high distinction, and a manifestation of personal regard, for which I must ever be grateful. The recollection of this testimony of your friendly feelings, and of the other marks of kindness which I have received from all classes of the inhabitants try may be rendered prosperous and happy, more and of these provinces, on the occassion of my departure, will more, by that devotion to the public interests which be a never-failing source of pride and comfort to me, does honour to every branch of the public service.

I beg you all, gentlemen, again to accept my grate ful thanks for your kindness, with my fervent wishes that every blessing may attend you, and that this Coun

ENTERTAINMENT TO E. R. MCDONNEL, Esq.

The public entertainment given to E. R. McDoNELL, Esq., on Saturday last, by the Native Gentlemen of Madras, was in every respect as creditable to them as it must have been most gratifying to their honored guest. We may say without being accused of flattery, since he will have quitted our shores before these remarks appear, that no man ever spent a long life in India more universally and deservedly admired and esteemed by all classes than Mr. McDONELL; and the Hindoo community in publicly testifying their approbation of his conduct, have" won golden opinions from all sorts of people."

The fête given to Mr. McDONELL, by his numerous Hindoo friends was a "Subscription Nautch," at the residence of C. V. Juggarow, in Vepery.-All the roads leading to the scene of festivity were lit up with torches for the occasion; and the garden and house were one blaze of light. At half past eight o'clock, the guests, European and Native, began to arrive; and in half an hour the hall was pretty full. The European gentlemen were about sixty in number, principally of the civil and military services; and several ladies were present also-The following programme exhibits the order of the entertainment above-stairs.

salver. The cup surmounted with a raven, the family crest, and the coat of arms engraved on one side, with the following inscription on the other as well as on the salver:

sixth.

About the middle of the entertainment, Mr. McDoNELI. was approached by C. Strenavassay Pillay and G. V. Juggarow, and, whilst the former stood by bearing the cup to be presented to Mr. Mc DONELL, G. V. Juggarow addressed that gentleman to the following

effect:

PRESENTED

To E R. Mc DONELL, Esq.

The Cup presented to Mr. McDONELL by his native

BY HIS HINDOO FRIENDS AT MADRAS, ON THE
OCCASION OF HIS DEPARTURE FROM INDIA,
AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF THEIR SINCERE
REGARD AND ESTEEM.

3D FEB. 1838.

Mr. McDonell replied to the following effect:

"I regret very much that I cannot sufficiently express my feelings at the entertainment given by my native friends. When a man's heart is full he is unable to utter a word. Nothing could have gratified me in this world more than the honour done me this evening. I have been in India for thirty years, and from the situations I have held in the Revenue department, I have had opportunities of being much associated with the natives, and I have liked them very much. Pray accept my thanks for the piece of plate which you have done me the honor to present to me; and which will be preserved in my family from posterity to posterity."

G. V. Juggarow proposed Mr. Mc Donell's health in Almost immediately after the presentation of the cup, a glass of champaigne, which was drunk by the European friends with enthusiastic and deafening applause, Mr. Mc Donell then proposed the health of C. Strenevassay Pillay and the Hindoo gentlemen of Madras, in a brief but very appropriate speech, which was also drunk by the same portion of the Company, with hearty

cheers.

The entertainment was kept up with unbounded hilarity until midnight. Two sets of dancing girls exerted their powers for the amusement of the company, at the same time, in very different costumes and received great applause. To persons who never witnessed the sight before, nothing can be more entertaining than the novelties, and, to some extent, the grace of a Hindoo dance; and, in spite of what has been alleged to the contrary, nothing can contrast more favourably than it does with the legeretté. to use the mildest word of our own Opera-house. It was said that the value of the jewells on three of the girls who were dancing together, could not have been less than ten thousand pagodas! They were literally covered with brilliants, not excepting their noses, which were positively tortured with precious stones.

"The Hindoos, whom you have this day so highly honoured by your acceptance of the entertainment prepared for you, are proud to number you amongst the warmest of their European friends. It has devolved on me to express the feelings excited by the recollection of your kindness to them. I cannot attempt to say any thing more than simply to allude to the deep regret which pervades our minds at the prospect of being deprived of your presence at Madras, even for a season. We must not omit to notice, that throughout the evenIn the mean time, however, while we indulge the war-ing the European guests, and especially the ladies, exmest hopes of seeing you return to us, at no distant pe-perienced the most polite and unremitting attention riod, with increased honours, we beg you will carry with from the native gentlemen who gave the entertainyou this trifling memorial of our sincere regard and esment. A room was laid out with every luxury to grateem. We wish you a safe voyage to England, and all tify the palates of our omniverous countrymen-wine possible prosperity." (Loud cheering.) cooled to a fault; and, indeed, nothing omitted which could render the entertainment worthy of the occasion.

cing on the sharp edges of swords, which formed the
The rather alarming exhibition of a young girl dan
second act, was repeated late in the evening; but on
the second occasion she cut limes with her heels in-
It appears hardly credible that
stead of sugar cane.
a delicate little girl should be able to stand on the edge
of a sharp sword, and at the same time, by pressing with
her heel, cut a lime in two on the same instrument.

relinquishing his high functions of Lieutenant-Governor | would overwhelm me with shame and sorrow, should I of the north western provinces, the residents of Allaha ever do any thing unworthy of sentiments which you bad, comprising all the heads of departments and many have so generously expressed. of the uncovenanted servants of Government, with some of the officers of the station, proceeded at noon, on the 17th instant, to the Honourable Baronet's tent, which place he had appointed to receive them.

are some of the most eminent of my fellow servants; who Among those who have honoured me on this occasion, are at the head of the great branches of the public admiuistration in these provinces; and whom I have always regarded as colleagues in the government entrusted to my charge. With such efficient co-operation, the task of administration was easy, and was cheered with every prospect of success. The government is now in the stronger hands of the Governor-General, and I entertain a confident expectation that with his Lordship's beneficent and enlightened views, and with such powerful aid as he will derive from the controlling authorities to whom I have alluded, and from the integrity, zeal and ability pervading every grade of the public service, the prosperty and happiness of these provinces will be greatly advanced; provided, as I humbly hope, it may please the

HON'BLE SIR,-We, the residents of Allahabad and its vicinity, desire to wait upon you on this occasion, with our assurances of regard for your person, respect for your character, and sorrow for your departure.

The immediate cause of your withdrawal, in the full vigor of your strenght and faculties, from the discharge Almighty Giver of all good to grant more favourable of those high functions in which you have evinced so seasons, and remove the drought and dearth, which predeep and constant an interest, we have learned from your vail to a most painful extent in some districts; but here, published reply to the address of our fellow-country- I am happy to see, in a less degree, than in those from men at Agra, on quitting the seat of your Government. which I have recently come. On this point, thus openly declared and set at rest, it would hardly become us to inquire or to remark further. My administration in these provinces has been exclu. But under any circumstances, we must deeply regret sively civil; I have not had the usual authority of a Go. the loss of an experienced, high-minded, and able Gover-vernor over the army. It is only, therefore, to those nor, whose established reputation, intimate acquaintance der me in a civil capacity, that I am at liberty to exofficers, military, as well as civil, who have acted un. with the concerns of every public department, sound and extended policy, and tried administrative skill could not press the thankfulness which I feel, for their valuable fail to secure to you the fullest confidence of all under assistance and support. I notice this circumstance, your authority, and, especially, to stimulate and encour party because it precludes me from paying officially the age those who have been entrusted with the subordinate tribute due to the merits of the military branch of the conduct of the various branches of the public service. public service, for which I have always entertained heartfelt respect and affection, and to which we owe the We beg you to accept our grateful thanks for the hos-acquisition and preservation of our Indian empire; and pitality and social virtues displayed during the brief partly because I am proud to state, that, notwithstandperiod of your sojourn at this station; for your ready aiding the want of those powers which are usually attached to every benevolent object; for that kindliness and to the administration of a Government, I have invariably courtesy, as well in official as in private intercourse, received from the officers of the army, consideration, which never fails to conciliate affection, and command attention, and courtesy, to the utmost extent that could esteem, and which will not speedily be effaced from our have been expected, if the millitary as well as civil remembrance. powers of government had been vested in me-I may say Your judicious measures for the relief of the distressed to a greater extent, for there has been more than mere pupulation during the present calamitous year, and stren-respect for station-there has been the greatest personal uous exertions to obviate the threatened scourge of the kindness, such as I must ever acknowledge with gratilast, form a suitable close to a long career of enlightened tude. This grateful feeling, although the expression of benevolence, and cannot, we feel, fail to call down on it is called forth on the present occasion, by the friendyou the blessings of those who were ready to perish. iness which I have experienced in these provinces, extends beyond local limits. It is not confined to one We now, with all regard and regret, bid you farewell. We trust you may long be continued to be a blessing to presidency, not to any one branch of the army, nor to all those within the sphere of your influence. We feel any particular description of force. Wherever I have served in India, I have always found, on the part of assured that, whether you may again engage in public, or enjoy the quiet of private life, you will possess that assu-duties the most zealous co-operation, and the most hearty every portion of the army, without exception, in public rance of the confidence and effection of those over whom desire to uphold the civil power; in social life, uniyou have been called to preside, and that satisfaction in formly, the utmost hospitality, cordiality, and kindness. the recollection of a life spent in the service of mankind, The impression made on me by what I have witnessed which, to a benevolent mind, is a never-failing spring of in these respects, can never be effaced, and I trust that pleasing recollection and present enjoyment.

it is not presumptuous in me to avow my sense of it. The greatest part of my life has been passed in situations, in which the society has been for the most part military;

SIRS,-I beg you to accept my warmest thanks for the and the consequence of the intimate intercourse has been honour conferred on me by this address. on my part a degree of admiration and attachment, which cannot adequately describe; but, nevertheless, cannot wholly refrain from declaring, on the last opportunity that I may ever have, of giving public expression to such

sentiments.

After a few words expressive of his entire approval (individually) of all the Lieutenant-Governor's public acts, and of his pleasure at having been selected as the organ of communicating the sentiments of the meeting, the Chairman (Mr. R. M. Bird) read the following: ADDRESS.

SIR CHARLES METCALFE'S REPLY.
To the Residents of Allahabad.

The assurance of approbation and esteem, at the close of a long public life, is the most gratifying reward of honest service. The expression of such sentiments in this conspicuous manner, is a high distinction, and a manifestation of personal regard, for which I must ever be grateful. The recollection of this testimony of your friendly feelings, and of the other marks of kindness which I have received from all classes of the inhabitants try may be rendered prosperous and happy, more and of these provinces, on the occassion of my departure, will nore, by that devotion to the public interests which be a never-failing source of pride and comfort to me, does honour to every branch of the public service.

I beg you all, gentlemen, again to accept my grate ful thanks for your kindness, with my fervent wishes that every blessing may attend you, and that this Coun

ENTERTAINMENT TO Æ. R. MCDONNEL, Esq.

The public entertainment given to E. R. McDoNELL, ESQ., on Saturday last, by the Native Gentlemen of Madras, was in every respect as creditable to them as it must have been most gratifying to their honored guest. We may say without being accused of flattery, since he will have quitted our shores before these remarks appear, that no man ever spent a long life in India more universally and deservedly admired and esteemed by all classes than Mr. McDONELL; and the Hindoo community in publicly testifying their approbation of his conduct, have" won golden opinions from all sorts of people."

The fête given to Mr. McDONELL, by his numerous Hindoo friends was a " Subscription Nautch," at the residence of C. V. Juggarow, in Vepery.-All the roads leading to the scene of festivity were lit up with torches for the occasion; and the garden and house were one blaze of light. At half past eight o'clock, the guests, European and Native, began to arrive; and in half an hour the hall was pretty full. The European gentlemen were about sixty in number, principally of the civil and military services; and several ladies were present also. The following programme exhibits the

order of the entertainment above-stairs.

sixth.

About the middle of the entertainment, Mr. McDoNELI. was approached by C. Strenavassay Pillay and G. V. Juggarow, and, whilst the former stood by bearing the cup to be presented to Mr. Mc DONELL, G. V. Juggarow addressed that gentleman to the following

effect:

salver. The cup surmounted with a raven, the family crest, and the coat of arms engraved on one side, with the following inscription on the other as well as on the salver:

The Cup presented to Mr. McDONELL by his native

PRESENTED

To E R. Mc DONELL, Esq.

BY HIS HINDOO FRIENDS AT MADRAS, ON THE
OCCASION OF HIS DEPARTURE FROM INDIA,
AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF THEIR SINCERE
REGARD AND ESTEEM.

3D FEB. 1838.

Mr. McDonell replied to the following effect:

"I regret very much that I cannot sufficiently express my feelings at the entertainment given by my native friends. When a man's heart is full he is unable to utter a word. Nothing could have gratified me in this world more than the honour done me this evening. I have been in India for thirty years, and from the situations I have held in the Revenue department, I have had opportunities of being much associated with the natives, and I have liked them very much. Pray accept my thanks for the piece of plate which you have done served in my family from posterity to posterity." me the honor to present to me; and which will be pre

Almost immediately after the presentation of the cup, G. V. Juggarow proposed Mr. Mc Donell's health in a glass of champaigne, which was drunk by the European friends with enthusiastic and deafening applause, Mr. Mc Donell then proposed the health of C. Strenevassay Pillay and the Hindoo gentlemen of Madras, in a brief but very appropriate speech, which was also drunk by the same portion of the Company, with hearty

cheers.

larity until midnight. Two sets of dancing girls exThe entertainment was kept up with unbounded hierted their powers for the amusement of the company, at the same time, in very different costumes and received great applause. To persons who never witnessed the sight before, nothing can be more entertaining than the novelties, and, to some extent, the grace of a Hindoo dance; and, in spite of what has been alleged to the contrary, nothing can contrast more favourably than it does with the legeretté. to use the mildest word of our own Opera-house. It was said that the value of the jewells on three of the girls who were dancing together, could not have been less than ten thousand pagodas! They were literally covered with brilliants, not excepting their noses, which were positively tortured with precious stones.

The rather alarming exhibition of a young girl dan

stead of sugar cane. It appears hardly credible that of a sharp sword, and at the same time, by pressing with a delicate little girl should be able to stand on the edge her heel, cut a lime in two on the same instrument.

"The Hindoos, whom you have this day so highly honoured by your acceptance of the entertainment pre-cing on the sharp edges of swords, which formed the pared for you, are proud to number you amongst the second act, was repeated late in the evening; but on the second occasion she cut limes with her heels inwarmest of their European friends. It has devolved on me to express the feelings excited by the recollection of your kindness to them. I cannot attempt to say any thing more than simply to allude to the deep regret which pervades our minds at the prospect of being deprived of your presence at Madras, even for a season. We must not omit to notice, that throughout the evenIn the mean time, however, while we indulge the war-ing the European guests, and especially the ladies, exmest hopes of seeing you return to us, at no distant pe-perienced the most polite and unremitting attention riod, with increased honours, we beg you will carry with from the native gentlemen who gave the entertainyou this trifling memorial of our sincere regard and esment. A room was laid out with every luxury to grateem. We wish you a safe voyage to England, and all tify the palates of our omniverous countrymen-wine possible prosperity." (Loud cheering.) cooled to a fault; and, indeed, nothing omitted which could render the entertainment worthy of the occasion.