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Rh ing expressions of applause and confidence. After dwelling in terms of satisfaction at the combination of Europeans, Moosulmans and Hindoos in the noble cause of diffusing light and information throughout this land of ignorance, and praising the wise and unexceptionable principles and conduct of the Society, it was declared that the Institution had peculiar claims on the liberality of Government: that the pursuits, in which it was engaged, tended to fulfil an object of National solicitude, and that by extricating the Society from it’sits [sic] pecuniary difficulties, the Government, to a certain degree, would accomplish it’sits [sic] own views and wishes for the happiness of the people subjected to it’sits [sic] rule. The sum of 7,000 Rupees was granted to relieve the Society from it'sits [sic] immediate embarrassments, and a monthly contribution of 500 Rupees was assigned to it from the public Funds.

The union of Natives at the Presidency with Europeans as Members of the Society and of it’sits [sic] Committee, attracted notice in more remote quarters, and the King of Oude, a Moosulman Prince, and the Rajah of Bhurtpore, a Hindoo Chief of high rank and influence, well known as a former