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spacious halls and tall stories, decked out with mirrors, and glasses, and chandeliers, and carpets, with all the other signs of the respectable social position of its possessor. We will draw near, enter, and observe; and we find all our expectations from the outer appearance realised in the substance, elegance, and refinement within, with even a shade or two more, displaying talents, accomplishments, and patriotism. But where are we? Are we in the social parade and joy of a rich Native family? No!-hush, and walk gently; for we are in the very midst of the dark shadows of death, and are drawing nigh the chamber of a dying man! The master, the life and soul of the spacious mansion, is drawing his last breath. His family and friends are near him; the doctors are sent for, but to no avail; and the hand that moved so powerfully before, in struggles for the whole country, now falls motionless. The pulse sinks down; and he is lulled into sleep. All is over! The spirit has gone-gone to the bosom of its Maker, to regain its freedom from the temporary lease of the nether world; and there it is, in holy communion with the Father, who is in heaven, enjoying full felicity for a life of love and labour-love to God above and labour

towards alleviating the sufferings of His creatures on earth-men.

But now we will leave the house, and the dark scene within it, and observe the subsequent events passing in the world outside. The death of this man is an event of national interest. He is spoken of in the newspapers, English and Native, as one who had passed a life of love and energy; whose heart was set on rescuing the helpless ryot from oppression and cruelty, and protecting the nation from a political thraldom which was only too ready to overtake them; whose name, in one word, was identified with whatever was of constitutional opposition to abuse of power and prostitution of influence; and whose death, therefore, is painfully announced as a calamity that will be deplored from one end of the country to the other. His memory is honoured with public notices: the Phoenix, the ablest of the Calcutta English journals, opens its columns in eulogy, and hopes that "the memory of such a man cannot be allowed to pass away with the present generation," and is glad "to see his Native friends bestirring themselves suitably in the matter." The hint is taken; subscriptions are set on foot in different parts of the

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country-Calcutta, Delhi, the Punjab, Bombay, Madras; numbers of all ranks, poor as well as rich, Englishmen as well as Natives, join willingly in honouring his memory. And there he is! the raw beggar-boy of 1824, who was bred up in a charity-school, and left it in utter poverty; who found himself rejected and ridiculed wherever he sought for an opening in life, and who felt the necessity of contenting himself in the mean berth of a copyist on ten or twelve rupees a month at a common auctioneer's-transformed into the well-known, intelligent, public man, whose loss is reverberated in sorrow as a national blow through the entire country; the hero, who stands as a public monument, to live, to attract the admiring gaze of generations yet unborn!

These are the two contrasts presented by Baboo Harrischander to the reflective mind, at the beginning and at the close of his life. His name is yet fresh-the sad event is only recent; and his deeds and his name, still resounding throughout the country, are held in grateful remembrance. There is yet much blowing of trumpets, much noise; we are deafened somewhat by the din. But is his career worthy of imitation?

Boldly yes!-Baboo Harris is worthy of imitation.

But in investigating the grounds for this opinion, we must consider—1st, what he did? 2nd, what were the internal circumstances of his life that led him to achieve the aim of his ambition? 3rd, what were the external circumstances that helped him in his life? 4th, what deductions are we to draw from a study of his life? 5th, how exemplify them in our lives? -with other circumstances of interest, connected with the requirements of our country and the duties of our Government, that may, in passing, be evolved in our consideration of each of these investigations. Some of these heads we will pursue distinctly, and even with vehemence and force; and others, especially the two last, only cursorily these being left to the reader for distinct elaboration.

CHAPTER II.

HIS CAREER.

MEANING of the expression Young India.-Two divisions of this class always distinct but always confounded.-Exclusion of Young India from his proper position.-Government and Mercantile reserve.-Patricians and Plebeians in India. Danger to Government from this distinction.-Harris's misfortune under the present levelling system.-He commences as a Clerk on Rs. 10.-His removal to the Military Auditor's Office. His strong intellect first perceived by Mr. Mackenzie and Colonel Champneys.-They aid its development. His rise in the Office.-Commences the Bengal Recorder Newspaper.-Its failure.-Establishment of the Hindoo Patriot.-Suicidal policy of Lord Dalhousie.-The Mutinies. Harris's manly position.-Mention of his writings and character by Mr. Norton of Madras, and Dr. Russell of the London Times.-Suppression of the Mutinies.-The cry of the Bengal Ryot.-Harris's unwearied exertion in his cause. His ultimate success.-The British India Association. -Harris's services with it.-The climax of his Fortune.-His End.

WHAT did Harris do? Why the events of the life and career of a clever or talented young Indian under the British Government can be neither many nor remarkable. And here we are tempted to enter into a long dissertation on the hopes and aspirations of " Young India,"

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