Chapter XXVII: Appendix: I

The following notice appeared in the Government Gazette of Feb. 7th, 1837:--

“With feelings of unfeigned sorrow, the Right Honorable the Governor in Council, records the demise of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Madras. The Venerable Prelate expired at half past three o’clock, on the morning of Sunday last. As a tribute of respect to his memory, the flag of the garrison was hoisted half-staff-high during the day, and on the funeral procession leaving his Lordship’s late residence, fifty-nine minute guns, corresponding with the age of the deceased, were fired from the Fort battery.

“His Lordship’s remains were attended to the grave by the Right Honorable the Governor, the Judges of the Supreme Court, His Excellency the Commander-in-chief, the members of Council, all the principal civil and military functionaries at the Presidency, and an immense concourse of all classes of the community; desirous of manifesting the feeling of respect which the unaffected piety, benevolence and exemplary conduct of the Bishop, had universally inspired.

“Published by order of the Right Honourable the Governor in Council.

“(Signed) H. Chamier, Chief Secretary.”

II.

On Wednesday evening, Feb. 8th, 1837, a public meeting was held at the College, for the purpose of considering the fittest mode of testifying the regard and respect entertained for the character of the late Bishop Corrie.

The Right Honourable the Governor in the chair. The following resolutions were proposed and carried unanimously:--

1st. That a subscription be entered into for the purpose
of erecting a monument in the Cathedral at Madras to the
memory of the Right Rev. the late Lord Bishop of the
Diocese.
Proposed by Sir F. Adam.
Seconded by Sir. R. Comyn.

2nd. That after setting aside a sum sufficient to defray
the expences of the monument, the residue form a fund
for the endowment of scholarships, to be called, “Bishop
Corrie’s scholarships,” in Bishop Corrie’s Grammar school.
Proposed by Sir P. Maitland.
Seconded by Mr. Sullivan.

3rd. That a Committee be formed for the purpose of carrying
the above resolutions into effect, and that it be composed
of the following gentlemen: Sir P. Maitland, Mr. Sullivan,
the Archdeacon, and Col. Cadell.
Proposed by Sir E. Gambier.
Seconded by

4th. That Messrs. Arbuthnot and Co. be requested to
undertake the office of Treasurers.
Proposed by the Archdeacon.
Seconded by Captain Dalrymple.

5th. Thanks to the Chairman (for his kindness in taking the
chair and for his able conduct in it) having been proposed
by Brigadier General Doveton, and seconded by Colonel
Waugh, the meeting was dissolved.

III.

At a public Meeting of the friends of the late Bishop of
Madras, held at the Town Hall, [Calcutta] on March 16, 1837. It
was resolved,

1st. That this Meeting has heard with the deepest regret of
the demise of the Bishop of Madras, and consider it a duty
which they owe to the Church of which he was so distinguished a
member, to raise some token of regard to his character at this
Presidency, which was the scene of his arduous labours, and his
preeminent example for almost thirty years.

2nd. That Subscriptions be solicited for the purpose of
erecting a Marble Slab in the Old Church, near those of his
revered friends Brown, Martyn and Thomason, and a similar one in
the Cathedral; and for painting a likeness of the late Bishop,
to be hung up in the Old Church Rooms.

3rd. That the surplus which may remain after defraying the
expenses of the Monuments and the Portrait, be appropriated
for the purpose of endowing Scholarships in the Calcutta High
School, to be called “Bishop Corrie’s Scholarships,” and
that especial regard be had in the nomination, to eventual
preparation for Missionary labour.

4th. That a Committee be formed of the following Gentlemen,
to see these objects carried into effect, viz. to nominate the
Trustees for the above purposes.
The Venerable Archdeacon Dealtry,
Rev. H. Fisher,
H. M. Pigou, Esq.
Major G. Hutchinson,
John Dougal, Esq.
A. Beattie, Esq.
C. W. Brietzcke, Esq.
Rev. R. B. Boswell, Secretary.

5th. That Messrs. Gisborne and Co. be appointed Treasurers,
and those who are friendly to the above design, be requested
to forward their Subscriptions to those Gentlemen as early as
possible.

Resolution of Committee on 6th April, 1837.

The Committee, understanding that an excellent likeness of the late Bishop is in the possession of his friends in England,

Resolved that the Secretary be authorised to write to the Rev. George Corrie, of Catharine Hall, Cambridge, and request him to obtain a copy of this likeness, executed in the best possible way, and to have the same suitably framed and transmitted to India with as little delay as possible.

IV.

At a General Meeting held at the King’s house, Colombo, on March the 3rd, and again by adjournment on March the 7th, called by His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir R. W. Horton, Governor of Ceylon, who presided; it was resolved,

1st. On the motion of the Rev. B. Bailey, seconded by C. E.
Layard, Esq.
That this Meeting cordially approves the objects
contemplated by the Madras Meeting as recorded in their
first two Resolutions. (See above p. 632.)

2nd. On the motion of J. Steuart, Esq., seconded by the Rev.
Joseph Marsh.
That the following gentlemen form a Committee, to
correspond with the Madras Committee, viz.
The Honourable Mr. Serjeant ROUGH, Chief Justice.
The Rev. B. BAILEY, SENIOR Colonial Chaplain.
The Rev. J. H. DE SARAM.
C. E. LAYARD, Esq.
and that the Rev. JOSEPH BAILEY, be Treasurer and Secretary.

3rd. On the motion of C. E. Layard, Esq., seconded by the
Rev. J. Bailey.
That a plain marble Tablet to the Memory of the Right
Rev. DANIEL CORRIE, LL.D. Late Bishop of Madras and
Ceylon, be placed in St. Peter’s Church, Colombo, at an
expense not exceeding thirty pounds; and that the balance
of the subscriptions raised in Ceylon, in excess of such
sum, be transmitted to the Madras Committee.

4th. On the motion of the Rev. J. H. De Saram, seconded
by the Rev. J. Marsh.
That the Secretary be requested to correspond with the
Reverend the Clergy at the out-stations of Galle, Kandy,
Trincomalee, and Jaffna, on the objects of this Meeting.

5th. On the motion of the Rev. B. Bailey, seconded by C.
E. Layard, Esq.
That the thanks of the Meeting be given to His Excellency
the Governor, for the information he has just given,
[respecting the proceedings in 1825, connected with
the founding of a Singhalese Scholarship in Bishop’s
College, Calcutta] and that he be requested to transmit
any further information he may obtain on the subject, to
the members of the Committee, for the regulation of their
proceedings with respect to CORRIE’S Scholarships.

6th. On the motion of J. Steuart, Esq., seconded by C. E.
Layard, Esq.
That the thanks of this Meeting be given to His
Excellency the Governor, for the interest he has taken
in the general objects of this Meeting, and for his able
conduct in the chair.

V.

The preceding pages bear sufficient testimony to the zeal and activity of Bishop Corrie, in forwarding every plan for securing a Christian education to the youth of India. But it is well known among the deceased Prelate’s friends, that he was in the habit of translating and compiling school-books for the use of such Hindoostanee schools as more immediately came under his own superintendance. It is a matter of regret that the many enquiries which the Editors of these Memoirs have made, with a view to obtaining a definite list of the books in question, have been but partially successful. It may, however, be mentioned that besides translating into Hindoostanee, Sellon’s Abridgment of Scripture, Watts’ Catechism, The Assembly’s Shorter Catechism, portions of Milner’s Church History, &c., the Bishop drew up in English, “A general Outline of Ancient History,” for the use of the Hindoostanee youth. A third Edition of this “Outline” was going through the press at the time of the Bishop’s death; and other Editions have since then been printed. Among his papers was found, also, a manuscript translation into Hindoostanee of a brief Church History, by the Rev. E. Sims, entitled “Christian Records.”

THE END.

LEONARD SEELEY, THAMES DITTON, SURREY.

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