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Modern Hindu Theism. Rammohun Roy. 489
watching the proceedings on behalf of the natives of India,
and for the furtherance of their interests.
No better time for carrying these objects into execution
seemed possible than the period which followed the opening
of his new Church. He therefore sailed for Liverpool in
November, 1830, and arrived there on the 8th of April, 1831,
being the first native of rank and influence who had ventured
to break through the inveterate prejudices of centuries by
crossing 'the black water.' In England his enlightened
views, courteous manners, and dignified bearing attracted
much attention. During his residence in London he took
great interest in the exciting political conflicts then raging,
and the passing of the Reform Bill caused him unmixed
satisfaction. He was presented to the King, and was pre-
sent at the coronation. The evidence he gave on Indian
affairs before a Committee of the House of Commons was of
course highly valuable, and ought to be reprinted. In
one of his replies to the questions addressed to him we
find him asserting that the only course of policy likely to
insure the attachment of the intelligent part of the native
community to English rule was 'the making them eligible
to gradual promotion, according to their respective abilities
and merits, to situations of trust and respectability in the
State/ Unhappily Rammohun Roy had not sufficient phy-
sical strength to contend with the severity of a European
climate. After visiting Paris and other parts of France in
1833, he began to show symptoms of declining health. He
had been invited to visit Bristol, and to take up his residence
at the house of Miss Castle—a ward of Dr. Carpenter—in the
vicinity of that city. He arrived there early in September,
1833, and shortly afterwards was taken ill with fever. Every
attention was lavished on him, and the best medical skill
called in; but all in vain. His death took place at Bristol
on September 27th, 1833. He died a Hindu in respect of
external observances; his Brahman servant performed the
watching the proceedings on behalf of the natives of India,
and for the furtherance of their interests.
No better time for carrying these objects into execution
seemed possible than the period which followed the opening
of his new Church. He therefore sailed for Liverpool in
November, 1830, and arrived there on the 8th of April, 1831,
being the first native of rank and influence who had ventured
to break through the inveterate prejudices of centuries by
crossing 'the black water.' In England his enlightened
views, courteous manners, and dignified bearing attracted
much attention. During his residence in London he took
great interest in the exciting political conflicts then raging,
and the passing of the Reform Bill caused him unmixed
satisfaction. He was presented to the King, and was pre-
sent at the coronation. The evidence he gave on Indian
affairs before a Committee of the House of Commons was of
course highly valuable, and ought to be reprinted. In
one of his replies to the questions addressed to him we
find him asserting that the only course of policy likely to
insure the attachment of the intelligent part of the native
community to English rule was 'the making them eligible
to gradual promotion, according to their respective abilities
and merits, to situations of trust and respectability in the
State/ Unhappily Rammohun Roy had not sufficient phy-
sical strength to contend with the severity of a European
climate. After visiting Paris and other parts of France in
1833, he began to show symptoms of declining health. He
had been invited to visit Bristol, and to take up his residence
at the house of Miss Castle—a ward of Dr. Carpenter—in the
vicinity of that city. He arrived there early in September,
1833, and shortly afterwards was taken ill with fever. Every
attention was lavished on him, and the best medical skill
called in; but all in vain. His death took place at Bristol
on September 27th, 1833. He died a Hindu in respect of
external observances; his Brahman servant performed the