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Campbell, General Sir Archibald, placed in command of the army of the Irawadi, 83: defeats the attack of Maha Bandúla on Rangoon, 100: commanded land column in advance from Rangoon, 105: takes Donabyú, 107, 110: occupies Prome, 109: houses his troops there, 113: makes an armistice with the Burmese, 115: negotiates for peace, 116-118: wins a victory before Prome, 118, 119: signs preliminaries of peace, 119, 120: storms Burmese position at Malown, 120, 121 : advances on Ava, 121: arrives at Barrackpur with the news of peace, 122: praised by Amherst, 157: fete in his honour and that of Combermere at Government House, Calcutta, 158.

Canada, Jeffery Amherst's campaign in, 10.

Canning, Right Hon. George, accepts Governor-Generalship of India, 21: gives it up, 22: a Commissioner of the Board of Control, 165.

Canning, Captain Henry, sent as envoy to Burma, 72, 73: advice as to plan of campaign and the strength of the Burmese power, 80, 81.

Canton, the East India Company's Factory at, 13 : Amherst reaches, 18.

Capetown, Amherst visits, on his way to China, 15.

Cawnpur, Amherst visits, 180: meets the King of Oudh at, 180, 181.

Chatham, William Pitt, Earl of, gave Jeffery Amherst a command in America, 10: godfather to Earl Amherst, 11.

Cheduba, Lady Amherst's interest in the Rání of, 61-63: island of, taken by the British, 92.

China, relations of the East India Company with, 13, 14: Amherst appointed ambassador to, 14: his embassy, 17, 18: journey through the interior, 18, 19.

Chittagong, its proximity to Arakan, 70, 71-73 : troops collected at, for the invasion of Arakan, 101.

Cholera, its prevalence, 61 : 203-205.

Christianity, spread of, in India, during Amherst's administration, 50.

Civil Service of India, the Covenanted, in Arnherst's time, 29-32: its excellent moral tone, 171.

Close, Major Robert, Resident at Sindhia's Court, 168.

Cole, Hon. Arthur H., Resident at Mysore, 168.

Colleges founded in India, 49.

Colvin, Alexander John, Magistrate at Allahábád, 180.

Colvin, Colonel John, superintendent of irrigation in Delhi District, 45.

Colvin, John Russell, 166.

Combermere, General Stapleton Cotton, Lord, afterwards Viscount, Commander-in-Chief in India, 138: moves on Bhartpur, 139: besieges Bhartpur, 141, 142: his personal risks, 143, 145: fete in his honour and that of Campbell at Government House, 158.

Constantia, Amherst visits the vineyards at, 15.

Cornwallis, Charles, Marquess, and the Permanent Settlement, 34: defects of his system, 38: his Regulations, 40: tomb at Ghstzfpur, 177.

Cotton, Major-General Willoughby, commanded river column in advance from Rangoon, 105: repulsed at Donabyu, 106: sent up the Irawadi from Prome, 114.

Crawford, John, gives account of the Rání of Cheduba, 62: sent on mission to Ava, 177.

Cutch, disturbances in, 132.