Summary: largely disapproved of by the younger and better educated classes, both civil and military; the penalties attached to it, especially in the former service, being, I believe, severe, and the person of a European of rank who should degrade himself by cohabitation with a native woman, would, I suspect, be deprived of his commission. But domestic virtue is but little regarded; and, except by a few who really deserve that name, who are to be found both among the native inhabitants and the Europeans, caste plays a fearful part in the regulation of their private life. it is regarded by the natives as a national privilege, and it is a subject of constant complaint that this privilege is not duly appreciated by the English. The Rev. B. Thornton, the head of the Church Missionary Society in Calcutta, and one of the most valuable men in the service of the Society, a wise and pious minister of God, has of late delivered several admirable sermons on points connected with the present state of India. The tone of these discourses is truly exemplary, and I have the pleasure of learning from a little circle of Christian friends who sometimes assemble here, that they have had much good effect, even beyond the limits of his own highly respected flock. These sermons are now published in Calcutta, and, as a proof of their general utility, are very generally purchased and read. The want of education among the natives, a want which affects all parties alike, is now generally acknowledged, and I am sorry to say that I see but little prospect of its being remedied. Nor do I feel the less love and reverence for their character and talents, when I earnestly wish them to become like ourselves, except for those sins of infirmity of which I am mournfully conscious.