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(lxx. ) ernment is an alien one never entered the mind of a Bengali in those days, He looked upon it as a friendly administration in the welfare of which he was deeply interested. He came to be called “the guide and the philosopher' of the British officials and joyfully accompanied them, holding positions of trust and responsibility, as district after district was wrested from anarchy and rescued from a state of chroic rapine and bloodshed. Petitions and prayers were not allowed to go unheeded in those days, and good-will, love and respect felt by the one were reciprocated by the other. Alas ! We sigh as we recall the memory of those happy days. Is it impossible to bring them back Perhaps not; for both side have grown sick of the strife. Englishmen know too well the value of Bengal, and the Bengalis, whatever they may say or write, chiefly for the sake of Tamasha as the late Upadhyaya remarked, know too Well the value of English friendship. Undo the artition, Sir, as a beginning, and you will see the first rays of Hope glimmer in the horizon, soon to dispel the darkness of despair which now fills the Iudian mind. Sympathy, said his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to his countrymen, is needed, as also mutual forbearance and trust. Who better able to explain and foster such noble precepts than the educated, enlightened and influential scions of old families like Bihari Lal Mitra 2 We have been speaking of old families. The newly established Calcutta Historical Society should