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1834-1838.
The outward voyage--Arrival at Madras--Macaulay is summoned to join Lord William Bentinck in the Neilgherries--His journey up-country--His native servant--Arcot--Bangalore-- Seringapatam--Ascent of the Neilgherries--First sight of the Governor-General--Letters to Mr.Ellis, and the Miss Macaulays--A summer on the Neilgherries--Native Christians-- Clarissa--A tragi-comedy--Macaulay leaves the Neilgherries, travels to Calcutta, and there sets up house--Letters to Mr.
Napier, and Mrs.Cropper--Mr.Trevelyan--Marriage of Hannah Macaulay--Death of Mrs.Cropper--Macaulay's work in India-- His Minutes for Council--Freedom of the Press--Literary gratitude--Second Minute on the Freedom of the Press--The Black Act--A Calcutta public meeting--Macaulay's defence of the policy of the Indian Government--His Minute on Education--He becomes President of the Committee of Public Instruction--His industry in discharging the functions of that post--Specimens of his official writing--Results of his labours--He is appointed President of the Law Commission, and recommends the framing of a Criminal Code--Appearance of the Code--Comments of Mr.Fitzjames Stephen--Macaulay's private life in India--Oriental delicacies--Breakfast- parties--Macaulay's longing for England--Calcutta and Dublin--Departure from India--Letters to Mr.Ellis, Mr.
Sharp, Mr.Napier, and Mr.Z.Macaulay.
FROM the moment that a deputation of Falmouth Whigs, headed by their Mayor, came on board to wish Macaulay his health in India and a happy return to England, nothing occurred that broke the monotony of an easy and rapid voyage.

"The catching of a shark; the shooting of an albatross; a sailor tumbling down the hatchway and breaking his head; a cadet getting drunk and swearing at the captain," are incidents to which not even the highest literary power can impart the charm of novelty in the eyes of the readers of a seafaring nation.

The company on the quarterdeck was much on a level with the average society of an East Indiaman.

"Hannah will give you the histories of all these good people at length, I dare say, for she was extremely social; danced with the gentlemen in the evenings, and read novels and sermons with the ladies in the mornings.