The Bombay Government reject the proposal of Thomas Boyce for illuminating the Colaba light-house with gas - they also reject his claim to a special renumeration for carrying out his experiments.
Death of the German explorer Dr Seitzen at Taif in the Yemen - attempt by the Bombay Government to recover his papers (includes a cutting from the 'Bombay Courier' of 20 May 1815 comprising an article on Seitzen by James Silk Buckingham, p 9).