Letter from Francis Cunningham Belfour, late Professor of Arabic in the University of Corfu, soliciting a post in the Oriental Department, 24 Feb 1829; with his petition to the Court of 9 Jul 1828, forwarded by Sir Gore Ouseley and George Augustus Frederick Fitzclarence of the Oriental Translation Committee
Memorial of Robert Lovell Gwatkin, Stoke Green House, nr Colnbrook, stating that he was nominated by James Pattison after his cousin withdrew and was left with only two months in which to prepare for the examination, hence his failure; as he will be 22 on 12 Aug he now asks permission to take the examination again before that date, 6 Apr 1829
Memorial from Sandford Arnot and Duncan Forbes, London Oriental Institution, 2 South Crescent, Bedford Square, submitting that a knowledge of one or two oriental languages should be included in the examination for non-Haileybury writers and enclosing a copy of the Institution's second annual report, 26 Mar 1829