Respecting his own affairs Mr. Corrie wrote to Mr. Sherer, then in England:-- “Calcutta, Sep. 11, 1823. “We are all, through mercy, quite well. We cannot be so much alone as my state of body requires, but we are more alone than when you were here, and our souls and bodies benefit by it; though I cannot but regret the partial exclusion it occasions from some of the excellent of the earth. “Of public affairs I can say nothing, except that a Committee for public Instruction is formed. This was planned under Mr. Adam’s reign. A picture of him was voted after Lord Amherst’s arrival, by a great meeting at the Town-hall. Mr. A. is gone to Bombay in very bad health. “Our great man, the Bishop, will soon, we hope, be here. He will come opportunely for our Missionary affairs, and his coming will prove, we trust, a blessing to many. They say he means to make the senior Chaplain Archdeacon; whether that means Mr. Shepherd, or myself, I know not, and am not anxious about it. I should lose in point of emolument, but the ease would suit me in my present state of health. I trust I can bless God for an increasing indifference as to outward things and distinctions. “Mr. Jetter, about a fortnight since, baptized a young Brahmin; and inquirers increase at Mirzapore. The place is becoming known. It is now, also, assuming a pleasing appearance.” According to expectation, Bishop Heber reached India at the beginning of Oct. 1823. So soon as ever it was known that the Bishop had reached Saugur, Mr. Corrie, as senior chaplain, Mr. Abbott as registrar of the diocese, and Principal Mill of Bishop’s College, went down the river in the government yacht, to conduct his lordship to Calcutta. On Saturday, Oct. 18th, the Bishop was installed in the Cathedral, and on the following Monday was pleased to appoint Mr. Corrie to the Archdeaconry of Calcutta. With reference to that circumstance Bishop Heber wrote to Mr. Williams Wynn.[114] “I have bestowed the Archdeaconry, much to my satisfaction, on the senior resident chaplain, Mr. Corrie, who is extremely popular in the place, and one of the most amiable and gentlemanly men in manners and temper, I ever met with.” In a letter from Dum Dum, Nov. 3, 1823, announcing his appointment to the Archdeaconry, Mr. Corrie also informs Mr. Sherer:--