William Mausden, a British orientalist, born in Dublin, Nov. 16. 1754, died near London, Oct 6, 1836. In 1771 his father, who was a merchant of Dublin, procured for him an appointment in the civil service of the East India company at BencooIen, Sumatra, He there attained the office of principal secretary to the government, acquired a close acquaintance with country and the Malay language, and in 1779 returned to England. In 1795 he was made chief secretary to the admiralty, with a salary of £4,000; and on his resignation in 1807, the government conferred on him a pension of £1,500. In 1834 he bequeathed his rich collection of coins and medals to the British museum, and his valuable library of orien-tal books and manuscripts to King's college, London. The most important of his works are: "History of Sumatra" (London, 1782); 'Grammar and Dictionary of the Malay Language" (1812); a translation of the travels of Marco Polo (1817); and Numismata Orienta-lia treatise on eastern coins, etc. (1823-5).