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Title: The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Martin, Robert Montgomery, 1803?-1868 Roberts, Emma, 1794?-1840
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ief whose honourableajid straightforward character! stood higheven among Europeans ; but who, althoughbetween eighty and ninety years of age, was • Further Pari. Papers, 1857 (No. 5), p. 18.t Ihid, p. 24. X Mr. Tayler. Letter dated July 23rd, 1857.—Appendix to Pari. Pai)ers (No. 5), p. 142.§ Mr. Wake expressed a similar opinion, sideof severity, would be sure to alienate the reply to the commissioners summons, but pledged himself to repair to Patna as soonas his health would permit, and the Brah-mins could find a propitious day for thejourney. From other sources the govern-ment were told, that he had declared hewould not go to Patna, and would resist ifsent for. The secret inquiry made on hisestate did not elicit information as to anypreparations having been made for revolt; nor did there appear to be reason to sup-pose that his people were particularly dis-affected. It was well known that tlieywould follow him as their feudal chieftain,in the event of his raising the standard of
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SEPOYS AT DINAPOOR SUBORDINATE UNTIL JULY 25th. 401 rebellion; but beyond this nothing wasascertained.* Leaving the Patna commissioner andMajor Holmes to pursue their course of hanging right and left,t by reason of thepowers of life and death extended to themand twelve other persons in Behar, or itsimmediate vicinity, between the 17th ofJune and the 10th of July;J it is necessaryto turn to Dinapoor, where Major-generalLloyd was maintaining order by the oppositesystem of confidence and conciliation. Formany weeks he was successful. The ill-conducted disarming at Benares, the newsof which caused instant revolt at Allahabadand Fyzabad, created great excitement atDinapoor on the 7th of June; and Major-general Lloyd asserts, that had it not beenfor the influence and exertions of their Eu-ropean officers, the three native regimentswould have deserted with their arms thatnight. His conviction was, that the sepoys,being on the watch for the slightest evidenceof an att

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