The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-11-13
b, u. d.s..s Of HoIir, end Ii. conquest

By The dsfsat Of HolkG, and the oonques
of The MahnttAs.
In 1888, the charter being again about 10 |
expire, most radical and singular change |
took place In in system and managemsnt.-l
The charter IVES enlarged for twenty years,
ON condition that the trade TO China should
Be thrown open, and all the effects and
claims Of the company were Transferred 70
the Crown, in considenhon Of which tho
government assumed is obligations, and I'M
dertook 10 pay to the company thereafter an
annual sum from the Indian revenue. The
political government was, however, contin-
ued TO the company for twenty years, the
association abandoning entirely is CONNER
cial pursuits. In 1884, the English attack
ed and defeated the Rajah OF Coorg, and IN,
nexed his dominions. During the period
from 1887 10 l84S, the invasion OF Caoui
was undertaken, for which the British had
no valid pretext, the only ostensible ground
being alleged Rusian intrigues in central
Asia.
In this war they gained neither renown,
success, nor territory; the scheme being, ~
lin the case OF SurajA Dowla, 20 cxpel Doss
lMahommek from the throne, and Get up
. puppe, in his stead, intsnded to.be governed
. by British Bssidsnb. The administration
. or Lord Hardinge. which cOmmensed IN
|, l7&l, vas signalised BY . successful attack
on the Sikns, during which their capital va.
loocupied, such terms Of submission enforced
. as the British desired, and the Punjab wa,
finally annexed, Scinde and Cavalier were al
B 90 conquered by Napier, and added to TIN
!. Enylish pos,essions. Even a. late a. 1883
: the inatiats spirit Of conquest found ven
e in q second Burmese var. in which LorS
4 Dalhousie annexed the ancient kingdom o
r Pegu 10 the British dominions.
n We have thus given rapid sketch OF tn
! Eas. India Company and the conquest
/ which IL has made in India. Great Britain
= now remains sole master Of that vast Em
pire but whether It will retain 1t, remain
n yet among the mysteries Of time,
= II is divided into three Prssideuces, o
i Bengal, Madras, and Bombay. The insur
= rection, which is now exciting much inter
Is est throughout the world, has a. yet, beel
, confined to Bengal but, by the latest nd
J. vices, IL seems 70 b. extending to the othe
Al departments. The Governor General
d Governor Of the Presidency Of Bengal, an
% is appointed BY the court Of Directors, sub
Z ject TO the pleasure Of the Crown. Hi
" council consists Of four members, who ar
also nominated by the Court, subject to tn
D. approval Of her Majesty.
" The East India Company, according 3
D. the latest information, consists Of IL $50 pre-
Of prietors, who meet every quarter, elect ID
4. rectos, frame the by-lays, and control tn
n salaries and pensions. In the Court Of Di
|, rectors thus elected, and Board Of Control
/. !are vested the sovereignty Of India, and the
n regulate by Supreme authority the policy
no the Government. The Chairman and Der
!. uty Chairman and Deputy Chairman N
/, ceive salary Of 81 900, and every othe
IN Director $500.
m Each Presidency has its separate army
q Commander-in.C Chief, and military establish
J. ment. The total armed force in India
n about 29O, 900 men. The European troop
/. Queens and Company's-amount, accord
le ing 70 the latest accounts, 10 5000; Oh
}, native troops TO go 900 highly distinguishes
,, Cor discipline and valor.
= The history Of the world affords nothin
e more extraordinary than the prcsent position
q of the East India Company created exclu
q sively for the purpose Of trade, 10 has m
nounced commerce, and exists for object
IS never contemplated in is origin. The ~bol
re Of its property. territorial and commercial
/, having been SURRENDERED. Il is retained u
!. an instrument for governing the magni6cen
g dominion which the cupidiiy or ayanco Q
z its servants have annexed 20 the BIRTHS
D Crown.
n Ii Is remarkable fact. most crcditable
o British historians, that many OF the princi
: pal writers on the subject of India have no
/. hesitatcd 70 record their LEGISLATION Of th
D means by which the country was won On
n governed. With regard TO the present in
: .orrcction, tho following sentence from tn
{ British Colonial Library, Published In 1854
4 most oracular: "Any violation Of th
/, customs which their religion ordains hs
a ever been attended with serious consequence
|. II the native troops are ayerse or untaithft
II to those whose salt they eat, all the Eur,
,f pean troops which England could rai'
C would be insufficient for the preservation I
o India"