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require that certain districts in each protected State should be assigned for the maintenance of the troops; and at length the Princes were obliged to resign the civil administration. with all It's revenues and to accept from the comDany pension inst sufficient to support the pomp of royalty. Among these pensioners to a corpora- ton was the Mogul himself the Nabob of bengal the Aizam, and the King of Mvsore. ,, III 1oOo. charges were preferred against the Mar4uiS of Wellesley, for miSmanagement in once, put, deterred by the want of success in the case of Hastings, the accusation was allow e'' Vo Sieep. Tn lol3, the charter of the com pany expired
 Great opposition was manifested on both SlueS Io its renewal the influence of the associ- atIon, however, was sufficient to procure ifs ex- tension for twenty years. but the trade to Irdia was for the first time thrown open. the trade to Chna only remaining exclusively to the com pany. II 1913, the Marquis of Hastings m creased the English rule by the defeat of Hol ker' ana the conquest of the Hahrattas
 In 1853, the charter being again about to eNPre most radical and singular change took place Ill Its system and management The charter Was enlarged for twenty years, on con- dlton that the trade to China should be thrown open, and all the effects and claims of the con- Pany were transferred to the Crown, in consid- erat'on oF which the government assumed its 0otSatonS, and undertook 10 pay to the com pany thereafter an annual sum from the Indian revenue. The political government was how ever, continued to the company for twenty years, the association abandoning entirely its commercial pursuits. In 1884, the English at tackled and defeated the Rtjah of Coorg, and annexed his dominions. During the period from 1887 to 1848, the invasion of Cabul was undertaken, for which the British had no valid preteXt, the only ostensible ground being al- legged Russian intrgues in central Asia In this war they gained neither renown. success nor territory; the scheme being as in the case oI 6uraja Dowla, to expeI Dost Mahommed from the throne, and set up a puppet in his stead, intended To be governed by British resi- dents. The administration of Lord Hardinge, which commenced in l644, was signalized hy q successful attack on the Sikhs. during which ther capital was occupied such terms of sub mission enforced as the British desired, and the Puniab Was finally annexed. Scinde and Gwa- Her were also conquered by Napier, and added to the English possessions. Even as late as l833, the insatiate spirit of conquest found vent III second Burmese war, in which Lord Dal- housle annexed the ancient Kingdom of Pegu to the British dominions.
 We have thus given rapid sketch of the East India comrauy and the conuuests which It has made in India. Great Britain now re- mans sole master of that vast empire; but whether 1t wIil retain 1t, remains yet among the mysteries of time.
 Iudia K divided into three presdencies of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay. The insurrec- tion which is nov exciting so much interest throughout the world has as Yet been confined Rpntr4I. Inf by.t l,t,- | to be extending to the other departments. The Governor General is Governor of the Presiden- cy of Bengal, and is appointed by the court of Directors subject to the pleasure of the Crown. Ills council consists of four members who are also nominated by the court subject to the ap- proval Of her Majesty
 The East India company, according to the latest Information, consists of 1,75O proprie- tors, who meet every quarter elect directors, frame 5he bylaws, and cout~ol the salaries and pens'o g. In the Court of Directors thus elect ed, aa Board of Control, are vested the sov- ereig' of India, and they regulate by su- prem minority the policy of the government he cha'rmm and deputy chairman receive a salary of 9l,000, and every other director $500
 Each presidency has it's separate army, con- manler-in-chief, and military establishments The total arned force in India is about 100000 men. The European troops-Queen's and company's-amount, according to the latest accounts, to 43OO0; the native troops to 23O.- UoO highly distinguished for discipline and vaor.
 The history of the world affords nothing more extraordinary than the present position of the Fast India company; created exclusively for the purpose of trade it has renouuced com marce, and exists for objects never contempla- ted m it's origin. The whole of it's propertv. territorial and commer ia having been surren- derel, it is retained as an instrument for gov eTnlng the magnificent dominion which the cu- pidt,y or ayarice of its servants have annexed to tine British Crown.
 IL is a remarkable fact, most crelitabe to British historas, that many of the principal writers on the subject of India have not hesi- tated to record their le.es ation of the means by wnlch tue conntry was won and governed. With regard to the present instruction, the fol- lowing sentence from the British colonial li- ofary, published iu 1854, Is most oracuiar:-
 Any violation of tho customs which their religion ordalus has ever been attended with serious conse luence,. If tAe native troops be come averse pr uutGthtui to those whose salt they eat, all the Flropean troops which Eng .and could raise woui be insufficient for the preservation o! India"
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