Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-01-20
British India, &c.

The annexed account OF the Drpish om
pi-e in India and adjacent countries is fiom
a recent letter in the RichmoLd Enquirer:
The proclamation in which the British
Crown assumed entire command over India
and promised an amnesty on certain condl-
tons was read through ut that empire on
1.-THE la OF November. and had given great
satisfaction. The first charter granted to
the East India Company o. Merchants Resi-
den. iu London was in the reign o. Que en-
Elizabeth. only two years bef're her death
or in 1900; which charter was rene red and
extended in 1909 The British possession
was 10, I6rmiy estab. i,hed in India unit the
Isicss,a If hprd Give, won at the battle of
fPlassys on the 2eth oaJune, 1857: Wenow
find thas,after two hundred and fifty eight
years from he date Of their first charter the
great East India Company, one of the most
remarkable corporations :he word has ever
known, has ceaeed i,s political existence.
Its exclusive commercial privileges were
terminal sy act of Parliament in 1898
A ,risonometrical survey OF India, sub.
mil,ed TO ths British Government, gives lis
10; al area. at 1858 el3 square miles, asd the
total population a, l5s-774 o65; giving n
surface equal TO all Europe, Russia, alone
excepted. and possessing every variety OF
climate. The fabulous salaries paid to the
India oGciais are not affected BY the change.
! The Governor General of India receives
salary of 500 Qeo ler annum. with an
lallowahce OF, ezra ea penses, ~ hich anonnis
to about S2e5 06o; his members OF Council
Ieceise about S45 600 each annualiy; tae
lGeyerners of Madras and Bombay each re-
fseiye $50 GOO annually: the Prime Judge
gets about S4i coo -per-annurn; there, are
tak4S Jadgesiwho receira acout Sl5 900
TO Ss0.0LO each, with u large nnnber Of
lcirii officers who saiaries range from 80 500
to SEQ; the Bishop Of Calcutta gets S25,
coo per annum, besides an allowance of
$4,000 per annum fo- expenses; the Bishops
OF Bombay and Madras get $40 600 each
per annuu. besides a pension of "a ,000
each, and 50 SEQ for fees, eoDneeteo with
iO,her sn;ies; Surgeons get from 81 500 up
TO $1,000 per snnum. These enurmons
tsajaries sre paid from revenues derived from
an oppressed and overtaxed people, whom
mis-. ionlries were sent out tn convert 10
ChrisiisuI,y, snt whose fanstical bigotry
idqring the late rebellion. consigned them,
in many cases..to cruel destruction.
], wss stated in thu news from lnda tha,
ICochin Ctina had raised eni organized 6
force OF 100 COO men 10 resist the invasion
Of. the French and .Spaniards. This war
!has been commenced agsi' 81 that country
by the allies,re ierscd to osiensiby to De.
mand s4tisfasf ~ for basbarops Treatment
! inai>seA-sr,ss a.lsOFit eshpon Jsssis a's.:
sionariesr who were either murdered out
jrgh, or grossly ma!treated and driven from
the ceunsry; but in reality mainly with the
view OF ra ra-e.fabiishings foothold in the East
Indies and et an intervening point hetwe. n
; British possession, in India and the Chirese
Empire. Cochia China. Wit Toaquin end
Canlhodja, forms the Empire OF Anam.
which embraces the great eastern peninsula
beyond the Gsnges intervening betw cen
China and British India, extending rom :
J 45' TO 2S north latituda and los : t.
iO9 /. ess; longitude. L; is 965 mice long
BY SO to 4l5 miles wide, giving au area %:
. abvui $4,000 square m lies, and " ith pop,l-
! lston variousiy estimated at from FIVE Ia
fifteen millions. The chief town in Cochin
Chin a is Hue, ils capital. with abou, 6o0,.
600 inhabitants. The chief town OF Ton
quia IS Kecho, or Cachao, with l5o 900 in
{; habitants- sud ,Hesn with 30 900; and the
chic town 6i Cenhodjs il Soigon, with 1870,
o00 Tonguin and Caubodj. conisin I'M.
r mense tracts OF auvial and fertile lands
The country produces ell the spices and
J fruits, with rice, cution. ahd sugar, tea ana
P, silk, &c, conn on t. China and the other
: indian Countries Of TIE same iatiiudes
, TonquiH also atourds in metallic mines
; chiefly WORKED ty the Chinese. The ethnol
} ogy of lis population is Of The MALAY arc
. Chihere type, with mixture Of darker
, race o. sbcria inss.
. The coast of Cochin China abounds in
: good har..ors, one OF the best Of which il
Turou. Size boas Of 10 less than n:ne
: q Iod hsrbprz, ecTera! of which are equal Il
ory in the world.
. The experts aEd Imports OF Aram are
very similar to those of some parts of China
: Tue Cechia Chinese excel in boat build
. ;ng, and ronstsact them to carry from fvt
10 one hrsttst Tons. Their Government IS
J military. aespoti-m and hereditary, with
r Viceroy Goyerpnrs Tor Tonquin and Cam
. bcdja. The Emperor, on Nr. Craw ford'l
!. visit in 1889, had a body-guard of 30 0ot
? men and 500 eiephanis He had also
istauding arny Of 40 oG0 to 10 900 men
e The lower 81 ses generally profess Buddhism
? white the upper classes fo'ipw Con ntncius
, Christianity was introduced by por,u
, guese Jesuits in 1896, ani there are sa ID I,
be- about AS COO CfTisfians ia the country
y goo 900 in -Tonquin, iGe,Q10 in Cochir
China, and 25 900 in Cunbotja; but the,
E are an Ignorant and shjectrace nnd Of NJ
: political influence. Thet is the uni>ersa
! fsi Ing Of the rcopie OF sii creeds
: AEam wae conquered by the Chinese 49,
years B &c an! held until A. D. 263. I.
e was recovered in 1905, and subsequently re
e stored.
Bishop Adrian, French m issiorarv, wht
was the tesSher OF Loui. XIV, was nstrn
t tmen- al ~ restoring +se4h.on--o -tansn tr
Gialoag. mho had been educated ir France
GialaDg died. wac succeeded by an illeCi.
innate saogsrch appoin,ed by the Cour, o
, Pekin in 1921, and who was invested with
!, supreme authority over the three Praviuce<
thus excinaipp the heirs of Gialong ron
D the throne. lGialonc made impnr,sn' c"n
cessionsio 20 the eFrencbsmonsreh, Louis XIV
which were never fulfilled. II is said to b.
o0s OF the objects OF thes French invasion to