Dacoitee in Excelsis: Or, The Spoliation of Oude, by the East India Company, Faithfully Recounted ; with Notes and Documentary Illustrations

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J.R. Taylor, 1857 - 214페이지
 

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193 페이지 - His Excellency engages that he will establish in his reserved dominions such a system of administration (to be carried into effect by his own officers) as shall be conducive to the prosperity of his subjects, and be calculated to secure the lives and property of the inhabitants...
130 페이지 - HE that goeth about to persuade a multitude, that they are not so well governed as they ought to be, shall never want attentive and favourable hearers ; because they know the manifold defects whereunto every kind of regiment is subject, but the secret lets and difficulties, which in public proceedings are innumerable and inevitable, they have not ordinarily the judgment to consider.
210 페이지 - God forbid) gross and systematic oppression, anarchy and misrule should hereafter at any time prevail within the Oude dominions, such as seriously to endanger the public tranquillity, the British Government reserves to itself the right of appointing its own, officers to the management of whatsoever portions of the Oude...
ii 페이지 - I was pleased, however, and surprised, after all which I had heard of Oude, to find the country so completely under the plough, since were the oppression so great as is sometimes stated, I cannot think that we should witness so considerable a population, or so much industry.
188 페이지 - July 8th, 1839, the King was informed that he was relieved from the cost of maintaining the Auxiliary Force, which the British Government had taken upon itself."* Mr.
89 페이지 - VI of the treaty referred to, it is hereby provided that the King of Oude will take into his immediate and earnest consideration, in concert with the British Resident, the best means of remedying the existing defects in the police, and in the judicial and revenue administration of his dominions...
210 페이지 - Oude dominions, such as seriously to endanger the public tranquillity, the British Government reserves to itself the right of appointing its own officers to the management of whatsoever portions of the Oude territory, either to a small or to a great extent, in which such misrule as that above alluded to may have occurred, for so long a period as it may deem necessary, the surplus receipts in such case, after defraying all charges, to be paid into the King's treasury, and a true and faithful account...
32 페이지 - Nabob) could have no interest in establishing any system of economy; and while the English should continue to interfere in the internal government of his country, it would be in vain for him to attempt any salutary reform; for his subjects knew he was only a cipher in his own dominions, and therefore laughed at and despised his authority and that of his ministers.
74 페이지 - He was fond, as I have observed, of study and in all points of Oriental Philology and Philosophy, is really reckoned a learned man, besides having a strong taste for mechanics and chemistry.
31 페이지 - Company, induce me to state the following circumstance ; that, for several years past, the inhabitants of your Excellency's dominions, from motives of self-interest, have appealed to this Government, and this has been a source of injury to the affairs of your Government. I am determined to put a stop to this practice and to disregard their applications, but as the connexion between the two Governments is universally known, strict attention to justice on your part will add credit and renown to both.

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