The Annals of Indian Administration, Volume 21858 - India |
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Page 251 - That government which has nothing to disguise, wields the most powerful instrument that can appertain to sovereign rule. It carries with it the united reliance and effort of the whole mass of the governed; and let the triumph of our beloved country in its awful contest with tyrantridden France, speak the value of a spirit to be found only in men accustomed to indulge and express their honest sentiments.
Page 250 - My removal of Restrictions from the Press, has been mentioned in laudatory language. I might easily have adopted that procedure without any length of cautious consideration, from my habit of regarding the Freedom of Publication as a Natural Right of my Fellow Subjects, to be narrowed only by special and urgent cause assigned.
Page 22 - Before a single soldier of the many thousands who are hastening from England to uphold the supremacy of the British power has set foot on these shores...
Page 250 - The republication from English or other newspapers of passages coming under any of the above heads, or otherwise calculated to affect the British power or reputation in India. 4th. Private scandal, and personal remarks on individuals, tending to excite dissension in society.
Page 18 - After six days of open trenches, during which the Artillery and Engineers, under their respective commanding officers, Major Gaitskell and Lieutenant-Colonel Baird Smith, vied with each other in pressing forward the work, two excellent and most practicable breaches were formed in the walls of the place, one in the curtain to the right of the Cashmere Bastion, the other to the left of the Water Bastion, the defences of those bastions and the parapets giving musketry cover to the enemy commanding the...
Page 23 - Lawrence it is owing that the army before Delhi, long ago cut off from all direct support from the Lower Provinces, has been constantly recruited and strengthened so effectually as to enable its commander not only to hold his position unshaken, but to achieve complete success. To Sir John Lawrence's unceasing vigilance, ^and to his energetic and judicious employment of the trustworthy forces at his own disposal, it is due that MajorGeneral Wilson's army has not been harassed or threatened on the...
Page 245 - 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 administrations of his dominions, and that if his Majesty should neglect to attend to the advice and counsel of the British Government, or its local representative ; and if...
Page 250 - Secretary's revision. 3. That the titles of all original works, proposed to be published, be also sent to the Chief Secretary for his information, who will thereupon either sanction the publication of them, or require the work itself for inspection, as may appear proper.
Page 250 - Animadversions on the measures and proceedings of the Honourable Court of Directors, or other public authorities in England connected with the Government of India...
Page 250 - Court of Directors, or other public authorities in England, connected with the Government of India, or disquisitions on political transactions of the local administration, or offensive remarks levelled at the public conduct of the Members of the Council, of the Judges of the Supreme Court, or of the Lord Bishop of Calcutta.