Calcutta Monthly Journal and General Register ...1836 |
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... Gunner Wilson . Sir On the subject of the order we expressed our views at the time the court - martial was sitting , nor have we seen reason to change the opinion we then gave . John Keane's order is , while that by the Commander - in ...
... Gunner Wilson . Sir On the subject of the order we expressed our views at the time the court - martial was sitting , nor have we seen reason to change the opinion we then gave . John Keane's order is , while that by the Commander - in ...
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... Gunner Wilson , which requires no particular comment . The next passage in the letter is as follows- " and I have understood that one of the defects ascribed to Colonel Kennedy on recommending his removal from office , was , perversion ...
... Gunner Wilson , which requires no particular comment . The next passage in the letter is as follows- " and I have understood that one of the defects ascribed to Colonel Kennedy on recommending his removal from office , was , perversion ...
Page 355
... at sea , on the 17th June , by the Gunner , who states he slew them in self defence . The following is the man's statement of the affair : - " On the 17th June last , Proceedings of the sixth half yearly General Meeting of the [ 355 ]
... at sea , on the 17th June , by the Gunner , who states he slew them in self defence . The following is the man's statement of the affair : - " On the 17th June last , Proceedings of the sixth half yearly General Meeting of the [ 355 ]
Page 356
... ( Gunner's ) watch on deck , the French lad , strangely corroborated as it is in the vessel with all studding sails set , the wind suddenly shifting more a head so as to shiver the sails , I at first imagining it to be through the ...
... ( Gunner's ) watch on deck , the French lad , strangely corroborated as it is in the vessel with all studding sails set , the wind suddenly shifting more a head so as to shiver the sails , I at first imagining it to be through the ...
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... Gunner Hardy for striking him till they have received their arrears ! It is said Lieut . Campbell of the Artillery ... gunners deserted from Cawnpore but were taken up hundred rupees a day had been levied upon the at Allahabad and sent ...
... Gunner Hardy for striking him till they have received their arrears ! It is said Lieut . Campbell of the Artillery ... gunners deserted from Cawnpore but were taken up hundred rupees a day had been levied upon the at Allahabad and sent ...
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Page 313 - Oriental works ; his Lordship in Council directs that no portion of the funds shall hereafter be so employed. 4th — His Lordship in Council directs that all the funds which these reforms will leave at the disposal of the Committee be henceforth employed in imparting to the native population a knowledge of English literature and science through the medium of the English language...
Page 282 - We conceive the formation of a vernacular literature to be the ultimate object to which all our efforts must be directed. At present, the extensive cultivation of some foreign language, which is always very improving to the mind, is rendered indispensable by the almost total absence of a vernacular literature, and the consequent impossibility of obtaining a tolerable education from that source only.
Page 354 - But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say that he found Law dear, and left it cheap; found it a sealed book, left it a living letter; found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression, left it the staff of Honesty and the shield of Innocence!
Page 354 - Whenever, therefore, in any civil suit, the parties to such suit may be of different persuasions, when one party shall be of the Hindu and the other of the...
Page 444 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 260 - But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Page 354 - Hindu persuasions, the laws of those religions shall not be permitted to operate to deprive such party or parties of any property to which but for the operation of such laws they would have been entitled.
Page 354 - IV of 1793, which laid down that " in suits regarding succession, inheritance, marriage, and caste, and all religious usages and institutions, the...
Page 313 - English language,' are intended merely to secure the preference to European learning taught through the medium of the English language, over Oriental learning taught through the medium of the Sanskrit and Arabic languages, as regards the instruction of those natives who receive a learned education at our seminaries. These expressions have, as we understand them, no reference to the question through what ulterior medium such instruction as the mass of the people is capable of receiving, is to be conveyed.
Page 354 - That, on every such trial, the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of Guilty or Not Guilty upon the whole Matter put in issue upon such indictment or information ; and shall not be required or directed, by the court or judge before whom such indictment or information...