The Letters of Indophilus to "The Times": With Additional Notes |
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Page 8 - Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him : but weep sore for him that goeth away : for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Page 9 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Page 33 - ... the men might wish to prefer. " At least two-thirds of the detachment immediately stepped to the front, including all the native commissioned officers. In a manner perfectly respectful they very distinctly stated their objections to the present method of preparing cartridges for the new rifled musket. The mixture employed for greasing cartridges was opposed to their religious feeling, and as a remedy they begged to suggest the employment of wax and oil in such proportions as, in their opinion,...
Page 35 - ... attention of the Government, and it was determined that evidence as to its state of feeling and temper should be taken by a special court of inquiry composed of field officers. The special court of inquiry, THE 34TH NATIVE INFANTRY DISBANDED. 27 after a careful and patient investigation, declared their opinion that the Sikhs and Mussulmans of the 34th Regiment Native Infantry were trustworthy soldiers of the State, but the Hindus generally were not trustworthy. Of eight officers of the regiment...
Page 34 - Captain Boxer is quite unable to offer any decided opinion as to the particular description of animal from which the tallow is derived. The only thing certain is that hog's lard does not in any way enter into the composition.
Page 34 - I have scoured my lotah- ; you will defile it by your touch.' The classic rejoined, ' You think much of your caste, but wait a little, the sahib-logue will make you bite cartridges soaked in cow and pork fat ! and then where will your caste be?' The sepoy made this speech known amongst his comrades at Dum Dum.
Page 45 - Napier, vol. iii., p. 124. 21 asserts, that it has been, " on the whole, highly beneficial :" and that — " There cannot be a greater evil than that public officers should be exempted from the control of public opinion. In Lord William Bentinck's, Lord Metcalfe's, and Lord Auckland's time, the press was held in wholesome respect by the public functionaries at the most remote stations, and it acted as a sort of moral preventive police. • • • We used to call it the Parliament of the Press. It...
Page 24 - On one occasion he wrote that mutiny was " one of the greatest, if not the greatest, danger threatening India — a danger that may come unexpectedly, and if the first symptoms be not carefully treated, with a power to shake Leadenhall.
Page 43 - Government to which alone they belong. The Officer in possession of such documents and papers can only legitimately use them for the furtherance of the Public Service in the discharge of his official duty; and it is to be understood that the same Rule which applies to documents and papers applies to information of which Officers may become possessed officially.
Page 45 - ... community be taken on matters of general interest. There cannot be a greater evil than that public officers should be exempted from the control of public opinion. In Lord William Bentinck's, Lord Metcalfe's, and Lord Auckland's time the press was held in wholesome respect by the public functionaries, even at the most remote stations, and it acted as a sort of moral preventive police, furnishing in a fair degree, in reference to the whole governing body, an answer to the question "Quis custodiet...