History of the Sepoy War. Volume II Book IV

The Meerut Mutineers at belhi—Evsnts at the Palace—Progress of Insurrection—State of the British CiantonmentMutiny of the Delhi liegiments—The Explosion of the Magazii—Eseape of the British Oaicers—Massacre of the Prisoners.vi 1§4111NTS. [...] The benefits which the GovernoGeneral in Council expected to derive from placing the King of Delhi and the Royal Family udder protection of the British Government are to be traced in the statement contained in our despatch to your Honourable Committee of the 13th of July 1804 * relative to the evils and embarrassments to which the British power might have been eposed by the prosecution of [...] And the Governor-General saw both in the character of tfie man and the circustances of his position that which might favour and * Writing on the 1st of August 1844 the Court of Directors oserved : The Governor-General has given directions to the Agent that in the event of the demise of the King of Delhi no step whatever shall be taken whieh can be costrued into a recognition of the de [...] The attachment of the natives generally to the sets of their ancestors however humble is well known to all those who know anything of the people of India ; but in this case there are peculiar circumstances the cherisheditssocitions of glory the memory of past grandeur which.must render the Palace of Delhi the object of attacment and veneration to the fallen family If the object is to [...] Afed duriIng the lifetime of the present King—that the Prince Fakir-ood-Jeen should 13q acknowledged as successor to the royal title but that advantage should be taken of the pre tensions of a rival claimaini to the titular dignity to obtain the desired concessions from the acknowledged Head of the Family—that inducements should be held out to him to leave the Palace and to reside in the Koota