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Mss Eur F231/1, f205
- Record Id:
- 041-002302168
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002302141
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001953.0x0000f0
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/1, f205
- Title:
- Letter from Vernon Smith to Dalhousie
- Scope & Content:
- Refers to Dalhousie's letter of 8 October; if Mackenzie's murder was caused by interference with religious customs, most peremptory instructions should be issued to prevent recurrence – 'I cannot conceive any deeper hazard to our Indian Empire than that a spirit of religious sentimentality should pervade our officers and they should show it in endeavouring to annihilate the customs of their soldiers which appear to them absurd superstitions' ; is glad Dalhousie will act if religious civil war breaks out in Oudh; despatch on Oudh being sent by this mail – it achieved 'tolerable unanimity' in Court of Directors and is something of a compromise leaving Dalhousie 'tolerable liberty of action'; Cabinet agree it is time for action and on the whole that it should happen under an experienced Governor-General rather than new one; action likely to provoke opposition; Vernon Smith personally thinks that, by whatever name it is called, any interference will amount to annexation; 'the purity of our motives must be justified by the future'; is unconvinced by argument that British stand in place of Great Mogul, but if 'we cannot say that the European Administration is more advantageous to the natives than oriental' and that Govt has duty 'not to allow such monstrous misgovernment and such indecent orgies as take place at the Court of Oude' then 'we may as well quit India altogether'; wants Dalhousie's view on Directors' proposal to add two European regiments in place of those withdrawn – an additional expense on deficient revenue which Vernon Smith will not sanction without Dalhousie's concurrence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002302141
036-002302142
040-002302143
041-002302168 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F231 : Papers of Robert Vernon Smith, 1st Baron Lyveden (1800-73) as President of the Board of Control 1855-58
Mss Eur F231/1-11 : Letterbooks of correspondence with the Governor-General of India, the Governors of Madras and Bombay and others
Mss Eur F231/1 : Vol I.' Letters to and from Lord Dalhousie, Governor-General of India, General Anson, Commander-in-Chief in India, Lord…
Mss Eur F231/1, f205 : Letter from Vernon Smith to Dalhousie - Hierarchy:
- 032-002302141[0001]/036-002302142[0001]/040-002302143[0025]/041-002302168
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F231
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1855
- Date Range:
- 22 Nov 1855
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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