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Mss Eur F231/4, p248
- Record Id:
- 041-002302282
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002302141
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001953.0x0001df
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/4, p248
- Title:
- Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
- Scope & Content:
- Situation regarding disbandment of 19th N.I; native officers to blame for mutiny though no certain evidence; Colonel behaved injudiciously; advantages of making an example at Barrackpore; believes risk of 1000 disbanded men being turned loose near Calcutta counterbalanced by proximity of overwhelming European force and facility of police watching them; lists possible causes of disaffection though cannot be certain who the outside influences on the men were; bazaar rumours and native newspapers circulate rumour that Canning has agreed with Palmerston to convert whole army to christianity within two years; some clues but as net no certain evidence of involvement of King of Oudh's followers; two sepoys from 2nd Grenadiers caught trying to persuade guard of the Mint to join in seizing the fort are being court martialled; no evidence that his order that all future enlistment should be for general service is a cause; Boileau killed by notorious dacoit named Fazal Ali; failure to catch a jungle robber in Tenasserim; has vetoed Bill passed by Legislative Council because clause (restricting music at native religious ceremonies and processions) had been inserted contravening standing orders that prior public notice should be given of anything affecting natives' religious customs; Canning did not object to substance of clause but to irregular procedure; Lawrence has replaced Jackson in Oudh; latter's ungovernable temper and 'want of the gentleman in him'; loan take-up is improving; outlines India's difficult financial position; will begin new financial year with deficit of not less than 183 lakhs (including 100 lakhs for public works); therefore not possible to reduce salt tax; moturpha taxes more oppressive than salt and due for repeal as soon as 12 lakhs can be found; is intending to send home proposal for raising tariff and import duties – originally with view to abolishing salt tax but needed for more urgent purposes.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002302141
036-002302142
040-002302254
041-002302282 - 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 F231/4 : Vol IV.' Letters to and from Lord Canning, Lord Harris and Lord Elphinstone
Mss Eur F231/4, p248 : Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith - Hierarchy:
- 032-002302141[0001]/036-002302142[0004]/040-002302254[0028]/041-002302282
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F231
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 23 Mar 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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