Chapter II: Appendix

EAST INDIA COMPANY’S PETITION TO PARLIAMENT, JANUARY 1858, 613 EAST INDIA COMPANY’S OBJECTIONS TO THE FIRST AND SECOND INDIA 618 BILLS: APRIL 1858, EAST INDIA COMPANY’S OBJECTIONS TO THE THIRD INDIA BILL: JUNE 621 1858, ABSTRACT OF ACT FOR THE BETTER GOVERNMENT OF INDIA—RECEIVED 622 ROYAL ASSENT AUGUST 2, 1858, THE INDIAN MUTINY RELIEF FUND, 623 QUEEN VICTORIA’S PROCLAMATION TO THE PRINCES, CHIEFS, AND 623 PEOPLE OF INDIA, VISCOUNT CANNING’S PROCLAMATION, 624

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE, 625

INDEX, 629

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE Delhi, 1 Initial Letter, 1 Tail-piece, 13 Initial Letter, 14 Boats on the Ganges, 19 Palanquin, 21 Indian Domestics, 22 Group of Sepoys, 28 Bungalow, 29 Troops on the March, 30 Initial Letter, 32 VISCOUNT CANNING, 41 Calcutta, 43 Council-house at Calcutta, 47 King’s Palace, Delhi, 48 Initial Letter, 48 Laboratory at Meerut, 55 Dâk Runner, 58 Initial Letter, 59 Bird’s-eye view of Delhi.—From a Coloured Lithograph by A. 64 Maclure; taken from Original Native Drawings, Howdah of an Indian Prince, 68 King of Delhi, 69 Initial Letter, 69 Escape from Delhi, 73 Delhi from Flagstaff Tower, 76 Elephant and State Howdah, 81 Lucknow, 82 Initial Letter, 82 SIR HENRY LAWRENCE, 92 Residency at Lucknow, 93 Ekah, or Officer’s Travelling Wagon, 96 General View of Calcutta from Fort William, 97 Initial Letter, 97 Ghât on the Ganges, 105 City and Fort of Allahabad, 108 Agra Fort, 109 Nynee Tal—a Refuge for European Fugitives, 116 Palanquin, 120 Parade-ground, Cawnpore, 121 Initial Letter, 121 NENA SAHIB.—From a Picture painted at Bithoor in 1850, by Mr 124 Beechy, Portrait-painter to the King of Oude, The Intrenchment at Cawnpore, 128 Plan of Sir H. Wheeler’s Intrenchment at Cawnpore.—From an 129 Official Survey, House at Cawnpore, in which the Women and Children were 141 massacred, The Well at Cawnpore, 146 House of the Rajah at Allahabad, 147 Initial Letter, 147 Mess-house of the Officers of the 6th Native Infantry at 157 Allahabad, Sikh Cavalry, 162 Initial Letter, 163 Simla, the Summer Residence of the Governor-general of India, 173 Tomb at Futtehpore Sikri, 175 Initial Letter, 176 Fort of Mhow, 185 Girls at the Ganges, 190 Akali of the Sikhs, 191 Initial Letter, 191 SIR JOHN LAWRENCE, 193 Camel and Rider, 205 Catholic Church, Sirdhana; built by Begum Sumroo, 209 SIR COLIN CAMPBELL, 210 Initial Letter, 210 General View of Madras.—From a Drawing by Thomas Daniell, 216 Bombay.—From a View in the Library of the East India Company, 217 Jumma Musjid, Agra; Mosque built by Shah Jehan in 1656, 229 Initial Letter, 230 SIR HENRY BARNARD, 232 HINDOO RAO’S House—Battery in front, 237 The General and his Staff at the Mosque Picket before Delhi, 240 GENERAL WILSON, 244 Engineer Officers in Battery before Delhi, 245 Bullock-wagon, 246 SIR HENRY HAVELOCK, 247 Initial Letter, 247 Plan of Action near Cawnpore, July 16, 1857, 252 Plan of Action near Bithoor, August 16, 1857, 257 BRIGADIER-GENERAL NEILL, 261 Initial Letter, 264 MAJOR VINCENT EYRE, 265 MR BOYLE’S House at Arrah, defended for seven days against 269 3000 rebels, Initial Letter, 277 Fort at Agra, from the river Jumna, 281 Mount Aboo—Military Sanatarium in Rajpootana, 292 Native Musicians at a Sepoy Station, 294 BRIGADIER-GENERAL NICHOLSON.—Copied by permission from a 295 Portrait published by Messrs Gambart, Initial Letter, 295 Jumma Musjid at Delhi.—From a Photograph, 304 CORPORAL BURGESS, blown up at Cashmere Gate, 308 Scene of capture of the Princes of Delhi—Tomb of Emperor 313 Humayoon, State Palanquin, 315 SIR J. E. W. INGLIS, Defender of Lucknow, 316 Initial Letter, 316 Plan of Residency and part of the City of Lucknow, 321 English Church and Residency at Lucknow—from Officers’ 329 Quarters, MR COLVIN, Lieutenant-governor of Northwest Provinces, 338 Initial Letter, 338 Camp within the Fort, Agra.—From a Photograph, 349 LIEUTENANT HOME, Bengal Engineers, 352 COLONEL BURN, Military Governor of Delhi, 356 Ruins near Kootub Minar, Delhi, 358 Lucknow, from the Observatory, 359 Initial Letter, 359 Plan of the Residency and its Defences, Lucknow, 362 Plan of Fort of Alum Bagh, near Lucknow, 370 Group of Mahratta Arms.—From the Collection of Sir S. Meyrick, 373 Initial Letter, 374 Plan of the Battle of Cawnpore, December 6, 1857, 379 St James’s Church, Delhi, 384 Tail-piece, 387 COLONEL E. H. GREATHED, 388 Initial Letter, 388 Houses in the Chandnee Chowk, Delhi, 396 Tail-piece, 397 SIR JAMES OUTRAM, 398 Initial Letter, 398 Moulvies, or Mohammedan Religious Teachers, 408 Tail-piece, 411 Goorkhas in their native country, Nepaul, 412 Initial Letter, 412 Gateway of the Emanbarra at Lucknow, 420 MAJOR HODSON, Commandant of Hodson’s Horse, 425 Hindoo Metallic Ornaments, 428 Barrackpore, 429 Initial Letter, 429 Kootub Minar, near Delhi, 436 Obelisk built on the Site of the Black Hole, Calcutta.—From a 441 Drawing in the India House, Group of Indian Arms, 445 Zemindar, Hindoo Landowner, 446 Initial Letter, 446 East India House, 452 Ganges Transport Boat, 461 JUNG BAHADOOR, of Nepaul, 462 Initial Letter, 462 Goorkha Havildar or Sergeant, 468 Ghazeepore, 471 Fort of Peshawur, 477 Tail-piece, 481 Summer Costumes, Indian Army, 482 Initial Letter, 482 Dacca, 485 Fyzabad, 489 Hindoo Fruit-girl, 493 Tail-piece, 503 SIR HUGH ROSE, 504 Initial Letter, 504 Gwalior, 512 The Ranee of Jhansi, 513 Darjeeling—Hill Sanatarium in Sikkim, 517 Initial Letter, 517 Principal Street in Lucknow, 524 Surat.—From a View in the Library of the East India Company, 528 Lahore, 529 Kolapore, 533 Tail-piece, 536 Initial Letter, 537 Almorah, Hill-station in Kumaon, 537 Interior of Hindoo Rajah’s House, 545 Umritsir, 549 Jeypoor, 556 Poonah, 559 Hyderabad, 560 Government Buildings, Madras.—From a Drawing by Thomas 561 Daniell, Initial Letter, 561 Old East India House, Leadenhall Street, 574 Calcutta.—Company’s Troops early in the 19th Century, 576 Ormuz—Entrance to the Persian Gulf, 577 Initial Letter, 577 Bushire, 585 Chinese War-junks, 589 Canton, 592 Hong-Kong, 600 SIR EDWARD LUGARD, 604 Fort St George, Madras; in 1780, 608 Tail-pieces, 612, 624

Various Tail-pieces, Vignettes, &c.

Map of India or Hindostan. (Facing Title-page.) Map of Part of India—Chief Scene of the Mutinies of 1857, 49 Sketch Map to illustrate Havelock’s Operations during July and 289 August, 1857, Map of Asia, 577