The Sepoy Mutiny as Seen by a Subaltern; From Delhi to Lucknow (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...blind. He was repeating to himself, in a low but audible murmur, some verses of the Koran, or it may be of some of his own poetical compositions--for he aspired to be a poet--and he certainly looked an object of pity and compassion. Whatever his reflections were at the moment, they must surely have been of an exceptionally sad nature; and not feeling inclined to disturb them by making any remarks, I merely stood and gazed for a while in silence on this woe-begone picture of fallen greatness, and then left the poor old man still mumbling to himself in the solitude of his dreary apartment. I may state en passant that the old king was subsequently arraigned before a Military Commission which was assembled at Delhi on the 27th day of January, 1858, upon a charge of rebellion, treason and murder. The following was the composition of the Court: --President: Lieut.-Colonel Dawes, Horse Artillery. Members: Major Palmer, H.M. 60th Eifles. Major Eedmond, H.M. 61st Foot. Major Sawyer, H.M. 6th Carbineers. Captain Eothney, 4th Sikh Infantry. Interpreter: Mr. James Murphy. Prosecutor for Government: Major F. J. Harriott, Deputy Judge Advocate General. After a lengthy trial he was found guilty on every charge, and was directed by the Government of India to be transported to Eangoon in British Burmah, whither he was accompanied in his banishment by all the surviving members of his immediate family circle, numbering some twenty-six individuals in all. Here they all lived in tents, surrounded by a wooden palisade erected for their accommodation adjoining the guard house of H.M.'s 68th Eegiment, and by all accounts their treatment was the reverse of that usually accorded to prisoners of royal lineage. With reference to this famous trial, it may be noted that there..