...properly discussed. It was, however, apparent that the main weight of Parliamentary opinion inclined to a transfer of the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown. The Company was too powerful a corporation to resign its powers and dignities without a struggle. Earl...

...attracting attention in England. In January, 1858, Lord Palmerston had introduced a Bill transferring the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown. The measure was one which, though not so intrinsically important as its form suggested, was grave enough...

...properly discussed. It was, however, apparent that the main weight of Parliamentary opinion inclined to a transfer of the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown. The Company was too powerful a corporation to resign its powers and dignities without a struggle. Earl...

...last visit to Peshawar, where he read out to the paraded troops the Queen's Proclamation transferring the Government of India from the East India Company to the Crown ; and proclaiming mercy to all offenders in the Mutiny save and except those convicted of taking part...

...last visit to Peshawar, where he read out to the paraded troops the Queen's Proclamation transferring the Government of India from the East India Company to the Crown ; and proclaiming mercy to all offenders in the Mutiny save and except those convicted of taking part...

...children, and the relentless punishment of their perpetrators. An important result of the rebellion was the transfer of the government of India from the East India Company to the British queen. Since the time of Napoleon a compact has existed among the five great powers of Europe...

...ended, in Oude.2 The campaign was at an end, for no organised I8S91 The administrative results of the transfer of the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown may be summed up in a few words. The Governor-General became a Viceroy. Non-officials, natives and...

...indulge. When the worst of the Mutiny was over, August, 1858, and an Act had been passed transferring the Government of India from the East India Company to the Crown, the time had arrived for the issue of a Royal Proclamation to the inhabitants of India. The draft of...

..."Indian Cossacks" of "Hodson's Horse" and "Cureton's Multanis." The Indian Mutiny was followed by the transfer of the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown, coupled with the complete reorganisation of the Indian army, and in all main features the constitution...

...Indian Mutiny emphasized this feeling, and Lord Palmerston now introduced his India Bill, transferring the Government of India from the East India Company to the Crown. But the great Minister was not destined to carry out this measure ; an unexpected incident drove him...