The comprehensive history of England : civil and military, religious, intellectual, and social, from the earliest period to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt . d down but not softened bythe load of more than fourscore years ; there, too,were his sons, to give active spirit to his relent-less apathy, and encourage the murders that wereperpetrated in his name; and all who fled to itscourts in the vain hope of safety, or were alluredthither by promises of protection, were theremurdei-ed, not only, as was alleged, by the ex-press commands of the princes, but even in theirvery presence. Within a
The comprehensive history of England : civil and military, religious, intellectual, and social, from the earliest period to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt . d down but not softened bythe load of more than fourscore years ; there, too,were his sons, to give active spirit to his relent-less apathy, and encourage the murders that wereperpetrated in his name; and all who fled to itscourts in the vain hope of safety, or were alluredthither by promises of protection, were theremurdei-ed, not only, as was alleged, by the ex-press commands of the princes, but even in theirvery presence. Within a day or two not a Britishresident was left alive in Delhi. While the conflagration was thus kindled iuwhich our whole Indian emj)ire was so soon tobe enveloj)ed, the electric wires which extendedacross Hindoostan from Calcutta to Lahore, withbranch lines to the principal military and civilstations, were iu active operation. On the 11thof May, a telegram announced to the authoritiesat Lahore the revolt of the ])revious day atMeerut, and these news were followed on the12th by an account of the massacres and occujia-tion of Delhi. When the tidings arrived Sir. John Lawrence, the chief commissioner of thePunjab, was absent at Rawal Pindee; but thejudicial commissioner, Mr. Montgomery, at thiscrisis fortunately assumed the direction of affaiis,and promptly repaired to Meean Meer, the mili-tary cantonment of which was six miles was well that he did so, for at this station,where there were three native regiments of in-fantry and one of cavalry, with the 81st Britishregiment and some artillery, the sepoys had ma-tured a plot to seize the fort at Lahore, breakopen the jail, and massacre all the design was discovered, and measures wereconcerted between Mr. Montgomery and Briga-dier Corbett, the commander at Meean Meer, todefeat it. On that evening a ball was to begiven by the residents to the officers of the 81st,and to lull sus])icion the ball was allowed to go
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