. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce. extensive proprietorof government paper, doubtless tended tomake him desirous of the maintenance, orrather restoration, of British rule: but it iscertain that he stood almost alone, loyaland friendly, in the midst of a disaffectedpopulation; never wavered even when ourfortunes and exchequer were at the lowest,and continued to inform the autho
. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce. extensive proprietorof government paper, doubtless tended tomake him desirous of the maintenance, orrather restoration, of British rule: but it iscertain that he stood almost alone, loyaland friendly, in the midst of a disaffectedpopulation; never wavered even when ourfortunes and exchequer were at the lowest,and continued to inform the authorities ofthe intelligence he received by means of theregular communication kept up by him, onhis private account, with Delhi and Gwalior,|at a time when Agra was the one remain-ing stronghold of the North-West Pro-vinces, and stood surrounded, as it were,by a perfect sea of mutiny.§ The lieutenant-governor resisted its en-croachments to the uttermost, while him-self dying by slow degrees, from the effectsof unremitting anxiety and fatigue. Hisposition was as cruel a one as that which X Letter of one of the Agra garrison.—Times,April 4th, 1857. § See communication already quoted, made by Um-ballah correspondent to the Titties, Oct. 26th, AFFAIRS AT AGRA-JUNE, 1857. 359 Sir Henry Lawrence then held at Luck- Inow. Tlie cry of help arose on all sides from subordinate stations, and he hadnone to fjive. Very different was the situa-tion of Sir John Lawrence in the Punjab. [When the cartridge mutiny commenced, he ;found himself with twelve European rei^i- meiits, and an untainted local army, iu themidst of a population of 13,000,000, quiteindifferent to nice questions of caste ; whileMr, Colvin had three European regimentswherewith to meet the revolt of a trained andnumerous army, and the passive, and oftenactive, hostility of 40,000,000 of people, whohad, for years, beeu complaining of theoppressive nature of our taxation, and dis-liked, for very sufficient reason, our sys
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