Ceylon: A General Description of the Island and Its Inhabitants, with an Historical Sketch of the Conquest of the Colony by the EnglishW.H. Allen, 1846 - 287 pàgines |
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... troops ; reflections on war , A new constitution is promulgated , 1820. Another aspirant for the throne raises his standard in Bintenna , Trial and acquittal of a number of alleged traitors ... 19th Regiment CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX . XV.
... troops ; reflections on war , A new constitution is promulgated , 1820. Another aspirant for the throne raises his standard in Bintenna , Trial and acquittal of a number of alleged traitors ... 19th Regiment CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX . XV.
Pàgina xvi
... 19th Regiment , and Assistant- Surgeon Gillespie , of the Malay Regiment , 2d , Corporal Barnsley's Narrative of the Capture of Kandy , · • 247 V. Copies of two letters addressed to Captain Johnston by the Acting Adjutant - General , by ...
... 19th Regiment , and Assistant- Surgeon Gillespie , of the Malay Regiment , 2d , Corporal Barnsley's Narrative of the Capture of Kandy , · • 247 V. Copies of two letters addressed to Captain Johnston by the Acting Adjutant - General , by ...
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... military life in a particular colony . The following table will show the strength of the 19th Regiment , together with the number of deaths , the pro- portion of deaths per 1000 of the mean strength , and the stations in Ceylon where the ...
... military life in a particular colony . The following table will show the strength of the 19th Regiment , together with the number of deaths , the pro- portion of deaths per 1000 of the mean strength , and the stations in Ceylon where the ...
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... 19th Regiment , for the time speci- fied , was · The annual average of men invalided was Total annual decrement per 1000 , 76 27 - 103 The chief part of the elementary materials from which this 42 PROPORTION OF MORTALITY .
... 19th Regiment , for the time speci- fied , was · The annual average of men invalided was Total annual decrement per 1000 , 76 27 - 103 The chief part of the elementary materials from which this 42 PROPORTION OF MORTALITY .
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... 19th Regiment . In 1820 , the regiment returned to England . The following Table will show the admissions into hospital , and deaths among the European troops serving in Ceylon for a period of twenty years : - Mean Strength Deaths Years ...
... 19th Regiment . In 1820 , the regiment returned to England . The following Table will show the admissions into hospital , and deaths among the European troops serving in Ceylon for a period of twenty years : - Mean Strength Deaths Years ...
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Pàgina 22 - With Tables of Distances between the principal Towns and Military Stations On one sheet — size, 2 ft. 3 in. wide ; 2 ft. 9 in. high, 9s. ; or, on cloth, in a case, 12s. Map of the Western Provinces of Hindoostan, The Punjab, Cabool, Scinde, Bhawulpore, &c., including all the States between Candahar and Allahabad.
Pàgina 18 - Western India. Embracing a visit to the Sacred Mounts of the Jains, and the most Celebrated Shrines of Hindu Faith between Rajpootana and the Indus, with an account of the Ancient City of Nehrwalla.
Pàgina 274 - His Royal Highness the Prince Regent in the name and on behalf of His Majesty...
Pàgina 236 - It would be in vain for me to attempt to describe the beautiful creature who then appeared before my eyes. More jewels hung about her lovely neck, and were suspended from her ears, or scattered over her tresses, than she had hairs on her head. Her...
Pàgina 162 - The Religion of Boodhoo professed by the Chiefs and inhabitants of these Provinces is declared inviolable, and its Rites, Ministers and Places of worship are to be maintained and protected.
Pàgina 220 - Government, the Rights, Privileges and Powers of their respective Offices, and to all classes of the people the safety of their persons and property, with their Civil Rights and immunities, according to the laws, institutions and customs established and in force amongst them.
Pàgina 13 - His favorite residence, however, is in the dark solitudes of deep swamps, covered with a growth of gigantic timber, and here, as soon as evening draws on and mankind retire to rest, he sends forth such sounds as seem scarcely to belong to this world, startling the solitary pilgrim as he slumbers by his forest fire, 'Making night hideous.
Pàgina 13 - Ohio, and amidst the deep forests of Indiana, alone, and reposing in the woods, this ghostly watchman has frequently warned me of the approach of morning, and amused me with his singular exclamations, sometimes sweeping down and around my fire, uttering a loud and sudden Waugh O ! Waugh O ! sufficient to have alarmed a whole garrison.
Pàgina 274 - The royal dues and revenues of the Kandyan provinces are to be managed and collected for His Majesty's use, and the support of the provincial establishment, according to lawful custom, and under the direction and superintendence of the accredited agent or agents of the British Government.
Pàgina 274 - ... or followers of the Army usually held amenable to Military Discipline, shall in all Civil and Criminal Cases wherein they may be Defendants be liable to the Laws, Regulations and Customs of war, reserving to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief in all cases falling under this ninth Article, an unlimited right of review over every proceeding, Civil or Military, had by virtue thereof, and reserving also full power to make such particular provisions conformably to the general spirit of the said Article...