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Identifier: indianempirehist03mart Title: 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 Year: 1858 (1850s) Authors: Martin, Robert Montgomery, 1803?-1868 Roberts, Emma, 1794?-1840 Subjects: Publisher: London, New York : The London printing and publishing company, ltd. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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Text Appearing Before Image: he morning, the king of Oude, accompanied by twocommissioned officers of the governor-generals staff, was quietly conveyed a prisoner toapartments prepared for his reception in Fort William. Numerous arrests followed this decisive step; and the subsequent conspiracy for ageneral rising in the city and suburbs, as well as in other parts of the province of Bengal,and the late kingdom of Oude, became known to the government in ample time toenable it to adopt measures for the security of the capital. THE CITY OF MADRAS. The city of Madras (or Fort St. George), the capital of a presidency, and the chiefemporium of commerce on the western shore of the Bay of Bengal, is situated in lat. 13°5 N., long. 80° 21 E. In travelling distances, it is 1,030 miles S. from Calcutta,758 S.E. from Bombay, and 1,275 S.E. from Dellii. The approach to Madras from theseals peculiar: low, fiat, sandy shores extend far to the north aud south; and small• History of the Indian Mutiny, vol. i., p. 686. [ml iml

Text Appearing After Image: THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. 71 barren hills, that form the boundary of the view inland, contribute to impress the spec-tator with a sense of sterility and loneliness that only wears off with a near proximity tothe land, when the beach is seen, as it were, alive with the swarms of animate nature thatcover it to the very verge of the sea. The public offices and buildings erected near thebeach are handsome, with colonnades or verandahs to the upper storeys; supported on arched bases, and covered with the beautiful shell mortar (or chunam) of Madras hard, smooth, and polished like marble. Within a few yards of the sea the fortificationsof Fort St. George present an imposing appearance, and beyond them are seen minaretsand pagodas, intermixed with luxuriant foliage. Within the fort a lighthouse rears itsmonitory crest ninety feet above the level of the sea, and is visible from the mast-head ofa large ship, at a distance of twenty-six miles. INIadras has no harbour, and vessels of heavy

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