The Beauties of England And Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, And Descriptive, of Each County
The Beauties of England And Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, And Descriptive, of Each County
Bigland, John, 1750-1832
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6rucc*f Ann. Vd i^- 9 ^ 9 Digitized by LjOOQ IC 1C10DLB8EX* 05d mien. This eTent occasioned the Court to declare, that they should in future " consider Bombay as an independent English set- tlement, and the seat of the power and trade of the English na*- tion in the East^Indies." * For some time, however, this dec^laration could be but littie acted on, as in the following year^ the garrison of Bombay, under Captain Richard Keigwin, f evolted from the Company's authority> and kept possession of ...the Island during eleven months before they were prevailed on to submit The principal avowed moUves for this revolt, were * the selfish schemes,' of tlie Company's servants, and the ' ne- cessity' of preventing the Island being seized by Sambagee, (son and successor to Sevagee, the Mahratta Rajah) who was in pos- iiession of Caranjab ; or by the Siddee, or Admiral of the Mo- gul, who, with a numerous naval force lay near it, and each of whom had in view to espel the English from a station of which they had both been jealous for a number of years : f the real causes are said to have arisen from the strong disgust which the recent retrenchmeiits had excited aiaong the soldiery ; and from the instigations of Messrs.
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