{"pages":{"187":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00211-ff2a6ae38f5eb081ad58.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":441,"y":158,"width":248,"height":17}},{"text":"187","box":{"x":970,"y":157,"width":50,"height":18}},{"text":"both parties concerned in these disturbances were apprehended;","box":{"x":109,"y":201,"width":910,"height":39}},{"text":"other measures, too, were taken with a view to preserve order.","box":{"x":108,"y":231,"width":910,"height":39}},{"text":"The determination of the Sirkar to exact implicit obedience to its","box":{"x":106,"y":257,"width":911,"height":36}},{"text":"authority from all classes of its subjects soon became known;","box":{"x":105,"y":287,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"and I am happy to add, that without the necessity of resorting","box":{"x":106,"y":315,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"to extreme measures having arisen, tranquility has been restored.","box":{"x":109,"y":344,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"I have the pleasure to acknowledge here the zealous exertions of","box":{"x":109,"y":369,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"the Deputy Peshcar Shungoony Menowen on this occasion.","box":{"x":106,"y":397,"width":820,"height":31}},{"text":"6. Though matters had assumed a very serious aspect, I am","box":{"x":151,"y":446,"width":866,"height":34}},{"text":"glad to be able to state that the mischief already done is far from","box":{"x":108,"y":473,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"being considerable. I beg to enclose a memorandum showing the","box":{"x":104,"y":501,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"probable value of the chapels and schools destroyed by fire. It is","box":{"x":105,"y":531,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"to be observed that the roofs of the buildings in question are all","box":{"x":108,"y":558,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"thatched. No loss of life or limb has occured anywhere.","box":{"x":108,"y":586,"width":789,"height":35}},{"text":"7. As regards future arrangements, I think it desirable that the","box":{"x":151,"y":635,"width":866,"height":34}},{"text":"detachment of the Nair Brigade, now in the south, should continue","box":{"x":105,"y":664,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"there for some little time longer. The additional police establish-","box":{"x":105,"y":691,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"ments should also be continued. A re-arrangement of officials in","box":{"x":106,"y":719,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"certain localities will be necessary; about which, however, I may","box":{"x":105,"y":747,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"write to you at another time. I may also sumbit in a very few days","box":{"x":104,"y":776,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"my plans for better organising of the whole country.","box":{"x":106,"y":804,"width":728,"height":32}},{"text":"8. The authority of the Sirkar having been vindicated, it may","box":{"x":151,"y":854,"width":866,"height":32}},{"text":"be desirable to take an early opportunity to consider what modi-","box":{"x":106,"y":880,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"fications should be made in the Proclamation of 1004, so as to suit","box":{"x":108,"y":906,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"the requirements of altered times and circumstances, and satisfy","box":{"x":104,"y":936,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"all parties as far as it may be possible to do so.","box":{"x":105,"y":965,"width":634,"height":34}},{"text":"Trivandrum,","box":{"x":101,"y":1025,"width":176,"height":28}},{"text":"12 February, 1859.","box":{"x":105,"y":1065,"width":256,"height":27}},{"text":"112. THE","box":{"x":106,"y":1152,"width":154,"height":20}},{"text":"UPPER-CLOTH REBELLION LETTER OF","box":{"x":298,"y":1154,"width":715,"height":22}},{"text":"MISSIONARIES TO LORD STANLEY (1859 A.D.)","box":{"x":200,"y":1180,"width":721,"height":27}},{"text":"The letter of four missionaries to Lord Stanley, Secretary of State","box":{"x":193,"y":1235,"width":774,"height":27}},{"text":"for India, dated 26 March 1859, concerning the Upper-Cloth Rebellion","box":{"x":157,"y":1260,"width":810,"height":27}},{"text":"in Travancore (see previous entry) indicates the level of missionary","box":{"x":155,"y":1284,"width":813,"height":27}},{"text":"interest in the matter. Cited in Copies of the Official Papers sent from","box":{"x":157,"y":1308,"width":812,"height":27}},{"text":"India touching the Recent Disturbances in Travancore, 1859, p. 3.","box":{"x":155,"y":1334,"width":809,"height":25}},{"text":"My Lord,","box":{"x":99,"y":1400,"width":140,"height":27}},{"text":"We have the honour to lay before your Lordship copies of the","box":{"x":146,"y":1453,"width":866,"height":34}},{"text":"papers noted in the margin (Consultation, 1 Feb. 1859, Nos. 4 to 6.","box":{"x":102,"y":1479,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"Consultation, 8 Feb. 1859, Nos. 19 and 20. Consultation, 15 March","box":{"x":101,"y":1506,"width":910,"height":35}}]},"188":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00212-d4664de0c69e6d04f126.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"188","box":{"x":101,"y":144,"width":49,"height":17}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":320,"y":150,"width":477,"height":17}},{"text":"1859, Nos. 10 to 15.) having reference to the recent disturbances","box":{"x":101,"y":195,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"in South Travancore; and in doing so, we would solicit special","box":{"x":104,"y":220,"width":908,"height":39}},{"text":"attention to the report submitted through the Resident by the Dewan","box":{"x":99,"y":253,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"Madava Row on the origin, progress, and suppression of these","box":{"x":95,"y":278,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"disturbances, as also to the Minutes recorded by our President","box":{"x":99,"y":307,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"and the Civil Members of Government on the subject.","box":{"x":101,"y":335,"width":742,"height":35}},{"text":"2. The agitation, it will be seen, occurred in the three or four","box":{"x":146,"y":391,"width":866,"height":34}},{"text":"Southern Districts of the Travancore Territory between portions of","box":{"x":98,"y":423,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"the Soodra and Shanar populations, and appears to have arisen","box":{"x":98,"y":447,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"from some Hindoo Shanar women having assumed the right of","box":{"x":89,"y":476,"width":928,"height":34}},{"text":"covering the upper part of their persons with a cloth, which was","box":{"x":97,"y":504,"width":915,"height":36}},{"text":"objected to by the Soodras as preventing a recognition of the caste.","box":{"x":99,"y":528,"width":915,"height":38}},{"text":"3. Disturbances from a like cause broke out in the year 1829,","box":{"x":143,"y":587,"width":868,"height":35}},{"text":"on which occasion her Highness the Ranee of Travancore in her","box":{"x":98,"y":615,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"proclamation of 3rd February 1829, republished, as the only","box":{"x":96,"y":642,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"Regulation in force in the matter,' a previous circular Order of May","box":{"x":94,"y":667,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"1814, whereby no women of Palavres, Shanars and others of that","box":{"x":94,"y":697,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"description, were ever to be allowed to wear cloths on their bosoms","box":{"x":94,"y":726,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"as the Nair women, but, were not prevented from wearing jackets,","box":{"x":98,"y":753,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"called coopayum, such as were in use by the women of Christian","box":{"x":96,"y":782,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"converts and of some other castes.","box":{"x":97,"y":808,"width":473,"height":28}},{"text":"4. Your Lordship will perceive from the last paragraph of our","box":{"x":138,"y":865,"width":875,"height":35}},{"text":"proceedings of the 27th January last, that the Resident has been","box":{"x":94,"y":893,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"instructed to be careful to give no countenance to the idea that the","box":{"x":98,"y":920,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"British Government, of which he is the representative, recognises","box":{"x":91,"y":946,"width":917,"height":36}},{"text":"any exclusive distinctions, or the right of any set of men to prevent","box":{"x":95,"y":975,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"others from following in all matters of social or domestic life such","box":{"x":94,"y":1004,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"course as they may see fit, provided it be no repugnant to public","box":{"x":95,"y":1033,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"decency and morals. He has also been desired to impress these","box":{"x":92,"y":1059,"width":917,"height":36}},{"text":"views on his Highness the Rajah, and to point out to him that such","box":{"x":97,"y":1088,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"prohibitions as those contained in the Circular Order of May 1814,","box":{"x":94,"y":1115,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"or in the Proclamation of 3rd February 1829, are unsuited to the","box":{"x":92,"y":1142,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"present age, and unworthy of an enlightened prince, and that he is","box":{"x":95,"y":1172,"width":914,"height":36}},{"text":"not to look for the support of the British Government in any","box":{"x":94,"y":1198,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"attempts to maintain them, as respects any class of his subjects.","box":{"x":95,"y":1227,"width":851,"height":34}},{"text":"5. We now await information as to the result of the communica-","box":{"x":138,"y":1285,"width":868,"height":27}},{"text":"tion which the Resident has held with his Highness the Rajah in","box":{"x":92,"y":1311,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"furtherance of the instructions as above conveyed to him; as also","box":{"x":94,"y":1340,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"regarding the arrangement proposal to be made by the Dewan","box":{"x":94,"y":1369,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"with a view to suit the requirements of altered times and circum-","box":{"x":91,"y":1396,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"stances and satisfy all parties, as far as it may be possible to do so.","box":{"x":94,"y":1425,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"There is reason to hope that the excitement in Travancore is subsid-","box":{"x":94,"y":1452,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"ing, and that no further disturbance or breach of the peace need","box":{"x":95,"y":1478,"width":911,"height":36}},{"text":"be apprehended.","box":{"x":91,"y":1508,"width":232,"height":28}}]}}}