Page:A General Biography of Bengal Celebrities Vol 1.djvu/81

 1% LIFE OF HTTOISff CHUNbfeR MUKHBftJBR cially as the Mahometan Holidays, which' are approaching, are usually a period of eiciCemen^ it is de$iraWe that fire Native population of Calcutta and df tie suburbs ahdulti be 1 disarmed, and that the sale of arm* 1 and ammunition- should be prohibited except under such restrictions as Government may deem desirable. . Therefore, the grand jury do hereby request Her Majesty's- Justices to lay this their presentment and to take the same into its favourable considerations (vide Hindoo Patriot July 30th, 1857.) (Sd.) £ % Fergussori, Even the sober Judges of the Supreme Court did" not* hesitate to recommend the measure to the Govefnrnent. But Hurish Churidra contemptuously* treated the idea arid advised the Government not to ?uri mad with this insane cry of its own countrymen. The safety of the erripire-was in danger however, and the Government was obliged to gag the Press, pass 5 martiaHaw; and adopt- other stringent arid precau- tionary measures. To the gagging Act Hurish: Chunder did not demur, as it made no invidious dis- tinction between- the Native and the Anglo-Indian Press.- Every Student of history knows how Mr. Henry Mead f the Editor of the Friend of India who Was* thd fiflMT transgressor oP this law was rebuked, and Sti last : depo¥fed from the* country for his famous article o# "the- Centenary of Plassey." THIS ATROCITIES" OF THE MUTINY. If the- enraged Mutineers from their bitter race^ hatred massacred innocent ladies and helpless chil- dren, and committed all sorts of brutal deeds' and cruelties, the military authorities in. India at the tiihe' Were no less' relentless irf their vengeance. We quote what Hurish v Chundef wrote on the subject :— *•