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* The Press Has Teemed Of Late Years Wit...
_^ Satpoorah range were left under Tukajee's jurisdiction , _MlmGonjrrting _viier ; management to i the countries north , of that boundary .
JRelying on _3 b . er general * s / army as a _rdefence against _'iforeign _^ foes , _iantion _iher ; militia to maintain internal tranquillity , she kept but
_^ ta respected very Jew , that troops , her territorie about her s were court never ; yet invaded so universall , except y once was -for -she j &
few weeks by lllsee Kana of Odeypore , whose designs were soon frustrated bher instantly sending against him a small force
{ headed _iby the y commander of her guards , who , surprising the invaders , at once defeated and drove them away , when the Rana
immediately sued for and obtained peace . From her own subj ects she _^ _ihad heir nothing prosperity to was fear , ; ever for they the supreme well knew object that of the all promotion her desires of
. and endeavours . In India a ; government is generally judged of _^ according to the length of time that the ministers continue in office ,
and throughout her reign Alia had but one minister ; even the : managers of provinces , too , being very rarely changed , for her
approval was secured less by the amount of revenue which they _collected , than by their offering her the prospect of a happy and
. 'contented population . So reasonable were her demands , and so great the advantages of living under her rule , that the payments
of tributary provinces were rarely even delayed , or if ever they werethe remonstrances poured forth by her indignationthus
justly , aroused , were so severe , yet so just , as seldom to fail , in inducing the offenders to make reparation . Taxation was in all
oases kept within the strictest bounds of moderation , and to the peaceable and well-disposed she was always most indulgentoften
, remitting the payments due from districts visited by bad seasons , or individuals overtaken by personal misfortunes , while the native
rights of village officers and proprietors of lands , were over rigidly _respected so far from , and being the looked fact of on a farmer as it has or too merchant often been growing by aut rich ocrats was ,
her as a to groun be d a of claim exaction on increased , that , it was favour on . the A contrary wealthy , inhabitant only held b of y
Seronje , for instance , happening to die and leave no heirs , his widow desired to adopt a nephew on whom the inheritance might
devolve , when the manager of that place demanded three lacs of rupees as the price of an authorization of the arrangement ,
threatening that were these terms not acceded to , he would not only forbid the adoption , but confiscate all the property of the deceased ,
and apply it to the use of the _State . The widow thereupon went to Mhysir , to lay her appeal before Alia , who immediately
confirmed the proposed adoption , and refusing even a small present on the occasiontook the child caressingly on her kneepresented
him with clothes , , jewels , and a palanquin , and sent the , suppliants
for back the rej . removal oicing to of Seronj the unjust e , forwarding manager . at the , same . time .,.. ¦ an order
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1863, page 242, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061863/page/26/
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