A History of the Mahrattas v2.c36.77

v2.c36.77

But, although some were thus punished by the judgement of the Directors in England, others were dismissed at Bombay, and many were applauded and promoted for their conduct on the 12th January. The gallant and judicious behaviour of Hartley was represented in its true colours, and his merit was at first universally acknowledged; but the Governor and Council having raised him at once to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, although he might have merited the distinction, such promotion being unprecedented in the Company’s service, was deemed so improper and injurious, that every officer, before senior to Colonel Hartley, represented the injustice and degradation to which he was personally subjected. Some time after, when an answer arrived from the Court of Directors, it proved a source of mortification to Hartley, as although he was not deprived of his rank, his further promotion and his pay as Lieutenant-Colonel in the Company’s service were suspended until the whole of those, formerly his seniors, should in the usual routine be promoted over him.