What I am concerned with is the effect produced by that incident.

It was immediate and disastrous.

The Bengalee leaders took heart.

They claimed Sir Bampfylde's downfall as their triumph--theirs and their allies' at Westminster.

Those, on the other hand, who imagined that it was Sir Bampfylde's methods that had intensified the agitation and that his removal would restore peace--even the sort of half peace which had been so far maintained in Bengal proper under the milder sway of Sir Andrew Fraser--were very soon undeceived.