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London, England, 1846-02-28 00:00:00

Letter. dated August 7.

Though the effects of the forenpon,debauch were not gone off, the
contents of the letter produced a dead silence, and 'after a time an
answer that the letter would be deliberated on, and answered with-
out delay. This effect waSproduced by the warnings given not to
be misled by foolish rumeturs.
On the 3d there was no very marked carousing, and much de,
bating ; so k.suppose a day or two, will bring some answer or other.
Letter, dated August 8.
Shdar Jowahir Singh and his party, after abstaining nearly a day
from drinking to deliberate pn my Isttetymade all excuse of heavy
rain On the 3d to set out with his favouriteS and some generals on
elephants,": each supplied with a bottle of brandy; they returned
drunk,.held no Durbar, and listened to no business ; but sending for
dancing girls, ,Jowahir Singh dressed himself as a. dancing girl, and
danced with the rest.
Letter, dated August 10.
On the 7th the deliberations Were renewed, if deliberations they
can be called. The Ranee is passive, Jowahir Singh drunk and mad
referring to his druliken companions, who recommended the con.
. quest of India, &c. &c. ; and out the other hand, the whole of the
men of consideration urge on him the necessity of making matters
smooth with the English.
ITo. 4.
The Gdvernor-General to the Secret Committee.—On the River
Ganges, off Monghyr, September 30, 1845.—(N0. 2.)
...(Extract.) _

The forbearance of the GOvenimelit of India has been carried
to an, extent beyond that which has been customary. Every
military precaution has, however, been taken ; advice and
warnings , have been repeatedly conveyed to the Lahore
Government in • the plainest ' language ; even the risk of
giving offence by such language has been incur-
red, rather than fail in the essential point of clearly
defining the nature of our policy, and of having that policy well un-
derstood. ' Lam convinced that our desire to see the Maharaja's
Government re-established on a basis of independence and strength,
is well knOwn to the most influential and /doling chiefs. Their per-
sonidinterests, endangered by the demotratio revolution, so success-
fully-accomplished by the Seikh army, may induce those chiefs to
exert all their efforts to compel the British} Government to interfere ;
but these attempts, and any danger resulting from them, will be
attributable, not to our forbearance, but to their personal fears for
life and property. .
You may be assured that, whilst I shall omit no precautions, and
he prepared for any event, I shall persevere in the direct course I
have hitherto pursued, of endeavouring by moderation, good faith,
and friendly advice, to avert the necessity of British interference by
force of arms in the affairs of the Punjaub. .
No. 5,
Tile Governor:General to the Secret Committee—On the Ganges,
proceeding to Barr, October 1, 1845.,--(No. 4.)
' ''' - • ' (ExtracL)
There seems to be very little doubt -that General Chutter Singh
Attarecuala did, after much hesitation. enter into the views of the
Wuzzeer Jowabir Singh, and cause the KOOUNTUI Peshora Singh to be
put to .death en his way frem Attoc.k to Lahore. •
The leading men at Lahore expect that this event will so greatly
excite the leading
of the regUlar troops around Lahore as to in-
duce them to rise ' against the Slitiister, Jowahir Singh. The Mi-
nister, to ward off the blow; Is' represented as being determined to
bring about a collision with our troops on the frontier, and had given
orders for three brigades of infantry to be prepared to march towards
the Sutlej,
On the 12th September, it would further appear that the leading
chict:s met Bhace Ram Singh, in concert with them, and, in open
Durbar, Made a solemn and bold remonstrance against the course of
pelicy pursued by Jowahir Singh in his recent relations with the
British Government. In his address he openly and fully admitted
tbat'in the existing discussions with our ,Political Agent, the right to
resist the Durbar's pretensions was clearly on the side of the British;
that the Minister was, by his orders, violating all the eustomary
rules by which their intercourse with the British authorities had
hitherto been regulated ; and that these attempts to set our autho-
rity at defiance had been met; on our part, in a spirit remarkable for
its moderation and forbearance.
It is understood that the Minister agreed to retrace his steps, and
, that letters apologising for the past would be immediately addressed
to the Political Agent.
During the night of the 12th September, the Minister having been
-°"Bltigh'6
kits
engaged, according to'custom in' rad drinking; first heard of Pes-
i appearance and probable death ; he instantly resolved
to persevere in i 5
l'
course of precipitating th collision with the
British troopsobn
: ' P els 141 iosr ad :I;
verse to Jowalur slug
would appe
-Rain had caused the news of the death of
Singh were
to the troops, and that the party ad-
ar that 111"6 received by renewed remonstrances, and it
feat the resolution of the Mr'
y the Semillshterrm"yheb
acting with boldness and energy to de-
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die
th,:ntyu,Thautii,not a
leadingayloagttaetr ahcontinuingot
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a gt to i
nst declare
the
y the leirt,i that there will be no attack
the assassination j'el%es.hdora Singh
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The impression made on
pr,,tepileeo,rtotliie Prince's
tohroV3iotliantiolotietroffotoucroufrsoiongtiethr
, contrary
li,ntoati:
tfareoenetier.
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tterl"shillilsgtehr'
Regent
oaillitdhaiti,
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to their Injunctions signified toe
sending their Panchay ets to
a revolution at Lahore, putting Jowahir Singh to death,
protection, will probabtloy itnhdoucietet
PpracieriePptisinigh", tienndthsat case the child Shah Leo, the son of the late
son, the
Maharaja Shere Singh, will, be . dedlared the sovereign of the
Punjaub,
The regular force at Lahore, on the 12th September, does not
amount to 15,000 men. The larger proportion of
beginning e army would
desirous of being led against the
Assuming that the Seikh troops are
not have returned front. furlough until the October.
English, an assumption more than doubtful, their p
age them to undertake such a
inefficiency is too palpable to eneonr
resent state of
con mpt, and whose
this moment is an object of their hatred an D fatal
risk at the bidding and under the command of atominister who at
anti-English policy
to the state, by the most influential chiefs.
For these reasons, I do not expect any immediate rupture ; at the
has beets publicly,denounced in., urbar as
same time, after such decisive proofs of the hostile intentions of the
Maharaja's minister, it will be prudent not to relax in those precau-
tionary measures which, in concurrence with my colleagues, I con-
sidered it expedient to adopt in the course of last spring, when
the frontier stations were reinforced by European and native troops.
I shall pursue my journey to Allahabad, and thence to Agra, AC-