The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-28 00:00:00

Letter, dated June 14.

The above "news reached Lah•re on the 11th, but Jowahir Singh
and his favourites had been carousing with the new slave girl and
other women all the previous night, so that he was too drunk to hold
the Durbar, and the Chiefs and Mootsudjees dispersed.

Letter, dated June 18,

Jewahir Singh and Lal Singh were seeking on the 14th to assassinate
each other—the former was the aggressor—the cause, the Ranee's
increased passion for Lal Singh since he had cholera.
Letter, dated June 20.

At the capital, Ghoolab Singh, Jowahir Singh, and Lal Singh, are
well engaged in plans to assassinate each other, any two joining for
a day against the third.

A paramour of the Ranee has ran away with about a lac of rupees-
worth of jewels, to the public amusement or scandal, as the public
is grave or merry.

Letter, dated July 8.
At Lahore they are quiet, drinking, and intriguing politically and
amorously.

Letter, dated August 1

Towahir Singh has finally yielded to the troops, and the Bance
made him do so, but he was drunk at the time, and may change. On
the evening of the 28th there was to he a private consultation of
Jowahir Singh, Ghoolab Singh, Raja Lal Singh, and Deewan Deena
Nath.

Letter, dated August 5.
Jowahir Singh is always drunk, and has gone the length lately of
gross and indecent abuse in Durbar to Bhaee Barn Singh, whose
religious character had hitherto prevented such an occurrence in the
worst times ; he quarrels also with the troops, and, indeed, with all
but some low favourites, and Deewan Deena Nath, whose
advice, however, as to answering my letter he spurned
with reproaches of treachery. I believe he has for some
months, and especially for the last two months, formed
a drunken design or vision of war with us, after the
Dusserah, as a resource to avert from himself the wrath of the army,
as a means of finding money to pay them; and, not unskilfully, he
tries to make the Sodees, who are very sacred characters, the
ground of quarrel—therein he has, however, failed. It is quite im-
possible, however, to say what may be the issue of dealing with such
a drunkard, acting on such troops.
Letter, dated August 6.

Were it not that the consequence of what is new doing at Lahore
may be momentous, I should feel inclined half to laugh and half to
be ashamed of having anything to do with it., It is essential that the
Government should know the exact truth, and in setting before it
the kind of people with whom it is now dealing, as with the chiefs of
a state, it will be difficult to avoid details unlit for :the decency of a
dispatch. The state of parties is seriously changed; but the cause is, the
Ranee's mind having become seriously affected by her excesses. She has
become stupid instead of clever and lively ; is sometimes for days in
a state bordering on fatuity ; and though at times she revives, chiefly
when stimulated by drinking, she takes but little concern in the
public business, compared with what she used to do, and then is
guided chiefly by her low paramours and servants. Now, the remnant
of wise men left, hitherto prevented convulsion by their influence
with the Ranee, especially the Fakeers and Bhaee 11am Singh ; but
this influence is all but gone in the Ranee's present state, so much so,
that Bhaee Ram Singh lately sent me a caution against closing
a business with the existing Government, as it was certain the
troops, on their return after the Dttsserah, would put to death
Jowahir Singh and the Ranee, with her son ; he added, that
they would set up Peshora Singh and Rajah Ghoolab Singh, as
King and Vizier. I never even acknowledge the receipt of such
communications ; but in the latest remonstrances, I have, in conse-
quence of this, pointed out that my warnings spring from the Go-
vernor-General's friendship, and from [consideration of the Maha-
raja's tender years. But to proceed :on the Ist, there was no
afternoon Durbar, there being a consultation of the principal per-
sonages on the the English affairs ; it lasted all day, but every man
of note was excluded, even Deewar Deena Nath. This council con-
sisted of Jowahir Singh, the Ranee, and three personal attendants,
domestics of Jowahir Singh, men of low origin, raisedby him, one an
old horse-jockey, another lately a Fakeer, and a third still a palace
Peon, also Jowahir Singh's private Moonshee. After much debate, it
was agreed to consult next day the chiefs who were used to
such matters ; but it was decided that the Governor-General's letter
should be answered."

Letter, dated August 6.
The eveaing Dawb, of the 2d is in ; Jowahir Singh, the Ranee,
and Maharaja, all drunk, with Raja Lel Singh ; held no Durbar on
the 2d ; the consultation all forgotten ; they went out to the
Shaliman Gardan. My letter arriving, my vakeel carried it to the
Shaliman, and sent word it was emergent; they refesed to see him
or it, and told him to come when they were at leisure.
Letter, dated August 7.

Though the effects of the forenoon debauch were not gone off, the
contents of the letter produced a dead sil.nce, and after a time an
answer that the letter would be deliberated on, and answered with-
out delay. This effect was produced by the warnings given hot to
be misled by foolish rumours.
On the 3d there was no very marked carousing, and much de-
bating ; so I suppose a day or two will bring some answer or other