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of preventing mueh mischief, if in the state of the Pnnjaub the re-
sponsible authority of the Government remains more than 1,000
miles off, at the other extremity of Bengal ; it appears to me, there-
fore, to be expedient, as a Means of averting risk, and of carrying%
our
policy mre securely into effect, that thevaor-General.
should, in the mouth of October next, proceed tot c tipper Pro-
vinces, and that the authority should be entrusted to him with which
the law enables the Council to invest him, when separa: d from his
colleagues.
Havingigiven my decided opinion that, under existing circumstances,
it will be the duty of the Governer-General to proceed to the Upper
Provinces in the autumn, I have to request the attention of my
colleagues te this subject. , lI.HARDLNGE.
I concur, T. H. MADDOCK.
I concur, F. MILLETT.
I concur, GEO. POLLOCK.
As the separation of the Governor-General from the Council re-
quires the sanction of a law, I presume it is proper that I should re-
cord my opinion upon the proposition. •
ERON _
I concur, C. H. CAM.
No. 2.
The Governor-General in Council to the Secret Committee.—Fort
William, August 7, 1845.—(N0. 63.)
(Extract.)
In the midst .of anarchy, conspiracies for the destruction of conflict-
ing parties, treachery, and debauchery, there is an attempt making
at improvement, in the suppression of open rebellion, and in main-
taining the peace of the capital, which has not bten altogether with-
out success, and the collection of the revenue has been somewhat
improved, under the management, able, though corrupt, of Dc au
Deena Nath.
Military preparation is also being made with more than usual vi-
gour ; but, notwithstanding this, we can perceive nothing to lead to
the expectation of a permanent and strong Government being,
formed

No. 3.
The Governor-General in Council to the Secret Committee.—Fort
William, Sept. 6, 1545.—(N0. 70.)
(Extract.)

We would request attention to extracts from letters addressed on
different dates, during the last month, by Major Broadfoot, to our
Secretary.

These extracts, illustrating the deplorably profligate condition of
the Lahore Durbar, cannot fail to impress upon you the almost
hopeless expectation of any immediate, or permanent, Improvement
in the condition of a state, whose rulers abandon themselves to such
open and disgusting debauchery, unredeemed by, any of those states-
manlike qualities which distinguished the Government of the Maha-
raja Runjeet Singh. _ _

We deem It to be essential for a just understanding of the actual
condition of the Lahore Government that these details should be re-
ported ; they tend to show the unsatisfactory nature of that Govern-
ment, and that cur relations with a Court thus constituted, and an
army solely governed by Punchayets, must be in a very precarious
state. _ .

We are determined to maintain the pacific course of policy which
we have hitherto pursued to the utmost extent of conciliation and,
forbearance.
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Enclosure in No. 3.
Extracts from Letters from the Agent to the Governor-General on
the North-west Frontier to the Secretary to the Government
illustrative of the Riot and Debauchery now prevalent at the La•
hore Durbar.

Letter, dated June 8, 1845.
On the sth the Punehayets agreed to go in a body to the Palace;
and remonstrate against Jowahir Singh being continued in the Go-
vernment, and to require that in his stead Deewan Deena Nath, or
Bukhshee Bhugut Ram, or Raja Lal Singh. or the three conjointly,
should be appointed to the Viziership—they did so, and great con-
fusion followed. They had interviews with Jowahir Singh, whom
they reproached with breach of faith to them, with drunkenness and
incapacity—they went to the Ranee, and insisted on her seeing them
herself, which she did ; they demanded the dismissal of Jowahir
Singh, and the substitution of Raja Lal Singh, or the others named
above. The Ranee referred them' to the chiefs, and it was finally
settled that, next day, the 6th,. Raja Lal Singh, Deewan Deena
Nath, and Bukhshee Bhugut Ram, should go to the canton-
menta and consult with the Punchayets. • The troops demand
gratuities, and the Ranee, if she did not help to get up
the disturbance, is favourable to its ostensible objects,
and the replacement of her brother by Raja Lal Sing. The latter's
sickness revived her tenderness for him, and he has used this skil=
fully, pretending he is afraid to visit her, as formerly, for fear of
Jowahir Singh. This has made her the more eager to renew un-
restricted intercourse, and of this eagerness the lover has availed
himself before she changes or grows cool.
Letter, dated June 13.
A formal reconciliation has been effected, by the Ranee, between
Jowahir Singh and Raja Lal Singh. She marked her satisfaction by
tending each of them a handsome slave girl just rec eival from the
Mundee Chief, our neighbour here. Such is Seikh morality in this
matter, and taste also, for Lal Singh is one of the Ranee's own
lovers.

Letter, dated June 14.
The above news reached Lahore on the 11th, but Jowahir Singh
and his favouritas 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.
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Letter, dated June 18.
Jowahir 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.
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