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Letter, dated August 6

The evening Dawb, of the 2d is in ; Jowahir Singh, the Ranee,
and Maharaja, all drunk, with Raja Lal Singh ; held no Durbar on
the 2d ; the consultation all forgotten; they went out to the
Shaliman Garden. My letter arriving, my vakeel carried it to the
S haliman, and sent word it was emergent; they refused 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 silence, 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 sot 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.
Letter, dated August 8.

Sirdar Jowahir Singh and his party, after abstaining tearly a day
from drinking to deliberate on my letter, made an 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 tbr
dancing girls, Jowahir Singh dressed himself as a dancinggirl, 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 drunken companions, who recommended the con.
quest of India, &c. &c. ; and oa the other hand, the whole of the
men of consideration urge on him the necessity of making matters
smooth with the English.

No. 4.

The Governor-General to the Secret Committee.—On the River
Ganges, off Monghyr, September 30, 1i45.—(N0. 2.)
(Extract.)
_ _

The forbearance of the Government 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
Goverinnent re-established on a basis of independence and strength,
is well known to the most influential and leading aliens. Theft. per-
sonal interests, endangered by the democratic revolution, so sue
British Government to interfere ;
efuxlebr-t aalcicothmePlirisehffedortsbytothcoersSepeahlthaermy. may
induce those chi s
forbearance, but to their personal fears for
attributable, not to our
but these attempts, and any danger resulting from them, will be

life and property.
You may be assured that, whilst I shall omit no precautions, and
be prepared for any event, I shall persevere in the direct course I
have hitherto punned, of endeavouring by moderation, good faith,
and friendly advice, to avert the necessity of British interference by
three of arias in the affairs of the Puniaub.
No. 5.
The Governor-General to the Secret Committee—On the Ganges,
proceeding to Barr, October 1, 1845.—(N0. 4.)
(Extract.)
There seems to be very little doubt that General Chutter Singh
'Attaricuala did, after much hesitation, enter into the views of the •
Wuzzeer Jowahir Singh, and cause the Koonwur Peshora Singh to be
put to death on his way from Attock to Lahore.
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The leading men at Lahore expect that this event will so greatly
excite the indignation of the regular troops around Lahore as to in-
duce them to rise against the Minister, Jowahir i
to march towards
the
The s
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 ist
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the Sutlej.
On the 12th September, it would further appear that the leading
chiefb met Blume Ram Singh, in concert with then, and, in
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British;
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Durbar, made a solemn and bold remonstrance against the course of
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pursued by Jowahir Singh in his recent relations with the
British Government. In his address he openly and fully admitted
discussions
was with
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Durban's pretensions
that the Minister was, by his orders, violating all the
rules by which their intercourse with the British customary
sh authorities had
hitherto been regulated ; and that these attempts
autho-
rity at defiance had been met, on our part, t to set our
its moderation and forbearance. n a spirit remarkable for
It is understood that the Minister agreed
that letters apologising for the past would be
to the Political Agent. Immediately addressed
During the night of the 12th September, the Minister having been
engaged, according to custom, in hard '
Pes-
hora Singh' 11
8 disappearance drinking, first heard et
ce and probable death; he instantly resolved
to persevere in his course of precipitating the collision with the
British troops on the frontier.
This determination was received by renewed remonstrances, and it
would appear that Bhaee Ram had caused the news of the death of
Peshora Singh to be reported to the troops, and that the party ad-
verse to Jowahir Singh were acting with boldness and energy to de-
feat the resolution of the Minister; the latter continuing to declare
that he would gratify the Seikh army by leading them against the
English, rather than die the death of a dog at Lahore,

The impression made on my mind is, tilt there will be no attack
or violation of our frontier by the Scikh forces. Their anger against
the Minister for causing the assassination of Pechora Singh, contrary
to their injunctions signified to the 3finigter and to the General, by
sending their Punchayets to Chutter Singh's camp for the Prince's
protection, will probably induce them, on that pretence, to bring about
a revolution at Lahore, putting Jowahir Singh to death, and, if tbe
proscription extends to the Regent and her son, the Mahi:traja
Dhuleep Singh, in that ease the child Shah Deo, the son of the late
Maharaja Shere Singh, will be declared 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 the army would
not have returned from furlough until the beginning of October.
Assuming that the Seikh troops are desirous of being led against the
English, an assumption more than doubtitd, their present state of
inefficiency is too palpable to encourage them to undertake such a
risk at the bidding and under the command of a minister who at
this moment is an object of their hatred and contempt, and whose
anti-English policy has been publicly denounced 'in Durbs.r as fatal
to the state, by the most influential chiefs. • ' _ the
For these reasons, I do not expect any immediate ntpture;
the
Maharaja's
same time, after such decisive proofs of the hostile infoitions of he
Maharaja's minister, it will be prudent not to relax in those precau-
tionary measures which, in concurrence with moyf
last spring,
Iwchoenn-
sidered it expedient to adopt in the course
the ferhoatilitiveurThstuaetimonys
jwouezery to Allatiabad, and thence to Agra, ac-
einforced
by European and native troops.
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