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2 mihI the other to ntfnck Gholub Sing ;imJ Ins retinue, for
3 having first promised them Ins assistance, and instead of that,
4 intending to go to Kussoor, to • nvr.'iider the country to the
5 English. in a ring to bo attacked during tilt; night, no one
6 allowed himself any rest. Gfiolnb Sing pigm- tow cam;,ms
7 which lie had with him, under the i-ununand of Captain Gardner,
8 at some distance from our camp, and he himself occupied
9 the whole of the night in going the round of the various cut-
10 posts. Happily the Sikhs did hot execute either of their in
11 tended movements, and the next day we arrived unmolested
12 at the English ccunp, in the vicinity of Kussoor. Gbolab Sing
13 with his suite were not received with much apparent cordiality,
14 hut when all was settled, and the English hurl obtained wlmt
15 they desired, the, scene changed its aspect; the young Dulleep
16 Sing vas brought from the capital to give bis sanction to
17 all the transactions the English then proceeded to Lahore,
18 arid tint., ended the independence of the onpe powerful state
19 founded by Runjeel Sing. The English forces encamped ..t
20 Met an Mrv, about five mi)es from th* ity. To enfeeble the
21 country; it was divided into three parts; one was left to the
22 Sikhs, tile second w as annexed to the English possessions, ami
23 the third, C7.-lmier<v comprising a part of the mountains, was
24 appointed to (jlliolab Slug, as a reward for the services he
25 had rendered, and also in consider itiou of a large sum ot
26 money he had delivered over to the conquerors. He was
27 jiromoKxl to the title of Maharajah of Ca-slunerc, which was
28 made independent of Lahore, but under English protection.
29 .Dulleip Sing, aft v having paid the expenses of the war, re
30 inaiueil tlic ruler of l.ahore, anti Ltdl Sing was appointed hi;,
31 wuzeev. Sii H. Lawrence was appointed by tie English a.s
32 ileside.it, into whose hands the Was ot government ware en¬
33 trusted. One of his first measures was the reduction ot the
34 army, and the suspension of several establishments for the
35 manufacture of military stores including my powder-mill, h.c.
36 Instead of these establishments, an hospital erected in the
37 vicinity of the capital, under the direction of the during; and