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2 hor-general. He saw plainly that little was to be
3 done with the major and secretary; one falling
4 asleep on his bed, and the other leaving the Rajah
5 alone; Goolab Singh accordingly returned to
6 Lahore, to fetch the young Maharajah. The re-
7 sult was, a meeting between the Governor-general
8 and his youthful Highness, at Lulleeana. Out of Beceieed
9 respect for the late Maharajah Runjeet Singh, and Governor
10 the tender years of his grandson, the Governor- the ene
11 general received Dhuleep Singh with the utmost
12 kindness, and repeated to him, that his wish still
13 was, that a government should exist in the Pun-
14 Jab, under the descendant of a man who had pre-
15 served a strict and lasting alliance with the British
16 for a period of thirty years.
17 The first point in any treaty to be now con- ie tea
18 cluded, was the indemnity for the expense of the
19 war, and that was laid at a crore and a-half of
20 rupees, (a million and a-half sterling.) The
21 demand may have been greater, since in addition
22 to the money part of the question, the Doab or
23 Bist Jalindhur was added. The Sikh guns which
24 had been pointed against the British by the Sikhs,
25 and were still in possession of the latter, were to be
26 given up. The rebellious troops and their turbu-
27 lent leaders disbanded. These were the principal
28 stipulations, to all of which a willing assent was rian be a
29 given. Still it was insisted that their ratification hore govern.
30 should take place under the walls of Lahore. aid
31 The Maharajah was now conveyed back to his Peehsingh
32 palace at Lahore, by a large escort from the British Lahore.