1 518 MURDER OF
2 await the arrival of his Majesty at Jalalabad,
3 for the purpose of .being presented to him.
4 Here we took leave of the Shah Zada and his
5 party. Mr. Carron was placed at the disposal
6 of the Envoy and Minister at the court of Shah _
7 Shuja, but did not long survive, having died of
8 fever, brought on by the hardships which he
9 had encountered in Kuner and Bajour.
10 We received a report from Lahore on our
11 way to Dhaka of the horrible murder of Sirdar
12 Cheit Singh, the favourite of Kharak Singh,
13 then Maharaja of Lahore. It was stated that
14 he was assassinated in the palace on the 8th of
15 October, by Raja Dhian Singh and Kour Nao
16 Nihal Singh, accompanied by their wicked
17 associates. They had demanded the removal
18 of Cheit Singh, which his master having boldly
19 refused, they were determined to carry their
20 point, and having formed a conspiracy to take
21 his life, the Kour proceeded on the morning of
22 that day to the palace, on pretence of paying
23 his duty to his father, preparatory to his pre-
24 tended departure to bathe in the holy pool of
25 Amritsir. The door of the palace was at once