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2 and the other to attack Gholab Sing and his retinue, for
3 having first promised them his assistance, and instead of that,
4 intending to go to Kussoor, to surrender the country to the
5 English. Fearing to be attacked during the night, no one
6 allowed himself any rest. Gholab Sing placed four cannons
7 which he had with him, under the command 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 out-
10 posts. Happily the Sikhs did not execute either of their in-
11 tended movements, and the next day we arrived unmolested
12 at the English camp, in the vicinity of Kussoor. Gholab Sing
13 with his suite were not received with much apparent cordiality,
14 but when all was settled, and the English had obtained what
15 they desired, the scene changed its aspect ; the young Dulleep
16 Sing was brought from the capital to give his sanction to
17 all the transactions, the English then proceeded to Lahore,
18 and thus ended the independence of the once powerful state
19 founded by Runjeet Sing. The English forces encamped at
20 Meean Meer, about five miles from the city. To enfeeble the
21 country, it was divided into three parts ; one was left to the
22 Sikhs, the second was annexed to the English possessions, and
23 the third, Cashmere, comprising a part of the mountains, was
24 appointed to Gholab Sing, as a reward for the services he
25 had rendered, and also in consideration of a large sum of
26 money he had delivered over to the conquerors. He was
27 promoted to the title of Maharajah of Cashmere, which was
28 made independent of Lahore, but under English protection.
29 Dulleep Sing, after having paid the expenses of the war, re-
30 mained the ruler of Lahore, and Lall Sing was appointed his
31 w'uzeer. Sir H. Lawrence was appointed by the English as
32 Resident, into whose hands the reins of government were en-
33 trusted. One of his first measures was the reduction of the
34 army, and the suspension of several establishments for the
35 manufacture of military stores, including my powder-mill, &c.
36 Instead of these establishments, an hospital was erected in the
37 vicinity of the capital, under the direction of the durbar; and