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2 I was entrusted with the organisation of it. In this hospital,
3 an asylum for lunatics was established, and I also created
4 another, viz., an hospital for prisoners.
5 Rajah Lall Sing, who had risen from the rank of muleteer
6 to be minister of state, did not long enjoy the title of wuzeer ;
7 being a crafty Brahmin, of great influence among his partisans,
8 and in possession of immense riches, which he acquired at the
9 time when he was Runjeet Sing’s treasurer (he never having
10 rendered any account of the funds under his charge), such a
11 man appeared to the English to be dangerous, and his removal
12 was considered necessary. Accordingly he was arrested as a
13 political intriguer, and sent to Agra, with a stipulated pension.
14 Teja Sing succeeded to Lall Sing, and at the same time was
15 appointed Rajah of Seealkote, on account of his treachery to
16 his own country on the Sutlej. At the ceremony of his inaugu-
17 ration, the ranee prohibited her son, Dulleep Sing, from making
18 the Tike (saffron sign) on Teja’s forehead, being fully per-
19 suaded that he had caused the removal of Lall Sing, in order
20 to obtain his post. This inconsiderate behaviour of the ranee,
21 who exercised a great influence on her son, caused the Resident
22 to insure her inoffensiveness by exiling her to the fortress of
23 Sheg-Opur. But not having even there remained inactive
24 (in the revolt at Moultan), Sir Frederick Currie, the then
25 Resident, ordered her to be conveyed into another fortress on
26 the Ganges, her plenipotentiary, Gangaram, and General Khan
27 Sing having previously been hung, as associates in the con-
28 spiracy. But the cunning lady knew how to provide herself
29 with means, and to find out a method of escaping from her
30 prison ; and it is reported that she is now living in Katmandoo,
31 the capital of Nepaul, not, however, to the displeasure of the
32 English, who thus effect a considerable saving.
33 Sir H. Lawrence, perfectly acquainted with all the tricks of
34 the orientals, and knowing well how to treat those people,
35 succeeded in procuring their general esteem and approbation.
36 Nevertheless, a short time after the English had occupied the
37 country, a riot took place at the bazaar at Lahore, which was so