With great respect I remain,
Your Lordship's obedient, humble servant,
(Signed) W. H. SLEEMAN.
To the Most Noble
the Marquis of Dalhousie.
P.S.--I find that the irregular corps of cavalry has been moved from
Goruckpoor to Sultanpoor Benares, and that Lagolee and Goruckpoor
have now only one corps between them.
The Sultanpoor Benares corps might well spare a wing for Lucknow, and
so might the corps at Bareilly spare one.
(Signed) W. H. SLEEMAN.
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Lucknow, 11th October, 1849.
My Dear Elliot,
Here is a little item of palace news, communicated by one of the
poets who has to assist his Majesty in selecting his verses, and who
knows a good deal about what is going on among the favourites.
Perhaps you may recollect him, Ameen-od Doulah, the eldest son of the
late Aga Meer.
There is not a greater knave than Walee Alee in India, I believe.
That his Majesty will consent to what the Governor-General may
authorise us to propose I have no doubt, for he and his family are by
this time satisfied that we shall propose nothing but what is good
for them and the people of Oude.
But the King is no longer in a sound state of mind, and will say and
do whatever the most plausible of the bad speakers may recommend.
When I see him, I must have his signature before respectable
witnesses to all his answers to distinct propositions, and act upon
them at once, as far as I may be authorised by the Governor-General,
or nothing will be done.
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